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 75T CONG., 3 D SESS.-CH. 62-APR. 4, 1938 by the Act approved June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 500); not to exceed $250 to aid in support of the national conference of commissioners on uniform State laws; and other general necessary expenses of District offices, $33,000: Provided, That no part of this or any other appro- priation contained in this Act shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of supplies and materials for the furnishing of which contracts have been or may be awarded. For postage for strictly official mail matter, including the rental of postage-meter equipment, $28,000. For judicial expenses, including witness fees, and expert services in District of Columbia cases before the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, $1,500: Provided,That the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia are authorized, when in their judgment such action be deemed in the public interest, to contract for stenographic reporting services without regard to section 3t09 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C. 5) under available appropria- tions contained in this Act: Provided further, That neither the Dis- trict of Columbia nor any officer thereof acting in his official capacity for the District of Columbia shall be required to pay court costs to the clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $9,000: Provided,That this appropriation shall not be available for the pay- ment of advertising in newspapers published outside of the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the requirement for such advertising provided by existing law. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1938, 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 adver- tised, $5,000: 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 evening newspaper published in the District of Columbia, notwith- standing the provisions of existing law. For printing and binding, $55,600: Provided, That no part of the appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for expendi- ture for printing and binding unless the need for such expenditure shall have been specifically approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or by the purchasing officer and the auditor for the District of Columbia acting for such Commissioners. For the use of the Senate and House committees on the District of Columbia, acting jointly or separately as the chairmen of the two committees may decide, to employ such clerical help as will be necessary to make a complete study of the various surveys previously made of the government of the District of Columbia for the express purpose of forming such legislation as will effect a more efficient and economic handling of the government affairs of the District of Columbia, $5,000, to be immediately available. For an investigation of public relief in the District of Columbia to be made under the supervision of the chairmen of the respective Subcommittees on District of Columbia Appropriations of the Com- mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representa- tives, who are authorized to select a person to act as director of investigation at a salary to be fixed by the said chairmen; such investigation shall cover the extent of unemployment in said District; the need for all types of relief; the extent to which existing agencies are meeting both the unemployment and relief situations; the ade- Conference of com- missioners on uniform State laws. Proviso. Printing, etc. , list of supplies, forbidden. Postage. Judicial expenses. Provisos. Stenographicreport- ing services. R. S. § 3709. 41U.S.C.§5. No court costs, etc., in District Court for D. 0. required. General advertising. Proviso. Outside advertising. Taxes in arrears. 30 Stat. 250 . Proviso. Advertising of delin- quent tax list in news- papers. Printing and bind- ing. Post, p. 1120. Proviso. Approval of requisi- tions required. Study of surveys respecting new legis- lation for efficiency; personal services. Post, p. 1121. Investigation of public relief. Post, p. 1121. Scope. 36525°-38 -11 52 STAT.]

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