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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESs. II. Ca. 848. 1930 . 961 For grading streets, alleys, and roads, including construction of Grading streets, al- leys, and roads. necessary culverts and retaining walls, $80,000 ; For surfacing block pavements and paving the unpaved center mSrfacng blockpave- strips of paved roadways, $100,000 ; Fo r minor chapes in roadway and sidewalks on plans to be roa dwa ys, s, cchanges in approved by the commissioners of the District of Columbia to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic, $10,000 ; For construction of curbs and gutters, or concrete shoulders in Curbs and g utters . connection with all forms of macadam roadways and adjustment of roadways thereto, together with resurfacing and replacing of base of such roadways where necessary, $290,000 ; Fo r the surfac ing an d res urfaci ng or repla cement of as phalt, ~Surfacing, reu rs ff ac granite block, or concrete pavements with the same or other approved material, $300,000 ; In all, $1,807,900 ; to be disbursed and accounted for as "Gasoline Disbu rsemen t, etc . tax, road and street improvements," and for that purpose shall con- Provisos. spec i- stitute one fund and be available immediately : Provided, That no s d improvements. part of such fund shall be used for the improvement of any street or section thereof not herein specified : Provided further, That assess- ist g~W ent una ere a- ments in accordance with existing law shall be made for paving and repaving roadways where such roadways are paved or repaved with funds derived from the collection of the tax on motor-vehicle fuels and accretions by repayment of assessments : Provided fur- thoroughfares . through the r, That in the performa nce of the str eet-paving wo rk specially provid ed for in thi s Act p riority shall be giv en to t hose s treets which are more in the nature of through thoroughfares or arterial high ways. STREET REPAIR, GRADING, AND EXTENSION Condemnation : For purchase or condemnation of streets, roads, Small pak tar~,etc. and alleys, and for the condemnation of areas less than 250 square feet at the intersection of streets, avenues, or roads in the District of Columbia, to be selected by the commissioners, $5,000. To ca rry out the p rovisions of e xisting law w hich authoriz e the opening streets, etc ., y g under permanent high. Commissioners of the District of Columbia to open, extend, wvoi stem. straighten, or widen any st reet, avenue, road, or high way, except FourteenthStreetex. Fourteenth Street extension beyond the southern boundary of cepted. Walter Reed Hospital Reservation, in accordance with the plan of the pe rmanen t syst em of highw ays fo r the Distr ict of Colum bia Indefinite appropri- ation for, from District there is appropriated such sum as is necessary for said purpose revenues. during the fiscal year 1931, to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. Repairs : For current work of repairs to streets, avenues, roads, Repairs, etc • alleys, including purchase, exchange, maintenance, and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles used in this work, and the rental of necessary garage space therefor ; and including the sur- facing and resurfacing, or replacement, with the same or other approved materials, of such asphalt or concrete pavements as may be done within the funds available under this appropriation, Repl aci ng asph alt $1,175,000 : Provided, Tha t the Commis sioner s of the Di strict of Plant. Columbia are hereby authorized to replace the existing municipal asphalt plant at a cost not to exceed $20,000. Street railways, pave- This appropriation shall be available for repairing pavements of ments. street railways when necessary ; the amounts thus expended shall be collected from such railroad companies as provided by section 5 Vol. 20, p. 105. of "An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are col lected. 57894'-31-61

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