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 `FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 789. 1900. 571 dead animals, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products, and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; sanitary and food 1nspector, who shall be a veterinary surgeon, and act as inspector of live stock and dairy farms, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, two of whom may act as sanitary and food inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, six hundred dollars; messenger and janitor, six hundred dollars; pound master, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers. at not exceedin forty dollars per month, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; sanitary and food inspector, who shall be a veterinary surgeon, nine hundred dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. DIISCELLANEOUSZ For rent of stable, one hundred and twenty dollars. ¥’~*>¤¤· For the enforcement of the rovisions of the Act to prevent the d,S;’,';’,‘}gj,af°"°* and spread of scarlet fever and diplhtheria in the District of Columbia, Q01-26. 13.691. approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the v°l‘2°’ p' 635* Act to prevent the spread of conta ious diseases in the District of Columbia, approved March third, eigiteen hundred and ninet *-seven, gnger the direction of the health officer of the District, ten thousand o ars. For maintaining the disinfecting service, three thousand dollars. Di’“‘f°°‘l“$S*°"’i°° For abatement of nuisances under section twenty-six of an ordinance Ab“““g ““‘“'“‘°°¤· to revise, consolidate, and amend the ordinances of the board of health, and so forth, legalized by the Act of August seventh, eighteen hundred V°'· 2** *’· 257- and ninety-four, the cost of such abatement, when collected from the responsible party, to be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the §I1Hted States and the DISt1‘10t of Columbia in equal parts, two hundred o ars. Enforcement of section sixteen of an Act to regulate in the District $§{°3$,‘f1p?‘2§§f“€· of Columbia the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes, approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Eve hundred dollars. . For enforcement of the provisions of an Act to cause the removal of $$i°f"§§,“;,_°$5X8°d* weeds from lands in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for other plurposes, approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety- nine, five undred dollars. · For emer ency fund for the enforcement of the provisions of section €.Q‘}l‘;§gf,_°f2},°“· four of an get to provide for the drainage of lots in the District of ’ · ' Columbia, approved May nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, two thousand dollars. DISPOSAL OF CITY REFUSE. For the collection and dis osal of arba e, miscellaneous refuse, C°ll€°§9¤ ¤¤d di¤- and ashes, in the city of W§shingtongand lihe more densely popu- posaiof ity refuse` lated suburbs, for collecting and disposing of dead animals and night soil in the District of Columbia, and for the ayment of necessary ins ection and incidental expenses, one hundred) and fifteen thousand doll)ars, of which sum five hundred dollars shall be immediately available: Pro/vided, That the Commissioners may, on and after the pas- gggggém sage of this Act, enter into a contract or contracts for the collection ` and disposal of garbage, miscellaneous refuse, ashes, night soil, and dead animals, under such regulations and specifications as they may establish. for a period not exceeding five years, after advertisement and the receipt of proposals. Said `Commissioners shall definitely fix the collection districts in the C"“°°“°¤ di*m¤*¤— city of Washington and District of Columbia and stipulate in said