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 1860 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 726. JUNE 23, 1936. The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish neces sary tran spor tatio n in conn ecti on wi th s trict ly o ffici al b usine ss of the D istrict of Col umbia, b y the p urchase of stre et-car a nd bus fares from appropriations contained in this Act : Provided, That the expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned as not to Fire and police de- exceed a total of $10,400 : Provided further, That the provisions of partments excepted. this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments. For judicial expenses, including witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, $2,500 Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are auth orized, when in their lour such action be deemed in the p ublic int erest, to cont ract for sten ograp hic repor ting serv ices with - out re and to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec. 5) under available appropriations contained in this Act Provided further, That neither the District of Columbia nor any officer thereof acting in his official capacity for the District of Co lumbia shall be requir ed to pa y court costs t o the c lerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $5,000 Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the paym ent of advertising in newspapers published o utside of the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the requirement for such advertising provided by existing law. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1936, as required to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reimbursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, $5,500 : Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment of advertising the delinquent tax list for more than once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one morning or one evenin g newspaper published in the District of Columbia, notwi thstand ing the provisi ons of e xisting law. Transportation. Provisos. Limitation. Judicial expenses. Provisos. Contrac ts for report- ing permitted. R. S ., sec. 3709, 733 . U.S.C.,p.1803. P. No court costs, etc., in District Supreme Court required. Ge neral adv erti sin g. P rov iso. Outside advertising. Taxes in arrears. Vol. 30, p. 250. P rov iso. Publication of de- linquent list. Employment service. Emergency fund, ex- penses . P rov iso. Voucher for expendi- ture. Re fund of erroneo us collections. P aym ents aut hor- ized. Building permits. Vol. 36, p. 987. P rov iso. Restriction. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE For personal services and miscellaneous and contingent expenses required for maintaining a public employment service for the Dis- trict of Columbia, $4,640. EME RGE NCY FU ND To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood, or fire, or storm, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficie ntly pr ovided for, in the dis cretion of the Commissi oners, $2,500 : Provided, That the certificate of the Commissioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of not to exceed $1,000 for such purposes as they may deem necessary. 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 Treasu ry, to refund s uch err oneous p ayments, 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), $4,000 : Provided, That this appro- priation shall be ava ilable for such refund s of payments made within the past three years.