52 S;TAT.J 75rTH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CII. 236 --MAY 17, 193S incllldinl minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, sup- plies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special clothing for workmen; personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art; purchase or exchange (not to exceed $1,000), maintenance, and driving of motor-propelled passenger-carrying office vehicle; not exceeding $300 for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books, periodicals, and city directory; $287,000. Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $1,500. Capitol Grounds: For care and improvement of grounds surround- ing the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol power plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; ferti- lizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; purchase of water- proof wearing apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without compliance with sections 3709 (41 U. S. C., 5) and 3744 (41 U. S. C., 16) of the Revised Statutes, $101,000. Legislative garage: For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all necessary incidental expenses, $9,000. Subway transportation, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: For repairs, rebuilding, and maintenance of the subway system connecting the Senate Office Building with the Senate wing of the United States Capitol and for personal and other services, including maintenance of the cars, track, and electrical equipment connected therewith, $6,000. Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment and for labor and material incident thereto and repairs thereof; and for personal and other services for the care and operation of the Senate Office Building, under the direction and supervision of the Senate Committee on Rules, acting through the Architect of the Capitol, who shall be its executive agent; in all, $259,909. For increasing the salaries of twenty-six custodial, grade 2, employees from $1,080 to $1,140, $1,560. For metal filing units, $5,000. House Office Buildings: For maintenance, including equipment, miscellaneous items, and for all necessary services, $375,240. Capitol Power Plant: For lighting, heating, and power for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Build- ing, Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, legislative garage, and folding and storage rooms of the Senate, and for air-conditioning refrigeration not sup- plied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Govern- ment Printing Office and Washington City Post Office and for light and power therefor whenever available; personal and other services, engineering instruments, fuel, oil, materials, labor, advertising, and purchase of waterproof wearing apparel in connection with the main- tenance and operation of the plant, $542,930. The unexpended balance on June 30, 1938, of the allocation of $462,250 made available immediately under the appropriation for the Capitol Power Plant, contained in the Legislative Branch Appro- priation Act, 1938, is hereby continued available for the same pur- poses until June 30, 1939. The appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol may be expended without reference to section 4 of the Act approved June 17, 1910 (41 U. S. C . 7), concerning purchases for executive departments. 391 Maintenance, re- pair, etc. Travel, etc., ex- penses. Capitol Grounds. R. S . §§ 3709, 3744. 41U.S.C.§§5,16. Legislative garage. Subway transporta- tion, Capitol and Sen- ate Office Buildings. Senate Office Build- ing, maintenance, etc. Custodial employ- ees, salary increases. Metal filing units. House Office Build- ings, maintenance, etc. Post, p. 1115. Capitol Power Plant, maintenance. Unexpended bal- ance continued avail- able. 50 Stat. 180 . Purchases inde- pendent of Procure- ment Division, Treas- ury Department. 36 Stat. 531 . 41U.S.C. 7.
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