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 SEVE NTIE TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cas. 44-46. 1928 . 1067 of the United States, an associate justice of the United States to be Creation and co m- designated by the Supreme Court of the United States, the chairman position of, and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Public Build- ings and Grounds of the Senate, the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House of Representatives, and the Architect of the Capitol. N otwit hstan ding the expir ation of a Con gress, an y Rep resen tati ve who is a member of the commission, if reelected, shall continue to serve thereon until a successor is selected by the House of Represen- tatives. The Architect of the Capitol shall serve as executive officer of the commission and shall perform such services under this Act as the commission may direct. SEC. 2. The commission is authorized to procure, by contract or commission t o pro- otherwise, preliminary plans and estimates of costs for the construe- cure preliminary plans, est imates, etc ., for tion, and the furnishing and equipping, of a suitable building includ- buildin g for the su- r,~ preme Court, on ac- ing approaches, connections with the Capitol power plant, and quired site. architectural landscape treatment of the ground, for the accommo- Vol. 44, pp . 631, 1254. dation and exclusive use of the Supreme Court of the United States ; such building to be erected upon the site heretofore acquired for that purpose, and such building to be so situated, and the exterior thereof to be of such type of architecture and material, as to harmonize with the present buildings of the Capitol group. The amount to be Limit of expense. expended in procuring such plans and estimates shall be determined by the commission, but shall be within the limits of appropriations made therefor, and shall be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the Department of the Interior, under the direction of the executive off icer o f the commis sion. The commission sha ll make a report to Re port by M arch 1, the Congress on or before March 1, 1 929, including a detail ed state- 19L, p .1261. ment of such plans and estimates of costs. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000, sum autborized. or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions Post, p. 1609. of section 2. Approved, December 21, 1928. CHAP. 45 .-Joint Resolution Limiting the operation of sections 198 and 203 of title 18 of the Code of Laws of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That nothing in sections 198 or 203 of title 18 of the Code of Laws of the United States (sections 109 and 113, Criminal Code) or any other Act of Congress forbidding any person in the employ of the United States or acting in any official capacity under them from acting as agent or attorney for another before any department or branch of the Government or from receiving pay for so acting shall be deemed to apply to counsel serving under the provisions of S . J. Res. 54, Six ty-eig hth Co ngress, firs t sess ion, a pproved Febru ary 8, 1924 . Appr ove d, D ecem ber 21, 1928. Executive officer . December 21, 1928. [S. J. Res. 167.1 [Pub. Res., No . 73.1 Counsel in suits to cancel naval oil leases . R emo val of pro- hibi tion against em- ployment of, in claims, etc. Vol. 35, pp . 1107, 1109 . U.S . Code, pp. 474, 475. Vol.43,p.6. CHAP. 46 .-Joint Resolution For the relief of Porto Rico. December 21, 1928 . [H.J. Res.352.] [Pub . Res., No. 74.] Whereas the island of Porto Rico is suffering from the effects of a PortoRicohurricane . violent hurricane of extraordinary intensity, unusual duration, Preamble. and unexampled violence which visited the island on September ' 13 and 14, 1928 ; and Whereas no part of the island escaped suffering some damage 54835'-29-rr 1-71
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