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55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 591-DEC. 17, 1941 transmission system of the Authority, to interconnect the Authority's system with neighboring systems, and to deliver the power produced by this project and these units to the market, and (5) the acquisition of land necessary for and the relocation of highways in connection with the accomplishment of the above project; $25,000,000, to be avail- able for the administrative objects of expenditure and subject to the conditions specified under this heading in the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1942. For an additional amount for the Tennessee Valley Authority, fiscal year 1942, (1) for a site on the south fork of the Holston River near Bristol, Tennessee, as recommended by the Tennessee Valley Authority July 7, 1941, with an installed capacity of seventy- five thousand kilowatts, $10,000,000; (2) for building a dam on the Watauga River east of Elizabethton, Tennessee, as recommended by the Tennessee Valley Authority July 7, 1941, with an installed capacity of sixty thousand kilowatts, $10,000,000; (3) for the com- pletion of the uncompleted unit of the steam plant at or near Sheffield, Alabama, $2,000,000; in all, $22,000,000. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF RENT CONTROL Salaries and expenses: For all expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act, approved December 2, 1941, including personal services and printing and binding, fiscal year 1942, $22,570. HIGHWAY FUND, GASOLINE TAX, AND MOTOR-VEHICLE FEES The following sums are appropriated wholly out of the special fund created by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for a tax on motor-vehicle fuels sold within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved April 23, 1924, and the Act entitled "An Act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved August 17, 1937: STREET IMPROVEMENTS For grading, paving, repaving, surfacing, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, and roads, including curbing and gutters, grade separation and other structures, drainage structures, retaining walls, the replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire-alarm boxes and police-patrol boxes, traffic-control devices and replacement of trees, when necessary, as Federal-aid highway projects under section 1-b of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 633), fiscal year 1942, $487,000, to remain available until June 30, 1944. For grading, paving, repaving, surfacing, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, and roads, including plans and specifications, curb- ing and gutters, grade separation and other structures, drainage structures, retaining walls, the replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire-alarm boxes and police-patrol boxes, traffic-control devices, replacement of trees, construction, reconstruction, and reloca- tion of parkway roads, walkways, and such other work as may be necessary, in connection with the improvement of the approaches to the Potomac River bridges, in accordance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts, fiscal year 1942, $1,424,000: Provided, That upon comple- tion and approval of such plans the Commissioners are authorized to submit the projects as Federal-aid highway projects to the Public Roads Administration under the provisions of the Federal-aid High- 823 Acquisition of land, etc. Ante, p. 118. Holston River site, near Bristol, Tenn. Watauga River dam. Sheffield, Ala. Ante, p. 788. Ante, p. 628. 43 Stat. 106. D. C. Code §§47- 1901 to 47-1916. Post, p . 871. 60 Stat. 676. Grading, etc. un - der Federal Aid High- way Act. Ante, p. 531. 23U.S.C.§41b. Approaches to Po- tomac River bridges. Provisos. Approval by Public R o a d s Administra- tion.