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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 250. 1909. 7] 1 thousand four hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty-two cents: Provided, That any private of the Metropolitan lice force who {,’;g;’u**j;,0n t I served for a (period of five years prior to the Act OfJ?1I10 eighth, nine- three. 0 ° us teen hundre and six, sha be included in class three. Tplat Ehe(ollowi(pg—dEscribed persons in the District of Columbia “’·g'*°***i**¤°'**>°<*— are ere y ec are to e vagrants: Idle persons who, not having visible means of sup ort, live without 0,f{*,§§e,g;”°“* “’*“*· lawful employment; persons wandering abroad and) visiting tippling ' shops or houses of ill ame, or lodging in groceries, outhouses, market places, sheds, barns, or in the open air, and not giving a good account of themselves; persons wandering abroad and begging, or who go about from door to door or place themselves in the streets, highways, passages, or other public places to beg or receive alms. All persons leadinghan idle immor, or profligate life who have no u{·¤s_<¤i¤z i¤¤¤¤<>r¤\. property to support them and who are able of be y to work and do not ° " ms` · wor, including all able-bodied persons without other visible means of suppprt who shall live in idleness u on the wages or earnings of their mot er, wife, or minor child or children. Every person known to be a pickpocket, thief, burglar, or confidence K“°"¤ “·i°'°°· °'·°· operator, either b his own confession or by his having been convicted in the District of, Columbia or elsewhere of either of such offenses, and having no visible or lawful means of support, when found loitering aroun in any building, (park, highwa, street, avenue, alley, or reservation, steamboat lan ing, ra` oady depot, station, banking institution, broker’s office, place of amusement room, store, sho , publlic place, or cali;] or omnibus or other vehicle, or at any public t e_or assem y. g8Persndi§s upon whom shall be found any instrument, tool, or other ,m§;,jg*{,§0,;*’·;{;¤¤ implement used for the commission of urglary or the commission ' of an other crime against property, or for picking locks or pockets who sliall fail to give a good account of the possession of the same, and all persons who by the common law are vagrants whether embraced in an of the foregoing classifications or not. _ lhat every person in the District of Columbia who shall be con- c0§‘jj,?§m{$*},‘,;;,‘;,“,§,‘,S_°' victed of vagrancy under the provisions of this Act shall be required to enter into security in a sum not `exceeding five hundred dollars, conditioned upon his good behavior and industry for the period of one year, and if he shall fail to gve such security he shall be committed to ,,3§,5'L§‘,‘,§2,',f‘,,'§,§’,{ °“ the workhouse in the said istrict for a term not to exceed one year. The security herein mentioned shall be in the nature of a recognizance »\ppwv¤¤¤t¤~¤~¤m•»y. to the District of Columbia with a surety or sureties to be approved by the police court of the said District, in which court all prosecu- _ tions under this Act shall be conducted in the manner now provided by law for the prosecution of offenses against the laws and ordinances of the said District, but nothing contained in section forty-four of the {,‘g§’:j{**;}*,,,,& Code of Law for the District of Columbia shall be so construed as to' create or give to the accused, in prosecutions under this Act, any right to trial by jury not existing by force of the Constitution of the United States. . M1scm.LANm0Us: For rent of substation and stable at Anacostia, e,§'jf",¥,,§;§S‘}§{,‘fP“°‘°“* four hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necess ; ‘ Fornfiiel, four thousand dollars; Fw- For repairs to stations, five thousand five hundred dollars; R*§P'**¤· For miscellaneous and contin ent expenses, including the purchase pe{f;;$"**°°°““ °*‘ of new wagons, rewards for fgugitives, modern revo vers, maintenance of card system, stationery, city directories,_ periodicals, telegraphing, telep oning, photographs, printmg, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bed clothing. insignia of office, purchase 0 horses, horse and