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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 534, 535 -JUNE 20, 1938 Appropriations authorized. Post, p. 1120. Employment of per- sonnel. 5U.S. C. §§661674; Supp. III, §§673,673e. Compensation of members of Board of Zoning Adjustment. Provisos. Maximum. No compensation, if receiving Govern- ment, etc., pay. Act repealed; excep- tion. 41 Btat. 500. Conflicting laws, etc., repealed. Federal public buildings excepted. Proviso. Approval by Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission. Separability provi- sion. June 20, 1938 HT.R. 1029O] [Public, No. 685] Rivers and harbors, improvements. Work authorized. Federal investiga- tions and improve- ments, jurisdiction and prosecution by War Department. Wildlife conserva- tion. "administrative officer", "administrative officer or body", when used in section 8 of this Act shall not be deemed to include the Zoning Commission. SEC. 14. Appropriations are hereby authorized to carry out the provisions of this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and thereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author- ized and directed to include in their annual estimates such amounts as may be required for salaries and expenses incident to such pur- poses. The Commissioners are authorized to employ such personal services as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and the salaries of such employees, other than members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, are to be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Com- missioners shall fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, without reference to the provisions of the Classification Act: Provided, however, That the compensation of any member shall not exceed $1,000 per annum: And provided fuwr- ther, That no compensation for service as a member of said Board shall be provided for any member who holds a salaried public office or position in the District of Columbia or the Federal Governments. SEC. 15. The Act entitled "An Act to regulate the height, area, and use of buildings in the District of Columbia and to create a Zoning Commission, and for other purposes", being the Act of March 1, 1920 (41 Stat. 500), excepting the provisions thereof creating the Zoning Commission, providing for its membership and service without additional compensation, is hereby repealed. All laws or parts of other laws in conflict wittheh provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. SEC. 16. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to Federal public buildings: Provided, however, That, in order to insure the orderly development of the National Capital, the location, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of Federal public buildings in the District of Columbia and the provision for open space in and around the same will be subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. SEC. 17. If any provision contained in this Act be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not be deemed to affect or impair the validity of the remainder or of any other part of this Act. Approved, June 20, 1938. [CHAPTER 535] AN ACT Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors, and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans recommended in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth in such documents; and that hereafter Federal investigations and improve- ments of rivers, harbors, and other waterwavs shall be under the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, except as otherwise specifically provided by Act of Congress, which said investigations and improvements shall include a due regard for wildlife conservation: 802 [52 STAT.

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