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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . 651 paper published in the District of Columbia ; and notice shall be given, by advertising twice a week for two successive weeks in the regular issue of two daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, that such delinquent tax list has been published in two daily newspapers, giving the name of each and the dates and the issues containing said list, and such notice shall be published in the two weeks immediately following the week in which the delinquent Competitive propo- tax list shall have been published : Provided further, That competi- sass for publishing list. tive proposals shall be invited by the commissioners from the several newspapers published in the District of Columbia for publishing the said deli nquent ta x list. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Employment service For personal services and miscellaneous and contingent expenses expenses. required for maintaining a public employment service for the District of Columbia, $9,650. HISTORICAL PLACES For purchase and erection of suitable tablets to mark historical places in the District of Columbia, $500. EMERGENCY FUND Expenses under, To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, stricted' public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire or storm, and of like chara cter, and in all o ther c ases of emerg ency n ot oth erwise sufficiently provided for, in the discretion of the commissioners, Proviso. $4,000 : Provided, That in making purchases under this fund not Pur cha ses. more than the market price shall be paid, and all bids above the market price shall be rejected and new bids received or purchases made in open market, as may, in the judgment, of the commissioners, be most econo mical and ad vantag eous t o the D istric t of C olumbi a. Refund of erroneous REFUND OF ERRONEOUS COL LEC TIO NS collections. To enable the commissioners, in any case where special assessments Payments authorized from. school tuition charges, payments for lost library books, rents, fees, or collections of any character have been erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in the proportion required by law, to refund such errone- Building permits. ous payments, wholly or in part, including the refunding of fees vol.as,p. er paid for building permits authorized by the District of Columbia Proviso. 967. Appropriation Act approved March 2, 1911, $3,000 : Provided, That Prior years. this appropriation shall be available for such refunds of payments ma de wit hin th e past three years. To aid in support of the National Conference of Commissioners form State Laws. on Uniform State Laws, $250. STREET AND ROAD IMPROVEMENT AND REPAIR menteandrepairs. r ove For assessment and permit work, including maintenance of non- passenger-carrying motor vehicles, $300,000. For paving roadways under the permit system, $40,000. Ga solin e tax road and GASOLINE TAX ROAD AND STREET FUND street fund. For paving, repaving, grading, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, and roads, including personal services and the maintenance of motor vehicles used in this work, and including curbing and 54835°-29-rT 1-45 Historical tablets. Emergency fund. Assessment and per- mit work. Paving roadways. Paving, etc ., streets, and roads from.

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 652 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659. 1928 . gutters and replacement of curb-line trees where necessary, as follows, Vol.43,p.106. to be paid from the special fund created by section 1 of the Act entitle d "An Act to provide for a tax on motor- vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved April 23, 1924, and accretions by repayment of assessments Wisconsin Avenue Northwest : Fo rty-fi rst St reet Wiscon sin Av enue t o Dav enport NW. Street, $9,400 ; Quincy Street NW. Northwest : Quincy Street, Tenth Street to Georgia Avenue, $9,300 ; Kansas Avenue NW. Northwest : Kansas Avenue, Shepherd Street to Georgia Avenue, $17,400 ; A `hirteenth Street Northwest : Thirteenth Street, Kennedy Street to Longfellow Street, $6,600 ; Sixteenth Street NW. Northwest : Sixteenth Street, Alaska Avenue to Kalmia Road, $80,000 ; Fern Street NW. No r th w e st : Fern Stree t, Georgia Av enue to Blair Road, $15,700 ; Sheridan Street NW. Northwest : Sheridan Street, Third Street to Fourth Street, $6,300 ; Fourth Street NW. Northwest : Fourth Street, pavement south of Quackenbos Street to Rittenhouse Street, $8,000 ; Fifth Street NW. Northwest : Fifth Street, Grant Circle to Decatur Street, $22,000 ; Georgia Avenue NW. Northwest : Georgia Avenue, Fern Street to District line, $36,200 ; Cathedral Avenue Northwest : Cathedral Avenue Conduit Road to Potomac Avenue NW. $12,300 ; Garfield Street NW. Northw est : Garfield Street, Wisconsin Avenue to Bellevue Ter- race, $9,500 ; Bellevue Te rrace Northwest : Bellevue Terrace, Fulton Street to Cathedral Avenue, NW . $13,100 ; Reno Road NW. Northwest : Reno Road, Quebec Street to Rodman Street, $4,800 ; For ty- thi rd Str eet Northwest : Forty-third Street, Chesapeake Street to Brandywine NW. Street, $6,000 ; Brandywi ne Street Northwest : Brandywine Street, Forty-third Street to Forty-third NW. Place, $4,600 ; Forty-th ird Place Northwest : Forty-third Place, Chesapeake Street to Murdock Mill NW. Ro ad, $12,400 ; NW nnyson Street Northwest : Tennyson Street west of Thirty-third Street, $6,700 ; Randolph Street Northwest : Randolph Street, Thirteenth Street to Kansas Avenue, NW. $4,000 ; Ninth Street NW. Northwest : Ninth Street, Longfellow Street to Madison Street, $4,600 ; Eighth Street NW. N o r th w es t : Eighth Stree t, Longfellow Street to Ma rietta Place, $8,400 ; Madison Street NW. Northwest : Madison Street, Seventh Street to Ninth Street, $12,500 ; Ninth Street NW. Northwest : Ninth Street, Quackenbos Street to Rittenhouse Street, $5,400 ; Ei ghth Street NW. Northwest : Eighth Street, Rittenhouse Street to Sheridan Street, $6,300 ; Sheridan Street NW. Northwest : Sheridan Street, Fifth Street to Ninth Street, $21,400 ; Fifth Street NW. Northwest : Fifth Street, Rittenhouse Street to Sheridan Street, $5,800 ; Ninth Street NW. Northwest : Ninth Street, Sheridan Street to Tuckerman Street, $8,000 ; Aspen Street NW. Northwest : Aspen Street, Georgia Avenue to Piney Branch Road, $11,600 ; N o rt h w es t : Aspen Street, Piney Branch Road to Blair Road, $27,000 ; Whittier Street NW. Northwest : Whittier Street, Fourth Street to Seventh Street, $15,700 ; Sixth Street NW. Northwest : Sixth Street, Whittier Street to Aspen Street, $5,200 ; Fifth Street NW. Northwest : Fifth Street, Van Buren Street to Aspen Street, $11,300 ;

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ca. 659. 1928 . 653 Northwest : Fourth Street, Whittier Street to Aspen Street, $5,200 ; Fourth Street NW. Northwest : Second Street, Blair Road to Rittenhouse Street, Second Street NW. $11,700 ; Northwest : Allis on Str eet, N ew Ha mpshir e Aven ue to Illin ois Allison Street NW. Avenue, $7,500 ; Northwest : N Street, Twenty-fourth Street to Twenty-fifth Street, N Street NW. $6,300 ; Northwest : Warren Street, Thirty-eighth Street to Wisconsin Warren Street NW. Avenue, $6,300 ; Northwest : Hertford Place, Oak Street to Ogden Street, $5,600 ; Hertford Place NW. Northwest : Ingraham Street, Thirteenth Street west to end of N wgranam Street pavement, $5,900 ; Northwest : Jefferson Street, Fifth Street to Seventh Street, Jefferson Street NW. $9,100 ; Northwest : Fifth Street, Jefferson Street to Longfellow Street, Fifth Street NW. $9,400 ; Northwest : Ninth Street, Gallatin Street to Hamilton Street, Ninth Street NW. $4,400 ; Northwest : Seventh Place, Farragut Street to Gallatin Street, Seventh Place NW. $3,800 ; Northwest : Fifth Street, Emerson Street to Kansas Avenue, and Fifth Street NW. east side of Kansas Avenue, Emerson Street to Fifth Street, $2,500 ; Kansas Avenue NW. Northwest : Delafield Place, Fourth Street to Fifth Street, $7,400 ; Delafield Place NW. Northwest : Delafield Place, Kansas Avenue to Seventh Street, $4,400 ; Northwest : Crittenden Street, Fourth Street to Fifth Street, NW ctenaen street $7,400 ; Northwest : Twenty-third Street, M Street to N Street, $12,000 ; NW . Street Northwest : H Street, First Street to Massachusetts Avenue, $7,200 ; H Street NW. Northwest : First Street, G Street to H Street, $3,000 ; First Street NW Northwest : Ninth Street, Rock Creek Church Road to Quincy Ninth Street NW_ Street, $6,400 ; Northwest : Marietta Place, Eighth Street to Ninth Street, $5,600 ; Marietta Place NW. Northwest : Seventeenth Street, Varnum Street to Webster Street, N S4venteenth Street $4,500 ; Northwest : For paving Wisconsin Avenue, River Road to District NW Wisconsin Avenue line, sixty feet wide, including necessary relocation of street-car Reloc ating stre et-ca r tra cks, sewers a nd water main s, refund to b e obtained fr om street tracks, sewers, etc. railway company so far as provided under existing law, $149,300 ; railway. from stree t Northeast : Franklin Street, Sixth Street to Seventh Street, $7,700 ; Franklin Street NE. Northeast : Thirteenth Street, Quincy Street to Michigan Avenue, NE. Street $14,300 ; Northeast : Upshur Street, Twelfth Street to Sargent Road, $9,200 ; Upshur Street NE. Northeast : Thirteenth Street, Upshur Street to Varnum Street, NE. street $4,600 ; Northeast : Lawrence Street, Twelfth Street to Fourteenth Street, Lawrence Street NE. $16,000 ; Northeast : Twentieth Street, Monroe Street to Otis Street, $8,900 ; NE. street Northeast : Newton Street, Twenty-second Street to Twenty-sixth Newton Street NE. Stre et, $15,000 ; Twenty-fourth Street No rth eas t : Twen ty-fou rth St reet, Rhode Islan d Aven ue to Otis NE. Street, $20,300 ; No rth eas t : Carlton A venue, South D akota Avenue to Central Av e- Carlton Avenue NE. nue, $10,700 ; Northeast : Monroe Street, Rhode Island Avenue to Clinton Ave- Monroe Street NE. nue, $15,000 ; Northeast : Channing Street, Bladensburg Road to South Dakota channingStreetNE. Av enue, $26,000 ;

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 654 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cii. 659. 1928. N Cromwell T erra ce Northeast : Cromwell Terrace, Second Street to Third Street, $4 1 000 ; V Street NE. Northeast : V Street, Second Street to Fourth Street, $10,000 ; Third Street NE. Northeast : Third Street, U Street to Adams Street, $15,000 ; W Street NE. Northeast : W Street, Fourth Street to Rhode Island Avenue, $5,000 ; Adams Street NE. Northeast : Adams Street, Third Street to Fourth Street, $5,200 ; Sixth Street NE. Northeast : Sixth Street, Franklin Street to property line north of Girard Street, $6,400 ; Girard Street NE. Northeast : Girard Street, Sixth Street to Seventh Street, $7,900 ; Tenth Street NE. Northeast : Tenth Street, Girard Street to Jackson Street, $14,500 ; Hamlin Street NE. Northeast : Hamlin Street, Ninth Street to Twelfth Street, $11,700 ; Girard Street NE. Northeast : Girard Street, Tenth Street to Twelfth Street, $6,300 ; Thirt y -firth Street Nor the ast. Thirty-fifth Street, Bladensburg Road to Reform NE. School, $4,500 ; Trinidad Avenue Northeast : Trinidad Avenue, Queen Street to Childress Street, NE. $4,700 ; Queen Street NE. Nor the ast : Que en Street, Tr inidad Avenue to alley west of Hol- brook Terrace, $7,000 ; Holbrook Street NE. Nor the ast : Holbr ook St reet, Flori da Ave nue to Mors e Stre et, $4,700 ; corbin Place NE. Northeast : Corbin Place, Tennessee Avenue to Thirteenth Street, $4,500 ; D Street NE. Northeast : D Street, Fourteenth Street to Fifteenth Street, $6,500 ; Pierce Street NE. Northeast : Pierce Street, North Capitol Street to First Street, $11,500 ; Yost Place NE. Northeast : Yost Place west of Bladensburg Road, $7 .500 ; Holbrook Terr ace Northeast : Holbrook Terrace west of Queen Street 400 NE. Penn Street NE. Northeast : Penn Street west to Queen Street, $5,000 ; Duncan Street NE. Northeast : Duncan Street, Fourteenth Street to Fifteenth Street, $4,500 ; B Street SE. Southeast : B Street, Fifteenth Street to Eighteenth Street, $16,300 ; Ei ghteenth Street Southeast : Eighteenth Street, D Street to E Street, $6,400 ; BE. Street SE. Southeast : D Street, Seventeenth Street to Nineteenth Street, $13,300 ; Potomac Avenue SE. Southeast : Potomac Avenue, E Street to Nineteenth Street, $10,000 ; Seventeenth Street Southeast : Seventeenth Street, Admiral Barney Circle to E Street, SE. $13,800 ; L Street SE. Southeast : L Street, South Capitol Street to Cushing Place, $10,100 ; Half Street SE. Southeast : Half Street, L Street to M Street, $4,800 ; Sixteenth Street SE. Southeast : Sixteenth Street, E Street to G Street, $5,000 ; Min nesota Avenu e S out hea st : Minneso ta Avenue, Pen nsylvania Ave nue to Eighte enth BE. Street, $49,500 ; U Street SE. S out hea st : U Street, Four teent h Stre et to Sixtee nth S treet, $11,000 ; Fo urteenth Street Southeast : Fourteenth Street, Good Hope Road to S Street, $7,200 ; BE, idge Place SE. S out hea st : Ridge P lace, Thirteen th Street to Sixteenth Str eet, $17,700 ; SE hirteenth Street Southeast : Thirteenth Street, S Street to Ridge Place, $3,400 ; T Street SE. Southeast : T Street, Thirteenth Street to Minnesota Avenue, $15,500 ; Sixteenth Street BE, Southeast : Sixteenth Street, U Street to Good Hope Road, $3,800 ; Southeast : Sixteenth Street, Good Hope Road to Ridge Place, $12,900 ; Twel fth Str eet SW. Southwest : Twelfth Street, Virginia Avenue to D Street, $7,800 ;

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CFr. 659. 1928 . 655 Grading, etc. Thi rte enth St ree t NW. Hurst Terrace NW. Ames Street NE. ; Blaine Street ; Division Avenue ; Fiftieth Street. Grant Street NE. For grading, including necessary culverts, drains, and retaining walls, the following Northwest : Thirteenth Street, Longfellow Street to Madison Street, $3,900 ; Northwest : Hurst Terrace, Fulton Street northward, $8,400 ; Nor the ast : Ames Street, Fiftieth Street to Division Avenue ; Blaine Street, Forty-ninth Street to Division Avenue ; Division Avenue, Ames Street to Blaine Street ; and Fiftieth Street, Ames Street to Blaine Street, $6,000 ; Northeast : Grant Street, Minnesota Avenue to Forty-sixth Street, $2,400 ; Southeast : First Street, Atlantic Street to Halley Place ; Halley Place, First Street to Halley Terrace ; Halley Terrace north of Mississippi Avenue and Mississippi Avenue, First Street to Halley Terrace, $4,000 ; Southeast : Fields Place, Nichols Avenue to Sheridan Road, $4,000 ; Sou the ast : Thirt y-seco nd Str eet, Alabam a Aven ue to V Pla ce ; V Place, Thirty-first Street to Thirty-second Street and Thirty-first Street, V Place to U Place, $10,000 ; Northwest : For widening and repaving the roadway of Connecti- cut Avenu e by seven fee t on the west side from M Street to Eigh t- eenth Street, adjacent to United States reservation n um bered 150 ; Dupont Circle. by fifteen feet on the east side from Eighteenth Street to N Street, adjacent to United States reservation numbered 150A ; including the necessary adjustment in line and grade of the statue occupying this reservation ; by fifteen feet on the west side from Eighteenth Street to N Street ; and by fifteen feet on each side from N Street to Dupont ClreleI $65,000 ; Seventeenth Street Northwest : For widening and repaving the roadway of Seven- NW.,fromHtoK teenth Street by ten feet on the west side from H Street to K Street ; Streets. by ten feet on the east side from H Street to I Street and by seven feet on the east side from I Street to K Street, including replacement of defective sewer and such alterations as may be necessary to Farra- gut Square, $46,000 ; Northwest : For widening to eighty feet and re avin the roadway Connecticut Avenue g p g NW ., from Florida of Connecticut Avenue from Florida Avenue to Columbia Road Avenue to Columbia $46,000 ; Road. Northwest : For widening to fifty-six feet and re avin the road- water S treet NW ., g p from Wisconsin Ave- way of Water Street from Wisconsin Avenue to Th irty-fifth Str eet, nue to Thirty-fifth including replacement of defective sewer, $45,000 ; Street. Northwest : For widening by twelve feet on the east side and seve nth Str eet NW ., f r o m Massachusetts repaving the roadway of Seventh Street, from Massachusetts Avenue Avenue to New York to New York Avenue, $4,000 ; Avenue. Northwest : For widening and repaving the west roadway of NW.., from t Park Road Fourteenth Street from Park Road to Monroe Street on plans to be to Monroe Street. approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, $6,000 ; Northwest : For widening to forty-five feet and repaving the road- frmnFStreet toN way of Tenth Street from F Street to New York Avenue, $43,000 ; York Avenue. Northwest : For widening to fifty feet and repaving the roadway H Street NW ., from Seventeenth Street to of H Street from Seventeenth Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue. $30,000, and those portions of Public Act Numbered 688, Sixty-ninth Former authoriza- tion, etc ., rep eale d. Congress making appropriations for the government of the District Vol. 44, p. 1306, re- of Columbia for the fiscal year 1928, approved March 2, 1927, which pea led. appropriated $10,000 for widening and repaving this street from Seventeenth Street to Eighteenth Street, together with the provisions therein in respect to the assessments of the cost of said work are hereby repealed ; Assessment of 40 per In the widening and repaving of roadways hereinbefore provided cent of cost ofwidening, for, 40 per centum of the entire cost thereof in each case shall be noperr' ty1t ab utting abutting assessed against and collected from the owners of abutting property First Street SE. ; Halle y Place ; Hal ley Terrace ; Mississippi Avenue. Fields Place SE. Thirty-second Street SE.; V Place; Thirty- first Street. Widening and repav- ing. Connecticut Avenue NW.,fromMStreetto

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 656 Vol. 38, p. 524; Vol. 39,p.716. Vau lt roo fs to be modified. Minor changes in roadways, etc. Curbs and g utters. Disbu rsemen ts, et c. Provisos. Restricted to speci- fied improvements. Assessments und er existing law. Priority to through thoroughfares. Grading. Condemnat ion. Opening streets, etc., under permanent high- ways system. Vol.37,p. 950. Exception. Wholly from District revenues. Repairs. Proviso. No npassen ger vehi- cles. S treet rail ways p avem ent s* Vol.20,p. 105. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cri. 659. 1928 . in the manner provided in the Act approved July 1, 1914 (Thirty- eighth Statutes, page 524), as amended by section 8 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 716). The owners of abutting property also shall be required to modify, at their own expense, the roofs of any vaults that may be under the sidewalk or parkin g on said stre et if it be f ound necessar y to change su ch vaults to permit of the roadway being widened ; For minor changes in roadway and sidewalks on plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic, $10,000 ; For constructi on of curbs a nd gutters, or concrete sho ulders in connection with all forms of macadam roadways and adjustment of roadways. thereto, together with resurfacing of such ro adwa ys where necessary, $250,000 ; In all, $1,802,900 ; to be disbursed and accounted for as " Gasoline tax, road and st reet improv ements ," and for that p urpose shal l constitut e one fund and be available immediately : Pr ovided , That no part of such fund shall be used for the improvement of any street or section thereof not herein specified : Provided further, That assessments in accordance with existing law shall be made for paving and repaving roadways where such roadways are paved or repaved with funds derived from the collection of the tax on motor-vehicle fuels and accretions by repayment of assessments : Provided further That in the performance of the street-paving work specially provided for in this Act priority shall be given to those streets which are more in the nature of thr ough thorough fares or arter ial highways. STREET REPAIR, GRADING, AND EXTENSION Gr ading, street s, alle ys, an d roads : For lab or, purc hase and rep air of carts, tools or hire of same, and horses, $50,000. C on d em na ti on : For purchase or condemnat ion of streets, roads, and alleys, and for the condemnation of small park areas at the intersection of streets, avenues, or roads in the District of Columbia, to be selected by the commissioners, $5,000. To carry out the provisions of existing law which authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to open, extend, straighten, or widen any street, avenu e, road, or hi ghway, except Fourteenth Street extension beyond the southern boundary of Walter Reed Hospit al Re servat ion, i n acco rdanc e with the p lan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia there is appropriated such sum as is necessary for said purpose during the fiscal year 1929, to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Repairs : For current work of repairs to streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, including purchase, exchange, maintenance, and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles used in this work, and the rental of necessary garage space therefor ; and including the surfac- ing and resurfacing, or replacement, with the same or other approved materials, of such asphalt or concrete pavements as may be done within the funds available under this appropriation, $1,475,000 : Provid ed, That the amount expended for purchase and exchange of nonpassenge r-carrying mo tor vehicles shall not exce ed $40,000. This appropriation shall be available for repairing pavements of street railways when necessary ; the amounts thus expended shall be collected from such railroad companies as provided by section 5 of "An Act provid ing a permane nt form of go vernment for t he District of Columbia," approved June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are coll ect ed.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cia. 659. 1928 . 657 The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to fix or alter the respective widths of sidew alks and roadw ays (incl uding tre e spa ces a nd pa rkin g) of all high ways that may be i mprov ed un der appro priat ions cont ained in this Act. For construction and repair of sidewalks and curbs around public reservations and municipal and United States buildings, $10,000. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be avail- able for repairing, resurfacing, or newly paving any street, avenue, or roadway by private contract unless the specifications for such work shall be so prepared as to permit of fair and open competition in paving material as well as in price. In add ition to the provi sion of e xisting l aw requir ing contr actors to keep new pavements in repair for a period of one year from the date of the completion of the work, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall further require that where repairs are necessary du ring the four years foll owin g the said one -year peri od, d ue t o inferior work or defective materials, such repairs shall be made at the expense of the contractor, and the bond furnished by the contractor shall be liable for such expense. BRIDGES Bridges. Changing sidewalk widths, etc. Sidewalks, etc. Open competition for street improvement contracts. Repairs for inferior work, etc ., by contrac- tors, required for addi- tional period. For construction and repair of bridges, including maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, $50,000. Highway Bridge across Potomac River : For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $9,780 ; labor, $1,920 ; power, miscellaneous supplies, and expenses of every kind necessarily inciden t to the operation a nd maintenance of th e bridge and approaches, $7,360 ; in all, $19,060. Anacostia River Bridge : For employees, miscellaneous supplies, and expenses of every kind necessary to operation and maintenance of the bridge, $6,000. Francis Scott Key Bridge : For miscellaneous supplies and expenses Francis of every kind necessarily incident to the maintenance of the bridge and approaches, including personal services, $2,000. For reconstruction of the floor system of the Highway Bridge s y st e m , Hi Reconstructing g hwa fio y across the Potomac River, including personal services and other Br idge. necessary expenses, $178,000, to be immediately available. TREES AND PARKINGS For contingent expenses, including laborers, trimmers, nursery- men, repairmen, teamsters, hire of carts, wagons, or motor trucks, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, tree labels, planting and care of t rees on c ity and s uburban s treets, c are of tr ees, tree spaces, purchase and maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, and miscellaneous items, $112,500. PUBLIC CONVENIENCE STATIONS Fo r mai nten ance of pu blic conv enien ce st atio ns, i nclud ing c om- pensati on of necess ary em ployee s, $28 ,000. Th e une xpen ded b alanc e of appr opria tions now avai lable for the construction of a public convenience station numbered 5 at Ninth and F S treets, nort hwest, is re approp riated for th e cons tructi on of a publi c conv enienc e stat ion in the v icinity of Th irty-s econd and M Streets, northwest. Construction, repair, etc. Highway Bridge. Ana costia Bridg e. Sco tt Key Trees and parking. Contingent expenses. Public convenience stations. Station at Thirty- second and Al Streets N W. B alance for Ninth and F Streets station made available there- for.

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 658 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. OH. 659. 1928 . Sewers. SEWERS Cleaning, etc. For cl eaning and r epair ing se wers a nd bas ins, includ ing the replacement of three motor trucks at not to exceed $1,250 each for Pumpin g service. operation and maintenance of the sewage pumping service, includ- ing repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, and employ- ment of mechanics and laborers, purchase of coal, oils, waste, and other supplies, and for the maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles used in this work, $255,000. Main and pip e. For main and pipe sewers and receiving basins, $195,000. Suburban . For suburban sewers, including the maintenance of nonpassenger- carrying motor vehicles used in this work, $600,000. Assessment and per- For assessment and permit work, sewers, $410,000 ; and the unex- mit s n available. pended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal Vol. 44, p .1309. year 1928 shall remain available until June 30, 1929 . Rights of way. For purchase or condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance, and repair of public sewers, $1,000. Upper Potom ac in- For continuing the construction of the Upper Potomac main inter- terceptor. ceptor, $50,000. to Upper Anacostia in- For continuing construction of the Upper Anacostia main inter- ceptor along the A nacos tia Ri ver be tween Benni ng Roa d and the District line, $15,000. City refuse. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE P erson al s ervic es. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $126,740. Sweeping, cleaning, For dust prevent ion, sw eeping, and c leaning stree ts, ave nues, a lleys, tow and ice removal, e and suburban streets, under the immediate direction of the commis- sioners, and for cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, cross- walks, and gutters in the discretion of the commissioners, including services and purchase and maintenance of equipment, rent of storage rooms ; maintenance and repairs of stables ; hire, purchase, and main- Vehicles, em tenance of horses ; hire, purchase, maintenance, and repair of wagons, harness, and other equipment ; maintenance and repair of nonpas- senger-carrying motor-propelled vehicles necessary in cleaning streets and purchase of motor-propelled street-cleaning equipment ; purchase, mainte nance, and r epair of bi cycles ; and necessary incidental expenses, $500,000 . Garbage, ashes, dead To enable the commissioners to carry out the provisions of existing ani mals, etc. Collection and dis. law governing the collection and disposal of garbage, dead animals, posal of, night soil, a Post, p. 1274 . nd miscellaneous refuse and ashes in the District of Columbia (no contract shall be let for the collection of dead ani . mals), including inspection ; fencing of public and private property designated by the commissioners as public dumps ; and incidental Ga rbage reduc tion expenses, $950,000, including not to exceed $25,000 for repair and plant. improvement of the garbage reduction plant : Provided, That any Deposit of receipts. proceeds received from the disposal of city refuse or garbage shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Uni ted States an d the Distric t of Columbia in the manner provided Use restricted. by law : Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses of four or more apartments in which the landlord furnishes heat to tenants. P ublic pla y g round s. PUBLI C PLAYGROUNDS Personal services. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act Proviso. of 1923, $101,230 : Provided, That employments hereunder, except menu re- stricted. directors who shall be employed for twelve months, shall be di s-

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . trib uted as to durat ion i n acco rdanc e wit h corr espon ding employ - men ts provided for in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1924. For general maintenance, improvement, equipment, supplies, inci- dental and contingent expenses of playgrounds, including labor, purchase and exchange at not exceeding $6 75, and main tena nce of one motor truck, un der the di rection and supervis ion of the commissioners, $51,500. For the m aint enan ce and c onti ngen t ex pens es of k eepi ng o pen dur ing the summ er months the pu blic -sch ool play grou nds, und er the direction and supervision of the commissioners ; for special and temporary services, directors, assistants, and janitor service during the summer vacation, and, in the larger yards, daily after school hours d uring th e school term, $ 25,000. For supplies, installing electric lights, repairs, maintenance, and necessary expenses of operating three swimming pools, including $3,000 for additional lockers and recementing pools, $6 .000. 'BATHING POOLS : For superintendence, $600 ; for temporary serv- ices, suppl ies, and mainten ance, $4,500 ; for repairs to buildings, pools, and upkeep of grounds, $1,780 ; in all, $6,880 : Provi ded, That section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act appr oved May 10, 191 6, as am ende d, s hall not app ly to the position of superintendent of these bathing pools during the fiscal year 1929. ELEC TRIC AL D EPART MENT 659 Vol. 42, p. 1340. Main tenan ce, etc. Publ ic s chool gro unds during the summer . Swimming pools. Bathing poo ls. Proviso . Double pay restric- tion not applicable to sup er int end ent . Vol.39,p.120 . Electrical depart. ment. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act Pers onal serv ices. of 1923, $117 ,160. For gene ral supp lies, re pairs, n ew batte ries and battery supplies. eapens p eseetc. contingent ontingent telephone rental and purchase, telephone service charges, wire and cable for extension of telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines and instruments, purchase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross arms, ice, record book, stationery, printing, livery, purchas e and re pair of bicycles, blacks mithing, extra l abor, new boxes, maintenance of motor trucks, and other necessary items, $33,000. For placing wires of fire alarm, police patrol, and telephone Placing wires under ground, police patrol, services underground, extension and relocation of police-patrol and are alarm systems, etc. fire-alarm systems, purchase and installing additional lead-covered cables, labor, material, appurtenances, and other necessary equip- ment and expenses, including not to exceed $6,000 for replacing obsolete type of police-patrol signal system in the eleventh precinct, and including not to exceed $5,600 for replacement of forty-one obsolete fire-alarm boxes by new type boxes, $34 .000. LIGHTING : For purchase, installation, and maintenance of public lamps, lamp-posts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and public spaces, part cost of main tenance of light s at Bol ling Fie ld neces sary for operati on of Boi lin g mail lights at the air mail, and for all necessary expenses in connection therewith, including rental of stables and storerooms, livery and extra labor, this sum to be expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 a n d 8 of t he Distr ict of C olumbia Appropri ation Act for the fiscal year 1912, and with the provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1913, and other laws applicable thereto, includ ing not to excee d $950 f or purch ase of t wo light non- passenger-carrying motor vehicles and including not to exceed $20,000 for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of electric traffic lights, signals, and controls, $949,450 : Provid ed, Th at th is appro- Pecvr c priation shall not be available for the payment of rates for electric rates. street lighting in excess of tho se autho rized to be paid in the fiscal Lighting streets, etc. Vol . 36, p. 1008. Vol.37,p.181. lighting

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 660 SE VENTI ETH CONG RESS. SESs. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . year 1927, and payment for electric current for new forms of street lighting shall not exceed 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current con- sumed : Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the payment on any contract required by law to be awarded through competitive bidding, which is not awarded to the lowest responsible bidder on specifications, and such sp eci fic ati ons shall be so drawn as to admit of fair competition. Impro ving system, For rearranging and improving police-patrol signal system in cinct.m fifteenth pr e- proposed number fifteen police precinct and extending telephone Pest, p.1276. system to prop osed number f ifteen police station house, including the pu rchase, insta llation, and r elocat ion of boxes, instru ments, wire, cable, conduit connections, extra labor, and other necessary items, $4,570. to eL.tri csl s tore ,) Dose For additional amount to complete the erection and equipment of an addition to storehouse, on land belonging to the District of Co- lumbia, in square 298, to be used for the examination, repair, and storage of material and supplies of the electrical department, includ- ing the enclosing, grading, and improving of the ground, to be immediately available, $2,000 . Awards of contracts to lo west bidd ers . Public schools . Admin istr ativ e and Salaries : For personal services of administrative and supervisory 1uVol .43, p officers, officers in accordance with the Act fixing and regulating the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, approved June 4, 1924, $633,900 . a c a Clerical, etc ., person- For personal services of clerks and other employees in accordance nel. with the Classification Act of 1923, $127,540. hoo o ol attendance For personal services in the department of school attendance and partment. work permits in accordance with the Act approved June 4, 1924, and the Act approved February 5, 1925, $32,800. Teachers. Salaries. Vol.43,p. 367. Solic iting subscrip- tions, etc., prohibited. Exc ept ion . Vacat ion s choo lso Annuities. Vol .44,p . 728. Night schools: Salaries. PUBLIC SCHOOLS TE ACHE RS Salaries : For personal services of teachers and librarians in accordance with the Act approved June 4, 1924, $5,841,920. No part of any appropriation made in this Act shall be paid to any person employed under or in connection with the public schools of the District of Columbia who shall solicit or receive, or permit to be solicited or received, on any public-school premises, any subscrip- tion or donation of money or other thing of value from any pupil enro lled in such pub lic scho ols for pres enta tion of test imon ials to school officials or for any purpose except such as may be authorized by the Board of Education at a stated meeting upon the written recommendation of the superintendent of schools. For the instruction and supervision of children in the vacation schools and pl aygrounds, an d supervisors and teachers of vacation schools and playgrounds may also be supervisors and teachers of day schools, $33,000. To carry out the purposes of the Act approved June 11, 1926, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act for the retire- ment of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia,' approved January 15, 1920, and for other purposes," $380,000. NI GHT SCHOOLS S a la r i es : For teache rs and janito rs of night s chools, includ ing teachers of industrial, commercial, and trade instruction, and teach- ers and janitors of night schools may also be teachers and janitors of day schools, $95,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928 . Contingent expenses : For contingent and other necessary expenses, including equipment and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies for classes in industrial, commercial, and trade instruction, $4,500 . THE DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb persons admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf from the District of Columbia, under section 4864 of the Revised Statutes, and as pro- vided for in the Act approved March 1, 1901, and under a contract to be entered into with the said institution by the commissioners, $27,500. F or ma inten ance and tuiti on of col ored deaf- mute s of teach able age belonging to the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the commissioners, $6,500 : Pro vide d, That all expenditures under this appropriation shal l be made under the supe rvisi on o f the Boar d of Educ ation. For instruction of blind children of the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the commissioners, $10,500 : Provided, Tha t all exp endit ures unde r this appropriation shall be made under the supervision of the Board of Education. AMERICANIZATION WORK Fo r Amer icaniz ation work a nd ins tructi on of f oreign ers of all a ges in both day and night classes, and teachers and janitors of American- ization schools may also be teachers and janitors of the day schools, $10,000 . For contingent and other necessary expenses, including books, equipment, and supplies, $1,000. COMMUNITY CENTER DEPARTMENT For personal services of the director, general secretaries, and com- munity secretaries in accordance with the Act approved June 4, 1924 ; part-time employees, including janitors on account of meetings of pare nt-te acher asso ciat ions and o ther acti vitie s, a nd co nting ent expenses, equipment, supplies, and lighting fixtures, $41,000. CARE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifi- cation Act of 1923, $619,260. For car e of s maller build ings a nd ren ted roo ms, in cludin g cook ing and manual-training schools, wherever located, at a rate not to exceed $96 per annum for the care of each schoolroom, other than those occupied by atypical or ungraded classes, for which service an amount not to exceed $120 per annum may be allowed, $7,000. For the maintenance of schools for tubercular pupils, $7,000. For t ransp ortat ion for p upils att endin g sch ools for tuber cular pupils, $5,000 : Provided, That expenditures for street-car and bus fares from this fund sha ll not be subject to the ge neral lim itations on the use of street-car and bus fares covered by this Act. For purchase and repair of furniture, tools, machinery, material, and books, and apparatus to be used in connection with instruction in manual training, and incidental expenses connected therewith, $85,000 . For fuel, gas, and electric light and power, $270,000. Contingent. 661 Dea f, dumb, and blind. Instruction expenses. R.S., 4864, p. 942. Vol.31,p.884. Color ed dea f-mute s. Tuition of, under con- tract. Proviso. Supervision. Blind children. Instruction of, under contract. Proviso. Supervision. Americanization work. Instructing foreign- ers of all ages. Equipment, etc. Commu nity ce nters. Salaries and expenses. Vol.43,p.375. Care of buildings and grounds. Salaries. Smalle r buildin gs and rented rooms. Schools for tubercu- lar pupi ls. Transportation. Proviso. Car fares all owed. Manual training ex- penses. Fuel, lig ht, and power.

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 662 Furniture, etc. For designa ted schools. Mc Kinley Techn ical High. Completing equip- ment, etc. Contingent expenses, flags, etc . Proviso. No b ond for Ar my supplies to cadets . Supplies to pupils. Proviso. Exchanges. Kinde rgartens. School gardens . Natu re study, et c ., teachers. Supplies for physics, etc ., department s. Chil dren of Arm y, Nav y, etc., admitted free. Improving gr oun ds of new buildings. Unexpended balances available for. Vol . 43, pp. 1320,1233 ; Vol. 44, pp . 168, 433 . Repairs, etc ., to buildin gs and groun ds. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cii. 659. 1928. FURNITUR E For completely furnishing and equipping buildings and additions to buildings, as follows : Combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Whe at ley S ch ool, $3 ,00 0 ; eig ht-roo m addi tion, includ ing co mbinati on assembly hall and gymnasium, Morgan School, including repair, replacement, and extension of equipment of old building, $16,000 ; combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Takoma School, $3,000 ; in all, $22,000, to continue available until June 30, 1930. For completing the furniture and equipment, including pianos and window shades and repair, remodeling, and refinishing of exis ting equipment, for the McKinley Technic al High School, $3 50,000 . For contingent expenses, including furniture and repairs of same, stationery, printing, ice, United States flags, paper towels, and other necessary items not otherwise provided for, and including not exceeding $3,000 for books of reference and periodicals, not exceeding $1,500 for replacement of pianos at an average cost of not to exceed $300 each, and not exceeding $5,000 for labor, $155,000 : Provided, That a bond shall not be required on account of military supplies or equipment issued by the War Department for military instruction and practice by the students of high schools in the District of Columbia. For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eight grades and for the necessary expenses of purchase, distribution, and pre servat ion of said textbo oks an d suppl ies, i ncludi ng nec essary labor not to exceed $1,000, $125,000 : Provided, That the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, in their discretion, are author- ized to exchange any badly damaged book for a new one, the new one to be similar in text to the old one when it was new. For maintenance of kindergartens, including not to exceed $3,000 for furnishing and equipping three additional kindergartens, $10,000. For utensils, material, and labor, for establishment and mainte- nance of school gardens, $3,000. The Board of Education is authorized to designate the months in which the ten salary payments now required by law shall be made to teachers assigned to the work of instruction in nature study and school gardens. For purchase of apparatus, fixtures, specimens, technical books, and for extending the equipment and for the maintenance of labora- tories of the departments of physics, chemistry, biology, and general science in the several high and junior high schools and normal sc hools, an d for the installa tion of t he same, 514,000. The children of officers and men of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and children of other employees of the United States stationed outside the District of Columbia shall be admitted to the public schools without payment of tuition. Not to exceed $100,000 of the unexpended balances of appropria- tions for buildings and grounds, public schools, contained in the s econd Defi cien cy Ac t fis cal y ear 1925, the Dist rict of Co lumb ia Ap propriati on Act fi scal year 1926, th e first Deficienc y Act fis cal year 1 926, and t he D istri ct of Colu mbia Appr opria tion Act fisca l ye ar 192 7, is hereby made availa ble un til Ju ne 30, 1929, for th e impr ove- me nt of gro unds surro undin g pu blic- schoo l bu ildin gs, c onstr ucte d un der ap propri ation for th e fisc al yea r 1927 and pr ior fi scal y ears, such work to be performed by day labor or otherwise in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. For repairs and improvements to school buildings, repairing and renewing heating, plumbing, and ventilating apparatus, installation an d repair of electr ic lighti ng equipm ent, and installa tion of s anitary

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928. 663 drinking fountains, and maintenance of motor trucks, including not to exceed $1,500 f or purch ase of t wo dump trucks, $529,610, of whi ch $60,000 shall be immediately available. Remodeling Megin. For necessary remodeling, painting, and completely equipping the J High, nd Shaw old M cKin ley Tech nica l Hi gh School for use as the Sha w Ju nior High School and the old Shaw Junior High School for use as a business high school, including the repair and refinishing of existing equipment, $70,500. For rent of school b uildings and gro unds, st orage and stock r ooms, Rent. $11,000. Sc hool yards play- For purchase, installation, and maintenance of equipment, for grounds. play- school yards for the purposes of play of pupils, $10,000 : Provided, Use"', etc. T hat such pla ygro unds sha ll be ke pt o pen for play pur pose s in accordance with the schedule maintained for playgrounds under the jurisdiction of the playground department . Buil dings and BUILDINGS AND GRO UNDS grounds . For com pl eti ng the construction of the McK in ley Technical High HgheE'n l ey Technical School, $250,000 ; Grant Road. For ere ct ion of an eig ht -ro om extensible building, including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall, on a si te on Grant Road now owned by the Distri ct of Colu mbia, $175, 000 ; E. A. Paul Junior For ere ct ion of the E. A. Paul Junior Hi gh School building in High. Brightwood, in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School, modified as the limits of the site may require, $250,000, and the commissioners are authorized to enter into contract or contracts as in this Act provided for such building, at a cost not to exceed $500,000 ; Fourteenth and Up- For erection of an eight- room exten sible build ing, inclu ding a shur Streets. combination gymnasium and assembly hall, on a si te now owned by the District of Columbia at Fourteenth and Upshur Streets, includ- ing the moving of the residence of the superintendent of the Tu berculos is Hospi tal, $18 5,000 ; Ta koma. For construction of a combination gymnasium and assembly hall Gymnasium, etc. at the Takoma School, $60,000 ; Raymond. For cons tructi on of an ei ght-r oom a dditi on, in cludi ng a combi- Addition, etc. nation gymn asi um and as semb ly hal l, to the Ray mon d S cho ol, including the necessary remodeling of the present building, $185,000 ; Nineteenth Street and Columbia Road. For erection of an elementary school building, including a combi- To replace F orce, nation gymnasium and assembly hall, on a site already purchased at I darns, and Mor gan Nineteenth Street and Columbia Road, to replace the Force, Adams, and Morgan Schools, $250,000, and the commissioners are authorized to enter into contract or contracts as in this Act provided, for such building at a cost not to exceed $500,000 ; Wheatley. Not to exceed $60,000 of the unexpended balances in the appropria- Gymnasium,eto.,for, tions for the construction of combined gymnasiums and assembly worrth ala and toWest ha lls at the Petwo rth Sc hool and the West School are hereby made Schools. Post, P. iz79. available for the construction of a combined gymnasium and assembly hall at the Wheatley School in accordance with the original plans for the construction of said building ; Mor gan. For construction of an eight-room addition to the Morgan School, Addition. including a combination gymnasium and assembly hall, and the necessary remodeling of the present building, $157,000 ; For construction of a ten-room addition, including gymnasium and Francis unio rHi gh. lunc luncroat teFranci FranciJuniHigh Sch,an and the necessremodelin g ofth the prestbuilding ,$250,000 ; For construction of an eight-room addition to the Burrville School, Aaditon. incl uding a co mbination gymnasium and assemb ly hall and the necessary remodeling of the present building, $180,000 ;

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 664 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Car. 659. 1928 . S.J. Bowen. The appr opria tion of $ 80,00 0 for a th ird- story addi tion to t he Additio n from appro - priatio n for Amidon . Amidon School contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Vol.44,p.433. Act for the fiscal year 1927 is hereby made available for the con- struction of a four-room addition to the S. J. Bowen School ; Bell and Cardozo. For construction of an eight-room extensible building, including Replacement. g~ a combination gymnasium and assembly hall, to commence the rep laceme nt of the ol d Bell Schoo l and the Car dozo S chool, $175, 000 ; Langley Junior High For proper grading, seeding, and sodding ; for the construction of At hlet cmgroundsfor. roads, walks, and steps ; for seating ; for running track, baseball diamond, tennis courts, and other athletic facilities ; for fencing and oth er nec essary work to fit up fo r athl etic pu rposes the g round pur- chased as a joint site for the Langley Junior High School and the McKinley High School, $250,000, to be immediately available ; Disbursed as one In all, $2,367,000, to be disbursed and accounted for as " Buildings fund, etc' and grounds, public schools," and for that purpose shall constitute Provaso . one fund, and remain available until expended : Provided, That no Restricted to speci- fied buildings. part of this appropriation shall be used for or on account of any scho ol bui lding not he rein s pecifi ed. r~ w ti ding contracts None of the money appropriated by this Act shall be paid or obl igated towar d the constr uction of or additi on to any bu ilding the who le and en tire cons truction of which, exclusiv e of heat ing, ligh ting, plumbing, painting, and treatment of grounds, shall not have been awarded in one or a single contract, separate and apart from any other contract, project, or undertaking, to the lowest responsible bidder complying with all the legal requirements as to a deposit of money or the execution of a bond, or both, for the faithful Rovioonoebids. performance of the contract : Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as repealing existing law giving the commissioners the right to reject all bids. Purchase of building and playground sites. For the purchase of school-building and playground sites, as. follows cooeal hupschool for For the purchase of lan d for a new health school for colored pupils, to be located on a site to be selected by the Board of Education Replacing Bell and and the Comm issio ners of t he Di stric t of Colu mbia ; Car dozo. For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the old Bell School and the Cardozo School, to provide for the erection of a new building to replace the present old Bell School and the Cardozo School ; Additional sites. For the purchase of additional school-building and playground Vol . 43,p .988. g sit es au thor ized to be acq uired in t he f ive-y ear S chool Bui lding Addition from unex- Program Act ; In all, $245,000, pended balance. , $ and in addition thereto the sum of $100,000 of Vol.44,p .435. the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $703,500 contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, is reappropriated and made available for the purposes of Pro viso , this paragraph, to remain available until June 30, 1930 : Provided, cost restriction. That, with the exception of $80,000, no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any site the cost of =shall exceed the full value assessment of such property last made before purchase thereof plus 25 per centum of such assessed value. b alan cont inued ava ilabl e nce The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $703,500 for the til June 30,1929. purchase of school building and playground sites, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1927, is continued available until June 30, 1929, for the purchase of school building and playground sites authorized to be acquired in the Purchase of part of five-year school building program Act, provided that part or parts site unde r 12 5 per cent limitation. of a site may be purchased under the 125 per centum limitation if the total cost of the part or parts acquired does not at the time of such purchase exceed 125 per centum of the assessed value. Preparation of plans. The plans and specifications for all buildings provided for in this Act under appropriations administered by the Commissioners

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cs. 659. 1928 . 665 of the District of Columbia shall be prepared under the supervision of t he m unici pal a rchi tect, and those for scho ol bu ildi ngs a fter consultation with the Board of Education, and shall be approved by th e comm ission ers an d shal l be c onstruc ted in confo rmity theret o. The sch ool bu ilding s auth orized and a ppropri ated f or her ein sh all Exits required. be con structed with all doors int ended to be used a s exits o r entranc es opening outward, and each of said buildings having an excess of eight rooms shall have at least four exits. Appropriations carried 'Doors ac to open out- in this Act shall not be used for the maintenance of school in any building unless all outside doors thereto used as exits or entrances shall open outward and be kept unlocked every school day from d unlocking out si de one-h alf ho ur bef ore un til on e-half hour a fter s chool hours. METROPOLITAN POLICE SALA RIES For the pay and allowances of officers and members of the Metro- politan police force, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to fix t he sal aries of the Metro polita n polic e forc e, the Unite d Stat es park police force, and the fi re dep artment of th e Dist rict o f Colu m- bia," inclu ding c ompens ation at the rate o f $1,8 60 per annum for t he present assistant property clerk of the police department, $2,740,700. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $99,770. M ISC ELL ANEO US For fuel, $8,500. For repairs and improvements to police stations and station grounds, $9,500. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including rewards for fugitives, purchase of modern revolvers and other firearms, mainte- nance of card s ystem, st ationery, city dir ectories, books of referenc e, periodicals, telegraphing, telephoning photographs, printing, bind- ing, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, not to exceed $200 for car ticket s, furnit ure and r epairs th ereto, be ds and be d clothin g, insign ia of office, motorcycles, police equipments and repairs to same, repairs to vehicles, van, patrol wagons, and saddles, mounted equipment, flags and halyards, storage of stolen or abandoned property, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary expense, $60,000 ; of which amount a sum not exceeding $2,000 may be ex pended by th e majo r and superi ntenden t of p olice for pr eventi on and detection of crime, under his certificate, approved by the com- missioners, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended : Pro- vided, That the War Department may, in its discretion furnish the commissioners, for use of the police, upon requisition, such worn mounted equipment as may be required : Provided further, That the commissioners are authorized to employ the electrician of the District Building to repair speedometers at such cost not exceeding $250 as they may approve, payment to be in addition to his regular compen- sation, and such services to be performed after regular working hours. For purchase and maintenance of motor vehicles and the replace- ment of tho se wor n out in the servi ce and condem ned, $ 60,000. Uniforms : For furnishing uniforms and other official equipment prescribed by department regulations as necessary and requisite in the performance of duty to officers and members of the Metropolitan police, $67,075. For additional amount for heavy-duty Diesel-engine police boat, to be immed iately avail able, $10,00 0. For a garage for the fourteenth police precinct station, $8,000. Police. sa lar ie s .officers,etc. Vol .43, p. 174. Personal services. Fuel. Repairs, etc. contingent expenses. Provisos. Ar my mounted equipment. Repairs of speedom- eters. Motor vehicles. Uniforms. Police boat. Garage, fourteenth precinct.

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 666 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928 . Fifte enth prec inct. Building for. Post, p. 1282. Ninth precinct heat- ing plant. House of detention. Maintenance. Proviso. Location barred. Harbor patrol. li ef fundmen, etc ., re• POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND Payments from. Fire department. Salaries, officers, etc. Vol.43,p.175. Perso nal servi ces. For the erection of a building to be known as the fifteenth police precinct station house, including garage, on land owned by the Dis- trict of Columbia described as parcel 175/20 in square 5087, $52,000. For the installation of a steam-heating plant for the ninth precinct station house, $3,000. HOUSE OF DETENTION For maintenance of a suitable place for the reception and detention of girls and women over seventeen years of age, arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia, or held as witnesses or held pending final investigation or examination, or otherwise, including transportation, the purchase and maintenance of necessary motor vehicles, clinic supplies, food, upkeep and repair of building, fuel, gas, ice, laundry, supplies, and equipment, electricity, and other necessary expenses $11,000 ; for per- sonal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 19 23, $10,000 ; in all, $21,000 : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the maintenance of a House of Detention in the territory abutting or adjacent to the grounds of the Capitol Building, the Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Library of Congress. HARB OR PAT ROL For fue l, cons tructio n, mai ntenanc e, repa irs, a nd inci dentals, $2,0 00. To pay the relief and other allowances as authorized by law, a sum not to exceed $650,000 is appropriated from the policemen and firemen's relief fund. FIRE DEPARTMENT SALA RIES For the pay of officers and members of the fire department, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan police force, the United States park police force, and the fire department of the District of Columbia, $1,89 5,000 . For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $9,040 . M ISC ELL ANEO US Rep ai rs, etc., to buildings . For repairs an d improvement s to buildings and grounds, $25,000 . Uniforms . Uniforms : For furnishing uniforms and other official equipment prescribed by department regulations as necessary and requisite in the per form ance of duty to offi cers and mem bers of the fire dep art- Repairs to apparatus, ment, $30,975. etc . For repairs to apparatus motor vehicles and other motor-driven apparatus, fire boat and for new apparatus, new motor vehicles, new appliance s, employment of mechanics, helpers, and laborers in the fire department repair shop, and for the purchase of necessary sup- plies, materials, equipment, and tools, $51,000 : Provided, That the co mmis sion ers are auth oriz ed, in t heir dis cret ion, to buil d or con- struct, in whole or in part, fire-fighting apparatus in the fire depart- ment repa ir shop. For hose, $4,500. For fuel, $30,000. Proviso. Construction at re- pair shop. Hose and fuel.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659 . 1928 : 667 For contin gent e xpense s, fur niture, fixtu res, o il, bl acksmi thing, Conti ngent expens es. ga s and electr ic lig hting, flags, and halyard s, and other neces sary items, $30,000. New apparatus. For one aerial hook and ladder truck, motor driven, $15,500. For one pu mping engine, trip le com binatio n, mot or dri ven, $ 11,000. For one rescue-squad wagon, motor driven, $12,000. For two au tomobi les at $2,00 0 each, $4,00 0. Site near Connecticut For a site for an engine company to be located in the vicinity of and Nebraska Avenues . Connecticut and Nebraska Avenues, northwest, $12,000 : Provided, Purchase price re That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for the pur- striction. ch ase of an y site th e cost of which sh all exce ed the fu ll value assess- ment of such property last made before purchase thereof plus 25 per centum of such assessed value. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereb author- Sale of site acquired y for engine house at ized and directed to sell the property at the corner of Sixteenth and Sixteenth and `Vebster Webster Streets, heretofore acquired for a fire engine house site at Streets' pu blic or p rivate sa le at not less tha n the pu rchase pr ice paid therefor by the District of Columbia and pay the proceeds thereof into the Deposit of proceeds. Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the District of Colum- New company hou se bia ; and the Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to erect at Sixt eent h Str eet and a fire engine house, with furniture and furnishings for a fire engine Co lorado Avenu e. company, at the northwest corner of Sixteenth Street and Colorado Avenue, on property belonging to the United States, and there is he reby set aside for such purp ose a plot of groun d run ning nort h from the junction of Sixteenth Street and Colorado Avenue, as now publicly owned, one hundred (100) feet on Sixteenth Street, thence west at right angles to the street, one hundred and sixty feet (160), thence south at right angles to the line of Colorado Avenue. The ations ova Balance of appropri- b available . balance of the appropriations carried in the Acts of May 10, 1926, Vol. 44, pp . 437,1318. and March 2, 1927, for an engine house in the vicinity of Sixteenth Street and Piney Branch Road Northwest, is made available for the purpose aforesaid. HEALTH DEPARTMENT S ALARI ES For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923,$166,430. Contagious diseases PREV ENTION OF CONTAG IOUS DIS EASES Pr even tion. For contin gent e xpense s inci dent t o the e nforce ment o f the provi- sions of an Act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1897, and an Act for the prevention of scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, c hicke n pox epi demic cere brosp inal meni ngiti s, a nd ty phoid fev er in the District of Columbia, approved February 9, 1907, an d an Act to provide for regis tration o f all cas es of tu berculosi s in the District of Columbia, for free examination of sputum in suspected cases, and for preventing the spread of tuberculosis in said District of Columbia, approved May 13, 1908, under the direction of the health of ficer of said Dist rict, man ufacture of serum s, includ ing their use in indigent cases, and for the prevention of infantile paralysis and other communicable diseases, and of an Act for the prevention of venereal diseases in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved February 26, 1925, including salaries or compensation for personal services, when ordered in writing by the commissioners and necessary for the enforcement and execution of said Acts, and for the prevention of such other communicable diseases as hereinbefore provided, purchase and maintenance of necessary horses, wagons, .54835'-29-PT 1-46 Health department . Pe rsona l se rvice s. Enfo rcement ex- pense s. Vol .29,p. 635. Vol.34,p. 889. Tuberculosis registra- tion. Vol.35,p. 126. Infantile paralysis . Venereal diseases. Vol.43,p. 1001.

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 668 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928 . and harness, purchase of reference books and medical journals, and maintenance of quarantine station and smallpox hospital, $43,000 : Provided, That any bacteriologist employed under this appropria- tio n may be assigned by the he alth offi cer to th e bacteri ological exam- ination of milk and other dairy products and of the water supplies of dairy farms, and to such other sanitary work as in the judgment of the health officer will promote, the public health, whether such Isolating wards, Gar- examinations be or be not directly related to contagious diseases. field and Providence For isolating wards for minor contagious diseases at Garfield Hospitals. Memorial and Providence Hospitals, maintenance, $15,000 and $8,000, respectively, or so much thereof as in the opinion of the commissioners Tuberculosis and ve- may be necessary ; in all, $23,000. nereal dispensaries. For the maintenance of a dispensary or dispensaries for the treat- ment of in digent perso ns suf fering from t ubercu losis and of indig ent persons suffering from venereal diseases, including payment for pers onal s ervice s, sup plies, and c ontinge nt exp enses, $20,0 00 : Pr o - vided, That the commissioners may accept such volunteer services as they deem expedi ent in conne ction with th e esta blishm ent an d main te- No pay authoriz ed nance of the dispensaries herein authorized : Provided further, That therefor. this shall not b e cons trued to aut horize the ex pendit ure or the p ay- men t of any money on a ccou nt of any such volu nteer serv ice. clinics. a lth department For rental, repair, and alteration of quarters for Health Depart- ment clinics, including installation of necessary equipment, to be immed iately avail able, $8,000. For maintenance of disinfecting service, including salaries or com- pensation for personal services when ordered in writing by the com- missioners and necessary for maintenance of said service, and for purchase and maintenance of necessary horses, wagons, and harness, and contingent expenses, $5,500. Vol.29,p.125. For enforcement of the provisions of an Act to provide for the drainage of lots in the District of Columbia, approved May 19, 1896, and an Act to provide for the abatement of nuisances in the District of Columbia by the commissioners, and for other purposes, approved April 14, 1906, $3,000. For special services in connection with the detection of the adultera- tion of drugs and of foods, including candy and milk, $100. H YGI ENE AND SANITATION, PUB LIC SC HOO LS Sa laries : For pe rsonal se rvices in accordan ce with t he Classi fication Act of 1923, $67,340 : Provided, That the person employed in the capacity of chief medical and sanitary inspector shall, under the direction of the health officer of the District of Columbia, give his whole time from nine o'clock antemeridian to four thirty o'clock postmeridian, to, and exercise the direction and control of the medical inspec tion a nd san itary condit ions o f the p ublic school s of t he Dis - trict of Columbia : Provided further, That of the persons employed as medical inspectors one shall be a woman, four shall be dentists, and four shall be of the colored race, and that of the graduate nurses employed as public-school nurses three shall be of the colored race. For maintenance of free dental clinics in the public schools, $1,000. Smallpox hospital, etc . Proviso. Bac terio logic al e xam- inations. Provisos . Volu nteer ser vices. Disinfecting service. Drainage of lots. Abati ng nui sances. Vol. 34, p. 114. Food, etc., adultera- tion. Hygiene, etc., public schools. Personal services. Provisos. Day duty, etc ., of in- spectors. Division of inspectors and nu rses. Free dental clinics. Laboratories. Mainte nance, etc. Dairy farms. Inspection expenses. U. LABORATORIES F or ma inten ance of l abora torie s, i nclud ing r efer ence books and periodicals, apparatus, equipment, and necessary contingent and miscellaneous expenses, $2,500. DAIRY FARM INSPECTION For necessary expenses of inspection of dairy farms, including necessary traveling expenses, $5,000.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . 669 For contingent expenses incident to the enforcement of an Act relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia approved February 17, 1898 ; an Act to prevent the adul- teration of candy in the District of Columbia, approved May 5, 1898 ; an Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes, approved June 30, 1906, and an Act to regulate, within the District of Columbia, the sale of milk, cream, and ice cream, and for other purposes, approved February 27, 1925, $1,000 . For m ainten ance, includ ing pe rsonal servic es, of the p ublic crema- torium, $3,000 : Provided, That the health officer is authorized to pro vide a nd fur nish p roper contai ners f or the recept ion, b urial, and identification of the ashes of all human bodies of indigent persons that are cremated at the public crematorium, which ashes remain unclaimed after twelve months from date of such cremation. For maintenance and operation of motor ambulances and motor vehicles, including not to exceed $475 for the purchase of one non- pas senger -carry ing mo tor ve hicle, $ 2 ,2 25. C hild hygiene s erv- For maintaining a child hygiene service, including the establish- ice. Maintenance, etc., of ment and maintenance of child-welfare stations for the clinical welfare stations. examinations, advice, care, and maintenance of children under six years of age, payment for personal services, rent, fuel, periodicals, and supplies, 48,300. Provided, That the commissioners may accept V olunt eer servi ces. such volunteer services as they may deem expedient in connection wi th the estab lishme nt and maint enance of the servi ce her ein au thor- ized : Provided further, That this shall not be construed to authorize the expenditure or the payment of any money on account of any such volunteer service. COUR TS AND PRIS ONS JUVENrf,F COURT POLICE COURT Sal aries : For per sonal servic es in accord ance w ith the Class ifica- tion Act of 19 23, including $300 additional for presiding judge, $88,050 : Pr ovide d, That no part of the appropriations made herein for the Police Court shall be expended for the holding of court on any day a fter six o'clock p ostmeridi an for th e trial o f cases i nvolving violations of traffic laws and regulations. Pr eventing f ood, candy, etc ., adultera- tion. Vol. 30, pp. 246, 398. Pure food law. Vol.34,p . 768. Milk regulations. Vol.43,p. 1004. Cr ematorium. Proviso. Containers, etc ., be furnished. Mot or vehicles. Provisos. No payment therefor. Courts and prisons . Juvenile court. to Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Class
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 670 Contingent expenses. Witnesses. Juro rs. Building repairs, etc. Mun icipal court. Personal services. Jurors. Proviso. De pos its for j ury trials earned, unless new date set by court, etc. Vol. 41, p. 1312. Rent. Contingent expenses. District Supreme Court. Salaries. Witnesses. R.S.,sec. 850,p.160. Vol.44,p. 323 . U.S. Code, p. 2035. Jurors. Bailiffs, etc. Proviso. Jury commissioners . Probation system. Courthouse. Care, etc., of. Repairs, etc. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . For printing, law books, books of reference, directories, periodicals, stationery, binding and rebinding, preservation of records, type- writers a nd repair s thereto, fuel, i ce, gas, electric lights an d power, te lephon e serv ice, l aundry work, remov al of a shes a nd rub bish, mops, br ooms, bucket s, dus ters, sponge s, pai nter's and pl umber' s supp lies, toilet articles, medicines, soap and disinfectants, lodging and meals for jurors and bailiffs when ordered by the court, United States flags and halyards, and all other necessary and incidental expenses of every kind not otherwise provided for, $8,700. For witness fees, $1,500. For compensation of jurors, $40,000. For repairs and alterations to building, $2,500. MUNICIPAL COURT Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, including $300 additional for presiding judge, $58,736 . For compensation of jurors, $6,000 : Provided, That deposits made on demands for jury trials in accordance with rules prescribed by the court under authority granted in section 11 of the Act approved Mar ch 3, 192 1 (Fo rty-f irst Stat utes, pag e 131 2), s hall be e arned unles s, prior to three days befo re the ti me set f or such t rials, in clud- ing Sundays and legal holidays, a- new date for trial be set by the court, cases be discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials be waived. For rent of building, $4,800. For contingent expenses, including books, law books, books of reference, fuel, light, telephone, blanks, dockets, lodging and meals for jurors, and for deputy United States marshals while in attend- ance upon jurors, when ordered by the court, fixtures, repairs to furn iture, build ing, a nd bui lding equipme nt, an d all other necess ary miscellaneous items and supplies, $5,000. SUPREME COURT, DI STR ICT OF CO LUM BIA Salaries : Chief justice, $10,500 ; five associate justices, at $10,000 each ; six stenographers, one for the chief justice and one for each associate justice, $14,400 ; in all, $74,900. FEES OF WITNESSES : For mileage and per diem of witnesses and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, and payment of the actual expenses of witnesses in said court as provided by section 850, Revised Statutes of the United States, $33,000. FEES OF JURORS : For mileage and per diems of jurors, $82,000. PAY OF BAILIFFS : For not exceeding one crier in each court, of office deputy marshals who act as bailiffs or criers, and for expenses of meals and lodging for jurors in United States cases and of bailiffs in a ttend ance upon same when orde red by th e cou rt, clerk of j ury commissioners, and per diems of jury commissioners, $41,903 : Pro- vided, That the compensation of each jury commissioner for the fiscal year 1929 shall not exceed $250. PROBATION SYSTEM : For personal services, $8,920 ; contingent expenses, $500 ; in all, $9,420. COURTHOUSE : For person al ser vices for ca re and protec tion o f the courthouse, under the direction of the United States marshal of the Distric t of C olumbi a, $29 ,704, to be expende d unde r the direct ion of the Attorney General. For repairs and improvements to the courthouse, including repair and maintenance of the mechanic al equipment, and for labor and material and every item incident thereto, S2 .500, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol.

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . 671 District Court of App eals. Salaries : Chief justice and two associate justices, at $12,500 each ; Salaries, etc. all other officers and employees of the court, including reporting service, $24,190 ; necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk's office, $950 ; in all, $62,640 : Provided, That the reports of the court sale of reports. shall not be sold for a price exceeding that approved by the court and for not more than $6 .50 per volume. Building : For personal services for care and protection of the in care, etc ., of build. Court of Appeals Building, including one mechanician, under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $7,020 : Provided, That the P101 1,10- cler k odian. clerk of the court of appeals shall be the custodian of said building, under the direction and supervision of the justices of said court. For mops, brooms, buckets, disinfectants, removal of refuse, elec- Incidental expenses. trical supplies, books, and all other necessary and incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, $780. MISCELLANEOUS Support of convicts Support of convicts : For support, maintenance, and transportation out of the District, etc. of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia ; expenses of shipping remains of deceased convicts to their homes in the United States, and. expenses of interment of unclaimed remains of deceased convicts ; expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped convicts and rewards for their recapture ; and discharge gratuities provided by law ; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, $12 0,000. Lunacy writs. Writ of lunacy : For expenses attending the execution of writs de Expenses of execut- lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder in all cases of 'nvol. 33, p. 740. indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia under the provisions of existing law, and expenses of commitments to the District Training School, including personal services, $8,530. Miscellaneous ex- Miscellaneous court expenses : For such miscellaneous expenses as penses authorized by may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Supreme Court Attorne y General. of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, and including such expenses other than for personal services as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, $35,000. Printing and binding Printing and binding : For printing and binding for the Supreme for the courts. Court and the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, except records and briefs in cases in which the United States is a party, $4,500. COURT OF APPRAI,S PUB LIC WELFARE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of Pers onal s ervices. 1923, $97,770. DIVISIO N OF CHILD W ELFARE Public welfare. Board of Public Wel- fare. Child welfare divi- sion. Administration : For adm inistrative e xpenses, inclu ding placing Administration ex- and visiting children, city directory, purchase of books of reference pens es. and periodicals not exceeding $50, and all office and sundry expenses, Limi tation on vi se $5,000 ; and no part of the money herein appropriated shall be used ing wards outside the for the purpose of visiting any ward of the Board of Public Welfare Dist rict, e tc d placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland, and a ward placed outside said District and the States

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 672 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 659 . 1928 . Board, etc ., of chil- dren. H ome ca re of de- pendent children. Vol.44,p . 758. Building apart from House of Detention, for detention of chil- dren under 17 arrested by police, etc . Expenses of mai n- tenance, etc. Proviso . Use of d efici ency ap- propriation for District contingent expenses. Ante, p.8. Advances to director. Limit . Jai l. Personal services. Maintenanc e and s uppor t of pris oners . workhouse and re- formatory. Personal services. Advances authorized for returning escaped prisoners. of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of said board, and that said board shall have power, upon proper showing, in its discretion, to discharge from guardianship any child committed to its care. For board and care of all children committed to the guardianship of said board by the courts of the District, and for temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, with authority to pay not more than $1,500 each to institutions under sectarian control and not more than $400 for burial of children dying while under charge of the board, $160,000 . To carry out the purposes of the Act entitled "An Act to provide home care for dependent children in the District of Columbia," approved June 22, 1926, including not to exceed $12,470 for personal services in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Classifi- cation Act of 1923, $125,290. For the maintenance, under the jurisdiction of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, of a suitable place in a building entirely separate and apart from the House of Detention for the reception and detention of children under seventeen years of age arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Colum- bia, or committed to the guardianship of the board, or held as wit- nesses, or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, includ- ing transportation, purchase of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $750, operation and maintenance of motor vehicles, food, clothing, medicine and medical supplies, rental and repair and upkeep of buildings, fuel, gas, electricity, ice, supplies and equipment, and other necessary expenses, including personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, $25,000, to be immediately available : Provided, That such portion as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may determine of the appropriation of $25,000 for rent, under the heading " Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, District of Columbia," contained in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, shall be available for the pur- poses of this paragraph. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advan ce to t he dir ector o f publi c welf are, up on requ isitio ns prev iously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as may be required of said director by the commissioners, sums of money not to exceed $400 at any one time, to be used for ex- pense s in pl acing and vis iting c hildre n, trav eling o n offi cial bu siness of the board, and for office and sundry expenses, all such expendi- tures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia wit hin one month on itemized vouchers prope rly approved . JAIL Sa laries : For pers onal ser vice s in acc orda nce With the Cla ssif ica- tion Act of 1923, $63,710. For maintenance and support of prisoners of the District of Col- umbia at the jail, expenses incurred in identifying and pursuing escaped prisoners, and rewards for their recapture, repair and improvements to buildings, cells, and locking devices, $64,600. WORKHOUSE AND REFORMATORY Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, $15,400. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the general superintendent of penal institutions, upon requisitions previously approved by the auditor of the District of

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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Cia. 659 . 1928 . 673 Columbia, and upon such security as the commissioners may require of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $100 at one time, to be used only for expenses in returning escaped prisoners, payable from the maintenance appropriations for the workhouse and reformatory, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the account- ing officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers properly approved. For the purchase of approximately one and one-half acres of land to pr ovide suitabl e switching co nnections and switching ya rds f o r indus trial railroa d adjacent to main line of the Richmond, Fred- ericksburg and Potomac Railroad, $150 ; and for the purchase of approximately eight acres of land in close proximity to permanent buildings at the reformatory, $2,500 ; in all, $2,650, to be immediately available. WORKUOUSE Lim it. Purchase of addi- tional land for reforma- tory. Wor khouse. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act, Pe rsona l ser vices. 1923, $75,760 . For maintenance, custody, clothing, guarding, care, and support maintenance. of prisoners ; rewards for fugitives ; provisions, subsistence, medicine, and hospital ins truments, fur niture, and qu arters for gu ards and other employees and inmates ; purchase of tools and equ ipment ; purchase and maintenance of farm implements, livestock, tools, equipment., and miscellaneous items ; transportation ; ma intena nce and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles ; supplies and labor ; and all other necessary items, $120,000. For fuel for maintenance and manufacturing, $47,500. Fuel. For the reconditioning of barges, repairing the wharves at Occo- Reconditi oning quan and Washington, and purchase of brick-handling equipment, barges, wharves, etc• $28,000 . For continuing construction of permanent buildings, incl udin g Construction, re- sewers, water mains, and roads ; for equipment for new buildings ; pa irs, etc • for material for repairs to buildings, roads, and walks ; and not to exceed $36,000 for reconditioning and enlarging brick plant, includ- Brick plant. i ng the purch ase an d ins tallat ion of mach inery and eq uipmen t, $116,000. For purchase and exchange of one nonpassenger-carrying motor Motor vehicle. vehicle, $475. In all, $387,735, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the commissioners. REFO RMAT ORY Reformatory. Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- Personal services. tion Act of 1923, $63,980. For continuing construction of permanent buildings, including Buildings, construe. sewers, water mains, roads, and necessary equipment of industrial tion, etc• railroad ; for equipment for new buildings ; for material for repairs to buildings, roads, and walks ; and not to exceed $12,000 for a water- supply tank and connecting pipe, $62,000. For maintenance, custody, clothing, care, and support of inmates ; Maintenance, rewards for fugitives ; discharge gratuities provided by law ; pro- visions, subsistence, medicine and hospital instruments, fur niture , and quarters for guards and o ther employees and inmates ; p u r c h a s e of tools and equipment ; purchase and maintenance of farm imple- men ts, livestock, tools, equi pment ; transportation ; purchase of material for the manufacture of metal tags, signs and markers, and cast-iron products ; maintenance and operation of nonpassenger- carrying motor vehicles ; supplies and labor, and all other necessary items, $83,000.

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 674 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928 . Fuel. For fuel, $10,000 ; In all, $218,980, which sum shall be expended under the direction of the commissioners. Working capital fund. Working Capital : To provide working capital for industrial enter- Created by transfers from appropriations for prises at the workhouse and the reformatory, the commissioners shall industrial work of these institutions. tra nsfer to a fu nd, to be kno wn as the work ing-capital f und, such amounts appropriated herein for the workhouse and reformatory, not to exceed $25,000 as are available for industrial work at these Purchase of products by depar tments, etc institutions. The various departments and institutions of the District . of Columbia and the Federal Government may purchase, at fair Receipts deposited market prices, as determined by the commissioners, such industrial or to, as revolving fund. farm products as meet their requirements. Receipts from the sale of such products shall be deposited to the credit of said working-capital fund, and the said fund, including all receipts credited thereto, may Availability of fund. b e used as a revolving fund during the fiscal year 1929. This fund shall be available for the purchase and repair of machinery and. equipment, for the purchase of raw materials and manufacturing supplies, for personal services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and for the payment to the inmates or their dependents of such pecuniary earnings as the commissioners may deem proper. Report to Congress. The commissioners shall include in their annual report to Congress a detailed report of the receipts and expenditures on account of said working-capital fund. National Training NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS School for Boys. Care, etc ., of boys For care and maintenance of boys committed to the National committed thereto. Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia tinder a contract to be made y the Board of Public Welfare with the authorities of said National Training School for Boys, $40,000. National Training NATION AL TRAI NING S CHOOL F OR GIRL S School for Girls. Sala ries : Fo r pers onal se rvices in acc ordance with t he Cla ssifica tion Act of 1923, $34,140. For groceries, provisions, light, fuel, soap, oil, lamps, candles, clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicines, medical attendance, transportation, labor, sewing machines, fixtures, books, magazines, and other supplies which represent greater educational advantages, sta tioner y, hors es, veh icles, harnes s, cows, pigs , fowls , sheds , fenc es, repairs, typewriting, stenography, and other necessary items, including compensation not exceeding $1,500 for additional labor or services, for identifying and pursuing escaped inmates and for rew ards for thei r capture, fo r transportati on and other necessary expenses incident to securing suitable homes for paroled or discharged girls, and for maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, 38,000 . Me dical char ities. MEDICAL CHARIIL S Care, etc ., of indigent For care and treatment of indigent patients under contracts to be patients de signat ed made by the Board of Public Welfare with the following institutions and for not to exceed the following amounts, respectively Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, $17,000. Children's Hospital, $27,000. Providence Hospital, $15,300. Garfield Memorial Hospital, $15,300. Central Dispensary a nd Emergency H ospital, $23, 000. Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital, $15,000. Washington Home for Incurables, $10,000. Georget own Universit y Hospital, $7 ,200. George Washington University Hospital, $7,200. Personal services. Contingent expenses.

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 S EVEN TIET H CONGRESS. SEss. I. CH. 659. 1928. 675 COLUMBIA HOS PIT AL AND LY ING- IN ASY LUM For general repairs and for additional construction, including labor and material, and for expenses of heat, light, and power required in and about the operation of the hospital, including not to exceed $15,000 for replacement of elevators, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, $30,000, of which $15,000 shall be immediately available. For payment to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the refund of $25,000 to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum," approved March 4, 1927, $25,000, to be immediately available. TUBERCULOSIS HOS PI TAL Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- tion Act of 1923, $61,360. For provisions, fuel, forage, harness, and vehicles, and repairs to same, gas, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medi- cal supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, books and peri- odicals not to exceed $50, temporary services not to exceed $1,000, maintenance of motor truck, and other necessary items, $58,500. For repairs a nd improvements to buildings and grounds including roads and sidewalks, $6,000. GALLINGER MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT TRAINING SCHOOL Columbia Hospital. Repairs, etc. Refund. Val. 44, p. 1423. Tube rculos is Hos- pital. Personal services. Contingent expenses. Repairs, etc. Gallinger Hospital. Salaries : For personal services in accordance with the Classifica- Personal services. tion Act of 1923, $198,180. For maintenance, maintenance of horses and horse-drawn vehicles, maintenance. books of reference and periodicals, not to exceed $50, maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, and all other necessary expenses, $147,000. For repairs to buildings, $5,000. Repairs. Purchase of books, musical instruments and music, expense of com- Incidental expenses. mencement exercises, entertainments, and other incidental expenses of the trai ning sch ool for nurs es, $500. For purchase and exchange of one nonpass enger-carrying motor Motor vehicle. vehicle, $475. of Domestic service and For completing the construction o>. the domestic service and ward wary buildings. buildings at Gallinger Municipal Hospital subject to the limitations completion, etc. prescribed in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the Vol.44,p.445. fiscal year 1927 ; for purchase and installation of new boiler and accessories ; and for sewer and water connections, roads, walks, and improvement of grounds, $465,000, to be immediately available. Distr ict Train ing Sch ool. For personal services in accordance with the Classification Act Per sonal serv ices. of 1923, $57,350. For main tena nce and othe r ne cess ary expe nses, in clud ing the Maintenance. maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, the purchase and maintenance of horses and wagons, $68,000. For repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, including et Repairs to buildings, purchase of machinery and tools for same, 5,000. For artesian wells, pumps, and necessary water lines, $9,000. Water supply. For a steel-girder bridge across Little Patuxent River, $18,500. Bri dge. For furnishing and installing high-pressure steam boiler in power Power house boiler. house, $10,000. For furnishings and equipment for two schoolrooms and for two Schoolrooms and dor- new dormitories, $7,000. mitories.

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