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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 389. JUNE 4, 1934 . 853 GASOLINE TAX, ROAD AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS Gasoline tax, road and street fund . For paving, repaving, grading, and otherwise improving streets, and Paving, fete st ree ts aven ues, a nd roa ds, in cludin g pers onal se rvices and t he mai ntenan ce of motor vehicles used in this work, and including curbing and gutters and replacement of curb-line trees where necessary, as follows, to be paid from the special fund created by section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for a tax on mo tor-v ehicl e Vol. 43, p . ioe. fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes ", approved April 23, 1924 (43 Stat ., p . 106), and accretions by repay- ment of asses sment s For gra ding s treets, alle ys, an d road s, incl uding constr uction of ,Grading 5t eets, al- necessary culverts and retaining walls, $50,000 ; For surfacing block pavements and paving the unpaved center ments ae in g blockpave- strips of paved roadways, $15,000 ; Minor changes in For minor changes in roadway and sidewalks on plans to be roadways, etc. approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to facili tate vehi cular and pedestri an traffi c, $5,000 ; For construction of curbs and gutters, or concrete shoulders in shoulders, g utt ers, connection with all forms of macadam roadways and adjustment of roadways thereto, together with resurfacing and replacing of base of such roadways where necessary, $225,000 ; For the surfacing and resurfacing or replacement of asphalt, Surfacing, etc., pave- granite block, or concrete pavements with the same or other approved material, $350,000 ; For construction, maintenance, operation, and repair of bridges, Bridges, construe- including maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, tion, etc $65000 ; For current work of repairs to streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, Street, etc ., repairs. including the reconditioning of existing gravel streets and roads, and incl uding the purc hase, exch ange, mai ntena nce, and opera tion of non passen ger-ca rrying motor vehic les use d in t his wo rk, $7 50,000 : Prov ided , That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Pnev,so. of asphalt should they deem such action to be to the advantage of the District plant authorized. of Columbia, are hereby authorized to purchase a municipal asphalt plant at a cost not to exceed $30,000 ; This appropriation shall be available for the construction and Street railways, pave- repair of pavements of street railways in accordance with the provi- ments. sions of the Merger Act, approved January 14, 1933 (47 Stat ., p . Vol . 47, p. 752. 752). The proportion of the amount thus expended which under Proportion 'of ex- the terms of the said Act is required to be paid by the street-railway railwayco cha to mpany .e company shall be collected, upon the neglect or the refusal of such street-railway company to pay, from the said street-railway com- pany in the manner provided by section 5 of "An Act providing Vol . 20, p. 105. a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia ". approv ed Jun e 11, 1878, and sh all be deposi ted to the c redit of the appropri ation for the fisc al year i n which it is col lected For completing the construction of a bridge to replace the Calvert c alvertStree°t Bridge, construction. Stre et Br idge over Rock Cree k, in acc ordan ce wi th t he pr ovisi ons Ate,- p. 229. and conditions contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1934, $500,000 ; For the construction of a viaduct or bridge and approaches thereto Eastern Avenue via- in line of Eastern Avenue between Monroe Street and Bladensburg duct, construction. Road northeast, over the tracks and right-of-way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, in accordance with plans and profiles of said work to be app roved by t he C ommis sione rs of the Dist rict of Columbia, including construction of and changes in sewers and water mains, personal services, and engi neering and incidental