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 1268 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 314. 1929 . te con- Connections permit- appropriations contained in this Act. The commissioners may nect any or all of these telephones either to the system of the Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company o r the telephone syst em Postage. maintained by the District of Columbia, or to both of such systems. Car fares, etc. For postage for strictly official mail matter, $25,000. The commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish necessary transportation in connec tion with strictly official bu si- Proaisos s ness of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street-car and Limit. bus far es from appropri ations c ontained in this Act : Provi ded, T h a t the expenditures herein aut horized shall be so apportioned as not Firemen and excepted. Po lice to exceed a total of $8,000 : Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made Judicial expenses. for the fire and police departments. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs in the Cour t of Appeals of the District of Columbi a, witne ss fees, and exp ert serv ices in District cases b efore Proviso. the Supreme Court of said District, $3,000 : Provided, That the Com- Contr acts for r eport - ing permitted. mission ers of t he Distr ict of C olumbia are auth orized, when in their Judgment such action be deemed in the public interest, to contract for stenographic reporting services under available appropriations con- tained in this Act. General advertising. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for Taxes in arrears, tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $8,000. vol. 30, p. 250. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1929, as required to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reim- Proaisos. bursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property adver- dico tinuedpamphlets tised, $10,000 : Provi ded, That the printing of tax-sale pamphlets shall be discont inued an d in lieu thereof the not ice of s ale and the Advertisin g delis- delinquent tax list shall hereafter be advertised once a week for two quent taxes in newspa- weeks in the regular issue of one morning and one evening newspaper pers. published in the District of Columbia ; and notice shall be given, by advertising twice a week for two successive weeks in the regular issue of two daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, that such del inquent tax list has been publish ed in tw o daily newspape rs, giving t he name of each and the d ates and the iss ues cont aining s aid list, and such notice shall be published in the two weeks immediately following the week in which the delinquent tax list shall have been competitive propos- als for publishing lists. publ ishe d : Provided T hat comp etit ive prop osal s sh all be further, , invited by the commissioners rom the seve ral newspapers published in the Distric t of Co lumbia for pu blishi ng the said delinquent tax list. Employment service expenses. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE For personal s ervices and miscellaneous and contingent expenses required for maintaining a public employm ent service for the Dis- trict of Columbia, $9,650. HISTORICAL PLACES Historical tablets. For purchase and erection of suitable tablets to mark historical places in the District of Columbia, $500. Emergency fund. EMERGENCY FUND Expenses under, re- stricted. To be expended oonly in case of emergency, such as riot, 3r pe sti len ce, public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire or storm, and of like characte r, and i n all oth er cases of emer gency no t otherw ise Proviso. sufficiently provided for e in the discretion of the commissioners, Purchases. $4,000 : Prov ided, That in making purchases under this fund not more than the market price shall be paid, and all bids above the

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