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316 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 279-JUNE 29, 1949 [63 STAT. D. C. Code §§ -601 49 Stat. 105); such expenses to include two members of the plumbing Supp. VII, §5-603 el board at $150 per annum each; two members of the board of exam- seq. iners, steam engineers, at $300 per annum each (the inspector of boilers to serve without additional compensation); $6 per diem to each mem- ber of board of survey, other than the inspector of buildings, while actually employed in surveys of such dangerous and unsafe buildings; three members of board of special appeal; one member of motion- picture operators examining board at $300 per annum; and two mem- bers of electrical examining board at $300 per annum each; $670,600. Operating expenses, Electrical Division: For expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the District's communication systems, including rental, purchase, installation, and maintenance of telephone, telegraph, and radio services; and street lighting, includ- ing the installation and maintenance of public lamps, lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and public spaces, part cost and maintenance of airport and airway lights necessary for operation of the air mail to be expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1912 (36 Stat. 1008), and with the provisions of the District of Columbia toD. . Code § 7-701 Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1913 (37 Stat. 181), and other Rates for electric laws applicable thereto; $1,258,612: Provided, That this appropria- streetlighting. tion shall not be available for the payment of rates for electric street lighting in excess of those authorized to be paid in the fiscal year 1927, and payment for electric current for new forms of street lighting shall not exceed 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. Capital outlay, Electrical Division: For expenses necessary for placing underground, relocating, and extending the telephone, police- patrol, and fire-alarm cable and circuit distribution systems; install- ing and extending radio systems; and purchase of lampposts, street designations, and fixtures of all kinds; $181,400. Central garage: For expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, work cars, field wagons, ambulances, and busses and three chauffeurs for the Executive Office at $2,394 per annum each, $118,008. ise of motor ve - All motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles (including water- hicles. 7 craft) owned by the District of Columbia shall be operated and utilized in conformity with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 60Stat.810 . (5 U. S. C . 77, 78), and shall be under the direction and control of the Colllnissioners, who mlay from time to time alter or change the assignment for use thereof, or direct the alteration or interchangeable use of any of the same by officers and employees of the District, except Nonapplicability of as otherwise provided in this Act: Provided, That "official purposes" shall not apply to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and in cases of officers and employees, the character of whose duties make such transportation necessary, and then only as to such latter cases when the same is approved by the Commissioners. No motor vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia. Operating expenses, Street and Bridge Divisions (payable from highway fund): For operating expenses of the Street and Bridge Divisions, including operation, minor construction, maintenance. and repair of bridges; repairs to streets, avenues, roads. sidewalks, and alleys; reconditioning existing gravel streets and roads; and cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, cross walks, and gitters. in the discretion of the Commissioners; such expenses to include purchase of passenger motor vehicles, surveying instruments, implements and Snow removal. equipment used in this work; $1,972.000, of which amount $70.000 shall be exclusively for snow removal purposes: Provided, That the