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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 198. 1908. 31] and their work and the sums paid to each: Provided, That the expend- Q;”'f*°· di itures hereunder shall not exceed ten thousand dollars during the Hscal ¢ur·¤.x mum mmm l year nineteen hundred and nine. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are further author- mf;,°*fm;¤d*’ 90** ized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, and mechan- iagem-Q. ics as may be required in connection with water—department work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary or the proper execution thereof, said aborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics to be employed to erform such work as may not be required by existing law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appro riation under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred? Sec. 5. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author- fu§§*°°“¤¤°°‘*S mm ized to employ in the execution of work the cost of which is payable Expenses paid nom. from the appropriation account created in the District appro riation V°l·*”·P-***8- Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, approved April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four, and known as the "Miscellaneous trust-fund dqposits., District of Columbia," all necessary inspectors, overseers, oremen, sewer tappers, skilled laborers, mechanics, laborers, special policemen stationed at street-railway crossings, one inspector of gas fitting, two lianitors for laboratories of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Lig t com nies, market master, assistant market master, watchman, and one lagrer for the wholesale producers’ market, horses, carts, and wagons, and to incur all necessary expenses incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, such services and expenses to be paid from said appropriation account. Sec. 6. From and after the approval of·_this Act all per diem *;;,**3; },’;*{,m,m,° employees and other day laborers of the District of Columbia who dar hmmmhave been continuously employed for five working days next preceding the first Monday of September in each year (commonly called Labor Day), and whose employment continues through and beyond said day, may, in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, be granted leave of absence with pay for said da. Sec. 7. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall not u°¥.*j'j*' °“ ’°°“*’*‘ make requisitions upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a arger amount during the fiscal year nineteen hun-. dred and nine than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District. M f th Sec. 8. That until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred wma?}}?" mm ° and nine, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to advance, on the requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, made in the manner now prescribed by law, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropri- .ated, such sums as may be necessary from time to time to meet the general expenses of said District, as authorized by Congress, and to reimburse the Treasury for the rtion of said advances payable by the District of Columbia out of th: taxes and revenues collected for mW_ the support of the government thereof: Provided, That all advances meme on nvm. made under this Act and under the Acts of February eleventh, nine- @@31, ,,_ 735_ teen hundred and one, July first, nineteen hundred and two, March ,‘§g{§£gj Qlggjglc third, nineteen hundred and three, April twenty-seventh, nineteen ’ hundred and four, March third, nineteen hundred, and five and June V°‘-3* PP· “'*·“"· twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six, and March second, nineteen hundred and seven, not reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States on or before June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, shall be reimbursed to said Treasur out of the revenues of the District of Columbia from time to time, within five years, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and nine, together with interestthereon at the rate of two per centum