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72d CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 308. JUNE 29, 1932 . Removin g unsaf e, by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia ; expenses author- etc ., bu ildings . ized by law in connection with the removal of dangerous or unsafe and insanitary buildings, including payment of a fee of $6 per diem to each member of board of survey, other than the inspector of build- ings, while actually employed on surveys of dangerous or unsafe buildings ; and other general necessary expenses of District offices, Proviso .
$41,000 : Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation Printing, etc, or list of s uppl ies s ched ules, conta ined in this Act or of any appropriation which may now be forbidden •
available shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of supplies and materials for the furnishing of which contracts Printing and bind- have been or may be awarded . ing .
For printing and binding, $70,000 . Automobile s, main- For maintenance, care, repair, and operation of passenger-carrying tenance, etc. automobiles owned by the District of Columbia, including personal services, $65,000 ; for exchange of two motor ambulances, $3,000 ; in all, $68,000 . Allowance s for pri- vai nly o wned mot or fur nishing For allowances for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in vehicles• the performance of official duties at the rate of not to exceed $275 per Proviso . year for each automobile, $7,380 : Provided, Th at all owanc es un der Full-time field serv- this appropriation shall be made only to persons whose duties require ice requirements . full time field service or whose duties require frequent travel outside of the District of Columbia . Use of District- All of said motor vehicles anti all other motor vehicles provided owned dve hicles rescric c- in this Act owned by the District of Columbia shall be used only for purposes direc tly pertaining t o the public ser vices of said Di strict, 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 dir ect the joint or interchangeable use of any of t he same by officials and employees of the District, except as otherwise pro- Proviso .
vided in this Act : Provided, That no passenger-carrying automobile, Purchase price re- striction .
except busses and ambulances, shall be acquired under any provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange at a cost, including the value Tran sfer forb idde n . of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650 . No motor vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia . permittedsurance not Ap propriat ions in this Act shall n ot be us ed for t he payme nt of premiums or other cost of fire insurance . Telephones allowed Telephones may be maintained in the residences of the superin- at reai.leoces of desig- tendent of the water department, sanitary engineer, chief inspector nated officials.
r~ of the street-cleaning division, assistant superintendent of the street- cleanin g divisi on, insp ector of plumbin g, Direc tor of P ublic We l- fare, health officer, assistant health officer, chief of the bureau of preventable di seases, chief en gineer of the fi re department, s uperin- tendent of police, electrical inspector in charge of the fire-alarm sys- tem, one fire-alarm operator, and two fire-alarm repair men, the superintendent of machinery, and the fire marshal, under appropria- Connectio ns permit- tions contained in this Act . The commissioners may connect any or ted . all of these telephones either to the system of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company or the telephone system maintained by the District of Columbia, or to both of such systems . Telephones may also be maintained in the residences of the general superin- tendent of penal institutions and such other officials of the work- house and reformatory as may be approved by the commissioners . Postage.
For postage for strictly official mail matter, including the purchase and rental of postage meter equipment, $30,000. Car fare, etc .
The commissioners are authorized, in the :r discretion, to furnish necessary transp ortation in conn ection with stri ctly official bus iness 11
