57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 145-JUNE 26, 1943 personal services employed therefor, of completed Federal buildings, the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care and safeguarding, not otherwise provided for, of sites acquired for Federal buildings,- including tools and materials for the use of the custodial and mechan- ical force, wire partitions and insect screens, installation and repair of mechanical equipment, gas, and electric-light fixtures, conduits, wiring, platform scales, and tower clocks; vaults and lockbox equip- ment in all buildings completed and occupied, and for necessary safe equipments in buildings under the administration of the Federal Works Agency, including repairs thereto, and changes in, mainte- nance of, and repairs to the pneumatic-tube system in New York City ten,Nev Yrk t city. installed under franchise of the city of New York, approved June 29, 1909, and June 11, 1928, and the payment of any obligations arising thereunder in accordance with the provisions of the Acts approved August 5, 1909 (36 Stat. 120), and May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 533), $2,000,000: Provided, That the total expenditures for the fiscal year Limitation. for the repair and preservation of buildings not reserved by the vendors on sites acquired for buildings or the enlargement of build- ings and the installation and repair of the mechanical equipment thereof shall not exceed 20 per centum of the annual rental of such buildings: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be Advan studi utilized for advance studies for Federal building construction, such amount of this appropriation to remain available until expended. Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District anPubl buildngsD of Columbia and adjacent area: For administration, protection, Salaries and x- maintenance, and improvement of public buildings and grounds in '* the District of Columbia and the area adjacent thereto, maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Administration, including the National Archives Building; repair, preservation, and equipment of buildings operated by the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the District of Columbia; rent of buildings; demolition of buildings; expenses incident to moving various executive departments and estab- lishments in connection with the assignment, allocation, transfer, and survey of building space; traveling expenses and carfare; leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees; furnishings and equipment; arms and ammunition for the guard force; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; and the purchase of two motor- Paymnt for propelled passenger-carrying vehicles; $25,633,(00: Provided, That Ices. where quarters or maintenance or other services are furnished on a reimbursable basis to any governmental activity, such activity shall make payment therefor promptly by check upon the written request of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, either in advance or after the service has been furnished, for deposit to the credit of this appropriation, of all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof, as the case may be, and proper adjustment upon the basis of the actual cost shall be made for services paid for in advance. bu Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds outside the and uounds outide District of Columbia: For operation, protection, and maintenance, DcSes and e- including cleaning, heating, lighting, rental of buildings and equip- penes. ment, supplies, materials, furnishings and equipment, personal serv- ices, arms, ammunition, leather and rubber articles and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees, the purchase of one motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicle, and every expendi- ture requisite for and incidental to such maintenance and operation of public buildings and grounds outside of the District of Columbia maintained and operated by the Public Buildings Administration, $6,508,600: Provided, That all furniture now owned by the United oU i dp se t fur 81077° -4 4-PT . I--12 177
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