DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Operating Expenses Department of General Administration For an additional amount for “Department of General Administration”, including purchase of two passenger motor vehicles, $308,990. office of corporation counsel For an additional amount for “Office of Corporation Counsel”, $3,600. department of occupations and professions For an additional amount for “Department of Occupations and Professions,” $3,200. 70 Stat. 691 regulatory agencies For an additional amount for “Regulatory agencies”, $21,800. public schools For an additional amount for “Public schools”, $155,000. For an additional amount, fiscal year 1956, for “Public schools”, for increased salaries for teachers and officers in the evening, and summer schools and for per diem educational employees in the regular day schools, to be effective on and after July 1, 1955, $155,000: Provided, That no retroactive compensation or salary shall be payable in the case of any individual not in the service of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date of approval of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid in the case of a deceased officer or employee, or of a retired officer or employee, for services rendered after the effective date of the increase. metropolitan police For an additional amount for “Metropolitan Police”, $758,100, of which $92,000 shall be payable from the highway fund, and $62,000 from the motor-vehicle parking fund, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1957. courts For an additional amount for “Courts”, $398,850. department of public health For an additional amount for “Department of Public Health”, $191,520. For an additional amount, fiscal year 1955, for “Department of Public Health”, $75,000. public welfare For an additional amount for “Department of Public Welfare”, $450,000. national guard For an additional amount for “National Guard”, including compensation to the commanding general at not to exceed $9,000 per annum, $9,000. The appropriation for the National Guard contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1956, shall be available for the payment, beginning January 1, 1956, of compensation to the commanding general at not to exceed $9,000 per annum. personal services, wage-scale employees For pay increases for wage-scale employees, to be transferred by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the appropriations and funds of said District for the fiscal year 1957, from which said employees are properly payable, $943,000, of which $134,500 shall be payable from the highway fund, $75,400 from the water fund, and $46,100 from the sanitary sawage works fund; said increases in compensation to be effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning after June 30, 1956: Provided, That no retroactive compensation or salary shall be payable in the case of any individual not in the service of the municipal government of the District of Columbia on the date 70 Stat. 692of approval of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid in the case of a deceased officer or employee, or of a retired officer or employee, for services rendered after the effective date of the increase. Capital Outlay public building construction For an additional amount for “Public building construction”, for acquisition of a site for repair shop and engine house No. 7, Fire Department; preparation of plans and specifications for rehabilitation of psychiatric building at District of Columbia General Hospital; erection of the following structures, including building improvement and alteration and the treatment of grounds: replacement of dormitory for resident physicians and interns at the District of Columbia General Hospital, Youth Correctional Center, industrial facilities at the Reformatory, and a detention unit, warehouse, two junior units, and staff housing at the Children’s Center; equipment for new buildings; survey of facilities of District of Columbia government hospitals, by contract or otherwise, as may be determined by the Commissioners; improvement of various recreation units, including preparation of architectural plans and erection of recreation structures without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912 (40 U. S. C. 68); and permanent improvement of buildings and grounds (including purchase and installation of furnishings and equipment, road construction, and elimination of fire hazards) of schools, firehouses, hospitals, correctional institutions, welfare institutions, and other District of Columbia buildings; to remain available until expended, $7,922,829, of which $2,110,500 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1957, and $100,180 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”. For an additional amount for public building construction projects included in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1956, to cover increased estimated costs of the following projects: nursery cottage at the Children’s Center, new operating suite District of Columbia General Hospital, Anacostia Senior High School addition, elementary school in the vicinity of Sixth Street and Riggs Road, Northeast, and Garfield Elementary School addition, to remain available until expended, $335,000, of which $210,000 shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1957. The Commissioners are authorized to construct on land owned by the District of Columbia at the Lorton Reformatory a warehouse building for the storage of materials at a cost of not to exceed $35,000, to be paid from the permanent revolving fund created by the Act of July 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 514). department of highways For an additional amount (payable from the highway fund) for “Capital outlay, Department of Highways”, for major improvements to the 11th Street Bridge, $140,000, to remain available until expended. 70 Stat. 693 department of sanitary engineering For an additional amount for “Capital outlay, Department of Sanitary Engineering”, to remain available until expended, $5,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be payable from the sanitary sewage works fund: Provided, That the amount payable from the sanitary sewage works fund and $1,500,000 of the amount payable from the general fund shall not become available for expenditure until July 1, 1957. Settlement of Claims and Suits For the payment of claims in excess of $250, approved by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 1929, as amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131), $22,281. Judgments For the payment of final judgments rendered against the District of Columbia, as set forth in House Document Numbered 424 (Eighty-fourth Congress), $13,461, together with such further sums as may be necessary to pay the interest at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum on such judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment. Audited Claims For an additional amount for the payment of claims, certified to be due by the accounting officers of the District of Columbia, under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or credited to the general fund of the District of Columbia as provided by law (D. C. Code, title 47, sec. 130a), being for the service of the fiscal year 1954 and prior fiscal years, as set forth in House Document Numbered 424 (Eighty-fourth Congress), $83,093, together with such further sums as may be necessary to pay the interest on audited claims for refunds at not exceeding 4 per centum per annum as provided by law (Act of July 10, 1952, 66 Stat. 546, sec. 14d). Division of Expenses The sums appropriated in this Act for the District of Columbia shall, unless otherwise specifically provided for, be paid out of the general fund of the District of Columbia, as defined in the District of Columbia Appropriation Acts for the fiscal years involved.