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 828 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 372. MAY 30, 193 :1. Library Building and grounds. Salaries : For chief engineer and all personal services at rates of pay provided by law, $42,048. For trees, shrubs, plants, fertilizers, and skilled labor for the grounds of Library of Congress, $1,000. Maintenance, repair, For necessary expenditures for the Library Building under the e tc' fth Achitctf th Cat ol includin mir jurisdiction oere oepi,gno improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, and appurtenances, and personal and other services in connection with the mechanical and structural maintenance of such building, $39,640 . For furniture, including partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, $13,965. Operating force. Trees, etc. Furniture, etc. Botanic Garden. Sa laries : For the director and other personal services, $82,870, all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library : Pro- vided, That the quarters, heat, light, fuel, and telephone service here- tofore furnished for the director's use in the Botanic garden shall not be regarde d as a part o f his salary or compensatio n, and such allowances may continue to be so furnished without deduction frosn his salary or compensation notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of the Act of March 5, 1928 (U.S.C., Supp. VI, title 5, sec. 75a), or any other law. Maintenance, operation, repairs, and improvements : For all neces- sary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden, and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and equipment pertaining thereto, including procuring fertilizers, soils, tools, trees, shrubs, plants, and seeds ; materials and miscel- laneous suppli es, including rubber boots and aprons wh en required for use by employees in connection with their work ; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies ; disposition of waste ; traveling expenses of the director and his assistants not to exceed $600 car fares not exceeding $25 ; off ice eq uipmen t and conti ngent expenses ; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal servi ces by contra ct without re gard to the pr ovisions of any other Act ; repair, maintenance, and operation, of motor trucks and passenger motor vehicle ; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, n ot to exceed $100 ; rep air s a nd imp rov e- ments to director's residence ; and all other necessary expenses ; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library ; $28,725. Minor purchases The sum of $100 may be expended at any one time by the Botanic without advertising. Garden for the purchase of plants, trees, shrubs, and other nursery US .S, see .3 13 99,p 733' stock, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5). Distribution of No part of the appropriations contained herein for the Botanic shrubbery, etc. Garden shall be used for the distribution, by congressional allotment, of trees, plants, shrubs, or other nursery stock. Director and person- nel. Proviso. Quarters, etc ., lowed Director. Vol. 45, p. 193. al- U .S .C ., Supp. VII, p.19. Mai ntenance, re - pairs, etc. Library of Congress. LIBR ARY BU ILD ING AND GR OUN DS BOTANIC GARDEN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SALAR IES Librarian and per- sonnet. For the Librarian, Chief Assistant Librarian, and other personal ~ services, $774 ,341, of whic h amount $1,6 70, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be immediately available for the salaries of additional assistants in the rare-book room.
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