872 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 234. 1920. d;Yc;;¢;{*;¤*°¤*¤*°S*· For installing water meters on services to Elprivate residences and ’ business places as may not be re%u1red to inst meters under existing rpiagulations, as may be directed y the commissioners; said meters at times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $20,000. Hr<1r¤¤¤¤»¤t¢- For installipg fire and public hydrants, machinery, and appurtenances reqrpvhir for necessary extensions, $40,000. _ uI&¤;¤¤r819:i<>¤g0 Sec. 2. at the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers, sioners. _ transitmen, rodmen, chmnmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and ,,,§f°,{{§f"‘§“,,;,,,,‘,§‘,f,',§@ inspectors temporarily reqlpired in connection with sewer, street, ¤¤¤p1¤y¤•i· street cleaning or roa wor , or construction and repair of buildings and brid es, or any general or special engineering or construction work autliorized 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 pro er execution of said work shall be paid from and e uitably chargedp against the sums appropriated for said work; and tilie commissioners in their annual estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work,_and the sums §__°Qf,‘g’f’· paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Promdgzd, That the expenditures hereunder shall not exceed $100,000 during the fiscal ear 1921. ,,§°mP°"'Y *°"°'°"· y 'l‘he commissioners are further authorized to employ} temporarily such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mec anics as may be required exclusively in connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and rielpair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipments, or any gener or special engineering or construction or repair work, and to incur all necessary eniglineermg and other expenses, exclusive of personal services, incident to carry` on suc work and necessary for the roper execution thereof, saidllaborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostiiers, and mechanics to be employed to perform such work as may not be required by law to be done under contract, and to pa_y for such services and expenses from the appropriations under which such services are rendered and _ ex nses incurred. §g',§g'f“g§{$,?$,§§‘; giizc. 3. That all horses, harness, horse-drawn vehicles necessary for {ron; Commissioners use m connection with construction and supervision of sewer, street, °” “°‘“g‘ street lightmg, road work, and street-cleaning work, mcluding maintenance 0% said horses and harness, and maintenance and re air of said vehicles, and purchase of all necessary articles and su plies in connection therewith, or on construction and repair of iiuildings 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 slpeciiicall and in writing ordered by the commissioners; and all suc expencgtures necessary for the proper execution of said work, exclusive of personal services, shall be paid from and eckuitably charged against the sums appropriated for said “°¥’°"· °‘°· work; and the commissioners in the annual 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, PWM so far as may beIp_racticab1e, be provided for in stables owned or Temporary work on operated by said istnct: Promded, That such horses, horse-drawn °"°’“"“°‘“‘ vehicles, and carts as may betemporarily 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 employ- ment of laborers, skilled laborers, and mechanics.
Befgvvtiigsgg Sec. 4. That the services of assistant engineers, draftsmen, levelers,
men,et:‘j£{ts=imp0rari1y rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, and inspectors temporarily °m”l°Y ‘ required in connection with watendepartnient work authorized by
