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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 198. 1908. 303 For additional amount for the above-named purposes, one thousand A“***°¤**l· five hundred dollars. For payment to the beneficiaries named in section three of "An m*’°·Y¤*°¤°¤ *0 fm- Act making it a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia to abandon $61. a4, p. sv. or willfully neglect to provide for the support and maintenance by any person of his wife or his or her minor children in destitute or necessitous circumstances," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, two thousand four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed b the disbursing officer of the District of Columbia on itemized vouchers duly audited and approved by the auditor of said District. - The President is authorized to appoint three commissioners, one of gg“·;g1§ggg5gég;j; whom may be nominated by the Attorney—General and one by the mlésiimers m mms. Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall investigate the “"°°‘ condition of the jail of the District of Columbia, now under the control of the Attorney-General, and of the workhouse within said District and other buildings adjacent to said jail; and in connection with the investigation the commissioners, under the direction of the Attor- within the United States; and they shall re rt to the President on or R°’°"‘ before December thirty-first, nineteen hundiied and eight, concerning said condition and the expediency of removing said jail, workhouse, and other buildings to other sites more appropriate for their needs and located so near to railroad lines as to secure suitable facilities for the delivery thereto of material suitable or necessary for industries to be therein carried on; and shall also make such other recommendations on the subject as may seem to them expedient; for the exjfnses of the E*2°¤=¤· Commission there is hereby a propriated the sum of one thousand five ‘ hundred dollars or so muc thereof as may be necessary. Home ron rua Acnn Arm Imaam: Su rintendent, one thousand m§,?,’j,f°‘°' **g°"“““ two hundred dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred sums . _ dollars; baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; two female attendants, at three hundred dollars each; chief cook, six hundred dollars; two male attendants, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; chief engineer, nine hundred dollars; assistant engineer, four hundred and eighty dollars; two firemen, at three hundred dollars each; physician and (pharmacist, four hundred and eighty dollars; two nurses, at three hun red and sixty dollars each; two assistant cooks, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; blacksmith and woodworker, five hundred and forty ollars; farmer, five hundred and forty dollars; two farm hands, at three hundred and sixtv dollars each; tailor, two hundred and forty dollars; seamstress, two hundred and forty dollars; laundryman, five hundred and forty dollars; hostler and driver, two hundred and forty · dollars; two servants, at one hundred and forty-four dollars each; temporary labor, six hundred dollar ; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars; For provisions, fuel, forage, harness and vehicles and repairs to °°“""“°“l°"’°"°°°‘ same, gas, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical _ supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, and other necessary items., twenty thousand dollars; For repairs and im rovements to buildings and grounds, one thousand five hundred dollizrs; For necessary iire protection, water mains, plugs, and the necessary piping connections, and laying and installing the same, to be immeiately available, one thousan five hundred ollars; For duplicating the water supply, including an artesian well, deep well pump, tank, pi ing, and the necessary steam and water connections with pum and, tank, to be immediately available, six thousand tive hundred dollars; In all for Home for Aged and Iniirm, forty-one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars.
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