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[S. 2100]

An Act Authorizing the sale of the United States Veterans' Bureau hospital at Corpus Christi, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau is hereby authorized to have appraised and after advertisement to sell to the highest bidder or bidders as a whole or in parcels in his discretion and on such terms as he deems proper the United States Veterans' Bureau hospital reservation at Corpus Christi, Texas, and to make, execute, and deliver all needful conveyances. The director shall have the right to reject any and all bids. The net proceeds of such sale or sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

Approved, March 2, 1925.

[H. R. 11505]

[Extract]

An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, and for other purposes

That under such regulations as the director may prescribe he is hereby authorized to sell at 90 per cent of the appraised valuation to rehabilitated trainees of the United States Veterans' Bureau, trade, technical, and public schools and universities, and other recognized educational institutions, upon application in writing, such surplus material, supplies, and equipment acquired for the purpose of vocational training as are suitable for their use which are now owned by the United States of America and under control of the United States Veterans' Bureau and are not needed for Government purposes. Approved, March 3, 1925.

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[H. R. 11633]

An Act To authorize an appropriation to provide additional hospital and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans' Act, 1924

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to provide sufficient hospital and out-patient dispensary facilities to enable the United States Veterans' Bureau to care for its beneficiaries in Veterans' Bureau hospitals rather than in contract temporary facilities and other institutions, the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, subject to the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to provide additional hospital and out-patient dispensary facilities for persons entitled to hospitalization under the World War Veterans Act, 1924, by purchase, replacement, and remodeling or extension of existing plants, and by construction on sites now owned by the Government or on sites to be acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, or otherwise, such hospitals and out-patient dispensary facilities, to include the necessary buildings and auxiliary structures, mechanical equipment, approach work, roads and trackage facilities leading thereto; vehicles, live stock, furniture, equipment, and accessories, and also to provide accommodations for officers, nurses, and attending personnel; and also to provide proper and suitable recreational centers, and the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau is authorized to accept gifts or donations for any of the purposes named herein. Such hospital plants to be constructed shall be of fireproof construction and existing plants purchased shall be remodeled to be fireproof, and the location and nature thereof, whether for the treatment of tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric, or general medical and surgical cases, shall be in the discretion of the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, subject to the approval of the President: Provided, however, That the director, with the approval of the President, may utilize such suitable buildings, structures, and grounds, now owned by the United States, as may be available for the purposes aforesaid, and the President is hereby authorized by Executive order to transfer any such buildings, structures, and grounds to the control and jurisdiction of the United States Veterans' Bureau upon the request of the director thereof.

SEC. 2. The construction of new hospitals or dispensaries, or the replacement, extension, alteration, remodeling, or repair of all hospitals or dispensaries heretofore or hereafter constructed shall be done in such manner as the President may determine, and he is

authorized to require the architectural, engineering, constructing, or other forces of any of the departments of the Government to do or assist in such work, and to employ individuals and agencies not now connected with the Government, if in his opinion desirable, at such compensation as he may consider reasonable.*

SEC. 3. For carrying into effect the preceding paragraphs relating to additional hospitals and out-patient dispensary facilities there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended. That not to exceed 3 per centum of this sum shall be available for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technical and clerical assistants at the customary rates of compensation, exclusively to aid in the preparation of the plans and specifications for the projects authorized herein and for the supervision of the execution thereof, and for traveling expenses, field-office equipment and supplies in connection therewith.

SEC. 4. Upon completion of the hospital program provided for in this Act no contract or other hospital or institution other than those hospitals and institutions under the jurisdiction and control of the United States Veterans' Bureau or those governmental hospitals or institutions specified in section 10 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, shall be used, except where due to the nature of a claimant's disease or disability it would endanger his life to remove him from such hospital to a Veterans' Bureau hospital, or in the event of extreme emergency in the discretion of the director. Approved, March 3, 1925.

[S. 3818]

An Act Authorizing the construction of additional facilities at Walter Reed General Hospital, in the District of Columbia

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to continue the construction of additional facilities at Walter Reed General Hospital, in the District of Columbia, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum of not exceeding $2,000,000, to be expended by the Secretary of War, for the construction of the following improvements and buildings, including roads leading thereto, necessary furniture, equipment and accessories: (a) Completing two wings to the main hospital building, containing wards; (b) a rear addition to the main hospital building, containing dining rooms, kitchens, wards, and a library; (c) a laboratory and morgue building, and tuberculosis, observation, infectious disease and semiisolation wards.

Approved, March 4, 1925.

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