62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 555-JUNE 19, 1948 injury to employees in certain employments in the District of Colum- bia, $110,000. District government employees' retirement: For financing of the liability of the government of the District of Columbia, created by the Act approved May 22, 1920, as amended (5 U. S . C . 707a), $2,032,000, which amount shall be placed to the credit of the "Civil service retire- ment and disability fund". 539 Retirement Act, contribution. 41 Stat. 614. REGULATORY AGENCIES For expenses necessary for agencies named under this general head: Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, including $1,000 for the pur- chase of samples, $89,400. Board of Parole, $59,400. Coroner's office, including juror fees, and repairs to the morgue, $48,300. Department of Insurance, $78,300. Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets, including main- tenance and repairs to markets, $2,500 for purchase of commodities and for personal services in connection with investigation and detec- tion of sales of short weight and measure, $145,200: Provided, That Advances. the Disbursing Officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Director of the Department of Weights, Measures, and Markets, upon requisition previously approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia, sums of money, not exceeding $200 at any one time, to be used exclusively in connection with investiga- tions and detection of short weights and measures. License bureau, $46,100. Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board, $61,600. Office of Administrator of Rent Control, $100,000. Office of Recorder of Deeds, $200,000. Poundmaster's office, including uniforms for dog catchers, $33,600. Public Utilities Commission, $129,000: Provided, That no appro- Meters i taxicabs priation in this Act shall be used for or in connection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforcement of any regulation or order of the Public Utilities Commission requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection with the licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except for operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and rates and regulations applica- ble thereto as shall have been prescribed by the Public Utilities Com- mission: Provided further, That the foregoing provision shall not be construed to prevent the Public Utilities Commission from holding a hearing upon any application that may be made for the installation of meters in taxicabs. Zoning Commission, $30,800. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPERATING EXPENSES General administration: For expenses necessary for the general administration of the public-school system of the District of Columbia, $582,000. General supervision and instruction: For expenses necessary for An p. a . supervision, instruction, and education in the teachers colleges and in the day, evening, and summer public schools of the District of Colum- bia, and the education of foreigners of all ages in the Americanization schools; including textbooks; and subsistence supplies for pupils attending the schools for crippled children; $13,764,500, of which $200,000 shall be immediately available.
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