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 410 FOBTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 182, 183. 1879. liqslth <>ffi¤¤, sand dollars; six sanitary inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dol- °°“‘“‘“°‘r lars, seven thousand two hundred dollars ; two food inspectors, at twelve hundred dollars each, two thousand tour hundred dollars; clerks, seven thousand dollars, one poundmaster, one thousand dollars; contingent expenses, including books, stationery, fuel, rent, disinfectants, and miscellaneous items, three thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, twenty four thousand four hundred dollars. 1,,,.,,.,,% and For the interest and sinking fund on the funded debt, one million one sinking fund. hundred and iiity-tive thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-five cents. Sinking fund for And there is hereby appropriated, out of the proportional sum which 3-65 '¤>¤¢Y¤- the United States may contribute toward the expenses of the District Lili; ig; 18°· of Columbia in pursuance of the Act of Con gross, approved June eleventh, ’ ‘ eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and annually thereafter, such sums as will, with the interest thereon at the rate of three and sixty- five hundredths per centum per annum, be suiiieient to pay the princi- 1874, ch. 337, pal of the three-sixty-tive bonds of the District of Columbia, issued under 18 Stat-,120- the act of Congress approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, at maturity; which said sums the Secretary of the Trea.s- ury shall annually invest in said bonds at not exceeding the par value thereof; and all bonds so redeemed shall cease to bear interest, and shall be cancelled and destroyed in the same manner that United States bonds are cancelled and destroyed. Contingent. For general contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, twenty thousand dollars. Deposits mia pay- All moneys appropriated under this act, together with all revenues of www- the District of Columbia from taxes or otherwise, shall be deposited, to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, in the Treasury, as re- 1878, en. iso, quired by the provisions of section foin· of an act approved J unc elev- Anw, 105- enth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, and shall be drawn therefrom upon requisition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, such - requisitions specifying the appropriation upon which the same is drawn; and in no case shall such appropriations be exceeded, either in requisi- Settlements of ao- tion or expenditure; and the accounts for all disbursements shall be ¢<>¤¤f¤- made monthly to the accounting officers of the Treasiuy by the Auditor of the District of Columbia, upon vouchers certified by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia as now required by law. And section 1877, ch. 117, two of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy 19 State 396- seven, entitled “An act for the support of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, and for other purposes " be and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, March 3, 1879. Much 3, 1979, CHAP. 183.--An not making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropria- ————-;;—— tions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for prior years, and for those heretofore treated as permanent, and for other pl1l`p0SCS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations. States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and D*=ii¤i*¤¤¤i¢>¤· they are hereby, appropriated to supply deciencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtietli, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for former years, and for other purposes, namely: SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION. Southern Claims For salaries of the commissioners, the clerk, reporter, and messenger, C°mm*¤¤*°“- six thousand four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-four ccnts: Provided, That so much of the appropriation for contingent ex-