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 SIXTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 42. 1923. 121], necessary expenses, or gr diem in lieu of subsistence while on temporary detail in the rstrict of Columbia, for pur ses only of consultation or investigations on behalf of the UD1tBdP(§t&t8S. All R°P°"°“ °'· *° N details made hereunder, and the urposes of each, during the pre- mam ceding fiscal year shall be reported) in the annual estimates of approplpiatiqns to Congress at the beginning of each regular session ereo ; For the purchase and transportation of fuel · storin and handlin °°'°”""°“* '“°* of fuel_ in yards; maintenance and operatiori of yagds and equip? y°1£d¤fi&·g¥ M 1¤¤1» ment, including motor-propelled passen r-carrying vehicles for mm°°°°°°’°°°' inspection, purchase of equipment, rentaii and all other expenses requisite for and incident thereto, including personal services rn the District of Columbia, the unexpencled balances of the appropriations Balance mppmpnheretofore made for these purposes is reappropriated and made °‘jd,;,c P 589 available for such purposes for the fiscal year 1924, and for the ’ O payment of obligations for such purposes of prior years, and of mmgecmm. such sum not exceeding $500 shall be available to settle claims for damages caused to private property by motor vehicles used in de- _ livering fuel: Provided, That all moneys received from the sales of §`,{l°§,”,§';,d,,,,d to ap, fuel shall be credited to this appropriation and be available for the r>¤‘¤P¤¤ti<>¤· purposes of this paragraph. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered to mg°‘1¤{{Si¤S 1¤¤dS M acquire title to and procure on behalf of the United States, through Prgreni designated. purchase or condemnation, so much of the lands within the District of Columbia designated and known on the records of said District as square west six hundred and ninety-five, square northwest six hundred and ninety-Eve, and those parts of what were formerly Canal and H Streets, as are now used and occupied by the United States as a fuel yprd; that part of what was formerly H Street which intersects alf Street immediately adjacent to such fuel' yard; and such other lands as may be needed as the site of a gara °*¤¢°¤**•· for the joint use of, and in connection with, such fuel yard and tg; Department of the Interior, and the construction of such garage is hereby authorized. All that part of Half Street which lies and extends north of I  S°§_p“'° °' Street southeast, in said District, be, and the same is hereby, vacated, and the land therein, which is hereby declared to belongi to the United States, is hereby set apart for and shall be devote to the exclusive and sole use and occupancy of the Government of the United States as part of and in connection with the fuel yard mentioned. All a pro riations herein and hereafter made for the maintenance U’§,,‘{§,,‘},¥;°’},§},“*§,,*{,¥; and opgntidh of the fuel yard mentioned may also be used and ex- gnriipnnsv. pended for the purchase or condemnation of land for fuel yard and garage purposes as well as for the construction of a garage building thereon, as above provided for, and shall continue avai able for _ those urposes until expended: Provided, however, That no moneys f,,"°"'·{,°g;,,,m m,m,_ expended for those purposes shall be considered as expenditures to t¤r¤§i>i~>- he returned to such appropriations: And provided furt er, That the m·‘;,:"°g§;’ "f'9,_,‘:P°g appropriation herein made for the maintenanceand operation of the ducedfuel yard mentioned for the fiscal year 1924 is hereby reduced in mm { the amount of $254,088: And ovided also, That the Department of ,g.,_ "°‘“°° ° g°" the Interior shall from appgable a propriations reimburse said appropriations for its proportionate slgare of the expenses of maintaining and operating the garage mentioned. _ Hereafter the various branches of the Federal service and the beAg;;*g¤S;,{§°{°**;;;({,Q municipal government in the District of Columbia shall make pay- ozruaym. ment of accounts rendered against them by the Government fuel yard for fuel furnished them by depositing the proper amount directly to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States for the