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 208 FORTY-FIFTH CON GHESS. Sess. II. Ch. 359. 1878. that it is in good order and in accordance with the schedule submitted, Provivo. before any og said mtilney shgll blp pgid : édréd 1;ro*vidledif1g*the{, Tgat property, w en pure ase y the nite ta es s a e pace in _ e custody of the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing; and that the title to said property shall be approved by the Attorney-General. , DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. General ex- For the general expenses of the District of Columbia, to be disbursed P¤¤¤¤¤· by the Commissioners of said District for the purposes set forth in their estimates of January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy- eight, as amended June fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be credited to the United States on its proportion of the expenses _0f the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thntieth, eighteen 1878 ,,1,_ 180, hundred and seventy-nine, under the act approved June eleventh, eight- Ante: p. 102. een hundred and seventy-eight, out of which said sum the Commission- Reform School. ers shitllfezilptpd tthe fpllgwiing;) namely]: lpn faggount of th? Rgform 1879.<¤h·183, Schoo o the is rict oo um ia one- a o e expenses or the in- P °“‘• 417- mates and for other expenses, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dolqctumbaa Hes. lars; on account of the Columbia Hospital for Women and _Lying-invital- Asylum a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars; to aid in the gym · H . support of the Children’s Hospital of Washington a sum not exceeding pim}.! mn S Os nve thousand dollars; and may also in their discretion expend not exceeding ten thousand dollars to be applied in payment of the building already erected by the board of directors of the Children’s Hospital and shall purchase, at a cost of not exceeding forty-eight thousand dol- Fire-engim=s,ete. lars, two additional fire-engines, and one hook and ladder, including lands, buildings and equipments complete for two companies, as recom- S,_ Amps Infant mended by the Board of Fire Commissioners of said District. And A,y1um_ they may, in the1r discretion, donate a sum not exceeding nve thousand industrial Home dollars in either case to the Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, to the lndus- S°h°;’l- trial Home School, and to the National Association for the Relief of the 8uS°cg€fgmY°m°° Colored Women and Children of the District of Columbia; and the p ·, Q,. ,,1. Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have power to assess of 8 and collect the taxes for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy- nine upon the basis of their estimates submitted to Congress,_bearing date January twenty first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as amended June fourth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight. Adrancrn to Dia- ’ElwSecretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to advance, from md C°¤"•***°*°”°'*· the money hereby appropriated, to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia,tfrom time its time, such gums az? ip his gudgmetpt, may be necessary o carry on e governmen o said is P10 including accru- Issue of Distric: ing interest uponthe bonds of the District. And the Commissioners of l>°*;¢;·;9 h 11 the District of Columbia are hereby authoriged tobissge (propfrly pre- ·° · pared bonds of said District to the amount o two un re an eig ty- P°"’259' ’ one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars for the redemption of the 1868» ¢=|>·95·'l. ten-year bonds issued by the corporation of Washington under an act 15 S*“··226· of Congress approved February twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, amounting to two hundred and seventy-nine thousand two hundred and dfty dollars · also to redeem the Georgetown steam forcepump bonds, amounting to twb thousand five ·hundred dollars, issued under the act.of the general assembly ot June twenty-sixth eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Said bonds shall be payable thirty years after date in sums of one thousand dollars each, and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding per centum, as shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be sold to the highest bidder upon public tender, after being advertised for at least one month, the bids to be opened in the presence of the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by him. Mnropoluan And the said Commissioners are hereby authorized tofix the salaries Police. to be paid to the officers and privates of the metropolitan police until