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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 84-86-MAY 27, 29, 1947 [CHAPTER 84] ANT ACTP [61 STAT. May 27, 1947 I~ [H. R . 1584] Authorizing the erection and operation of a memorial museum and shop on the [Public Law 78 Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho. Appropriation au- thorized. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150,000, for the purpose of erecting a memorial museum, in commemoration of old Fort Hall, and a shop for the sale of Indian handicrafts, on land set aside for that purpose by the business council of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation. The museum and shop shall be oper- ated by the said tribes under supervision, management, and control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Approved May 27, 1947. [CHAPTER 85] ANT ACrP May 27,1947 [H. R . 2123] To amend the Locomotive Inspection Act of February 17, 1911, as amended. [Public Law 79] 36 Stat. 914. Compensation of director of locomotive inspection, etc. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U.S.C.§661et seq. 36 Stat. 914. 36 Stat. 913. 45U.s. . c. 22- 29, 31-34 . Effective date. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third and fourth sentences of section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their loco- motives with safe and suitable boilers and appurtenances thereto", approved February 17, 1911, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 45, sees. 24 and 25), are amended to read as follows: "The Inter- state Commerce Commission shall have authority, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, to fix the compensation of the director of locomotive inspection, the assistant directors, and the district inspectors; and each of such persons shall be paid his traveling expenses incurred in performance of his duties. The office of the director of locomotive inspection shall be in Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, and the Interstate Commerce Commission shall provide such legal, technical, stenographic, and clerical help as the business of the offices of the director of locomotive inspection, his said assistants, and the district inspectors may require." SEO. 2 . Section 4 of such Act approved February 17, 1911, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 45, sec. 26), is further amended by striking out the fifth and sixth sentences thereof. SEO. 3. Nothing in this Act shall have the effect of abolishing the position or reducing the present salary of an incumbent of any exist- ing position established under such Act approved February 17, 1911, as amended. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of its enactment. Approved May 27, 1947. [CHAPTER 86] May 29,1947 [H. R. 3029] [Public Law 80] U. S. Court of Ap- peals and District Court, D.C . Plans for building. AN ACT To provide for the acquisition of a site and for preparation of plans and specifi- cations for a courthouse to accommodate the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized and directed to prepare drawings and specifications, and do all work incidental thereto, for a building (including equipment, approaches, architectural landscape treatment 120