Chapter 263. making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 263.— An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.July 1, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Appropriations. That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being the estimated expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, namely:
FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS, AND FOR CARE AND REPAIR OF BRIDGES. For repairs to concrete pavements fifty thousand dollars; for repairsRepairs of pavement, etc.Materials.Surveys. to McAdam roadways, five thousand dollars; for materials for permit work, twenty thousand dollars; for continuation of surveys of the District of Columbia with reference to the extension of various avenues to the District line, five thousand dollars; for Boundary street intercepting-sewer,Sewers. eighty-five thousand dollars; for lateral sewers, twenty thousand dollars; for work on sundry‘avenues and streets, and replacement ofAvenues and streets.Replacement of pavements. pavements on streets named in Appendices F and f annexed to the estimates of the Commissioners of the District for eighteen hundred and eighty-three (being schedule of streets requiring immediate attention) FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
SESS. I. Ch. 263. 1882. 136 three hundred thousand dollars; in all, four hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. And the accounting officers of the Treasury are Commissioners of District of Columbia to be given credit in certain accounts.authorized to credit the Commissioners of the District with the amounts expended for the replacement of wooden pavements under contracts duly reported to Congress in the reports of the Commissioners for the year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine except in so far as said amounts embrace expenditures which were chargeable to street-railway companies.
For widening, grading, and improving Fourteenth street extended, asFourteenth street extended, improvement of. proposed, provided the owners of property adjacent to said street benefited thereby will donate the land necessary to widen the street, six thousand dollars. For ordinary care of Benning’s, Anaeostia, and Chain Bridges, twoBridges. thousand dollars; and for constructing bridge over James Creek Canal at M street south, and for repairing and maintaining bridges under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, ten thousand seven hundred dollars.
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousandWashington Aqueduct. dollars. OR MAINTAINING INSTITUTIONS OF CHARITY, REFORMATORIES, AND PRISONS. For Washington Asylum: For one commissioner and intendant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one matron, six hundred dollars; one Washington Asylum.visiting physician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one resident physician four hundred and eighty dollars; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; one overseer, eight hundred dollars; one clerk, four hundred and eighty dollars; one baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; live overseers at six hundred dollars each; one watchman, three hundred dollars; three watchmen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one blacksmith; one hundred and twenty dollars; one hostler, sixty dollars; one cook, one hundred and twenty dollars; two cooks at sixty dollars each; five nurses, at sixty dollars each; and for contingent expenses, including improvements, repairs, provisions, fuel, forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, hardware, dry-goods, medicines, and miscellaneous items, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.
For the completion of the new work-house, at the Washington Asylum, includingWork-house. plastering of the interior walls, not heretofore contemplated, one thousand dollars. For the Georgetown Almshouse: For the support of inmates, one thousand eightGeorgetown Alumshouse. hundred dollars. For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the GovernmentIndigent insane of the District of Columbia. Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the of the revised statutes, forty-three thousand two hundred dollars.
For transportation of paupers and conveying prisoners to the work-house, threeTransportation of paupers and prisoners.Reform School. thousand dollars. For Reform School: For one superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent, one thousand dollars; four teachers three thousand dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; two matrons of family, three hundred and sixty dollars; farmer, five hundred and forty dollars; superintendent of chair-shop four hundred and eighty dollars; shoemaker, three hundred and sixty dollars; baker, three hundred dollars; engineer, three hundred dollars; tailor, three hundred dollars; seamstress, one hundred and forty-four dollars; dining-room servant, one hundred and forty-four dollars; chambermaid, one 137 hundred and forty-four dollars; laundress, one hundred and forty-four dollars; florist, two hundred and forty dollars; cook, three hundred dollars; watchmen, not exceeding live in number, one thousand and eighty dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and thirty six dollars.
For subsistence: For groceries, five thousand dollars; for flour, three thousand dollars; for meat, two thousand five hundred dollars; for dry goods; two thousand two hundred dollars; for leather, six hundred dollars; for gas, six hundred dollars; for coal, two thousand dollars; for hardware and table and wooden ware,Subsistence. five hundred and fifty-four dollars; for furniture, six hundred dollars; for farm implements and seed five hundred dollars; for harness and repairs to same, one hundred and fifty dollars; for fertilizers, five hundred dollars; for stationery and books, three hundred dollars; for plumbing, painting, and glazing, six hundred dollars; for medicine and medical attention, six hundred dollars; for miscellaneous expenditures, one thousand three hundred and ten dollars; for the purchase of two new boilers and repairs to heating apparatus, five thousand dollars; for the purchase of stock, five hundred dollars; for fencing, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand and fourteen dollars.
For the following charities, namely:Charities. For the relief of the poor, fifteen thousand dollars. And the compensation of the physicians to the poor shall not exceed fifty dollars per month each For the support and maintenance of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, fifteen thousand dollars. For the Women’s Christian Association, five thousand dollars. For the National Association for Colored Women and Children, six thousand five hundred dollars. For the Children’s Hospital, five thousand dollars.
For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, five thousand dollars. For the Industrial Homo School, five thousand dollars. For the erection of a building on the grounds recently purchased byBuilding for German Orphan Asylum.Appropriation.*Proviso.* the German Protestant Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia, now the German Orphan Asylum Association of the District of Columbia, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the asylum shall contribute an equal sum for this purpose.
And hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are requiredCommissioners of District of Columbia to visit and investigate management of all institutions of charity, etc.*Proviso.* to visit and investigate the management of all the institutions of charity herein appropriated for, and shall require a report of receipts and expenditures to be made to them, to be transmitted with their annual report to Congress: *Provided,* That the supervision heretofore exercised by the Secretary of the Interior over the Government hospital for the Insane shall be continued, and the officers of said hospital shall report to him as heretofore, any tiling in this act to the contrary not-withstanding.
GENERAL EXPENSES. for salaries and contingent expenses For executive office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand dollarsCommissioners. each; one Engineer Commissioner, one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and eleven cents (to make salary five thousand dollars); one Secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger clerk, nineSecretary Clerks. hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books, stationery,Contingent expenses. and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars and eleven cents.
For auditor and comptroller’s office: For one auditor and comptroller,Auditor and comptroller, book-keeper, clerks, etc. three thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks at 138 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 263. 1882. one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, and miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars.
Assessor, assistant assessor, clerks, etc.For assessor’s office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; one assistant assessor, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one license clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of licenses, nine hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for temporary clerk-hire in case of emergency, two thousand seven hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books, stationery, car fare, detection of frauds on the revenue, and miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars; in all seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.
Collector.For collector’s office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one, bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one special-assessment clerk; one thousand four hundred dollars; temporary clerks one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for contingent expenses including printing, books, stationery, carfare, and miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand dollars.
Sinking-fund office.For sinking-fund office: For two clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars each; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars; in all two thousand seven hundred dollars. Coroner, jurors, etc.For coroner’s office: For one coroner, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including juror’s fees, stationery, books, blanks, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, and holding inquests, seven hundred dollars; in all, two thousand, five hundred dollars.
Attorney, assistants, clerk, etc.For attorney’s office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one assistant attorney, one thousand nine hundred dollars; one special assistant attorney, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; for rent of office, three hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and miscellaneous items, five bundled dollars; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars.
In spec tor of buildings, etc.For inspector of building’s office: For one inspector, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector and draughtsman, one thousand seven hundred dollars; one assistant inspector, one thousand dollars; one inspector of plumbing, one thousand five hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, repairs to wagon, and miscellaneous items, live hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand live hundred and eighty dollars.
Superintendent of streets, alleys, and county roads, etc.For division of streets, alleys, and county-roads office: For one superintendent, two thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; three supervisors of roads, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand six hundred dollars. Inspector of gas and meters.For inspector of gas and meters’ office: For one inspector, two thousand dollars. And the office of assistant inspector of gas and meters for the District of Columbia is hereby abolished. harbormaster.Sealer of weights and measures.Engineer, chief clerk, clerks, etc.For harbormaster at Georgetown, eighty dollars.
For sealer of weights and measures, eighty dollars For engineer’s office: For one chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk one thousand lour hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one computing engi- 139 neer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one leveler, one thousand six hundred dollars; one leveler, one thousand five hundred dollars; one leveler one thousand four hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thou sand two hundred dollars; three rod-men, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three ax-men, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one inspector of asphalt, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector, one thousand five hundred dollars; two inspectors at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; three messengers at four hundred and eighty dollars each; for temporary writers and draughtsmen, one thousand five hundred dollars; for one property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one issuing clerk, nine bun dred and sixty dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two watchmen at one dollar and fifty cents each per day, one thousand and ninety-five dollars; four laborers at four hundred and eighty dollars each, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; one janitor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; rent of property-yards, three hundred dollars; and for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, and miscellaneous items, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-two thousand six hundred and sixty five dollars: *Provided,* That overseers or inspectors*Proviso* required in connection with sewer or street work done under contracts authorized by appropriations shall be paid out of the sum appropriated for the works; and the commissioners of the District, in their annual reports to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers and in specters, and their work, and the sums paid each, and out of what appropriation.
For the binding and care of records of the surveyor’s office, to beBinding and care of records, surveyor’s office. expended by the Commissioners, five hundred dollars. For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, and general miscellaneous expensesMiscellaneous. of District offices, three thousand five hundred dollars. for streets. For sweeping, cleaning, and sprinkling streets and avenues, thirty-threeStreets. thousand dollars; cleaning alleys, seven thousand five hundredSweeping, etc. dollars; for current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, twenty-five thousand dollars; current repairs to county roads and suburban streets, twenty-five thousand dollars; cleaning and repairing lateral sewers and basins, twenty thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and ten thousand five hundred dollars.
For the parking commission : For one superintendent, one thousandParking commission. two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent, seven hundred dollars; contingent expenses, including laborers, cart-hire, trees, tree-boxes, tree-stakes, tree-straps, planting and care of trees, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, eighteen thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For streetlamps: For illuminating material, and lighting, repairingStreet Jumps. and cleaning, and extinguishing lamps on streets and alleys, one hundred and six thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars; and hereafter all railroad companies using engines propelled by steam shall provide forRailroad companies using steam engines shall light streets, etc., through which tracks are laid. the lighting of the streets, avenues, alleys, and grounds through which their tracks may be laid, under the direction and control of the Commissioners ; purchase and erection of new lamps and posts, five hundred dollars; one superintendent, nine hundred dollars; repairs to pumps three thousand dollars; cleaning tidal sewers, three thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and thirteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That no more than twenty-five dollars per annum*Provisos.*Annual expense of streetlamp not to exceed $25. for each streetlamp shall be paid for gas, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and in case a contract cannot be made at that rate, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to substitute other illuminating material, and louse so much of the sum hereby appro- 140 *Proviso.*priated as may be necessary for that purpose: *Provided, further,* That Gas contract made for no longer period than one year.the Commissioners of the District of Colombia shall not be authorized to make any contract for gas or other illuminating material, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, for any longer period than one year. for metropolitan police.
Police.For one major and superintendent, two thousand six hundred and ton dollars; one. captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars ; three Surgeons. Detectives. Sergeants.surgeons, at four hundred and fifty dollars each; six detectives, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each ; ten lieutenants atone thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; seven acting sergeants, at one thousand and eighty dollars each ; seventy-three privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each ; one hundred and twenty privates, class two, at Station-keepers, laborers, etc.one thousand and eighty dollars each; sixteen station-keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight laborers at four hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger, seven hundred dollars; one mes senger, five hundred dollars; one major and superintendent, mounted, three hundred and sixty dollars ; one captain, mounted, two hundred Mounted police.and forty dollars; forty lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; two drivers, at three hundred dollars each; one ambulance driver, six hundred dollars; rent of police station-housesand police headquarters,five thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; for fuel, one thousand five hundred dollars; repairs to Miscellaneous.station houses, one thousand five hundred dollars; miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery, books, telegraphing, photographs, printing and binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs to same, police equipments, and repairs to same, beds, and bed-clothing, insignia of office, horses, harness, and forage, repairs to van and ambulance, and purchase of one ambulance, and defection of crime, ten thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and one thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. for the fire department.
Fire department.For two commissioners at two hundred dollars each; one commissioner and secretary, four hundred dollars; one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant, engineer one thousand four hundred dollars; eight foremen, at one thousand dollars each; six engineers at one thousand dollars each ; six firemen at eight hundred dollarseach; two tillermen, at eight hundred dollarseach; eight hostlers, at eight hundred dollarseach ; fifty-four privates, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one veterinary surgeon, three hundred dollars; repairs to engine houses, one thousand five hundred dollars; for fuel, one thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of horses, two thousand dollars; forage seven thousand dollars; hose, two thousand five hundred dollars; repairs to apparatus,four thousand dollars; contingent expenses, including horseshoeing, furniture, washing, oil, medical, and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and miscellaneous items, eight thousand five hundred dollars; in all ninety-nine thousand one hundred and forty dollars.
Telegraph and telephone service.Telegraph and telephone service: For one general superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one electrician, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two electricians, at one thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each ; two repair men, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer, four hundred dollars; general supplies and repairs of batteries, four thousand five hundred dollars; purchase of new poles, wire-insulators, 141 call-boxes, fire-alarm boxes, switchboards, annunciators, lightning-arresters, push-buttons, making new connections and repairs, three thousand dollars; rent of telephones, seven hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand dollars. courts.
For the police court: For one judge, three thousand dollars; onePolice court. clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand dollars; two bailiffs at three dollar's per day each; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; United States marshal’s fees, two thousand dollars; contingent expenses, including compensation of a justice of the peace acting as judge of the police court during the absence of said judge, not exceeding three hundred dollars, books, stationery, fuel, ice, gas, witness-fees, and miscellaneous items, one thousand six hundred dollars ; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and eighteen dollars.
For judicial expenses, two thousand five hundred dollarsJudicial expenses. public schools, district of columbia. For salaries of superintendents, teachers, and janitors, secretary ofPublic schools. Superintendents, teachers, and others. the board, and clerks, including additional teachers and increase of teachers’ pay by continuous service, rents, repairs, fuel, furniture, books, stationery, and miscellaneous items, four hundred and twenty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars, namely:
For officers: For one superintendent at two thousand seven hundred dollars; due superintendent at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one secretary, at one hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to committee on accounts, at three hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent at eight hundred dollars; one clerk, at eight hundred dollars, in all, seven thousand dollars. For teachers: For five hundred and five teachers, to be employed at the rate of compensation provided by the present schedule of salaries, and at an average salary not to exceed six hundred and sixty-five dollars, three hundred and thirty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty- five dollars.
For janitors and care of the several school-buildings: For care of theJanitors. High School building, one thousand four hundred dollars; for care of the Jefferson building, one thousand two hundred dollars; for care of the Franklin building, one thousand one hundred dollars; for care of the Force, Seaton, Henry, Tenth and H streets, First street and Massachusetts avenue, Peabody, Wallach, Tenth and U streets and Sumner buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; for care of the Lincoln, Miner, and Stevens buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; for care of the Riggs, John F.
Cook, Randall, and Abbot buildings, at seven hundred dollars each; for care ot the Curtis building, six hundred dollars; for care of the Cranch building, five hundred dollars; for one janitor and messenger to the board, and the superintendent of the first six divisions, three hundred dollars; for one janitor and messenger to the superintendent of the seventh division, two hundred dollars; for care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, at a rate not to exceed forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each school room, six thousand four hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the janitors*Proviso.* of the principal school buildings, in addition to their other duties shall do all minor repairs to buildings and furniture, glazing, fixing seats and desks, and take care of the heating apparatus, and shall be selected with reference to their qualifications to perform this work.
For rent of school buildings, fourteen thousand dollars; for fuel, fifteenRent and repair of buildings. thousand dollars; repairs to school buildings, fifteen thousand dollars; and for contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing, insurance, and miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollar's; in all, fifty-nine thousand dollars 142 Buildings for schools.For buildings for schools: For the purchase of sites, when necessary, and the erection and completion of three buildings for primary and Purchase of sites.intermediate schools, one twelve-room building, to be erected in the first school division, one eight room building to be erected in the fourth school division, and one eight-room building to be erected in the seventh school division, between First and Seventh streets northwest, *Provisos.*ninety-six thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the plans and specifications for each of said buildings shall be prepared by the inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, and shall be approved by the architect of the capital and the Commissioners of the District, and said building? shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith, and shall be contracted for before the first day of September next, and finished before the first day of August eight hundred and eighty- three; to be appropriated as follows, namely:
For the first school division, forty-eight thousand dollars; for the fourth school division, twenty-four thousand dollars; and for the seventh school division, twenty-four thousand dollars: *And provided further,* That the entire cost of sites, buildings, and heating the same, and all expenditures on account of said buildings and grounds shall in no event exceed the sum of ninety-six thousand dollars. For addition to school-building on site owned by the District near Howard University to be completed by the first day of September next, three thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and for the purchase of lots in rear of Anacostia schoolhouse, fronting on Jefferson street, seven hundred and fifty *Proviso.*dollars : *Provided,* That the act of Congress approved the sixth day of Ante, p. 12.March, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, authorizing the reconstruction Jefferson school building.of the Jefferson school building, and appropriating the sum of seventy thousand dollars for the purpose, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to limit the amount authorized to be expended for the same to the sum of fifty-seven thousand dollars, and to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to expend the balance of said appropriation, Furniture, etc. for new school buildings.to-wit, thirteen thousand dollars, as follows:
For furniture for the new school buildings herein provided for, six thousand dollars; for additional ground for the Seaton school, three thousand eight hundred dollars; for rent of rooms to accommodate the schools until the Jefferson building is completed, the time for which is hereby extended to the thirty-first day of October next, one thousand two hundred dollars; for school apparatus for the new high school building, and for fitting up the same, two thousand dollars. Fire-escapes.For increasing facilities of escape from fire by stairways and doors in the several school-buildings of the District, ten thousand dollars.
Board of school trustees to consist of nine members.Market masters.That from and after the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, the board of school trustees of the District of Columbia shall consist of nine members only. markets. For three market masters at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one market master at nine hundred- dollars; contingent expenses, including gas, repairs, cleaning, and miscellaneous items, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, six thousand four hundred dollars.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. Miscellaneous.For repairs of hay-scales, five hundred dollars; for rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars; for general advertising, five thousand dollars; for books for register of wills, printing, checks, damages, payment of surplus on sales of property for taxes by the late corporations of Washington and Georgetown, and for payment of moneys received by said corporations on sales of property fortaxes erroneously made, and miscellaneous items, and miscellaneous items not otherwise 143 provided for, three thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand one hundred dollars.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. For one health officer, three thousand dollars; six sanitary inspectors,Health officer, inspectors, and others. at one thousand two hundred dollars each ; two food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one inspector of marine products, one thousand dollars; for clerks, seven thousand dollars; one messenger, five hundred and forty dollars; one poundmaster, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding thirty dollars per month, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, fuel, rent, repairs to pound, and wagon and horse for poundmaster, forage, meat for dogs, disinfectants, horseshoeing, and miscellaneous items, three thousand eight hundred dollars; removal of garbage, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, forty-two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
To pay judgments against the District of Columbia, twenty-fiveJudgments against the District of Columbia. thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For the payment of damages to lots fourteen to twenty-six, both inclusive,Payment for damages to lots 14 to26, etc., account of boundary intercepting-sewer. in block nine of the official subdivision of Rosedale and Isherwood, as recorded in liber Gov. A. R. S., page thirteen, by placing thereon the boundary intercepting-sewer, one thousand dollars, said sum to be paid only upon the execution of a proper deed conveying a perpetual right of way to the District of Columbia for the ground or right occupied by the said boundary sower INTEREST AND SINKING-FUND.
For interest and sinking-fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water-bonds,Funded debt one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundredInterest and sinking-fund. and forty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents. For general contingent expenses of the District of Columbia, to beGeneral contingent expenses. expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character not otherwise sufficiently provided for, ten thousand dollars. *Provided,* That in the purchase of all articles provided for in this bill*Proviso.*No more than market prices to be paid in making purchases, etc. no more than the market price shall be paid for any such article, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected.
WATER DEPARTMENT. Sec. 2. That hereafter the operations of the water department of theWater department.Engineer to have direction of water department, subject to control of Commissioners. District of Columbia shall be under the direction of the engineer’s office of the District, subject to the control of the Commissioners; and the following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on such operations, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the water department of the District unless otherwise noted:
For one chief clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk,Superintendent, clerks, and others. one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one inspector at three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty- nine dollars; contingent expenses, including books, stationery, forage,Contingent expenses. advertising, printing, and miscellaneous items, two thousand four hundred dollars; engineers and firemen, coal, material, and for high service in Washington and Georgetown, pipe-distribution to high and low service, including public hydrants, fireplugs, replacing the nine-inch with ten-inch fireplugs, material and labor, repairing and laying new mains, lowering mains, forty-nine thousand five hundred and one dollars and fifty cents; for laying twelve-inch water-mains, with proper fireplugs and connections,Protection of Government printing Office. for the proper protection of the Government Printing Office, 144 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
SESS. I. CH. 263, 266. 1882. five thousand six hundred dollars, of which the United States shall pay one-half, and two thousand eight hundred dollars is hereby Water-stock bonds, interest and sinking-fund.*Proviso.*Fiscal year to conform to fiscal year of general government.appropriated for this purpose; interest and sinking-fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand six hundred and ten dollars; in all, one hundred and eight thousand six hundred and fifty dollars and fifty cents: *provided,* That the fiscal year of the water department of the District of Columbia, shall be made to conform to the regular fiscal year of the general government; and to carry this proviso into effect the commissioners are empowered and directed to levy and collect water-rates now authorized for the six months beginning January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, from and after the expiration of which time *Proviso.*Treasurer United States may purchase any funded indebtedness for sinking-fund for redemption and payment of water-stock bonds.the rates shall lie levied and collected annually: *And provided further,* That hereafter the Treasurer, as ex-officio sinking fund commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase any of the funded indebtedness of the District of Columbia for the sinking-fund authorized to be created for the redemption and payment of the water-stock bonds of the District of Columbia, as in bis opinion may be for the best interest of said District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. Appropriation a for and revenues of District of Columbia to be deposited in Treasury United States.20 Stat., 105. That hereafter all moneys appropriated for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, together with all revenues of the District of Columbia from taxes or otherwise, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as required by the provisions of section four of an act approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and shall be drawn therefrom only on requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia (except that the moneys appropriated for interest and the sinking-fund shall be drawn therefrom only on the requisition of the Treasurer of the United States), such requisition specifying the appropriation upon which the same is drawn; and in no case shall such appropriation be exceeded either in Disbursement accounts made monthly.requisition or expenditure; and the accounts for all disbursements of the Commissioners of said District shall be made monthly to the accounting officers of the Treasury by the auditor of the District of Columbia, on vouchers certified by the Commissioners, as now required by law: *Proviso.**provided,* That said Commissioners shall not make requisitions upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues of said District, including one-half of all general taxes paid in drawback 21 Stat., 36.certificates during said fiscal year, as required by the third section of the act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An act fixing the rate of interest upon arrearages of general taxes and assessments for special improvements now due to the District of Columbia, and for a revision of assessments for special improvements, and for other purposes.
” Approved, July 1, 1882.