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386 Collection of refu s e from h o t e l s, etc-

60 Stat. 519.

S e w a g e Treatment Plant.

PUBLIC LAW 4 5 3 - J U L Y 5, 1952

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highway fund for cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, and gutters, in the discretion of the Commissioners: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses of four or more apartments having a central heating system, or from any building or connected group of buildings operated as a rooming, boarding, or lodging house having a total of more than twenty-five rooms. Capital outlay. Division of Sanitation: For an additional amount for construction of proposed incinerator numbered 3, $300,000, of which $43,000 shall be available for the use of the Municipal Architect and shall be credited to the appropriation account, "Office of Municipal Architect, construction services", and the limit of cost for said incinerator, specified in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1948, is increased to $2,200,000. Operating expenses. Sewer Division, including cleaning and repairing sewers and basins; operation and maintenance of the sewage pumping service and sewage-treatment plant, including repairs to equipment, machinery, and structures; control and prevention of the spread of mosquitoes in the District of Columbia; and for contribution of the District of Columbia to the expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; $1,537,000. Capital outlay. Sewer Division: For construction of sewers and receiving basins; for assessment and permit work; for purchase or condemnation of rights-of-way for construction, maintenance, and repair of public sewers; for the preparation of surveys, plans, and specifications in connection with the construction of storm-water and relief sewers, $16,000; for beginning construction on aeration plant and secondary sedimentation tanks at the Sewage Treatment Plant, including $40,000 for preparation of plans and specifications, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended; and for completing construction on sludge drying and sewage chlorination facilities at the Sewage Treatment Plant, $270,000, to remain available until expended; in all, $4,096,000, of which $1,826,000 is to remain available until June 30, 1954, and $1,270,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1953. Operating expenses. Water Division (payable from water fund): For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of the District of Columbia water distribution system; installing and repairing water meters on services to private residences and business places as may not be required to install meters under existing regulations, said meters to remain the property of the District of Columbia; replacement of old mains, service pipes, and divide valves, and repair of reservoirs; water waste and leakage survey; such expenses to include purchase of passenger motor vehicles; purchase and replacement of uniforms for water meter inspectors; and refunding of water rents and other water charges erroneously paid in the District of Columbia, to be refunded in the manner prescribed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes; $2,423,000, to be available for such refunds of payments made within the present and past three years. Capital outlay. Water Division (payable from water fund): For extension of the District of Columbia water-distribution system; laying of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment system; laying mains in advance of paving and installing fire and public hydrants; constructing trunk water mains; and pumping facilities at the Anacostia pumping station; $1,330,000, of which not to exceed $547,000 for trunk water mains, and $150,000 for pumping facilities at the Anacostia pumping station shall remain available until expended.