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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 573, 574. 1930 . 799 CHAP. 573 .-An Act Amending secti on 2 and re peali ng se ction 3of the Act June 23, 1930. approved February 24, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 964; chapter 301), [H. R, 78221 entitled "An Act to authorize the appointment of commissioners by the Court of [Public, No . 413 .] Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation," and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the court of claims. Act entitled "An Act to authorize the appointment of commissioners Volmm43,on eprs o 965; by the Co urt of Cla ims and pre scribe the ir powers and compen sation," amended. approved February 24, 1925 (U . S. C ., title 28, sec . 270), as amended Vol. 45, p. 882. by section 711 of the Revenue Act of 1928 (U. S. C., Sup. III, title 28, sup.Ip.435 ' s9 9; sec . 270), is amended to read as follows : salaries of. " SEC. 2. Each of the said commissioners shall devote all of his time to the duties of his office and shall receive a salary of $7,500 per Venue for taking evi . annum, payable monthly out of the Treasury . The Chief Justice, or deuce . any judge of the Court of Claims, may sit at any place within the United St ates to ta ke evidence in any ca se institu ted in sai d court . Traveling expenses, The Chief Justice, and any jud ge of the court, the commissio ners and stenographers authorized by the court, shall also receive their neces- sary traveling expenses and their actual expenses incurred for sub- sistence while traveling on duty and away from Washington in an amount not to exceed $10 per day in the case of the Chief Justice or any judge of the court and the commissioners, and $7 a day in the case of stenographers . The expenses of travel and subsistence herein authorized shall be paid upon order of the court ." Provision terminat- SEC. 2 . That section 3 of the Act of February 24, 1925 (United ing Comm ission ers i n States Code, title 28, section 271), and the provisions of the Act of three years, repealed . vol. 43, p. 965; Vol. January 11, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes, page 51; United States Code, 45, p .51. U. S. C .,p . 899; title 28, section 2 71a), be, a nd the sam e are here by, repeal ed, but Supp. IV, p. 435, re- section 1, and section 2 as amended by this Act, of the Act of Feb- pealed. 445, n. Q65. ruary 24, 1925 (Forty-third Statutes, page 964), shall remain in full f orce and effect. Appr oved, J une 23, 1930. June 23, 1930. CHAP. 574 .-A n Act Authori zing the purc hase by the S ecretar y of C om- [H. R..7997.] merce of additional land for the Bureau of Standards of the Department of [Public, No. 414.] Commerce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ar Bure au of stand- of Commerce be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire, by purchase, Acquisition of add i- tional lands in District condemnation, or otherwise, not to exceed seventeen acres of land, of Columbia for. including improvements thereon, adjacent to the present site of the Pos t, p. 873. Bure au of Standards to enlarge its present site, at a cost no t to exceed Cost limit ation. $4 00,000 . SEC. 2 . That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, if he shall bygr antor io f of rights o title. deem advisable, to acquire the fee title to any parts of said land herein authorized to be acquired subject to limited rights, but not for busi- Prouisos. ness purposes, reserved to the grantor : Pro vided, T hat su ch re ser va- Termination of. tion of rights shall not continue beyond the life or lives of the grantor contract to serve or grantors of the fee : Provided further, That in the opinion of said Government interest . Secretary of Commerce such contract for acquisition of land subject to such limi ted rights will satis factorily serve the interest of the Government therein. SEC. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, clo sed. Streets and alleys and they are hereby, authorized and directed to close and vacate such port ions of streets and alleys as lie with in, or break the co ntinuity of the enlarged site, as in the judgment of the Secretary of Commerce may be necessary, and t he portions of such streets and alleys so closed

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