Chapter 176. 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-six, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 176.— An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.March 2, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia appropriations. That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in 745 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of theHalf from District revenues. 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-six, namely:
GENERAL EXPENSES.General expenses. for salaries and contingent expenses.Salaries, etc. For Executive Office: For two Commissioners, at five thousandExecutive office.Commissioners, secretary etc. dollars each: Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars): secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant secretariesAssistant secretaries to Commissioners. to Commissioners, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, one of whom shall be a stenographer and typewriter, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; laborer, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; three assistant inspectors of buildings, atone thousand dollars each; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; janitor, seven hundred dollars; steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; deputy property clerk, one thousand dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; four assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; two laborers at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, forty-nine thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars.
For Assessor’s Office: For assessor, three thousand five hundredAssessor’s office. dollars; three assistant assessors, at three thousand dollars each; two assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; special assessment clerk, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; clerk, in charge of records, one thousand dollars; one clerk to board of assistant assessors, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; license clerk, one thousand two bundled dollars; inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger and driver, for board of assistant assessors, six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand dollars.
To enable the Commissioners to have the plats of subdivisions of thePlats of squares. various squares in the city of Washington photolithographed, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For Collector’s Office: For collector, four thousand dollars;Collector’s office. cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk and messenger, one thousand dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; in all. fourteen thousand two hundred dollars.
For Auditor’s Office: For auditor, three thousand dollars; chiefAuditor’s office. clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. 746 For Attorney’s Office:
For attorney, four thousand dollars;Attorney’s office. assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; special assistant attorney, one thousand six hundred dollars; law clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, two hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. For Sinking-fund Office, under control of the Treasurer Sinking-fund office.of the United States: For clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars.
For Coroner’s Office: For coroner, one thousand eight hundred dollars.Coroner. 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 and twenty-five dollars per market, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. For Engineer’s Office: Record division: For chief clerk, oneEngineer’s office.Record division. thousand nine hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger clerk, six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each;
Surface division: For computing engineer, two thousand four hundredSurface division. dollars; 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 chain-men, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of streets, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant inspectors of streets, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; superintendent of county roads, one thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of parking, nine hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars;
Subsurface division: For inspector of asphalt and cements, twoSubsurface division. thousand four hundred dollars; inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars: assistant inspector of gas and meters, one thousand dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; superintendent of lamps, one thousand dollars; three; inspectors of gas and electric lighting, at nine hundred dollars each; inspector of sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of sewers, two thousand four hundred dollars; general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three chainmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; 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, atone thousand dollars each; permit clerk,, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, sixty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty-two 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 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 Report.against the sums appropriated for said work; 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 747 work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Employees allowed thirty days leave.That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized hereafter, in their discretion, to grant leave of absence, not to exceed thirty days to any individual in any fiscal year, to regular employees not to exceed thirty annually, appointed directly by the Commissioners and paid out of general appropriations and whose service is continuous, but who receive per diem compensation.
Superintendent of Charities: For superintendent of charities,Superintendent of Charities. three thousand dollars; messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 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; 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, including rent, harbor master, health department, and police, court, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to prevent*Proviso*.Use of horses, etc. a deficiency therein: *Provided*, That horses, and vehicles appropriated for in this Act shall be used only for official purposes.
For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department,Stables. 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, five thousand five hundred dollars; and no expenditure 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 rent of property yards, three hundred dollars. For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxesCollecting personal taxes. by distraint and sale and otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand five hundred dollars. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, theJudicial expenses. printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.
For horse feed and shoeing, for board of assistant assessors, sixAssistant assessors. hundred dollars. For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, jurors fees,Coroner’s expenses. removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, and other necessary supplies tor the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony and photographing unidentified bodies, one thousand dollars. For general advertising, authorized and required by law. and for taxAdvertising. and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, one thousand nine hundred dollars.
For advertising notice of taxes in arrear July first, eighteen hundredNotices of arrears of taxes.Vol 26, p. 24. and ninety-five, as required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ten thousand dollars, to be reimbursed by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised: *Provided*, That hereafter if one-half of the tax upon*Proviso*.Penalty on delinquent taxes 1 per cent a month.Vol. 19, p. 396. real and personal property shall not be. paid before the first day of December in each year said one-half shall thereupon be in arrears and delinquent, and there shall then, be added, to be collected with such taxes, a penalty of one per centum upon the amount thereof, and a like 748 penalty on the first clay of each succeeding month until payment of said one-half and penalty; and if said one-half shall not be paid before the first day of June following, together with the one-half of said original tax due before said first day of June, a like penalty shall then be added on said last one-half of such tax, and the whole together shall constitute the delinquent tax, to be dealt with and collected in the manner now provided by law; and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
To enable the assessor to continue account of arrears of taxes onArrears of taxes account. real property due the District of Columbia, including the payment of necessary clerical force, two thousand dollars. For special repairs to market houses and erection of a garbage shedMarket houses. at Eastern market house, two thousand five hundred dollars. Plats of Subdivisions Outside of Washington and Georgetown:Surveys and plate of outside subdivisions. To pay the expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine whether plats of subdivisions of land within said District offered for record have been Vol. 25. p. 451.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, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Extension of Highways: To pay the expenses of preparing aExtension of highways.Vol. 27, p. 532. plan for the extension of a permanent system of highways in conformity with the “Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twelve thousand five From District revenues.*Proviso*.Plans, etc.hundred dollars; to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia: *Provided*, That of this sum so much as may be necessary, may be expended by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the preparation of plans, in part, and for reports by Frederick Law Olmsted, or other eminent landscape architect, on the said extension of a permanent system of highways.
And the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to make such minor and essential Changes in subdivisions.Vol. 25, p. 451.changes in existing subdivisions made in compliance with the provisions of the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as they may deem advisable and practicable, for the purpose of connecting subdivisions and for a better conformity to the general plan of the city of Washington. ASSESSMENT AND PERMIT WORK.Assessment and permit work.
For assessment and permit work, one hundred and fifty thousand *Proviso*.WideningG street.dollars: *Provided*, That so much of this appropriation, not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars, shall be expended in widening the roadway of G street northwest, from Tenth street to Fourteenth street, to a width of fifty feet, and paving the widened part; one-half the cost of this improvement shall be assessed against and collected from the abutting property, in accordance with the provisions of law governing assessment and permit work.
IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.Improvements and repairs. For work on streets and avenues named in Appendix “U,” Book ofStreets and avenues. Estimates, eighteen hundred and ninety six, one hundred and forty-two 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: Eleven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.Allotment Northwest Section Schedule:
Fifty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. 749 Southwest Section Schedule: Eighteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Southeast Section Schedule: Twenty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Northeast Section Schedule: Thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty 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.
For paving Eleventh street between East Capitol street and MassachusettsEleventh street NE. avenue, two thousand five hundred dollars. That under appropriations contained in this Act no contract shall beLimit for concrete pavement. 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.
And the appropriations made by this Act for work on streets andImmediately available. avenues and for construction of county roads shall be immediately available. Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads: For the purchase andGrading. repair of cars, carts, tools, or the hire of the same and horses, to be used by the inmates of the Washington Asylum in the work of grading, four thousand dollars. Repairs to Pavements: For renewal, resurfacing, and repairs toRepairs to pavements. concrete pavements with the same or other not inferior material one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
SEWERS.Sewers. For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins forty-five thousand dollars.Cleaning, etc. For relief sewers and replacing obstructed sewers, forty thousand dollars.Replacing, etc. For main and pipe sewers, seventy-five thousand eight hundred dollars.Main and pipes. For suburban sewers, ten thousand dollars.Suburban.Eckington Valley, Brookland, and Kenesaw avenue sewers. For constructing in part the following sewers: Eckington Valley sewer, seventeen thousand dollars;
Brookland sewer, thirty thousand dollars; and Kenesaw avenue sewer, ten thousand dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Commissioners of the District*Provisos*.Contracts. of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for the construction of said sewers at a cost not to exceed thirty-four thousand dollars for the Eckington Valley sewer, seventy-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars tor the Brookland sewer, and twenty thousand dollars for the Kenesaw avenue sewer, to be paid for from time to time as appropriations maybe made by law; and the said Commissioners are authorized to construct said sewers, where necessary, across lands belonging to the United States: *Provided*, That after theRestoring lands. construction of said sewers the excavated portions of said lands shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriation herein provided for.
For constructing in part the Rock Creek and B street interceptingRock Creek sewer.*Provisos*.Contract. sewer, forty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for said work at a cost not to exceed two hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to be paid for from time to time as appropriations maybe made by law; and the said Commissioners are authorized to construct said sewer, where 750 necessary, across lands belonging to the United States: *Provided further*,Restoring lands.
That after the construction of said sewer the excavated portions of said lands shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriation herein provided for. For completing the construction of the Rock Creek interceptingIntercepting sewer. sewer, now under contract, sixty thousand dollars. For condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance,Rights of way, etc. and repairs of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For automatic siphons for flushing sewers, two thousand five hundredFlushing siphons. dollars.
STREETS.Streets. Repairs Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work ofRepairs, streets, etc. repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, thirty thousand dollars. And Pavements of street railways.this appropriation shall be available for repairing the pavements of street railways when necessary. The amounts thus expended shall be Collecting.Vol. 20. p. 106.collected from such railroad company as provided by section five of “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they arc collected.
For replacing sidewalks and curbs around public reservations, fiveSidewalks, etc. thousand dollars. Removing Hancock Circle: For removing Hancock Circle fromHancock Circle.Removal.Vol 27, p. 367. intersection of Sixteenth and U streets northwest, two thousand five hundred dollars; and the authorities in charge of preparing plans for the extension of streets are authorized to omit the circle hitherto required to be located at or near Morris street. Repairs County Roads: For current work of repairs of countyRepairs, roads. roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars.
Construction of County Roads: For construction of countyConstructing county roads. roads and suburban streets, as follows: For grading and regulating Columbia road, Sixteenth street northwest extended, Prospect street. Crescent street, Superior street, Erie street. Central street, Meridian and Ontario avenues, Meridian Hill, eight thousand dollars; For paving First street extended from S to W streets, eighteen thousand dollars; For grading Massachusetts avenue extended, ten thousand dollars;
For grading and regulating Sherman avenue, including wideningSheman avenue. opposite Garfield Hospital, removing buildings, terracing banks, and Proviso.Garfield Hospital.replacing fences, five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the authorities in charge of Garfield Hospital dedicate to the District, of Columbia the ground for widening Sherman avenue on the side of the. hospital, in accordance with plats on file with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. For grading and regulating Kenesaw avenue, from Fifteenth street to the Zoological Park, six thousand dollars.
That the sum of nine thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, butAlbemarle street.*Ante*, p.25I. not expended, for grading and graveling Albemarle street, from Grant road to Connecticut avenue, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenditure upon such portions of said street and of Thirty-eighth street as have been or may be dedicated to the District of Columbia. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized andOpening Thirty-seventh street. directed to extend and open Thirty-seventh street between Back street and Tennallytown road, at or near Schneider lane, by condemnation or purchase, and are authorized and directed in extending and opening Curve.said street to curve it westwardly to pass the house on part of lot two hundred and eighty-four, block one hundred and thirty, in Beatty and 751 Hawkins’s addition to Georgetown; and for the purposes of such purchase or condemnation six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.
For paving Florida avenue, from Connecticut avenue to Eighteenth street, six thousand dollars. For paving Twenty-second street, from Massachusetts avenue to B street, five thousand dollars. For grading and regulating Spring street, Anacostia, one thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand dollars. Closing Alley in Square Six hundred and seventy-fourAlley, square 674, closed. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and instructed, on petition of the owner of all the property fronting on that part or portion of an alley ten feet wide, and running north and south nineteen feet, in lot three hundred and seventy-six, square six hundred and seventy-four, to declare said alley to be closed.
Sprinkling, Sweeping, and Cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping,Sweeping, etc. and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars. For the Parking Commission: For contingent expenses, includingParking Commission. 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, nineteen thousand dollars. Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing,Lighting. and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, for purchasing and expense of erecting new lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lamp posts, painting lampposts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lampposts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service; for storage and cartage of material, one hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred dollars: *Provided*, That*Provisos*.Maximum cost. no more than twenty 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 Act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hours per annum: *Provided*, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations Regulators.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.
For electric lighting, including necessary expenses of inspection, onElectric lighting. one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions, forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided*, That not more*Proviso*.Maximum cost. than forty cents per night shall be paid tor any electric arc light burning every night from sunset to sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each are light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candlepower, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on orOverhead wires. over any of the streets or avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown.
Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protectionHarbor and river 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. Bathing Beach: For the care, repair, and extension of the Bathing beach. bathing beach on the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For Public Scales: For repair and replacement of public scales,Scales. two hundred dollars.
For Public Pumps: For the purchase, replacement, and repair ofPumps. public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and filling abandoned or condemned public wells, four thousand dollars, to be immediately available. 752 Cake of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers,Care of bridges. oil, lamps, and matches, three thousand five hundred dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
Bridge across the Eastern Branch: To enable the SecretaryBridge across Eastern Branch, from south Capitol street. of War to make a survey, plan, and estimate of the cost of the construction of a substantial and suitable bridge, with necessary approaches, from the foot of South Capitol street, or below it at the most available point, across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, and to report thereon to the Congress of the United States with such recommendations as he may deem proper, three thousand live hundred dollar’s.
WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.Aqueduct. For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousandEngineering. dollars. For completing the improvement of the Dalecarlia receiving reservoirReceiving reservoir. by the works required for cutting off the drainage into it of polluted water and sewage from the surrounding country; for completing the purchase or condemnation of the small amount of land required for the purpose, and the excavation necessary at the head of the reservoir, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be immediately available said work to be done and completed under the supervision of Col.
George H. Elliott to remain in charge of work, pays etc.Colonel George II. Elliott, Corps of Engineers, notwithstanding his retirement, and said officer shall be allowed until such completion the pay and allowances of officers-of his grade on the active list, and in case of the death or disability of such officer the work shall be completed under the direction and charge of the Chief of Engineers. For removing the accumulation of deposits in the conduit, fourteenCleaning conduit. thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
For raising the height of the dam at Great Falls, together with theDam at Great Falls.Raising height, etc. cost of such other work as may be found necessary in connection therewith, including the cost of strengthening the conduit, and for damages on account of flooding of land and other damages, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, for which amount and purposes the available balance of the appropriation for increasing the water supply of the city of Washington shall be applicable, subject to all the provisions Vol. 22, p. 168.and restrictions of the Act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen Vol. 24, p. 132.hundred and eighty-two, and of the Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-Tour, making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, as to apportionment and settlement between the United States and the District of Columbia, Gen.
Thomas L. Casey, consulting engineer.and the refunding thereof. And in the execution of this work, General Thomas I,. Casey shall be associated with the proper officer in charge of the Washington Aqueduct as consulting engineer. For testing the tunnel conduit to determine the amount of its leakageTunnel conduit to be tested. twenty-five thousand dollars, to be taken from the appropriation “for increasing the water supply of Washington, District of Columbia,” to be immediately available.
There shall be prepared, upon careful investigation by the proper officerReport on completing conduit, reservoir, etc. of the Government having the charge of the Washington Aqueduct and the water supply to the city of Washington, a full and detailed report, which shall be submitted to Congress on the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, upon the feasibility and propriety of completing the tunnel conduit as now projected: the completion of t he new reservoir, including its dam or any modifications to the same deemed necessary; and upon the results as to the supply of water to the city when said dam, the raising of the dam at the Great Falls, the conduit, and reservoir are completed.
And if such officer and 753 consulting engineer shall conclude that it is impracticable, or too expensive, to repair such tunnel conduit, then they shall report some plan for bringing increased water supply from the reservoir in Georgetown to Washington by pipes or otherwise. Each separate item of the report shall be accompanied by a detailedDetailed estimates. estimate of the cost of the work required and the necessary costs, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, connected with the inquiry and reports, shall be defrayed from the appropriation for “increasing the water supply of Washington, District of Columbia:” *Provided*, That in the*Proviso*.Report. preparation of this report General Thomas L.
Casey, United States Army, shall be associated with the proper officer of the Government in charge of the aqueduct as consulting engineer, and his signature shall be appended to said report in said capacity, and said report shall also be accompanied with the judgment of the Chief of Engineers, and made to the Secretary of War, who shall transmit the same to Congress with his views thereon. 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; clerk to superintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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 one thousand and thirty-one 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 twelve, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For twenty, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand one hundred dollars each;
For fifty-three, at one thousand dollars each; For nineteen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; For nineteen, at nine hundred dollars each; For thirteen, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For sixteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty-four, at eight hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For twenty-five, at eight hundred dollars each; For seventy-eight, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For twenty-one, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each;
For one hundred and two, at seven hundred dollars each; For four, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For one hundred and five, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For fourteen, at six hundred dollars each; For four, at five hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For one hundred and twenty, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For six, at five hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For ninety five, at five hundred dollars each; For twenty-eight, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each;
For fifty-one, at four hundred and fifty dollars each: For seventy-six, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For sixty-three, at four hundred dollars each; in all, seven hundred and six thousand five hundred and seventy-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. 754 For teachers of night schools, who may also be teachers in the dayNight schools. schools, six thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of night schools, five hundred dollars. For Janitors and Care of Buildings and Grounds: For careJanitors. of the high school and annex 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 eighth 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, Seaton, Henry, Webster, Gales, Wallach, Garnett, Sumner, Grant, Curtis, Miner, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars, each; of the Lincoln anti 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, Craneh, Morse, Brent, Bannaker, Blair, Wormley, Anthony Bowen, Maury, Weightmau, 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, Pierce, Polk, Wilson, Fillmore, Patterson, and Taylor buildings, and the two new eight-room buildings, forty-seven in all, at live hundred dollars each; of the Hills-dale, Van Buren annex or Anacostia, Thompson, and Lovejoy buildings,, at two hundred and fifty dollars each: of the Potomac, Garfield or Hamilton Road, Greenleaf, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Threlkeld.
Brightwood, Tennallytown, and Brook-land 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, fifty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-one dollars. For rent of school buildings and repair shop, ten thousand dollars.Rent.
For rent for additional accommodations for schools in district numbered five, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds,,Repairs. thirty one thousand dollars. For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus, to Tools. used in connection with instruction in manual training, eight thousand dollars. For fuel, thirty-four thousand dollars.FuelFurniture. For furniture for new school buildings, four thousand nine hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery,Contingent expenses. printing, insurance, and other necessary items, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eightFree schoolbooks. 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 the necessary expenses of the purchase, distribution, and preservation of said text books and supplies, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For one new eight-room building and addition to present site, fourthBuildings. division, Four-and-a-half street, between M and N streets, southwest, thirty-nine thousand dollars. For reconstructing the Stevens building, seventh division, twenty-nine thousand dollars. For one new eight-room building and site, eighth division A, northwest. thirty-nine thousand dollars. For one new four-room building, sixth division B, Giesboro, nineCounty schools. thousand dollars. 755 For one new two-room building and site, sixth division A, Ivy City, four thousand dollars.
For one four-room addition to present building, sixth division A, Tennallytown, twelve thousand dollars. For one four-room addition to present building, sixth division A, Brightwood, twelve thousand dollars. For one new eight-room building and site in the eighth division B, southeast section, thirty thousand dollars. For one four-room addition to present building, sixth division A, Brookland, twelve thousand dollars. For one new four-room building, sixth division A, Conduit road, eight*Proviso*.Site to be given. thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this sum shall not be available until a suitable site for said building shall have been donated therefor.
For one two-room addition to Garfield School (Hamilton Road School) sixth division B, one thousand live hundred dollars. For one five-room building and site, to replace the school near the Soldiers’ Home, thirteen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the total cost of the site and of the several and*Proviso*.Cost limited. respective 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 forPreparation, etc., 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 Capitol and the Commissioners of the District, and said buildings shall be constructed by the Commissioners in conformity therewith. FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE.Police. For major and superintendent, three thousand three hundred dollars;Salaries. captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three lieutenants, inspectors, at one thousand live hundred dollars each; chief.clerk, who shall also be property clerk, two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons of 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 one sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; two hundred and forty-six privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and eighty-four privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; twenty station keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; laborer in charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; messenger, seven hundred dollars; messenger, live hundred dollars: major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; forty-three lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; van driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two assistant ambulance drivers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; sixteen drivers of patrol wagons, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five hundred and twenty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars: *Provided*, That for*Proviso*.Deficiency in relief funds. a deficiency in the police or firemen’s relief fund, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to deposit with the Treasurer of the United States, out of the receipts from lines in the police court, in order to meet such deficiency, a sum not to exceed four thousand dollars for the police fund, and two thousand five hundred dollars for the firemen’s relief fund. 756 Miscellaneous:
For rent of police headquarters, including fuel,Miscellaneous. light, and janitor’s service and for substation at Anacostia, two thousand and eighty dollars; For fuel, two thousand two hundred dollars; For repairs to stations, two thousand dollars; For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery,Contingent expenses. 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, ambulances, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in the prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;
For covers for two patrol wagons, one hundred and fifty dollars; For one light wagon, harness, and horse, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars. Buildings: For additional story to station house in the third precinct.Buildings. five thousand five hundred dollars. FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.Fin department. For chief engineer, two thousand dollars; fire marshal, one thousandSalaries. dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; fourteen foremen, at one thousand dollars each; ten engineers, at one thousand dollars each; ten firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; fifteen hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; ninety-two privates, at eight hundred dollars each; six watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; veterinary surgeon for all departments of the District government, four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
Miscellaneous: For repairs to engine houses, three thousand dollars;Miscellaneous. For repairs to apparatus, and new appliances, three thousand dollars; For purchase of hose, six thousand dollars; For fuel, three thousand dollars; For purchase of horses, six thousand dollars; For forage, eight thousand dollars; For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars;
For new site and building for engine company numbered two, twenty-fiveNew building. thousand nine hundred dollars, to be immediately available; For one steam fire engine, four thousand five hundred dollars, to beNew engine. immediately available; For one hose carriage, nine hundred dollars, to be immediately available; For site, building, and furniture for proposed truck company in vicinityBuilding for truck company. of New Jersey avenue, M, and N streets northwest, twenty five thousand dollars, to be. immediately available;
That two thousand five hundred dollars of the unexpended balanceUse of balance for Mount Pleasant house. of the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four,*Ante*, p. 256. for engine house, lot, and furniture in northeastern section of Washington, is hereby authorized to be used for inclosing, grading, and paving the lot to the chemical engine, house, Mount Pleasant, and building a storehouse on rear of same; For one aerial turntable truck, three thousand five hundred dollars;New truck. in all, ninety-six thousand eight hundred dollars. 757 TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICE.Telegraph and telephone service.
For superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; electrician,Salaries. one thousand two hundred dollars: three telegraph operators, atone thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; 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, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross-arms, ice, record books, stationery, printing, purchase of harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, eleven thousand dollars.
For rent, including light, fuel, and janitors, service, four hundredRent, etc. and fifty dollars. • For extension of the police patrol service and the fire-alarm telegraph toExtension of service. suburbs and city, seven thousand dollars, to be immediately available. HEALTH DEPARTMENT.Health department. For health officer, three thousand dollars; nine sanitary and foodSalaries. inspectors, who shall also be charged with enforcement of garbage regulations, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products, and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two of whom may also act as sanitary and food inspectors; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger and janitor, six hundred dollars; pound master, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding forty dollars per mouth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars.
Miscellaneous: For rent, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.Miscellaneous. For chemicals for the laboratory, two hundred and fifty dollars. For collecting and removing garbage within the cities of WashingtonGarbage, etc. and Georgetown daily, and in their more densely populated suburbs three times a week, from April fifteenth to November first, and twice a week, and daily from hotels and other like places, from November first to April fifteenth, and for collecting and removing dead animals within the District of Columbia daily, including Sunday, during the entire year, forty thousand dollars.
For destroying by cremation or reduction or otherwise disposing ofDestroying garbage, etc. all garbage and dead animals collected as above specified, or brought to the establishment for cremation or reduction by private parties, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That from the amount appropriated*Provisos*.Weigher authorized. for the cremation or reduction or otherwise disposing of garbage and dead animals there may be deducted a sum not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents per day, to be paid to a weigher appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, whose duty it shall be to weigh and keep record of all garbage brought to the establishment for cremation or reduction, and to have general oversight of the sanitary condition of this establishment: *Provided further*, That said CommissionersContract for five years authorized. may, on and after the passage of this Act, enter into contract, after due advertisement as required by law, under such regulations and specifications as they may establish, for the collection and removal of garbage and dead animals, as hereinbefore mentioned, for a period not exceeding five years, and for incinerating or otherwise disposing of the same for a gross sum of not exceeding sixty thousand dollars per year for such 758 collection and disposal: *Provided further*, That before any contractTermination of existing contract. shall be entered into by virtue of this authority the existing contract with the District of Columbia for the collection and disposal of garbage shall be terminated by mutual consent or otherwise, and until said contract shall be entered into and the contractors ready to execute the same the said appropriations herein made shall in the discretion of the Commissioners be available for the purposes of paying for the increased service as hereinbefore provided; and said Commissioners are hereby Regulations.authorized to make necessary regulations for the collection and disposition of garbage in the District of Columbia, and to annex to said regulations such penalties as will secure the enforcement thereof:Report. *And provided further*, That said Commissioners shall report to Congress at its next regular session fully their action had under the provisions of this paragraph.
For the enforcement of the provisions of the Act to prevent theScarlet fever and diphtheria.Vol. 26, p. 304. spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia, approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, under Surgeon-General Marine Hospital, associated with health officer.the direction of the Health Officer of the District and the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, and for the establishment and maintenance of a disinfecting service, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available.
For the erection and equipment by the Commissioners of the DistrictSmallpox Hospital. of Columbia, on the eastern part of reservation thirteen, city of Washington, of a hospital for the treatment of persons suffering from smallpox, including a disinfecting plant and a high masonry wall around the hospital site, eighteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available; *Proviso*.Contagious diseases hospitals to be 300 feet from other buildings.*Provided*, That hereafter no other building for use as a public or private hospital for contagions diseases shall be erected in the District of Columbia within three hundred feet of any building owned by a private individual or any other party than the one erecting the building.
Permit, etc., for private hospitals.All private hospitals in the District of Columbia, shall be required to secure a permit from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and said hospitals shall be at all times subject to inspection by the Health Officer of said District or his deputy, and any person or persons refusing to permit such inspection shall each be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each of such refusals. 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; clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; two deputy clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three bailiffs, at three dollars per day each, two thousand eight hundred and twenty six dollars; one deputy marshal, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and forty two dollars; messenger, nine hundred dollars; doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; engineer, nine hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand two hundred and eight dollars.
Miscellaneous: For United States marshal’s fees, one thousandMiscellaneous. four hundred dollars; For witness fees, six thousand dollars; For repairs of police court building, seven hundred dollars; For repairs to police-court furniture, two 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; in all, sixteenJurors. thousand nine hundred dollars. Writs of Lunacy:
To defray the expenses attending the executionLunacy write. of 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 759 authority of the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the ActVol. 19, p. 347. approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two thousand dollars. Compilation or District Laws: To pay William Stone Abert forCompilation of District laws.Payment to W.
S. Abert. services in preparing annotations, judicial citations, and appendix to the compiled statutes in force in the District of Columbia, such sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, as the supreme court of the District of Columbia shall deem reasonable, which sum shall be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia upon the order of the said court, and said amount shall be added to the cost of the compilation and the price for which the same shall be sold: *Provided*, That the*Provisos*.To be in full. sum hereby appropriated shall be in full of all services rendered by the said Abort for the services herein described, namely, in preparing said annotations, judicial citations, and appendix.
And the District of Columbia shall be reimbursed by the United States in the said amountReimbursement. of six thousand dollars from the proceeds of sale of said compilation after the amount arising therefrom shall equal the cost of its publication at the Government Printing Office. The Public Printer is hereby directed to deliver to the Secretary of the Interior the five thousandDelivery to Secretary of Interior for sale. copies of the compilation of the statutes in force in the District of Columbia recently completed by William Stone Abort, and under authority of the.
Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundredVol. 25, p. 872. and eighty-nine. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell, at the price of three dollars and seventy-five cents per volume, to any person wishing to purchase the same, copies of said compilation which are not required for official use: *Provided*, That not exceedingLimit to purchases. fifty copies be sold to any one person applying for the same: and the proceeds of all sales shall be paid into the Treasury.
There shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior for official use copies of saidDistribution for official use. compilation to the following justices, judges, and officers, to wit: To the President of the United States, four copies, one of which shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion and one copy shall be for the use of the commissioner of public buildings; to the A’ice-President of the United States, one copy; to each of the justices of the Supreme Court •of the United States, one copy: to each of the justices of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, one copy; to each of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one copy; the chief judge and judges of the Court of Claims, one copy to each; to each of the judges of the police court of the District of Columbia, one copy; to each court room in each of the said courts and to the clerks of each of said courts, one copy; to each of the justices of the peace of the.
District of Columbia, one copy; to the librarian of the Senate for use of Senators, five copies; to the librarian of the House for use of Representatives and Delegates, five copies; to the Library of Congress, five copies, including four copies for the law library; to the Department of State, including those for use of legations, fifty copies; to the Treasury Department, ten copies; to the War Department, ten copies; to the Navy Department, ten copies; to the Department of the Interior, ten copies; to the Post-Office Department, ten copies; to the Department of Justice, ten copies; to the Department of Agriculture, five copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, three copies; to the Government Printing Office, five copies; to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, ten copies; to the coroner and deputy coroner, one copy to each; to the surveyor of the District, one copy; to the attorney for the United States for the District of Columbia, five copies; to the attorney for the District of Columbia, live copies: to the register of wills and the recorder of deeds, two copies to each; ten copies each to the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia; two copies each to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: *Provided*, That all of the copies issued as aforesaidTo remain public property. shall remain the property of the United States and be delivered to the successors in office of each and every of the justices, judges, and officers aforesaid. 760 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 flood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided for, eight thousand dollars: *Provided*, That in the purchase of all articles *Proviso*.Purchases.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: For support, maintenance, and transportationSupport of convicts. of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, forty thousand dollars. Courthouse, District of Columbia: For the following forceCourt-house. necessary for the care and protection of the Courthouse in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia:
One engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars: three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and seven assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Warden of the Jail: For warden of the jail of the District ofWarden of jail.
Columbia, one thousand eight hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Support of Prisoners: For expenses for maintenance of the jailSupport of prisoners in jail, etc. of the District of Columbia, and for support of prisoners therein, forty-five thousand dollars. Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For transportationTransporting paupers, etc. of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, three thousand five hundred dollars. For Washington Asylum:
For intendant,one thousand two hundredWashington Asylum. dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; visiting physician, one thousand and eighty dollars; resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk, six hundred dollars; baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; overseer, nine hundred dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; engineer, six hundred dollars; assistant engineer, three hundred and fifty dollars; second assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; five watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; blacksmith, three hundred dollars; hostler and ambulance driver, two hundred and forty dollars; female keeper at workhouse, three hundred dollars; female keeper at work house, one hundred and eighty dollars; four cooks, atone hundred and twenty dollars each; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; trained nurse, four hundred and twenty dollars; five nurses, at sixty dollars each; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars.
For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions,Contingent expenses. 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-four thousand dollars. 761 For construction of one ward for colored men, to contain thirty beds,New ward. four thousand dollars. For furnishing now ward, five hundred dollars. For Reform School:
For superintendent, one thousand five hundredReform School. dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, four thousand seven hundred dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; four 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; 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 six in number, one thousand four hundred and ten dollars; secretary and treasurer of board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred and two dollars, For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, teed, meats, drySupport of inmates. goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements, seeds, harness, and repairs to same, fertilizers, books, stationery, plumbing, painting, glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, and 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 live hundred dollars, all under the control of the commissioners. twenty-six thousand dollars.
For new roofs and other repairs to buildings, two thousand dollars.Repairs, etc. For painting new family building, five, hundred dollars. FOE SUPPORT OF THE INSANE. For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in theSupport of insane. Government Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty eight hundred[R. S. sec., 318, 4844, 4850, pp. 939, 940](/us/rs/t/s318/4844/4850/pp939/940). and fifty of the Revised Statutes, one hundred and two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.
FOE INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb personsColumbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.[R. S., sec. 4864, p. 942](/us/rs/t/s4864/p942). 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, 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 municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, four thousand dollars. For Temporary Home for ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors, Grand ArmyTemporary Home, soldiers and sailors. of the 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,Emergency Hospital. fifteen thousand dollars.
For the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenanceColumbia Hospital. twenty thousand dollars. For heating apparatus and fitting up and furnishing the new building, five thousand dollars. 762 For the Children’s Hospital, maintenance, ten thousand dollars.Children’s Hospital.Homeopathic Hospital. For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington, District of Columbia, for maintenance, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, as follows:Freedmen’s Hospital.
For subsistence, twenty-two thousand live 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, sixteen thousand dollars; For rent of hospital buildings and grounds, four thousand dollars; For fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, transportation, medicine and medical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, eleven thousand five hundred dollars;
For reading matter for patients, twenty-five dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand and twenty-five dollars. Reform School for Girls: Superintendent, one thousand dollars; matron, six hundred dollars;Girl’s Reform School. two teachers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; overseer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; engineer, four hundred and eighty dollars; night watchman, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; laborer, three hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars;
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, stationery, vehicles, harness, cows,stables,sheds, fences, repairs, and other necessary items, five thousand five hundred dollars; For erection of fire escapes, five hundred dollars; For changing from Smead heating system to steam heating, and from dry-earth closets to water-closets, two thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, maintenance, six thousandFoundling Hospital. dollars. For the Church Orphanage dissociation of Saint John’s Parish, maintenance,Church Orphanage. one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, one thousand eightGerman Orphan Asylum. hundred dollars. For the National dissociation for the Relief of Destitute ColoredAssociation for Destitute Colored Women. Women and Children, maintenance, nine thousand nine hundred dollars.
For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, five thousand fourSt. Ann’s Infant Asylum. hundred dollars. For Association for Works of Mercy, maintenance, one thousandAssociation for Works of Mercy. eight hundred dollars. For House of the Good Shepherd, maintenance, two thousand sevenHouse of the Good Shepherd. hundred dollars. For the Saint Rose Industrial School, maintenance, four thousandSt. Rose Industrial School. five hundred dollars. For Saint Joseph’s Asylum, maintenance, one thousand eight hundredSt.
Joseph’s Asylum. dollars. For Young Woman’s Christian Home, one thousand dollars.Young Woman’s Christian Home.Industrial Home School. For the Industrial Home School: For maintenance, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. Board of Children’s Guardians: For the Board of Children’sBoard of Children’s Guardians.Vol. 27, p. 268. Guardians, created under the Act approved July twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely: For administrative expenses, including salary of agent, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars, expenses in placing and visiting children, and all office and sundry expenses, four thousand dollars;
For care of feeble-minded children; care of children under threeCare of children, etc. years of age, white and colored; board and care of all children over 763 three years of age, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, sixteen thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars. 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. For telephone service, one hundred and fifty dollars. For lockers, gun racks, and furniture for armories, eight hundredCurrent expenses. 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 hue died dollars.
For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand two hundred dollars. For expenses of rifle practice and matches, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred 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.Water Department. The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operationsTo be paid from water revenue. of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely,:
For Revenue and Inspection Branch: For 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; chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; six inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; For Distribution Branch: For superintendent, one thousand eightDistribution branch. hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; timekeeper, eight hundred dollars; assistant foreman, nine hundred dollars; tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; assistant tapper, six hundred dollars; three steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; 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; property keeper, six hundred dollars: three firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two hundred, at five hundred and forty dollars each; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; calker, seven hundred and thirty dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand and thirty-four 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 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 fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fireplugs and public hydrants, ninety thousand dollars.
For interest and sinking fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousandInterest and sinking fund. six hundred and ten dollars. 764 For interest on account of increasing the water supply, as provided’Increasing water supply.Interest.Vol. 22. p. 170. in the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen-hundred and eighty-two, two thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-six cents, and such additional amount as may be necessary to pay said interest in full for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
For sinking fund on account of increase of water supply, under ActSinking fund. of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars and two cents; and such additional amount as may be necessary to pay said sinking fund in full for the *Proviso*.Surplus revenues to pay principal.fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six: *Provided*, That not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars of the surplus general revenues of the District of Columbia remaining on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be transferred to the water fund, to be applied in payment of the principal of the debt incurred for increasing the water supply as provided in the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
For fourth year’s interest on one half the cost of the forty-eight-inclvInterest, 48-inch and Fourteenth street mains. and Fourteenth street mains, seven thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and nine cents. For fourth installment in repayment of one-half the cost of theRepayment. forty-eight inch and Fourteenth street, mains, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-one cents. For continuing the extension of the high-service system of waterExtending high-service system. distribution, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, so much as may be available in the water fund,, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, after providing, for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 2. 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-six than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District. Approved, March 2, 1895.