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 1040 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 160. 1917. miilnitiicyarw  Militia of the District of Columbia is authorizedg tg enter into a °°°° contract or contracts for the lease of an armory, stable, drill shed, and ’ warehouse for Cavalry, Field Artillery, Signal Corps, and Hospital Corps troops in one building, or separately, or a period not to exceed ‘ five years, renewable at the option of the said commanding general for an additional period of not exceeding Eve years, at an_ annual ,,,§,°'}'g,,Y°',,,,,,‘§,,,,*}'§,?,°,{‘,Y rental not to exceed $10,000: Provided {urther, _That the said commanding general may renew for the tisca year nmeteen hundred and eighteen, or any portion thereof, the building known as two hundred and thirty First Street northwest, now occupied as an armory for mounted and other troops, at an annual rental of $3,900, an the buildings known as nineteen hundred and twelve E Street northwest, used as stables and warehouses, at an annual rental of $1,800, paying therefor a rental not in excess of the current rentals. Erma- For lockers, furniture, and géymnastic apparatus for armories, $600. For printing, stationery,_an postage, $1,800. _ ’ For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, $2,000. _ For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, $1,000. For clerk, office of the adjutant general, $1,000. For expenses of target,pract1ce and matches, $2,500. P°Y °“‘°°¥'°»°‘°· For pay of troops, other than_Govemment employees, to be disbursed under the authority and direction of the commanding general, $24,000. A _ mRef¤¤<1 ¤¢¤¤¤¤¤·>¤¤ REFUND OF ERRONEOUS COLLECTIONS. ¤·r¤¤¤¤*-¤- To enable the commissioners, in any case where special assessments, school tuition charges, rents, fees, or collections of any character have been erroneous] covered into the Treasmy to the credit of the United States ami, the District of Columbia in e ual parts, to refund such erroneous payments, wholly or in part, including the refundmgoof fees paid for building permits authorized by the VM-33.r-¤7· District of lumbia appropriation Act approved March second, nmeteen hundred and even, $1,500, or so much thereof as mag grrmén be necessary: Promded, That this appropriation shall be availab ` for such refunds of payments made within the past three years. F,§,_Q°°°’“° R"' ANACOSTIA RIVER AND FLATS. t,,f;{°‘“E“*“¤ ‘°°‘““" _For continuing the reclamation and development of the Anacostia River and Flats from the Anacostia Bridge northeast to the District l1ne,_ to be expended for the purposes and under the conditions "°'·"*»*’·“°· specified in the item for this improvement contained in the "Dist1‘ict o Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen, " _$300,000. ,,}f{,’,§$§,‘;g° ,,;",,,,;*,{‘$ _ In connection with the said (reclamation and development of the ¤¤¤ Wh- river and flats, the Secretary of War is authorized to acquire, for and on behalf of the United States, by purchase or by condemnation, for highway ancgpark piutiposes, the fee simple and absolute title to all Tmmw mmd lands reqmr for said objects and not now owned by the United States, in and along the Anacostia River from the Anacostia Bridge to_ the center line of East Capitol Street, embraced within the area lying between the lines, one on each side of the river, following approximately the contour of ten feet elevation above the plane of mean low water at the United States navy yard; and the Secretary of War is further authorized to acguire for the United States, by purchase or by condemnation, for highway and park purposes, in con-
 * ’*°'*‘*°•· militia, $21 200: Pmmkled, That the commandin eneral of the