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1694 Militia. Public parks . Zoological Park . Prop ort ion of ex- oenses . Water service . Provisos . Re strict ions li miting increase of pay, waived . Ante, p. 776. Adjustment of field service pay . Title of Act . March 4, 1929 . [H. R.139291. [Public, No . 1036.] Commission for En- larging the Capitol Grounds . Execution of desig- nated plans of, author- ized . Ante, p. 420. Details of plans . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. II. Clis . 707, 708 . 1929 . mnaT i For " Militia, District of Columbia, 1929," $1,420. PUBLIC PA RKS For " Salaries, public parks, District of Columbia, 1929," $44,000 . NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK For " National Zoologica l Park, District of Columbia, 1929," $13,500 . Total District of Columbia, exclusive of Water Service, $491,640, to be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and the Treasury of the United States in the manner prescribed for defray- ing the expenses of the District of Columbia by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1929 . WATER SERVICE For " Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, 1929," $8,000 . For "Water Department, District of Columbia, 1929," $10,100 . Total, water service, $18,100, to be paid out of the revenues of the Water Department. Tot al, Di strict of Co lumbia, incl uding water s ervice, $509 ,740 . Total appropriated by section 1, Title II : Federal funds, $17,299,616; Indian funds, $64,580; in all, $17,364,196 : Provi ded, That the restrictions, contained in appropriations available during the fiscal year 1929, limiting the amounts which may be expended for personal services or for other purposes, are hereby waived to the extent necessary to permit the increases in compensation under the Act approved May 28, 1928 (45 Stat . L., pp . 776-785) : Provided further, That the appropriations in this title shall be available for the adjus tment, ef fective J uly 1, 19 28, of th e compens ation of civilian positions in the field services the adjustment of which was authorized by section 3 of such Act . SH ORT TITLE This Act may be cited as the "Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1929 ." Approved, March 4, 1929 . CHAP. 708.-An Act To provide for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commis- sion created by the Act entitled "An Act to create a commission to be know n as the Commission for the Enlarging of the Capitol Grounds, and for other purposes," approved April 11, 1928, is author- ized and directed to carry out the plan for the enlarging of the Capitol Grounds recommended by the commission in Scheme B of its report to the Congress contained in House Document Numbered 252, Seventieth Congress, first session, with certain modifications, as follows (1) Provision for an avenue extending from the western fountain in front of the Union Station southwesterly to Pennsylvania Avenue, joining said avenue between Second and Third Streets Northwest; (2) Closing of North Capitol Street south of D Street;