PUBLIC LAWS-COH 555-JUNE 19, 1948 Prevention and de- tection of crime. 61 Stat. 314 . Maintenance of public order, etc., from Jan. 15 to Jan. 26, 1949. Ante, p. 286. Advances. of teletype system; travel expenses incurred in prevention and detec- tion of crime; expenses of attendance, without loss of pay or time, at specialized police training classes and pistol matches, including tuition and entrance fees; expenses of the police training 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 per- formance of duty; purchase of passenger motor vehicles; expenses of 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, or held as witnesses or held pending final investigation or examination, or otherwise; $6,232,000, 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 certifi- cate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended. For expenses necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to receive and entertain visiting dignitaries, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 11, 1947 (Public Law 180), $10,000. For all expenses necessary to enable the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from January 15 to January 26, 1949, in connection with inaugural ceremonies, including personal services without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; travel expenses of enforcement personnel from other jurisdictions; hire of means of transportation; meals for policemen; cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms; and construction, rent, main- tenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths; $37,100. The disbursing officer of the District of Columbia is authorized to advance to the Superintendent of Police upon the approval of the Commissioners, sums of money to be used in the prevention and detection of crime, the total of such advancements not to exceed $5,000 at any one time. FIRE DEPARTMENT For expenses necessary for the Fire Department, including pay and allowances; 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 of pas- senger motor vehicles; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $3,653,000: Provided,That the Commissioners, in their dis- cretion, may authorize the construction, in whole or in part, of fire- fighting apparatus in the Fire Department repair shop. Capital outlay, Fire Department: For an additional amount for the acquisition of sites for fire-engine houses in the vicinity of Forty- ninth and East Capitol Streets Southeast and in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Irving Streets Southeast and for the purchase of fire-alarm systems, $15,000, to remain available until expended. POLICEMEN'S AND FIREMEN'S RELIEF For policemen's and firemen's relief and other allowances as authorized by law, $2,500,000. [62 STAT.
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