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 580 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CHS. 389, 390. 1887. Emznnemzcr FUND. _ Emergeueyfmid. To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, not otherwise sufficiently provided for, five 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. ,,,gf°°" °°P“"‘ _ WATER Dnrxurmnur. Clerks, etc. The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations lof the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues; name y: For one chief clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one inspector, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty- six dollars; contingent expenses, including books, stationery, forage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thou- 2:nd four hmpdred dollars; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and irty-six dollars. Engineers, etc. For engineers and firemen, fuel, and for high service, pipe-distribution to high and low_ service, including public hydrants, nre-plugs, material gndgalzprhrepairéng and laying new mains, and lowering mains, one un re t onsan dollars. _P u mpiu g en- For two, two-and-one-half million-gallon pumpingengines, two corru- 8*”°“· gated-steel boilers and necessay connections, and other items, for high service in Washington and Georgetown, thirty-Eve thousand dollars. Interest, etc. For interest and sinking-fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand six hundred and ten dollars. Interest, ete.,i¤- For interest and sinking-fund on account of increasing the water- °{°°$€d wmr ¤“P· supply, as provided in the act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and P $0, 22 P ,68 eighty-two, seventy six thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars and ’' sixty-nine cents. _ Limit of requisi- Sec. 2. That s_aid Commissioners shall not make requisitions upon the mm- appropriations trom the Treasury of the United States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District. Approved March 3, ISS'}'. Mar. 3, ISE?. CHAP. 390.-An act to regulate the construction and operation of elevators within ———-·—·—······· the District of Columbia, ana for other purposes. v. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Co- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the l¤¤¤*¤i=·- _ District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed `_£';£·E"*“*‘°"°f°1°’ to make and publish such orders as maybe necessary to regulate the °" construction, repair, and operation of all elevators within the District of Columbia, and prescribe such means of security as may be found necessary to protect life and limb. Ifumlty for vi<>- Sec. 2. That any person or persons, or corporation, who shall neglect upon conviction thereof in the ipolice court of the District of Columbia, on information filed in the name of the District of Columbia, be lined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each ottense. Approved, March 3 1387.
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