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as witnesses or held pending final investigation or examination, or otherwise; $12,808,000, of which amount $1,692,000 shall be payable from the highway fund and $40,300 from the motor vehicle parking fund, and $35,000 shall be exclusively available for expenditure by the Chief of Police for prevention and detection of crime, under his certificate, approved by the Commissioners and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended. F I R E DEPARTMENT
Fire Department, including pay and allowances; compensation of civilian trial board members at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; 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 and maintenance of radio equipment; purchase of passenger motor vehicles; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $6,257,900: Provided, That the Commissioners in their discretion may authorize the construction, in whole or in part, of fire-fighting apparatus in the Fire Department repair shop. VETERANS SERVICE CENTER
Veterans services, $92,200. O r n C E OF C IV I L D E F E N S E
Office of Civil Defense, including personal services without reference to the civil service laws as related to recruitment, and purchase of passenger motor vehicles, $75,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 of any funds from appropriations available to the District of Columbia may be used to match financial contributions from the Federal Civil Defense Administration to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the purchase of civil defense etjuipment and supplies approved by the Federal Civil Defense Administration, when authorized by the Commissioners. DEPARTMENT OP VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, including rent of suitable quarters, $140,000. COURTS
Courts, including the Juvenile Court, the Municipal Court, the Municipal Court of Appeals, and the District of Cohimbia Tax Court, including pay of retired judges; lodging and meals for jurors, bailiffs, and deputy United States marshals while in attendance upon jurors, when ordered by the courts; meals for prisoners; and reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by the Judiciary, General Services Administration, and the Department of Justice; $3,369,674, of which $20,000 shall be available for payment to the United States Public Health Service for furnishing psychiatric service to the Juvenile Court, including the detail of necessary medical and other personnel, and $250,000 shall be available for advances on reimbursement to the General Services Administration for one-half of the cost of operation, maintenance, and repair of the Federal Courts Building, as provided in the Act of May 14, 105*. ^' ^°**' " • 1^48 (62 Stat. 235): Provided, That deposits made on demands for jury trials in accordance with rules prescribed by the Municipal Court under authority granted in section 11 of the Act approved March 3, 72^- c. Code 11- ^0)21 (41 Stat. 1312), shall be earned unless, prior to three days before
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