Public Law 747.

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(/us/pl/75/746)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Acceptance of advances from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works authorized.[48 Stat. 200.](/us/stat/48/200) That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to accept advancements for the District of Columbia from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, created by the National Industrial Recovery Act, and said Administration with the approval of the President is authorized to advance to said Commissioners the sum of $18,150,000, or any part thereof, in addition to any sums heretofore advanced to the District of Columbia by said Administration, out of funds authorized by law for said Administration, for the acquisition, purchase, construction, establishment, and development 52 Stat. 1204 Projects enumerated. of public works, including among others a building or buildings for the municipal court, the recorder of deeds, and the juvenile Locations. court, or any of them, said buildings to be located on such portions or parts of Judiciary Square, or the area bounded by Fourth and Fifth Streets, D and G Streets, Northwest, or upon such other area or areas as shall be approved by said Commissioners and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the making of such advances is hereby included among the purposes for which funds heretofore appropriated or authorized for said Administration, including funds appropriated by the Public Works Administration *Ante*, p. 816.

Appropriation Act of 1938, may be used, in addition to the other purposes specified in the respective Acts appropriating or authorizing said funds. Sec. 2. Availability of funds for acquisition of lands, easements, etc. The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part thereof shall, when advanced, be available to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the acquisition by dedication, purchase, or condemnation of the fee-simple title to land, or rights or easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act, and for the Preparation of plans.Professional services.[R.

S. § 3709](/us/rs/s3709).[41 U. S. C. § 5](/us/usc/t41/s5). preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and specifications; and for architectural and other necessary professional services without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes; for the construction of buildings, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators, plumbing, landscaping, and all other appurtenances, and the purchase and installation of machinery, furniture, equipment, apparatus, and any and all other expenditures necessary for or incident to the complete construction and equipment for use of the aforesaid buildings and Condemnation, etc., proceedings. plants.

All contracts, agreements, and proceedings in court for condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to this Act shall be had and made in accordance with existing provisions of law except as otherwise herein provided. Sec. 3. Repayment of advances; annual installments. That the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works shall be repaid 55 per centum of any moneys advanced under section 1 of this Act in annual installments over a period of not to exceed twenty-five years with interest thereon for the period of *Provisos*.Inclusion in annual estimates. amortization : *Provided*, That such sums as may be necessary for the reimbursement herein required of the District of Columbia, and for the payment of interest, shall be included in the annual estimates of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the first reimbursement Reimbursement, of obligation under former Act. to be made on June 30, 1941: *Provided further*, That whenever the District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue [40 Stat.485.](/us/stat/40/485) of the provisions of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventy-first Congress, reimbursement under that Act shall be not less than $300,000 in any one fiscal year.

Sec. 4. Report of activities and expenditures. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall submit with their annual estimates to the Congress a report of their activities and expenditures under section 1 of this Act. Sec. 5. Limitation on further borrowing. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are not authorized to borrow any further sum or sums under the provisions of an Act of Congress known as Public Law Numbered 465, [48 Stat. 1215](/us/stat/48/1215); [49 Stat. 174](/us/stat/49/174).

Seventy-third Congress, approved June 25, 1934, as amended by Public Law Numbered 51, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved May 6, 1935. Approved, June 25, 1938. To authorize the Secretary of War to lend certain property to the Reunion Committee of the United Confederate Veterans to be used at their annual encampment to be held at Columbia, South Carolina, from August 30 to September 2, 1938. Chapter 705 52 Stat. 1205 1938-06-25 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 2024-11-15 75 3 public 52 Stat. 1205 [CHAPTER 705] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to lend certain property to the Reunion Committee of the United Confederate Veterans to be used at their annual encampment to be held at Columbia, South Carolina, from August 30 to September 2, 1938. June 25, 1938[[S. 4069](/us/bill/75/s/4069)][[Public, No. 747](/us/pl/75/747)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, United Confederate Veterans, Committee.Loan of certain property for encampment at Columbia, S.

C., authorized. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to lend, at his discretion, to the Reunion Committee of the United Confederate Veterans, for use at the United Confederate Veterans’ Encampment, to be held at Columbia, South Carolina, from August 30 to September 2, 1938, both dates inclusive, such tents, cots, blankets, comforters, pillows, pillowcases, sheets, hospital and first-aid equipment, mess kits, and other property of a similar character as may be required by such committee for use in connection with such encampment: *Provided*, That no expense shall *Provisos*.No Federal expense. be caused the United States Government by the delivery and return of said property, the same to be delivered from the nearest quartermaster depot at such time prior to the holding of said encampment as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of War and the Confederate Reunion Committee: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of War, Bond. before delivery of such property, shall take from said Reunion Committee of the United Confederate Veterans a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of said property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States.

Approved, June 25, 1938. To facilitate the control of soil erosion and/or flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests in Nevada and to promote efficiency and economy of administration of said national forests. Chapter 706 52 Stat. 1205 1938-06-25 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 2024-11-15 75 3 public [CHAPTER 706] AN ACT To facilitate the control of soil erosion and/or flood damage originating upon lands within the exterior boundaries of the Nevada and Toiyabe National Forests in Nevada and to promote efficiency and economy of administration of said national forests. June 25, 1938[[S. 4136](/us/bill/75/s/4136)][

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