62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 555 -JUNE 19, 1948 tion with the expense of design, construction, and inspection of grade-crossing elimination and other construction projects author- ized under section 8 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521), and section 1 (b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, pend- ing reimbursement to the District of Columbia by the Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency, reimbursement to be cred- ited to fund from which payment was made: Provided further, That the Commissioners are authorized to fix or alter the respective widths of sidewalks and roadways (including tree spaces and parking) of all highways that may be improved under appropriations contained in this Act: Provided further, That no appropriation in this Act shall be available for repairing, resurfacing, or paving any street, avenue, or roadway by private contract unless the specifications for such work shall be so prepared as to permit of fair and open com- petition in paving materials as well as in price: Provided further, That in addition to the provision of existing law requiring contrac- tors to keep new pavements in repair for a period of one year from the date of the completion of the work, the Commissioners shall further require that where repairs are necessary during the four years following the said one-year period, due to inferior work or defective materials, such repairs shall be made at the expense of the contractor, and the bond furnished by the contractor shall be liable for such expense. Department of Vehicles and Traffic (payable from highway fund): For expenses necessary for the Department of Vehicles and Traffic, including purchase, installation, modification, operation, and mainte- nance of electric traffic lights, signals, controls, markers, and directional signs; purchase of motor-vehicle identification number plates; installa- tion, operation, and maintenance of parking meters on the streets of the District of Columbia, $20,000 for traffic safety education without reference to any other law; $200 for membership in the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators; and for all expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Parking Facility Act of 1942, approved February 16, 1942 (56 Stat. 90), including personal services (except a director) and uniforms for motor vehicle inspectors; $844,700: Provided, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended for building, installing, and maintaining streetcar loading platforms and lights of tiny description employed to distinguish same, except that a permanent type of platform may be constructed from appropriations contained in this Act for street improvements when plans and locations thereof are approved by the Public Utilities Com- mission and the Director of Vehicles and Traffic: Provided further, That the street-railway company shall after construction maintain, mark, and light the same at its expense: Provided further, That fees from parking meters shall be deposited to the credit of the highway fund, except that the Commissioners are authorized and empowered to pay the purchase price and the cost of installation of new meters or devices from fees collected from such new meters or devices, which fees are hereby appropriated for such purpose for the fiscal year 1949, and thereafter such new meters or devices shall become the property of the Government of the District of Columbia and all fees collected from such new meters or devices shall be deposited to the credit of the highway fund: Providedfurther,That the Commissioners are author- ized and directed to designate, reserve, and properly mark appropriate and sufficient parking spaces on the streets adjacent to all public buildings in the District for the use of Members of Congress engaged on public business: Provided further, That the incumbent on July 1, 1944, of the authorized position of Registrar of Titles and Tags, whose duties shall be as prescribed in the District of Columbia Appropria- 553 23 U. S. C. §24a. 52 Stat. 633 . 23 U.S.C . § 41b. Widths of sidewalks and roadways. Open competition for street-improve- ment contracts. Liability for repairs. Parking meters. Traffic safety educa- tion. D. C. Code, Supp. VI, 1i 40-8()1 to 40-800 . Post, p. 665. Streetcar loading platforms. Fees from parking meters. Parking spaces for Members of Congress. Registrar of Titles and Tags.
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