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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 521. 1931 . 1551 provide accommodations for officers, nurses, am attending person- Accommodations for nel ; and also to provide proper and suitable recreational centers ; ofrio ce arses' etc. and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized to accept etc .ceptance of gifts, gifts or donations for any of the purposes named herein. Such hos- pital and domiciliary plants to be constructed shall be of fireproof st . Fire proof , etc ., con construction, and existing plants purchased shall be remodeled to be fireproof, and the location and nature thereof, whether for domi- ciliary care or the treatment of tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric, or general medical and surgical cases, shall be in the discretion of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, subject to the approval of the President. Technical, etc ., ser- SEC. 2. The construction of new hospitals, domiciliary facilities, vices for construction or dispensaries, or the replacement, extension, alteration, remodel- purposes authorized. ing, or repair of all hospitals, domiciliary facilities, or dispensaries heretofor e or hereafte r constructe d shall be do ne in such ma nner as the President may determine, and he is authorized to require the architectural, engineering, constructing, or other forces of any of the departments of the Government to do or assist in such work, rl artstace of othe r departments, and out- and to employ individuals and agencies not now connected with side agencies. the Government, if in his opinion desirable, at such compensation as he may consider reasonable. Appropriation an- SEC. 3. For carrying into effect the preceding sections relating to thorized. additional hospitals and domiciliary and out-patient dispensary Post, p . 1629. facilities there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $20,877,000 to be immediately available and to remain available until exhended : Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of this All owance available sum shall be available for the employment in the District of Colum- IF Stansnib' etc ., as. bia and in the field of nec essar y tech nical and c leric al ass istant s at the customary rates of compensation, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the plans and specifications for the projects author- ized herein and for the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses„ field office equipment, and supplies in con- nection therewith. SEc. 4 . The President is further authorized to accept from an Acceptance of suit. y a ble b uildi ngs, ground s, State or other political subdivision, or from any corporation, asso- etc, authorized. ciation, individual or individuals, any building, structure, equip- ment, or grounds suita ble for the care of the d isabled, with due rega rd to fire or oth er haz ards, state of r epair, and all ot her pe rti- nent considerations, and to designate what department, bureau, board, commission, or other governmental agency shall have the control a nd management thereof. SEC. 5 . The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, with the approval Useo fappr opria tions preciously suLhorized. of the President, is further authorized to use all or any part of the Ante, p. 368. money aut horized to be appropriate d by the prov isions of the Act appro ved Ma y 16, 193 0 (Public, Numbered 230, Seventy-first Con- gress), the Act approved June 21, 1930 (Public, Numbered 405, Ante, p .792. Sev enty -fir st Cong ress ), a nd the Act appr oved Ju ly 1, 1930 (Public, Ante, p .843. Numbered 492, Seventy-first Congress), for extending the facilities at the national homes designated therein or at any other national home or hospital under the jurisdiction of the Veterans' Adminis- tration, or for any of the purposes set forth in section 1 of this Act. SEc. 6 . Subject to existing leases, easements, and rights of way, Transfer of military title to military reservation described in " Temporary transfer of reservation hospital property, Army General Hospital Numbered 20, Whipple Barracks, Arizona," dated February 15, 1920, is hereby perma- nently transferred from the War Department to the Veterans' Administr ation. Approved, March 4, 1931.

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