Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-20
Appropriations OF District Interest.

Appropriations OF District Interest.
The following items of District interest
are incorporated In the sundry civil sppro.
priation bill, which Will be reported TO the
House to-day:
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
For maintenance of the fire department OF
the District OF Columbia, SIS, 900 Salaries
of inspector and assistant inspector OF gas
and meters, $3.50: PrOCfcIed That an 81 ual
sum shall be paid out Of the treasury o. the
District OF Columbia.
CITING DOWN THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To provide full record of births. mar
riages and deaths In the District OF Coium-
bla, and for general sanitary inspection,
which shall include the prevention OF the ex-
| posure for sale OF unwholesome food, aud the
| daily inspection OF streets, alleys, yards ard
| all places where nuisances may exist tnju-
| rious to health, and for the removal thereof,
and OF all nuisanceS, including night soil,
beyond the limits OF the District of Column
| bia, and to prevent domestic animals from
| running at large, and for the protection of
| the public parks and grounds, SO, 90: Pro
cided, That an equal sum shall De paid out
| OF the treasury OF the District OF Columbia.
the combined sum to be expended as follows:
For salaries OF three mem bers OF the Board
OF health, at $500 each; treasurer, lex officio
| memher,) $500; secretary and attorney OF
| board; $1,000; medical sanitary inspector,
lex officio member 81 600; registrar OF vital
statistics, $1,000; health officer, - 500; four
clerks, II 500: five sanitary inspectors, Sc coo;
| one poundmaster, 81 OO0; one messenger,
500; for rent, 81 ,020 printing, advertising.
stationery and blanks, $1,000; Transported
| ton, 81 500; laborers and poundmen, 5000;
| 500; contingent expenses, $780, PROVIDED far
| heT, That the treasurer shall be ex officlo a
| member OF said board, as well rs the secre-
| tary, registrar OF vital statistics, and the
| medical sanitary Inspector; and the secre-
tary shall perform the duties Of attorney OF
| said board without additional compensa-
ton: Ahd prorided further, That in case OF the
prevalence OF an epidemic within the Dis
trict OF Columbia, the Commissioners OF the
District may expend, through the Board OF
Health, such sum as they may think prop
| er, not exceeding the sum of $40 600. And so
much of section &c OF the Revised Statutes
as provides for the number of persons con-
shutting the Board OF Health Is hereby
amended TO read three In lieu OF i've.
REFORM SCHOOL.
For the superintendent, 81 800; assistant
superintendent, $500; matroD, 5000; three
teachers at 5000 each; for medicines an4 ply
siclans' fees, $500; gardener, S720; farmer,
BAKER and night watchmen, at 5000 each;
.eamstress, cook and laundress, at $50 each;
ara lonr female servants at Sl4i each and
Tor fuel, clothing and incidentals, =, 900;
making in all the sum OF SO 600.
KILBOURN COUNSEL FEES.
To enable the Clerk of the House TO nav
Robt. Christie and Saml Shellabarger coun-
| sci fees In the habeas corpus case of Hallet
kilbourn, 81 600 each; the same to be dis
bursed under the direction OF the Committee
on Accounts, aud 10 be added to the miscel-
laneous item OF the contingent fund OF the
| the House.
2.
For salaries and other necessary expenses
OF the metropolitan police of the District of
| Columbia, $500 PrOUided That a like
So, sum snail conc , be paid TO defTsy
force, out of the treasury OF the District OF
| Columbia: And proUtded further, That the du-
Ties devolved and the authority conferred
upon the board OF metropolitan police by
law, Tor police purposes, in said District,
| shall extend to and include all public squares
or places; and said board is hereby author
q a trsaa ,ts.z
and regulations in relation thereto.
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE IN
| SANE.
For the support, clothing aud medical and
| moral treatment o. the insane OF the army
navy and marine corps, and revenue cutter
| sci vice, and OF all persons who may have
| become insane since their entry into the
| military or naval service OF the United
| states and who are INDECENT, and of the in
| Urgent Insane OF the District OF Columbia, in
| the government hospital for the insane,
| ~l5O,OO0; and hereafter one half OF the ex-
pense OF the INDECENT persons who may be
| admitted from the District of Columbi
shall be paid from the treasury OF said Dts
| uict. For general repairs, absolutely ne
| $1,000
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF
AND DUMB.
| For the support of the institution, includ-
| ing salaries and incidental expenses, the
maintenance OF the benefcIarles of the
| United States, and $500 for the books and
| illustrative apparatus, S4S, 900. For contin-
uiDg the work on the erection, furnishing,
| and fitting up OF ths buildings of tue insti-
| tuition In accordance with plans heretofore
| submitted, and for repairs on buildings
| already completed, $40 ,0C0.
| COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND
| LYING-IN ASYLUM AND OTHER CHARI-
For the support OF the Columbia Hospital
Tor Women and Lyfng-tn Asylum, over and
| above the probable amount which will be
| received from pay-patients, sic, 000 In addi-
| tion TO the unexpeDded balances of former
appropriations, which is hereby made avail
| For care, support, and medical treatment
| Of sevehly-five transient paupers. medical
| ard surgical patients, in the Providence
| Hospital in the city OF Washington, un-
der contract to be formed with said in
stttution, $500 or SO much thereof as may
be necessary, under the direction of the Sur
| geon-General OF the Army.
FOR the support and maintenance of con-
| victs transferred from the District OF Column
4 bia, SIS 600.
For the support OF the National Soldiers,
and Sailors Orphans Home, Washington,
To aid in the support of the Children's
Hospital, Washington, IS 900.
| In Washington, SIS, coo.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
| Treasury building-For animal repairs,
| Capitol, aud for general care and repairs
| thereof, SG0,O 200. For improving the Capitol
| grounds, and for paving roadway and foot
i
| terror department buildipg-For annual re-
| pairs thereof, 5000. Courthouse building
| Neutrality-suspicious. repairs thereof, =, 900.
Engraving AND PRINTING.
For materials other than paper required
in the work OF engraving and printing,
| Sa1S, eco.
RENT OF BUILDINGS.
| For rent OF buildings, 211 New Jer-
sey avenue south and 2l5 South Capitol
street excepting the workshops for stand
| ard weights and measuresJ, for offices, work.
| rooms and workshops, Si3 600.
| For rent OF fire proof building No. 205 New
Jersey avenue south excepting rooms for
| standard weights and me asares), for the
| safe keeping and preservation OF the origi-
| nal astronomical, magnetic, photographic,
and other records, the original topographi,
| cal and photographic maps and charts, the
| engraved plates, Instruments, aud other
valuable articles OF the coast survey, 5000.
| KENT OF CHURCHES FOR HOSPITAL PUR-
POSES.
From the balances out of which quarter
| masters claims arising prior to July, 1872.
| could be paid. apd which balances were Gov,
cred into the Treasury under the act or June
| Goth, 1874, there is hereby re- appropriated
| The sum OF 81, 217, TO be paid TO the several
churches In The District OF Columbia, here