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PUBLIC LAW 453- JULY 5, 1952

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The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to sell United States securities now held for and on account of the water fund of the District of Columbia in such amounts as may be certified by the Commissioners as necessary and credit the proceeds of such sale to said water fund. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT Operating expenses (payable from water f u n d): For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, repair, and protection of Washington water supply facilities and their accessories, and maintenance of MacArthur Boulevard; including replacement and maintenance of water meters on Federal services; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles; and fluoridation of water, $1,942,000: Provided, That transfer of appropriations for operating expenses and capital outlay may be made between the Water Division of the District of Columbia and the Washington Aqueduct upon mutual agreement of the Commissioners and the Secretary of the Army. Capital outlay (payable from water fund): For continuing construction of new Dalecarlia pumping station and connecting pipelines; continuing construction of a thirty-million-gallon clear water basin and connecting conduits and control chamber; construction of Little Falls pumping station, dam and rising tunnel; construction of new raw-water intakes and conduits at Dalecarlia Reservoir; miscellaneous betterments, replacements, and engineering planning, including continuing raw-water conduit rehabilitation, continuing repairs to culverts and bridges, improvement to McMillan filter plant facilities, and utility relocations and plant and system rearrangements of interconnections; acquisition by gift, exchange, purchase, or condemnation of supplementary land; and for developing increased water supply for the District of Columbia and environs in accordance with House Document 480, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session; and necessary expenses incident thereto; including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individual consultants not in excess of $150 per diem; to remain available until expended, $6,986,000, of which $1,138,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1953; and of the total amount appropriated $6,900,000 is appropriated from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be advanced by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the Act of June 2, 1950 (Public Law 533, Eighty-first Congress). Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary of the Army over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same, and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. N A T I O N A L GUARD For expenses necessary for the National Guard of the District of Columbia, including attendance at meetings of associations pertaining to the National Guard; expenses of camps, and for the payment of commutation of subsistence for enlisted men who may be detailed to guard or move the United States property at home stations on days immediately preceding and immediately following the annual encampments; reimbursement to the United States for loss of property for which the District of Columbia may be held responsible; cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipment; instruction, purchase, and maintenance of athletic, gymnastic, and recreational equipment at armory or field encampments; practice marches, drills, 93300 O - 53 - 28

Meters on Federal services.

Dalecarlia pumping station, etc.

60 Stat. 810.

64 Stat. 195.

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