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 PUBLIC LAWS-- H. 452 -JUNE 27, 1942 43 Stat. 106; 50 Stat. 676. D. C. Code §§ 47- 1901 to 47-1916; Supp. I, ch. 19. Provisos. Availability of funds. Exception. 43 Stat. 108. D.C. Code §47-1910. Maintenance, etc., of aqueducts and ac- cessories. Meters on Federal services. Improvements, re- pairs, etc. Covered reservoir, construction. 41U.S. . 15. 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U. S.C. § 661-674; Supp. I, ch. 13. Pod, p. 73. permit fees, motor-vehicle title fees, motor-vehicle fuel taxes, importers' license fees, special assessments, or collections of any char- acter have been erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the special fund created by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for a tax on motor-vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved April 23, 1924, and the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 17, 1937, to refund such erroneous payments, $1,500: Provided, That this appropriation shall also be available for refunding such payments made within the last three fiscal years prior to the fiscal year for which this appropriation is made available: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not be available for refunds authorized by section 10 of the Act of April 23, 1924. WATER SERVICE The following sums are appropriated wholly out of the revenues of the Water Department for expenses of the Washington Aqueduct and its appurtenances and for expenses for Water Department, namely: WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, main- tenance, repair, and protection of Washington aqueducts and their accessories, including Dalecarlia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, first and second High Service Reservoirs, Washington aqueduct tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants, and the plant for the pre- liminary treatment of the water supply, ordinary repairs, grading, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road, purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services; purchase, care, repair, and operation of vehicles, including the pur- chase and exchange of two passenger-carrying motor vehicles; pur- chase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel; printing and binding; and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $561,700. For the rehabilitation of the Dalecarlia hydroelectric station gener- ators and switching equipment; installation of underground duct and cable line to serve east shaft booster pumping station; installa- tion of new third-high pump and electrical control equipment in the I)alecarlia pumping station; installation of automatic stop valve in the influent of the first-high service reservoir; repairs to McMillan filters; replacement of tainter gate on main conduit from Dalecarlia Reservoir to Georgetown Reservoir; procurement of mechanical sand washers and repairs to sand-washer piping at the McMillan filter plant; installation of surface-grid sand-washing systems in the Dalecarlia filters; reconstruction of overflow spillway of the Dale- carlia Reservoir; and all necessary expenses incident thereto, $264,000, to continue available until June 30.1944. For the completion of construction of a covered reservoir of approximately twenty million gallon capacity on United States Gov- ernment-owned land adjacent to the present filtered-water reservoir of the McMillan Filter Plant, with all necessary appurtenances and auxiliaries, including engineering and other professional services, by contract or otherwise, as may be required in connection with the preparation of plans and the construction of such reservoir and as may be approved by the Secretary of War without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, the Classification Act of 1923. as amended, or the civil-service requirements, $90,000, to continue 456 [56 STAT.

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