Section 3
SEC. 3. The contracts for all work of construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and grounds mentioned in sections one and two are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the contracts to be prescribed, and the work to be performed, where necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, without regard to such statutory provisions as relate to the negotiation, making, and performance of contracts and performance of similar work in the Philippines. In every such contract which requires payments in a foreign currency, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs is authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire upon the recommendation of the special committee herein created such currency at such times and in such amounts (within the total amount of the payments to be made under such contract) as he may deem necessary, the currency so purchased to be disbursed and accounted for at its coat price.