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 75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 62-APR. 4, 1938 For purchase of apparatus, fixtures, specimens, technical books, and for extending the equipment and for the maintenance of labora- tories of the department of physics, chemistry, biology, and general science in the several high and junior high schools, vocational schools, and teachers colleges, and for the installation of the same, $16,975, to be immediately available. For utensils, materials, and labor, for establishment and mainte- nance of school gardens, and for use in teaching elementary science in connection therewith, $2,400. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, including maintenance of motor trucks, and not to exceed $975 for the replacement of one one and one-half ton truck, not to exceed $40,000 for replacement of boilers, not to exceed $9,000 for replacement of the heating plant at the Administration Annex Numbered 2, and not to exceed $40,000 for replacement of a section of the McKinley High School retaining wall, $485,000, of which amount $100,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That work performed for repairs and improvements shall be by contract or otherwise, as may be deter- mined by the Commissioners to be most advantageous to the District of Columbia. To carry out the purposes of the Act approved June 11, 1926, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia', approved Jan- uary 15, 1920, and for other purposes" (41 Stat. 387-390), $510,000. THE DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND For maintenance and instruction of deaf and dumb persons admit- ted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf from the District of Columbia, under section 4864 of the Revised Statutes, and as pro- vided for in the Act approved March 1, 1901 (24 U. S . C. 238), and under a contract to be entered into with the said institution by the Commissioners, $35,500. For maintenance and instruction of colored deaf-mutes of teach- able age belonging to the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the Commissioners, $8,000: Provided, That all expenditures under this appropriation shall be made under the supervision of the Board of Education. For maintenance and instruction of blind children of the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the Commissioners, $11,500: Provided, That all expenditures under this appropriation shall be made under the super- vision of the Board of Education. No part of any appropriation made in this Act shall be paid to any person employed under or in connection with the public schools of the District of Columbia who shall solicit or receive, or permit to be solicited or received, on any public-school premises, any subscription or donation of money or other thing of value from any pupil enrolled in such public schools for presentation of testimonials to school officials or for any purpose except such as may be authorized by the Board of Education at a stated meeting upon the written recommen- dation of the superintendent of schools. No money appropriated in this Act for the purchase of furniture and equipment and school supplies for the public schools of the Dis- trict of Columbia shall be expended unless the requisitions of the Board of Education therefor shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or by the purchasing officer and the auditor for the District of Columbia acting for the Commissioners. 169 Supplies for general science, etc., depart- ments. School gardens, utensils, etc. Repairs, etc., to buildings. McKinley High School, retaining wall. Proviso. Contracts, etc. Annuities. 41 Stat. 387; 44 Stat. 727. Deaf, dumb, and blind. Maintenance and instruction. R. S. §4864. 31 Stat. 844 . 7D.C. Code§218. Colored deaf-mutes. Maintenance a n d instruction. Proviso. Supervision of ex- penditures. Blind children. Maintenance an d instruction. Proviso. Supervision of ex- penditures. Solicitation of sub- scriptions, etc. Requisitions for equipment, approval by Commissioners. 52 STAT. ]

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