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PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 324-JULY 25, 1947 59 Stat. 277. 59 Stat. 643 . Total. Purchase of sites. Total. 58 Stat. 515. gymnasiums, contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1946 (Public Law 103, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session), is hereby rescinded; For continuing construction of a new elementary-school building, including an assembly hall-gymnasium, recreation facilities, and treatment of grounds, in the vicinity of Eleventh and G Streets Southeast, to replace the present Cranch and Tyler Schools, $300,000, and the contract authorization for said building specified in the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1946, is hereby increased to $670,000: Provided,That not to exceed $9,600 of the amount herein appropriated may be transferred to the credit of the appropriation account "Office of Municipal Architect, construction services", and be available for the preparation of plans and specifications for said building; For the preparation of preliminary sketches of gymnasiums and of a stadium and associated structures at Dunbar Senior High School, including the improvement of grounds for athletic purposes, $4,000, which amount may be credited to the appropriation account "Office of Municipal Architect, construction services"; For an additional amount for the construction of a seven-room addition on the third floor of the Anacostia Senior High School, including necessary remodeling of the present building, $33,750; In all, for construction, including preparation of plans and speci- fications, $3,219,230, to be immediately available as one fund and to remain available until expended, to be disbursed and accounted for as "Capital outlay, construction public schools, District of Columbia". For the purchase of sites as follows: In the vicinity of Ninth and C Streets Southeast, to provide addi- tional land required for a new junior high school to replace the present Hine Junior High School; In the vicinity of River Terrace Northeast, to provide for an eight-room elementary school, and for playground purposes; In the vicinity of Twenty-first and L Streets Northwest, to provide for a twenty-four-room elementary school, including an auditorium and physical education and recreation facilities, to replace the present Stevens Elementary School, and for playground purposes; At the Payne Elementary School to provide for an eight-room elementary-school addition, including an assembly hall-gymnasium and recreation facilities, and for school-playground purposes; At the Syphax Elementary School to provide for an eight-room elementary-school addition, and for school-playground purposes; In the vicinity of Third and L Streets Northwest, to provide for additional land needed for the construction of a twenty-four-room elementary-school building, including an auditorium and physical education and recreation facilities, to replace the present Walker and Jones Schools, and for school-playground purposes; In all, for sites, $450.000, to remain available until expended and to be disbursed and accounted for as "Capital outlay, school building and playground sites, District of Columbia". The appropriation for the purchase of a site in the vicinity of the Amidon School, for the construction of a twenty-four-room elementary school building, including an assembly hall-gymnasium, for the replacement of present Amidon, Fairbrother, and Greenleaf Schools, in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945, shall cease to be available for the purchase of a site at such location but is hereby made available for the purchase of a site in the vicinity of Sixth and G Streets Southwest, for the construction of an elementary school build- ing. including auditorium, lunchroom, physical education and recrea- tion facilities, and treatment of grounds, to replace the same three elementary schools.

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