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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 300-JUNE 28,1944 Hereafter the Commissioners, or their duly designated representa- tives, are authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclu- sively in connection with sewer, water, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipment, and any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, at per diem rates of pay to be fixed and adjusted from time to time by a wage board and approved by the Commissioners, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appro- priations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. SEC. 3. Hereafter all horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary for use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer, street, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, including maintenance of said horses and harness, and maintenance and repair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies in connection therewith, or on construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by District of Columbia appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and maintained, and motortrucks may be hired exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, when ordered by the Commis- sioners in writing; and all such expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Commissioners in the Budget estimates shall report the number of horses, vehicles, and harness purchased, and horses and vehicles hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appro- priation; and all horses owned or maintained by the District shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables owned or operated by said District: Provided, That such horses, horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appro- priations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section 2 of this Act in relation to the employ- ment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. SEC. 4. Hereafter the Commissioners are authorized to employ in the execution of work, the cost of which is payable from the appro- priation account created in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved April 27, 1904, and known as the miscellaneous trust- fund deposits, District of Columbia, necessary personal services, horses, carts, and wagons, and to hire therefor motortrucks when specifically and in writing authorized by the Commissioners, to establish and fix fees to be charged for such work, maintain operating balances, and to incur all necessary expenses incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, includ- ing the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles for inspection and transportation purposes; such services and expenses to be paid from said appropriation account or operating balances: Provided, That the Commissioners may delegate to their duly authorized representatives the employment under this section of laborers, mechanics, and artisans. SEC. 5. Hereafter the Commissioners and other responsible officials, in expending appropriations for the District of Columbia, so far as Temporary labor. Horses, horse-drawn vehicles, etc. Temporary employ- ment. Work payable from miscellaneous trust- fund deposits. 33 Stat. 368 . D. C. Code 47-311. Delegation of au- thority. Purchase of supplies and equipment from urplus stock. 531

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