1234 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 477. 1925. €¤¤¤¤¤m¤**i¤*i°¤¤- None of the money appropriated by this Act shall be paid_ or obligated toward the construction of or addition to any building the whole and entire construction of which, exclusive of heating, lighting, and plumbing, shall not have been awarded in one or a single contract, separate and apart from any other contract, project, or undertaking, to the lowest bidder complying with all the legal r uirements as to a deposit of money or the execution of a bond, or
D ofbids biffli, for the faithful plerformance of the contract: Prqmldedyurther,
` That nothing herein s all be construed as reppaling existing aw giving the commissioners the right to reject all ids. R°¤*· °*°- For rent of school buildings and grounds, storage and stock rooms, $20 000. ` ,¤g°§(§”g;‘;flf;g;b*“‘d‘ Eor repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds ' and for repairing and renewing heating, plumbmg, and ventilating apparatus, and installation of sanitary drinking fountains in buildings not supplied with same and maintenance of motor trucks, $450,000, to be available immediately. scum p1¤n:m¤¤<1s· For maintenance and repair of one hundred school playgrounds now established, $4,500. _ ya¢_}é*S°i*i°¤¤'·*¤ S°h°°* For equipment, grading, and improving eight additional school p,,,,;_,,,_ yards for the purposes of play of pupils, $4,000: Provided, That such US°·°*°- playgrounds shall be kept o en for play purposes in accordance with the schedule maintainedp for playgrounds under the jurisdiction of the playground department. _RepMrs, ew., erm- For repau·, replacement, and extension of equipment, furniture, §§§,’§‘§§g§°§chE,‘f,°;§_’i°°° and furnishings, including pianos, to adapt for use as junior high ` schools, the old Eastern High School, $6,000; the Jefferson School, $4,000 the Randall School, $5,000; and the Powell School, $6,000; in all, .,21,000. unfigjg gg S;§)°;;°;;;;; The total cost of the sites and of the several and respective buildtions ings herein provided for, including heating, lighting, and plumbing, when completed upon plans and specifications to be made previously and approved, shall not exceed the several and respective sums of money erein respectively appropriated or authorized for such purposes, any provision in t is Act to the contrary notwithstanding. P¤¤¤¤¤¤**°¤ °* P‘¤¤S· The plans and specifications for all buildings provided for in this Act under appropriations administered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be prepared under the supervision of the municipal architect, and those for school buildings after consultation with the Board of Education, and shall be approved by the commissioners and shall be constructed in conformity thereto. mts *°¤¤i*°<’· The school buildings authorized and a propriated for herein shall _ be constructed with all doors intended tolbe used as exits or entrances w£d°°gcf° ¤P°¤ °“*· opening outward, and each of said buildings having an excess of ' eight rooms shall have at least four exits. Appropriations carried in this Act shall not be used for the maintenance of school in any building unless all outside doors thereto used as exits or entrances named dma, em shall open outward and be kept unlocked every school day from one-half hour before until one-half hour after school hours. Police. METROPOLITAN POLICE sananms sauna, emma, ae. For the pay and allowances of officers and members of the Metro- .4»u.vpJn, ms. politan po `ce force, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of the Metropolitan police force, the United States park police force, and the fire department of the District of Columia," including the present chief clerk of the police department, who
