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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 452 -JUNE 27, 1942 ing or one evening newspaper published in the District of Columbia, notwithstanding the provisions of existing law. For printing and binding, $69,000, of which $1,650 shall be avail- Printing and bind- able immediately for payment of 1942 obligations: Provided, That Provisos. no part of the appropriation contained in this Act shall be available miioners. by Co for expenditure for printing and binding unless the need for such expenditure shall have been specifically approved by the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, or by the purchasing officer and the auditor for the District of Columbia acting for such Commis- sioners: Provided further, That the unexpended balance of the appro- Reappri.ati priation under this head in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1942, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1943. CENTRAL GARAGE For maintenance, care, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles, work cars, field wagons, ambulances, and busses owned by the District of Columbia, including personal services, $60,530; for purchase (including exchange) of passenger-carrying automobiles, work cars, and field wagons, $18,500; and for purchase of two auto- mobiles for pool service; in all, $80,880. For allowances for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in loPvat vehicle al- the performance of official duties at a rate of not to exceed $264 per year for each automobile, $13,200: Provided, That allowances under P r o i so. this appropriation shall be made only to persons whose duties require full-time field service. Use of District- All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles owned by the Dis- owned vehicleD. trict of Columbia shall be used exclusively for "official purposes" directly pertaining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the Commissioners, who may 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 Act; and "official purposes" shall not include the transportation of twansdotcioe and officers and employees between their domiciles and places of employ- place of employment. 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 when the same is approved by the Commissioners. No motor Restrictionontrans- vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of miules-'. n', premiums or other cost of fire insurance. The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish .treetca b 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 Limitation. expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned as not to exceed a total of $17,000: Provided further, That the provisions of partm s excepted. this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments. EMERGENCY FUND To be expended in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, pub- lic insanitary conditions, calamity by flood. or fire, or storm, and of like character, and for other purposes, in the discretion of the Commissioners, $3,500: Provided,That the certificate of the Commis- Poo. sioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of this appro- priation for such purposes as they may deem necessary. 429

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