53 STAT.]
76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 281 -JULY 15, 1939
expenses, equipment, supplies, and lighting fixtures, $255,320: Pro-
vided, That the activities provided for under this appropriation shall
be operated under the joint control, supervision, and direction of
the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Board of
Education.
For the maintenance and contingent expenses of keeping open
during the summer months the public-school playgrounds; for
special and temporary services, directors, assistants, and janitor serv-
ice during the summer vacation, and, in the larger yards, daily after
school hours during the school term, $25,000.
For the purchase, installation, and maintenance of equipment for
school yards for the purposes of play of pupils, $7,000: Provided,
That such playgrounds shall be kept open for play purposes in
accordance with the schedule heretofore maintained for playgrounds
while under the jurisdiction of the playground department.
CARE OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
For personal services, including care of portable buildings at a
rate not to exceed $96 per annum for the care of each building,
$968,725.
MISCELLANEOUS
For the maintenance of schools for tubercular and crippled pupils,
$7,750.
For transportation for pupils attending schools for tubercular
pupils, sight-conservation pupils, and crippled pupils, $23,200: Pro-
vided, That expenditures for streetcar and bus fares from this fund
shall not be subject to the general limitations on the use of streetcar
and bus fares covered by this Act.
For purchase and repair of furniture, tools, machinery, material,
and books, and apparatus to be used in connection with instruction
in manual and vocational training, and incidental expenses connected
therewith, $70,400, to be immediately available.
For fuel, gas, and electric light and power, $312,500: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be so apportioned and distributed over
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and shall be so administered,
during such fiscal year, as to constitute the total amount that will
be utilized during such fiscal year for such purposes.
For contingent expenses, including United States flags, furniture
and repairs of same, stationery, ice, paper towels, and other necessary
items not otherwise provided for, and including not exceeding $8,000
for books of reference and periodicals, not exceeding $1,500 for
replacement of pianos at an average cost of not to exceed $300 each,
and not exceeding $6,800 for labor; in all, $150,000, to be immediately
available, of which not to exceed $2,100 may be expended for tabulat-
ing school census cards either by contract or by day labor as the
Commissioners may determine: Provided, That a bond shall not be
required on account of military supplies or equipment issued by the
War Department for military instruction and practice by the students
of high schools in the District of Columbia.
For the purchase of furniture and equipment to replace worn-out
furniture and equipment at Central High School, $2,076, McKinley
High School, $3,824, and Armstrong High School, $3,824; in all,
$9,724.
For completely furnishing and equipping buildings and additions
to buildings, as follows: Eastern High School; Deal Junior High
School; Anacostia Junior-Senior High School Stadium; Banneker
1015
Proviso.
Operation of activi-
ties.
Public-school play-
grounds during sum-
mer.
Equipment.
Proviso.
Playground sched.
ule.
Personal services.
Schoolsfortubercular
and crippled pupils.
Transportation.
Proviso.
Streetcar, etc., fares.
Manual, etc., train-
ing.
Fuel, light, and
power.
Proeiso.
A pportionment pro-
visions.
Contingent ex-
penses.
Proiso.
Military supplies
issued to cadets; bond
not required.
Replacement of
worn-out equipment,
designated buildings.
Equipment for des-
ignated buildings.
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