662 Furniture, etc . For designa ted schools . Mc Kinley Techn ical High. Completing equip- ment, etc . Contingent expenses, flags, etc . Proviso . No b ond for Ar my supplies to cadets . Supplies to pupils . Proviso. Exchanges . Kinde rgartens . School gardens . Natu re study, et c ., teachers . Supplies for physics, etc ., department s. Chil dren of Arm y, Nav y, etc., admitted free . Improving gr oun ds of new buildings . Unexpended balances available for . Vol . 43, pp . 1320,1233 ; Vol. 44, pp . 168, 433 . Repairs, etc ., to buildin gs and groun ds . SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I. Cii. 659. 1928. FURNITUR E For completely furnishing and equipping buildings and additions to buildings, as follows : Combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Whe at ley S ch ool , $3 ,00 0 ; eig ht-roo m addi tion, includ ing co mbinati on assembly hall and gymnasium, Morgan School, including repair, replacement, and extension of equipment of old building, $16,000 ; combination assembly hall and gymnasium, Takoma School, $3,000 ; in all, $22,000, to continue available until June 30, 1930 . For completing the furniture and equipment, including pianos and window shades and repair, remodeling, and refinishing of exis ting equipment, for the McKinley Technic al High School, $3 50,000 . For contingent expenses, including furniture and repairs of same, stationery, printing, ice, United States flags, paper towels, and other necessary items not otherwise provided for, and including not exceeding $3,000 for books of reference and periodicals, not exceeding $1,500 for replacement of pianos at an average cost of not to exceed $300 each, and not exceeding $5,000 for labor, $155,000 : Provided, That a bond shall not be required on account of military supplies or equipment issued by the War Department for military instruction and practice by the students of high schools in the District of Columbia . For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eight grades and for the necessary expenses of purchase, distribution, and pre servat ion of said textbo oks an d suppl ies, i ncludi ng nec essary labor not to exceed $1,000, $125,000 : Provided, That the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, in their discretion, are author- ized to exchange any badly damaged book for a new one, the new one to be similar in text to the old one when it was new . For maintenance of kindergartens, including not to exceed $3,000 for furnishing and equipping three additional kindergartens, $10,000 . For utensils, material, and labor, for establishment and mainte- nance of school gardens, $3,000 . The Board of Education is authorized to designate the months in which the ten salary payments now required by law shall be made to teachers assigned to the work of instruction in nature study and school gardens . For purchase of apparatus, fixtures, specimens, technical books, and for extending the equipment and for the maintenance of labora- tories of the departments of physics, chemistry, biology, and general science in the several high and junior high schools and normal sc hools, an d for the installa tion of t he same, 514,000 . The children of officers and men of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, and children of other employees of the United States stationed outside the District of Columbia shall be admitted to the public schools without payment of tuition . Not to exceed $100,000 of the unexpended balances of appropria- tions for buildings and grounds, public schools, contained in the s econd Defi cien cy Ac t fis cal y ear 1925, the Dist rict of Co lumb ia Ap propriati on Act fi scal year 1926, th e first Deficienc y Act fis cal year 1 926, and t he D istri ct of Colu mbia Appr opria tion Act fisca l ye ar 192 7, is hereby made availa ble un til Ju ne 30, 1929, for th e impr ove- me nt of gro unds surro undin g pu blic- schoo l bu ildin gs, c onstr ucte d un der ap propri ation for th e fisc al yea r 1927 and pr ior fi scal y ears, such work to be performed by day labor or otherwise in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia . For repairs and improvements to school buildings, repairing and renewing heating, plumbing, and ventilating apparatus, installation an d repair of electr ic lighti ng equipm ent, and installa tion of s anitary
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