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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 281-JULY 15, 1939 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 in this twrteenotatio bd Act; and "official purposes" shall not include the transportation of place of employment. officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employ- ment, 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 Proiso. when the same is approved by the Commissioners: Provided,That no Cost lmiton passenger-carrying automobile, except busses, station wagons, patrol wagons, and ambulances, and except as otherwise specifically author- ized in this Act, shall be acquired under any provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange, at a cost, including the value of a vehicle Transfersforbidden. exchanged, exceeding $650. No motor vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the govern- ment of the District of Columbia. Fie insurane pr Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of premiums or other cost of fire insurance. streetcar and bus The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish fare s . necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of streetcar and bus Litation on ex- fares from appropriations contained in this Act: Provided, That the penditures. expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned as not to exceed a total of $11,100: Provided further, That the provisions of Fire and police de- this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for partments excepted. the fire and police departments. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Personal services. etc. For personal services and miscellaneous and contingent expenses required for maintaining a public employment service for the Dis- trict of Columbia, $4,640. EMERGENCY FUND Etume'sency'expend 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 Commis- sioners, $3,500, of which sum $1,000 shall be immediately available: ouche frr e Provided, That the certificate of the Commissioners shall be suffi- pendlture. cient voucher for the expenditure of this appropriation for such pur- poses as they may deem necessary. REFUND OF ERRONEOUS COLLECTIONS Payments author- fhed. Building permits. 36 Stat. 967. Prooiso. Availability. Reconstruction, maintenance, etc. To enable the Commissioners, in any case where taxes, special assessments, school-tuition charges, payments for lost library books, rents, fines, fees, or collections of any character have been errone- ously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the general revenues of the District of Columbia, 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), $65,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for such refunds of payments made within the past three years. WHARVES For reconstruction, where necessary, and for maintenance and repair of wharves under the control of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, $2,000. 1010 [53 STAT.

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