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 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 62-APR. 4, 1938 The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of streetcar and bus fares from appropriations contained in this Act: Provided, That the expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned as not to exceed a total of $9,900: Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE For personal services and miscellaneous and contingent expenses required for maintaining a public employment service for the District of Columbia, $4,640. EMERGENCY FUND To be expended in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood, or fire, or storm, and of like character, and for other purposes, in the discretion of the Commissioners, $2,500: Provided, That the certificate of the Commis- sioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of this appro- priation 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 Treasury, to refund such erroneous payments, 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. 967), $3,000: Provided, That this appropria- tion shall be available for such refunds of payments made within the past three years. For payment of amounts collected by the District erroneously on account of taxes, fines, fees, and similar charges, which are returned to the respective parties who may have paid the same, $65,000: Pro- vided, That this appropriation shall be available for refund of such erroneous payments made within the past three years only. WHARVES For reconstruction, where necessary, and for maintenance and repair of wharves under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, $3,000. OLD POLICE COURT BUILDING For repairs, alterations, and improvements to the old Police Court Building, to be used for such District activity or activities as may be determined by the Commissioners, $10,000, to be immediately avail- able. MUNICIPAL CENTER For beginning the construction in square 533, bounded by John Marshall Place, Indiana Avenue, and Third, C, and D Streets, of the first unit of an extensible building for the government of the District of Columbia, $500,000, of which amount the sum of $60,000 shall be immediately available for the preparation of plans and specifications, including the employment of professional and other Streetcar and bus fares. Provisos. Limitation on ex- penditures. Post, p. 1121. Fire and police de- partments excepted. Employment serv- ice. Emergency fund. Expenditure. Proviso. Voucher for expen- diture. Refund of erroneous collections. Payments author- ized. Building permits. 36 Stat. 967. Proviso. Availability. Erroneously-col- lected taxes, fines, etc. Provito. Availability. Wharves. Reconstruction, maintenance, etc. Old Police Court Building. Repairs, etc.; use. Municipal Center. Beginning construc- tion. Preparation of plans, etc. 52 STAT.] 163

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