55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.- CH. 591-DEC. 17, 1941 FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION National-defense activities: For an additional amount for national- defense activities, Federal Power Commission, fiscal year 1942, includ- ing the objects for which the appropriation under this head in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942, is available, $135,000. FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals: For an additional amount for pay of personnel and maintenance of hospitals, fiscal year 1942, including the objects and subject to the limitations specified under this heading in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1942, $75,000. FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL Salaries: For an additional amount for salaries, Freedmen's Hos- pital, fiscal year 1942, $8,900: Provided, That the foregoing appro- priation shall be chargeable to the District of Columbia as specified under this heading in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1942. SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL Salaries and expenses: For an additional amount for the purchase of one seven-hundred-and-fifty-horsepower boiler, one one-thousand- five-hundred-kilowatt turbo-generator, one fifty-ton ammonia com- pressor, all with accessories, and extension and remodeling the present ash system, including the objects specified for this purpose under this heading in the Labor-Federal Security Appropriation Act, 1942, $40,000, to be derived from pension funds accrued, or which may accrue, prior to November 1, 1941, as authorized by the Act approved February 2, 1909 (24 U. S . C . 165). FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION Sites for and construction of general office buildings, Washington, District of Colllmbia: For the lease or puirchase of sites and for the construction of general office buildings and other structures thereon, including heating plants, alpproaches, the installation or extension of sewers, water mains, and other utilities as may be necessary, and for the construction of such facilities on Government-owned land in or near the District of Columbia, and for administrative expenses in connection therewith, $25,000,000: Provided, That contracts for con- struction may be entered into without advertising: Provided further, That the Board of Commissioners of the United States Soldiers' Home is hereby authorized to lease to the United States, for a period of ten years and upon the payment of a rental to be fixed by the Secretary of War, a site or sites upon which may be erected some of the buildings herein authorized: Provided further, That all funds received for rental or other use of United States Soldiers' Home property, facilities, or supplies shall be immediately available to the Board of Commissioners thereof for reexpenditure without regard to fiscal year limitations. PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION Access roads: For the construction and improvement of access roads and for replacing existing highways and highway connections as described in and in accordance with the provisions of section 6 821 Ante, p. 104. Ante, p. 480 . Proviso. Ante, p. 479. Ante, p. 492. 35 Stat. 592. Ante, p. 105. Provisos. Contracts without advertising. U.S . Soldiers' Home, leasing of sites. Use of rental re- ceipts. Ante, p. 108
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