SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 156. 1921. 1365 tion, (1) by purchase, `ft, or lease of existing plants, (2) by construc- (*§g}l’;l{gu¥Q§’;§§ll on tion on sites now owne§1by the Government or on sites to be acquired, owned sites. when approved by the President, by purchase, condemnation, gift, _ or otherwise, or (3) by such remodeling or extension of existing plants rrii>ii1;Dri;i11i1i’p1ariiif’ and their equipment, owned or acqluired by the United States at places now being used or that have een used by the Public Health ervice for hospital purposes, as may be necessary economically to _ __ adapt such giants to the uses and purposes herein provided. Such ,,§§f’§’§f“,§‘§fgdB§?°m' hospitals an out-patient dispensary facilities shall include the necessary building? and auxiliari structures, mechanical equipment, approach wor , roads and trac age facilities leadin thereto, vehicles, live stock, furniture, equipment and accessories, and also shall provide accommodations for officers, nurses, and attending personnel, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to accept gifts or dona- ,ll;‘}li°°,§§°“°° °‘d°““‘ tions for any of the vpurposes named herein; " ` The Secretary of ar is authorized and directed to transfer without ll¢Q§*},${c"‘;il¥’{fl§lfl‘j,¥; charge to the Secretary of the Treasury for the use of the Public iieneéro iiublic Health Health Service such mechanical, construction, and miscellaneous S°m°°` material, hospital furniture and equipment, hospital and medical supplies, motor trucks and other motor-driven vehicles, not re uired by the War Department, as may be required by the Public lilealth Service for its hospitals; _ The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized in his discretion to ,,,}j°°}2,i"°§};,§§;,;§§$ employ technical and clerical assistants within or without the District 1>¤¤>¤S¤S·¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¢<i- of olumbia, without regard to civil-service laws, rules, and regulations, and to pay from the sum herein appropriated for construction purposes, at customary rates of compensation, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the plans. and specincations for the above·named lu objects and for the supervision of the execution thereof, and for pehse(;v§`ri;i;ug$zretJix` traveling expenses, fiel -office equipment, and supplies, commercial printin in or out of the District of Columbia, incident thereto, at a total limit of cost for such additional technical and clerical assistants and traveling expenses, and so forth, of not exceedin 3 {per centum l,m__,__0 of the limit of cost for construction: Provided, That a§ o the above- supirrvisam ezwerk. mentioned work shall be under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury; _ In c g out the purposes herein authorized the President is ,,,gEf"Q,§",‘3§§{§c°§§§$; authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to assi? for use of the amica- Public Health Service, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury, such lands or buildings now owned or leased by the vohmm Q Mlm, United States, not includirgg pfroperty under the jurisdiction of the norm emipetii. National Home for Disabl olunteer Soldiers, which, in his judgment, can be used more efficiently for the care of patients of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance; and the Secretary of the Treasury is I all t t { authorized and directed to take over immediately Fort Mackenzie, or miigesadeeiilliig W oming, Fort Walla Walla, Washington, and Fort Logan H. Roots, gQ“§_Vl§@},*§§_°“d 1*** Arliansas, with all lands, buildings, and equipment belonging thereto for the uses contemplated herein and to expend from the apprqpria- Allotments lm lll tion in the following aragraph not to exceed $600,000 at orts cpmsmshosritalfacm- Mackenzie and Walla %Val a, and not to exceed $250,000 at Fort °‘°“t‘ Logan H. Roots, for providing and increasing hospital facilities thereat; _ _ For carrying into effect the precedinv paragraphs relating to addi- €l·*Fg§g§'“"°¤ ‘°’ tional hospita facilities there is herdby appropriated out of any {gem, p- 1374- money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $18,600,004), to be immediately available and to remain available fmouht {0, rgxugd. until expended, of which sum not to exceed $6,100,000 shall be used °“¤¥»°°°·=P*=*¤*· for remodeling or extending existing plants. Approved, March 4, iezi.
