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 954 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 164, 165. 1918. said. legal holidays, shall be granted such leave of absence with pay as is granted the re lar annual employees of the District of Columbia for said legal holidays. _ ,,,u’f,‘§f’°“"°°“’ ‘“"' · Sec. 6. That the commissioners are authorized to employ in the &B¤p¤¤s<=¤ x>=¤Y¤M• execution of work the cost of which is payable from the appropriation (i?ii.sa,p.sss. account created in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, approved mil twenty- seventh, nmeteen hundred and four, and known as the " cellaneous trust-fund deposits, District of Columbia/’ all necessary inspectors, overseers, foremen, sewer tappers, skilled laborers, mechanics, laborers, special policemen stationed at street railway crossin s one inspector of gas fitting, two janitors for laboratories of the gllilashington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies, market master, assistant market master, watchman, 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. tdfgggfgglcgmm Dir Sec. 7. _That the sum of $125,000 shall be transferred to the credit _ pcsszmcumi, sm., or of the United States from the amount m the Treasury of the United "“l‘ States to the credit of the District of Columbia to pay the indebtedness of the District of Columbia to the United States on account of the construction and equipment of the District jail, as provided in p_§i§· D-C-· 5°°·1°°’· p§ii°$•s°Zi¤er;(i¤ i&l Sec. 8. That the sum of $97,740.50 shall be transferred to the credit of the United States from the amount in the Treasur of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia to pay the indebtedness of the District of Columbia to the United States on account of ad- V I 18 32. vances to pay teachers in the District public schools, as provided by °° ’°' the Act entitled "An Act making appgopriation for the payment of teachers in the public schools of the istrict of Columbia, and providing for the levy of .a tax to reimburse the 'same," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Approved, August 31, 1918. Au t3l’,m8‘ CHAP. 165.-An Act T0 authorize the im rta 'o on f of sundry articles for the American National Eid grolisvllcihbs iighsgtgldyonieriiieid  tg [P¤bl¤¤» ?*°· 209-] solely to or for the benefit of the land or naval forces of the United States or its allies, or for the relief of the civilian population of the United States or of its allies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R,{,",{F,§S°§§‘ N°“°“"‘ States of America in Congress assembled, That during the continuance milggxxgonsfdroi mi- of the state of war now existing, and during the (period of one ear °°° “ y' thereafter, there may be imported into the `nite States free ofy the payment of any imlport duty any articles of clothin, medicines rugs, hospital supp ies and eqgipment, goods, wool and cotton, and the products thereof, donated y an§person or ersons abroad and §;’;fg°c%,m consigned to the American National ed Cross: provided, That such articles or sup lies are not to be sold but are only to be donated or used by it solely to or for the benefit of the land or naval forces of the Unite States or of the allies of the United States, or for the relief of R _ the civilian Vlplopulation of the United States or any of its said allies. °g“"°°°°°° Sec. _2. at the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry this Act into effect. Approved, August 31, 1918.