Chapter 655. To provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes
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Chap. 655: To provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes. Chapter 655 45 Stat. 622 1928-05-21 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 655.— An Act To provide for the acquisition of certain property in the District of Columbia for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.
May 21, 1928.[[H. R. 9355](/us/bill/70/hr/9355).][[Public, No. 453](/us/pl/70/453).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That there is Library of Congress.Joint commission created. Composition of.hereby created a joint commission to be composed of the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Library of the Senate, the chairman and ranking minority member, of the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman, etc.Architect of the Capitol.
The chairman of the Committee on the Library of the Senate shall act as chairman of the commission. The commission is authorized to sit and act at such time and places within Continuation of services of reelected Members of the House.the District of Columbia as it deems advisable. The chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Library of the House of Representatives shall continue to serve upon the commission if they have been reelected to the House of Representatives, No compensation for service, but necessary expenses to be reimbursed.notwithstanding the expiration of the Congress.
The members of the commission shall receive no additional compensation for their services as such members, but they shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in 623the commission. The commission shall cease to exist six months After acquisition of property, existence to cease.after the date of final acquisition of the property under the provisions of section 2 of this Act. Sec. 2. For the purpose of providing a site for additional buildings Acquisition authorized by purchase, etc., of designated privately owned land.Cost limit.*Post,* p. 1397.for the Library of Congress, the commission is authorized and directed to acquire on behalf of the United States, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, at a cost not to exceed $600,000, all the privately owned land, including buildings and other structures, in square numbered 761 and so much thereof in square numbered 760 as is south of the north side of the alley, being lots numbered 15 to 30, inclusive, and including any easements or rights of reversion, in the District of Columbia, as such squares appear on the records in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Any condemnation proceedings necessary Condemnation proceedings.Vol. 26, p. 412.to be instituted under the authority of this Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, and for other purposes,” approved August 30, 1890, as amended. Sec. 3. All such land, buildings, and structures, when acquired, Architect of the Capitol.Property when acquired to be under his control.Leases pending demolition of buildings, etc.shall be under the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol, who is authorized, pending the demolition of such buildings and structures and the use of the land for Library purposes
(a)to lease any or all of such property for such periods and under such terms and conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the United States,
(b)out of such appropriations as may be made Maintenance, etc., to be provided for.therefor, to provide for the maintenance, repair, and protection of such property and to incur such other expenses as may be necessarily incident to such jurisdiction and control, and
(c)to render available Temporary use for Library storage, etc.for the use of the Library, upon the request of the librarian, such portions thereof as may be suitable temporarily for storage or other purposes. The proceeds of any leases hereunder shall be covered into the Proceeds of leases to be covered into the Treasury.Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, and the Architect of the Capitol shall include in his annual report a detailed statement of his action under this section during the period covered by such report. Sec. 4. The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to remove or Removal of buildings, etc., when land needed for constructing buildings for the Library.to provide for the removal of such buildings and structures or such part thereof as may be necessary, upon request of the Joint Committee on the Library, when it shall become apparent to such committee that such land or any part thereof is needed for the purpose of commencing the construction of any additional building or buildings for the Library of Congress. Sec. 5. After the demolition of the buildings and structures Vacation of street and alleys upon demolition of acquired buildings.acquired hereunder, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon request of the Joint Committee on the Library, are authorized and directed to close and vacate that part of A Street southeast, lying between the east side of Second Street and the west side of Third Street southeast, and also the alley intersecting square numbered 760 To become part of grounds of the Library.as described above in section 2, and the portion of such street and the whole of said alley so closed and vacated, together with the land acquired under this Act, shall thereupon become a part of the grounds of the Library of Congress. Sec. 6. Appropriations made for carrying out the provisions of this Disbursements.Act shall be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the Interior Department. Approved, May 21, 1928.
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