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 FIFTY-FOURTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 587. 1897. 683 d Igor building to replace the old almshouse building, thirty thousand o ars. Boium or CmLn1mN’s Gnxunrxns; For the Board of Ohildren’s p.,,.,.i.,,~ cmi.i,,,,», Guardians, created under the Act approved July twenty sixth, eighteen G‘{,*jf{“;,¤°· 26,, hundred and ninety-two, namely: For administrative expenses, includ-'P` ` ing salary of agent, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars, expenses in placing and visiting children, and all office and sundry expenses, four thousand dollars; For care of feeble-minded children; care of children under three years 0*** °*’ °l=m¤¤¤- of age, white and colored; board and care of all children over three years of age, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, twenty-three thousand tour hundred dollars; In all, twenty-seven thousand four hundred dollars. And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government of the Policy gw to ¤¤1> United States to make no appropriation of money or property for the {§`§‘:,’,'§,E,‘}`},?;}““°i"' purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding by payment for services, expenses, or otherwise, any church or religious denomination, or any institution or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control; and it is hereby enacted that, from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, no money appropriated for chari- N<>,f¤r¢1¤•¤ qrpw mbic purposes in the District of ocicmbic shall be paid to any church .*;,*:;‘,*;‘:.’;‘,“:,f,';€“”¤'°‘“ or religious denomination, or to any institution or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control. That the Joint Select Committee, authorized by the Act making t.C<;¤;¤¤·{j*¤s¤ F<>i¤x•=¤- appropriations for the expenses of the Government of the District of ,,i§li¤.$.,i°{"°°°‘ °*°" Columbia for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred *””· P- *1*- and ninety-seven, to make inquiry and report concerning the charities and reformatory institutions of the District of Columbia, are hereby continued during the Fifty-fifth Congress, with all the powers and duties imposed upon them by said Act. And any vacancies which s¤pp1yi¤g vcccii. may occur in the membership of said committee by expiration of serv— °‘”‘ ice or otherwise of any Senator shall be filled by appointment by the presiding officer of the Senate, and any vacancies which may occur by reason of the expiration of service of any House members of said committee shall be filled by appointment to be made by the Speaker of the present House of Representatives from members-elect to the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fifth Congress; and any vacancies which may occur by reason of death or resignation of any House member shall be filled by appointment to be made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the time being; and said committee shall have simcgs. authority to sit during the recess, and shall make report as soon as practicable after the beginning of the iirst session of the Fifty-fifth Congress: Prorided, That the clerk designated by the committee may 5j;'ff°· be paid for clerical services such compensation as may be fixed by the committee in addition to any salary he may be receiving. MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Disrrict ¤¤i1i¢i¤- For the following, to be expended under the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, namely: For rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories, fourteen thousand Rennetc. dollars. For telephone service, one hundred and twenty-ve dollars. Cumnwxvenses. For lockers, furniture, and gymnastic apparatus 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 rifle practice and matches, three thousand six hundred dollars.