55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 409-AUG. 25, 1941 their work, fiscal year 1942, $350,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines, is hereby authorized to accept buildings, equipment, and other contri- butions from public or private sources offering to cooperate in carry- ing out the purposes of this appropriation, and to carry out the projects in cooperation with other departments or agencies of the Federal Government, States, and State agencies, and other organi- zations: Provided further, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to this appropriation. Construction and equipment of helium plants: To enable the Sec- retary of the Interior to increase and improve the capacity for the production of helium, as authorized by the Act approved September 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 885), by the acquirement, by purchase, lease, or con- demnation, of lands or interests therein or options thereon, the making of contracts and agreements (with optional provisions where neces- sary) for the acquisition, processing, or conservation of helium-bear- ing gas, the construction and equipment of buildings or additions to existing buildings, the drilling of wells and construction of pipe lines, and other appurtenant facilities, and to conduct investigations with respect to available resources of helium-bearing gas and the trans- portation of helium, and for all necessary expenses incident to the foregoing, including the employment by contract or otherwise, at such rates of compensation as the Secretary of the Interior may deter- mine, of engineers, architects, or firms or corporations thereof neces- sary to design and construct the buildings, structures, and equipment; supplies and equipment; travel expenses; purchase in the District of Columbia and elsewhere of furniture and equipment; professional and scientific books and publications, stationery and supplies, type- writing, adding, and computing machines, accessories, and repairs, including exchange and maintenance thereof, purchase, not to exceed $5,500 (including exchange as part payment), operation, maintenance, and repair of passenger-carrying automobiles for official use in field work; and not to exceed $16,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1942, $1,250,000, to remain available until June 30, 1943: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes shall not be construed to apply to expenditures under this appropria- tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines, is hereby authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public or private sources offering to cooperate in carrying out the purposes of this appropriation. WAR DEPARTMENT CIVIL FUNCTIONs QUARTERMASTER CORPS For the construction by and for the use of the War Department on Government-owned land comprising the site formerly occupied by the Department of Agriculture Experimental Farm and land adjacent thereto in Arlington County, Virginia, of an office building and appur- tenances thereto, including interior facilities, fixed equipment, necessary services, roads, connections to water, sewer, gas, and electric mains, preparation of an automobile parking area, purchase and installation of telephone and radio equipment, and similar improvements, and other expenses in connection therewith, $35,000,000, to be expended in accordance with laws relating to the construction of military post projects but without reference to the laws suspended in connection with 685 Proviso. Acceptance of con- tributions. 41U. S. C.§5. Helium plants, con- struction, etc. 50U. .C. § 161-166. Investigations. Automobiles. Provisos. 41U. S. C. 56. Acceptance of con- tributions. Ante, p. 190. Construction of of- fice building in Ar- lington County, Va.
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