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MARCH 21, 1922, 1 COMP. GEN. 532

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APPROPRIATIONS FOR REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS - WHETHER PUBLIC BUILDING APPROPRIATIONS THE MERE FACT THAT AN APPROPRIATION FOR REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS IS CARRIED IN AN ACT UNDER THE SUBHEAD "PUBLIC BUILDINGS" DOES NOT CONSTITUTE IT A PUBLIC BUILDING APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ACT OF AUGUST 24. 1922: I HAVE YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 2. FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PATENT OFFICE BUILDING WAS AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION AND THEREFORE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATIONS INCURRED AFTER JUNE 30. IN WHICH REASONS FOR A RECONSIDERATION ARE ADVANCED. AS FOLLOWS: (1) THE URGENT NEED OF THE PATENT OFFICE FOR THE ADDITION TO THE BUILDING. (2) THAT AS THE APPROPRIATION INDICATES IT WAS THE WISH OF CONGRESS TO HAVE AN ADDITION MADE TO THE PATENT OFFICE THAT WISH SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT. (3) THAT THE APPROPRIATION IS MADE UNDER THE HEADING "PUBLIC BUILDINGS.' (4) THAT THE WORK CONTEMPLATED UNDER THIS APPROPRIATION COULD NOT.

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