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 SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sus. III. Ch. 147. 1913. 88] includin fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating a aratus, ele- Zxators, wires, and approaches, but exclusidhpof site, not _ That iis Secretary of the_'l‘reasury be, and he is hereby, author- ,_§,‘j¤*¤¢*• •¤¤¤>=· ized and  to enter mto contracts for the construction of a suitable   for said purpose within the ultimate limit of cost abgve mgntégm. b h _nc.1. ta  h mob authoiizedtobeerectedin the 9%,* ¤ glipiltrict of Columbia, to be own· saline George Washington Memorial i?¤ii3m¢.%mwm° The control and administration of said building, when erected, °°¤¤°*·•°¤- sharllhbe the livgsrd of Regelikts of the  Institution. T e rge ash1ngto' n emoria Association is authorized to G,,,,,,° "° ,,,,,,g,,,"’ erect said building in accordance with Lpxlam to be procured by said ¤·¤¤¤¤*m Ans: association and to be zpproved by the mmission of Fine Arts, said ¤°c'$¤, ess building to  fire roo, faced with granite, and to cost not less than $2,000,000; it shag have an auditorium that will seat not las than six thousand people, and such othm· suialler halls, reception rooms, office rooms, and so forth, as may be deemed necess to carry out the urposes for which the building is erected. Andaize said George E`¤°°*¤¤¤*¢•¤¤- Washington Memorial Association shall in addition provide a permanent endowment fund of not less than $500,000, to be admmistered by the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the income from which shall, as far as necessary, be used for. the maintenance of the said building. Permission is granted the George Washington Memorial Association Sqsufrg *¤ ·¤¤°¤ to erect said building in the north end of the reservation known as ` Armory ware, bounded by Sixth and Seventh Streets west and B Street nort and B Street south. The south front of said building Wd •·*•¤•¤’*— is to be on a line with the south front of the new National Museum Building; in the north end of the Smithsonian Park· and the said land is ereby set apart for that urpose: Provided, That the actual $$3, 0, Nm construction of said building shag not be undertaken until the sum =:}•:;*P¤¤¤• ¤‘•· of $]1,0(é0é0000 s%ill have been subscaiiilzeg and paid the tregsury ` o the rge gton ori ociationz prmnde r- ther, That the erection of said George Washington Memorial Buildiiig a:¤i$i¤.°‘ °°°°"°° be begun within a period of two years from and after the passage of this Act, and this section shall be null and void should the George Washington Memorial Association fail to comply with the provisions thereof which are conditions precedent to the authorization herein gl'8.Dt€.d. Public use of build- Said building may among other purposes, be used for inaugural in;.                AIIQDGEEHY €i·€ Congress may alter, amend, add to, or repeal any of the provisions ‘ of this section. _ wnmngwn u c Sec. 11. That so much of section twenty-four of the Act of Con- cepmueinsqbz gms; approved May thirtieth, nineteen hundred wd eight, ¤S Pfo· ',§§§{‘l{&$;_ "°’“d‘"‘ vides for the construction of buildirags for a customhouse and other v¤i.ss.p.w. governmental offices, except Unite States courts and post office, and for a buildiiag for the United States appraisers’ stores at Wilmington, North arolina, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to require that upon the enlarged site of the gresent customhouse and warehouse in said cit the Secretary of the reasury shall cause to be constructed a suitable and commodious fireproof building for the accommodation of the customs service, the appraisers’ stores, the United States courts and court omcials, and suc other governmental offices, exclusive of the post office, as can be roperly and {I _ in conveniently quartered in said building; and that the Ilimit of cost  °! °°s° ` fixed by said Act `of May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby extended by the sum of $300,000, and said Act is hereby amended so as to fix the limit of cost for said new custoinhouse,