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[61 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 195, 196, 202--JULY 1, 1947 Furnishing of steam to building. Preparation of plans, etc. Administrator is hereby authorized to utilize the property so trans- ferred, as well as that part of the site already under his jurisdiction, for the purposes of this Act. SEC. 9. That the Federal Works Administrator, through the Public Buildings Administration, is hereby authorized to furnish steam from the central heating plant for the heating of said building, such steam to be paid for by the American National Red Cross, District of Colum- bia Chapter, at such reasonable rates, not less than cost, as may be determined by the Federal Works Administrator: Provided, That the Federal Works Administrator, through the Public Buildings Admin- istration, is authorized to prepare plans and specifications and to supervise and to contract for the work necessary to connect said build- ing with the Government mains and to pay the cost of such work and services, including administrative expenses, from the funds consoli- dated into the Treasury pursuant to section 5 thereof. SEC. 10. The enactment of this joint resolution shall not be con- strued as establishing a policy of the United States Government to furnish building sites for Red Cross chapters or any eleemosynary institution at any other place. Approved July 1, 1947. [CHAPTER 196] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the erection in the District of Columbia of a memorial to the Marine Corps dead of all wars. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Marine corps me- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the mortal in D c. Interior is authorized and directed to grant authority to the Marine Corps League, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in honor and in commemoration of the men of the United States Marine Corps who have given their lives to their country. Approval of design SEC. 2. The design and the site of such memorial shall be approved by the National Commission of Fine Arts, and the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection thereof. Time limitation. EC. 3 . The authority conferred pursuant to this joint resolution shall lapse unless (1) the erection of such memorial is commenced within five years from the date of passage of this joint resolution, and (2) prior to its commencement funds are certified available in an amount sufficient, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, to insure completion of the memorial. Approved July 1, 1947. [CHAPTER 202] July 1.1947 IH. R. 1375] [Public Law 158] 56 Stat. 363 . 37U.S. C. 110. Ante, p. 192. Clothing for enlisted men. AN ACT To further amend section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, so as to pro- vide for the clothing allowance of enlisted men of the Army, Marine Corps, and Marine Corps Reserve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, is hereby further amended by changing the last paragraph of the said section to read as follows: "Hereafter the President may prescribe the quantity and kind of clothing which shall be furnished annually to enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Naval Reserve, the July 1, 1947 IS. . Res. 113] [Public Law 157] 242