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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 151 -MAY 31,1949 Contributions. Cooperation of Fed- eral agencies. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5U.S .C .§§661-674; Supp. II, 1 662 et seq. Post, p. 972. Allotment of space for exhibits. Disposition of prop- erty. Transfer of title to permanent building. (e) to receive contributions of money, materials, and other property from any source to aid in carrying out the purposes of this joint resolution; to borrow materials or exhibits; to accept the services of any skilled or unskilled labor that may be made available to it; and to accept reimbursement from private organi- zations or individuals for rights or privileges granted by it: Provided, That all contributions and reimbursements shall be expended and accounted for in the same manner as the funds made available under an appropriation made pursuant to the authori- zation contained in this joint resolution. SEC. 4. (a) The heads of the executive departments, independent agencies, and establishments of the Federal Government, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, are authorized to coop- erate with the Commission in the procurement, installation, and dis- play of exhibits, and to lend to the Commission such articles, specimens, and exhibits as the Commission shall deem to be in the interest of the United States and in keeping with the purposes of the sesquicentennial celebration; to appoint without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, such drafts- men and other skilled assistants as may be necessary; to contract for such labor and other services as shall be deemed necessary; and to designate officials or employees in their respective spheres to assist the Commission. (b) The Commission is authorized to allot to the departments, offices, and establishments of the Federal Government to the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories of the United States, and the governments of other nations, that have signified their desire to create exhibits for the sesquicentennial celebration, space within any structure or structures erected pursuant to the authority conferred by this joint resolution. The Commission shall arrange for the selection, presentation, assembling, transportation, installation, safe- keeping, exposition, demonstration, and return of such articles and materials as the Commission shall decide to include in the exhibits of such celebration. (c) At the close of the sesquicentennial celebration, or when the connection of the Government of the United States therewith ceases, the Commission shall return such property as may have been bor- rowed. Any expense incident to the restoration, modification, and revision of such property to a condition which will permit its use at subsequent expositions and fairs, and the expense incident to con- tinuing the employment of personnel necessary to close out the fiscal and other records and to prepare the required reports of the partici- pating organizations, may be paid from the funds made available pursuant to the authorization contained herein. If the return of any such property loaned by a department, agency, or establishment of the United States, or by the District of Columbia, is not feasible, the Commission may, with the consent of the lender, make such disposi- tion thereof as may be deemed advisable and in the public interest. The Commission shall dispose of all remaining property and mate- rials, including buildings and structures, at public sale to the highest bidder and the proceeds thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That the Commission may upon request, if it deems it to be in the public interest, transfer without consideration the title to any permanent building or structure constructed hereunder to any agency of the United States having control and jurisdiction over the land on which such building or structure is located, subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The Commission shall account for 142 [63 STAT.

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