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 SEVENTY-FIRST C ONGRESS. SEss. III. CH. 282. 1931 . 14 13 For replacement of old mains and divide valves in various loca- Replacing old mains. tions, on account of inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains in advance of pavements, $150,000, to be immediately available. For e ight thous and f eet o f for ty-ei ght-i nch w ater main from Sixth iz dew mains author- and Fairmont Streets northwest, northward to Upshur Street, by the s horte st pr actic al ro ute, being appr oxima tely one-h alf o f wat er main to ul timat ely c onnec t wit h the exis ting forty -eigh t-inc h wat er main at Georgia Avenue and Military Road, $320,000. For one thousand feet of twenty-inch water main from Belt Road and Fessenden Street to Wisconsin Avenue and Fessenden Street northwest, $13,000. For eight thousand feet of thirty-six-inch water main from Mas- sachusetts Avenue and Upton Street to vicinity of Thirty-sixth Stree t and Wood ley R oad n orthw est, by th e sho rtest prac tical rout e, $250,000. For the construction of a reservoir of approximately three million Fort Stanton Reser• gallons capacity on Federal land in Fort Stanton Park (east end "C"o nstr ucti on . of W Street southeast), including not to exceed $8,000, to be imme- diately available for the employment by contract or otherwise of such expert and other personal services as may be required in con- nection with the preparation of plans for the construction of such reservoir and as shall be approved by the commissioners, and without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and for approximately three thousand five hundred linear feet of thirty-inch water main to connect said reservoir by the shortest practicable route with the Anacostia pumping station at Eighteenth Street and Minnesota Avenue, $172,000. SEC. 2 . That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, Cons truction work, levelers transitmen rodmen chainmen computers, copyists, over- etc ., under Comm ie. ,, , , sinners ' seers, and inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, water, street, street-cleaning, or road work, or construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusiv ely to c arry into effect said app ropriatio ns when specifica lly and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work ; and the commissioners in their budget estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation : Provided, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $41,500 1~ tazi on on en- during the fiscal year 1932 : Provided further, That, excluding five pns oa of empioy- inspectors in the sewer department no person shall be employed in meat. pursu ance of th e aut horit y con taine d in this parag raph for a long er period than nine months in the aggregate during the fiscal year. The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily meban' a c~bo~, such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, water, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings, and bridges, furniture and equipments, and any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, and to incur all n ecess ary e ngine ering and other expe nses, excl usive of p erson al services, incidental to carrying on, such work and necessary for the prop er execu tion ther eof, sai d labore rs, skill ed labor ers, driv ers, hostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred.

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