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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 743 . JUN E 25, 1934 . 1215 [CHAPTER 743 .1 AN ACT Authorizing loans from the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works June 25, 4 [5 .34 04 .1 3404.1 for the construction of certain municipal buildings in the District of Columbia, [Public, No. 465.1 and for other purposes. Be it em oted by t he Se nate and House of Repre senta tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commix- District of Columbia. Lo ans for cer tain sioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to borrow building construction for the District of Columbia from the Federal Emergency Admire- in, authorized. istration of Public Works, created by the National Industrial Recov- ery Act, and said A dminis tratio n is a uthoriz ed to lend t o said Com- missioners, the sum of $10,750,000, or any part thereof, out of funds authorized by law for said Administration, for the acquisition, pur- Pro jects enumer ated. chase, construction, establishment, and development of a tubercu- losis hospital, a sewage-disposal plant, an extension of or addition to Gallinger Municipal Hospital, a jail or other enclosure for prisoners at Lorton, Virginia, or any one or more of said projects as the said Commissioners may determine. SEC. 2 . The sum authorized by section 1 hereof, or any part quvai abianys, fo ac- thereof shall, when borrowed, be available to the Commissioners ments, etc ., for public of the Distri ct of Columb ia for the a cquisit ion by dedic ation, pur- chase,or condemnation of the fee simple title to land, or rights or easements in land, for the public uses authorized by this Act, and for the preparation of plans, designs, estimates, models, and con- Prepa ratio n of plan s. Personal services. tracts, for architectural and other necessary professional services, R.S.,sec. 3709, p.733. without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and us .C., p.1309. section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, for the construction of build- ings, including materials and labor, heating, lighting, elevators, plumbin g, lan dscapi ng, an d all other appurte nances, and the pu rchase and installation of machinery, apparatus, and any and all other expendi tures necess ary fo r or i nciden t to th e comp lete c onstru ction of the aforesaid buildings and plants. All contracts, agreements, and Co ndemnation pro- proceedings in court for condemnation or otherwise, pursuant to this ceedings. Act shall be had and made in accordance with existing provisions of law, except as otherwise herein provided. SEC. 3 . That 70 per centum of so much of said sum authorized by Pr oportion of ex- p enses to be re imbur sed section 1 of this Act as may be expended as therein provided shall to Federal Emergency Administration of Pub- be reimbursed to the Federal Emergency Administration of Public lic works, annually. Works from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia, as follows, to wit : Not less than $1,000,000 on the 30th day of June each year after such sum shall have been advanced to said District until the full amount expended hereunder is reimbursed, without interest for the first three years after any such advances and with interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per year thereafter on annual balances as of each June 30 : Provided, That whenever the Provisos . Total reimbursement District of Columbia is under obligation by virtue of the provisions required. of section 4 of Public Act Numbered 284, Seventy-first Congress, Vol. 45, p. 485. entitled "An Act for the acquisition, establishment, and develop- ment of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, and so forth ", approved May 29, 1930, to reimburse the United States for sums appropriated by the Congress under that Act, the total reimburse- ment requi red u nder both that Act and this Act s hall be n ot le ss nor more than $1,300,000 in any one fiscal year : Provided, That the Repaying mor e. Commissioners may, in their discretion, repay more than said amount : And provided further, That the Commissioners may, in ti Discretionary alloca- their discretion, allocate any reimbursement as between the sums due by them to the United States under the aforesaid Act and the sums due by them to the Federal Emergency Administration of