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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. III . Cris . 203, 206. 1931 . Febru ary 16,1 931 . CHAP . 203.- An Act To am end the Act en tit led "An Act to provide for the CH.8 .16297 .)
const ruction of cer tain pu blic bui ldings, and fo r other purpos es," approved [Publ ic, No . 671.1 May 25, 1926 (44 Stat . 630), and Acts amendatory thereof . Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the PublicBuildingsAct, United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act 1926 . Vol. 44, p. 630; Vol . entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of certain public, 4sAnte, p. i med . , amend. buildings, and for other purposes," approved May 25, 1926 (44 Stat . ed.
630), and Acts amendatory thereof, are hereby amended to provide Sums for projects un . that for t he purpose of carrying into effect the provis ions of sai d Acts der, increased,
and to permit of expediting the public-building program thereby auth orized , the amou nts he retof ore au thori zed t o be a pprop riated for public-building projects outside the District of Columbia are extended 1'roidses . $100,000,000 : Provided, That under this authorization and from Aggregate annual ex- appropriations (exclusive of appropriations made for remodeling and penditure increased .
~ enlarging public buildings) heretofore made or herein authorized for the acquisition of sites for, or the construction, enlarging, remodeling, or extension of public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, not more than $65,000,000 in the aggregate, shall be within the District . expended annually, of which sum not more than $15,000,000 may be expended on projects in the District of Columbia (except that any part of the balance of such sums remaining unexpended at the end of Balances available any fiscal year may be expended for the respective purposes herein su bsequently .
authorized in any subsequent fiscal year without reference to this limitation, beginning with the fiscal year 1928) . State, etc ., limita- SEC. 2. That the provisions contained in the Act of May 25, 1926, as tion increased . Vol. 44, p. 633; vo[, amended by the Act of February 24, 1928, limiting the amount that 45, p . 138, amended . may be expended annually in any one of the States, Territories, or posse ssions of t he Un ited S tates to $ 10,000 ,000 be, an d the same are hereby, further amended so as to increase the amount that may be expended in any one of the States, Territories, or possessions of the United States to an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 annually from Annual expenditure the date of the passage of this Act until December 31, 1933, after after 1033.
which time the amount which shall be expended in any one of the States, Territories, or possessions of the United States shall not exceed the sum of $15,000,000 annually . Contracts for con- SEC. 3 . That in the case of any projects authorized under the pro- structionallowed if low- est bid does not exceed visions of the Public Building Act approved May 25, 1926, herein- limit by 5 per cent, etc . before mentioned, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, when the bid of the lowest responsible bidder received in response to public advertisement exceeds the amount available under the estimated limit of cost fixed by Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized , in his di scretion, t o enter into contracts for the con struc- tion of such buildings in an amount not exceeding 5 per centum in Provisos,
excess of such estimated limit of cost : Provided, That this provision forcee after 1933. enorin shall not apply to any contract entered into prior to the approval of this Act, nor to any contract entered into after December 31, 1933 : Contracts exceeding Provided, That in the exercise of this discretion the Secretary of the authorizations forbid . den .
Treasury shall not incur obligations in excess of the amounts hereto- fore fore or her ein a uthor ized f or ap propr iation s . Approved, February 16, 1931 . February 17, 1931 .
[H. R.6603.] CHAP. 206 .-An Act To provide a short er work week f or post al emplo yees, [Public No . 672.] ' and for other purposes . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of t he Postal emplo y ees . United States o f America in Congress Shorter work week
assembled, That when the for, provided,
needs of the service require supervisory employees, special clerks, amend led 43, p. 1059, clerks, and laborers in first and second class post offices, and
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