Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-26
TIE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Amendments Proposed by the Sen
Ate Committee on the District.

ate COn1n1tIee Oh the D1StIlCts
a meeting of the Senate committee on the
| District of Columbia was held last night, al
| which the following amendments to the sundry
| civil bill were agreed to:
| Amendment proposed by the committee on
the District Of columbia to the bill Ga r. CAT II
making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
| OF the government for the fiscal year ending
lieu of sections and 4 insert the following;
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
| That the sum of S1,5S3, Sc be, ana Is
| hereby. appropriated for the purpose OF paying
| ohe-haif OF the estimated expenses or the gov
| eminent of the District OF Columoia Ior Tue
| fiscal year ending June S0th, 1850, namely: For
| improvements and REPAIRS as follows: Work on
boundary street auxiliary sewer, slUJ,6O0; laL-
| eral sewers $4,000; work upon sundry avenues
| and streets, 100000: replacement OF paveDe1ts
at not to exceed 81 p per square yard, S250 900:
repairs TO concrete payementS, 100000: mate
rial issued for permit work, 200, in all $3.50,
! 000. For constructing, repairing and maintain
ing bridges, as follows: Ordinary care OF Ben.
nfng's Anacostia and Chain bridges includnr
fuel, OIL; lamps matches, and so forth, $1,000;
repairing BennfDgS bridge and its carriape
ways, s2,500; raising embellishments of ADacos7ia
orldge ana repairing piers and abutments.
AL. $40 200. SAVO'' LII
FER maintaining institutions of charity. refor-
malof1eS, and prisons. as follows WaShin ron
SSs luln, oAe commissioner, 5000; one intendant,
s96O one matron, 5000; one visiting physician,
Si,lo,; one resident physician, $3.50; one resident
physician. $500; one clerk, $lS0: one baker $40:
SIX SIX oVerseeIs; at 5000 each, $1,000; one watch
ulah siOo, lnree Watchmen, at $3.50 EACH $40:
one driver, 1920; one hostler, $50; one cook 1920
TWO cooks, at 500 each, s120; five nurses. at SCI
eacn, $500; contingent expenses. including pro-
6 Visions Iuel forage, lumber hardware, shoes
9Iy goods, medicines, and miscellaneous items,
f35,3OO; total Washington Asylum, S55GOl:
georgetown A1mShOuSe, support Of inmates
81 500; Hospital for the insane, board and Goth
ing of inmates, $1,000: transportation OF
pauperS and conveying prisoners to work
Rouse $4,000 Reform school, District of Column
pla-support OF inmates. $4,000: Prouided, That
all ana singular the powers conferred and duties
enJoined by existing laws upon the Department
OF Justice or the board OF trustees relating to
the Reform school in the District Of Columbia
be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia: for
the support and maintenance OF the Columbia
hoSrltaIfof W0mendnd Iyin2s-in asylum, $1,000:
for the support and maintenance of the Chill
Gren'S Hospital $1,000; for st. AIMS Infant
Asylum, S5,c00 for the Industrial Home School,
5000; for the National Association for COlOred
Women and Children. s. 600: for the Women'3
Christian Association, 5000: Proyiicd, That
the above specified amounts shall be paid t.
SAID Institutions, by the Commissioners OF the
District or Columbia, quarterly only, upon the
presentation OF detailed report, accom- panied
by the proper vouchers, showing the receipts
aid disbursements for the preceding quarter,
ard il the Commissioners shall at any time be-
come satisfied that said institution is not being
conducted In the most economical manner pos,
sib-e, CT in Way not calculated to best serve
ther pay InehtS: A 1G prCrided, That hereafter no
appropriation shall be made for any charities
within the District OF Columbia unless the same
be Included in the annual estimates OF the Com
miSsioneTS, whose duty it is hereby made to in
clude in said estimates such charities as they
may think proper objects of public aid and
support; and shall also appoint Two trustees
for every other charitable ORGANIZATION feceiv-
Ing and under the provisions of this act, and
shall include III their annual report statement
mace ny Tie trustees and visitors SO appointed
as 20 the respective institutions so aided by the
pubic funds: Prorided. That said board of vls-
TORS and trustees shall serve without cOmDen-
satlon; relief OF the poor, Sl5,000 in all, S3S 300
For the washington Aqueduct, as follow: En-
S20,0J0.
General expenses-For salaries and contin-
gent expenses as follows: Executive Office
proper, 81 O00; auditor and comDtroller's Office
Sl9,GtN sinking fund Office, S2.I0O; cOrOnerS of
flee, q, 5G0 collectors Office $500: attorneys
Office, eco; and for the expenses OF a revision
OF the laws OF the District OF Columbia, s. 400:
tIeasuTers office, So S0o; inspector of buildings
Office, $3.50; SuperlntendentS of assessments
and taxes Office: ,soa; inspectors OF gas and
meters Office. $4,000: assessors Office 81 $50;
haibor master OF Georgetown. $50: sealer OF
weights and measures, $50; in all, slG0:
engineers otdce, $50, 80. Fuel, ice, repairs,
general miscellaneous expenses, and so forth,
fer District offices, $4,000; for the public schools
CT the District OF Columbia, payment OF salaries
OF the present corps OF janiJ0rS, teachers
etc; also additional teachers and mere lsf
OF pay by continuous seryice. So. c6S fiIaI
SIZtG1; repairs to SchOOl-buildfngS, Sl5.03a:
contingent expenses. including books, sta
tOneTy, printing, insurance, and ml5ceila-
neCus items, s2l ,5s..3.; for the construction OF
TWO new school buildings, purchase OF lots, and
furniture, complete and ready for occupancy AZ
1850 each, So. 000: Pr0rided That two lots on
square lis, south side OF Massachusetts avenue
ana west OF 18th street, belonging TO the United
States, may be used by the Commissioners OF
Ihe District Ior sch0oi purposes, and they may
erect one OF said Sch00l-holses thereon: 4 nj
ITGrided, That the inspector OF buildin IS Of the
District shall have authority and control over
and supervision OF the construction and re pairs
OF all SchoOl-buildingS if the Commissioners
deem best to delegate the same TO him: IN all
$40. C00 for the Metropolitan police, 500 oDr
Fro. fded, That all new appointments Shall be
made TO class one: 4 nd prOUidei. That the nun
Der in any class shall not at any time exceed
the number herein designated. There are sew
elal charges made for the Fire department and
1iie-alarM, sos, 300. This includes the pay OF
three Commissioners, as at PRESENT. For the
courts, as follows: Police Court, SIS, 500
For the streets, including removal Of garbage
lamps, lighting, extlnguishing and gas PARK
ing commissions; current work OF repairs OF
streets, alleys, county roads, &C.; sweeping
Cleaning, and sprinkling streets and avenues,
ceaning alleys repairs to pumps, cleaning
1fber sewer, &C., In all 1926, 49,
For miscellaneous expenses, as follows: Mar
kets, one market master, 81 $50; one mlrket
master, s. 500. two market masters, l,S0o con
tingent expenses, including gas, repairs ana
miscellaneous items. a, $50; rent OF market site
and property yards s1,175; hay scales, 500:
rent OF District offices, $4,000; general adyerLis-
1Dg, 81 ,OG0; miscellaneous items books to regis
ter OF wills, printing checks, damages &C
$500; In all. S30,3l5. For the health DEPART
Ii ent, 81. 400: fro1ided, That no officer OF the
District OF Columbia shall receive any com
Iensati0n other than the salary herein pro-
Vlded, and no officer or emplOye OF the District
snail draw more than one salary OF I'LL IN lre
than one Office.
For the interest and sinking fund on the
funded DEBT, 81 ,155, So and there is hereby
appropriated out OF the proportional sum which
lne | hlttd States may contribute toward the
expenses OF the District OF Columbia in ytlr,!I-
alce OF the act Of Congress approved June tn
1875, Tor The fiscal year ending June sofa. 1879
and annually thereafter, such sums as will with
tie interest thereon al the rate OF 65 per cen
tuIn ger 2nnun, be sufficient TO pay the princ-
pal or the SO bonds or the District OF COiucbia
Issued under the act CT Congress approved June
2ptll, 1874, at maturity; which said sums The
secretary OF the Treasury shall annually invest
III SAID bonds at rot exceeding the par value
thereof; and all bonds so redeemed snail ceasf.
10 bear interest, and shall be Cancelled and de-
stroyed in the same manner that t. s. bond,
are Cancelled and destroyed; and these bonds
shall be received by the proper officers OF the
government Tor any and all purposes for which
deposits OF any L. S. bonds are received For
general contingent expenses OF the government
or tne District OF Columbia $1,000
That the fifth paragraph of that portion
or Inc act OF June 2Oth, 1873, making an
preparations for sundry civil expenses OF tie
Governments no