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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 437-JUNE 27, 1940 For an additional amount under the appropriation "Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives, Attending Physician, 1941" $1,500, to be paid to the Attending Physician in equal monthly installments and such installment rate shall be payable so long as the present incumbent serves on such detail. Contested election expenses: For payment to Vincent F. Harring- ton, contestee, for expenses incurred in the contested election case of Swanson versus Harrington, as audited and recommended by the Committee on Elections Numbered 3, $2,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Committee on Revision of the Laws: For preparing and editing a new edition of the Code of Laws of the United States of America, as authorized and directed by law (U. S. C., title I, ch. 3), to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Revision of the Laws, fiscal year 1940, $40,000, to remain available until June 30, 1941. JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF 1941 To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President of the United States, January 20, 1941, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed under a concurrent resolution of the two Houses, including the pay for extra police, fiscal year 1941, $35,000. OFFICE OF ARCHITECT OF CAPITOL Capitol Building: For the reconstruction of the roofs and skylights over the Senate and House wings of the United States Capitol, including repairs, alterations, and improvements in the sections of the building affected, $585,000, to remain available until June 30, 1942, and to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol without compli- ance with sections 3709 and 3744 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and the Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized to enter into contracts in the open market, to make expenditures for materials, supplies, equipment, accessories, advertising, traveling expenses, and personal and other services without regard to section 35 of the Public Buildings Act approved June 25, 1910, as amended, or the Classification Act of 1923 as amended. CAPITOL POLICE BOARD To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protec- tion during the present emergency for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, fiscal year 1941, $60,000, to be disbursed, one- half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Such sum shall only be expended for pay- ment for salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service of the Treasury Department, and the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and the heads of such agencies and the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia are authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the Board. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, serve under the direction and instructions of the Board and is authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the 629 Attending Physi- cian. Ante, p. 470. Contested election expenses. Payment to Vincent F. Harrington. Preparation, etc. , of new edition of U. S . Code. 45 Stat. 1541. 1U.S. C. §52(d). Expenses of inau- gural ceremonies. Pot, p. 1402. Capitol Building. Ante, p. 472. 41U.S.C.§55,16. Contracts, etc. 36 Stat. 699. 40U.S.C.I265; Supp. V, § 265. 42 Stat. I 0S1. 5 U.S. C. i§6d11-74; Supp. V , §S 673, 1173C. Additional protee tiioufor Capitll Build- ings, etc. Detailsfrom F.B. .L, etc. Duties, etc., of de- tailed personnel.