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PUBLIC LAW 85-61-JUNE 27, 1957

ning of water supply facilities, including continuing raw-water conduit rehabilitation, utility relocations, and plant system rearrangements and interconnections; rehabilitation of structures at Georgetown Reservoir; 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 $100 per diem; to remain available until expended, $190,000.

60 Stat. 810.

GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 2. Except as otherwise provided herein, all vouchers covering Vouchers. expenditures of appropriations contained in this Act shall be audited before payment by or under the jurisdiction only of the accounting officer for the District of Columoia and the vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the Disbursing Officer without countersignature. SEC. 3. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an ap- Maximum amount. propriation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount which may be expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. A u to mobile alSEC. 4. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author- lowances. ized or approved by the Commissioners, for allowances for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties at 7 cents per mile but not to exceed $22 a month for each automobile, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that fifty-two such allowances at not more than $360 each per annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioners. At t e n SEC. 5. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the pay- meetings.d a n c e at ment of dues and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by the Commissioners: Provided, That the total expenditures for this purpose shall not exceed $25,000. SEC. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when author- Services. ized by the Commissioners, for services as authorized by section 15 60 Stat. 810. of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). Adv SEC. 7. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is author- money. a n c e s o f ized to advance to such officials as may be designated by the Commissioners upon requisitions previousl v approved by the accounting officer ^ of the District of Columbia such amounts and for such purposes as the Commissioners may determine. SEC. 8. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in con- Restrictions. nection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of any regulation or order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with the licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public Utilities Commission. SEC. 9. Appropriations in this Act shall not be available for the payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess of 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. SEC. 10. All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (includ- h i Pae ss. s e n g e r vecl ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated 84352 O - 5 8 - 1 6

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