PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 209-JUNE 30, 1945 43 Stat. 108. D.0. Code147- 1910. Interstate Commis- sion on the Potomac River Basin. 33 U.S . C. 1567b. Post, p. 643 . Reappropriation. S8 Stat. 628 . "Metropolitan Police"; and $20,000 to "National Capital Parks"; in all, $669,900. Refunding erroneous collections (payable from highway fund): To enable the Commissioners to refund collections erroneously cov- ered into the Treasury during the present and past three fiscal years to the credit of the highway fund, $1,500: Provided, That this appro- priation shall not be available for refunds authorized by section 10 of the Act of April 23, 1924. Operating expenses, Refuse Division: For all expenses necessary for collection and disposal of refuge and street cleaning, including personal services; printing and binding; books of reference and periodicals; repair and maintenance of plants, buildings, and grounds; and fencing of public and private property designated by the Commissioners as public dumps; $2,560,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscel- laneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses of four or more apartments having a central heating system, or from any building or connected group of buildings operated as a rooming boarding, or lodging house having a total of more than twenty-fve rooms. Capital outlay, Refuse Division: For construction of the extension of the proposed incinerator numbered 3 for refuse in parcel 141/13, $403,600; for construction of a refuse transfer station on land owned by the District of Columbia in square 739 and on land to be acquired adjacent thereto for the transfer of city refuse from collection units to hauling units for transportation to remote disposal points, employ- ment of engineering and other personal services, $302,700; for all necessary expenses for the preparation of plans and specifications for a garage and shops building in parcel 141/13, including the employment of engineering and other personal services and $1,500 for subsoil investigations, $12,500; in all, $718,800. Operating expenses, Sewer Division: For all expenses necessary for operating the District's system of sewage disposal; cleaning and repairing sewers and basins; operation and maintenance of the sew- age pumping service and sewage treatment plant, including repairs to equipment, machinery, and structures; maintenance of public con- venience stations; control and prevention of the spread of mosquitoes in the District of Columbia; and pro rata contribution of the District of Columbia to the expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin in accordance with Act of July 11, 1940 (54 Stat. 748); such expenses to include personal services; books of refer- ence and periodicals; and printing and binding; $800,000. Capital outlay, Sewer Division: For construction of sewers and receiving basins; for assessment and permit work; for purchase or condemnation of rights-of-way for construction, maintenance, and repair of public sewers, $1,000; and for conducting a survey for city relief sewers, including personal services and all necessary expenses incident thereto, $75,000, to remain available until June 30, 1947; in all, $1,040,000: Provided,That not to exceed $365,000 of the appro- priation for capital outlay, Sewer Division, including $165,000 for the acquisition and development of a site for the storage of con- struction materials, contained in the District of Columbia Appro- priation Act, 1945, is continued available until June 30, 1946. Operating expenses, Water Division (payable from water fund): For all expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of the District of Columbia water distribution system; installing and repairing water meters on services to private residences and business places as may not be required to install meters under existing regu- lations, said meters to remain the property of the District of Columbia; 290 [59 STAT.
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