PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 300-JUNE 28,1944 56 Stat. 261 . D. 0. Code, SBpp. , 18-211. Prevention and de- teion of crime. Maintenance of or- der etc., from Jan. 15 Jan. 28 , 195. including personal services; books of reference, newspapers, and periodicals; and printing and binding; $600,000. Capital outlay: For improvement of various municipal playgrounds and recreation centers, including erection of shelter houses, and prep- aration of architectural and landscaping plans, $77,300. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the superintendent of recreation, upon requisitions pre- viously approved by the auditor of the District of Columbia and upon such security as the Commissioners may require of said superintendent, sums of money not exceeding $500 at one time to be used for the expense of conducting its activities under the trust fund created by the Act of April 29, 1942, all such expenditures to be accounted for to the accounting officers of the District of Columbia within one month on itemized vouchers properly approved. METROPOLITAN POLICE For all expenses necessary for the Metropolitan Police, including pay and allowances and other personal services; the present property clerk with the rank and pay of inspector; the present acting sergeant in charge of police automobiles with the rank and pay of sergeant; the present acting sergeant in charge of the police radio station with the rank and pay of lieutenant; the present private in charge of purchasing and accounts with the rank and pay of sergeant; corporals at $2,600 per annum each; not to exceed four detectives in the salary grade of captain; meals for prisoners; rewards for fugitives; medals of award; books of reference, periodicals, newspapers, and photographs; printing and binding; rental and maintenance of tele- type system; travel expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime; $3,000 for expenses of attendance, without loss of pay or time, at specialized police training classes and pistol matches, includ- ing tuition and entrance fees; $2,500 for expenses of the police train- ing school, including travel expenses of visiting lecturers or experts in criminology; police equipment and repairs to same; insignia of office, uniforms, and other official equipment, including cleaning, alteration, and repair of articles transferred from one individual to another, or damaged in the performance of duty; purchase, exchange and maintenance of passenger-carrying motor vehicles; expenses o harbor patrol; and the maintenance of a suitable place for the recep- tion and detention of girls and women over seventeen years of age, arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia, orheld as witnesses or held pending final investigation or examination, or otherwise; $4,605,000, of which amount $16,000 shall be exclusively available for expenditure by the Superintendent of Police for prevention and detection of crime, under his certificate, approved by the Commissioners, and every such certif- icate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended. For all expenses necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from January 15 to January 26 1945 including personal services without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; travel expenses of enforcement personnel from other jurisdictions; hire of means i)f transportation; cost of remov- ing and relocating streetcar loading platforms; construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths; $34^300. [58 STAT.
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