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 *450 SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS.· ` Snss. I. CH. 276. 1926. expenses not otherwise provided for, including purchase, main- tenance, and operation o one motor-prqpelled(&msenger-carrying vehicle to cost not exceeding $750 r uxre for ' ial purposes, not exceeding $1,000 for ., rchasin aiiii supplying uniforms to park police not exceeding {itc for the purchase of necessary books and pepiodicals, and exclusive of architect’s fees or compensation, i _ 1 3,199. · _ ‘ A ° i.i’iii§,‘,ii?‘“"’*"°“_ Fei- nie censtrudzion or pumic exhibition banding for birds, {§f,‘§,"{,',f’é,,_ $49,000: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract or contracts for the completion of said building in accordance with plans and specifica- tions approved ·b the rggéants of the Smithsonian Institution, at a crsizimii. cost not to exceed $102, . ·i “¤m·="*~- WATER snnvxcn ,,,§’f"’"’“““‘ '““"'°p`, For continuingiwork on the project for an increased water supply '~'<>l·*2·v¤·°*·7°°- for the District of Columbia adopted by Congress in they Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1922, asmodified by the District o Columbia appmpriation Acts `forthetfiscal years 1923 and 1924, and as further modified by the report submitted to Congress by the Secretary of War December 4,, 1923, and foreach and every purpose connected therewith tobe available immediately and to §'§Qg"§Z;iO¤ 0,, bids remain available until expended, $1,500,000: Provided, That no bid and °°¤“’°'~‘°°· in excess of the estimated cost for that portion of the work or plant covered by the bid shall be accepted, nor, shall any contract for anyaportion of the `work, material, or equipment to constitute a part of the plant for whiclfthis appropriation isavailable be valid unless the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army shall have certi- fied thereon that all its terms are within the re uirements of the authorization and the revised estimates for the woiik. w,Ij`0§§,;’(f,Q,‘{’,§,£§‘Q;‘Q,{ The followingsums are appropriated wholly out of the revenues ¤¤¤¤¤- of the water department for expenses of the Washington Aqueduct ‘ and  appurtenances ’ and for- expenses of water department, name y: _, W”·’*"“"°“**‘*“°"“°‘· g » — ~ V Q wasnrxcroiv aonnnucr M"“"°“““°°· °°°·· For operation inoludin salaries of all necessai employees oi, reservoir, tunnel, _ _ 9, _ 7 f¤¤·¤¤¤¤ 1>1¤¤¢» ew- mamtenanoeiand repair of ashington Aqiieductaandlilis accessories, McMi1lan»Park Reservoir, Washington- Aqueduct tunnel, the Hl- tration plant, the plant for-the preliminary treatment of thewvater auxly, purdnase, 1nl1tallation·and‘i@maintenan<;e of watermeters on F services, vehicles, rubber boots4and*protective qpparel, and forveaeh andiieverypurpose connected therewith,·$1*92,2 0,  * '· C°"d°“R°"l·. ‘Eo1·i (p»rading,1opening ditches, and other ·main— » t6I18I1($·¥0f? `dui    ai- if s 4. in —= i E”’°'”°""'““°· ~»Fpm if1md,i·to“be nsedionly inoaseof a serious break repairs in one o§.thesmoreimportant·ak1;ieduct on filtration ‘¥*¥l1l7_Bh'11(!`l3i1I‘68,¥§l1t}iI aslasdam, eonduitytunnel; ridge, orinnportant piecelof maclrL§;1¥,· $5,000;:111 expenditures froxvtlus-appmpriation.?shall beérepo y dnidetail to Congress; gpntrol or Secretary Nothing herein shall be co·nstrnied·as al!ectin7§=tl¤e=sa·perintendence °' °”°°°°¤°°°°°' and control of the Secretary of War overrthe ashirélgton Aqueduct, over appro nations and expenditures therefor, as _now rovided by X,   °. *   .i · "\.   .,   ·· »· P · R"°°"°!°‘*‘°’°°°‘ ·· ::Forirevenue=¤md inspectionwand distribution branchesci Fdrb 1*4 tion an , i , .. . » mw; dmbmu gud servicesiiu;dce0rdance»—with"the Kllassification Act—of¢1§;3,
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