1316 SIXTY—NIN’1`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cu. 271. 1927. awarded in one or a single contract, separate and apart from any other contract, project, or undertaking, to the lowest responsible bidder complying with all the legal requirements as to a de sit of money or the execution of a bond, or both, for the faitili)ful Prob. md. erformance of the contract: Provided, That nothing herein shall B°°°°°°°° ' he construed as rppealing existing law giving the commissioners the right to reject l bids. _ m{,°;§_“§,:!°°*§¤d”°§§j;_*¥ f 11{`or the purchase of school building and playground sites, as o ows: u•¤¤¤• »p•¤1a•e. For the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Langdon School, to provide for the erection of a new sixteen-room school building to replace theipresent Langdon School; __ _ _ _ _ _ or theiaprchase lofy andadhoining or in the vicinity of the site Y on Grant 1 ad DOW owned by t e District of Columbia; ` `For the of land in the vicinity of the Peabody School for la un _ ; E the of land in the vicinity of the Wormley School for pgyground purposes ;_ _ _ l . ` _ - wANrg¤b1¤ mm rum e In , $37,250, to remain available until June 30, 1929: Provided,
That no part of tlusappropriation shall beexpended for the purchase
°°"“"""°“°°· of any site the cost of whichshall exceed the full value assessment of such roperty last made before urchase thereof plus 25 per ,,,,,°'f,§’,“’,,,‘{,‘,?§§’:·§§,{’,§§,F centum oi) such asse& value: g further, Thati any of the ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤i¤•¤¤¤- sites aboveenumerated can not be purchased under said limitation as · to 7 price then any portion of this appropriation remaining unexpended or unobligated by reason of suc price limitation may be , subjecphtg saig limigtion asl`?] priceil in ghe purchasiz oi Sno —au rizeto ui inte ve-earscoo V¤1-4·‘+.r-¤¤¤- building program Act, ap roved !It€l>ruary· 26, 1925 ;%‘orty-third Part or im •pp¤>· Statutes, page 986) : Prwzd ed further, That $154,000 0 the appro- ‘@{*,';'i‘,,§“"°“‘ "“°° priationi contained in the District of Columbia Appropriation Act ·**¤¢·P·***°· or the fiscal iyear 1927 for the purchase of school building and playground sites shall be available until December 31, 1927, without - 'nutatiorvasto priee based on assessed value. ‘ l ‘ . w-eu: l?;_¢h.mm _ The sum of $125,000 contained in the District of Columbia Appro- ¤.i"°°d.y“°.;1,b;,.'$i;;..,.,€ ppiation Act for = the fiscal year 1925 for- an athletic field for the ¤"‘,9g,f':,F';,°f‘,‘g'g,; estern High School shall remain available until June 30, 1928, ' without limitation asfto rice based on assessed value. Preparation eipim. The plans and.spec1fi', cationsfor all-buildings provided for in this Act under gpgropriations administered by the Commissioners of the District o olumbia 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 ap roved . _ by the commimioners and shall be constructed in conformity tliereto. xxnmquaei. The? school buildings authorized and ap ropriated for herein shall be constructed with all doors intended? to be used as exits or nm to em me- entrances openingoutward and each of said buildings having an ""°‘*°‘° excess of.;§ht rooms shall have at least four exits. Appropria- tions carri in this Act shall not be used for the maintenance of school in any building all outsidedoors thereto used as exits d°‘Z;¤¤¢*=*¤¢ ¤¤¤¤• or entrances shall open outward and be k t unlocked every school ` day from one-half hour before until one·hal¥hour after school hours. P¤¤¤•· METROPOLITAN POLICE, sanaarns §,j)*,_¤};·pQQ.;=:_*¤· •*<=- For the pay and allowances of oilicers and members of the ' Metropolitan police force, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to {ix t e salaries of the Metropolitan police force, the
