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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 107-APR. 18, 1940 ing personal services employed therefor, of completed Federal build- ings (including Marcus Hook), the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care and safeguarding, not otherwise provided for, of sites acquired for Federal buildings, including tools and materials for the use of the custodial and mechanical force, wire partitions and insect screens, installation and repair of mechanical equipment, gas, and electric-light fixtures, conduits, wiring, platform scales, and tower clocks; vaults and lockbox equipment in all buildings completed and occupied, and for necessary safe equipments in buildings under the administration of the Federal Works Agency, including repairs Pneumatic-tube thereto, and changes in, maintenance of, and repairs to the pneumatic- system, New York . ty. Yorktube system in New York City installed under franchise of the city of New York, approved June 29, 1909, and June 11, 1928, and the payment of any obligations arising thereunder in accordance with the provisions of the Acts approved August 5, 1909 (36 Stat. 120), Limitation. and May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 533), $3,016,900: Provided, That the total expenditures for the fiscal year for the repair and preservation of buildings not reserved by the vendors on sites acquired for build- ings or the enlargement of buildings and the installation and repair of the mechanical equipment thereof shall not exceed 20 per centum of the annual rental of such buildings. New York, N. Y., New York, New York, Customhouse: For the purchase of new eusttOmhOust. Furiture, equip furniture, furnishings, venetian blinds, shelving, counters, and filing met, etc. equipment, and to make expenditures for services, supplies, and mate- rials for the reconditioning of old furniture and equipment for the customhouse building, New York, New York, including moving and administrative expenses, $150,000. Publicbuildingsand Salaries and general expenses, public buildings and grounds in the grounds, D. C. salaries andgenera District of Columbia: For administration, protection, maintenance, eet7 1035. and improvement of public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Adminis- tration, including the National Archives Building; repair, preserva- tion, and equipment of the Treasury, Treasury Annex, City Post Office, Auditors' Building, Liberty Loan Building, and Customhouse; per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, not exceeding current rates for similar services in the District of Columbia, and such employees in emergencies may be entered on duty subject to confirmation by the Federal Works Administrator; rent of buildings; demolition of buildings; expenses incident to moving various executive departments and establishments in connection with the assignment, allocation, transfer, and survey of building space; traveling expenses and carfare; leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees; furnishings and equipment; arms and ammunition for the guard force; not exceeding $40,090 for purchase, repair, and clean- ing of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; and the pur- chase of two motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; $8,938,245, of which amount not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for major repairs and improvements to public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia. Public buildings Salaries and expenses, public buildings outside the District of outside D. 0. alaries and ex- Columbia: For operation, protection, and maintenance, including penses . cleaning, heating, lighting, rental of buildings and equipment, sup- plies, materials, furnishings and equipment, personal services, arms, ammunition, leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the pro- tection of public property and employees, and every expenditure requisite for and incidental to such maintenance and operation of public buildings outside of the District of Columbia maintained 126 [54 STAT.

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