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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 184 -JULY 1, 1943 Extension of dis- tribution system. 56 Stat. 457. 56 Stat. 457. Refunds. Poa, p. 619. Temporary services of draftsmen, etc. Limitation. Maximum period of employment. D. 0. Unemploy- ment Compensation Act, contributions. Ante, p. 100. Temporary labor. Street pumping station upon interruption of service from Dalecarlia pumping station. For extension of the water department distribution system, laying of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment sys- tem, $100,000, together with not to exceed $289,000 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $475,000 for this purpose contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943. For installing and repairing water meters on servcies to private residences and business places as may not be required to install meters under existing regulations, as may be directed by the Commissioners; said meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $120,000. For installing fire and public hydrants, $30,000. For replacement of old mains and divide valves in various locations. on account of inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains and replacing old service pipes in advance of pavements, $50,000, together with not to exceed $50,000 of the unexpended balance of appropriation of $150,000 for this purpose contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943. For the refunding of water rents and other water charges errone- ously paid in the District of Columbia, to be refunded in the manner prescrbed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes, $3,500: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for such refunds of payments made within the past two years. For a water waste and leakage survey, $25,000. For cleaning and lining water mains, $25,000. For the construction of a drain from the pipe vault at the Bryant Street Pumping Station, $25,000, to continue available until June 30, 1945. For investment by the Secretary of the Treasury in United States securities for the account of the Water Fund of the District of Colum- bia, $300,000. SEC. 2. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, level- ers, transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, water, street, street-cleaning, or road work, or construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or con- struction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclu- sively to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners, and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work: and the Commissioners in their Budget estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Provided, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $42,000 during the fiscal year 1944: Provided further, That. excluding inspectors in the sewer department, one inspector in the electrical department, and one inspector in the repair shop, no person shall be employed in pursuance of the authority contained in this paragraph for a longer period than nine months in the aggregate during the fiscal year. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for payment by the District of Columbia of its contributions as an employer, in accord- ance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act (49 Stat. 946). The Commissioners, or their duly designated representatives, are further authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclu- [57 STAT.

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