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PUBLIC LAW 173-JULY 31, 1953
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Operation and maintenance of buildings, grounds and equipment: For expenses necessary for the operation, repair, maintenance and improvement of public school buildings, grounds and equipment; purchase of equipment including not to exceed $25,000 for the purchase and repair of musical instruments and related equipment; and operation, repair, maintenance and insurance of passenger-carrying motor vehicles, including Districtowned or borrowed passenger motor vehicles; $5,025,000. CAPITAL OUTLAY
Public school construction, sites and equipment: For the acquisition of sites; for plans and specifications for a new junior high school in the vicinity of Forty-second and Grant Streets Northeast, and the Van Ness Elementary School replacement, and for the construction of the following school buildings including building improvements and alterations, treatment of grounds, and the purchase of equipment: Douglass Junior High School (completion of third floor), elementary school in the vicinity of Fifty-sixth and East Capitol Streets, Northeast, elementary school in the vicinity of Stanton and Elvans Roads, Southeast, Syphax Elementary School addition, and Terrell Junior High School replacement (completion of fourth floor); to remain available until expended, $3,189,000, of which $217,419 shall be available for the use of the Municipal Architect and shall be credited to the appropriation account, "Office of Municipal Architect, construction services", and $800,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1954. Permanent improvement of public school buildings: For permanent improvements and alterations of public school buildings, including the purchase of equipment and the elimination of tire hazards, $124,000, to remain available until expended. Section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply from July 1 to August 29, 1953, 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.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY For expenses necessary for the operation of the Public Library, including extra services on Sundays and holidays; music records, sound recordings, and educational films; alterations, repairs; fitting up buildings; care of grounds; and rent of suitable quarters for branch libraries in Anacostia and Woodridge without reference to section 6 of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1945, $1,535,000.
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Capital outlay: For remodeling reading room and for completing renovations in basement. Central Library, $43,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation. RECREATION DEPARTMENT Operating expenses: For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of recreation facilities in and for the District of Columbia, $1,589,650. Capital outlay: For improvement of various recreation units, including erection of recreation structures, preparation of architectural and landscape architectural plans without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912 (40 U.S.C. 68), and reimbursement to the United
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