650 Use by official s stricted . Proviso . Cost restriction . Transfers forbidden . Use of other appro- priations for h orses , etc., forbidden . Fire insurance pro- hibited . T eleph ones all owed at residences of desig- nat ed officials . Connections permit- ted. Pos tage. Car fares, etc. Provisos. Limit . Firemen and police excepted. Judicial expenses . General advertising. Taxes in arrears . Vol . 30, p. 250. Provisos . Tax sale pamphl et disco ntinued . Ad vert ising del in- quen t tax in new spa- pers. re- SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS. I . CH. 659. 1928 . j All of said motor vehicles and all other motor vehicles provided for i n this Act and all horse-drawn carriages and buggies owned by the District of Columbia shall be used only for purposes directly per- taining to the public services of said District, and shall be under the direction and control of the commissioners, who may from time to time alter or change the assignment' for use thereof or direct the oint or interchangeable use of any of the same by officials and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Act Provided, That with the exception of motor vehicles for the police and fire departments, no automobile shall be acquired under any provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange at a cost, including the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650, except as may be herein specifically authorized. No motor vehicles shall be trans- ferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia . Appropriations in this Act shall not 'be used for the purchase, livery, or maintenance of horses, or for the purchase, maintenance, or repair of buggies or carriages and harness, except as provided for in the appropriation for contingent and miscellaneous expenses or unless the appropriation from which the same is proposed to be paid s hall spe cifi call y au thor ize such pur chas e, l iver y, m aint enan ce, and repair, and except also as hereinafter authorized . Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of premiums or other cost of fire insurance . Telephones may be maintained in the residences of the superin- tendent of the water department, sanitary engineer, chief inspector of the street-cleaning division, assistant superintendent of the street- cleaning division, inspector of plumbing, Director of Public Welfare, health officer, assistant health officer, chief of the bureau of prevent- able diseases, chief engineer of the fire department, superintendent of police, electrical inspector in charge of the fire-alarm system, one fire-alarm operator, and two fire-alarm repair men, the superin- tendent of machinery, and the fire marshal, under appropriations contained in this Act . The commissioners may connect any or all of these telephones either to the system of the Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Company or the telephone system maintained by the District of Columbia or to both of such systems . For postage for strictly official mail matter, $21,000 . Th e co mmis sion ers are auth oriz ed, in t heir dis cret ion, to furn ish necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street-car and bus fares from appropriations contained in this Act : Provided, That the expenditures herein authorized shall be so apportioned as not to exceed a total of $8,000 : Provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not incli iide the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments . For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs in the Court of Appeals of the District of Colum- bia, witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, $4,500 . For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $8,000 . For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1928, as required to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reimbursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, $6,000 : Provided, That the printing of tax-sale pam- phlets shall be discontinued and in lieu thereof the notice of sale and the delinquent tax list shall hereafter be advertised once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one morning and one evening news-
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