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 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 300--JUNE 28, 1944 Repairs and maintenance of buildings and grounds: For all expenses necessary for the repair, maintenance, and improvement of school buildings, mechanical equipment, and school grounds, including per- sonal services; printing and binding; and allowances for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties (not to exceed $264 per annum for each automobile); $568,114, of which $100,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That this appro- priation shall be available for making repairs to other municipal buildings, subject to reimbursement from other applicable appropria- tions for the cost of such work, and a report of all such expenditures shall be submitted to Congress in the annual Budget. Auxiliary educational services: For the maintenance and instruction of deaf and dumb persons of the District of Columbia admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and for the maintenance and instruction of colored deaf mutes of teachable age and blind children, of the District of Columbia, in Maryland or some other State, by contract entered into by the Commissioners, and for the transportation of children attending schools or classes established by the Board of Education for physically handicapped children, $80,000. Teachers' retirement appropriated fund: To carry out the purposes of the Act of January 15, 1920, as amended by the Act of June 11, 1926 (44 Stat. 727), $609,000: Provided, That the Treasury Department shall prepare the estimates of the annual appropriations required to be made to the teachers' retirement fund, and shall make actuarial valuations of such fund at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commissioners are authorized to expend from money to the credit of the teachers' retirement fund not exceeding $5,000 per annum for this purpose. CAPITAL OUTLAY For furnishing and equipping school buildings, as follows: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $310,000 available until June 30,1944, for furnishing and equipping buildings and addi- tions to buildings in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1943, is continued available until expended. For permanent improvement of grounds, as follows: Stabilization and drainage of the grounds at the Young Elementary School, Browne Junior High School, and Phelps Vocational School, $110,000, together with the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $25,000 for sta- bilization and drainage of the grounds of the Browne Junior High School and Phelps Vocational School contained in the District of Co- lumbia Appropriation Act, 1944. For construction of school buildings and additions thereto, as fol- lows: For an additional amount for the construction of a new extensible eight-room elementary school building, four rooms to be left unfin- ished, in the vicinity of Hillside Road and Alabama Avenue South- east, $45,000, including $2,345 for preparation of new plans and specifications. For preparation of plans and specifications for school buildings and additions thereto, as follows: For the preparation of plans and specifications for an eight-room extensible elementary school building to be constructed, at a total cost of not to exceed $200,000, on a site in the vicinity of Kenilworth Avenue and Barnes Lane Northeast, $6,000; For the preparation of plans and specifications for an eight-room elementary school addition, including an assembly hall-gymnasium Repairs to other municipal buildings. Report to Congress. Deaf and dumb, and blind persona. 41 8tat. 387. D. O .ode Jl3-701 to31-720. Estimates; actuarial valuations. Beapproprlation. 67 tatw.a. Construction of school buildins. 9850-45 --PT. I- - -3 58 STAT.] 513

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