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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 136 -13S-APR. 22 , 1940 [CHAPTER 136] AN ACT To authorize and direct the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to accept and maintain a memorial fountain to the members of the Metropolitan Police Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to accept and maintain for the District of Columbia the gift of a memo- rial fountain to the members of the Metropolitan Police Department: Provided, That the design and model of the memorial fountain are approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, and thereafter erected at a location to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission on land now owned by the District of Columbia, for the municipal center. Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 137] AN ACT To authorize the construction of a waiting room and comfort station in Commo- dore Barney Circle, United States Reservation 55-56, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, for the convenience of the public, to permit the Capital Transit Company of Washington, District of Columbia, to construct, maintain, and operate, at its own expense, a waiting room and comfort station in Commodore Barney Circle, United States Reservation 55-56: Provided,That the plans and speci- fications for this structure shall first be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts: Provided further, That the Capi- tal Transit Company is hereby authorized to operate within such structure, either directly or by contract, such concession as in the determination of the Secretary of the Interior or his duly authorized representative may be desirable for the convenience of the public, and apply the revenues derived therefrom toward the cost of main- tenance and operation of the structure. In the event the Capital Transit Company shall at any time discontinue the operation of the waiting room and comfort station as herein provided, the same shall become the property of the United States. Approved, April 22, 1940. [CHAPTER 138] JOINT RESOLUTION To protect the copyrights and patents of foreign exhibitors at the Golden Gate International Exposition, to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1940. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of Con- gress and the Commissioner of Patents are hereby authorized and directed to establish branch offices under the direction of the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents, respectively, in suit- able quarters on the grounds of the Golden Gate International Exposi- tion, to be held at San Francisco, California, in 1940, under the direction of the San Francisco Bay Exposition, a California corpora- tion, said quarters to be furnished free of charge by said corporation, April 22, 1940 [H. R. 8792] [Public, No. 479] Metropolitan Police Department, D. C . Acceptance, etc. , of memorial fountain to members of, author- ized. Proviso. Design, location, etc. April 22, 1940 [H. R . 8917] [Public, No. 480] Commodore Barney Circle, D. C . Waiting room, etc., authorized. Provisos. Plans and specifica- tions, approval. Operation of con- cession. Reversionary provi- sion. April 22, 1940 [L. J. Res. 433] [Pub. Res., No. 62] Golden Gate Inter- national Exposition. Protection of copy- rights and patents of foreign exhibitors. Branch copyright, etc., offices at Exposi- tion. 157