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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 468-JULY 1, 1954

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expended, $11,810,000, of which $11,410,000 shall be payable from the highway fund; and, when requested by the Commissioners, $3,357,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary (which is hereby appropriated for that purpose from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated), shall be advanced by the Secretary of the Treasury to the highway fund of the District of Columbia for highway construction pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 364, 83d Congress: Ante,p. no. Provided, That in connection with the purchase and installation of a municipal asphalt plant on Districtowned property the Commissioners are authorized to make expenditures from this appropriation in an amount not exceeding $150,000 for the preparation of the site, including the construction of seawalls, dock facilities, and a railroad siding: Provided further, That in connection with the highway-planning survey, involving surveys, plans, engineering, and economic investigations of projects for future construction in the District of Columbia, as provided for under section 10 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, and in connection with the construction of Federal-aid highway stauT^ee/^^' ^^ projects under section 1(b) of said Act, and highway-structure 23* use 9a-1. projects financed wholly from the highway fund, this appropriation 23 u^c 4nf.* and the appropriation "Operating expenses, Department of Highways" shall be available for the employment of engineering or other professional services by contract or otherwise, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil-service and classi- •*^ ^^^ 5. fication laws, and section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and for engineering and incidental expenses: Provided further, ^° ^*®** *^°* That this appropriation and the appropriation "Operating expenses, Department of Highways'' shall be available for the construction and repair of pavements of street railways, in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Act (47 Stat. 752), and the proportion of the 604*nft'e.^ ° *** ^' amount thus expended which under the terms of the said Act is required to be paid by the street-railway company shall be collected, upon the neglect or the refusal of such street-railway company to make such payment, from the said street-railway company in the manner provided by section 5 of the Act of June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited 20 sjat^ioe^ ^_ to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which it is 604. collected: Provided further. That in connection with projects to be undertaken as Federal-aid projects under the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of December 20, 1944, as amended, the Com- s | stat_. s^^^^ missioners are authorized to enter into contract or contracts for those projects in such amounts as shall be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce: Provided further, That the Commissioners are hereby authorized to construct grade-crossing elimination and other wholly District construction projects or those authorized under section 8 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521), 23 USC 24a. and section 1(b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, as amended, ^^ "^^ '*^*'in accordance with the provisions of said Acts, and this appropriation may be used for payment to contractors and other expenses in connection with the expenses of surveys, design, construction, and inspection pending reimbursement to the District of Columbia by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, or other parties participating in such projects, reimbursement to be credited to the appropriation from which payment was made: Provided further,. That the Commissioners are authorized to fix or alter the respective widths of sidewalks and roadways (including tree spaces and parking) of all highways that may be improved under appropriations contained in this Act: Provided further, That no appropriation in this Act shall be available for repairing, resurfacing, or paving any street, avenue, or roadway by private contract unless the specifications for such work shall be so prepared as to permit of fair and open competition in

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