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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CH. 241. JUNE 14, 1935. Transfers forbidden . the value of a vehicle exchanged, exceeding $650 . No motor vehicles shall be transferred from the police or fire departments to any other branch of the government of the District of Columbia . Fire insurance pre- Appropriations in this Act shall not be used for the payment miums forbidd en . of premiums or other cost of fire insurance . Postage.
For postage for strictly official mail matter, including the rental of postage mete r equipment, $2 5,000 . Transportation .
The Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to furnish necessary transportation in connection with strictly official business of the District of Columbia by the purchase of street car and bus Provisos. fares from appropriations contained in this Act : Provided, That Limitation. the expenditures he rein authorized shall be so a pportioned as n ot Fire and police de- to exceed a total of 9,500 : Provided further, That the provisions partments excepted. of this paragraph shall not include the appropriations herein made for the fire and police departments . Judic ial expenses .
For judicial expenses, including witness fees, and expert services in District cases before the Supreme Court of said District, $1,350 : Provisos .
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authorized, when in their judgment such action be deemed in the U:S•cc'p.70so3. 733 . public intere st, to contr act for steno graphi c repo rting s ervice s with - out regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 41, sec . 5) under available appropriations contained in this Act : No court costs, etc ., Pro vid ed furt her, That neither the District of Columbia nor any in officer thereof acing in his official capacity for the District of Columbia shall be required to pay court costs to the clerk of the Supre me C ourt of the Dist rict of Colu mbia . General advertising . For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, $5,000
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Provided That this appropriation shall not be available for the a ontside advertising . ment of advertising in nespapers published outside of the District of C olum bia, not with stan ding the req uire ment for suc h ad vert isin g prov ided by exis ting law . Taxes in arrears .
For advert ising notice of tax es in arrear s July 1, 19 35, as requir ed Vol. 30, p. 250.
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s to be given by the Act of February 28, 1898, as amended, to be reim- bursed by a charge of 50 cents for each lot or piece of property Publication of del in- P blic
advertised, $8,000 : Provided, That this appro priation shall not be quent list. available for the payment of advertising te delinquent tax list for more than once a week for two weeks in the regular issue of one morning or one evening newspaper published in the District of Colum bia, not with stan ding the pro visi ons of e xist ing law . Employment se rvice .
EMPL OYM ENT SE RVI CE For personal servic es and miscella neous and cont ingent expenses required for maintaining a public employment service for the District of Columbia, $4,640 . Emergencyf und .
EMERG ENCY FOND Expenses ; restriction . To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire or storm, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided for, in the discretion of the Commissioners, Provi so .
$1,500 : Provided That the certificate of the Commissioners shall Voucherfor expenses . be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of not to exceed $1,000 for such investigations as they may deem necessary . Refund of erroneous collections . Payments author- ized . Vol. 36, p. 967. REFUND OF ER R ON E OU S COTJ,ECTIONS To enable the Commissioners, in any case where special assess- ment s, sch ool tu ition charges , paym ents f or los t libr ary boo ks, re nts, fees, or collections of any character have been erroneously covered
