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 SIXTY-THIRD oonensss. sms. II. cs. 191. 1914. 551 For revenue and ins ection branch: Water registrar, who shall also ,,,};°,‘;g;_‘,;*j,,“”di¤¤P°°· perform the duties of) chief clerk, $2,400; clerks——one $1,500, one ` $1,200, two at $1,000 each; index clerk, $1,400; four meter computers, at $1,000 each; chief inspector, $1,000; meter clerk, $1,000; tap clerk, $1,000; inspectors—eight at $900 each, eleven at $800 each; messen er, $600; · For ciistribution branch: Superintendent, $3,300; engineer, $2,400; Dm"”b“"°"b'““°h’ assistant engineers—one at $1,800, one at $1,600; foreman, $1,800; clerks—two at $1,500 each, four at $1,200 each, stores clerk $1,500, one at $1,000, one $900; time keeper, $900; assistant foreman, $900; leveler, $1,200; two rodmen, at $900 each; two chainmen, at $675 each; draftsman, $1,050; assistant foreman—one $1,275, one $1,200, one $1,125; master mechanic, $2,000; chief steam engineer, $1,750; two steam engineers, at $1,100 each; three assistant steam engineers, at $875 each; four oilers, at $610 each; three firemen, at $875 each; inspector, $1,200; janitor, $900; watchmen—-one $875, one $700, one $610; drivers—one $700, one $630; two messengers, at $540 each; chief inspector of valves, $1,600; in all, $86,935; For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery print- °°“*‘°$°“*°‘P°““· ing, postage, damages, purchase o technical reference books and periodicals not to exceed $75, and other necessary items, $4,800. For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe °P°'“““€ “P°'”°°· distribution to high and low service, material for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing iire plugs, urchase and maintenance of motor trucks, orsw, wagons, carts, andp harness necessagor the roper execution of this wor, and including a sum not excee g $800 i)or purchase and use of bicycles by inspectors of the water department, $37,000. _ _ _ smh, For continuing the extension of and maintaining the high-serv1ce °xp°°°°°’ system of water istribution, laying necessary service and trunk mains for low service, and purchasing, mstalling, and maintaininlg water W°*°""°"°”·°*°· meters on services to such private residences and to such usiness places as may not be required to install meters under_exist1ng regulations as may be directed by the commissioners, said meters at all times to remain the Epperty of the District of Columbia, to mclude all necessary land, mac ery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, and labor, and purchase and maintenance of horses, wagons, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this work, so much as may be available in the water fnmd during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen, after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated. C0 mmm k Sec. 2. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers, mdgscsmmfisszgk. transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists overseers, and ,,,§,f°j,‘,§f°°,’g;,,,,"§’“,,,*;.°g,°; inspectors temporarily reqlpired i11 connection with sewer, street, onstreet cleaning or road wor, or construction and repa1r of buildings and brid es, or any general or special engineering or construction work autgorized by appropriations may be employed exclusivel_y_ to carry into effect said appropriations when specdically and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and all such necessary e enditures for the roper execution of said work shall be paid from anliiieguitably charged) against the sums appropriated for said work; and the commissioners in their annual estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums paid to eac , and out of what appropriation: Provided, That the ex- L1 ;m,’°q{_°' penditures hereunder shall not exceed $70,000 during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen. _ T mm The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily m,°m°°m’ '°”’ such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechamcs as