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PUBLIC LAW

173-JULY

31, 1953

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damaged in the performance of duty; purchase and maintenance of radio equipment; purchase of passenger motor vehicles; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $5,307,841: Provided, That the Commissioners, in their discretion may authorize the construction, in whole or in part, of fire-fighting apparatus in the Fire Department repair shop. Capital outlay: For construction of a new fire engine house in the vicinity of Forty-ninth and East Capitol Streets, Southeast, including instruments for receiving alarms and connecting said house to the fire alarm system, $240,000, to remain available until expended. VETERANS' SERVICES For expenses necessary to provide services to veterans, $90,000. OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE For expenses necessary for the Ofltice of Civil Defense, including personal services without reference to the civil service laws as related to recruitment, $90,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of any funds from appropriations available to the District of Columbia may be used to match financial contributions from the Federal Civil Defense Administration to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, when authorized by the Commissioners: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of existing law, the Administrator of Civil Defense is authorized to coordinate the activities of such office with those civil defense activities located outside the District of Columbia. COURTS District of Columbia courts: For expenses of the Juvenile Court, the Municipal Court, the Municipal Court of Appeals, and the District of Columbia Tax Court, including pay of retired judges; lodging and meals for jurors, bailiffs, and deputy United States marshals while in attendance upon jurors, when ordered by the courts; and meals for prisoners; $1,200,000, of which $20,000 shall be available for payment to the United States Public Health Service for furnishing psychiatric service to the Juvenile Court, including the detail of necessary medical and other personnel: Provided, That deposits made on demands for jury trials in accordance with rules prescribed by the Municipal Court under authority granted in section 11 of the Act approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat. 1312), shall be earned unless, prior to three days before the time set for such trials, including Sundays and legal holidays, a new date for trial be set by the court, cases be discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials be waived. United States courts: For reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by the Judiciary, General Services Administration, and the Department of Justice, $1,780,000, of which $230,000 shall be available for advances on reimbursement, to the General Services Administration for one-half of the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the Federal Courts Building, as provided in the Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235).

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