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 SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 302. 1924. 577 proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, ostlers, 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 such services are rendered and expenses incurred. Sec. 3. That all horses, harness, horse—drawn vehicles necessary §°;f§·,'°mg*gS·%:°· for use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer, riqziiooiiimiguugfslrol street, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, includ- ""“‘“‘ ing maintenance of 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 urchased. hired, and maintained and motor trucks may be hired excliisively to carry into effect said appropriations, when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners; and all suc expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the commissioners in the budget estimates R°P°¤'*- shall report the number of horses, vehicles, and harness purchased, and horses and vehicles hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation; and all horses owned or maintained by the District shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables Pr .80 owned or operated by said District: Provided, That such horses, Tegitpciary work for horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for "‘°‘“’°“°“°‘· hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section 2 of this Act in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. wm, de,,mm,,,,,_ Sec. 4. That the services of assistant engineers, draftsmen, levelers, m§1¤¤§;°°{;¤ dm? rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, and inspectors temporarily empicyedi p° y 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 employees perform- Prom ing such services and their work and the sums paid to each: Provided, umic.` That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $25,000 during the fiscal year 1925. T I The commissioners are further authorized to emplo temporarily m,°m°°°“y °‘b°'°”" such laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics as may he required in connection with water-department work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by existing law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriation under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. Mismuumus mm Src. 5. That the commissioners are authorized to employ in the mas. execution of work the cost. of which is ayable from the appropria- ,,,F,,‘}’“”“°S p’“"°1° tion account created in the District of éblumbia Appropriation Act, Vol.$,p.368. approved April 27, 1904, and known as the “Miscellaneous trustfund deposits, District of Columbia," all necessary inspectors, overseers, foremen, sewer tappers, skilled laborers, mechanics, laborers, special licemen stationed at street—railway crossings, one inspector of gas figing, two janitors for laboratories of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies, market master, assistant market master, watchman, two bookkeepers in the auditor’s office, clerk in the office of the collector of taxes, horses, carts, and wagons, and to hire