63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 279-JUNE 29, 1949 Commissioners are hereby authorized to purchase and install a munici- pal asphalt plant including all auxiliary plant equipment to be paid for from this appropriation at a cost not to exceed $150,000. Capital outlay, Street and Bridge Divisions (payable from high- way fund): For expenses necessary for the grading, surfacing, pav- ing, repaving, widening, altering, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, including curbing and gutters, directional and pedestrian islands at various intersections to permit of proper traffic-light control and channelization of traffic, drainage structures, culverts, suitable connections to storm-water sewer system, retain- ing walls, replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, traffic lights, street lights, fire-alarm boxes, police-patrol boxes, and curb-line trees, when necessary, Federal-aid highway proj- ects under section 1 (b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, and highway structure projects financed wholly from the highway fund upon the approval of plans for such structures by the Commis- sioners; for carrying out the provisions of existing laws which author- ize the Commissioners to open, extend, straighten, or widen streets, avenues, roads, or highways, in accordance with the plan of the perma- nent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and alleys and minor streets, and for the establishment of building lines in the District of Columbia, including the procurement of chains of title; and for assessment and permit work, paving of roadways under the permit system, and construction of sidewalks and curbs around public reservations and municipal and United States buildings, including purchase or condemnation of streets, roads, and alleys, and of areas less than two hundred and fifty square feet at the intersection of streets, avenues, or roads in the District of Columbia, to be selected by the Commissioners, $5,125,000, to remain available until June 30, 1951: Provided, That appropriations contained in this Act for high- ways, sewers, Division of Sanitation, and the Water Division shall be available for snow removal when ordered by the Commissioners in writing: Provided further, That in connection with the purchase and installation of a municipal asphalt plant on District-owned property the Commissioners are authorized to make expenditures from this appropriation in an amount not exceeding $150,000 for the prepa- ration of the site, including the construction of sea walls, dock facil- ities, and a railroad siding: Providedfurther, That in connection with the highway-planning survey, involving surveys, plans, ellgineering, and economic investigations of projects for future construction in the District of Columbia, as provided for under section 10 of the Fed- eral Aid Highway Act of 1938, and in connection with the construc- tion of Federal-aid highway projects under section 1 (b) of said Act, and highway-structure projects financed wholly from the high- way fund, this appropriation shall be available for the employment of engineering or other professional services by contract or otherwise, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil-service and classification laws, and section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a), and for engineering and incidental expenses: Provided further, That this appropriation and the appropriation "Operating expenses, Street and Bridge Division. highway fund," shall be available for the construction and repair of pavements of street railways, in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Act (47 Stat. 752), and the proportion of the amount thus expended which under the terms of the said Act is required to be paid by the street- railway company shall be collected, upon the neglect or the refusal of such street-railway company to make such payment, from the said street-railway company in the manner provided by section 5 of the Act of June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appro- priation for the fiscal year in which it is collected: Providedfurther, 317 Municipal asphalt plant. 52 Stat. 633 . 23U.S. C. §41b. Snow removal. Municipal asphalt plant. 52 Stat. 636; 53 Stat. 1066. 52 Stnt. 633. 23 U.S.C. 41b. 41 U.9S. C. 5. Post, p. 403. 60 Stat. 810 . Pavements of street railways. D. C. Code § 7-604. 20 Stat. 106. D. C. Code§ 7-604 .
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