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PUBLIC LAW 85-491-JTJLY 2, 1958

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Public Law 85-491 July 2, 1958 [S. 1706]

AN ACT To amend the Act entitled "An Act to grant additional powers to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944, as amended.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ubluiatiSIS^'^^^*^ C^m^efi? States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to grant additional powers to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 819), as amended (sec. 1-244, D. C. Code, 1951), is amended by adding at the end of such section the following subsections: Purchase " (i)(1) To purchase and sell maps, and regulations and parts of sale. regulations issued by any agency of the government of the District of Columbia and amendments thereof, including binders therefor (hereinafter referred to as 'material'), at such prices as the Commissioners or their designated agent may from time to time determine to be necessary to approximate the cost thereof, including the cost of distribution. All receipts from the sale of such material on hand as of the effective date of this amendment, shall be deposited into a fund which P u b l i c a t l o n s is hereby established, to be known as the 'District of Columbia PubliFund. cations Fund', which fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for all necessary costs connected with the procurement, publication, and distribution of such material, including postage. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the revenues of Appropriation. the District of Columbia $50,000 to provide working capital, which sum shall be deposited to the credit of the fund established by this section, and receipts from the sale of such material shall likewise be deposited to the credit of such fund: Provided, That as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, after provision has been made for payment of all obligations then incurred, the amount in such fund in excess of $50,000 shall be deposited to general revenues of the District of Columbia. Distribution. "(2) To issue such material without charge, in the discretion of the Commissioners, to officers and employees of the governments of the United States and the District of Columbia to States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, local governmental units, and foreign governments; to institutions of research and learning; to applicants for, or holders of, particular licenses issued by the District oi Columbia; and to any other person when it is determined by said Commissioners or their designated agent or agents that it is m the best interest of the District of Columbia to furnish such material without charge; and to delegate to the heads of departments and agencies of the government of the District of Columbia the authority likewise to make the distribution authorized by this paragraph of such material as may be purchased by the departments and agencies. Material to be distributed under the authority of this paragraph shall be supplied to the District of Columbia department or agency proposing to make such distribution, only upon payment by the department or agency of the cost thereof. Orders from "(j) To place orders, if they determine it to be in the best interest Federal agencies. of the District of Columbia, with any Federal department, establishment, bureau, or office for materials, supplies, equipment, work, or services of any kind that such Federal agency may be in a position to supply or be equipped to render, by contract or otherwise, and shall pay promptly by check to such Federal agency, upon its written request, either in advance or upon furnishing or performance thereof, all or part of the estimated or actual cost thereof as determined by

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