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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 281-JULY 15, 1939 Northeast senior high. Instruction of chil- dren under 5 years of age. Provso. Exception; parent attending American- ization work. Building contracts, requirements. Provio. Right to reject bids. Preparation of plans, etc. Exit, etc., require- ments. Salaries. 43 Stat. 174; 46 Stat. 39. Property clerk, etc. Personalservices. Fuel. Repairs, etc. For the purchase of a site for school purposes in the vicinity of Massachusetts Avenue and Macomb Street; For the purchase of land adjoining the Syphax School for the construction of an eight-room addition and assembly hall-gymnasium; For the purchase of a site for a northeast senior high school; In all, $205,000. No part of the foregoing appropriations for public schools shall be used for instructing children under five years of age except chil- dren entering during the first half of the school year who will be five years of age by November 1, 1939, and children entering during the second half of the school year who will be five years of age by March 15, 1940: Provided,That this limitation shall not be considered as preventing the employment of a matron and the care of children under school age at the Webster School whose parent or parents are in attendance in connection with Americanization work. None of the money appropriated by this Act shall be paid or obli- gated toward the construction of or addition to any building the whole and entire construction of which, exclusive of heating, lighting, plumbing, painting, and treatment of grounds, shall not have been awarded in one or a single contract, separate and apart from any other contract, project, or undertaking, to the lowest responsible bidder complying with all the legal requirements as to a deposit of money or the execution of a bond, or both, for the faithful per- formance of the contract: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as repealing existing law giving the Commissioners the right to reject all bids. The plans and specifications for all building provided for in this Act under appropriations administered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be prepared under the supervision of the municipal architect, and those for school buildings after consultation with the Board of Education, and shall be approved by the Commis- sioners and shall be constructed in conformity thereto. The school buildings authorized and appropriated for herein shall be constructed with all doors intended to be used as exits or entrances opening outward, and each of said buildings having in excess of eight rooms shall have at least four exits. Appropriations carried in this Act shall not be used for the maintenance of school in any building unless all outside doors thereto used as exits or entrances shall open outward and be kept unlocked every school day from one-half hour before until one-half hour after school hours. METROPOLITAN POLICE SALARIES For the pay and allowances of officers and members of the Metro- politan Police force, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of the Metropolitan Police force, the United States Park Police force, and the fire department of the District of Colum- bia" (43 Stat. 174 -175), as amended by the Act of July 1, 1930 (46 Stat. 839 -841), including one captain, who shall be property clerk, and the present acting sergeant in charge of police automobiles, who shall have the rank and pay of a sergeant, $2,943,945. For personal services, $146,280. MISCELLANEOUS For fuel, $6,500. For repairs and improvements to police stations and station grounds, $13,000, of which amount not to exceed $5,000, together with 1018 [53 STAT.

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