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 SEV ENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHs. 379-381 . 1929 . 1409 ized and directed to acquire b ~urcliase condemnation, or other- Acquiring des ignated y1 7 squares, etc ., as site for wise, all of squares numbered 490, 491, 533, and reservation 10, in a municipal center, and the District of Columbia, including buildings and other structures Censtrnet'on of, au- thorized. thereon, as a site for a municipal center, and to construct thereon Provisos. necessary buildings to house municipal activities : Provided, That the vacation of streets Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to and alleys, close and vacate such portions of streets and alleys as lie between or within such squares, as in the judgment of said commissioners may be necessary, and the portions of such streets and alleys so closed and vacated shall thereupon become parts of such sites : Pro- vided further, That if this property or any part thereof shall be con- Iminediatep ossession demned, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be ofcon demne dprop ertyd entitled to enter immediately into the possession of any such property for which an award shall have been made by aying the amount of such award into the registry of the Supreme Curt of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, pay- t Appropr iation au- able in like man ner as o ther app ropr iati ons for the expe nses of the government of the District of Columbia, such sums as may be neces- sary to carry out the provisions of this Act, includingg not to exceed Employment of pro- $10,000 for the employment, by contract or otherwise, of architectural fessianal services. and other pr ofessional se rvices, as ap proved by the commissioners and with out refe renc e to the Cla ssif icat ion Act of 1 923, as amen ded. Approved, February 28, 1929. February 28, 1929. CHAP. 380 .-An Act To provide for the appointment of two additional 	[H. R 14659 .1 judges of the Distric t Court of t he United Sta tes for the Eastern Dist rict of New [Public, No. 857.] York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ es of t h e United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional judges of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York, who shall reside in said district and who shall possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same com- pensation as the present district judges of said district. Approved, February 28, 1929. New York eastern judicial district. Two additional judges to be appointed for. Vol. 36, p. 1037, amended. U.S. Code, p. 863. February 28, 1920. CHAP. 381 .-An Act To recognize the high public service rendered by Major	[H. R. 13060 .] Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and [Public, No. 858 .] means of transmission of yellow fever. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in special ~ w fever roll of recognition of the high public service rendered and disabilities honor. contracted in the interest of humanity and science as voluntary subjects for the experimentations during the yellow-fever investi- gations in Cuba, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to publish annually in the Army Register a Names to be carried roll of honor on which shall be carried the following names : Walter on Army Register. Reed, James Carroll, Jesse W. Lazear, Aristides Agramonte, James A. Andrus, John R. Bullard, A. W. Covington, William H. Dean, Wallace W. Forbes, Levi E. Folk, Paul Hamann, James F. Han- berry, Warren G. Jernegan John R. Kissinger, John J. Moran, William Olsen, Charles G. ~onntag, Clyde L. West, Doctor R. P. Cooke, Thomas M. England, James Hildebrand, and Edward

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