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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 209-JUNE 30, 1945 The unexpended balances of the amounts made available by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1940, for the preparation of plans and specifications for the new central building of the Public Library of the District of Columbia shall remain available for the same purposes and under the same conditions and limitations until June 30, 1946. RECREATION DEPARTMENT Operating expenses: For all expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of recreation facilities in the District of Columbia, in- cluding personal services; books of reference, newspapers, and periodi- cals; and printing and binding; $620,000. Capital outlay: For improvement of various municipal playgrounds and recreation centers, including erection of shelter houses, and preparation of architectural and landscaping plans, $72,300. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the superintendent of recreation, upon requisitions pre- viously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said superintendent, sums of money to be used for the expense of conducting its activities under the trust fund created by the Act of April 29, 1942, the total of such advancements not to exceed $500 at any one time. METROPOLITAN POLICE For all expenses necessary for the Metropolitan Police, including pay and allowances and other personal services; the present property clerk with the rank and pay of inspector; the present acting ser- geant in charge of police automobiles with the rank and pay of sergeant; the present acting sergeant in charge of the police radio station with the rank and pay of lieutenant; the present private in charge of purchasing and accounts with the rank and pay of ser- geant; corporals at $2,600 per annum each; not to exceed four detectives in the salary grade of captain; meals for prisoners; rewards for fugitives; medals of award; books of reference, periodicals, news- papers, and photographs; printing and binding; rental and main- tenance of teletype system; travel expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime; $3,000 for expenses of attendance, without loss of pay or time, at specialized police training classes and pistol matches, including tuition and entrance fees; $2,500 for expenses of the police training school, including travel expenses of visiting lec- turers or experts in criminology; police equipment and repairs to same; insignia of office, uniforms, and other official equipment, includ- ing cleaning, alteration, and repair of articles transferred from one individual to another, or damaged in the performance of duty; purchase, exchange, and maintenance of passenger-carrying motor vehicles; expenses of harbor patrol; and the maintenance of a suit- able place for the reception and detention of girls and women over seventeen years of age, arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia, or held as witnesses or held pending final investigation or examination, or otherwise; $3,955,000, of which amount $16,000 shall be exclusively available for expenditure by the Superintendent of Police for pre- vention and detection of crime, under his certificate, approved by the Commissioners, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Superintendent of Police upon the approval of the Commissioners, sums of money to be used in the prevention and 279 53 Stat. 1011 . Advances. 56 Stat. 261. D. C. Code, Supp. IV, i 8-201 to 8-219. Poet, p. 470. Prevention and de- tection of crime. Advanes.

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