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656 Vol. 38, p. 524; Vol. 39,p.716. Vau lt roo fs to be modified. Minor changes in roadways, etc . Curbs and g utters . Disbu rsemen ts, et c . Provisos . Restricted to speci- fied improvements . Assessments und er existing law . Priority to through thoroughfares . Grading . Condemnat ion . Opening streets, etc., under permanent high- ways system. Vol.37,p. 950. Exception. Wholly from District revenues . Repairs. Proviso . No npassen ger vehi- cles . S treet rail ways p avem ent s* Vol.20,p. 105. SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. Cri. 659. 1928 . in the manner provided in the Act approved July 1, 1914 (Thirty- eighth Statutes, page 524), as amended by section 8 of the Act approved September 1, 1916 (Thirty-ninth Statutes, page 716) . The owners of abutting property also shall be required to modify, at their own expense, the roofs of any vaults that may be under the sidewalk or parkin g on said stre et if it be f ound necessar y to change su ch vaults to permit of the roadway being widened ; For minor changes in roadway and sidewalks on plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic, $10,000 ; For constructi on of curbs a nd gutters, or concrete sho ulders in connection with all forms of macadam roadways and adjustment of roadways . thereto, together with resurfacing of such ro adwa ys where necessary, $250,000 ; In all, $1,802,900 ; to be disbursed and accounted for as " Gasoline tax, road and st reet improv ements ," and for that p urpose shal l constitut e one fund and be available immediately : Pr ovided , That no part of such fund shall be used for the improvement of any street or section thereof not herein specified : Provided further, That assessments in accordance with existing law shall be made for paving and repaving roadways where such roadways are paved or repaved with funds derived from the collection of the tax on motor-vehicle fuels and accretions by repayment of assessments : Provided further That in the performance of the street-paving work specially provided for in this Act priority shall be given to those streets which are more in the nature of thr ough thorough fares or arter ial highways . STREET REPAIR, GRADING, AND EXTENSION Gr ading, street s, alle ys, an d roads : For lab or, purc hase and rep air of carts, tools or hire of same, and horses, $50,000 . C on d em na ti on : For purchase or condemnat ion of streets , roads, and alleys, and for the condemnation of small park areas at the intersection of streets, avenues, or roads in the District of Columbia, to be selected by the commissioners, $5,000. To carry out the provisions of existing law which authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to open, extend, straighten, or widen any street, avenu e, road, or hi ghway, except Fourteenth Street extension beyond the southern boundary of Walter Reed Hospit al Re servat ion, i n acco rdanc e with the p lan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia there is appropriated such sum as is necessary for said purpose during the fiscal year 1929, to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia . Repairs : For current work of repairs to streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, including purchase, exchange, maintenance, and operation of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles used in this work, and the rental of necessary garage space therefor ; and including the surfac- ing and resurfacing, or replacement, with the same or other approved materials, of such asphalt or concrete pavements as may be done within the funds available under this appropriation, $1,475,000 : Provid ed, That the amount expended for purchase and exchange of nonpassenge r-carrying mo tor vehicles shall not exce ed $40,000 . This appropriation shall be available for repairing pavements of street railways when necessary ; the amounts thus expended shall be collected from such railroad companies as provided by section 5 of "An Act provid ing a permane nt form of go vernment for t he District of Columbia," approved June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are coll ect ed .