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 Sum authori zed to be expended . Post, p . 1667. Report with recom- menddations not later than two ye ars . March Res. 377 377 . .] III.J	CHAP 585 .-Joint Resolution Authorizing the erection on public grounds in [Pub. Res., No. 100.] the District of Columbia of a monument or memorial to Oscar S. Straus. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to select a suitable site and to gra nt per missio n to a ny ass ociatio n or a ssocia tions organi zed within two years from the date of the approval of this resolution for that purpose, to erect as a gift to the people of the United States, on public grounds of the United States in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, a monument or memorial in memory of Oscar S. Straus : Provided, That the site chosen and the design of the monument or memorial shall be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, that it shall be erected under the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of said monument or memorial. Approved, March 2, 1929. Oscar S. Straus . Erection authorized of monume nt as me- morial to, on grounds in Washington, D. C. Proviso. Approval of site, de- sign, etc, required. No Federal expense. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 584-586 . 1929 . operation of a canal across Nicaragua or elsewhere and for the opera- tion of the additional locks and other facilities at the Panama Canal. SEC. 4. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150,000, to be expended by the Secretary of War for the purposes of this resolution and to remain available until expended. SEC. 5 . The President is hereby requested to report to the Congress not later than two years from the approval of this resolution the results of the investigations and surveys hereby authorized, together wit h suc h re comme ndati ons in co nnect ion there with as he may deem advisable. Approved, March 2, 1929. March 2,1929. CHAP. 586.-Joint Resolution Providing more economical and improved [H.J. Res. 399.] methods for the publication sand distribution of the Code of Laws of the United [Pub. Res., No. 101.] States and of the District of Columbia, and supplements. Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to avoid duplication and waste- (a) Publication of Supplement I to the Code of Laws of the United States (Public-No . 621, 70th Congress) as a part of the Statutes at Large is dispensed with ; (b) Publication in slip or pamphlet form or in the Statutes at Large of any of the volumes or publications enumerated in the Act of May 29, 1928 (45 Stat . 1007), as amended by this resolution, shall, in event of enactment, be dispensed with whenever the Committee on Rev ision of the Laws of the House of Re present atives so di rects the Sec retary of St ate ; (c) Curtailment of the number provided by law to be printed and distributed of the volumes or publications enumerated in such Act of May 29, 1928, as amended by this resolution, may be directed by such committee, except that the Public Printer shall print such numbers as are necessary for depository library distribution and for sale ; and (d) Such committee may direct that the printing and distribution of any supplement to the Code of Laws of the United States or to the Code of the District of Columbia be dispensed with entirely, except that there shall be printed and distributed for each Congress at least Code of Laws of United Stat es. Printing Supplement I as part of Statutes at Large dispensed with. Ante, p. 1007. Publishing in slip or pam phiet fo rm or in the Statutes, may be dis- pensed with. .Ante, p. 1007 . Curtailment of num- ber and distribution of the volumes by law may be di rected by Committee . Exception. Printing and distil- huldon of the pamphlets may be dispensed with. One for each Congress to be printed, etc .

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