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 1250 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 477. 1925. expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and e uitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and (the commissioners in their budget estimates shall re ort the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Provided, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $165,000 during the fiscal year 1926. _ _ m mf°b°’°”· The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipments, and any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which Home vehicles, ow such services are rendered and expenses incurred. Special, qummeé Sec. 3. That all horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary
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street, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, including maintenance o said horses and harness, and maintenance and repair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies in connection therewith, or on construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and maintained and motor trucks may be hired exclusively to carry into eifect said appropriations, when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners; and all such expenditures necessary for the pgoper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall mmm paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the commissioners in the budget estimates shall report the number of horses, vehicles, and harness purchased, and horses and vehicles hiréd, and the sums paid for same, and out of what_appropriation; and all horses owned or maintained gy the District shall, so far as may belfiracticable, be provided or in ,{,‘£*pg}m workmr stables owned or operated by said District: Provzded, That such uuvauons. horses, horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporaril needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes nmder the conditions named in section 2 of this Act lin relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mec amcs. iivazilraigggmudéaill, Sec. 4. That the services of assistant engineers, draftsmen, temporarily required in connection with water-department work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, and be paid therefrom, when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and the commissioners in their budget estimates shall report the number of such gg?. employees performing such services and their work and the sums ' paid to each: Provided, That the expenditures hereimder shall not exceed $25,000 during the Hscal year 1926. “g_`¤¤P°*‘¤¤ *¤b°¤¤· The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics as may be required
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