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 FIFTY-SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 171. 1892. 153 That the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia shall not R¤¤¤*¤* of Wilbai? er December thirty—i:lrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, retain A11<»w=¤¤¤¤ f¤r sulof the fees and emoluments of his office for his personal compensation, "y‘ over and above his necessary clerk hire and the incidental expenses of his office, certified to by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbin, or by one of its Justice appointed by it for that purpose, and to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treas- ‘ ury, a sum exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars a year, or 1;,,,, exceeding that rate for any time less than a year; and the surplus of such fees and emoluments shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia: Provided, That the number of clerks and PMMM- others employed in the office of the Register of Wills shall not be No increase of increased, except that additional copyists may be employed for tempo- °l°"‘“* "*°‘ rary service as the necessities of the office may require, nor shall the salary or compensation of clerks and others, be increased beyond the salaries or compensation paid during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninty-one: Provided further, That the Register of Wills may designate one of the employees in his office to be paid at not exceeding cierkmpnam nm the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum out of such "“"*°“ °f "°g‘°“‘“ fees and emoluments, who shall be authorized hereafter in the necessary absence or inability of the Register, from any cause, to perform his duties without additional compensation. That the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia shall not, R•¤¤¤i¤* ¤*' D¤¢•i¤— after December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, retain of A11<·w¤¤¤•> for ¤¤1· the fees and emoluments of his office for his personal compensation, over °°" and above his necessary clerk hire and the incidental expenses of his oflice, certified to by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or by one of its Justices, appointed by it for that purpose, and to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, a sum exceeding four thousand dollars a year, or exceeding that rate for mm any time less than ayear; and the surplus of such fees and emoluments shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia: Provided, That the number of clerks and others employed in the P*•****•>- ofiice of Recorder of Deeds shall not be increased, except that additional IN; M; ·y rv =· S ¤ ef copyists may be employed for temporary service as the necessities of the ° °r S' ° " oflice may require, nor shall the salary or compensation of clerks and others, be increased beyond the salaries or compensation paid during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one., and the salary of the deputy recorder of deeds shall hereafter be one thousand eight hundred D¤r···*y ¤¤¤<·¤l•»r- dollars per annum to be paid out of the fees and emoluments of said ofiice of Recorder of Deeds. Surnnisrmznsmr or C1-mnirrms: For Superintendent of Charities, cb§_gl1;;;;¤·•·¤¤¤··= ··*` three thousand dollars. i ` CONTINGENT EXPENSE8, mggegiingent ex- For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, 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 oiii ces of the inspector of gas and meters and 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 sinkingfund omce, office of superintendent of charities, health department, and police court, twenty-four thousand dollars; and the Commission- HS Shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: Pro- P*¤¤**··· vided, That horses and vehicles appropriated for in this act shall be Vw ¤f ¤·¤¤·¤¤»- Mcused only for official purposes. For contingent expenses of stables of the Engineer Department, S*“"**°· including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of