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 71 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 85-77-JULY 1, 1957

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U.S.C. 55a); not to exceed $175 for the purchase of newspapers and periodicals; not to exceed $8,000 for expenses of travel; payment in advance for membership in societies whose publications or services are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; and transportation and not to exceed $15 per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), for members of the Commission serving with- eo Stat. sos. out compensation; $225,000. Land acquisition. National Capital park, parkway, and playground system: Under authority of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), aS ^^D-c. code 8-102 amended, for necessary expenses for the National Capital Planning Commission for acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, to remain available until expended, $1,393,000, of which (a) $75,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 1(a) of said Act of May 29, 1930, (b) $318,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 1(b) thereof, and (c) $1,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 4 thereof: Provided, That not exceeding $69,000 of the funds available for land acquisition purposes shall be used during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses of the Commission (other than payments for land) in connection with land acquisition. Salaries and expenses, Washington regional mass transportation survey: The unobligated balance of appropriations heretofore granted under this head shall remain available until June 30, 1958: Provided, That the employment of not more than one person by contract or otherwise, pursuant to the third sentence of section 2(c) of the Act of D. C. June 6, 1924, as amended by the Act of July 19, 1952 (66 Stat. 783), ^^QJC." C o d e 1may be extended for an additional year. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Salaries and expenses, Smithsonian Institution: For all necessary expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries; for anthropological researches among the American Indians and the natives of lands under the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, independently or in cooperation with State, educational, and scientific organizations in the United States, and the excavation and preservation of archeological remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and making necessary observations in high altitudes; for the administration of the National Collection of Fine A r t s; for the administration, construction, and maintenance of laboratory and other facilities on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, under the provisions of the Act of July 2, 1940, as amended by the provisions of Reorganization Plan 54 sm. ^^^^^ Numbered 3 of 1946; for the maintenance and administration of a eo Stat. 1101*' national air museum as authorized by the Act of August 12, 1946 (20 n J e ^ ^ ^ i33y-i6 U.S.C. 7 7); including not to exceed $35,000 for services as authorized eo'Stat. 997. by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); not to eo Stat. sio. exceed $46,725 for expenses of travel; not to exceed $45,000 for rents, pending opening of the Museum of History and Technology; jDurchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications; $6,000,000.

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