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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 555-JUNE 19, 1948 Transfer of funds. Purchase of sites. 58 Stat. 615. 60 Stat. 507. Appointment of su- pervisor. Employment of as- sistants. Report to Congres- sional committees. Double salaries. 39 Stat. 120 . a U.. . . 5s, 9. to replace the present Stanton permanent and temporary buildings shall be available for plans and specifications for the building specified herein; For beginning construction of a twenty-four-room elementary-school building, including auditorium, lunchroom, physical education and recreation facilities, and treatment of grounds in the vicinity of Oxon Run Southeast, $200,000, and the Commissioners are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for such building at a total cost not to exceed $825,000: Provided,That not to exceed $24,750 of the amount herein appropriated may be transferred to the credit of the appro- priation account "Office of Municipal Architect, construction services", and be available for the preparation of plans and specifications for said building; For the completion of the assembly-hall gymnasium and playroom at the Patterson Elementary School, $60,000; In all, for construction, including preparation of plans and specifi- cations, $4,495,683, to be immediately available as one fund and to remain available until expended, to be disbursed and accounted for as "Capital outlay, construction, public schools, District of Columbia", and transfers may be made between limits of costs available in the fiscal year 1948 and provided herein but the cost limitation for any one project shall not be increased by more than 10 per centum by such transfers. For the purchase of a site as follows: In the vicinity of Oxon Run Southeast, to provide for a new exten- sible twenty-four-room elementary school, and for school-playground purposes, $50,000, to remain available until expended and to be disbursed and accounted for as "Capital outlay, school building and playground sites, District of Columbia". The appropriations for the purchase of a site at the Shaw Junior High School, to replace the present playground space needed for building alterations, and to provide additional playground space, in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945, and in the District of Columbia Approprition Act, 1947, shall cease to be available for the purchase of lan at such location but are hereby made available for the purchase of a site in the vicinity of Sixth and 0 Streets, North- west, for the construction of a new junior high school building to replace the present Shaw Junior High School. SURVEY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS For a complete survey of the public-school system of the District of Columbia with respect to the adequacy of the present plant and personnel, as well as educational methods and practices, to serve the District, said survey to be conducted under the supervision of a person qualified by training and experience in the field of public-school edu- cation to b appointed by the chairmen of the subcommittees on District of Columbia appropriations of the respective appropriation committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives at a salary of $1,000 per month and $300 per month for expenses, $100,000: Provided That the person so appointed to supervise the said survey is authorized to employ necessary assistants at rates of pay to be approved by the chairmen of the said subcommittees, and the said director may request and be entitled to obtain such clerical assistance as he may deem necessary from agencies of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the said director shall make a full report to the afore- said chairmen prior to March 1, 1949, setting forth the results of the survey and his recommendations. Section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act,approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply from July 1 to September 15, 1948, to teachers of the public schoolsof the District 542 [62 STAT.

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