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 66 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 4 5 3 - J U L Y 5, 1952

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guards and elevator operators, $1,460,000, of which $8,900 shall be payable from the highway fund. Surveyor's office, $150,000. Department of Inspections, including the enforcement of the Act Fire escapes, requiring the erection of fire escapes on certain buildings and the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings; compensation at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners of two members of the plumbing board, two members of the board of examiners, steam engineers (the inspector of boilers to serve without additional compensation), members of board of survey, other than the inspector of buildings, while actually employed in surveys of such dangerous and unsafe buildings, three members of board of special appeal, one member of motion-picture operators examining board, two members of electrical examining board, and two members of elevator examining board; $840,000. Operating expenses. Electrical Division: For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the District's communication systems, including rental, purchase, installation, and maintenance of telephone, telegraph, and radio services; and street lighting, including the installation and maintenance of public lamps, lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and public spaces, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1912 (36 Stat. 1008), and with the ^^^-.^of""^^ ^-'^^^ provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1913 (37 Stat. 181), and other laws applicable thereto; D.C.code7-701. $1,715,000, of which $2,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. Capital outlay, Electrical Division, including placing underground, relocating, and extending the telephone, police-patrol, and fire-alarm cable and circuit distribution systems; installing and extending radio systems; and purchase of lampposts, street designations, and fixtures of all kinds; $110,500. Central garage, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, work cars, field wagons, ambulances, and busses, $105,000. Operating expenses. Street and Bridge Divisions (payable from highway fund), including operation, minor construction, maintenance, and repair of bridges; repairs to streets, avenues, roads, sidewalks, and alleys; reconditioning existing gravel streets and roads; refunding collections erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the highway fund during the present and past three fiscal years; such expenses to include purchase of passenger motor vehicles; $2,670,003: Provided, That the Commissioners are hereby authorized to purchase j^u"}'^ l''^^ ^^" and install a municipal asphalt plant including all auxiliary plant equipment to be paid for from this appropriation at a cost not to exceed $150,000: Provided further, That this appropriation shall not ^ ^^'c!^l' 47be available for refunds authorized by section 10 of the Act of April 23, 191b. 1924. Capital outlay, Street and Bridge Divisions (payable from highway fund): For expenses necessary for the grading, surfacing, paving, repaving, widening, altering, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, including curbing and gutters, directional and pedestrian islands at various intersections to permit of proper traffic-light control and channelization of traffic, drainage structures, culverts, suitable connections to storm-water sewer system, retaining walls, replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, traffic lights, street lights, fire-alarm boxes, police-patrol boxes, and curb-line trees, when necessary, Federal-aid highway projects under section 1(b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, and highway ^ ^^^ ^f^structure projects financed wholly from the highway fund upon the

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