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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 93. JUNE 16, 1933 . 251 motor truc ks, a nd t he re place ment by p urcha se an d/or exch ange of the following motor-propelled vehicles : Three seven-hundred-and- fifty-p ound t rucks not to excee d $550 each, one on e-and- one-ha lf-ton truck not to excee d $700, o ne three- ton truck not to e xceed $1, 600, and one five-ton truck not to exceed $2,000 ; purchase of fuel, oils, waste, and other materials, and the employment of all labor necessary for the proper execution of this work ; and for contingent expenses, inclu ding books, bl anks, stat ione ry, p rinti ng an d bi nding not to exceed $2,000, postage, purchase of technical reference books and periodicals, not to exceed $275, and other necessary items, $7 .500 ; in all for maintenance, $265,000, of which not exceeding $5,000 shall be available for operation of pumps at Bryant Street pumping station upon interruption of service from Dalecarlia pumping station. For exten sion o f the water depart ment d istribu tion s ystem, layin g expenses. of such service mains as may be necessar y under the assessment system, $142,000. For installing and repairing water meters on services to private meters. resid ences and busi ness place s as may not b e req uire d to insta ll meters under existing regulations, as may be directed by the Com- missioners ; said meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $10,000. For insta lling fire a nd pub lic hy drants, $10,0 00. Hydrants . For replacement of old mains and divide valves in various loca- Replacing mains . tions, on account of inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains in advance of pavements, $50,000, to be immediately available. For additional extension, improvement, and repair of the water New mains. distribution system, including necessary mains, machinery, and equipment, to aid in the relief of unemployment and to be allotted for such projects and purposes and in such amounts as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may approve (including the allocation of additional sums to any or all of the four immediately preceding items), there is hereby appropriated wholly out of the revenues of the water department such sums (not to exceed in the aggregate $635,000) as may be deemed surplus in such revenues. Du ring the fisca l yea r end ing June 30, 1 934, the Commi ssion ers Disco unts, pa yment of the District of Columbia are authorized to allow a discount of of water charges . 10 per centum on the amount of any bill for water charges paid within fifteen days after the date of the rendition thereof. SnC. 2 . That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, lev- Construction work, etc , under Commix- el ers, t ransit men, r odmen, chain men, c omputer s, cop yists, overs eers, sione rs. and ins pector s temp oraril y requ ired i n conne ction with s ewer, water, street, stree t-clea ning, or roa d work, or co nstruc tion a nd rep air of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or con- struction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclu- sively to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically 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 t o each, and out of what a ppropr iation : P rovid ed, Limit atio n on ex- That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $42,000 during the peruses. fiscal year 1934 : Provided further, That, excluding inspectors in the sewer department and one inspector in the electrical department, no Period of emp loy . person shall be emp loyed in pur suance of the autho rity c ontain ed in meat' this paragraph for a longer period than nine months in the aggregate during the fiscal year.