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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. sm. III. ce. vo. 1921. 1127 For the purchase of land adjoining the Dunbar High School, },’g;¤°!§_;•ij1%;,_ $35,000. · For the purchase of a site for an eiglht-room extensible building in ~§{§‘§§;,,a,_ the immediate vicinity of the Mott Sc ool, $30,000. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and i‘},‘,§",_{,§’f‘§,‘,;, 0, M, empowered to sell to the highest bidder at (public auction the fol- *¤- lowing-named property belongfigg to the said District of Columbia, in the District of Columbia: ts 821 and 822 in sfpliare 3064, to- PMN gether with all improvements thereon: Provided, at if, in the negecabn or bm, opinion of the said commissioners, the highest bid made at said sale °t°‘ for any or all of said lots and improvements thereon is not a full and fair price for the same, the said commissioners shall have the right to reject such bid or bids and shall have the right to sell said property, after due advertisement, to the highest bidder under competitive pro osals for the purchase of said property; and that the proceeds Proceeds. of the sale of said lots and improvements thereon shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in ual parts. _ The appro riations herein mlllde for the construction of school p,,C,§'§l,§,"°Qt$§§,‘{,Y§"§§ buildings shall be available immediately. °¤°°- _ _ The total cost of the sites and of the several and respective buildings ,,,$,°,,Z§tl{,,",}‘§°° ’° ““' herein provided for, when completed upon plans and specifications to be made previously and approved, shall not exceed the several andhrespeeimgve urge of money herein respectively appropriated or authoriz or suc urposes. .i. . Appropriations in tllnis Act shall not be paid to any fperson employed uosilsliceiiligpziiliibniiiiegi under or in connection with the public schools o the District of Columbia who shall solicit or receive, or permit to be solicited or received, on any public-school premises, any subscription or donanation of money or other thing of value from pupils enrolled in such public schools or presentation of testimonials to school officials or or any purpose except such as may be authorized by the board of E‘°°p°°”' education at a stated meeting upon the written recommendation of the superintendent of schools. The plans and specifications for all building? provided for in this P'°p°'°°i°"°f°"“‘ Act shall be prepared under the sufpervision of the mimicipal architect, and those for school buildings a ter consultation with the board of education, and shall be approved by the commissioners, and shall be constructed in conformity thereto. Dom to om Om, The school buildings authorized and a propriated for herein shall wm. be constructed with a I doors intended to be used as exits or entrances opening outward, and each of said buildings having an excess of eight rooms shall have at least four exits. Appropriations carried in this Act shall not be used for the maintenance of school in any building unless all outside doors thereto used as exits or entrances shall o en outward and be kept imlocked every school day from U“l°°]°""“°‘ one-hall) hour before until one-half hour after school hours. Dmmd dumb pw Conmisia INSTITUTION' ron run Dear: For expenses attendinlgghe pus. instruction of deaf and dumb Ipersons admitted to the Columbia titution for the Deaf from the istrict of Columbia, under section 4864 _ _ of the Revised Statutes, and as provided for in the Act approved {$,,f·g,§f°,;f‘§,“g,,{*”°°’· March 1, 1901, and under a contract to be entered into with the said institution by the commissioners, $20,250, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Colored deaf mutas. For maintenance and tuition of colored dea.f·mutes of teachable age belonging to the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the commissioners, ,,,m;,,,_ $4.000. or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, ’l`hat all S¤pe¤·i-=i¤¤- expenditures under this alppropriation shall be made under the supervision of the Board of E ucation.