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 [56 STAT. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 452-JUNE 27, 1942 National Safety Council, Inc. Removal of unsafe, etc., buildings. Settlementof claims. D. 0. Code I 1-902 to 1-905. Uniform State laws, conference. Proiso. Printing list of sup- plies. Judicial expenses. Proioaos. Stenographic report- ing servies. Court costs. Proiso. 30 Stat. 250. D. C. Code I§ 47- 1001 to 47-1009. Provo. of records; typewriters, towels, towel service, furniture and equip- ment and repairs thereto; books of reference, lawbooks and peri- odicals, streetcar tokens, postage; not exceeding $100 for rest room for sick and injured employees and the equipment of and medical supplies for said rest room, and all other necessary incidental expenses, $13,900. CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES For checks, books, lawbooks, books of reference, including $1,000 for lawbooks and books of reference for the Corporation Counsel's office, periodicals, newspapers, stationery; surveying instruments and implements; drawing materials; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; ice; including $575 for affiliation with the National Safety Council, Incorporated; traveling expenses not to exceed $3,000; including payment of dues and traveling expenses in attending conventions when authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; expenses authorized by law in connection with the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings, including payment of a fee of $6 per diem to each member of board of survey, other than the inspector of buildings, while actually employed on surveys of dangerous or unsafe buildings; not exceed- ing $3,000 for the settlement of claims not in excess of $250 each, approved by the Commissioners under and in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia to settle claims and suits against the District of Columbia", approved February 11, 1929 (45 Stat. 1160), as amended by the Act approved June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 500); not to exceed $250 to aid in support of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; maintenance and repair of wharves; and other general necessary expenses of District offices, $40,200: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of supplies and materials for the furnishing of which contracts have been or may be awarded. For postage for strictly official mail matter, including the rental of postage-meter equipment, $23,700. For judicial expenses, including witness fees, and expert services in District of Columbia cases before the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, $1,500: Provided, That the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia are authorized, when in their judgment such action be deemed in the public interest, to contract for stenographic reporting services without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U. S. C . 5) under available appropria- tions contained in this Act: Provided further, That neither the Dis- trict of Columbia nor any officer thereof acting in his official capacity for the District of Columbia shall be required to pay court costs to the clerk of any court in and for the District of Columbia. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $9,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the pay- ment of advertising in newspapers published outside of the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the requirement for such advertising provided by existing law. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1942, as required to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reim- bursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised $2,500: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment of advertising the delinquent tax list for more than once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one morn- 428

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