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 564 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cr:. 789. 1900. of Massachusetts avenue extended to which the District does not now possess title, and such adjacent land for side slopes, embankments, and so forth, as may be necessary, and to use for such purpose so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessar ; and the proceedings for condemnation, if the same be necessary, shall bein accordance with the provisions relating to the condemnation of land as contained V°1·2°·P-412 in section three of the Act approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the iiseal)year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes ;" and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon the conhrmation by the court of the award of the commissioners appointed to appraise the land to be taken, and after pa ment into said court of the amount §§°h'§°,§'QY§§,‘;“,ppi§§f thereof, may enter upon said landy and proceed with the construction of said bridge, notwithstanding any aippeal or other proceeding at law or in equipy, of any person intereste in the proceedings: Pro/vided, "°j°°“°“ °*““’""- }z0#weve*r, hat the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, within fifteen days after the filing of the award of said commissioners, reject the same, in which event new commissioners shall be summoned to appraise the land to be taken, and the same proceedings shall be had Bridge cou new as én the (pap; of their first compiisiioré. R k C k h 1 ·‘ “ ‘ ·owar e cons uction o a ri ge across oc ree on the ine cut"enue'exmd€d` of Connecticut avenue extended, forty thousand dollars. d,f‘Q’,‘f‘h*°€*°“ A‘1“°‘ WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. M’“”‘°°°“°°·°‘°~ For operation, maintenance, and repair of the aqueduct and its accessories, including Conduit road, twenty-two thousauddollars. For rotection to the inlet to the conduit at Great Falls, five thousand dollars. (1 501* repairing the by-conduit, Dalecarlia reservoir, ten thousand 0 ars. m°°““g *’]‘“"· For establishing those portions of a filtration plant which areessential to the operation of either system of filtration adopted, including necessary land, grading, masonry, and appurtenances, two hundre thousan dollars, to be available immediate y and until expended. INCREASING THE WATER SUPPLY. d,f§§“,§},’{,$,§‘f“ A‘¥“°‘ For completing the work on the Washington Aqueduct tunnel and Howard University reservoir, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand and thirty-four dollars and thirty-four cents. Public “°h°°1“· PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ,p%,°,·,§d¤,f§,§{?‘g,°;“°“· The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to appoint seven persons, bona fide residents and taxpayers of the District o Columbia, and who have been such for five years immediately preceding their appointment, who shall constitute a board of ‘°°’m °‘ °m°°·°’°· education, and whose term of oiiiice shall be seven years, except that the terms of the persons first appointed shall terminate as follows: One each year, to be determined by lot among the seven members of the board first a pointed. The compensation of members of-the board shall be ten dollars each for personal attendance at each meeting, but shall not exceed for any member five hundred dollars per annum. ·d‘m°¤·°*°· The board shall have complete jurisdiction over all administrative matters connected with the public schools of the District of Columbia, except that all e enditures of public funds for such school purposes shall be made add) accounted for as now provided by law under the