SIXTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cr:. 302. 1924. 555 The salaries appropriated herein for teachers and librarians in all “°l"*°¤ *9 ”°¤ °* classes during the fiscal year 1925 shall be in lieu of the present basic prYXS°nil¢ii>iBl3i¤vii°y` or initial salaries for such classes, and the present rates of longevity increases of pay for the said classes shall apply to the basic or initial P . salaries appropriated herein: Provided, That for the year ending .di°.i”ii’i'6¤»1 mr ami June 30, 1925, each of the teachers and librarians in said classes shall ’°“"”°" receive placing in the class to which assi ned so that each teacher or librarian shall receive in addition to the basic salary herein provided a longevity increase which shall be equal to the longevity increase which is next above that received June 30, 1924. No part of any appropriation made in this Act shall be paid to any ,,§:S“g*{ci¤¤pm°h'g,§§,jf‘dV person employed under or in connection with the public schools of " ` the District of Columbia who shall solicit or receive, or permit to be solicited or received, on any lpublic-school premises, any subscription or donation of money or other thing of value from any pupil enrolled in such public schools for presentation of testimonials to E , school officials or for any purpose except such as may be authorized ‘°°°"°”‘ by the Board of Education at a stated meeting upon the written recommendation of the su intendent of schools. For the instruction andmgupervision of children in the vacation V°°““°“°"°°"·°‘°· schools and playgrounds, and supervisors and teachers of vacation schools and p aygrounds may also be supervisors and teachers of day schools, $30,000. For longevity pay, to be paid in strict conformity with the pro- I’°”°°“"" *’“"· visions of existing law, $660,000: Provided, That no part of this sum §'m",§’:éW mujsm shall be paid to any person who, in the opinion `of the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools, has an unsatisfactory eiliciency rating. For payment of annuities, $60 000. """‘;i:;';1 For allowance to principals of grade school buildings for services p—3`$use¤wsp°;lra¤ifi-r rendered as such, in addition to their grade salary, to be aid in *’“'*l strict conformity with the provisions o the Act entitled "Xn Act v°‘“""m to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia," approved June 20, 1906, $44,000. NIGHT Night S(!b00l$. Salaries: For teachers of night schools, including teachers of in- S‘““'°“‘ dustrial, commercial, and tra e instruction, and teachers of night schools may also be teachers of day schools, $90,000. C { Contingent expenses: For contingent and other necessary ex- °“°"‘°”°°‘°°°`°°" penses, including equipment and purchase of all neceaary articles and sgpplies for classes in industrial, commercial, and trade instruction, ,500. mm nur, nmns, Aim enum. ,,,§§*f’· dumb- ‘“"’ For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb rsons ,§§}‘,},“‘,{,’§?,,§,‘}f‘i‘“` admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf from th); Dis- {,¤=g¤$g8 · trict of Columbia, under section 4864 of the Revised Statutes, and " ’pi ' as provided for in the Act approved March 1, 1901, and under a V°*-3*-P-8** contract$to be entered into with the said institution by the commissioners, 20,250. For maintenance and tuition of colored deaf-mutans of teachable age belonging to the District of Columbia, in Maryland, or some °"’°°‘ other State, under a contract to be entered into by the commission- _ ers, $5,000: Pr0oMed, That all expenditurx under this a pmpriation §{§’,'Q">;iem, shall be made under the supervision of the Board of Education. puuasmmmt d For instruction of blind children of the District of Columbia, in enum. mi °r Maryland, or some other State, under a contract to be entered into