58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 300 -JUNE 28, 1944 At the Shaw Junior High School, to replace present playground space needed for building alterations; In the vicinity of the Amidon School, for the construction of a twenty-four-room elementary school building, including an assembly hall-gymnasium, for the replacement of the present Amidon, Fair- brother, and Greenleaf Schools; In the vicinity of First and Pierce Streets Northwest, for the con- struction of a junior high school to replace the present Terrell Junior High School, and for playground purposes; In all, for sites, $781,500, to remain available until expended. Hereafter, appropriations for the District of Columbia shall not be used for the maintenance of school in any building unless all outside doors thereto used as exits or entrances shall open outward and be kept unlocked every school day from one-half hour before until one-half hour after school hours. Section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply from July 1 to September 15, 1944, to teachers of the public schools of the District of Columbia when employed by any of the executive departments or independent establishments of the United States Government. Hereafter, 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. PUBLIC LIBRARY Operating expenses: For all expenses necessary for the operation of the Public Library, including personal services; extra services on Sundays and holidays; newspapers, books, periodicals, and other printed material, including payment in advance for subscription thereto; music records, sound recordings, and educational films; printing and binding; alterations, repairs; fitting up buildings; care of grounds; and rent of suitable quarters for branch libraries in Anacostia, Chevy Chase, and Woodridge; $740,000: Provided, That the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the librarian of the Public Library, upon requisition previously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia, not exceeding $25 at the first of each month, for the purchase of certain books, pamphlets, periodicals, or newspapers, or other printed material. Capital outlay: For the acquisition of sites for branch libraries in Brookland, Tenley, Benning, and Cleveland Park, to be approved by the board of library trustees and the Commissioners, $55,000: Provided, That the Commissioners are authorized to accept voluntary contribu- tions for part payment of the purchase price of the branch library site to be acquired in Cleveland Park: Provided further, That all right, title, claim, and interest in and to the said site shall be vested in the District of Columbia. Not to exceed $1,500 of the unexpended balances of the amounts made available by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1940, for the preparation of plans and specifications for the new central building of the Public Library of the District of Columbia shall remain available for the same purposes and under the same conditions and limitations until June 30, 1945. RECREATION DEPARTMENT Operating expenses: For all expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of recreation facilities in the District of Columbia, 515 Total. Exit, etc., require- ments. Double-salary re- striction, non -appli- cability. 39 Stat. 120. 5U.S.C. 85 Children f Army, Navy, etc., personnel Acquisition of site for branch libraries. Library building. construction. 53 Stat. 1011 .
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