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 246 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 232. 1894. forty dollars; in all, sixty- seven thousand one_ hundred and thirty-two P~¤*··>·. dollars: Provided, That the last clause of section five_of “An Act pro- ,,,i°.$“i"°°” "°" f viding a permanent form of government for the District_of Columbia/’ "°*· ”°· P- ’°’- approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, IS hereby amended so as to read as follows: The President of the United States Threeauthvriwh may detail from the Engineer Corps of the _Ar1ny not more than three officers, junior to the engineer officer belonging to the Board of Commissioners of said District, to act as assistants to said Eng1neer_Com- · missioner in the discharge of the special- dutiesimposed upon him by the provisions of this Act. _ ,,f:;’j,‘,,°g’,,,°*“”‘““‘__,,· Bonzn or Exammmzs, STEAM Enemnnnsz For compensation for ` board of examiners of steam engineers in the District of Columbia, three, at three hundred dollars each, nine hundred dollars._ _ TMWW *•'•*· That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily required °°°”’ °°°' in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any work authorized by appropriations, aud all expenses incidental to or necessary for the proper execution of said work, shall be paid from and equitably_ charged against the sums appropriated for said work; and the Comnussioners of the Dis- R¤1»¤r¤- trict, in their annual report to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers, inspectors and other employees, and their work, and _ the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation. * M Surmnmrmnnnr or Guamrmsz For superintendent of charities, ` three thousand dollars; messenger to the superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. . c0N1*1N<mN1* uxrmzsns. °°"""¥*"*"¤’°"'°'· 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, rebindin g, repairing, and preservation of records; maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the offices of the inspector of gas and meters and the inspector of a phalt and cement; damages; care of horses not otherwise provided for, horseshoein g; fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessary expenses of District offices, including the sinking-fund office, office of the superintendent of charities, including rent, harbor master, health department, and police court, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the Commissioners shall so appor- {,*:•;•i°m‘ ow tion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: Provided, That horses 'and vehicles appropriated for in this Act shall be used only for official purposes. S¤*>l¤·· For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department, including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of vehicles, purchase and repair of harness, blankets, lap robes, purchase of horses, whips, oil, brushes, combs, sponges, chamois skins, buckets, halters, jacks, rubber boots and coats, medicines, and other necessary_ articles and expenses, five thousand five hundred dollars; and no expenditure on account of the engineer department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund. F·•*· For rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars. _ For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars. nfg:{°°*'”¤ P°”°°** For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes by distraint and sale or otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thou- J mm sand five hundred dollars. “ °"°"‘°“· For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the court of _ _ appeals of the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. ‘·°'°“°’ “ °’P°”“’- For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s 0mC0,_il11`0IS` fees, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, and other