Engineering Surcharge and Other Overhead Expenses.
Section 12
SEC. 12. Engineering Surcharge and Other Overhead Expenses.—No national surcharge shall be collected from the appropriation or expenditures authorized for any category of public works and all surcharges to be collected by the District or City Engineering office for administrative, overhead and engineering expenses, including the compensation and travel expenses as provided in Section Nine hereof and all other deductions shall not exceed ten per centum of expenditures of appropriation for any public works projects, so that ninety per cent of said appropriation shall be expended directly for the project: Provided, That nine per cent of said expenditures shall accrue to the District or city engineering office and one per cent shall accrue to the regional engineering offices concerned: Provided, further, That such surcharges shall be under the custody of the disbursing officers of the said engineering offices: Provided, finally, That such surcharges may be used for the purchase of motor vehicles and equipment.