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CHAP. 546.— An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.March 3, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia appropriations. Halt from District revenues. 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 for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely:
GENERAL EXPENSES. for salaries and contingent expenses.Salaries, etc. For Executive Office: For two Commissioners, at five thousandExecutive office. Commissioners, secretary, etc. dollars each; one Engineer Commissioner, four hundred and twenty-four dollars (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; three clerks, one of whom shall be a stenographer and typewriter, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars: one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; one inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, who shall also perform the duties of inspector of elevators and fire escapes, without additional compensation, one thousand dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars: one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one janitor, seven hundred dollars: one laborer, at one dollar per day, three hundred and fourteen dollars; one steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; one property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger clerk, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars: three watchmen at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one chief inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; two assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; one harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; for rent of property yards, one thousand dollars;
Old records.for arranging and indexing old records, completion of same, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-four thousand five*Proviso*. Readjustment, etc., of Commissioners accounts, July, 1878, March 6, 1888. hundred and seventy-eight dollars: *Provided*, That the accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to reexamine the accounts of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia accruing FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546. 1891.1063 since July, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and prior to March sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and credit the same with all such disbursements and expenditures made in good faith and heretofore suspended or disallowed in settlement of the same, wherein it shall satisfactorily appear that the money was paid to the employees of the District prior to their discharge, or for goods sold and delivered, work and labor done, materials furnished or services rendered to the District in accordance with contracts and agreements made in good faith on behalf of the District, and also to adjust and settle equitably said accounts, allowing all payments made in settlement of claims against the District, and tor expenses incurred in good faith on account of the District: *And provided further*, ThatMaximum allowance. the sum total of the accounts so allowed shall not exceed in amount twenty thousand dollars, and that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall report to the next Congress the amounts so allowed,Report. on what account, and to whom. contingent expenses.
For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia,Contingent expenses. namely: For printing, checks, books, stationery, detection of frauds on the revenue, repairs of market houses, painting, binding, rebinding, repairing and preservation of records, books and repairs of books for register of wills, maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the offices of the inspector of gas and meters and inspector of asphalt and cement, damages, care or horses not otherwise provided for, horseshoeing, fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessary expenses of District offices, including the sinking-fund office, health department, and police court, twenty-four thousand dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiencyApportionment. therein.
For contingent expenses of stables of the Engineer Department,Engineer Department stables, etc. including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of vehicles, purchase and repair of harness, blankets, lap robes, purchase of horses, whips, oil, brushes, combs, sponges, chamois skins, buckets, halters, jacks, rubber boots and coats, medicines, and other necessary articles and expenses, six thousand dollars; and no expenditureExpenditure limited. on account of the Engineer Department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund.
For rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars.Rent. For general advertising, three thousand dollars.General advert king. For advertising notice of taxes in arrear July first, eighteen hundredNotice of tax arrears. *Ante*, p. 294. and ninety, as required to be given by act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five thousand five hundred dollars. To enable the register of wills to complete the reproduction of the old administration and guardian dockets prior to eighteen hundredRegister of wills.
Reproduction of old dockets, etc. and seventy-nine, including clerical service and purchase of books, one thousand dollars. The register of wills shall prepare papers in connection with appointmentEnlistment of indigent boys in Navy. of guardians to enable indigent boys to enlist in the United States Navy as provided by law, without making any charge therefor. For Assessor’s Office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; two assistant assessors,No charge for papers. at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one special assessment clerk,Assessor’s office. one thousand seven hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk and draughtsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, in charge of records, one thousand dollars; one license clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk and messenger, nine hundred dollars; in all eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. 1064 To enable the assessor to continue to prepare and complete, within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, a book showing all Arrears of taxes, etc.existing arrears of taxes on real property due the District of Columbia, including the payment of necessary clerical force, six thousand dollars.
For three assistant assessors, at two thousand five hundred dollarsThree assistant assessors. per annum each, who shall within the calendar year eighteen Compensation.hundred and ninety-two, under the direction of the assessor of the district of Columbia,Duties, etc. make the assessments of real property in said District for the triennial period beginning with the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and perform such other duties and have all the power and authority to do the things required of the twelve assessors underVol. 22. pp. 568–571. the provisions of the act of March third eighteen hundred and eighty-three and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them not inconsistent with existing law by the assessor in the assessment of real and personal property seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For Collector’s Office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousandCollector’s office. eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand two hundred dollars. For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxesNecessary expenses. by distraint and sale, or otherwise, and for other necessary items, two thousand dollars.
For Auditor’s Office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars; one chief clerk,Auditor’s office. one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars For one disbursing clerk who shall be authorized to pay laborersDisbursing clerk. and employees of the District of Columbia, one thousand fiveCompensation. hundred dollars, and such payments may be made with moneys advancedPayments from advances. to him by the Commissioners in their discretion, upon pay rollsPay rolls and vouchers. or other vouchers audited and approved by the Auditor of the District of Columbia, and certified by the Commissioners as now required by law.
Said pay rolls and other vouchers shall be included in*Provisos*. the account of the Commissioners: *Provided*, ThatDisbursing clerk’s bond. he shall give bond to the United States, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the benefit of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all persons interested, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of his office; but saidSubordination to Commissioners.
Commissioners responsibility. disbursing clerk shall be subordinate to the commissioners of the District of Columbia, and they shall in every respect be responsible to the United States, the District of Columbia, and to individuals for the acts and doings of the said disbursing clerk:Accounts. *Provided further*, That his accounts Auditor to audit, etc.shall be audited by the auditor of the District of Columbia, who shall promptly forward the same to the Commissioners for their approval.
For horse, wagon, harness, forage safe, and other necessary itemsHorse and wagon. for the use of the disbursing clerk, to enable him to visit the various localities where public works shall at the time be in progress, and pay the laborers engaged thereon at the place of their employment, eight hundred dollars. For Attorney’s Office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one special assistantAttorney’s office. attorney, one thousand two hundred dollars; one law clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, two hundred 1065 dollars: for rent of office, one hundred dollars; for judicial expenses, including the printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the supreme court of the District of Columbia, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred dollars For Sinking-fund Office, under control of the TreasurerSinking-fund office.of the United States:
For one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars: one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars. For Coroner’s Office: For one coroner, one thousand eightCoroner’s office. hundred dollars; for horse hire, jurors’ fees, removal of deceased Îiersons, making autopsies, and holding inquests, nine hundred dollars; for services in care of morgue, including purchase of ice, three hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For Market Masters: For two market masters, at one thousandMarket masters. two hundred dollars each; one market master, nine hundred dollars; for hire of laborers for cleaning markets at rate not exceeding one hundred dollars per market, three hundred dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars.
For Engineers Office: One chief clerk, one thousand nine hundredEngineer’s office. dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars: four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one computing engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of asphalt and cements, two thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; one superintendent of lamps, one thousand dollars; one inspector of lamps, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent of parking, seven hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; for inspectors of streets and sewers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one messenger clerk, at six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, forty-two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Board of Examiners, Steam Engineers: For compensation forBoard of examiners, steam engineers. board of examiners of steam engineers in the District of Columbia, three, at three hundred dollars each, nine hundred dollars. That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily requiredTemporary overseers, etc. in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any work authorized by appropriations, and all expenses incidental to or necessary for the proper execution of said work, shall be paid from and equitably charged against the sums appropriated for said works; and the Commissioners of the District, in their annual report to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers, inspectors, and other employees, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation. permit work.Permit work.
For the improvement and repair of alleys and sidewalks and theAlleys, sidewalks, and sewers. construction of sewers and sidewalks, of such form and materials as the Commissioners may determine, under the permit system, one hundered and sixty-five thousand dollars. 1066 For the paving and curbing of the roadway of any street in thePaving and curbing roadways. District of Columbia, ordered by the District Commissioners, upon payment in advance by the owners of abutting propertyOwners of abutting property to advance half the cost. *Proviso*.
Connection with existing pavement, etc. of one-half the estimated cost of said work, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That said pavement shall join, abut upon, or connect with, some existing pavement, and that the work so done shall be complete for the entire width of roadway, and shall in length be at least one square. improvements and repairs.Improvements and repairs. For work on streets and avenues, four hundred thousand dollars,Streets and avenues. the work to be contracted for in the following order,Order of precedence. namely:
First: For paving New York Avenue, north east, from NorthFirst. Capitol Street to Florida Avenue; For paving D street, northwest, from Seventeenth street to eighteenth street; For paving Eighteenth street, northwest, from D street to E street; For removing the parking and for paving New York Avenue, northwest, from Thirteenth to Fourteenth streets; For paving Tenth street, northwest, from S to T streets; For paving Riggs Place, northwest, from Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets;
For construction of circle at intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 8 street, and Florida Avenue; For paving North Capitol street from K street to M streets; For paving Second street, southwest, from Maryland Avenue to C street and from E street to F street. Second: For the streets and avenues heretofore and not hereinSecond. authorized and not contracted for except Third street, northeast,Exception. from H to L streets. Third: For the streets and avenues named in Appendix “Nn” BookThird. of Estimates for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, not otherwise herein provided for, including EleventhInclusion. street southeast from East Capitol to C street which said street shall be paved with asphalt blocks.
That when new sidewalks or curbing are hereafter required to beNew sidewalks or curbing. Half cost from abutting property. laid on streets being improved, one half the total cost shall be assessed against abutting property, in like manner and under the law governing in the case of compulsory permit work. That under appropriations contained in this act no contract shall be Limit of cost, etc., for concrete, etc., pavements.made for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavement at a higher price than two dollars per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District prior to July first, eighteen hundred *Proviso*.and eighty-six, and with same depth of base: *Provided*,Not to apply to certain streets.
That these conditions as to price and depth of base shall not apply to those streets on which, in the judgment of the Commissioners of the District, by reason of heavy traffic, poor foundation, or other causes, a pavement of tuore than ordinary strength is required, in which case the limit of price may be increased to two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard. Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads: For grading streets,Grading. alleys, and roads not otherwise provided for, at a price not to exceed ten cents per cubic yard, twenty thousand dollars: and of this sum not to exceed four thousand dollars may be used for the purchase of horses, cars, carts, or the hire of the same, to be used by prisoners and inmates of the Washington Asylum in said work of grading.
Repairs to Pavements: For repairs to concrete pavements withRepairs, pavements. the same or other not inferior material, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Surveys on Account of Subdivisions of Land: To pay theSubdivision surveys. expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine if plats of subdivisons of land 1067 within the District offered for record have been made in conformity to the “Act to regulate subdivision of land within the District ofVol. 25, p. 451.
Columbia,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, five thousand dollars. Sewers.Sewers. Sewer Division, Salaries: For the following employees heretoforeSewer division. employed under authority of, and paid from, general appropriationsSalaries. lor sewers, namely: For one superintendent of sewers, two thousand four hundred dollars; one general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three ax-men, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two inspectors of property, at nine hundred and thirty-six dollars each; two sewer tappers, at one thousand dollars each; one permit clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred and two dollars.
For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, forty-threeCleaning. thousand dollars. For replacing obstructed sewers, twenty-five thousand dollars.Replacing. For main and pipe sewers, one hundred and nineteen thousandMain and pipes. dollars. For suburban sewers, seventy-five thousand dollars.Suburban. For gauging sewers and rainfall, two thousand five hundred dollars.Gauging. For condemnation of rights of way for the construction, maintenance,Rights of way. and repairs of public sewers, eight thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Streets. Repairs Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work ofRepairs, streets, etc. repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, forty-five thousand dollars. Repairs County Roads: For current work of repairs of countyRepairs, roads, etc. roads and suburban streets, sixty thousand dollars; Construction of County Roads: For construction of countyConstruction,county roads, etc. roads and suburban streets, as follows: For paving Brightwood avenue, with granite blocks, twenty thousand dollars;
That the appropriation of ten thousand dollars made in the district *Ante*, p. 298.of Columbia appropriation act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one for grading and regulating Brightwood avenue from Rock Creek Church Road to the District line may be expended on the east side of said avenue, if the proportionate amount of landDonated land. required to be donated under said appropriation is donated on said east side. For paving Fourteenth street extended, with asphalt, fifteen thousand dollars;
For paving Clifton street from Fourteenth street extended eastward, with asphalt, six thousand dollars. For paving Euclid street from Fourteenth street extended westward, four thousand dollars; For grading Fourth street extended, northeast, five thousand dollars; To grade Sixteenth street, northwest, extended from Florida avenue to north side of Morris street, seventeen thousand dollars; 1068 but before said sum or any part thereof shall be expended everyNo expenditure until guaranty given as to existing lines. owner of property abutting on this street within said limits except as hereinafter provided, shall bind himself, his heirs, grantees, and successors in estate therein forever, never to allow any building or obstruction to be erected within the lines inclosed *Proviso*.between the building lines of Sixteenth street, northwest, extended, on the same lines as now existing within the boundary: *Provided, however*, That the Commissioners of the District Commissioners may condemn part o block 7.of Columbia are hereby authorized in the manner provided with reference to the taking of land for public use in the District of Columbia, to condemn and take all of that part of block seven which lies immediately east of Meridian avenue and west of Sixteenth street, extended, for the public use in widening the same, so as to conform tDamages.o the width of said Sixteenth street within the Boundary, and to pay out of the said seventeen thousand dollars the award of damages Donations.for such taking and condemnation, and the Commissioners are authorized to receive donations to the extent necessary to pay all but one thousand dollars of the Limitation.sum which may be awarded in said proceedings but no portion of said seventeen thousand dollars shall be spent in improving Sixteenth street until such donations have been made to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District in addition to other conditions herein imposed.
For graveling, where graded the street connecting Columbia road with Connecticut avenue extended, and thence along Connecticut avenue extended towards the District lines, ten thousand dollars. For grading Massachusetts avenue extended in the direction of the Methodist University, ten thousand dollars. For Linden street, to complete paving to Maple avenue, two thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Linden street northward, six thousand dollars; To complete paving Larch street from Boundary to Spruce street, two thousand dollars;
To pave Maple avenue from the present pavement to Le Droit avenue, twelve thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Illinois avenue, four thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Fillmore street (Anacostia) between Harrison and Jefferson, two thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Pierce street (Anacostia) between Harrison and Jefferson, two thousand dollars; For paving Nichols avenue with granite blocks, seven thousand dollars. For grading and macadamizing Naylor road, three thousand dollars; in all. one hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars.
Condemnation of Streets, Roads, and Alleys: For condemnationCondemnation of streets, etc. of streets, roads, and alleys, ten thousand dollars, including the amount of the award of the jury in the condemnation of lots for the opening of T street between Lincoln avenue and Second street east. Sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping,Sweeping, etc. and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For the Parking Commission:
For contingent expenses, includingParking commission. laborers, cart-hire, trees, tree boxes, trees stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, nineteen thousand dollars. Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing,Lighting. and cleaning lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, and for purchasing and erecting new lamp posts, painting lamp posts, and lanterns, and replacing lamps and lamp posts damaged or unfit *Provisos*.for service, one hundred and forty-one thousand dollars: *Provided*,Maximum cost.
That no more than twenty-one dollars and fifty cents per annum for each street lamp shall be paid, for gas or oil. lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this 1069 act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hoursMinimum hours. per annum: *Provided further*, That the Commissioners of the DistrictContracts. of Columbia are hereby authorized to enter into contract for gas lighting, and in their discretion for oil lighting, for a period of three years from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: *Provided*, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriationLimitation. herein provided for, the contracting gas companies shall each streetGas consumption. lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so ined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour.
For electric lighting, including necessary expenses of inspection,Electric lighting. on one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That no more*Provisos*. than fifty cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light Maximum cost.burning every night from sunset to sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each arc light shall be of not lessUnderground wires. than one thousand actual candle-power, and no part of thisCandle-power. appropriation shall be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or Overhead wires.avenues of Washington and Georgetown: *Provided*, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to enter into contract for electricContract; arc lights. arc lights which shall fulfill the conditions above specified, for a period of three years from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, at a price not to exceed fifty cents per lampLimit. per night.
Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protectionHarbor front. of the harbor and river front, the enforcement of laws and regulations, construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, two thousand six hundred dollars. For Public Scales: For purchase of site in Georgetown, andSeales. transfer of Georgetown hay scales thereto, and for repair and replacement of public scales, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For Public Pumps:
For the purchase, replacement, and repairPumps. of public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and filling abandoned public wells, five thousand dollars. Care of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers,Bridges, repairs, etc. oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, fifteen thousand dollars; in all twenty thousand dollars. Numbering Houses: To provide for designating alleys in theAlley signs and suburban house numbers. cities of Washington and Georgetown by placing fitting signs therein, and for numbering houses in the suburban villages of the District in a manner analogous to that which prevails by law in said cities, the expense of such numbering to be assessed and collected as like expenses are by law assessable and collectible for numbering houses in the city of Washington, nine hundred dollars.
Washington Aqueduct.Aqueduct. For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars.Engineering, etc. Public Schools.Public schools. For Officers: For superintendent first six divisions, three thousandSuperintendents. three hundred dollars; superintendent, seventh and eight divisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to superintendent Clerks, etc.of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent of 1070 seventh and eight divisions, eight hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent first six divisions, three hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent seventh and eight divisions, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and fifty dollars.
For Teachers: For eight hundred and forty-five teachers to beTeachers. assigned as follows: For one, at two thousand five hundred dollars; For eleven, at two thousand dollars each; For one, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; For nine, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For one, at one thousand four hundred dollars; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For fourteen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand one hundred dollars each;
For forty-one, at one thousand dollars each; For fourteen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; For twelve, at nine hundred dollars each; For nine, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollar’s each; For fourteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For fifty-three, at eight hundred twenty-five dollars each; For twelve, at eight hundred dollars each; For sixty-eight, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For thirty-two, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; For one, at seven hundred and twenty-five dollars;
For eighty-six at seven hundred dollars each; For three, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For eighty-three, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For four, at six hundred dollars each; For five, at five hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For ninety-seven, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For one, at five hundred and twenty-five dollars; For ninety, at five hundred dollars each; For thirty, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For forty-one, at four hundred and fifty dollars each For thirty-eight, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each;
For sixty-six, at four hundred dollars each; in all five hundred*Proviso*. and seventy eight thousand eight hundred dollars: *Provided*,No discrimination. That in assigning salaries to teachers, no discrimination shall be made between male and female teachers employed in Estimates.the same grade of school, and performing a like class of duties; and the Commissioners are directed to report to Congress at each regular session in the Book of Estimates an estimate of the number of teachers required in each of the grades and classes of the schools in the District, the amount of salary, the employment, place and title of employment of each of the teachers in each and all of the grades and classes of the schools in the District.
For teachers of night schools, who may also be teachers in the dayNight schools. schools, six thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of night schools, six hundred dollars. For Janitors and Care of Buildings and Grounds: For careJanitors, etc. of the high-school building and annex, two thousand dollars; of the Jefferson building, one thousand four hundred dollars; of the Stevens building, one thousand one hundred dollars: of the Franklin building, one thousand one hundred dollars; of the Peabody building, nine hundred dollars: of the Force, Seaton, Henry, Webster, Gales.
Wallach. Garnett, Sumner, Analostan. Curtis, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; of the Lincoln, Miner, and Mott buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; of the Abbot, John F. Cook, Randall, and Berrett buildings, at seven hundred dollars each; of the Amidon, Addison, Cranch, Morse. Brent, Bannaker, Blair, Wormley, Anthony Bowen, Maury, Weightman. Bradley, 1071 Blake, Carberry, Giddings, Towers, Magruder, Phelps, Twining, Smallwood, Adams. Jones, Arthur, Corcoran, Briggs, Lenox, Bell, McCormick, Madison.
Jackson, Monroe, Garrison, Ambush, and five new buildings, thirty-eight in all, at five hundred dollars each; of the Hillsdale
(old)Anacostia. Thompson, and Lovejoy buildings, at two hundred and fifty dollars each; of the Mount Pleasant, Potomac, Greenleaf, Hamilton Road, Chamberlain, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white). Bennings (colored), Threlkeld, Brightwood, and Tennallytown buildings, at one hundred and sixty-five dollars each; for care of smaller buildings and rented rooms, including cooking and manual training schools, wherever located, at a rate not to exceed forty-eight dollars per annum for the care of each schoolroom, four thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars; in all forty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars. For rent of school buildings, and repair shop, ten thousand dollars.Rent. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds,Repairs. twenty-four thousand dollars. For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus, toTools, etc. be used in connection with instruction in manual training, ten thousand dollars. For fuel, twenty-nine thousand dollars.Fuel. For furniture for new school buildings twelve thousand dollars.Furniture. For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery,Contingent expenses. printing, insurance, and other necessary items, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For textbooks and school supplies for use of the pupils of the first Free school books.six grades who at the time are not supplied with the same to be Distribution.distributed by the Superintendent of Public Schools under regulations to be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for the necessary expenses of the purchase, distribution, and preservation of said textbooks and supplies, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the distribution or the textbooks and school supplies *Proviso*.herein provided for shall be made, giving preference first to theLower grades preferred. children of the lower of the said six grades. For one eight-room building on site now owned by District ofNew buildings, etc. Columbia in second division, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For one four-room building and site at Brookland, District of Columbia (white), twelve thousand dollars. For one eight-room building and site in eighth division, thirty-five thousand dollars. For one eight-room building and site in third division, thirty-five thousand dollars. For one high school building on site now owned by District of Columbia on Capitol Hill, seventy-five thousand dollars. For one eight-room building and site in sixth division, thirty-five thousand dollars; and authority is hereby granted to sell andole of building and site, Columbia road. convey the school building and site on the south side of ColumbiaProceeds in Treasury. Half to credit of district. road near Sixteenth street extended, the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia, respectively, in equal parts. For purchase of ground in rear of Brightwood school, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. *Provided*, The*Proviso*. total cost of the several and respective sitesLimits of cost. and buildings herein provided for when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously made and approved, shall not exceed the several and respective sums of money herein respectively appropriated for such purposes. That the plans and specifications for each of said buildings, and for all other buildings providedPlans, etc. for in this act, shall be prepared by the inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, and shall be 1072 approved by the Architect of the Capitol and the Commissioners ofApproval and construction. the District, and said buildings shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith. That all sums herein appropriated for the erection of school housesImmediately available. and improvement of county roads shall be immediately available. For Metropolitan Police.Police. For one major and superintendent, three thousand three hundred dollars; one captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two lieutenants, inspectors, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one chief clerk, who shall also be property clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons for the police and fire departments, at five hundred and forty dollars each; for additional compensation for twelve privates detailed for special service in the detection and prevention of crime, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; nine lieutenants, at one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each: two hundred and five privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; twenty station keepers at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine laborers at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one messenger, seven hundred dollars; one messenger, five hundred dollars; one major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred forty dollars; one captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; thirty-eight lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each, nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars; one, van driver, three hundred and sixty dollars; one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two assistant ambulance drivers, at three hundred dollars each; ten drivers of patrol wagons, at three hundred sixty dollars each; three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four hundred and sixty-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. Miscellaneous: For rent of police headquarters and station atContingent expenses. Anacostia, one thousand two hundred dollars. For fuel, two thousand two hundred dollars. For repairs to stations, two thousand five hundred dollars. For patrol wagon and harness, four hundred and forty-three dollars. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery,Miscellaneous. books, telegraphing, photographs, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bed-clothing, insignia of office, purchase and care of horses, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulance, and patrol-wagons, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, sixteen thousand dollars; In all, twenty-two thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars. Buildings: For station-house and site in Georgetown, twenty-nineBuildings, etc. thousand dollars. For the Fire Department.Fire Department. For one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one fire marshal, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; eleven foremen, at one thousand dollars each; eight engineers, at one thousand dollars each; eight firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twelve hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars 1073 each; seventy-six privates, at eight hundred dollars each; six watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one veterinary surgeon for all departments of the District government, four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. Miscellaneous: For repairs to engine houses, three thousandMiscellaneous. dollars; For repairs to apparatus and new appliances, three thousand dollars; For purchase of hose, three thousand dollars; For fuel, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For purchase of horses, three thousand six hundred dollars; For forage, five thousand five hundred dollars; For exchanging engine, four thousand dollars; For addition to engine house number eight, for accommodation of extra truck, eight hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, including office rent, horseshoeing, furniture,Contingent expenses. fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas. and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars; In all, thirty-three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. Telegraph and Telephone Service.Telegraph and telephone service. For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; three telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; one expert repairman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two repairmen, at. seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers, at four hundred dollars each; in all, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. For general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies,Supplies. telephone rental, wire extension of the telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines, purchase of poles, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross arms, gas, fuel, ice, record book, stationery, printing, office rent, purchase of harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars; *Provided*, That the board appointed under the provisions *Provisos*.of the District of Columbia appropriation act approved August sixth,Board of electrical experts to make additional report. eighteen hundred and ninety, to consider and report upon a system of conduits and subways, and kindred matters, shall, in addition, submit a set of recommendations concerning the safe and efficient*Ante*, pp. 304, 305. Safe wiring of buildings. wiring of public and private buildings, for all electric purposes: *Provided further*, That until action by Congress upon the report of the Board appointed to consider the location, arrangement, and operation of electric wires in the Additional conduits and subways for electric lighting and telephone service.District of Columbia, pursuant to the act approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety—or until April first eighteen hundred and ninety-two whichever shall first occur, the Commissioners of said District shall not permit the additional construction of more than five miles of conduits or subways in aggregate length for electricLimitations on construction. lighting purposes nor more than five miles of conduits or subways in aggregate length for telephone service: this to apply to all permits heretofore granted or hereafter grantedApplication of restrictions. etc. under existing law all such permits to be revocable by Congress as heretofore provided, but not to apply to necessary street or houseExceptions. connections for electric service nor to changes of motive power on street railways in compliance with existing law. Health Department.Health Department. For one heath officer, three thousand dollars; nine sanitary and food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for 1074 one chief clerk, who shall act as deputy to the health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars: two clerks, at one thousand two hundred each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, five hundred and forty dollars; one pound master, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding forty dollars per month, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; rent, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars; collection and removal of garbage, twenty-four thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. For the enforcement of the provisions of an act entitled “An actScarlet fever and diphtheria. to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the D*Ante*, p. 692.istrict of Columbia,” approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five thousand dollars. Courts. For the Police Court: For one judge, three thousand dollars;Police court. compensation of a justice of the Judge, acting judge, clerks, etc.peace acting as judge of the police court during the absence of said judge, not exceeding three hundred dollars; one clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand dollars; two bailiffs, at three dollars per day each: one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; in all, nine thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars. Miscellaneous: For United States marshal’s fees, one thousandMiscellaneous. four hundred dollars; For witness fees, four thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs of police court building, eight hundred dollars: For rent of property adjoining police court building for police court and other purposes, six hundred dollars: In all. seven thousand three hundred dollars. Defending Suits in Claims: For necessary expenses in examinationDefense in claims. of witnesses and procuring evidence in the matter of claims against the District of Columbia in the Departments, and defending suits against said District in the Court of Claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, two thousand five hundred dollars. Writs of Lunacy: To defray the expenses attending the executionLunacy writs. of writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments made thereunder, in all eases of indigent insane persons committed, or sought to be committed, to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of Vol. 19, p. 347.the District of Columbia under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two thousand dollars. Interest and Sinking Fund.Interest and sinking fund. For interest and sinking fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water bonds, one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents. Emergency Fund.Emergency fund. To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided for, five thousand dollars: *Proviso*.*Provided*, That in the purchase of all articles Purchases limited to market price, etc.provided for in this act no more than the market price shall be paid for any such articles, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected. 1075 For Reformatories and Prisons.Reformatories and prisons. Support of Convicts: For support, maintenance and transportationSupport, etc,. of convicts. of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-one thousand dollars. Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For TransportationTransportation of prisoners, etc. of paupers and conveying prisoners to the Workhohse, tour thousand dollars. For Washington Asylum: For one intendant, one thousand twoWashington Asylum. hundred dollars: one matron, six hundred dollars; one visiting physician, one thousand and eighty dollars; one resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; one overseer, nine hundred dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred and fifty dollars; one second assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; five watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; one blacksmith, three hundred dollars; one hostler and ambulance driver, two hundred and forty dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, three hundred dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, one hundred and eighty dollars; three cooks at one hundred and twenty dollars each; two cooks at sixty dollars each; one trained nurse, tour hundred and twenty dollars; five nurses at sixty dollars each; one tailor, three hundred dollars; in all. thirteen thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars. For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions,Contingent expenses. fuel, forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, dry-goods, hardware, medicines, repairs to tools, cars, tracks, steam heating and cooking apparatus, pamting, and other necessary items and services, fifty thousand dollars. For building and fitting addition to female workhouse, five thousandFemale workhouse addition. dollars, together with the sum of twenty thousand dollars, appropriated by the District of Columbia appropriation act, approved*Ante*, p. 300. August six, eighteen hundred and ninety, for raising magazine building two stories and fitting it for female workhouse, which sum is hereby reappropriated and made available for the object hereinReappropriation, available. provided for. For inclosing portion of reservation number thirteen, transferredBurial ground addition. to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety for burial ground, five hundred*Ibid*. and fifty dollars. For furniture for hospital and diningroom, eight hundred dollars. For completing dining-room for new operating ward, five hundredFurniture, etc. dollars. For Reform School: For one superintendent, one thousand fiveReform school. hundred dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, three thousand five hundred dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars: three matrons of families, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; three foremen of work shops, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; farmer, four hundred and eighty dollars; engineer, three hundred and ninety-six dollars: one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; baker, cook, shoemaker, and tailor, at three hundred dollars each; one laundress, one hundred and eighty dollars; two dining-room servants, seamstress, and chambermaid. at one hundred and forty-four dollars each; florist, three hundred and sixty dollars: watchmen, not exceeding five in number, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; secretary and treasurer of board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty two dollars. For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats, drySupport of inmates. goods, leather and shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements and seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, 1076 books stationery, plumbing, painting and glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, repairs to buildings, and other necessary items, including compensation, not exceeding nine hundred dollars for additional labor or services; and for transportation and other necessary expenses incident to securing suitable homes for discharged boys, not exceeding five hundred dollars, all under the control of the Commissioners, twenty-six thousand dollars. For Boiler house, two thousand four hundred dollars.Boiler house, etc.’ For one hundred horsepower steam-heating boiler, one thousand five hundred dollars. For steam fittings and steam pipes in old family building, radiators and connections, one thousand five hundred dollars. For the Industrial Home School: For maintenance of inmatesIndustrial Home School. and salaries of superintendent and employees, the promotion of industries and general repairs and other necessary expenses, all under the control of the Commissioners, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. For Support of the Insane.Support of Insane. For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the Government Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty-eight hundred andR. S., secs. 4844, 4850, pp. 939, 940. forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, ninety thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. For Charities.Charities. For superintendent of Charities, at the rate of three thousand dollarsPay of superintendent. per annum, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For relief of the poor, sixteen thousand dollars.Relief of the poor. For temporary support of indigent persons, male and female, to be Temporary support of indigent.expended in sued) manner as the Commissioners of the District may deem best, five thousand four hundred dollars: and from this sum Distribution.the Commissioners may allot not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars to the Board of Management of the Temporary Home for Soldiers and Sailors, Grand Army of the Republic, District of Columbia, and not exceeding one thousand dollars to the Young Woman’s Christian Home, and not exceeding one thousand dollars to the Hope and Help Mission, and not exceeding four hundred dollars to the Washington Night Lodging-House Association. For the support and maintenance of the Columbia Hospital forColumbia Hospital. Women and Lying-in Asylum, twenty thousand dollars. For the Women’s Christian Association, four thousand dollars.Women’s Christian Association. Association for destitute Colored Women, etc. For the National Association for Destitute Colored Women andColored foundlings. Children, ten thousand dollars. To enable said association to care for colored foundlings, two thousandChildren’s Hospital. Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum. Saint Rose Industrial School. dollars. For the Children’s Hospital, ten thousand dollars.German Orphan Asylum. Church Orphanage of Saint John’s. For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, six thousand five hundred dollars. For the Saint Rose Industrial School, for maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the German Orphan Asylum, six thousand dollars. For maintenance of the Church Orphanage Association of Saint John’s Parish of the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars. For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings,Foundling Hospital. for maintenance, six thousand dollars. For Association for Works of Mercy, for maintenanceAssociation for Works of Mercy. and repairs, three thousand dollars: For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington.Homeopathic Hospital. District of Columbia, for maintenance, six thousand dollars; for payment of indebtedness, three thousand dollars, in all, nine thousand dollars; 1077 For maintenance of the National Temperance Home, two thousand National Temperance Home.dollars. For House of the Good Shepherd, for maintenance, three thousandHouse of the Good Shepherd. dollars. For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb personsColumbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the District of Columbia, under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes, ten thousand five hundred dollars,R. S., sec. 4864, p. 942. or so much thereof as may be necessary: and all disbursementsDisbursements to be accounted for. for this object, beginning with the current fiscal year, shall be accounted for through the Department of the Interior. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the educationEducation of feeble-minded children. of feeble-minded children belonging to the District of Columbia as provided for in the act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundredVol. 21, pp. 275, 276. and eighty, three thousand four hundred dollars, or so much thereof Water Department.as may be necessary. Militia of the District of Colombia.District militia. For the following to be expended under the authority of the CommissionersExpenditures under Commissioners. of the District of Columbia, namely: For rent, fuel, light, care and repair of armories, fourteenRent, etc., of armories. thousand dollars. For current expenses namely: For lockers, gun-racks, and furnitureCurrent expenses. for armories, one thousand three hundred dollars. For printing and stationery, three hundred dollars. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, one hundred and fifty dollars. For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms,Custodian. nine hundred dollars. For expenditures for camp grounds, and for expenses of drills,For camp grounds, drills, and parades. parades, and instruction, namely: For clearing and mowing grounds, and completing rifle range, two hundred and sixty-five dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand dollars. For transportation and incidental expenses of rifle practice onRifle practice, etc. the rifle range five hundred dollars. For expenses of rifle practice and matches, one thousand two hundred dollars. For purchase of water barrels, one hundred and four dollars. For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred andGeneral incidental expenses. Limit of contracts, etc. fifty dollars. And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriations for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated. Water Department. The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operationsWater Department. of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely: For Revenue and Inspection Branch: For one chief clerk, at oneRevenue and inspection branch. Clerks, etc. thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one inspector. at nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; six inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, at six hundred dollars. For Distribution Branch: For one superintendent, at one thousand,Distribution branch. Clerks, engineers, etc. six hundred dollars; one draughtsman, atone thousand five hundred dollars; one foreman, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one timekeeper, at eight hundred dollars; one assistant foreman, at nine hundred dollars; one tapper and machinist, at nine hundred dollars; one assistant tapper, at six 1078 hundred dollars; four engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; one extra engineer for such times as may be actually necessary, at three dollars per day, not to exceed five hundred and forty dollars; one blacksmith at seven hundred and fifty dollars; two plumbers, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; two assistant machinists, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each: one property keeper, at six hundred dollars; six firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each: two flushers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, at four hundred and eighty dollars; one watchman. at four hundred and eighty dollars; one hostler, at four hundred and eighty dollars; one calker, at seven hundred and thirty dollars; and three laborers, at five hundred dollars each; and for Limitation.not to exceed at any time two inspectors on manufacture of cast-iron pipe, at a maximum rate of four dollars and fifty cents per day for such periods as their services may be actually necessary, one Immediately available.thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available; in all, forty thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars. For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage.Contingent expenses. advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand five hundred dollars. For extra clerical services in transcribing water-rent books to serveExtra clerical. for the three fiscal years next ensuing, to beImmediately available. immediately available, one thousand and fifty dollars. For providing numerical book for county, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipeFuel, repairs, etc. distribution to high and low service, material for high and low service. including public hydrants and fireplugs, and labor in repairing, Mains, etc.replacing, raising and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fire plugs and public hydrants, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. For interest and sinking fund on water-stock bonds, forty-fourInterest and sinking funds. thousand six hundred and ten dollars. For interest on account of increasing the water supply, as Vol. 22, p. 170.provided in the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, thirty thousand four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-three cents. For sinking fund on account of increase of water supply, under*Ibid*. act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, fifty three thousand five hundred and seven dollars and seventy-seven cents. Sec. 2, That the amount charged against the District of ColumbiaCredit and refund on account of 48-inch main, etc. Vol. 25, pp. 914, 915. on account of the forty-eight-inch main and connections as provided for by the deficiency appropriation act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby credited to said District, and the amount charged against the revenues of the Water Department for lying the Fourteenth street main. Vol. 25, p. 327.main on Fourteenth street, west, as provided in the District of Columbia appropriation act, approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby credited to said Water Department, Annual estimates, water department, to cover refund, in instalments. etc.and hereafter it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to include in their annual estimates for the expenses of the water department, an estimate to be made by the Treasurer of the United States of the amount necessary to refund, in twenty-five equal annual instalments one-half the cost of the said forty-eight-inch main and connections, and one-half the cost of the said Fourteenth street main and connections, with interest on said amount at the rate of three per cent, per annum, computed annually on the principal sum remaining unpaid. Sec. 3. That said Commissioners shall not make requisitions uponLimit of requisitions upon Treasury. the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 546, 547. 1891.1079 Sec. 4. That the rate of interest to be collected of any person owingInterest on arrearages of taxes, etc., to be 6 per centum. arrearages of general taxes prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or assessments for special improvements, including the laying of water mains, now due to, and the liens for which are held by, the District of Columbia, shall be six per centum per annum in lieu of the rate and penalties now fixed by law and all accrued costs: *Provided*, That this provision shall*Provisos*. apply only to taxes and assessments paid on or before the thirtieth day of June, eighteenIf paid June 30, 1891. hundred and ninety-one: *Provided*, That as to all taxes, costs, and charges unpaid on said date there shall be added a penalty of tenAdded penalty, if unpaid. per cent to be calculated on all sums due. Approved, March 3, 1891.