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 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 164. 1918. 953 The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily t'f¤¤v·>¤¤>‘ laborers, such laborers, skilledxlaborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as M` may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipments, or any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, inci ental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, ostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and e?enses from the. appropriations under which such services are ren ered, and expenses rnciured. H M I Sec. 3. That all horses, harness, horse<drawn vehicles necessary for spi¥.°;i’¤iiiti.Zs£i’5i use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer,,street, §§,',§‘gf:°m”*“*°“°”‘°' street lighting, road work, and street—clea.ning work, including maintenance of sard horses and harness, and maintenance and repair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and ‘su’ liesin _ connection therewith, or on construction and repair of buildi)d)gs and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and maintained and motor trucks may be hired exclusively to ca into effect. said appropriations, when s ecificall and in writing omred `by the commissioners; and all such) expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal ervices, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the commissioners m the annual estimates shall report B¤r¤>rt,•t¢. the number of horses, vehicles, and harness purchased, and horses and vehicles hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation; and all horses owned or` maintained by the District . _ s all, so far as may be practicable berplriovrded for in stables owned or- operated by said District: Provided, at such horses, horse—drawn ¥§§`,§l,;','f;,,,, ,,,,,1, ,,¤ vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and ex- °*°¤*=·¤°¤S· cavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the · conditions named m section two of this Act in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. wm! do mm Sec. 4. That the services of assistant engineers, draftsmen, levelars`, mngnwsriirrmxzméa, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, and inspectors temporarily ;,§f,;,,§f‘°P°‘““‘¥ °“" required in connection with water-department work author1zed by appropriations may be empl_<&yed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, and be pai therefrom, when specifically and rn writing ordered by the commissioners, and the commissioners 111 their annual estimates shall report the number of suchemployeesperform- PMN ing such services and their work and the sums paid to each: rmrided, r.i¤m.' T lriat the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $13,200 during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen. T I M I The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily ,m,°mp°”°’ ° ° S’ such laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics as may e required in connection with water-department work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incrdental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be re%mred_by existing law to be done rmder contract, and to pay for suc services and expenses from the appropriation under which such services are rendered and expenses incnured. u¤,,m,,dm_ Sec. 5. That all er diem einplo ees and day laborers of the District re: exam gxgipaoyees of Columbia who have been r·egu`larly employed for fifteen working {‘,§‘,$,d°§§y}§,_ "” °1` da s next preceding such days as are legal ho `days in the District o Columbia, and whose employment continues through and beyond