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PUBLIC LAW 9 1 - J U N E 30, 1953
ing from the caption "Electrical Department" the proviso appearing in the paragraph designated "Lighting" and reading as follows: "Pr6>vided, That any association or corporation engaged in the manufacture and sale of gas for illuminating and fuel purposes in the District of Columbia, through its president or other duly authorized officer, shall make a sworn statement to Congress annually, on or before the first day of February in each year. Said report shall contain a detailed statement of the condition of the business of said association or corporation for the year ending December thirty-first next preceding, and such statebient shall set forth the actual cost and also present value of the property of such association or corporation used in the conduct of its business, the amount of paid up capital stock, the amount and character of the indebtedness of such association or corporation, the amount and cost of materials used in making gas, the amount of gas manufactured, the amount of gas sold, the average price per thousand cubic feet received for gas sold, the revenue from the sale of all by-products, the revenues from all other sources, the extensions and improvements made in the plant and works, the actual cost of the same, the amount expended for labor, the amount set aside for depreciation, the amount set apart for insurance and renewals, the amount paid out of earnings for betterments, the amount paid for betterments from other sources, the amount set aside and paid in interest and dividends, the surplus after paying the operating expenses and fixed charges, the statement of the operating expenses to be itemized and classified as is done by other public utility corporations, in the District of Columbia, the names of the stockholders and the amount of the stock held in such association or corporation by each of them on December thirty-first next preceding the date of such report." SEC. 4. That section 6 of an Act entitled "An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes", approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 676, 716, ch. 433) (D. C. Code, sec. 43-1207), is hereby repealed. SEC. 5. All charters, statutes. Acts and parts of Acts, laws, ordinances, and regulations inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this Act, but only so far as inconsistent herewith or repugnant hereto, are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved to the Congress. Approved June 30, 1953. P u b l i c Law 91
R a t e s for public buildings. Repeal of limitation. 40 USC 2 3.
Rights reserved.
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JOINT RESOLUTION June ft. J. Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1954, and for other _!: purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units in each branch of the Government— (a)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1953 and for which
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Temporary appropriations, 1954.
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