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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. CII. 282 . 1931 . 1383 Potomac Telephone Company or the telephone system maintained by the District of Columbia, or to both of such systems. Telephones may als o be m aintai ned in the r esiden ces of the ge neral superi ntend- ent of penal instit utions, and such o ther of ficial s of t he wor khouse and reformatory as may be approved by the commissioners. For postage for stric tly offic ial mail matter, $ 23,000. The commi ssione rs are autho rized, in th eir dis cretio n, to furnis h necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street car and bus fares from a ppropr iation s cont ained in this Act : Pr ovid ed, Th at th e expen ditur es he rein auth orize d sh all b e so appor tion ed as not to exceed a total of $8,300 : Provided further, That the provisions of Fire and police de. this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for partmen ts exc epted . the fir e and police depar tments. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, $5,000 : Provided, That the Commissioners of Contrac ts for report- the District of Columbia are authorized, when in their judgment iIIgper sec. itte L09,p .733, such action be deemed in the public interest, to contract for steno- waived. graphic reporting services without regard to section 3709 of the U . S. C., p. 1309. Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) under available appropriations contained in this Act. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $9,500. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1930, as required to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reim- bursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, $10,000. EMP LO YM ENT SERVICE For personal services and miscellaneous and contingent expenses Employmertservice, required for maintaining a public employment service for the District expenses . of Columbia, $10,280. HIST ORIC AL PLACES For purchase and erection of suitable tablets to mark historical places in the District of Columbia, $500. EMERGENCY FUND REFUND OF ERRONEOUS COLLECTIONS To enable the commissioners, in any case where special assess- ments, school tuition charges, payments for lost library books, rents, fees, or collections of any character have been erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in the proportion required by law, to refund such erroneous payments, wholly or in part, including the refunding of fees paid for building permits authorized by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved March 2, 1911 (36 Stat ., p . 967), Postage. Car fares, etc. Prot ises. Limitation. Judicia l expen ses. General advertising. Taxes in arrears. Vol. 30, p. 250. Historical tablets. Emerge ncy fu nd. To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, StExpen5eS under, re- public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire or storm, and of like chara cter, and in all o ther c ases of emerg ency n ot oth erwise sufficiently provided for, in the discretion of the commissioners, $4,000 : Provided, That the certificate of the commissioners shall be suffici ent vo ucher for th e expe nditur e not t o exce ed $1, 000 fo r such investigations as they may deem necessary. Proviso. Voucher for expenses, Refund of erroneous collections. Payment authorized. Bu ilding permi ts. Vol. 36, p. 967.

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