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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 286-JUNE 27, 1944 section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and civil service and classifica- tion laws, $331,752: Provided, That the Federal Works Administrator may, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, authorize the Commissioner of Public Roads and the Commissioner of Public Buildings to make appointments of personnel for such adminis- trations. PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Acts, as provided in section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (31 U. S. C. 683), and for the repair, preservation, and upkeep of all completed public buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, the mechanical equipment and the grounds thereof, and sites acquired for buildings, and for the operation of certain completed and occu- pied buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, including furniture and repairs thereof, but exclusive, with respect to operation, of buildings of the United States Coast Guard, of hos- pitals, quarantine stations, and other Public Health Service build- ings, mints, bullion depositories, and assay offices, and buildings oper- ated by the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the District of Columbia: General administrative expenses: For architectural, engineering, mechanical, administrative, clerical, and other personal services; trav- eling expenses, printing and binding (not to exceed $17,000), adver- tising, testing instruments, lawbooks, books of reference, periodicals, and such other contingencies, articles. services, equipment, or supplies as the Commissioner of Public Buildings may deem necessary in connection with any of the work of the Public Buildings Adminis- tration; ground rent of the Federal buildings at Salamanca, New York, and Columbus, Mississippi, for which payment may be made in advance; $1,350,000, of which not to exceed $750,725 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia and not to exceed $456,275 for personal services in the field: Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not be available for the cost of surveys, plaster models, progress photographs, test pits and borings, or mill and shop inspections, but the cost thereof shall be construed to be chargeable against the construction appropriations of the respective projects to which they relate. Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Colum- bia: For repairs, alterations, improvement, and preservation, includ- ing personal services employed therefor, of completed Federal buildings, 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 Fed- eral buildings, including tools and materials for the use of the custo- dial and mechanical force, wire partitions and insect screens, instal- lation 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 thereto, and changes in, maintenance of, and repairs to the pneumatic-tube 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), and May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 533), $2,500,000: 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 buildings or the enlarge- 367 41 U.S.C. 5. Appointments. Maintenance. 35 Stat. 537. Administrative ex- penses. Surveys, models, etc. Buildings, etc., out- side I). C. M aintenance. Pneumatic-tube system, New York City. Limitation.

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