57 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 1sT SESS.-CH. 184 -JULY 1, 1943 To enable the Commissioners to carry out the provisions of existing law governing the collection and disposal of garbage, dead animals, night soil, and miscellaneous refuse and ashes in the District of Columbia, including inspection; fencing of public and private prop- erty designated by the Commissioners as public dumps; purchase including exchange of non-passenger-carrying motor vehicles; and incidental expenses, $1,453,400: 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. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT For personal services, $107,680. For general supplies repairs, new batteries and battery supplies, radio equipment, telephone rental and purchase, telephone service charges, wire and cable for extension of telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines and instruments, purchase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross arms, ice, record book, sta- tionery, extra labor, new boxes, maintenance of motortrucks, and other necessary items, $81,540. For placing wires of fire-alarm, police-patrol, and telephone serv- ices underground, extension and relocation of police-patrol and fire- alarm systems, purchase and installing additional cables, labor, mate- rial, appurtenances, and other necessary equipment and expenses, $64,500. Street lighting: For purchase, installation, and maintenance of public lamps, lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and public spaces, part cost of maintenance of airport and airway lights necessary for oper- ation of the air mail, and for all necessary expenses in connection therewith, including rental of storerooms, extra labor, operation, maintenance, and repair of motortrucks, this sum to be expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1912 (36 Stat. 1008- 1011, sec. 7), and with the provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1913 (37 Stat. 181-184, sec. 7), and other laws applicable thereto, $829,800: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment of rates for electric street lighting in excess of those authorized to be paid in the fiscal year 1927, and payment for electric current for new forms of street lighting shall not exceed 2 cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the payment on any contract required by law to be awarded through competitive bidding, which is not awarded to the lowest responsible bidder on specifications, and such specifica- tions shall be so drawn as to admit of fair competition. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPERATING EXPENSE8 General administration: For all salaries and expenses necessary for the general administration of the public school system of the District of Columbia, including printing and binding not to exceed $11,500, lawbooks, books of reference, and periodicals; postage for strictly official mail matter; allowances for privately owned auto- mobiles used for the performance of official duties within the Dis- trict of Columbia (not to exceed $264 per annum for each auto- 81077°-- 4 4 - -r . 1--21 321 Hotels, etc. Airport and airway lights. D.C . Code I 7-701 to 7-705 . Rates for electric street lighting. Award to lowest bidder.
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