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 1412 7 2d: CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH-S-. . 1 . 44, 144 MR H 1, igg . Ho us ing Corpora- tion. Salaries and expenses. Salar ies a nd exp enses : For o fficers, clerks, and oth er employ ees,. and for contingent and miscellaneous expenses, in the District of Columb ia and e lsewhere, includ ing blan k books, maps, st ationery , file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, freight and express charges, commu- Miscellaneous items. nication service, travel expense, printing and bindingnot to exceed Rec eipts from sale s, $150, and all other miscellaneous items and expenses not included operation, e tc. in the fo regoing and nece ssary to collect and acco unt for the rece ipts from the s ale of prop ertie s and the r eceip ts fr om the oper ation of unsold properties of the United States Housin g Corporation, the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportaion', property comman- deered by the United States through the Secre tary of Labor, and to collect the amount s advanced to transporta tion facilities and others ; for payment of special assessments and other utility, munic- ipal, State, and county charges or assessments unpaid by purchasers, and which have been assessed against property in which the United State s Hou sing C orpor ation has an int erest, and to de fray expen ses incid ent t o fore closi ng mo rtgag es, co nduct ing s ales u nder deeds of trusts, or reacquiring title or possession of real property under de- Maintenance of un- fault proceeding, including attorney fees, witness fees, court costs, sold property. charges, and other miscellaneous expenses ; for the maintenance and repair of houses, buildings, and improvements which are unsold ; in Salaryrestriction. all, $8,500 : Provided, That no person shal l be employed hereunder at a rate of compensa tion exceeding $4 ;0 0 0 per annum, and only one person may be emp loyed at that rate : Provided further, That Prior appropriations not a vailable. no part of the appropriations heretofore made and available for expenditure by the United States Housing Corporation shall be ex- pended for the purposes for which appropriations are made herein. Approved. March 1. 1933 . March 1, 1933, [S. 88.J [Public, No. 388 .] [CHAPTER 145 .1 AN ACT To authorize the Postmaster General to investigate, the „ conditions of the lease of the post-office garage in Boston, Mas sachu setts, and to readj ust t he te rms thereof. UNITED STATES HOUSIN G CORP ORATION Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives of the Boston, Mass., post Uni ted States of America in Congress assembled, Th at the Post- offi ce gar age . Conditions of lease, master General is hereby directed, because of the conditions to be investigated. encountered in the performance of the contract for the construction and lease of the post-office garage in Boston, Massachusetts, and the modifications made in said building from the original specifications, during, the cou rse of co nstructi on,, to meet the aforesa id condi tions, and to provide a larger and better building than was required under opRo m ay bur chase the ori ginal co ntract an d specif ications ; to read just the rental, and justed- the purchase options in the existing lease- by increasing the annual rental under the lease from March 23', 1931,. but not in excess of $7,500, and by inc reas ing the purc hase opt ions not in excess of $75,000. Approved, March 1, 1933 .. i So in original.