PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 219-APR. 20, 1948 FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 60 Stat. 903. 60 Stat. 810. 58 Stat. 602; 59 Stat. 80, 638; 60 Stat. 611; 61 Stat. 592. 68 Stat. 394. Post, p . 1049. 60 Stat. 843. Post, p . 1008. Salaries and expenses: For salaries and expenses in the Office of the Administrator in the District of Columbia, including the salaries of an Assistant Administrator and a general counsel at $10,000 each per annum; printing and binding (not to exceed $6,000); purchase of newspapers and periodicals (not to exceed $150); health service program as authorized by law (5 U. S . C. 150); preparation, shipment, and installation of photographic displays, exhibits, and other descrip- tive materials; travel expenses; not to exceed $4,000 for temporary services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a) but at rates for individuals not in excess of $35 per diem (unless a higher rate, not exceeding $50, shall be approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget); $344,540. Public Works Administration liquidation: The funds made avail- able for "Public Works Administration liquidation" by the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1944, as amended by the First Defi- ciency ApprActhe Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1945, the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, and the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1948, are hereby continued available until June 30, 1949, of which not to exceed $21,200 shall be available for administrative expenses during the fiscal year 1949. Penalty mail costs: For deposit in the Treasury for penalty mail of the Federal Works Agency (39 U. S . C. 321d), $28,800. Damage claims: For payment of claims arising from the activity of the Federal Works Agency pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. 921), $10,000. PUBLIC BUILDINGS ADMINISTRATION Maintenance. For carrying into effect the provisions of the Public Buildings Acts, 35 Stat. 637. as provided in section 6 of the Act of May 30, 1908 (31 U. S . C. 683), and for the repair, preservation, and upkeep of all completed public buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, the mechan- ical equipment and the grounds thereof, and sites acquired for buildings, and for the operation of certain completed and occupied buildings under the control of the Federal Works Agency, including furniture and repairs thereof, but exclusive, with respect to operation, of buildings of the United States Coast Guard, of hospitals, quaran- tine stations, and other Public Health Service buildings, mints, bul- lion depositories, and assay offices, and buildings operated by the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the District of Columbia: General administrative expenses: For necessary expenses of the Public Buildings Administration, including personal services in the District of Columbia, and printing and binding (not to exceed $10,000); ground rent of the Federal buildings at Salamanca, New York, and Columbus, Mississippi, for which payment may be made Surveys, models, in advance; $2,160,500: Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not be available for the cost of surveys, plaster models, progress photographs, test pits and borings, or mill and shop inspections, but the cost thereof shall be construed to be chargeable against the con- struction appropriations of the respective projects to which they relate. Repair, preservation, and equipment, outside the District of Columbia: For the repair, alteration, improvement, preservation, and equipment, not otherwise provided for, of completed Federal buildings, the grounds and approaches thereof, wharves, and piers, together with the necessary dredging adjacent thereto, and care and safeguarding of sites acquired for Federal buildings and of surplus [62 STAT. 182
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