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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 644 -JUNE 25, 1948 679 rate of not more than $10,000 per annum. Each such administrative assistant shall perform such duties as the President may prescribe. DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO OFFICE OF PRESIDENT §107. Employees of the executive departments and independent establishments of the executive branch of the Government may be detailed from time to time to the White House Office for temporary assistance. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VEHICLES § 108. The Quartermaster General of the Army shall provide suit- able accommodations for the horses, carriages, and other vehicles of the President and of the Executive Office, in the stables maintained in the District of Columbia by and for the use of his department. PUBLIC PROPERTY IN AND BELONGING TO EXECUTIVE MANSION §109. The steward, housekeeper, or such other employee of the Executive Mansion as the President may designate, shall under the direction of the President, have the charge and custody of and be responsible for the plate, furniture, and public property therein, and shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, give bond for the faithful discharge thereof, said bond to be in the sum of $10,000, and to be approved by the Director of the National Park Service. A complete inventory, in proper books, shall be made annually in the month of June, under the direction of the Director of the National Park Service, of all the public property in and belonging to the Execu- tive Mansion, showing when purchased, its cost, condition, and final disposition. This inventory shall be submitted to the President for his approval, and shall then be kept for reference in the office of the Director of the National Park Service, which shall furnish a copy thereof to the steward, housekeeper, or other employee responsible for the property. FURNITURE FOR WHITE HOUSE § 110. All furniture purchased for the use of the President's House shall be, as far as practicable, of domestic manufacture. With a view to conserving in the White House the best specimens of the early American furniture and furnishings, and for the purpose of main- taining the interior of the White House in keeping with its original design, the Director of the National Park Service is authorized and directed, with the approval of the President, to accept donations of furniture and furnishings for use in the White House, all such articles thus donated to become the property of the United States and to be accounted for as such. The said Director of the National Park Service is further authorized and directed, with the approval of the President, to appoint a temporary committee composed of one representative of the American Federation of Arts, one representative of the National Commission of Fine Arts, one representative of the National Academy of Design, one member of the American Institute of Architects, and five members representing the public at large; the said committee to have full power to select and pass on the articles in question and to recommend the same for acceptance. CHAPTER 3-PROTECTION OF THE PRESIDENT; THE WHITE HOUSE POLICE Sec. 201. Protection of President and family authorized. 202. White House Police; establishment, control, and supervision; privileges, powers, and duties.