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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 235. 1920. 907 Capitol Buildings: For work at the Capitol and for general repairs thereof, including cleaning and repairing works of art, iiags for the J·'N¢.P·,673: east and west fronts of the center of the Capitol and for Senate and House Office Buildings; iiagstaffs, halyards, and tackle; wages of mechanics and laborers; purchase and maintenance, and driving of motor-propelled, passenger-carrgiypgrlg office vehicles; and not exceeding1$100 ap; the purchase of te `cal and necessary reference books an cit ecto, $38,500. The gppro ririliion for commencing the restoration of the floors of C§,§§§§{““g “°°“ °' the Capitol Building, contained in the Sundry Civil éiippgopriation I_j•:,gP;>1;¤g4¤**¤¤· Act for the Hsclal year LQZQ, continue; and made av a le for the ’ ' same u ose urin the so ear 19 1. Ca Iito1lPGrormds:gFor care arid improvement of grounds surround- ImP'°"i¤=‘¥ €'°“¤d¤· ing the Capitol, Senate, and House Office Buildings, pay of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners, fertilizers, repairs to pavements, walks, and roadwa $35 750. For rlrgairs iand improvements to steam fire-engine house, Senate 8,§°P°i“ ‘° $*“"l°’¤ and House stables, and Maltb Building, mcluding personal services, $1 ,000; this and the three iforegoing sums may, m the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be expended for purchases of articles $¤01{¤g6==·s¤s-531 without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910, ° ’p` ‘ concerning purchases for executive departments. _ For paint' and repairing the exterior of the Court of Claims §‘g‘}{,f,;’S’g’{,’,'f,,¥j;,ng_ building, andlgor every expenditure incident thereto, $4,700, to_ be exuripnded ugdér thedasdirectron of the Supermtendent of the Capitol B ding an roun. For repairs and improvements to the courthouse, District of Qc- (1i(tl§.tr1igi1::é.D`C` lumbia, mcludin repair and maintenance of the mechanical eqmp— ment, and for laior and material and every item incident thereto, $2,000, to be ended under the direction of the Superintendent of _ _ the Capitol Brirlxging and Grounds and to be paid one-half out of the  D‘“"°° Treasury of the United States and one-half out of the revenues of the AM P- 837- District of Columbia. rnnuo LANDS srmvrcn. Public lands` Registers and receivers: For salaries and commissions of registers ,,§°g'“°'“ md '°°°“" of district land offices and receivers of public moneys at district. land p,.,.,,_,,,_ offices, at not exceeding $3,000(per annum each, $450,000; Provided, ,s,Qg¤,j_§Qdgg;>;{,;>{*¤¢· That the President is authorize to consolidate the offices of register Broken Bow. Neb:. and receiver at Broken Bow Nebraska, and to appoint, by and with the advirm and consent of the Senate, a register fiir said office. All the powers, duties, obligations and [penalties rmposed by law upon both the register and receiver of said office shall e exercised by and imposed upon the register, whose compensation shall be a salar·y_of $500 per annum, together with the fees and commissions otherwise allowable to both register and receiver, but the salary, fees and commissions of such register shall not exceed $3,000lpler annum. uu t Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk e, rent, and other °°“ gm °’*’°”°°"‘ incidental expenses of the district land offices, including the expenses Pmmm subsismm of de ositing public money; per diem, in lieu of subsistence, of clerks detail)ed to examine the books and management of district land offices and to assist in the operation of said offices, and in the opening of new land offices and reservations, when allowed pursuant to section Vol 38 680 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914, ’p` ` and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said clerks, including _ necessary sleeping-car ares: Provide, That no expenseschargeable §§,@§,°,;,,,,,,,s ,,,_ to the Government shall be incurred by registers and receivers rn the ¤¢¤¤¤*d· conduct of local land offices except u on previous specific authorization by the Commissioner of the Ciieneral Land Office, $375,000: