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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 62-APR. 4, 1938 Personal services. Assistance of other agencies. Access to records, etc. Report; time for filing. Availability of sum. Central Garage. quacy or inadequacy of individual grants; the characteristics of cases receiving assistance from public agencies; the policies and procedures of public administrative organizations, including the adequacy, qualifications, and competency of personnel. The said director of investigation is authorized and empowered to employ necessary assistants at rates of pay to be approved by the chair- men of the subcommittees aforesaid, and the said director may request and be entitled to obtain such assistance as he may deem necessary from Federal and District agencies, including the Social Security Board and the Works Progress Administration, and the said director and his assistants shall have access to any and all records of such agencies, including financial statements, social case histories and correspondence, and he shall be free to seek information from staff members and employees of such agencies; and the said director shall make a full report to the aforesaid chairmen prior to August 1, 1938, of the results of the investigation, including such recommendations as he may deem necessary relating to administrative efficiency, the adequacy or inadequacy of public relief in the District of Columbia, existing and proposed work projects providing for unemployed employables, and any other kindred matters, $10,000, said sum to be available immediately and to be expended without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, civil-service requirements, or any other law. CENTRAL GARAGE Automobiles, main- For maintenance, care reair, and operation of passenger-carryin automobiles owned by the District of Columbia, including personal services, $61,780; for purchase (including exchange) of passenger- Ambulance, etc. carrying automobiles, including $1,700 for the replacement of one ambulance and $1,500 for the replacement of one bus for the Health Department, $15,200; in all, $76,980. Private vehicle al- For allowances for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in the performance of official duties at a rate of not to exceed $264 per Priion. year for each automobile, $10,296: Provided, That allowances under this appropriation shall be made only to persons whose duties require full-time field service. use of District- All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles owned by the owned vehicles re- stricted. District of Columbia shall be used exclusively for "official purposes" directly pertaining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the Commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof or direct the joint or interchangeable use of any of the same by officials and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided Traeendomrtcilena in this Act; and "official purposes" shall not include the transporta- place of employment. tion of officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employment, except as to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary, and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the Commis- Prostitation. sioners: Provided, That no passenger-carrying automobile except busses, station wagons, patrol wagons, and ambulances, and except as otherwise specifically authorized in this Act, shall be acquired under any provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange, at a cost, Transfersforbidden. including the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650. No motor vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. Fire insurance pre Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of premiums ordd other cost of re insurance. premiums or other cost of fire insurance. 162 [52 STA'.

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