PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 106 -MAY 3, 1945 the provisions of the Acts approved August 5, 1909 (36 Stat. 120), LimitatioL and May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 533), $6,000,000: Provided, That the total expenditures for the fiscal year for the repair and preservation of buildings not reserved by the vendors on sites acquired for buildings or the enlargement of buildings and the installation and repair of the mechanical equipment thereof shall not exceed 20 per centum of Kennebunkport, the annual rental of such buildings: Provided further, That the Mnr^iforpostoffice. Commissioner of Public Buildings may, in his discretion, upon such terms and conditions as he may deem to be in the public interest, with the approval of the Federal Works Administrator, accept on behalf of the United States for installation in the United States Post Office Building at Kennebunkport, Maine, a mural, contributed by public-spirited citizens of the town of Kennebunkport, Maine, depicting, historically, the shipbuilding and seafaring activities of that community. Public buildings Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds in the District Salries'an 'd ex- of Columbia and adjacent area: For administration, protection, main- peD ses tenance, 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 sOtumfBefntfrm- guards and elevator conductors; $25,495,000: Provided,That all furni- ture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practi- cable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture. Public buildings Salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds outside the D. gou outse District of Columbia: For operation, protection, and maintenance, pelaries and ex - including cleaning, heating, lighting, rental of buildings and equip- ment, supplies, materials furnishings and equipment, personal serv- ices in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, arms, ammunition, leather and rubber articles, and gas masks for the protection of public property and employees, purchase of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors, expenses incident to moving Government agencies in con- nection with the assignment, allocation and transfer of building space, the restoration of leased premises, and every expenditure 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, $11,500,000: Pro- use ofresent urnl- vided, That all furniture now owned by the United States in other ture. public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan for furniture. Perdiememloyee. Under the appropriations for salaries and expenses, public build- ings and grounds in and outside the District of Columbia, per diem employees may be paid at rates approved by the Commissioner of Public Buildings, not exceeding current rates for similar services in the place where such services are employed, and such employees in emergencies may be entered on duty subject to confirmation by the Federal Works Administrator. Oommunication The appropriations for salaries and expenses, public buildings and grounds i and outside the District of Columbia, shall be available [59 STAT.
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