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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 477. 1925. 1221 from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. Appropriations in this Act shall not be expended for the purchase E‘{?°°P°S °‘ h°*S°S· or maintenance of horses or horse-drawn vehicles for the use of em" mm` the commissioners, or for the purchase or maintenance of horses or horse—drawn vehicles for inspection or other purposes for those officials or employees provided with motor vehicles. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the purchase, Vjlm °*§°* ¤¤¤¤* livery, or maintenance of horses, or for the purchase, maintenance, lixiiiiiiillirdn. or me or repair of buggies or carriages and harness, except as provided for in the appropriation for contingent and miscellaneous expenses or unless the appropriation from which the same is proposed to be paid shall specifically authorize such urchase, livery, maintenance, and repair, and except also as hereinafger authorized. _ _ Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of m§YSd_’”S“'““°° p“" premiums or other cost of Hre insurance. Telephones may be maintained in the residences of the superin· atrilgiigggeeg oiliigig tendent of the water department, sanitary engineer, chief inspector "“°°d °m°*¤'¤- of the street-cleaning division, assistant superintendent of the streetcleaning division, ins ector of plumbing, secretary of the Board of Charities, health otfider, assistant health officer, chief of the bureau of preventable diseases, chief engineer of the fire department, superintendent of tpolice, electrical inspector in charge of the iire·alarm ` system, one re-alarm operator, and two fire-alarm repair men, under appropriations contained in this Act. The commissioners m,$f{’9’j,”°°**°¤¤ wrmay connect any or all of these telephones either to the system of i the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company or the tele hone system maintained by the District of Columbia or to both of such systems., For postage for strictly official mail matter, $19,000. P°°°”8°· The commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to fur- C°' '¤'°¤»¤’=°· nish necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street—car and bus fares from appropriations contained in this Act: Provided, fk‘;’§°*· That the expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned ` as not to exceed a total of $8,000: Provided further, That the pro- u§`,j;g;,°¤ wd ¤¤¤¤¤ visions of this aragraph shall not include the appropriations herein ` made for the filfe and police departments. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title ’“°‘°*°' °¤P°¤¤¢=· the printing of briefs in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, $4,000. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and gg;gg¤i¤¤~ for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, ' $6 000. · l·`or advertisin notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1925, as required 'f,g{g¤p¤jgjj¤¤· to be given by gre Act of March 19, 1890, to be reimbursed by a ' gharge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, 5 500. hor ca in out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to bu§g}1·;f¤¤d¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ authorizeriihe Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove v¤1.ao,p.szs. dangerous or unsafe buildings and parts thereof, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1899, to pay each_member of the board of survey provided for therein, other than the inspector of buildings, at a compensation of not to exceed $10 for each survey, and to pay the cost of making safe or removing such buildings upon the refusal or neglect of the owners so to do, $500. _ _ C0 i I ms W For copies of such wills, petitions, and other papers wherein title m,m@ W '° " to real estate is involved, for the use of the assessor of the District, $500.