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 412 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 419. 1896. Di·¤‘i¤*¤¤i1i¤·· MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. For the following, to be expended under the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, namely: P¤*~¤¤·- Eor rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories, fourteen thousand dollars. °°”°¤' °*P°¤¤°•· For telephone service, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For lockers, gun racks, and furniture for armories, eight hundred dollars. For printing and stationery, three hundred dollars. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, three hundred dollars. For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, nine hundred dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, eight hundred dollars. For expenses of riile practice and matches, and construction and repairs on rifle range, three thousand dollars. For expenses of annual camp of instruction, seven thousand dollars. . For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars: gh ,0 mu Provided, That hereailserall leases and contracts involving expenditures ¤¤¤mi·¤i¤¤¤r¤· on account of the militia shall be made by the Commissioners of the Districtof Columbia; and appropriations for the militia shall be disbursed only upon vouchers duly authorized by the Commissioners, for which they shall be held strictly accountable. ' ¤·>¤¤¤¤¥•·•*·=~ And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriations for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated.. W•¢¤¤·<l•1••r¤¤·¤¢- WATER DEPARTMENT. 'f,‘;,‘;,§;¤Q'* "°“‘ _ The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations of the water department, to be paid wholly irom its revenues, namely: jkeveunemdinspec- For revenue and inspection branch: For chief clerk, one thousand "°“ ""“°"· eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand tour hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; seven inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; Di¤¤ib¤*i¤¤l¤‘•¤°l*· For distribution branch: For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; timekeeper, eight hundred dollars; assistant threman, nine hundred dollars; tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; assistant tapper, six hundred dollars; three steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; blacksmith, seven hundred and fifty dollars; two plumbers, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; two assistant machinists, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each; property keeper, six hundred dollars; three iiremen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two ilushers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; driver, tour hundred and eighty dollars; two watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; calker, seven hundred and thirty dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars. <>¤¤¤¤s¤¤¤m>¤¤¤e¤- For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand five hundred dollars. F¤¤*·¤>P·*¤·°*¤- For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery. and pumping stations, pipe distribution to high and low service, material for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and eregfing and repairing fire plugs and public hydrants, ninety thousand dollars.