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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 110. MAY 14, 1935. 233 Outside professional services, public buildings : To enable the Se on~sde professional Secretary of the Treasury to obtain outside professional and techni- vol. 44, p. 631; Vol. cal services, as provided by the Public fluildings Act approved May 46U.S.C.,p.3794 . 25, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 40, sec. 342), and by the Act approved March 31, 1930 (46 Stat ., p . 137), and to pay reasonable compensation for such services, and to employ appraisers, when nec- essary, by contract or otherwise, $100,000, to remain available until expended. Operating force for public buildings : For personal services, p o psong g force. incl uding also tele phone operators for the opera tion of telepho ne switchboards or equivalent telephone switching equipment jointly serving in each case two or more governmental activities, $1,300,000 Provided, That in no case shall the rates of compensation for the proviso. mechanical labor force under this appropriation be in excess of the pa y rates. rates current at the time and in the place where such services are employed. Furniture and repairs of furniture, public buildings : For furni- Furniture, etc . ture, carpets, and repairs of same, for certain completed and occu- pied Treasury buildings, and for public buildings in course of con- struction which are to be operated by the Public Works branch, $45,000 : Provided, That the foregoing appropriation Shall not be Provisos. used for personal s ervices except for work done under contract or personal services, re striction. for temporary job labor under exigency and not exceeding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building : Provided further, That use of present furni- all furniture now owned by the United States in other public build- ture. ings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so fa r as p ractica ble, w hether it co rrespo nds wit h the presen t regu lation plan for furniture or not. Operating supplies, public buildings : For fuel, steam, gas for Operating li ght, suppli es. er, lighting and heating purposes, water, ice, lighting supplies. electric etc » current for lighting, heating, and power purposes, telephone service for custodial forces ; removal of ashes and rubbish, snow, and ice ; cutting grass and weeds, washing towels, and miscellaneous items for use of the custodial forces in the care and maintenance of such publ ic buildings, t he grounds ther eof, and the e quipment and fu r- n is hi ng s th e re in ; temporary job labor under ex igency not exce eding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building ; miscellaneous sup- plies, tools, and appliances required in the operation (not embracing repa irs) of the mec hanical equipme nt, including heating, plumbi ng, hoisting, gas piping, ventilating, vacuum-cleaning, air-conditioning and refrigerating apparatus, electric-light plants, meters, interior pneumatic tube and intercommunicating telephone systems, conduit wiring, call bell and signal systems in such buildings, and for the transportation of articles or supplies, authorized herein ; $425,000 : Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for contracts -"revise . Contracts for joint for telephone switchboards or equivalent telephone-switching equip- tele phone sw itch- ment jointly serving in each case two or more governmental activities b oards . in buildings under the Treasury Department where it is found that joint service is economical and in the interest of the Government, and this appropriation shall be reimbursed for the cost of such joint service from available appropriations of the of fices receiving the service . PROCUREMENT DIVISION-SUPPLY BRANCH Supply Branch . Salaries and expenses : For the Director of Procurement and Director, office and other personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field field personnel . serv ice, and for mi scellaneous exp enses, includi ng two three-an d- one-half-ton and two one-and-one-half-ton motor trucks, office sup-