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PUBLIC LAW 85-75-JULY 1, 1957

construction and equipment of a fireproof office building for the use of the United States Senate, in accordance with the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029), $2,846,000: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall lae obligated or expended for construction of the rear center wing of said building, from the ground floor up, provided for under the Duilding plans heretofore approved by such Commission: Provided further, That the amount of $20,600,000 fixed by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948 (62 Stat. 1029) as the limit of cost for construction and equipment of an additional office building for the United States Senate is hereby increased by $2,846,000. Legislative garage: For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $40,300. House Office Buildings: For maintenance, including equipment, waterproof wearing apparel, uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131), miscellaneous items, and for all necessary services, $1,258,000. Acquisition of property, construction and equipment, additional House Office Building: To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, to continue to provide for the acquisition of property, construction and equipment of an additional fireproof office building for the use of the House of Representatives, and other changes and improvements, authorized by the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), $7,500,000. Capitol Power P l a n t: For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of electrical energy), for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Coyrt Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, legislative garage, and for air-conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation of the plant, $1,700,000.

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40 USC 175 note.

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Structural and mechanical care: For the necessaj'y expenditures for mechanical and structural maintenance, including minor improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $774,200, of M'hich not to exceed $28,500 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. Furniture and furnishings: For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $67,000.

41 USC 5.

BOTANIC GARDEN Salaries and expenses: For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, collections, and ecjuipment pertaining thereto, including personal services (including not to exceed $3,000 for temporary labor without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended); waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses including street-

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