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PUBLIC LAW 90-473-AUG. 10, 1968

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c'ents per mile but not to exceed $35 a month for each automobile, unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hundred and sixty-three (fifty for investigators in the Department of Public Welfare and eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the Department of Public Health) such allowances at not more than $550 each per annum may be authorized or approved by the Commissioner. SEC. 5. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for expenses p eTravel exnses. of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized by the Commissioner: Provided, That the total expenditures for this purpose shall not exceed $122,700. Experts and SEC. 6. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for services as consultants. authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 80 Stat. 416. SEC. 7. The disbursing officials designated by the Commissioner are Advancement of authorized to advance to such officials as may be approved by the Com- funds. missioner such amounts and for such purposes as he may determine. SEC. 8. Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for or in connec- Restrictions. tion with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of any regulation or order of the Public Service 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 Service 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 (including Vehicle u s e. watercraft) owned by the District of Columbia snail be operated and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), and shall be under the direction and control of the 31 USC 638a. Commissioner, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration of interchangeable use of any of the same by officers and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Act. "Official purposes" as used in section 16 shall not apply to the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, and the Chairman of the City Council 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 approved by the Commissioner. Snow SEC. 11. Appropriations contained in this Act for highways and control. and ice traffic and sanitary engineering shall be available for snow and ice control work when ordered by the Commissioner in writing. Rental SEC. 12. Appropriations in this Act shall be available, when quarters. of authorized by the Commissioner, for the rental of quarters without reference to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945. 58 Stat. 532. SEC. 13. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for the fur- D.C. Code 1243. nishing of uniforms when authorized by the Commissioner. Uniforms. Judgment paySEC. 14. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making ments. refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered against the government of the District of Columbia, including refunds authorized by section 10 of the Act approved April 23, 1924 (43 Stat. D.C. 108): Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be con- 1910. Code 47strued as modifying or affecting the provisions of paragraph 3, subsection (c) of section 11 of title X II of the District of Columbia 70 Stat. 78. Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. D.C. Code 471S86J.

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