55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 271-JULY 1, 1941 to exceed $7,000 for replacement of insanitary toilet facilities, not to exceed $20,000 for stabilizing and drainage at Browne Junior High School and Phelps Vocational School, not to exceed $6,000 for a new roof over the auditorium at the Francis Junior High School, $510,000, of which amount $100,000 shall be immediately available: Provided, That work performed for repairs and improvements under appropriations contained in this Act shall be by contract or other- wise, as may be determined by the Commissioners to be most advan- tageous to the District of Columbia: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for performing work of repairs and improvements to other municipal buildings, subject to reimburse- ment covering the cost of such work, and a report of expenditures for such repairs and improvements to other municipal buildings shall be submitted to Congress in the annual Budget. For improvement of various municipal playgrounds and recre- ation centers, including erection of shelter houses, $25,000, of which not exceeding $1,000 shall be immediately available for the prepara- tion of architectural and landscaping plans. To carry out the purposes of the Act approved June 11, 1926, entitled "An Act to amend the Act entitled 'An Act for the retire- ment of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia', approved January 15, 1920, and for other purposes" (44 Stat. 727), $609,000: Provided, That the Treasury Department shall prepare the esti- mates of the annual appropriations required to be made to the Teachers' Retirement Fund, and shall make actuarial valuations of such fund at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia is authorized to expend from money to the credit of the Teachers' Retirement Fund an amount not exceeding $5,000 per annum for the expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of said Act, including actuarial advice. THE DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND For maintenance and instruction of deaf and dumb persons admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf from the District of Columbia, under section 4864 of the Revised Statutes, and as provided for in the Act approved March 1, 1901 (24 U. S . C. 238), and under a contract to be entered into with the said institution by the Com- missioners, $39,000. For maintenance and instruction of colored deaf mutes of teach- able age belonging to the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the Commissioners, $10,000: Provided, That all expenditures under this appropriation shall be made under the supervision of the Board of Education. For maintenance and instruction of blind children of the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into by the Commissioners, $7,500: Provided, That all expenditures under this appropriation shall be made under the super- vision of the Board of Education. Notwithstanding the provision that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended for printing or binding a schedule or list of supplies and materials for the furnishing of which contracts have been or may be awarded, the Board of Education is authorized to have printed and bound schedules or lists of supplies, textbooks, and equipment approved by the Board of Education for use in the schools for requisitioning purposes only: Provided, That all such expenditures for printing and binding shall have been specifi- cally approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 511 Browne Junior High and Phelps Vo- cational School. Francis Junior High School. Provisos. Contracts. Repairs, etc., to other municipal build- ings. Annuities. D.C . Code §§31-701 to 31-720. Preoios. Teachers' Retire- ment Fund. Expenditures au- thorized. 31 Stat. 844. D.C.Code§31- 1008. Proli*o. Pro/o. Printing lists ofsup- plies for use in schools. PrVal
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