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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 62-APR. 4, 1938 For improvement of various municipal playgrounds and recre- ation centers, $25,000, of which not exceeding $1,000 shall be immedi. ately available for the preparation of architectural and landscaping plans. Electrical Depart- ment. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Personalservis. For personal services, $92,800. Supplies,oontingent For general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies, exense et telephone rental and purchase, telephone service charges, wire and cable for extension of telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines and instruments, purchase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross arms, ice, record book, stationery, extra labor, new boxes, maintenance of motortrucks, and other necessary items includ- ing not to exceed $600 for the purchase (including exchange) of one non-passenger-carrying motor vehicle, $30,800. rlacingwiresunder- For placing wires of fire alarm, police patrol, and telephone serv- ground, police patrol. and fire alarm sys- ices underground, extension and relocation of police-patrol and fire- te ms . alarm systems, purchase and installing additional cables, labor, mate- rial, appurtenances, and other necessary equipment and expenseai $25,000. Streetlighting. Street lighting: For purchase, installation, and maintenance of public lamps, lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixture Airwaylights. of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and public spaces, part cost of maintenance of airport and airway lights necessary for oper- ation of the air mail, and for all necessary expenses in connection therewith, including rental of storerooms, extra labor, operation, maintenance, and repair of motortrucks, this sum to be expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the District of 36 stat. 1008 . Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1912 (36 Stat. 1008- 1011, sec. 7), and with the provisions of the District of Columbia 37 Stat. 181. Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1913 (37 Stat. 181-184, sec. 7), Prso toD. and other laws applicable thereto, $765,000: Provided,That this appro- priation shall not be available for the payment of rates for electric street lighting in excess of those authorized to be paid in the fiscal year 1927, and payment for electric current for new forms of street lighting shall not exceed 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current con- Awsrds to lowest sumed: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be bidder. available for the payment on any contract required by law to be awarded through competitive bidding, which is not awarded to the lowest responsible bidder on specifications, and such specifications shall be so drawn as to admit of fair competition. Public schools. Administrative and supervisory oficers. 43 Stat. 367. Personal services. School attendance and work permits de- partment. 43 Stat. 367, 806. 45 Stat. 998 . Teachers, librarians, etc. 43 Stat. 367. PUBLIC SCHOOLS For personal services of administrative and supervisory officers in accordance with the Act fixing and regulating the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, approved June 4, 1924 (43 Stat. 367-375) including salaries of presidents of teachers colleges in the salary schedule for first assistant superintendents, $673,700. For personal services of clerks and other employees, $179,540. For personal services in the department of school attendance and work permits in accordance with the Act approved June 4, 1924 (43 Stat. 367-375), the Act approved February 5, 1925 (43 Stat. 806- 808), and the Act approved May 29, 1928 (45 Stat. 998), $40,100. For personal services of teachers and librarians in accordance with the Act approved June 4, 1924 (43 Stat. 367-375) including for teachers colleges assistant professors in salary class eleven, and pro- Improvements. 166 [52 STAW