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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 146 -149-MAR. 25, 1948 [62 STAT. authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of (a) $750,000 for the erection and equipment of a building or buildings, including plumbing, lighting, heating, general service, and experimental equipment and apparatus, the necessary roads, walks, and ground improvement, and land for the site of the building if no land is donated; and (b) $250,000 annually for the maintenance and operation of the experimental station, includ- ing personal services, supplies, equipment, and expenses of travel and subsistence. Approved March 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 147] March 25, 1948 [H. R. 3506] [Public Law 455] Huntington, W. Va. Site for Federal building. Post, p. 1033. AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of a site for a new Federal Building in Huntington, West Virginia, adjoining existing Federal buildings there, as an economy measure, before land values have increased as a result of improvements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Works Administrator is authorized and directed to acquire, by pur- chase, condemnation, or otherwise, a plot of land approximately two hundred feet long and approximately ninety feet wide, together with all improvements thereon, situated at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street in the city of Huntington, West Virginia, for use as a site for the erection of a new Federal building. Such plot of land is more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point where the south line of Fifth Avenue intersects with the east line of Eighth Street; thence along the line of Eighth Street approximately two hundred feet to an alley; thence in an easterly direction and with the north line of said alley to a point; thence in a northerly direction and parallel with the line of Eighth Street approximately two hundred feet to a point in the south line of Fifth Avenue; thence in a westerly direction and with the south line of Fifth Avenue approximately ninety feet to the place of beginning. Approved March 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 148] AN ACT To authorize the purchase of a new post-office site at Omaha, Nebraska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Omaha, Nebr. United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Federal Po, p. 103. Works Administrator is authorized and directed to acquire by pur- chase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in Omaha, Nebraska, for the purpose of erecting thereon a building for the use and accom- modation of the United States post office at Omaha. Approved March 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 149] March 25, 1948 [H. R. 49671 [Public Law 467] Portland, Oreg. Site and plans for postal building. Post, p. 1033. AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of a site and preparation of plans and specifications for a new postal building and for remodeling of the existing main post-office building in Portland, Oregon, 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 Federal Works Administrator is authorized and directed to acquire by pur- chase, condemnation, or otherwise, a suitable site in Portland, Oregon, and to prepare or cause to be prepared plans and specifications for a 86 March 25, 1948 [H. R. 4836] [Public Law 456]

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