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 726 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 250. 1909. for Boys, and purchasing, installing, and maintaining_ water meters on services to such private residences and to such business places as may not be re uire to install meters under existing regulations as ma be directdll by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, said meters at all times to remain the prop:-:·ty of the District of Columbia, to include all necessary land, macery, buildings, mams, and appurtenances, and labor, and the purchase and maintenance of horses, w ns, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this wd1d?, so much as may be available in the water hmd durmg the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, after providing for the nditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated. T¤=¤v<>¤¤v °¤>*¤=· Sec. 2. The services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers m°¤’°°°` transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and inspectors tem rarily required in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or th; construction and repair of  and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be em]-plqye exclusively to carry mto eifect said appropriations when spec' c y and m writing ordered by the Commissioners of the District; and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Com- B¤r¤>r•- missioners of the District in their annual estimates shall report the ` · number of such employees performing such services, and their work, gr::: di_ and the sums paid to each, and out o what appropriation: Promkled, am, ""` °x°°° That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed sixty-two thousand dollars during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten. Work ¤¤·i¤r ¤¤¤¤· The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are further author- laborers, ized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, and me- °‘°- chanics as may be required exclusively m connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street sprinkling, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carryin on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof; said daborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pa for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which such servicesare rendered and expenses incurred. g,};,? :;,*gr';°;,F,,°g Sec. 3. All horses, harness, an wagons necessary for use in concemmmeiicm me nection with sewer, street, or road work, or on construction and repair “““"‘ of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be purchased, hired, and maintained exclusively to c into effect said appropriations, when specifically and in writingaciildered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all such expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and e uitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Commissioners of the District in the annual estimates shall report the number of horses, wagons, and harness purchased, and horsesand wagons hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation, and all horses owned or maintained by the District shalh so far as ma be practicable, be rovided ,*;*g;{¤<>;mdu mm for in stables owned or operated by said Distmct: Provided, 'llhat such miamm. horses, wagons, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by ` appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section two of this Act in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. ggggvqgg Sec. 4. The services of draftsmen, levelers, rodrnen, chainmen, and mu, em. inspectors temporarily required in connection with watepdepartment