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75Th CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH . 403-JUNE 29, 1937 in . Printing rinting and bind-
For printing and binding, $49,000 : Provided, That no part of the Proviso .
requi- appropr iation s cont ained in thi s Act shall b e avai lable for ex pendi- psiti onsoval o f ed. ture for printing and binding unless the need for such expenditure shall have been specifically approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or by the purchasing officer and the auditor for the District of Columbia acting for such Commissioners . Conference on Uni-
To aid in support of the National Conference of Commissioners form state Laws . on Uniform State Laws, $250 . Central Garage .
CENTRAL G ARAGE Automobiles, main-
For maint enance , care , repa ir, an d oper ation o f pass enger- carryi ng te nance, etc .
automobiles owned by the District of Columbia, including personal services, $60,980 ; for purchase (including exchange) of passenger- carrying automobiles, $12,040 ; in all, $73,020 . Private vehicle al-
For allowances for furnishing privately owned motor vehicles in lowances . the performance of official duties at a rate of not to exceed $264 per Proviso. ye ar for each automo bile, $10,29 6 : Provided, That allowances under Restriction.
this appropriation shall be made only to persons whose duties require full-time field service . Use of District-
All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles owned by the Dis- owned vehicles re- stricted . trict of Columbia shall be used exclusively for "official purposes" directly pertaining 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 joint or interchangeable use of any of the same by officials and employees of the District, except as otherwise provided in this Transportation be- Act ; and "official purposes" shall not include the transportation of tween domicile and place of employment . of ficers and e mploye es bet ween t heir d omicile s and places of em ploy- ment, except as to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and in cases of officers and employees the character of whose duties makes such transportation necessary and then only as to such latter Proviso .
cases when the same is approved by the Commissioners : Provided, Purchase, etc ., re- stri ctions . That no passenger-carrying automobile, except busses, station wagons, patrol wagons, and ambulances, and except as otherwise specifically authorized in this Act, shall be acquired under any provision of this Act, by purchase or exchange, at a cost, including the value of a Transfers forbidden . vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650 . 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 . Fire-insurance pre-
Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment of miums forbidden,
premiums or other cost of fire insurance . street-car and bus
The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish fares .
necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street-car and bus Provisos.
fares from appropriations contained in this Act : Provided, That the Limitation . e xpend iture s he rein autho rized sha ll be so a ppor tione d as not to Fire and police de- exceed a total of $8,900 : Provided further, That the provisions of partments excepted . this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments . Employment serv- ice . Emergency fund, expenses ; restriction . EMPLOYMENT SERVICE For personal services and miscellaneous and contingent expenses required for maintaining a public employment service for the Dis- trict of Columbia, $4,640 . EMERGE NCY FUND To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood, or fire, or storm, and of like charac ter, a nd in all ot her ca ses of emerge ncy no t othe rwise
