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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 482, 483. JUNE 3,1936 . 139 7 of the Postal Service to perfo rm, with out extr a compen sation, such fiscal-agency services as may be desirable and practicable in connec- tion with the redemption and payment of the bonds issued under this section ; and the P ostmas ter Ge neral may r equire each such employ ee to fu rnish su ch bond as he ma y determ ine for the fait hful performance of such fiscal-agency duties. "The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to advance from Transfer of sums to y y Po st Office Depart- time to time, to the Postmaster General, from the appropriation con- went, authorized . tained in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approv ed Febru ary 11, 1936, fo r `Admin istrativ e expens es, Adju sted Comp ensati on Pay ment Act, 1 936, T reasur y Dep artmen t, 193 6 and 1937', such sums as are certified by the Postmaster General to be required for the expenses of the Post Office Department in connection with the. handling of the bonds issued hereunder. Su ch bon ds, wh en received by postmasters for purposes of redemption and payment, shall be handl ed by th e postma sters un der such special regulat ions as may be promulgated by the Postmaster General. They shall be transmitted between post offices or from any post office to the Treasu ry Depar tment, o r fiscal agent t hereof, without advance pay- ment of any required postage. The Secretary of the Treasury shall reimbu rse the Postmast er Gener al, from the afo resaid a ppropria tion contai ned in s aid Supp lemental Appropr iation A ct, for such pos tage and registry fees as may be required in connection with such trans- mittal. Whenever it is proved to the Secretary of the Treasury, by clear and satisfacto ry evidence, that any such bond is lost, stolen, or destroyed while being so transmitted, the Secretary of the Treas- ury may, in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, issue a duplicate thereof without requiring the furnishing of an indemnity bond ." Approved, June 3, 1936 . [CHAPTER 483 .1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America i n Congress assembled, That the Thomas Jeffer son Memo rial Com mission (hereina fter ref erred to as the Com- mission), heretofore created for the purpose of considering and for- mulating plans for designing and constructing a permanent memo- rial in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, to the mem- ory of Thomas Jefferson, shall determine upon a plan and design for, and proceed with the construction of, such memorial upon a site selected by the Commission, under a contract or contracts hereby authorized to be entered into in a total sum not exceeding $3,000,000 . SE C . 2. In the executio n of its functio ns the C ommissio n- (a) May designate as its executive agent any officer, agency, or establishment of the Federal Government qualified and equipped to act in th at capacity, a nd any such o fficer, agenc y, or establis hment so designated is authorized to act as such agent. (b) May avail itself of the assistance and advice of the Commis- sion of Fine Arts, and the Commission of Fine Arts shall, upon request, render such assistance and advice. (c) May make expenditures for personal services without regard to the provisi ons of t he civil -service laws an d regula tions or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the purchase or preparation of plans, designs, and estimates, printing and binding, of fice , equip- ment and supplies, contract stenographic reporting service, books Bonding Ante, p.1125. Regulations to be pre scribed for h andling of bonds. Reimbursement postage, etc ., fees. e mploy ees . for Duplicates for lost, etc ., bonds. AN ACT June 3, 1936 . To authorize the execut ion of plans for a permanent memorial to Thomas	[H. R. 12027 .] Jef ferson [Public, No.635.] Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission. Vol. 48,p.1243. Post,p.1607. Determination of de- sign and commence- ment of construction of memorial in District of Columbia. directed. Cost li mitati on. Designation of Fed- eral agency as age nt of Commission. Assistance of Co m- mission of Fine Arts. Personal services. U.S.C ., pp . 81, 95. Miscellaneous ex- penses.