Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/703

 682 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 433. 1916. and the engin' eer commissioner, includmg` the assistants_ to the engineer commissioner, building-inspection and street-clean1n(g divisions, surveyor’s office, electrical department, the supermten ent of construction eighteen in all, including three, to be purchased new and four to be purchased in lieu of 0 d ones to be exchanged hereunder, as follows: _ For the assessors office, one automobile to be gurchased new; for the Board of Children’s Guardians, one automo ile to be purchased new; for the surface division one automobile to be purchased in lieu of one automobile to be exchanged· for the streetcleaning division, two automobiles to be npurchased in heu of two automo iles to be exchanged; and for e surveyor’s office, two automobiles in lieu of one to be exchanged; _ _ _ Mowmycnes Motor cycles: One for the plumbing-inspection division, five for the street-cl division, including two to be purchased in lieu of two motor cyges to be exchanged, and three for the electrical . de§rtment, nine in all· _ ummucks otor trucks: One for the municipal arclutect’s office, two for the electrical department, one for the street·cleaning division to be purchased in lieu of one automobile to be exchanged, and one for the parking commission five in all; U,=• °* '•¤*¤'¤= *'°· In all, or motor vehicles, $20,000. All of said motor vehicles and all other motor vehicles provided for in this Act and all horsedrawn carriages and buggies owned by the District of Columbia shall be used only for purposes directly pertaining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the commissioners, who may from time to time alter or ch e the assignment for use thereof or direct the Jioint or interchang:ii]§le use mm. of any of the same by officials and employees of the District: Pmm“""°“°“* mkied, That no automobile shall be acquired hereunder by purchase or exchange, at a cost, including the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding] $700 for one seating more than two persons except the automob e herein provided for the assessor’s office for which a limitation of $1,200 is ereby authorized; $500 for one seaf not more than two persons, or $2,000 for a motor truck: Pronged {urtiwr, m£’;}ng“°{*,;g§,Q{g'°°° That all motor vehicles and all horse—drawn carriages and uggies owned by the District of Columbia shall be of uniform color and have painted conspicuously thereon, in letters not less than three inches  and markedly contrasting in color with the body color of the ve `clc, the words, "District o Columbia." hnsmcuononmor Appropriations in this Act shall not be expended for the pm-. °"°“*°‘°‘ chase or maintenance of horses or horse~drawn vehicles for the use of the commissioners, or for the purchase or maintenance of horses or horse·drawn vehicles for inspection or other purposes for those oflicials or employees provided with motor vehicles. cmmgmgs. For the purchase or condemnation of a site to contain not less than five thousand four hundred square feet (at a cost not exceeding $20,000), and for the erection of a central garage thereon, $35,000. Lzmemexpmstsrtr fppropriations in this Act, except appropriations for the militia, “°"°* sh not be used for the purchase, livery, or maintenance of horses, or for the purchase, maintenance, or repair of buggies or carriages and harness, except as provided for in the appropriation for contig ent and miscellaneous expenses or unless the appropriation from w 'ch the same is propose to be paid shall specifically authorize such pnuchase, hvery, maintenance, and repair, and except also as heremsgter authorized. hm A ras imma pro- p ropriations in t ct shall not be used for the ayment of w’“"d‘ pi-rerngiiirgs or other cast of fire insurance. P Spaans: residence _ e ep ones may maintained in the residencw of the su - °°“’°°°°' ‘°°""°‘ intendent of the water department, superintendent of sewers, chigf inspector of the street-cleaning division, secretary of the Board of