WATER SERVICE The following sums are appropriated wholly out of the revenues of the water department for expenses of the Washington aqueduct and its appurtenances and for expenses for water department, namely: WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, maintenance and repair of Washington aqueducts and their accessories, including Dalecarlia, Georgetown, McMillan Park, first and second High Service Reservoirs, Washington aqueduct tunnel, the filtration plants, the pumping plants and the plant for the preliminary treatment of the water supply, ordinary repairs, grading, opening ditches, and other maintenance of Conduit Road, purchase, installation, and maintenance of water meters on Federal services; purchase, care, repair, and operation of vehicles, including the purchase and exchange of one passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a cost not to exceed $650; purchase and repair of rubber boots and protective apparel, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, $540,000, including $40,000 for emergency repairs caused by the floods of the Potomac River in March 1936 and April 1937----- Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary of War over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. For revenue and inspection and distribution branches: For personal services.. For the maintenance of the water department distribution system, including pumping stations and machinery, water mains, valves, fire and public hydrants, and all buildings and accessories, and motor trucks, and motor vehicles such as are now owned, and the replacement by purchase and exchange of the following motor-propelled vehicles: One two-passenger coupe and one five-passenger sedan at not to exceed $600 each; three station wagons at not to exceed $750 each; one truck at not to exceed $500; four trucks at not to exceed $750 each; one truck at not to exceed $800; one truck at not to exceed $3,300; and one special truck at not to exceed $3,500; and the purchase of the following additional motor vehicles: five trucks at not to exceed $750 each; purchase of fuel, oils, waste, and other materials, and the employment of all labor necessary for the proper execution of this work; and for contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, printing and binding not to exceed $2,500; postage, purchase of technical reference books and periodicals not to exceed $275, and other necessary items, $7,500; in all for maintenance, $367,800, of which not exceeding $5,000 shall be available for operation of pumps at Bryant Street pumping station upon interruption of service from Dalecarlia pumping station... For extension of the water department distribution system, laying of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment sys tem For installing and repairing water meters on services to private residences and business places as may not be required to install meters under existing regulations, as may be directed by the Commissioners; said meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia.._. For installing fire and public hydrants $540,000.00 179, 670.00 367, 800.00 300, 000. 00 220,000.00 22, 500.00 For replacement of old mains and divide valves in various locations, on account of inadequate size and bad condition of pipe on account of age, and laying mains in advance of pavements. The Treasurer of the United States is authorized to invest in United States securities for the account of the water fund of the District of Columbia such funds as may be determined by the Commissioners to be available for that purpose during the fiscal year 1938, and such funds are appropriated for this purpose from the revenues of the Water Department. For the construction of approximately seven thousand six hundred feet of thirty-six inch trunk line water main from the vicinity of First and L Streets Northwest to the vicinity of East Capitol and Second Streets, $171,000; for the construction of approximately three thousand and eighty feet of twenty-four, thirty, and fortyeight inch trunk water main in the vicinity of Washington Circle, including minor changes in present construction, $85,000; in all, $256,000, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the Water Department and to be disbursed and accounted for as "Mains, Water Department, District of Columbia", and for that purpose shall constitute one fund. For the refunding of water rents and other water charges erroneously paid in the District of Columbia, to be refunded in the manner prescribed by law for the refunding of erroneously paid taxes, $3,500: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for such refunds of payments made within the past two years. For expenses of a survey to determine the reproduction cost and historical cost of the water system of the District of Columbia, and the proper water rates to cover not only operating expenses but also depreciation reserve, including the employment of engineering or other professional services by contract or otherwise, without reference to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5), or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and such other expenses as may be approved by the Commissioners, $20,000, to be immediately available and to be payable from the water revenues of said District of Columbia___ [Total, Water Service, payable from water revenues, $2,044,470.] SEC. 2. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers, transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, water, street, street-cleaning, or road work, or construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners, and all such necessary expenditures for the proper execution of said work shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Commissioners in their Budget estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Provided, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $42,000 during the fiscal year 1938: Provided further, That, excluding inspectors in the sewer department and one inspector in the electrical department, no person shall be employed in pursuance of the authority contained in this paragraph for a longer period than nine months in the aggregate during the fiscal year. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for payment by the District of Columbia of its contributions as an employer, in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act (49 Stat., p. 946). $135,000.00 Indefinite 256, 000. 00 3,500.00 20,000.00 The Commissioners, or their duly designated representatives, are further authorized to employ temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, water, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings, and bridges, furniture and equipments, and any general or special engineering or construction or repair work, and to incur all necessary engineering and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, said laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pay for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and expenses incurred. SEC. 3. That all horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary for use in connection with construction and supervision of sewer, street, street lighting, road work, and street-cleaning work, including maintenance of said horses and harness, and maintenance and repair of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and supplies in connection therewith, or on construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations, may be purchased, hired, and maintained, and motor trucks may be hired exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations, when specifically and in writing ordered by the Commissioners; and all such expenditures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Commissioners in the Budget estimates shall report the number of horses, vehicles, and harness purchased, and horses and vehicles hired, and the sums paid for same, and out of what appropriation; and all horses owned or maintained by the District shall, so far as may be practicable, be provided for in stables owned or operated by said District: Provided, That such horses, horse-drawn vehicles, and carts as may be temporarily needed for hauling and excavating material in connection with works authorized by appropriations may be temporarily employed for such purposes under the conditions named in section 2 of this Act in relation to the employment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics. SEC. 4. That the Commissioners are authorized to employ in the execution of work, the cost of which is payable from the appropriation account created in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved April 27, 1904, and known as the miscellaneous trust-fund deposits; District of Columbia, necessary personal services, horses, carts, and wagons, and to hire therefor motor trucks when specifically and in writing authorized by the Commissioners, and to incur all necessary expenses incidental to carrying on such work and necessary for the proper execution thereof, including the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles for inspection and transportation purposes, such services and expenses to be paid from said appropriation account: Provided, That the Commissioners may delegate to their duly authorized representatives the employment under this section of laborers, mechanics, and artisans. SEC. 5. That the Commissioners and other responsible officials, in expending appropriations contained in this Act, so far as possible. shall purchase material, supplies, including food supplies and equipment, when needed and funds are available, in accordance with the regulations and schedules of the Procurement Division of the Treas ury Department or from various services of the Government of the 17994-37-6 United States possessing material, supplies, passenger-carrying and other motor vehicles, and equipment no longer required. Surplus articles purchased from the Government, if the same have not been used, shall be paid for at a reasonable price, not to exceed actual cost, and if the same have been used, at a reasonable price based upon length of usage. The various services of the Government of the United States are authorized to sell such surplus articles to the municipal government under the conditions specified, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to amend, alter, or repeal the Executive order of December 3, 1918, concerning the transfer of office materials, supplies, and equipment in the District of Columbia falling into disuse because of the cessation of war activities. SEC. 6. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for the payment of rental of quarters for any activity at a rate in excess of 90 per centum of the per annum rate paid by the District of Columbia for such quarters on June 30, 1933: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to leases made prior to the passage of this Act, except when renewals thereof are made hereafter: Provided further, That the appropriations or portions of appropriations unexpended by reason of the operation of this paragraph shall not be used for any purpose, but shall be impounded and deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. SEC. 7. No part of the appropriations contained in this Act shall be used to pay any increase in the salary of any officer or employee by reason of the reallocation of the position of such officer or employee to a higher grade after June 30, 1937, by the Civil Service Commission, and salaries paid accordingly shall be payment in full: Provided, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to the reallocation of positions where the salary is less than $2,600 per annum. SEC. 8. No part of this appropriation shall be available for any expense for or incident to the issuance of congressional tags except to those persons set out in the Act of December 19, 1932 (47 Stat. 750), including the Speaker and the Vice President. SEC. 9. Credit is allowed in the accounts of the District of Columbia for disbursements made from the permanent and indefinite appropriation "Refund of erroneously paid taxes, D. C.", amounting to $3,229.90, covered by audit numbers 33,568, 37,304, 45,549, 53,546, 63,399, and 70,165, and General Accounting Office Certificate Numbered F-5872-DC, dated July 24, 1933. Approved, June 29, 1937. Total, District of Columbia Appropriation Act---. NOTE-In addition to the appropriations for the fiscal year 1938, carried in the foregoing annual District of Columbia Appropriation Act, the following additional amounts are available for such fiscal year: Permanent and indefinite appropriations (p. 862). Grand total__ [In addition to the appropriations made in the foregoing District of Columbia Appropriation Act, contracts are authorized thereby to be entered into, subject to future appropriations, aggregating $2,224,650. For details, see p. 876.] $45,915,641.00 1, 845, 000, 00 24, 500.00 47, 785, 141.00 INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION ACT [PUBLIC NO. 171-75TH CONGRESS] [CHAPTER 396-1ST SESSION] [H. R. 4064] By the Act making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes, approved June 28, 1937 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, namely: EXECUTIVE OFFICE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT For compensation of the President of the United States__ OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Salaries: For personal services in the office of the President, including the Secretary to the President, and two additional secretaries to the president at $10,000 each; $133,680: Provided, That employees of the executive departments and other establishments of the executive branch of the Government may be detailed from time to time to the office of the President of the United States for such temporary assistance as may be deemed necessary-- Contingent expenses: For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery, record books, telegrams, telephones, books for library, furniture and carpets for offices, automobiles, expenses of garage, including labor, special services, and miscellaneous items to be expended in the discretion of the President. For printing and binding---. Traveling expenses: For traveling and official entertainment expenses of the President of the United States, to be expended in his discretion and accounted for on his certificate solely.. Total, Executive Office proper, $301,380. EXECUTIVE MANSION AND GROUNDS For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including electric power and fixtures of the Executive Mansion, the Executive Mansion greenhouses, including reconstruction, and the Executive Mansion grounds, and traveling expenses, to be expended as the President may determine, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, $193,098, of which $50,000 shall be immediately available--[For additional appropriation, see p. 346.] Total, Executive Office, $494,478. $75,000.00 15,000.00 133, 680.00 50,000,00 2,700.00 25,000.00 193,098.00 |