or all of the foregoing projects which would result in a total obliga- tion in excess of such $2,126,560. Purchase of school, For the purchase of sites as follows: Ptc. . 6s. In the vicinity of Ninth and C Streets Southeast, to provide an additional amount required for a site for a new junior high school to replace the present Hine Junior High School; In the vicinity of First and O Streets Northwest, for additional land required for an addition to the Armstrong High School; In the vicinity of the Randle Highlands School to permit the closing of R Street at Thirty-first Street Southeast; At the Garfield School, for the construction of a twelve-room ele- mentary school addition, including an assembly hall-gymnasium, and for playground purposes; In the vicinity of East Capitol Street and Benning Road Southeast, for the construction of a twenty-four-room elementary-school build- ing, including an assembly hall-gymnasium, and for playground pur- poses; In the vicinity of the old Dennison School site on S Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets Northwest, for the construction of a new senior high school, to replace the present Cardozo High School; Total or sites. In all, for sites, $250,000, to remain available until expended, and to be disbursed and accounted for as "Capital outlay, school building and playground sites, public schools, District of Columbia". Double salaries. Section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropria- U.S.C. . tion Act, approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply from Ante, p. 38. July to September 15, 1945, to teachers of the public schools of the District of Columbia when employed by any of the executive depart- ments or independent establishments of the United States Government. PUBLIC LIBRARY Acquisition of sites for branch libraries. Plans and specifica- tions. 58 Stat. 515 . 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 Wood- ridge; $679,000: 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 $50 at the first of each month, for the purchase of certain books, pamphlets, periodicals, or news- papers, or other printed material. For the acquisition of sites for branch libraries in Woodridge and in the vicinity of Georgia Avenue and Kennedy Street Northwest, to be approved by the board of library trustees and the Commissioners, $40,000, to remain available until expended. For the preparation of plans and specifications for construction of branch library buildings in Anacostia and Pleasant Plains, and for remodeling of existing structures at Takoma Park and Southeastern, $17,800. The appropriation of $55,000 in the District of Columbia Appro- priation Act, 1945, for the acquisition of sites for branch libraries in Brookland, Tenley, Benning, and Cleveland Park, is continued avail- able until expended. For completion of the first unit of the new central library building in square 491, $100,000. PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 209--JUNE 30, 1945 [59 STAT. 278
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