Chapter 199. making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 199.— An Act making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.March 3, 1893. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the half of the followingDistrict of Columbia appropriations.Half from District revenues. 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, 538 being for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely:
GENERAL EXPENSES.General expenses. for salaries and contingent expenses.Salaries, etc. Executive office.Commissioners, Secretary, etc.For Executive Office. For two Commissioners, at five thousand dollars each; one Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight 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 type writer, 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 thirteen dollars; two laborers at three hundred and sixty dollars each; 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; four assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; and one harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-six thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars.
Assessor’s office.For Assessors’ Office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; two assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one special assessment clerk, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one, thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and draftsman, 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, nine hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
Collector’s office.For Collectors Office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and messenger one thousand dollars; and one messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred dollars. Auditor’s office.For Auditors Office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars; one chief clerk, 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; and one disbursing clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars.
Attorney’s office.For Attorneys Office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one special assistant attorney, one thousand two hundred dollars; one law clerk, one thousand 539 two hundred dollars; one messenger, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand six 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 eight hundredCoroner’s office. 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 Engineer’s Office: Record Division: One chief clerk, oneEngineer’s office.Record division. thousand nine 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 clerk, six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each;
Surface Division: One computing engineer, two thousand four hundredSurface division. dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of streets and sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant inspectors of streets and sewers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; superintendent of county roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent of parking, seven hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars;
Subsurface Division: One inspector of asphalt and cements, twoSubsurface division. thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars; one assistant inspector of gas and meters, one thousand dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one superintendent of lamps one thousand dollars; two inspectors of lamps, at nine hundred dollars each; one inspector of streets and sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand six hundred and thirty 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. Sewer Division: For one superintendent of sewers, two thousandSewer division. four hundred dollars; one general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draftsman one thousand two hundred dollars; one leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk, 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; and one assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred and two dollars.
That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily requiredTemporary over seers. 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 ofReport. 540 such overseers, inspectors, and other employees, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation.
Inquiry, and specific estimates, etc., as to all officers, etc., to be made.That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, prior to the first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, enquire fully as to the employment of each and every officer, inspector, clerk, foreman, or other persons, except day laborers, who are or may be employed in the execution of appropriations for street, road, or sewer work, the construction and repair of buildings, bridges, or any other work, and who are paid from such appropriations, the necessity for such employment, whether the compensation paid is excessive in any case or cases; and in their estimates of appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five it shall be their duty to submit specific estimates, in no case exceeding the compensation actually paid for the same or similar services during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for all such officers, overseers, inspectors, clerks, or other employees, except day-laborers, whose annual employment they deem necessary and whom they believe to be indispensable to an efficient and economical execution of the said appropriations for which they may submit estimates for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, specifying the number of persons to be so employed, the office in which they would be employed, and the rate of compensation to each.
Superintendent of charities.Superintendent of Charities: For superintendent of charities, three thousand dollars. contingent expenses.Contingent expenses. For contingent of the government of the District of Columbia, namely: For printing, checks, books, stationery, detection of frauds on the revenue, repairs of market houses, painting; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the offices of the inspector of gas and meters and the inspector of asphalt and cement; damages, care of 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, office of the superintendent of charities, harbor master, health department, and police court, twenty-four thousand dollars; and the Commissioners shall *Proviso*.Use of horses, etc.so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: *Provided*, That horses and vehicles appropriated for in this act shall be used only for official purposes.
Stables.For contingent expenses of stables of the Engineer Department, 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 expenditure on account of the Engineer Department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund.
Rent.For rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars. For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars. Collecting personal taxes.For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes by distraint and sale, or otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand five hundred dollars. Judicial expenses.For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the supreme court of the District of Columbia, six hundred dollars.
Coroner’s expenses.For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, juror’s fees, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice for morgue, and holding inquests, nine hundred and seventy-five dollars. Advertising.For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, two thousand nine hundred dollars. Inquiry, and specific estimates, etc., as to all officers, etc., to be made. 541 For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July first, eighteen hundredNotice of arrears of taxes. and ninety-two, as required to be given by act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ten thousand dollars, to be reimbursedVol. 26, p. 24. by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised.
To enable the assessor to continue account of arrears of taxes on realArrears of taxes account. property due the District of Columbia, including the payment of necessary clerical force, two thousand dollars. Plats of Subdivisions outside of Washington and GeorgetownSurveys and plats of outside subdivisions.: To pay the expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine if plats of subdivisions of land within theVol. 25, p. 451.
District offered for record have been made in conformity to the “Act to regulate subdivision of land within the District of Columbia,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, three thousand dollars. permit work.Permit work. For the improvement and repair of alleys and sidewalks and the constructionAlleys, sidewalks, and sewers. of sewers and sidewalks, of such form and materials as the Commissioners may determine, under the permit system, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars; and this appropriation shall be availableParking on New York avenue. for removing and repaving parking on New York avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets, under the provisions of the compulsory permit system.
That the provision in the District appropriation act of March third,New sidewalks or curbing.Vol. 26, p. 1066. eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorizing assessment against abutting property for new sidewalks or curbing required to be laid on streets being improved, is amended so as to read as follows: That when new sidewalks or curbing are hereafter required to beAbutting property to pay one-half. 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: *Provided*, That abutting property*Proviso*.Exception. shall not be liable to such assessment when sidewalk and curbing have been laid by the District authorities in front of the same under the permit system within two years prior to such assessment, and all such charges and assessments shall be refunded or abated. improvements and repairs.Improvements and repairs.Streets and avenues.
For work on sundry streets and avenues named in Appendix “Dd,” Book of Estimates, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended in the discretion of the Commissioners upon streets and avenues specified in the schedules named in said appendix and in the aggregate for each schedule as stated herein, namely: Georgetown Schedule: Seventeen thousand dollars.Allotment. Northwest Section Schedule: Seventy-six thousand dollars: Southwest Section Schedule:
Twenty-six thousand dollars. Southeast Section Schedule: Thirty-eight thousand dollars. Northeast Section Schedule: Forty-three thousand dollars. *Provided*, That the streets and avenues shall be contracted for in the*Proviso*.Order of precedence. order in which they appear in said schedules and be completed in such order as nearly as practicable. That under appropriations contained in this act no contract shall beLimit for concrete 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 of Columbia prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and with same depth of base: *Provided*, That these*Proviso*.Increase for certain streets. conditions as to price and depth of base shall not apply to those streets on which, in the judgment of the Commissioners, by reason of heavy traffic, poor foundation, or other causes, a pavement of more than ordinary strength is required, in which ease the limit of price may be increased to two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard. 542 Grading.Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads:
For the purchase of horses, cars, carts, tools, or the hire of the same, to be used by prisoners and inmates of the Washington Asylum in the work of grading, four thousand dollars. Repairs, pavements.Repairs to Pavements: For repairs to concrete pavements with the same or other not inferior material, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEWERS.Sewers. Cleaning, etc.For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, forty-five thousand dollars. Replacing.For relief sewers and for replacing obstructed sewers, seventy-five thousand five hundred dollars.
Main and pipes.*Proviso*.Limit of new main, increased.Vol. 26, p. 155.For main and pipe sewers, one hundred and twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-five dollars: *Provided*, That the limit of the cost of the main intercepting sewer, authorized in the 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 ninety-three, and for other purposes, approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby fixed at not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, instead of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars as prescribed in the said act.
Suburban.For suburban sewers, eighty-two thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars. Ganging.Rights of way.For gauging sewers and rainfall, two thousand five hundred dollars. For condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance, and repairs of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Automatic siphons.For automatic siphons for flushing sewers ten thousand dollars, to be Immediately available.immediately available. STREETS.Streets.
Repairs, streets, etc.Repairs of Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, including the repair of cuts made by the sewer department, forty thousand dollars. Repairs, roads, etc.Repairs, County Roads: For current work of repairs of county roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars. Constructing county roads.Construction of County Roads: For construction of county roads and suburban streets, as follows: For grading and regulating Champlain avenue, from Florida avenue to Columbia road (changing grade), and grading Sixteenth street northwest, extended, Prospect street, Crescent street, and Ontario avenue, Meridian Hill, fifteen thousand dollars.
For paving Brightwood avenue, from Irving street northward, ten thousand dollars. For grading Massachusetts avenue, extended, ten thousand dollars. For grading and regulating Jefferson street (Anacostia), four thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand dollars. Sweeping, etc.Sprinkling, Sweeping, and Cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Parking commission.For the Parking Commission:
For contingent expenses, including laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items eighteen thousand dollars. Lighting.Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, and for purchasing and erecting new lam-posts, lanterns, moving lamp posts, painting lampposts and lanterns, and replacing lampposts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars: 543 *Provided*, That no more than twenty-one dollars and fifty cents per*Provisos*.Maximum cost. annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas or oil, lighting, extinguishing, repairing and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousandRegulators. hours per annum: *Provided*, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations herein provided for, the contracting gas companies shall equip each street lamp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour.
That for securing a better fulfillment of the intent of an act entitledAdditional gas laboratories. “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, two additional laboratories shall be providedVol. 18, p.277. and fitted up by the Washington Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shallApproval of commissioners. be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners, at a total cost not to exceed one thousand dollars, for inspecting and testing the illuminating gas manufactured and distributed by the said Washington Gas Light Company and the gas meters used for measuring the gas supplied to consumers by the said Washington Gas Light Company.
One of the said laboratories shall be located inLocation in Washington. the northwestern portion of the city of Washington and the other in the southeastern portion of said city, and the cost of providing and fitting up the said laboratories shall be paid for by the said Washington Gas Light Company. And for securing the better fulfillment of the intent of the said act, a laboratory shall be provided and fitted up by the GeorgetownGeorgetown. Gas Light Company, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall be furnished with suitable apparatus, to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners at a total cost not to exceed one thousand dollars, for inspecting and testing the illuminating gas manufactured and distributed by the said Washington Gas Light Company and the gas meters used for measuring the gas supplied to consumers by the said Georgetown Gas Light Company: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Georgetown Gas Company to pay cost, penalties, etc.
That the cost of providing and fitting up the said laboratory shall be paid by the said Georgetown Gas Light Company, and the said Georgetown Gas Light Company shall be liable for such penalties for departures from the standards of illuminating power and purity of the gas manufactured and distributed by the said Company as are prescribed in the first section of the said act entitled “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four:Vol. 18. p. 277.Gas-fitting regulations. *Provided further*, That the provisions and penalties of the act entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of an inspector of pluming in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved April*Ante*, p. 21.Penalty for noncompliance. twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, are hereby extended to include the practice of the business of gas-fitting in the District of Columbia: *Provided further*, That the Washington Gas Light CompanyInspector of gas-fit-ting.At cost of both gas companies. and the Georgetown Gas Light Company shall, at the beginning of each fiscal year, in proportion to their respective receipts from sales of gas for the fiscal year immediately preceding, provide in advance, by depositing with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, a sum sufficient to pay the salary of an inspector of gas-fitting, to be appointedAppointment.Salary.Additional expenses. by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, at one thousand dollars per annum, and also the necessary additional expenses of maintaining the service of inspecting and testing illuminating gas and gas meters, herein provided for, as estimated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and not to exceed fixe hundred dollars per annum for each of the said additional laboratories: *Provided further*,Daily inspections.
That the daily inspections prescribed in section five of the act entitled “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteenVol. 18, p. 278. hundred and seventy-four, shall hereafter be made at any time after twelve o’clock noon and before twelve o’clock midnight, in the discretion of the inspector of gas and meters: *Provided further*, That the provisionsTest, etc., of meters. of sections seven and eight of the act entitled “An act regulating gas works,” approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred andVol. 18, pp. 278, 279. 544 seventy four, shall hereafter apply to all gas meters from which the heads shall have been removed by any gas company in the District of Columbia for the purpose of examining and repairing the same, and no gas meter from which the head shall have been removed shall be again placed in service by any gas company in the District of Columbia with out having been duly inspected, approved, and sealed as provided for Inspection fee.Extension of gas mains.in the said act and for such inspection of repaired meters a fee of twenty cents each shall be paid: *Provided further*, That each gas company in the District of Columbia shall, at its sole and entire expense, make reasonable extensions of its gas mains whenever the said extensions shall be necessary for maintaining street lamps for the public Regulations.safety and comfort, and the said Commissioners shall regulate the location and depth of the said gas mains in the streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and spaces of the District of Columbia.
Any failure to comply with this provision shall be reported to Congress by the commissioners. Electric lighting.For electric lighting, including necessary expenses of inspection, on one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions, *Provisos*.Maximum cost.fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That not more than fifty cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light burning every night from sunset to sunris, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each arc light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candle power, and no part of this appropriation shall Overbend wires.be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of the cities of Washington and Report on contracts, etc.Georgetown: *Provided further*, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall investigate, ascertain, and report to the first session of the Fifty-third Congress what deduction may be made for gas an electric lighting, both for annual, five-year, and for ten-year contracts, and that they be authorized to invite proposals for supplying said light at reduced rates; and in this they are not limited to any one system or company.
Harbor and river front.Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protection 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. Scales.For Public Scales: For repair and replacement of public scales, two hundred dollars. Pumps.For Public Pumps: For the purchase, replacement and repair of public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and filling abandoned or condemned public wells, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
Bridges.Care of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, fourteen thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand Control.dollars. And the control of bridges, except the Aqueduct bridge across Rock Creek, in the District of Columbia, is hereby conferred on the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and they are hereby Regulations for safety, etc.required to make such proper regulations as they may deem necessary for the safety of the public using said bridges, and for the lighting and the police control of the same.
Washington Aqueduct.Aqueduct. Engineering, etc.*Proviso*.Diversion of water prohibited.For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no portion of the water conveyed or to be conveyed through or by means of the Washington Aqueduct, or any appurtenance thereof, shall be diverted to the supply or use of any building, premises, or establishment located outside of the existing limits of the District of Columbia. 545 Towards improving the deceiving reservoir by the works required forReceiving reservoir.Improving, protecting, etc. cutting off the drainage into it of polluted waters and sewage from the surrounding country, for the purchase or condemnation of the small amount of land required for the purpose, and for the excavation necessary at the head of the reservoir sixty thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Cost.
That the whole cost of the work shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be done by contract or otherwise as the Secretary of War may determine: *Provided further*, That notwithstanding the limitation prescribe by the acts of Congress approved JulyPayment to Thomas Ready for condemned land. fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Thomas Ready the sum of four hundred andVol. 22, pp. 168.Vol. 23, p. 332. seventy dollars and ninety cents out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of fifty-one thousand three hundred and seventy dollars to pay for land to extend aqueduct, made by the act entitled “An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes,” approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,Vol. 22, p. 168. which sum shall be in full for the appraised value of land owned by the said Thomas Ready and taken by the United States for the requirements and purposes of that act: *Provided*, That no payment hereunder shallNo payment without absolute title. be made until the Attorney-General shall have decided that an absolute title to the premises shall vest in the United States.
Public Schools.Public schools. For Officers: For superintendent first six divisions, three thousandSuperintendents, clerks, etc. three hundred dollars; superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to superintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent of seventh and eighth divisions, eight hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent first six divisions, three hundred dollars; messenger to superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand and fifty dollars.
For Teachers: For nine hundred and forty-two 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 ten, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For fifteen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand one hundred dollars each;
For forty-nine, at one thousand dollars each; For nineteen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; For nine, at nine hundred dollars each; For eight, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For fifteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty, at eight hundred and twenty five dollars each; For twenty-four, at eight hundred dollars each; For sixty-nine, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For twenty-seven, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each;
For ninety-seven, at seven handled dollars each; For four, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For ninety five, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For six, at six hundred dollars each; For one, at five hundred and seventy five dollars; For one hundred and twelve, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For two, at five hundred and twenty five dollars each: For one hundred and eight, at five hundred dollars each; For twenty-two, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each; 546 For forty-one, at four hundred and fifty dollars each;
For sixty-one, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For sixty-four, at four hundred dollars each; in all, six hundred and forty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. *Provided*, That in assigning salaries to teachers, no discrimination *Proviso*.No discrimination.shall be made between male and female teachers employed in the same grade of school, and performing a like class of duties. Night schools.For teachers of night schools, who may also be teachers in the day Schools, six thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of night schools, five hundred dollars. Janitors.For Janitors and Care of Buildings and Grounds: For care of the high school building of the first six divisions, two thousand dollars; of the Jefferson building, one thousand four hundred dollars; of the Eastern high school building of the first six divisions, and of the high-school building of the seventh and eight divisions, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; of the Stevens and Franklin buildings, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; of the Peabody, Force, Sea-ton, Henry, Webster, Gales, Wallach, Garnett, Sumner, Grant, Curtis, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars each; of the Lincoln and Mott buildings, at eight hundred dollars each; of the Abbott, 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, Blake, Carberry, Giddings, Towers, Magruder, Phelps, Twining, Smallwood, Adams, Jones, Arthur, Corcoran, Briggs, Lenox, Bell, McCormick, Madison, Jackson, Monroe, Garrison, Ambush, Phillips, Slater, Logan, Tyler, Van Buren, Harrison, Polk, Wilson, and Taylor buildings, forty-two in all, at five hundred dollars each; of the Fillmore building for nine months, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of the Hillsdale, Anacostia, Thompson, and Lovejoy buildings, at two hundred and fifty dollars each; of the Mount Pleasant, Potomac, Greenleaf, Hamilton Road, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Threlkeld, Brightwood, Tennallytown, and Brookland 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 sevetysix dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand seven hundred and thirty-one dollars.
Rent.Repairs.For rent of school buildings, and repair shop, ten thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars. Tools, etc.For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus, to be used in connection with instruction in manual training, eight thousand dollars. Fuel.Furniture.For fuel, thirty thousand dollars. For furniture for new school buildings, two thousand eight hundred dollars. Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing, insurance, and other necessary items, thirty thousand dollars.
Free school books, etc.For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eight grades, who at the time are not supplied with the same, to be distributed by the superintendent of public schools under regulations to be made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for necessary expenses of the purchase, distribution, and preservation of said textbooks and supplies, forty-eight thousand dollars. Buildings not to be used for other than school purposes.That hereafter the public school buildings of the District of Columbia shall be used for no purposes whatever other than those directly connected with the public school system of the District.
Buildings.For one eight-room building and site in the third school division, northeast, thirty-nine thousand dollars. For one eight-room building in eighth scool division, to relieve Garnett School, twenty-eight thousand dollars. 547 For purchase of lot east of Slater school building, two thousand square feet, two thousand seven hundred dollars. For additional amount for purchase of ground in rear of Brightwood School, one hundred and fifty dollars. For repair of Wallach school building, to be immediately available one thousand one hundred dollars; *Provided*, that the total cost of the site and of the several and respective*Proviso*.Limit of cost. 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 forApproval of plans. all other buildings provided for in this act, 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 buildings shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith. For Metropolitan Police.Police. For one major and superintendent, three thousand three hundredSalaries. 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 five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons of the police and tire departments, at five hundred and forty dollars each; for additional compensation for twelve privates ditailed tor 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-one sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; two hundred and thirty privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy-five 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 laborer in charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; one messenger, seven hundred dollars; one messenger five hundred dollars; one major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; one captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; forty-three lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; 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; fourteen drivers of patrol wagons at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five hundred thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
Miscellaneous: For rent of police headquarters and station atMiscellaneous. Anacostia, one thousand two hundred dollars; For fuel, two thousand two hundred dollars; For repairs of stations, two thousand dollars; For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationeryContingent expenses. books, telegraphing, photographs, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bedclothing, 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 seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, twenty three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For covers for patrol wagons, one hundred and fifty dollars. For one light wagon, harness, and horse, three hundred and sixty five dollars. 548 For the Fire Department.Fire Department. Salaries.For one chief engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one tire marshal, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twelve foremen, at one thousand dollars each; nine engineers, at one thousand dollars each; nine firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; thirteen hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; eighty-two 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 seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars.
Miscellaneous.Miscellaneous: For repairs to engine houses, three thousand dollars; For repairs to apparatus, and new appliances, three thousand dollars; For purchase of hose, four thousand dollars; For fuel, two thousand five hundred dollars; For purchase of horses, four thousand dollars; For forage, six thousand dollars; For furniture for new Number Nine engine company, nine hundred dollars; For one hose carriage for Number Nine engine company, nine hundred dollars. Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas. and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars;
In all, thirty two thousand three hundred dollars. Telegraph and Telephone Service.Telegraph and telephone service.Salaries. 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.
Supplies.For general supplies, repairs, new batteries and battery supplies, telephone rental, wire extension of the telegraph and telephone service, repairs of lines, purchase of poles, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, crossarms, gas, fuel, ice record books, stationery, printing, office rent, purchase of harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, ten thousand dollars. Health Department.Health department. Salaries.For one health officer, three thousand dollars; eight sanitary, food, and garbage inspectors, who shall also be charged with enforcement of garbage regulations, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for one chief clerk and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger and janitor, five hundred and forty dollars; one pound master, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding forty dollars per month each, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; and one ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all twenty five thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. 549 Miscellaneous:
For rent, one thousand one hundred and twentyMiscellaneous. dollars. For collection and removal of garbage and dead animals, twenty-fourGarbage.*Proving.*Additional sum for using steel tanks, etc. thousand four hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, in their discretion, allow an additional sum, not exceeding fifty cents per ton, for the removal of said garbage in steel tanks or carts, and its immediate destruction within the limits of the District, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for such purposes, and the appropriation for the current fiscal year of two thousand five hundredCurrent appropriation may be used dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in the same way for the same purposes: *Provided further*, That said commissionersDaily collection during certain months, 1893. may, in their discretion, in case the safety and health of the District in their judgment require it, allow for the daily collection of garbage during the months of May, June, July, August, and September of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, an additional sum,Additional appropriation. not exceeding one thousand dollars per month, during the time when such daily collection is made to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for such purpose.
For the enforcement of the provisions of an act entitled “An act toScarlet fever and diphtheria. prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia,” approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety,Vol. 26, p. 692. four thousand dollars. courts.Courts. For the Police Court: For two judges, at three thousand dollarsPolice court. each; compensation of two justices of the peace acting as judges of the police court during the absence of said judges, not exceeding three hundred dollars each; one clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two deputy clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three bailiffs, at three dollars per day each, two thousand eight hundred and seventeen dollars; one deputy marshal, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars.
Miscellaneous: For United States marshall’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; For compensation for jury, eight thousand dollars;Jurors. In all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars. Writs of Lunacy: To defray the expenses attending the execution ofLunacy writs. writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder, in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of 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, public insanitary conditions, calamity by Hood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently 550Immediately available.*Proviso*.Purchases.provided for, five thousand dollars, and twenty-one thousand dollars additional to be immediately available; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars: *Provided*, That in the purchase of all articles 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.
For Reformatories and Prisons.Reformatories and prisons. Support of convicts.Support of Convicts: For support, maintenance and transportation of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-five thousand dollars. Transporting prisoners, etc.Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For transportation of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, four thousand dollars. Washington Asylum.For Washington Asylum:
For one intendant, one thousand two 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, at three hundred dollars; one female keeper at workhouse, at one hundred and eighty dollars; four cooks, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; one trained nurse, four hundred and twenty dollars; and five nurses, at sixty dollars each; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-five dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions, fuel forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, hardware, medicines, repairs to tools, cars, tracks, steam heating and cooking apparatus, painting, and other necessary items and services, forty-five thousand five hundred dollars. For the renewal of plumbing in the almshouse and repairs, three thousand dollars. Reform school.For Reform School; For superintendent, one thousand five 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 workshops, 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; 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.
Support of inmates.For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, feed, meats dry goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements and seeds, harness and repairs to same, fertilizers, 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 551 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 one additional brick family building, including heating apparatus,Additional building twenty thousand dollars. For furnishing same, one thousand two hundred dollars. For one brick water-closet, one thousand 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 and forty-four and forty-eight hundred[R. S., secs. 4844, 4850 pp. 939, 940](/us/rs/t/s4844/4850/pp940). and fifty of the Revised Statutes, ninety-six thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars.
For Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.Deaf and dumb. For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb personsSupport in Columbia Institution. admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the District of Columbia, under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-four[R. S., sec. 4864. p. 942](/us/rs/t/s4864/p942). of the Revised Statutes, ten thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and all disbursements for this object shall be accounted for through the Department of the Interior.
For Charities.Charities For relief of the poor, fourteen thousand dollars.Relief of the poor.Municipal lodging house, etc. For a municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, four thousand dollars. For temporary home for soldiers and sailors, Grand Army of theTemporary home, soldiers and sailors. Republic, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the Women’s Christian Association, maintenance, four thousandWomen’s Christian Association. dollars. For Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, maintenance, nineEmergency Hospital. thousand dollars.
For the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenance,Columbia Hospital.*Proviso*.Trustees. twenty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter as Vacancies occur among the trustees, other than members of Congress, they shall be filled by the District Commissioners. For the Children’s Hospital, maintenance, ten thousand dollars.Children’s Hospital. For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington,Homeopathic Hospital. District of Columbia, for maintenance, seven thousand dollars.
For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, as follows:Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum.Expenses, etc. For subsistence, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For salaries and compensation of the surgeon-in-chief, not to exceed three thousand dollars; two assistant surgeons, clerk, engineer, and matron, nurses, laundresses, cooks, teamsters, watchmen, and laborers, fifteen thousand dollars. For rent of hospital buildings and grounds, four thousand dollars; For fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, transportation, medicines and medical supplies, repairs and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, eleven thousand five hundred dollars;
For reading matter for patients, twenty-five dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand and twenty-five dollars. And hereafter the expenditures for the Freedmen’s Hospital andSupervision and control of expenditures. Asylum shall be under the supervision and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Reform School for Girls: For superintendent, one thousandGirls reform school.Salaries. two hundred dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; two teachers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one day watchman, who shall 552 also be driver, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one night watchman, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; and one laborer, three hundred dollars; in all four thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars.
Expenses.For groceries, provisions, fuel, soap, oil. lamps, candles, clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicine, medical attendance, hack hire, freight, furniture, beds, bedding, sewing machines, fixtures, books, horses, wagon, harness, cows, stables, wagon and cow sheds, fences and repairs, and other necessary items, fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars. Church Orphanage.For the Church Orphanage Association of Saint John’s Parish, maintenance. one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars.
German Orphan Asylum.For the German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars. Association for Destitute Colored Women.For the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, maintenance, including its care of colored foundlings, seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum.For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. Saint Joseph’s Asylum.For Saint Joseph’s Asylum, maintenance, one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars.
Women’s UnionFor the Women’s Union Christian Association, maintenance, one Christian Association.hundred and fifty dollars. Association for Works of Mercy.For the Association for works of Mercy, maintenance, one thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars. House of the Good Shepherd.For House of Good Shepherd, maintenance, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-three dollars. Industrial Home School.For the Industrial Home school, maintenance, seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
Saint Rose’s Industrial School.For Saint Rose’s Industrial School, maintenance, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars. Board of Children’s Guardians.For the Board of Children’s Guardians, created under the act approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. namely: *Ante*, p. 268.For administrative expenses, including salaries of agents, expenses in Expenses, etc.placing and visiting children, and all office and sundry expenses, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available; for care of feeble-minded children, for the care of children under three years of age, white and colored, for the board and care of all children over three years of age, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, nineteen thousand two hundred *Provisos*.Feeble-minded children .dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the authority for placing feeble-minded children of the District of Columbia, heretofore given to the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby transferred to the Board of Children’s Guardians:
Additional benefits under Board of children’s Guardians.*And provided further*, That the institutions for children, including industrial and reformatory, namely, the Church Orphanage of Saint John’s Parish, the German Orphan Asylum, the National Association tor the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, including its care of colored foundlings, the Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, the Saint Joseph’s Asylum, the Women’s Union Christian Association, the Association for Works of Mercy, the House of the Good Shepherd, and Industrial Home School, and Saint Rose’s Industrial School, heretofore receiving aid by specific appropriation, are hereby remitted, except as herein specifically appropriated for, to the appropriation herein made *Ante*, p. 268.and to the said act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, “to provide for the care of dependent children in the District of Columbia, and to create a Board of Children’s Guardians” for all rights and benefits which they may have under the provisions of the said act.
Foundling Hospital.For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, for final aid toward maintenance, six thousand dollars. Appropriations for real estate, for charitable institutions, a lien on property.And all sums of money herein appropriated, or which may hereafter be appropriated and expended in aid of the purchase of real estate for charitable or reformatory institutions in the District of Columbia, or 553 for buildings or for permanent improvements to buildings thereon, shall (subject to any trust deed, mortgage, or other security or incumbrance existing on such property at the time of its purchase, or created at the time of its purchase) be a lien upon such property, and in case of the dissolution of any such corporation owning such property, or in case of the disposal of such property, by such corporation, entitle the United States to reimbursement in proportion to any other contributions orReimbursement on dissolution or sale. funds used for such purposes; and the acceptance by any such corporation of any sum of money appropriated for the foregoing purposes shall be deemed an acceptance of and agreement to this provision.Acceptance of condition.
Contagious Diseases Hospital: For the erection, by the commissionersContagious Diseases Hospital. of the District of Columbia, on land belonging to the United States or the District of Columbia, to be selected by said Commissioners, of a hospital for the treatment of persons suffering from contagious and infectious diseases, five thousand dollars; and in case a suitableSite. site can not be secured upon United States or District lands, an additional sum, for the purchase of a site for said hospital, of not exceeding ten thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.
That hereafter in all cases where Members of Congress or SenatorsService of Members or Senators as trustees. are appointed to represent Congress on any board of trustees or board of directors of any corporation or institution to which Congress makes any appropriation, the term of said Members or Senators, as such trustee or director, shall continue until the expiration of two months after the first meeting of the Congress chosen next after their appointment. Militia of the District of Columbia.District militia.
For the following to be expended under the authority of the commissioners of the District of Columbia, namely: For rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories, fourteen thousandRent; etc. dollars. In the disbursement of this appropriation part thereof may be applied to leasing premises for armory purposes at a reasonable annualLeases. rental to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding three years. For current expenses, namely: For lockers, gun racks, and furnitureCurrent expenses. for armories, eight hundred dollars.
For printing and stationery, three hundred dollars. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, three hundred dollars. For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, nine hundred dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand two hundred dollars. For expenses of rifle practice and matches, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars. And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriationLimit. for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated and authority herein specifically given.
Water Department.Water Department. The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operationsFrom water revenues. of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely: For Revenue and Inspection Branch: For one chief clerk, one thousandRevenue and inspection branch. eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; six inspectors at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars.
For DistributionDistribution branch. Branch: For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand 554 dollars each; one timekeeper, eight hundred dollars; one assistant foreman, nine hundred dollars; one tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; one assistant tapper, six hundred dollars; six steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; extra steam engineer’s services for such times as may be actually necessary on account of sickness, leaves of absence, and Sundays, not to exceed five hundred and forty dollars; one blacksmith, seven hundred and fifty dollars; two plumbers at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; two assistant machinists, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each; one property keeper, six hundred dollars; six firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two flushers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; one caulker, seven hundred and thirty dollars; and three laborers, at five hundred dollars each; and for not to exceed at any time two inspectors on the 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 thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand live hundred dollars. Fuel, repairs, etc.For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe distribution to high and low service, material for for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fire plugs and public hydrants ninety thousand dollars.
Interest and sinking fund.For interest and sinking fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand six hundred and ten dollars. For interest on account of increasing the water supply, as provided Vol. 22, p. 170.in the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars and twenty-six cents. Sinking fund.Vol. 22, p. 170.For sinkingfund on account of increase of water supply, under act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, forty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents.
Interest forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains.For second year’s interest on one-half the cost of the forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains, eight thousand five hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents. Repayment forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains.For second installment in repayment of one-half the cost of the forty-eight-inch and Fourteenth street mains, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-one cents. Extending high-service system.For continuing the extension of the high-service system of water Distribution, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, standpipes, mains, and appurtenances. so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are Right of way.hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the land, including necessary portions of public streets, alleys, and roads, required for the said extension, and the right of way. where necessary, for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the requisite water mains and their appurtenances for said extension.
Sec. 2. Limit of requisitions upon Treasury. 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 ninety-four than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates of said District. Approved, March 3, 1893.