Public Law 65–58

That the Secretary of the

Public buildings.

Additional building for Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., authorized.

Location.

Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be constructed, upon land belonging to the United States, at the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Place, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, a suitable building, complete, for the use of the Treasury Department, and to cause an underground connection of said building with the Treasury building to be

Contracts.

constructed; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Limit of cost.

empowered to enter into the necessary contracts at a total limit of cost for said building and underground connection of not to exceed $1,250,000.

Sec. 2.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized, without regard to civil-service laws, rules, or regulations, to obtain such special architectural or other expert technical services as he may deem necessary and specially order in writing, and to pay for such services such prices or rates of compensation as he may consider just and reasonable from the appropriation for said building, any statute to the contrary notwithstanding.