PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 555 -JUNE 19, 1948 42 Stat. 1488 . 5 U. S .C. 1661-674. National Confer- ence of Commission- ers on Uniform State Laws. 60 Stat. 810. D. C. Code if 1-902 to 1-906. D. C. Code -43 0. 41 Stat. 104. D.C . Code 11311. service of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, as may be deter- mined by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; six members of the Apprenticeship Council at $120 per annum each; $250 to aid in support of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; general advertising in newspapers and legal periodicals in the District of Columbia but not elsewhere, unless the need for advertising outside the District of Columbia shall have been specifi- cally approved by the Commissioners, including notices of public hearings, publication of orders and regulations, tax and school notices, and notices of changes in regulations; services as authorized by sec- tion 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C. 55a); and $20,000 for expenses in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, floodfire, or storm, and for expenses of inves- tigations; $224,100: Provided, That the certificate of the Commis- sioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of $1,500 of this appropriation for such purposes as they may deem necessary. Office of the corporation counsel, including extra compensation for the corporation counsel as general counsel of the Public Utilities Commission; $4,500 for the settlement of claims not in excess of $250 each, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the Act approved February 11, 1929 (45 Stat. 1160), as amended by the Act approved June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 500) ; and judicial expenses, including witness fees and expert services, in District of Columbia cases before the courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia; $238,600. Board of Tax Appeals, $19,500. FISCAL SERVICE For expenses necessary for the offices named under this general head: Assessor's office, including advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1948, to be reimbursed by a charge of 75 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised $594,000: Provided,That this appropria- tion shall not be available for the payment of advertising the delin- quent tax list for more than once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one newspaper published in the District of Columbia Collector's office, including refunding, wholly or in part, erroneous payments of taxes, special assessments, school tuition charges, payment for lost library books, rents fines, fees, or collections of any character, which have been erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the general fund, including the refunding of fees paid for building permits authorized by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved March 2, 1911 (36 Stat. 967), $316,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for such refunds of payments made within the past three years. Auditor's office, $418,400. Purchasing Division, $91,900. COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT FUND EXPENSES For compensation and retirement fund expenses, as follows: District government employees' compensation: For carrying out the provisions of section 11 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act approved July 11, 1919, authorizing compensation for employees of the government of the District of Columbia suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, $80,000. Workmen's compensation, administrative expenses: For transfer to the Bureau of Employees' Compensation for administration of the law providing compensation for disability or death resulting from 538 [62 STAT.
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