Public Law 86–412

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

OPERATING EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the offices and agencies named under this general head: Executive Office Executive office, plus so much as may be necessary to compensate the Engineer Commissioner at a rate equal to each civilian member of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, hereafter in this Act referred to as the Commissioners; compensation and expenses of members of the Apprenticeship Council and the Redevelopment Land Agency; aid in support of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; general advertising in newspapers (including the District of Columbia Register) and legal periodicals in the District of Columbia but not elsewhere, unless the need for advertising outside the District of Columbia shall have been specifically approved by the Commissioners, including notices of public hearings, publication of orders and regulations, tax and school notices, and notices of changes in regulations; expenses of Youth Council, Board of Elections, Washington Metropolitan Regional Conference, Council on Human Relations, and expenses and honorariums for the Board of Appeals and Review; ceremony expenses; carrying out a comprehensive program for urban renewal and slum clearance, by contract or otherwise, as may be determined by the Commissioners; and expenses in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, flood, fire, or storm, and for expenses of investigations ; $599,260: Provided, That the certificate of the Commissioners shall be sufficient voucher for the expenditure of $12,500 of this appropriation for such purposes, exclusive of ceremony expenses, as they may deem necessary. Department of General Administration Department of General Administration, including District government employees’ compensation which shall be available for the advance payment of costs for enforcement of recoveries in third party cases; administrative expenses, workmen’s compensation, to be transferred to the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation for administration of the law providing compensation for disability or death resulting from injury to employees in certain employments in the District of Columbia; unemployment compensation for District government employees; rental of postage meters; and affiliation with the National Safety Council, Incorporated; $5,719,500, of which $230,000 shall be available for District of Columbia employees’ disability compensation and $83,000 shall be payable from the highway fund, $17,000 from the water fund, $3,000 from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $45,000 from the motor vehicle parking fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for advertising, for not more than once a week, for two weeks in the regular issue of one newspaper published in the District of Columbia, the list of all taxes on real property, water charges, sanitary sewer service charges, and all special assessments, together with penalties and costs, in arrears, the cost of such advertising to be reimbursed to the general fund by a charge to be fixed annually by the Commissioners for each lot or piece of property advertised: Provided further, That, for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real property in the District of Columbia, $5,000 of this appropriation shall be available for services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem. Office of Corporation Counsel Office of the Corporation Counsel, including extra compensation for the corporation counsel as general counsel of the Public Utilities Commission; $10,000 for the settlement of claims not in excess of $250 each in accordance with the Act of February 11, 1929 (45 Stat. 1160), as amended by the Act of June 5, 1930 (46 Stat. 500); and judicial expenses, including witness fees and expert services, in District of Columbia cases before the courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia; $798,500, of which $44,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. Regulatory Agencies Regulatory agencies, including juror fees, $1,629,000. Department of Occupations and Professions Department of Occupations and Professions, $342,000. Public Schools Public schools, including the education of foreigners of all ages in the Americanization schools; subsistence supplies for pupils enrolled in classes for crippled children; maintenance and instruction of deaf, mute, and blind children of the District of Columbia by contract entered into by the Commissioners upon recommendation by the Board of Education of the District of Columbia; transportation of children attending schools or classes established for severely handicapped pupils; distribution of surplus commodities and relief milk to public and charitable institutions, school lunch program for needy children attending elementary schools under rules and regulations to be determined by the Commissioners, and for the carrying out, under regulations to be prescribed by the Board of Education of a milk program for the schoolchildren of the District, including the purchase and distribution of milk under agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture; $524,900 for development of vocational education in the District of Columbia in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1936, as amended; for development of national defense education programs and for matching Federal grants under the National Defense Education Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1580); financing the liability of the government of the District of Columbia to the “Teachers’ retirement and annuity fund”; operation, repair, maintenance, and improvement of public school buildings, grounds, and equipment; purchase (one) and operation, repair, maintenance, and insurance of passenger-carrying motor vehicles; $49,232,700, of which $6,000 shall be available for the services of experts and consultants as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates not exceeding $50 per diem plus travel expenses for such individuals: Provided, That the compensation for summer school personnel may be charged to the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the pay periods end. Section 6 of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Act, approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply from July 1 to August 27, 1960, to teachers of the public schools of the District of Columbia when employed by any of the branches of the United States Government. Public Library Public Library, including recordings and educational films; repairs to buildings; and care of grounds; $2,688,000. Recreation Department Recreation Department, for operation and maintenance of recreation facilities in and for the District of Columbia, $2,855,600. Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Police, including the inspector in charge of the traffic division with the rank and pay of deputy chief; one captain who shall be assigned to the traffic division with the rank and pay of inspector; the lieutenants in command of the homicide squad, robbery squad, general assignment squad, special investigation squad, automobile squad, and check and fraud squad, with the rank and pay of captain while so assigned; the present acting sergeant in charge of police automobiles with the rank and pay of sergeant; the present lieutenant in charge of purchasing and accounts with the rank and pay of captain; not to exceed one detective in the salary grade of captain; civilian crossing guards including uniforms and equipment, at rates of pay and hours of employment to be fixed by the Commissioners: compensation of civilian trial board members at rates to be fixed by the commissioners; allowances for privately owned automobiles used by deputy chiefs and inspectors in the performance of official duties at $480 per annum for each automobile; relief and other allowances, a authorized by law, for policemen; rewards for fugitives; photographs rental, purchase, and maintenance of radio and teletype systems; expenses of attendance, without loss of pay or time, at pistol matches, including entrance fees; expenses of the police training school, including travel expenses of visiting lecturers or experts in criminology; expenses of traffic school; official equipment, including cleaning, alteration and repair of articles transferred from one individual to another, or damaged in the performance of duty; purchase of forty-one passenger motor vehicles including forty for replacement only for police-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year (but not in excess of $100 per vehicle above such limitation), and the maintenance of a suitable place for the reception 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; $23,517,000, of which amount $104,000 shall be payable 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. Additional Municipal Services, Inaugural Ceremonies Metropolitan Police (additional municipal services, inaugural ceremonies), including payment at basic salary rates for services performed by officers and members of the police and fire departments in excess of the regular tours of duty (but not to exceed a total of sixteen hours overtime pay to any individual officer or member performing service within such period) with such overtime earned by firemen chargeable to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Fire Department, $200,000. Fire Department Fire Department, including compensation of civilian trial board members at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; relief and other allowances, as authorized by law, for firemen; 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 four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; $10,940,000. Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs, $109,500. Office of Civil Defense Office of Civil Defense, $90,000: 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 Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization to the District of Columbia Office of Civil Defense for the purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies approved by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilizati on, when authorized by the Commissioners. Department or Vocational Rehabilitation Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, $300,000. Courts Courts, 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; employment of consulting physicians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; 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; $5,633,600: Provided, That this appropriation 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, 1948 (62 Stat. 235) : Provided further, 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, 1921 (41 Stat. 1312), shall be earned unless, prior to three days before the time set for such trials, including Sundays and legal holidays, a new date for trial be set by the court, cases be discontinued or settled, or demands for jury trials be waived. Department of Public Health Department of Public Health, including fees to physicians under contracts to be made by the Director of Public Health and approved by the Commissioners, care of alcoholics, manufacture of serum in indigent cases, allowances for privately owned automobiles used for the performance of official duties by dairy-farm inspectors at the rate of 8 cents per mile but not more than $1,250 per annum for each automobile, subsistence in lieu of salary for the full-time employment of persons for the purpose of securing training and experience in their future vocations; travel expenses and fees for visiting lecturers or experts in public health and related fields; compensation of consulting physicians and dentists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, compensation of convalescent patients to be employed in essential work and as an aid to their rehabilitation at rates and under conditions to be determined by the Commissioners (but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as conferring employee status on patients whose services are so utilized), not to exceed $1,000 for financial assistance for needy patients as determined by the Superintendent of Glenn Dale Hospital at rates established by the Commissioners, not to exceed $1,200 for fire prevention and protective services rendered to Glenn Dale Hospital under conditions to be determined by the Commissioners, training school for nurses, repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; reimbursement to the United States for services rendered to the District of Columbia by Freedmen’s Hospital; and for care and treatment of indigent patients in institutions, including those under sectarian control, under contracts to be made by the Director of Public Health; $36,910,473: Provided, That the inpatient rate under such contracts and for services rendered by Freedmen’s Hospital shall not exceed $25 per diem and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $4 per visit: Provided further, That amounts to be determined by the Commissioners may be expended for special services in detecting adulteration of drugs and foods, including candy and milk and other products and services subject to inspection by the Department of Public Health: Provided further, That employees using privately owned automobiles for the deportation of nonresident insane may be reimbursed as authorized by the Act of June 9, 1949 (63 Stat. 166), but not to exceed $900 for any one individual. Department of Corrections Department of Corrections, including subsistence of interns; compensation of consulting physicians, dentists, and other specialists at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners; attendance of guards at pistol and rifle matches; repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds; support, maintenance, and transportation of prisoners transferred from the District of Columbia; interment or transporting the remains of deceased prisoners to their relatives or friends in the United States; electrocutions; identifying, pursuing, recapturing (including rewards therefor), and returning to institutions, escaped inmates and parole and conditional-release violators; and returning released prisoners to their residences, or to such other place within the United States as may be authorized by the Director; and the furnishing of suitable clothing and, in the discretion of the Director, an amount of money not to exceed $30, regardless of length of sentence; $7,000,000. Department of Public Welfare Department of Public Welfare, including relief and rehabilitation of indigent residents, maintenance pending transportation of indigent persons, burial of indigent residents of the District of Columbia, temporary care of children while being transferred from place to place, care of women and children in institutions, including those under sectarian control, burial of children dying while beneficiaries under this appropriation, repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, maintenance of a suitable place of detention for children under eighteen years of age arrested by the police on charge of offense against any laws in force in the District of Columbia or committed to the guardianship of the Department of Public Welfare, or held as witnesses or held temporarily, or pending hearing, or otherwise, and male witnesses eighteen years of age or over shall be held at the District of Columbia General Hospital, subsistence in lieu of salary for employment of persons for the purpose of securing training and experience in their future vocations, supervision of students performing voluntary services for the purpose of obtaining training and experience in their future vocations, compensation of consulting physicians and veterinarians at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners, and care of boys committed to the National Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia under a contract to be made by the Commissioners or their designated agent with the Attorney General at a rate of not to exceed the actual cost for each boy committed, $19,145,000: Provided, That employees using privately owned automobiles for the transportation of indigent persons or the placing of children may be reimbursed as authorized by the Act of June 9, 1949 ( 63 Stat. 166), but not to exceed $900 for any one individual: Provided further, That when specifically authorized by the Commissioners this appropriation may be used for visiting any ward of the Department of Public Welfare placed outside of the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland. Department of Buildings and Grounds Department of Buildings and Grounds, including maintenance of public convenience stations, and $5,000 exclusively for test borings and soil investigations, $2,538,000, of which $30,000 shall be payable from the highway fund. Construction Services, Department of Buildings and Grounds All apportionments of appropriations for the use of the Department of Buildings and Grounds in payment of personal services, retirement costs of persons employed on construction work, and other expenses provided for by said appropriations shall be based on an amount not exceeding 6 per centum of appropriations for such construction projects, and appropriations specifically made in this Act for the preparation of plans and specifications shall be deducted from any allowances authorized under this paragraph: Provided, That reimbursements may be made to this fund from appropriations contained in this Act for services rendered other activities of the District government, without reference to fiscal-year limitations on such appropriations: Provided further, That this fund shall be available for advance planning subject to subsequent reimbursement from funds loaned by the Housing and Home Finance Agency under the provisions of the Act of October 13, 1949 (63 Stat. 841). Office of Surveyor Office of Surveyor, $205,000. Department of Licenses and Inspections Department of Licenses and Inspections, including the enforcement of the Act requiring the erection of fire escapes on certain buildings and the removal of dangerous or unsafe or insanitary buildings; compensation at rates to be fixed by the Commissioners of members of boards to survey unsafe structures and excavations; administration and enforcement of zoning regulations; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; maintenance and repairs to markets; purchase of commodities and for personal services in connection with investigation and detection of sales of short weight and measure; and to obtain evidence necessary for prosecution in connection with the business of pawnbrokers, mediums, secondhand dealers, and other businesses requiring a license; $2,465,000. Department of Highways and Traffic Department of Highways and Traffic, including minor construction of bridges; rental, purchase, installation, and maintenance of radio services; purchase of thirteen passenger motor vehicles including ten for replacement only; purchase of four driver-training vehicles, including two for replacement only; and purchase of ten driver-training vehicles from proceeds of sale of twelve similar vehicles; $8,441,000, of which $5,168,000 shall be payable from the highway fund: Provided, That the Commissioners are authorized and empowered to pay the purchase price and the cost of installation of new parking meters or devices from fees collected from such new meters or devices, which fees are hereby appropriated for such purposes. Department of Motor Vehicles Department of Motor Vehicles (payable from highway fund), including $61,000 for traffic safety education without reference to any other law, and $200 for membership in the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, $1,291,600. Motor Vehicle Parking Agency Motor Vehicle Parking Agency (payable from motor vehicle parking fund), including installation and maintenance of parking meters, $187,000. Department of Sanitary Engineering Department of Sanitary Engineering, including installing and repairing water meters on services to private residences and business places as may not be required to install meters under existing regulations (said meters to remain the property of the District of Columbia), installing and repairing water meters on services and connections from the District water supply system for the direct use of any federally owned property used and occupied by any department or agency of the Government of the United States situated in the District of Columbia, purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, purchase of radio equipment when approved by the Director of Highways, contribution of the District of Columbia to the expenses of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, repair and maintenance of plants, buildings, and grounds, and fencing of public and private property designated by the Commissioners as public dumps; $15,860,000, of which $150,000 shall be payable from the highway fund for cleaning snow and ice from streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, and gutters, in the discretion of the Commissioners, $3,720,000 shall be payable from the water fund, and $3,291,000 shall be payable from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscellaneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment houses of four or more apartments having a central heating system, or from any building or connected group of buildings operated as a rooming, boarding, or lodging house having a total of more than twenty-five rooms. Washington Aqueduct Washington Aqueduct (payable from the water fund), for the operation, maintenance, repair, and protection of Washington water supply facilities and their accessories and maintenance of MacArthur Boulevard; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; and fluoridation of water; $2,616,000: Provided, That transfer of appropriations for operating expenses and capital outlay may lie made between the Department of Sanitary Engineering of the District of Columbia and the Washington Aqueduct upon mutual agreement of the Commissioners and the Secretary of the Army. Nothing herein shall be construed as affecting the superintendence and control of the Secretary of the Army over the Washington Aqueduct, its rights, appurtenances, and fixtures connected with the same, and over appropriations and expenditures therefor as now provided by law. National Guard National Guard of the District of Columbia, including compensation to the commanding general at not to exceed $13,300 per annum; attendance at meetings of associations pertaining to the National Guard; expenses of camps, and for the payment of commutation of subsistence for enlisted men who may be detailed to guard or move the United States property at home stations on days immediately preceding and immediately following the annual encampment; reimbursement to the United States for loss of property for which the District of Columbia may be held responsible; cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipment; instruction, purchase, and maintenance of athletic, gynmastic, and recreational equipment at armory or field encampments; practice marches, drills, and parades; rents of armories, drill halls, and storehouses; advertising incident to recruiting; care and repair of armories, offices, storehouses, and machinery; alterations and additions to present structures; and construction of buildings for storage and other purposes; $172,700. National Capital Parks National Capital Parks, including maintenance, care, and improvement of public parks, grounds, fountains, and reservations, propagating gardens and greenhouses, and the tourists’ camp on its present site in East Potomac Park under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service; placing and maintaining portions of the parks in condition for outdoor sports, erection of stands, furnishing and placing of chairs, and services incident thereto in connection with national patriotic, civic, and recreational functions held in the parks, including the President’s Cup Regatta, and expenses incident to the conducting of band concerts in the parks: such expenses to include pay and allowances of the United States Park Police force; per diem employees at rates of pay approved by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding current rates of pay for similar employment in the District of Columbia; uniforming and equipping the United States Park Police force; the purchase, issue, operation, maintenance, repair, exchange, and storage of revolvers, uniforms, ammunition, and radio equipment and the rental of teletype service; the purchase of bicycles, motorcycles, and self-propelled machinery; the hire of draft animals, with or without drivers at local rates approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and the purchase and maintenance of draft animals, harness, and wagons; $3,260,000, of which $25,000 shall be payable from the highway fund: Provided. That not to exceed $15,000 of the amount herein appropriated may be expended for the erection of minor auxiliary structures: Provided further, That funds appropriated under or transferred to this head for services rendered by the National Park Service shall be advanced to said Service and shall be credited as a repayment and maintained in a special account. The amounts so advanced will be available for the objects specified herein or in the appropriation from which such funds are transferred, any unexpended balance to be returned to the appropriation concerned not later than two full fiscal years after the close of the current fiscal year. National Zoological Park National Zoological Park, including erecting and repairing buildings: care and improvement of grounds; travel, including travel for the procurement of live specimens; purchase, care, and transportation of specimens; revolvers and ammunition; and purchase of uniforms and equipment for police, and uniforms for keepers and assistant keepers; $1,250,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head shall be advanced to the National Zoological Park and shall be credited as a repayment and maintained in a special account. The amounts so advanced will be available for the objects herein specified, any unexpended balance to be returned to this appropriation not later than two full fiscal years after the close of the current fiscal year. CAPITAL OUTLAY District Debt Service For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compliance with section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as amended, the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, the Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235), and section 108 of the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 103), including interest as required thereby, $1,577,000, of which $711,000 shall be payable from the water fund. Capital Outlay, Public Building Construction For construction projects as authorized by the Act of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), including preparation of plans and specifications for the following buildings: junior high school in the vicinity of South Dakota Avenue and Hamilton Street Northeast, elementary school in the vicinity of Fourth and W Streets Northwest, Benning Branch Library, replacement of dormitories and laundry addition at the District of Columbia Village, children’s cottages at the Junior Village, and a chapel at the Cedar Knoll School; erection of the following structures, including building improvement and alteration and the treatment of grounds: Barnard Elementary School addition, elementary school in the vicinity of Twelfth and E Streets Southeast, elementary school in the vicinity of Fourth and W Streets Northwest, Benning branch library, and infirmary and admissions building at the Junior Village; equipment for new buildings; improvement of various recreation units, preparation of architectural plans, and erection of recreation structures without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912 (40 U.S.C. 68); $200,000 for purchase of equipment for new school buildings; and permanent improvement of buildings and grounds (including purchase and installation of furnishings and equipment, and elimination of fire hazards) of schools, firehouses, hospitals, welfare institutions, and other District of Columbia and National Zoological Park buildings; to remain available until expended, $5,773,000, of which $1,400,000, shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1961, and $625,000 shall be available for construction services by the Director of Buildings and Grounds or by contract for architectural engineering services, as may be determined by the Commissioners, and the funds for the use of the Director of Buildings and Grounds shall be advanced to the appropriation account, “Construction services, Department of Buildings and Grounds”: Provided, That not to exceed $523,000 of funds heretofore appropriated under the heading “Capital Outlay, Public Building Construction,” in the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957, shall be available for the preparation of plans and specifications and erection of a structure to replace the dormitory for resident physicians and interns at the District of Columbia General Hospital: Provided further, That not to exceed $825,000 of funds heretofore appropriated under the heading “Capital Outlay, Public Building Construction, 1956,” shall be available for the preparation of plans and specifications for the consolidation and expansion of structures at the District of Columbia General Hospital. Capital Outlay, Department of Highways and Traffic For construction projects as authorized by the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 Stat 110), and the Act of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), including expenses necessary for the grading, surfacing, paving, repaving, widening, altering, purchase and installation of traffic lights, and otherwise improving streets, avenues, roads, and alleys, including curbing and gutters, directional and pedestrian islands at various intersections to permit proper traffic light control and channelization of traffic, drainage structures, culverts, suitable connections to storm water sewer system, retaining walls, replacement and relocation of sewers, water mains, fire hydrants, traffic lights, street lights, firealarm boxes, police-patrol boxes, and curb-line trees, when necessary, Federal-aid highway projects under section 1(b) of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938, and highway structure projects financed wholly from the highway fund upon the approval of plans for such structures by the Commissioners; for canning out the provisions of existing laws which authorize the Commissioners to open, extend, straighten, or widen streets, avenues, roads, or highways in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and alleys and minor streets, and for the establishment of building lines in the District of Columbia, including the procurement of chains of title; and for assessment and permit work, paving of roadways under the permit system, and construction of sidewalks and curbs around public reservations and municipal and United States buildings, including purchase or condemnation of streets, roads, and alleys, and of areas less than two hundred and fifty feet square at the intersection of streets, avenues, or roads in the District or Columbia, to be selected by the Commissioners; placing underground, relocating, and extending the telephone, police-patrol and fire-alarm cable and circuit distribution systems; installing and extending radio systems: and purchase of lampposts, street designations, and fixtures of all kinds; to remain available until expended, $13,100,000, of which $12,493,000 shall be payable from the highway fund: Provided, That the Commissioners are hereby authorized to purchase and install a municipal asphalt plant on District-owned property including all auxiliary plant equipment and preparation of site, construction of seawalls, dock facilities, and a railroad siding to be paid for from this appropriation: Provided further, That this appropriation and the appropriation “Operating expenses, Department of Highways and Traffic” shall be available for the employment of engineering or other professional services by contract or otherwise, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes and the civil-service and classification laws, and section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and for engineering and incidental expenses: Provided further, That appropriations for the Department of Highways and Traffic of the District of Columbia shall be available for the construction and repair of pavements of street railways, in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Act (47 Stat. 752), and the proportion of the amount thus expended which under the terms of the said Act is required to be paid by the street-railway company shall be collected, upon the neglect or the refusal of such street-railway company to make such payment, from the said street-railway company in the manner provided by section 5 of the Act of June 11, 1878, and shall be deposited to the credit of the highway fund: Provided further, That in connection with projects to be undertaken as Federal-aid projects under the provisions of the Federal Aid Highway Act of December 20, 1944, as amended, the Commissioners are authorized to enter into contract or contracts for those projects in such amounts as shall be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce: Provided further, That the Commissioners are hereby 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, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of said Acts, and this appropriation may be used for payment to contractors and other expenses in connection with the expenses of surveys, design, construction, and inspection pending reimbursement to the District of Columbia by the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, or other parties participating in such projects, reimbursement to be credited to the appropriation from which payment was made: Provided further, That the Commissioners are authorized to fix or alter the respective widths of sidewalks and roadways (including tree spaces and parking) of all highways that may be improved under appropriations for the District of Columbia: Provided further. That no appropriation in this Act for the District of Columbia shall be available for repairing, resurfacing, or paving any street, avenue, or roadway by private contract unless the specifications for such work shall be so prepared as to permit of fair and open competition: Provided further, That appropriations for the Department of Highways and Traffic of the District of Columbia shall be available for advance payments to Federal agencies for work to be performed, when ordered by the Commissioners, subject to subsequent adjustment : Provided further, That no part of any appropriation for the District of Columbia shall be expended for building, installing, and maintaining streetcar loading platforms and lights of any description employed to distinguish same, except that a permanent type of platform may be constructed from appropriations for street improvements when plans and locations thereof are approved by the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Highways and Traffic and the street-railway company shall after construction maintain, mark, and light the same at its expense. Capital Outlay, Department of Sanitary Engineering For construction projects as authorized by the Act of April 22, 1904 (33 Stat. 244), the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105), and the Act of June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), including remodeling of “O” Street incinerator, including treatment of grounds; construction of sewers and extension of the District of Columbia water-distribution system; assessment and permit work; purchase or condemnation of lands and rights-of-way for construction, maintenance, and repair of sewers and water mains; continuing construction on aeration plant and secondary sedimentation tanks, reconstruction, enlargement, rehabilitation, major repair and replacement of grit removal, sludge digestion, heating and other existing equipment and facilities: rehabilitation and replacement of screening and flow control facilities at the main sewerage pumping station; laying water mains and sewers in advance of paving and installing fire and public hydrants; constructing trunk water mains; to remain available until expended, $12,900,000, of which $1,200,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1961, and $4,720,000, shall be payable during the current fiscal year, and $2,100,000 shall be payable after July 1, 1961, from the sanitary sewage works fund, and $1,171,000 shall be payable during the current fiscal year from the water fund: Provided, That $21,000 shall be available for the director of buildings and grounds and shall be advanced to the appropriation account “Construction services, Department of Buildings and Grounds”: Provided further, That this appropriation and the appropriation “Operating expenses, Department of Sanitary Engineering” shall be available for the employment of engineering or other professional services by contract or otherwise, and for engineering and incidental expenses. Capital Outlay, Washington Aqueduct For miscellaneous betterments, replacements, and engineering planning of water supply facilities, including continuing raw-water conduit rehabilitation, utility relocations, and plant system rearrangements and interconnections; acquisition by gift, exchange, purchase, or condemnation of supplementary land; and for developing increased water supply for the District of Columbia and environs in accordance with House Document 480, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session; and necessary expenses incident thereto; including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), but at rates for individual consultants not in excess of $75 per diem; to remain available until expended, $50,000 (payable from water fund). Capital Outlay, Motor Vehicle Parking Agency For construction projects as authorized by the Act of February 16, 1942 (56 Stat. 91), and the Act of August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686), including the acquisition of sites, grading, surfacing, and erection of structures incident to the construction of off-street parking facilities; widening and channelizing streets in the vicinity of off-street parking facilities and to relieve traffic congestion caused by a lack of parking facilities; and surveys of parking conditions by contract or otherwise as may be determined by the Commissioners; to remain available until expended, $74,000 (payable from motor vehicle parking fund).

Approved April 8, 1960.