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 466 FORTYUSIXTH GONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 134. 1881, J n rl gm e n t s To pay judgments against the District of Columbia, fifteen thousand a33mi. i“*’i°* °f dollars to be immediately available. Columbia. ’ INTEREST AND SINKING-FUND. Funded debt. For interest and sinking-fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water- .I’%*°’°°l, Md bonds, one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and “"}fj“,,,§j“” ‘ forty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents: frovided, That the Treas. Treasurer Uni- urer of the United States, as ex-officio sinking-fund commissioner, is tel States, in his hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion it will be more advantageous d*¤°’°¤°”» *° *11 for the interest of the District of Columbia to do so, to sell the bonds b°°d°‘ authorized to be issued under the provisions of the sixth section of the act of the Congress of the United States entitled “An act to provide for the settlement of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia, and conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear the same, 1880, ch. 243, and for other purposes," approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and “””’» 286- eighty, for the satisfaction of the judgments which may be rendered by said Court of Claims under the provisions of said act, and pay the said judgments from the proceeds of said sales, instead of delivering to said judgment claimants the said bonds as provided for in said act: And Promo. provided further, That hereafter the said Treasurer, as ex-oflicio sinkingfund commissioner as aforesaid, with the approval of the Secretary of rnroliriso of any the Tr·easur·y, is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase any of 3* 1::**5 fuudgd {11- the funded indebtedness of said District of Columbia for the sinking- ,,QcL°0}"`f,’:,{:,u%; fund authorized to be created for the redemption and payment of the for si,,ki,,g {uml indebtedness of said District of Columbia, as in his opinion may be for the best interests of said District of Columbia. Linthicum loan. For payment of the Linthicum loan, forty thousand dollars. General oontin- For general contingent expenses of the District of Columbia not S°}1}°§P°¤¤¤¤· otherwise sufficiently provided for fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, Eggfggm for That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to include in water department the annual estimates of the District of Columbia estimates of the exto be included in penses of thewater department: And provided further, That the annual “”l,*,1‘}(`*·}_°°*”m°*°¤· estimates of the District of Columbia shall be transmitted to Congress ESQ8g MOS of by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia at the same time that pimms of Comm. the regular annual estimates for expenses of the government are subbia, when trans- mitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and with his action on the same $::;;*1 *0 *»°¤· to be printed in the general book of estimates. Appropriations, Sec. 2. That all moneys appropriated by this act, together with all ggqlgghgg xL2Qé?;; revenues of the District of Columbia from taxes or otherwise, shall be Unitgdp States deposited in the Treasury of the United States as required by the pFo- T;-onsnpy, VISIOHS of section ibur of an act approved June eleventh, eighteen hl1D- $7% cg ass, drcd and seventy-eight, and shall be drawn therehom only on requisi- ¤ ·» i 0- tron of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia (except that the moneys appropriated for interest and the sinking-fund shall be drawn therefrom only on the requisition of the Treasurer of the United States), such requ1sition specifying the appropriation upon which the same is drawn_; and in no case shall such appropriation be exceeded either in Disbursement requisition or expenditure; and the aeeounts for all disbursements of gggglgnts meds the Commissioners of said District shall be made monthly to the 30- 5" counting officers of the Treasury by the auditor of the District of Colum- _ bra, on vouchers eertilied by the Commissioners as now required by P"'”’"°· law: Provided, That said Commissioners shall nbt make reql1iSll»l0US upon the appropriations from the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during said fiscal year than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues of said District, including one-half-of all 1879 h 1 golléfétl taxes paid ln drawback certificates as required by the thifd S60' mm3é. °4 * non of th? ast approved JUDO twenty-seventh, eighteen hulldtéd Mid seventy-nme, entitled **An act nxlng the rate of interest upon arrearages of generahtaxes and assessments for special improvements now due to the District of Columbia, and fora revision of assessments for special improvements, and for other purposes!