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 SIXTY-EIGHTH oouennss. sm. 11. on. 477. 1925. 1233 to exceed $1,000, $175,000: Provided, That the Commissioners of P'°°*·’°· the District of Columbia, in their discretion, are authorized to Ex°h°mg°s° exchange any badly damaged book for a new one, the new one to be simi ar in text to the old one when it was new. For kindergarten supplies, $7,000. Kiigsd er zarten For purchase of United States flags $1,200. Su¥i°»gs.'_ For utensils, material, and labor, for establishment and mainte- S°h°°1g””°°°s‘ nance of school gardens, $3,000. The Board of Education is authorized to designate the months in ,6§;,f,‘“° S°“d>’» °°°·· which the ten salary payments now required by law shall be made to m` teachers assigned to the work of instruction in nature study and school gardens. For purchase of apparatus, fixtures, specimens, technical books, m§`,Qg’?;°,§·°§éé°°P°’“ and for extending the equipment and for the maintenance of labora- pp ` tories of the departments of hysics, chemistry, biology, and general science in the several higli) and junior hi h schools and normal schools and for the installation of the same, §12,000. The children of officers and men of the United States Army and N§g"’§$'; °‘,,A‘““m my; Navy and children of other employees of the United States stationed fm- " · outside the District of Columbia shall be admitted to the public schools without payment of tuition. _ BUILDINGS Ann onoumns mfuggsf d * ¤ ¤ S Md For enlarging heating plant and completion of the addition to the m,“'”$"°”¤ '1`°°’“'*‘ Armstrong Technical School, $50,000; ` For the purchase of additional land adjoining the site provided gggf R- F‘“°*’· for the John R. Francis Junior High School, $50,00; For beginning the construction of the John R. Francis Junior C°“"'“°“°’* Hi h School, on a site already provided for at Twenty-fourth and · N Streets northwest, $175,000, and the commissioners are hereby authorized to enter into contract or contracts, as in this Act provided, for such building at a cost not to exceed $475,000; For the construction of a wing to the Macfarland Jimior High M°°‘°"°°°- School, $125,000; B For the purchase of land adjacent to the Bruce School to provide Adigénznwa. for the construction of an addition to that school, $25,000; C mmm For the construction of an eight—ro0m addition to the Bruce ° °” School, $120,000; mm For the construction of the Stuart Junior High School with a ` combined assembly hall and gymnasium on the site provided for said building at Fourth and E Streets northeast, $475,000; New bun din 8 For the construction of an eight-room extensible building on the mnuwsse. 8 site at Fifth and Sheridan Streets northwest, $140,000; For the construction of an eight-room building on the site near Fifth and Buchanan Streets northwest, $140,000; _ _ _ _ _ For the purchase of a site for a new school in the vicinity of S‘°°· “°‘“"’“‘· Rhode Island Avenue and South Dakota Avenue northeast, $25,000; For the purchase of land adjoining the Brightwood Park School T“!jtY°°;§“'k‘ to provide for an addition to that school, $20,000; _ Cdi°mmg_ `Lm _ For the construction of an eight-room addition to the Brightwood ,,,,,f“St“‘°°°g °" Park School, $140,000; _ _ _ _ _ S., num For the purchase of a site for a new school in the vicinity of Thu-- ‘°· “° ‘ teenth and Montague Streets northwest, $60,000; _ _ D__bmed t In all, $1,545,000, to be disbursed and accounted for as “Buildings ,,,,.,}f,,,d_ ’ ° °" ” and Grounds, Public Schools,” and for that purpose shall constitute _ OHG fund and shall be available immediately: Provided, That no part §;e°""°;9Smmd to of such fund shall be used for or on account of any school buil ing Specified Owens. or site not herein specified.