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200 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 218, 220 , 221 -JUNE 16, 17, 1949 [63 STAT. OffcesCScao ISt SEC. 408. The Federal Works Administrator is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements with the city of Chicago, Illinois, as he shall deem necessary and in the public interest, in connection with the construction by the said city of a superhighway through the Con- thAppropriation au gress Street Post Office located in said city. For the purposes of this section there is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sum as shall be necessary to defray such cost, if any, which said Administrator shall determine should be borne by the United States as an incident to the construction by the said city of the superhighway through said post office. Report to Congress. SEC. 409. The Federal Works Administrator and the Postmaster General shall submit to the Congress promptly after the convening of each new Congress, reports showing the location and the approximate accommodations of such public building projects throughout the United States, its Territories and possessions, as they shall find eligible to be constructed in accordance with applicable statutory pro- visions. Such reports shall indicate the limit of cost of each project when in excess of $200,000. When the estimated cost of a project does not exceed $200,000 the limit of cost shall be determined by the Com- missioner of Public Buildings. The report herein provided for shall supersede the report required by the Public Buildings Act of 1926 (44 40 U. . c. It 341- Stat. 630, as amended). Ante, p. 199. SEC. 410. The Federal Works Administrator, with the approval of Renaming of build- . enamgg f the Bureau of the Budget, is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to change or rechange the name or designation of any building in the custody and jurisdiction of the Federal Works Agency. SEC. 411 . All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent or in conflict with the foregoing provisions are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. Approved June 16, 1949. Sune 17, 1949 [H. R . 42631 IPublic Law 106] Department ofAgri- culture Organic Act of 1944, amendment. Jine 17, 149 [H. B. 17541 [Public Law 107] Mining claims. Suspension of an- nual assessment work. 30 U.S.o. 28. [CHAPTER 220] AN ACT To amend section 102 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out operations to combat the citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, and the Hall scale. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 102 (a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (Act of Sep- tember 21 1944, 58 Stat. 735; 7 U. S . C. 147a (a)) be amended by deleting the word "and" immediately following the word "borer"; by adding a comma and the words "citrus blackfly, white-fringed beetle, wheat-stem sawfly, Oriental fruitfly, and Hall scale" between the word "weevil" and the immediately following colon; and by adding the words "citrus blackfly" immediately following the comma after the word "fruitflies" in the proviso. Approved June 17, 1949. [CHAPTER 221] AN ACT Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States and enlarging the liability for damages caused to stock raising and other homesteads by mining activities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which requires on each mining claim located, and until a patent has been