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PUBLIC LAW 93-140-OCT. 26, 1973

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of property advertised. The amounts so received shall be deposited to such fund of the District as the Commissioner shall from time to time determine." (c) The first sentence of section 5 of the Act approved June 11, Notice; bids 1878 (D.C. Code, sec. 7-601), is amended by striking "and if the total ^o Stat. los. cost shall exceed $5,000, then in one newspaper in each of the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore also for one week," and inserting in lieu thereof: "but not elsewhere, unless the need for advertising outside the District shall have been specifically approved by the Commissioner". (d) Appropriations authorized by this Act or any Act of Congress Publication in shall be available to the Commissioner for general advertising author- bia^ Re'gister.° ^"^ ized by law, and for the publication of notices of public hearings, orders, regulations, amendments of orders and regulations, tax and school notices, and similar matters of public interest, in the District of Columbia Register, and, except as otherwise provided by law, in such newspapers, legal periodicals, trade journals, and other printed media at such times and in such places as may be approved by the said Commissioner. OFFICIAL

FUNDS

SEC. 26. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia, the Chairman of the District of Columbia Council, the Superintendent of Schools, the President of the Federal City College, the President of the Washington Technical Institute, and the President of the District of Columbia Teachers College are hereby authorized to provide for the expenditure, within the limits of specified annual appropriations, of funds for appropriaite purposes related to their official capacity as they may respectively deem necessary. Their determination thereof shall be final and conclusive, and their certificate shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of appropriations made pursuant to this section. T A X I SERVICE STUDY

SEC. 27. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to conduct a study of the adequacy of service and regulation of the taxicab industry in the District of Columbia. The study shall include the feasibility of allowing the installation of meters in taxicabs in the District of Columbia. (b) Within six months following the date of enactment of this Report to comAct, the Public Service Commission shall transmit the final report ^^^ind^gov^em"' of the results of such investigation and study, including its finding ment. and recommendations, to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Council, and the District of Columbia government shall within ninety days consider the same, and transmit its recommendations and the final report of the Public Service Commission to the Congress. AUTHORIZATIONS

SEC. 28. Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act and the amendments made by this Act are hereby authorized. Approved October 26, 1973.

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