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PUBLIC LAW 93-140-OCT. 26, 1973
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S X O W AND I C E REMOVAL
SEC. 14. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriations for the Department of Highways and Traffic and the Department of Environmental Services of the government of the District of Columbia shall be available for purposes of snow and ice removal when so ordered by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. FEDERAL-AID H I G H W A Y
PROJECTS
SEC. 15. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized contract auto enter into contracts in connection with projects undertaken as Fed- * °"*^" eral-aid highway projects under the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944 in such amounts as shall be approved by the ^^ Stat. 838. Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation. GRADE-CROSSING E L I M I N A T I O N
PROJECTS
SEC. 16. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to construct grade-crossing elimination and other wholly District construction projects or those authorized under section 8 of the Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat. 1521), and section 1(b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, in accordance with the provisions of such Acts. Pursuant to this authority, the Commissioner may make payment to contractors and payment for other expenses in connection with the costs of surveys, design, construction, and inspection pending reimbursement to the District of Columbia by the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, or other parties participating in such projects. CIVIL D E F E N S E M A T C H I N G
52 Stat. 633.
FUNDS
SEC. 17. Section 3(h) of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the District of Columbia government to establish an Office of Civil Defense, and for other purposes", approved August 11, 1950 (D.C. Code, sec. 6-1203 (h)), is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and, when authorized by the Commissioner, appropriations available to the District of Columbia may be used to match financial contributions made by any department or agency of the United States to the government of the District for the purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies;". ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR W A S H I N G TO N
^^ Stat. 439.
AQUEDUCT
SEC. 18. Appropriations are hereby authorized for the acquisition, by gift, dedication, exchange, purchase, or condemnation, of land or rights in or on land or easements therein for the Washington aqueduct by the Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, or his designated agents. ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES OF W O R K M E N ' S
COMPENSATION
LAW
SEC. 19. The Act entitled "An Act to provide compensation for disability or death resulting from injury to employees in certain employments in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved May 17, 1928 (D.C. Code. secs. 36-501, 502), is amended by renum- g/^tJI^^gg^g""' bering section 3 as section 4 and by inserting the following new section immediately after section 2: "SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
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