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 sixrY-snvENTH 0oNGREss. sm. 1v. cus. 22,23. 1923. 1109 of Columbia, and excluding also marine hospitals and quarantine stations mints, branch mints, and assa offices, and personal services, except for work done by contract or fsbr temporary job labor under exigency not exceedingr at one time the sum of $100 at any one building), $2,900,000. he appropriation made herein for s shall eu gum-nm. include the rental and use of gas governors when orders? by the _ Secretary of the Treasury in writing: Provided, That rentals shall §f,‘{§‘§§’g`j not be paid for such gas governors greater than 35 per centum of the actual value of the gas saved thereby, which saving shall be determined by such tests as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct; Provided further, that the Secretary of the Treasury is m·‘g§;gg§§M§§§d‘_ °°°‘ authorized to contract for the purchase of fuel for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department in advance of the availability of the appropriation for the payment thereof. Such contracts, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current iiscal ear. Lanlils and other proper? of the United States: For custody, care, C¤¤*°dY°“=*¤d$»°*°~ protection, and expenses o sales of lands and other property of the United States acquired and held under sections 3749 and 3750 of the p_§é,§·»S°°S·37*9»3’5°» Revised Statutes, the examination of titles, recording of deeds, advertising, and auctioneers’ fees in connection therewith, $150. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT. “‘°°“““°°“s· Amznmcnn rxmrmo nousn ron rm: Bunn. H§§}'{,$“§,,,BP,,‘Q,§‘,§Ym‘ To enable the American Printing House for the Blind more ade- ,*}§f‘ff*§j,,,_ quately to provide books and apparatus for the education of the blind in accordance with the provisions of the Act approved August 4, 1919, $40,000. Approved, January 3, 1923. CHAP. 23.—An Act To consolidate the work of collecting, compiling, and pub- Jzml§r§2g$·l923` lishing statistics of the foreign commerce of the United States in the Department of [Public, N<>· 379-1 Commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate aml House of Represemfatéves of the C, _ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the control oiiiigltiiisiiiigiiiifdk and with it the expense of operation of the office known as the Bu- {‘g"§,°0pU{,;*;‘,;’g reau of Customs Statistics under the jurisdiction of the Department ggcommerce homme of the Treas, now located in the customhouse, city of New York, '°”`"y‘ State of N ewmYork, including all officers, clerks, and other employees of that bureau, official records, papers, mechanical and office equipment, furniture, and supplies now in use, be, and the same hereby is, transferred from the De artment of the Treasury to the Departs com um, ,,1] ment of Commerce. The Sgcretary of Commerce is herelg author- smmiis °bivi;i¤¤ ized, if by him deemed advisable, to consolidate the said ureau of °““‘°“'°d‘ Customs Statistics with the Division of Statistics of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce into one office, located in either Washin rton or New York, or partly in either place, in the discretion Bmw mbelwmd of the Secretary of Commerce; that the statistical bureau hereby 1¤ New You customauthorized to be located in New York under the jurisdiction and h°“S°‘ control of the Department of Commerce continue to occupy the premises in the New York customhouse which are now occupied by the Bureau of Customs Statiiicié andf that addition;] Sspace as needed be assi ed in the same ui in or its use b the ecreta. of the Treasuigyl upon request of the Secretary of goimnerce. Arii eeiieliliiiigxiiiriis of the unexpended appropriations or allotments from appropriations §§,‘LE,,,§,*L_‘2,{.{Q'§‘§L‘E,_ '°' available for the maintenance and expense of operation of the said A"’°,P·‘°°‘*·