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1304 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 98. 1919. C°°k C°‘“‘*>’· mn a. At Cook Count , Illinois, by taking over the land and execuf miiioilihpgitiiiigcgsliilgadi the contract for the cyonstruction thereon of hospital buildings specifigd therein of a certain proposed contract executed by the Shan Company, August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and in accordance with such contract and the plans and specifications, identified in connection therewith August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, by the signature and initials of Brigadier General R. C. Marshall, junior, Construction Division, Quartermaster Department, United States Army, by Lieutenant Colonel C. C. Wright, and the Shank Company, by George H. Shank, president, cm. at the cost stated therein, namely, $2,500,000, with such changes in said lans and specifications as may be required by the Secretary of the 'llreasury to ada t said specified buil in to the needs and , purposes of the Public gealth Service, at a totallimit of cost not to exceed $3,000,000. changes to be made, b. In carrying the foregoing authorization into effect, the Secretar °”°x°°“"°°‘ of the Treasury is authorized to execute the contract with The Shank Company herembefore specihed, with such verbal chan es as are made necessary by a change m the contracting officers, and to assume all obligations in said contract contained, and to purchase materials and labor in the open market, or otherwise, and to em loy laborers and mechanics for the construction of such buildings and their equipment as in his judgment shall best meet the public exigencies, withm the limits; of Igost hergin authegized. ky I d b b gif 1>¤w¤¤¤S¤ri¤s¤»Kv- c. t lawson rmgs` , entuc , on an to e ac ` t, D°°°t°d 1a°d’°°°' the necessary builldings for a sanatorium having a ciipacity of not cm. less than five hundred beds. The' sum of $1,500,000 is hereby authorized for the construction of such sanatorium. g,<;f¤1k.V¤- d. The sum of $900,000 is hereby authorized for the construction, ’ including site, of a hospital plant complete at Norfolk, Virginia. g:;¤¤*°'°°‘¤¤°i=~ e. The sum of $550,000 is hereby authorized for the construction, ` on land owned b the Govemment, on a site to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury with the approval of the President, of a hospital plant complete in the District of Columbia or vicinit . me-m·n¤p¤u,Bu· f. The sum of $190,000 is hereby authorized for additional liospital P'${§;N‘Y‘ accommodations, including such minor alteration in and remodeling of existing and authorized buildings as may be necessary to economically adiipt them to the additional accommodations herein authorized for the arine Hospital at Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, 1>ubu¤Lsws,zassss., the sum appro riated for additions to the said hospital by the Act

        • 7- approved arclh twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, is

authorized to be expended in full without the construction of psy- G·—=¤··¤·¤¤¤*··¤*·¤· chgmcsuniw mying th { ‘ th ‘ t‘ ‘ t ti t an . .· sc. . n c e ore o au oriza ion m o e ec new · :i1¤l¤xi¤Iimmt'°w"°mdl construction work herein autheriglgl shall, as far as feasible, be of fire resisting character, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to enter into contracts for the construction, equipment, and so forth, of such buildings on Government owned lands, or lands acquired for such purpose, to purchase materials and labor in the open market, or otherwise, and to emglo laborers and mechanics for the construction of such buildings an their uipment as in his judgment shall best meet the public exigencies, within the limits of cost herein authorized. c0£51§g`1rg%¤w¤°qu§<;){ Sm. 9. For the purpose of carrying the foregoing authorization into mmaeae. ’ effect, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise aplpropriated, to be immediately available and remain available unf expended, the sum of $8,840,000, and for furmture and equipment not otherwise provided for, the sum of _ $210,000; m all, $9,050,000. igg°‘;§’§, ; Q Sec. 10. And the Secretm? of the Treasury is hereby authorized, wil =»¤·¤=¤1¤w¤.•r¤. m his discretion, to employ, or service within or without the District