PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 300-JUNE 28,1944 Executive offie. 42 Stat. 1488. 5U. . C.. 661; Supp. III, 661 et teg. National Confer- ence of Commission- ers on Uniform State Laws. National Safety Council, Inc. Ofice of corpoation counsel. D. C. Code ii 1-02 to 1-i. Board of Tax Ap- peals. Executive office, including so much as may be necessary to compen- sate the Engineer Commissioner at such rate in grade 8 of the profes- sional service of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, as may be determined by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia, hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; $11,400 for examination of estimates of appropriations without regard to the civil- service and classification laws; payment of dues and expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government when authorized by the Com- missioners; $250 to aid in support of the National Conference of Com- missioners on Uniform State Laws; $575 for affiliation with the National Safety Council, Incorporated; general advertising in news- papers and legal periodicals in the District of Columbia but not else- where, unless the need for advertising outside the District of Columbia shall have been specifically approved by the Commissioners, including notices of public hearings, publication of orders and regulations, tax and school notices, and notices of changes in regulations; and $20,000 for expenses in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insan- itary conditions, flood, fire, or storm; $163,987: Provided, That the certificate of the Commissioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of $1,500 of this appropriation for such purposes as they may deem necessary; Office of the corporation counsel, including extra compensation for the corporation counsel as general counsel of the Public Utilities Com- mission; $3,000 for the settlement of claims not in excess of $250 each, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the Act approved February 11, 1929 (45 Stat. 1160), as amended by the Act approved June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 500); and judicial expenses, including witness fees and expert services, in District of Columbia cases before the courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia; $150,825; Board of Tax Appeals, $15,915. FISCAL SERVICE For all expenses necessary for the offices named under this general head, including, in addition to the objects specified respectively under each head, personal services; books of reference, periodicals, and newspapers; and printing and binding: Assessors ce. Assessor's office, including advertising notice of taxes in arrears July 1, 1944, to be reimbursed by a charge of 75 cents for each lot Advertising or piece of property advertised, $455,124: Provided, That this ap- propriation shall not be available for the payment of advertising the delinquent tax list for more than once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one newspaper published in the District of Columbia; Collector's offce. Collector's office, including refunding, wholly or in part, erroneous payments of taxes, special assessments, school tuition charges, pay- ment for lost library books, rents, fines, fees, or collections of any char- acter, which have been erroneously covered into the Treasury to the credit of the general fund, including the refunding of fees paid for building permits authorized by the District of Columbia Appropria- D.C. Code I 5-4O tion Act approved March 2, 1911 (36 Stat. 967); and including $10,000 for change-making purposes, $210,884: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for such refunds of payments made within the past three years; Auditor's of Auditor's office, including $2,000 for the employment of a real estate expert without regard to the civil-service and classification laws, $218,704; Purchasing Division, $70,724. [58 STAT.
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