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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SEss. II. CH. 314. 1929 . the Commissioners of the District of Columbia ; expenses authorized by law in connection with the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings, including payment of a fee of $10 per diem to each member of board of survey, other than the inspector of build- ings, while actually employed on surveys of dangerous or unsafe buildings ; and other general necessary expenses of District offices, $36,350 : Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act or of any appropriation which may now be available shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list o f supp lies a nd mat erials for t he furn ishing of wh ich co ntract s have been or may be awarded. PRINTING AND BINDING 1267 Pro vis o, Printing, etc ., list of suppli es sche dules, for- bidden. For and b inding, $70, 000. 00 0. Printing and bind. printing g> ing Automobiles. Maintenance, etc. Purcha ses al lowed. For maintenance, care, repair, and operation of passenger-carry- ing automobiles owned by the District of Columbia, $77,525 ; for exch ange of su ch pa ssen ger-c arryi ng a utomo biles now owne d by the District of Columbia as, in the judgment of the commissioners of said District, have or shall become unserviceable, $16,110 ; and for the purc hase of pa sseng er-c arryi ng au tomo biles as f ollo ws : Highways department, one at $500 and one at $765, Public Library, one at $500, in all, $ 95,400. For allowances for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in Allowances for pri. vately owned motor the performance of official duties at the rate of not to exceed vehicles. $312 per year for each automobile and $156 per year for each motor cycle, $12,816. All of said motor vehicles and all other motor vehicles provided resst trictea ubliavehicles for in this Act and all horse-drawn carriages and buggies owned by the District of Columbia shall be used only for purposes directly pertaining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof or direct the joint or interchangeable use of any of the same by officials and employe es of the Di strict, exce pt as otherwi se pro vided in thi s Act Provided, That with the exception of motor vehicles for the police PPrro Co st i restri ction f or and fire departments, no automobile shall be acquired under any purc has es. provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange at a cost, including the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $6 50, except as may be herein specifically authorized. No motor vehicles shall be trans- Transfers forbidden. ferred 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 used for the purchase, Use of other appro- priation s for h orses,e tc. , livery, or maintenance of horses, or for the purchase, maintenance, forbidden. 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 purchase, livery, maintenance, and repair, and except also as hereinafter authorized. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment peemrttedsnrance not of premiums or other cost of fire insurance. Telephones may be maintained in the residences of the superin- Telephones allowed at residence of desig- tendent of the water department, sanitary engineer, chief inspector nated officials . of the stre et-cleani ng divisi on, assis tant sup erintende nt of the street- cleaning division, inspector of plumbing, Director of Public Welfare, health officer, assistant health officer, chief of the bureau of pre- ventable diseases, chief engineer of the fire department, superin- tendent of police, electrical inspector in charge of the fire-alarm system, one fire-alarm operator, and two fire-alarm repair men, the superintendent of machinery, and the fire marshal, under

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