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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Ca. 853. 1928 . 889 Pr ovid ed, That any funds her etofore or her eafter approp riated for Transfer the fiscal years 1928 and 1929 for rents and maintenance of buildings funds . in the District of Columbia for any of the executive departments and indep endent estab lishm ents may be transferred, with the approval of the Public Buildings Commission, to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Smithsonian Institu- SMITHS ONIAN I NSTITU TION ti Cooperative Ameri- Cooperati ve ethnologica l researches among the Ame rican Indians : c a n ethnological re- For cooperation by the Smithsonian Institution with any State, edu- searches. cational institution, or scientific organization in the United States for c ontinuing eth nological rese arches among the American Indians and the excavation and preservation of archaeological remains, as authorized by the Act of April 10, 1928, $20,000, to remain available Ante, p. 413. until expended. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOA RD Shipping Board. Me rchant marine To enable the United St ates Shipping Board to car ry into effect c ons tr uct ion lo an fu nd. the provisions of sections 301 and 302 of the Merchant Marine Act, from diti•uai loans 1928, approved May 22, 1928, the board is hereby authorized to enter Ante, p. 690. into contracts to make loans from the construction loan fund in such Post, p. 910. amounts which, when added to the amount of outstanding loans and to loans that may be made under authority of law from the amount Li mit. credited to such fund, shall not exceed in the aggregate $150,000,000 : Pr••i s•. , Discretionary di s- Provided, That said contracts to make such loans shall not obligate bu rsements. said board to make actual disbursements of moneys for this purpose during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, in excess of the available cash balance standing to the credit of said fund. UN ITED S TATE'S VETERAN S' BUR EAU Damage claims : To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the United States Veterans' Bureau, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Document numbered 271, Seventieth Congress, $617 .69. Hospital facilities and services : For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize an appropriation to provide additional hospital, domiciliary, and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans' Act 1924, as amended, and for other purposes," approved May 23, 1928, f iscal y ears 19 28 and 1929, $7,000, 000. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GENE RAL E XPENS ES Auditor's office : For personal services at rates provided by law, fiscal year 1929, $3,800. A sse sso r's of fic e : For an addit ional amount for personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, fiscal year 1928, $1,6 67 . For the purchase of mechanical office equipment, accessories and supplies, filing cabinets, printed forms, loose-leaf binders, employ- ment of personal services, and other necessary incidental expenses, fiscal years 1928 a nd 1929, $15,0 00. of other Veterans' Bureau. Privateproperty damage claims. Vol.42,p. 1066. Additional hospital facilities and services . Ante, p. 715. District of Columbia. General expenses. Auditor's office. Asses sor's offi ce.

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