Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-24
Ihe sUnsiry Civil Appropriation Bill
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tion bill, which has been reported to the IIou. .e
from the committee on appropriations:
For lator and expenses OF engraving and
pint rs. 10000: expenses OF removal OF the
bWt or Engraving and Printing. and for new
| establishment OF the bureau In the new buiidiyl~
Including new boilers and a new engine S5o.0jj:
1oI maintenance OF the U. S. carp ponds Ia the
thSs I.s 81 "asnlngton and elsewhere, s., ,ooj; for
tne L. s. naval observatory, 81, Ash, wnicu SHALT
oe Immediately available; for WORK on the ca
itol, and for general repairs thereof $4,000. rJr
improving the Capitol grounds and for pavla,c
| PennsylyaD avenue around the naval morIl
ment, 100000: for the t1re-prOOf reconstruction
% OF the Patent Office building within the p:eseng
! NaiiS, under the plans submitted to Congress
Dy the Secretary OF the Interior s15O0el in ad-
| dltlCn TO the uneXpended balance of the amount
| appropriated for this purpose by the act of
June 20, 1878, which is made available Tor tue
| purpose originally intended to be expended
under the supervision of board consisting or
me commissioner Of Patents, the architect OF
lne CaplIOi anu the engineer in charge OF pub.
tic buildings and grounds; for annual repairs to
t court house IN the city OF Washington and for
IeW furnaces, 81 coo: Improvement of grounds.
| Iepal uneHt or AgrfCulture for labor new i'm
! piemehts, purchase OF trees for arboretun. and
p repairs OF tools, $500; Government Hospital
! for the Insane, 100000; Columbia Institution
! for Leaf and Dumb, $4,000: Freednan'S nos
ptal, $4,000 for subsistence and 49, 336 for sala-
| TieS.
/ That the sum of S1.5S3, s36f Sc be- and Is here
by appropriated 1or the purpose OF paying one
! half OF the estimated expenses OF the govern
! ment OF the District OF Columbia for The fiscal
! year ending JuEe 31th, 1880, namely: For i'm
Wo1emcntS and repairs, as follows: Work on
! Boundary street auxiliary sewer Si000 900: lat-
eral sewers, s. l5,oo9; work upon sundry avenues
and streets, $lG0.00U replacement of payemeaCS
at not TO exceed s.. IS per square yard, s2500ll:
| 1eIai1s to concrete iIaNeMents, $lGo, ,003 mate
ma isSCed Tor permit WORK, Si5,GGO in all $780,
| Geo. For constructing, reDiiring and maintain
! ing bridges, as follows: Ordinary care OF Beu
! Ein2S, AnacOStla, and CHAIN bridges. iacludinr
Iuei, oil; lamps matches, and so forth, 81 .20':
| iepianhlng and painting Cnatn bridge, sz55,;
! repairing BennihsS bridge and its carriage
! ways, 2,5Nt; raising enbankmenIS OF AnacoSJia
biloGe ard repairing piers and abutment5,
S5,cto; ltpalS or ROCK creek bridges, $l.O00: Ia
/ al, $lG,EC0.
Fer maintaining institutions Of charity. rtfo?-
niat0iie5, and PRISONS. as follows :-WaSlington
asS luin, Shte!; Georgetown almShouSe, $l,SJo;
hospital 1or tie Insane, Sii,GJ0: transportation
! Of PaUreTs and conveying prisoners to wor'l-
mouse, -, ,5hi: hcfCrm school. District OF COn,n-
cia-sapport OF inmates, S20,l10: P.uridsd, That
al ana sing ular Tie powers conferred and duties
ehJoiLed by existing laws upon the Department
OF Justice on tie board OF trustees relating u
Tie Reform school in the District OF C0iumbia
be, ana the same are hereby, transferred to the
commissioners OF the District OF Columbia: for
TIE support and maintenance Of the Columbia
Eospnaiior women ard lying-n asylum, 12.OD):
trctf4cd. Ihat all the powers conferred and
dutieS eniolheG h% existing laws upon the hlard
| CT directors OF said institution he. and the
sane are hereby, transferred to the Commits
sCLerS OF the District OF Columbia: for the
support and maintenance OF the Children-S
| tCspital, S5.G61; Tor st. AIMS infant as lum
S5,tuG; Tor the Industrial home school, - DO1:
iof the National Association for cOlOrcd women
ard children. $4,000: for the WOnen'S Christian
Association. S5,CGo: P,ocidcd, That the aDoye
sIecli!ed amounts Shall be paid to said ipstiru-
lions, by the commissioners OF the District Of
Columbia. quarterly only. upon the presenta.
tion CT a detailed report, accompanied by The
proper vouchers, showing the receipts and dis
nSIi'enieIlS l"l tle pItcedlng quarter, and IL
tie Commissioners snail at any time become
satisfied that said Institution is not being con
quoted in the most economical manner posi-
pc, or In any way not calculated TO best serve
TIE eEdS OF Charity, they Shall withhold all
lurther payments: And Proridcd, That here.
after no appropriation shall be made for an
charities Within the District Of Columbia unless
the same be included In the annual estimates
OF tie commissioners. whose duty il is hereby
mace TO include In SAID estimates such Charities
as 5Eey may think proper objects of public aid
ard support: and the Commissioners shall an
point u board OF visitors for the Reform school
aid for the Columbia Hospital for women and
Lylhg.ln Asyi illin, consisting OF ten persons for
each institution, and shall also appoint two
trustees for every other Charitable organization
receiving aid under the provisions OF this act
and shall include in their rannuai report state
Ment, MADE by the trustees and visitors so ap-
pointed, as TO the respective institutions 90
aided by the public fund: Prorijed, That said
board OF visitors and trustees shall serve with
out compensation; reef OF the poor, Sl5 900: in
all. $l3s,5C0. For the Washington Aqueduct. as
foLoWs:-EGgneeT1ng maintenance and general
repairs, 100000.
N.
gent expenses as follows: Executive Office
proper, $2 900; auditor and comptroilers oflice,
sl?cCo; sinking fund Office, 81, 100; coroner's Of
flee, S2,5G0; collectors office, SiSS00; attorneY's
Office. $1,000; treaSurers Office, So sGl Inspector
OF buildings office, $3.50: superintendent's OF
assessments and taxes office, $500; inspectors
OF gas and meters office, s., 600: PrGrited That
from and after the passage of this act the said
officers shall be appointed by, and be under the
control OF, the commissioners of the Dis
trict Of Columbia: assessors Office, s7,250
engineers Office, s5S.00o. Fuel, ice repairs
general miscellaneous expenses, and so forth,
for District Offices, $1,000: Trorided That all the
officers and employees hereinbefOre mentioned
shall devote their entire time and attention to
the duties Of the office they may till, and shall
not he allowed TO engage in any other business.
For the public schools OF the District of Co.
&c, rent of school-budngs, $4,000: fuel.
$4,000; repairs to school-buiidings, $25,O19:
ctni1ngeht expenses, including books, sta
neous items, 81 for the construcfiop @ t.aIe Of
TWO new school buildings purchase of lots, and
furniture, complete and ready for occupancy, at
S31, 500 each, 5000 PiOrided That two lots on
square l5S south side OF Massachusetts avenue
and west OF 18th street. belonging 30 the United
states, may be used by the Commissioners OF
the District for school purposes, and they may
erect one OF said school houses thereon: Aad
frOcided, That the inspector OF buildings OF the
District shall have authority and control over
aud supelH ls.on OF the construction and repairs
Of all sch0ol-buildingS il the commissioners
deem best TO delegate the same to him; in all,
xiIo,uCu.
For the Metropolitan police, s212.579 And the
pay OF the members OF the Metropolitan police
Is fixed al the above rates. the Commissioners
Of the District to make such regulations as to
classification as they may deem proper: Pyouided,
That all new appointments shall be made to
class one: And proDiGed, That the number In
any Class shall not at any time exceed the num-
ber herein designated: for the fire department
and fire. alarm, Slb3.5e0; for the courts Sls5e0:
for the streets, as follows: Removal Of garbage
$10.355: street lamps, lighting, extingl,ishing
and gas, $122. ESQ: P1orided, That all and sing1-
lar the powers conferred and duties enioined by
the act approved June 23, 1874, eatitled An act
regulating gas works, be- and the same are
hereby, transferred TO the commissioners OF the
District OF Columbia. and they shall also have
the power to fix the size Of the burner to be used
upon the. street lamps: but the Illuminating
power shall not be reduced from that
produced by the burners now in use.
parking commission, s13401; current work OF
iepairs OF streets. alleys, county roads, and so
forth, sweeping cleaning and sprinkling streets
and avenues, repairs TO pumps cleaning Tiber
sewer, s30S, ,455; for miscellaneous expenses
SiO,S.5; for the health department, s24.4O)
facrtded, That no officer OF the District OF CO.
lnmbia shall receive any compensation other
than the salary herein provided. and no officer
or emplOye OF the District shall draw more than
one salary Or fill more than one Office. For the
interest on funded debt, Sl,0l6 IL; for gen.
eral contingent expenses OF the government OF
the District of Columbia SD. 600