Evening star., 1924-12-31

the real estate or renting business
in the District of Columbia.
Section 6. Each Commissioner
shall receive salary of $4,000 per
annum The commission shall appoint
an attorney at salary not to exceed
$4,000 per annum and two assistant
attorneys, who shall give their time
exclusively to the work, at salarie es
not to exceed $4,000 per annum, as
the commission may deem proper and
necessary to carry into effect the in
tent of this act. The commission
shall also appoint a secretary-treas-
urer at a salary of not to exceed
$4,000 per annum, who shall give
bond In such sum, not exceeding
$4,000. as shall be fixed by the COM
mission; a field engineer at a salary
not to exceed $500 per annum and
may appoint such stenographic re-
porters as the commission shall deem
necessary, capable of taking testi-
mony, verbatim, at all hearings OF
the commission, al salaries to be fixed
exclusively by the commission but
not to exceed $4,000 per annum; all
such appointees shall be removable
at the pleasure of the commission
Subject to the United States civil ser
vice laws, the commission may ap-
point and remove such other officers
employees, and agents as may be
necessary to the administration OF
this act. All salaries shall be paid
semi onthly.
with the exception of the attor-
ney, the assistant attorneys, the sec
retary- treasurer, the field engineer
and the stenographic reporters. all
employees of the commission shall
be appointed from list of eligiblef
supplied by the Civil Service Com
mission and in accordance with the
civil service law.
Section 7. The attorney appointed
by the commits ssion. or such assistant
attorney or attorneys as may be des.
ignated, shall appear for and repre-
sent the commission in all judicial
proceedings and generally shall per-
form such professional duties and
services as attorney and counsel as
may reasonably be required of him
or them by the commission.
Section S.-The secretary-treasurer
shall have the custody of the Of
fetal seal and of all records, books
and other papers of the commission
and shall certify copies of all such
records and papers. except in cases
where certificatton by the Commits
sioners is expressly required by this
act. and shall also, If directed by the
commission, act as treasurer of al
funds received and disbursed under
the provisions of this act.
Section 9. The commission may
make such expenditures for rent
furniture, office equipment. law books
books of reference, periodicals, print
ing, telephone service, kilograms
| stationery, and for such other sup
plies and expenses as may be neces-
sary to the administration of this act
The commission shall have the eXclu-
sive right to determine the necessity '
for such supplies and expenditures
which shall be signified by the writ
ten approval of the chairman of ths
commission on all vouchers for sucf
expenditures. and his signature shall
be a sufficient warrant and authority y
to the Comptroller General of the
United States and the purchasing of
ficer, the auditor, and the disbursine
officer OF the District of Columbia tc
approve, audit, and pay the same
The commission shall not be limited
in its expenditures to the purchase
of items contracted for by the muni-
cipality of the District OF Columbia
All of the expenditures of the com
| mission. shall, upon the presentation
of itemized vouchers therfor, approx.
ed by the chairman OF the commits
sion, ne audlted ana palu III the same
manner as expenditures for other ac-
tivities within the District of Colum-
bia which are not a part of or sub,
feet to the municipality.
Provision is made by section 10 fol
the election of a chairman, the use o
an official seal and the franking privi
iege. II is also provided that all th'
duties and powers of the commission
may be exercised by majority o
it's members and when spccificall,