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PUBLIC LAW 85-594-AUG. 6, 1958

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SEC. 3. Whenever in this Act an amount is specified within an Maximum amount. appropriation 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. Automobile a l SEC. 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 8 cents per mile but not to exceed $25 a month for each automobile, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that fifty-two such allowances at not more than $410 each per annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioners. A11 e n SEC. 5. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the pay- meetings.d a nc e at ment of dues and expenses of attendance of 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 $40,000. SEC. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when authorized by the Commissioners, for services as authorized by section 15 of 60 Stat. 810. the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a). SEC. 7. The disbursing officials designated by the Commissioners are Advances. authorized to advance to such officials as may be approved by the Commissioners 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 Street lighting. 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 iPl a ss.s e n g er vec e ing watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control 60 Stat. 810. of the Commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration or interchangeable use of BLUJ of the same by officers and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Act. "Official purposes" shall not apply to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary, but only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the Commissioners. No motor vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. SEC. 11. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department Snow removal. of Highways and the Department of Sanitary Engineering shall be •available for snow and ice control work when ordered by the Commissioners in writing. SEC. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when au- Rental of quarthorized by the Commissioners, for the rental of quarters without ters. reference to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945: Provided, That hereafter leases for rentals shall not be on 58 Stat. 532. terms and periods in excess of five years. 98395-59-PT. 1-33

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