Chapter 251. To abolish the office of Superintendent of the Library-Building and Grounds and to transfer the duties thereof to the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress
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CHAP. 251.— An Act To abolish the office of Superintendent of the Library-Building and Grounds and to transfer the duties thereof to the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress. June 29, 1922.[[H. R. 11393](/us/bill/67/hr/11393).][[Public, No. 258](/us/pl/67/258).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the office ofLibrary of Congress.Office of superintendent of building and grounds abolished.Duties placed under Architect of the Capitol.
Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds is abolished on and after July 1, 1922. Thereafter the Architect of the Capitol shall have charge of all structural work at the Library Building and on the grounds, including all necessary repair’s, the operation, maintenance, and repair of the mechanical plant and elevators, the care and maintenance of the grounds, and the purchasing and supplying of all furniture and equipment for the building. The employees required for the performance of the foregoing duties shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol.
All other duties required to be performedDuties placed under Librarian. by the Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds shall be performed thereafter under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, who shall appoint the employees necessary therefor. TheAdministrative assistant and disbursing officer created.Pay, etc. position of administrative assistant and disbursing officer is hereby created in the Library of Congress, effective on July 1, 1922. The salary of such position shall be at the rate of $3,000 per annum, and appointments thereto shall be made by the Librarian.
The administrativeDuties. assistant and disbursing officer shall disburse the appropriations for the Library of Congress and the Botanic Garden and shall perform such services in connection with the duties hereby imposed upon the Librarian as he may direct, and shall give bond payable toBond. the United States in the sum of 830,000, with sureties approved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the faithful discharge of his duties. Sec. 2. That all books, documents, papers, furniture, and equipmentTransfer of records, etc. of the office of Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds shall be divided between and transferred to the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress on the basis of duties transferred.
Sec. 3. That the appropriation of $3,600 for the fiscal year 1923Use of prior appropriation.*Ante*, p. 434. for the salary of the Superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds is made available for the payment of the salary of the administrative assistant and disbursing officer at the rate of $3,000 per annum during such fiscal year. All appropriations for the fiscalApportionment of appropriations.*Ante*, pp. 433, 434. year 1923 for the Library Building and Grounds shall be apportioned between, transferred to, and made available for the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress on the basis of duties transferred.716 The appropriation for the fiscal year 1923 for printing and binding for the Library of Congress shall be apportioned between the Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol and that portion allotted to the building and grounds shall be transferred to and made availableDisbursements by Architect of the Capitol. for the Architect of the Capitol.
The appropriations and portions of appropriations herein transferred to the Architect of the Capitol, ana all appropriations hereafter made to him on account of the Library Building and Grounds shall be disbursed for that purpose in the same manner as other appropriations under his control. Approved, June 29, 1922.