Chapter 369.
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CHAP. 369.— Joint Resolution In relation to a monument to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the women of the United States of America, its insular possessions, and the District of Columbia in the World War. June 7, 1924.[[S. J. Res. 43](/us/bill/68/sjres/43).][[Pub. Res., No. 27](/us/68/pubres/27).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is herebyDistrict of ColumbiaMemorial building to Women of the World War. authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $150,000 as a part contribution to the erection of a memorial building with equipment in the District of Columbia to commemorate the services and sacrifices ofContribution authorized for. the patriotic women of the United States of America, of its insular possessions, and of the District of Columbia during the World War.Location.
Said memorial to be erected on the land now occupied in part by the Memorial to the Women of the Civil War, the permanent headquarters of the American Red Cross. Sec. 2. That said memorial shall be a building monumental inDesign and use. design and character and shall be used by the American National RedCost. Cross and shall cost not less than $300,000: *Provided*, That this *Proviso*.Equipment included.expenditure shall include complete equipment. 666 Sec. 3. Condition of authorization.
That the sum hereby authorized to be appropriated shall not be payable until there shall be raised by private subscription an additional sum of $150,000. Sec. 4. Subject to approval of plans by designated commission, etc. That the money hereby authorized to be appropriated shall not be paid until the plan of the proposed building shall have been approved by a commission consisting of the president of the American Red Cross, the Secretary of War, the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library, the chairman of the House Committee on the Library, and a representative of the central committee of the American Red Cross.
The plans of the said memorial shall likewise be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. Expenditures.The expenditures for said memorial building shall be made under the direction of a commission consisting of the chairman of the Supervision, care, etc.Senate Committee on the Library and the chairman of the House Committee on the Library. That said memorial building shall remain the property of the United States Government but under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, and the American Red Cross shall at all times be charged with the responsibility, the care, keeping, and maintenance of the said memorial building without expense to the United States.
Approved, June 7, 1924.