Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-24
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATELY BILL
Provisions Of the ISill Now peudtnv


Provisions Of the Bill Now Pending.
The following are the provisions, In part, Of
tne OIL making appro oriations to provide fol
the expenses OF the government of the District
OF Columbia for the fiscal year ending June sOth
1882. and for other purposes as prepared By Mr.
Cobb, Of the appropriations committee, and In
which shape it will probably become a law.
There are yet some features OF the bill. to be pre-.
Jared.
Be IL enacted. etc., That the half OF the follow.
lng sums named, respectively, is hereby appro
prlated, out Of any money In the Treasury not
othcrW1se appropriated, and the other half out
or the revenues OF the District OF Columbia, for
lne purposes following, being the estimated ex-
penseS oI tHe government OF the District OF
1es2 namely:
For repairs to concrete pavements, $50, 900;
,or ,or completion M OF New York avenue intercept.
Ing sewer. 81 900; for repairs to McAdam road
ways. $6 .O00; for materials for permit work,
81, 600; for continuation OF surveys OF the Dis
1rict OF Columbia With reference to the exJen-
sion of various avenues to the District line,
5000; for boundary street auxiliary sewer
$4,000; for lateral sewers, $4,000: for
dreog1ng James Greek canal $4,000; for
work on sundry avenues and streets, aud
replacement OF pavements on streets named In
appendices and transmitted herewith
tbeiDg schedules OF streets requiring immediate
altention), sl50,0uO; in all, 1901 900. For ord-
Cdlc VI DSuUluSS 3, AudrOStld, ana tnd1D
bridges, g. 600; for maintenance and repair of
bridges, $500. For engineering, maintenance
an and ogs general repairs q Washington Aquedact
FOR MAINTAINING INSTITUTIONS OF CHARITY,
REfORMATORIES AND PRISONS.
For Washington Asylum: $40, 100 For the
new W0lk-houSe at the Washington Asylum
nanely: For iron hunks, concrete floors. con
Dections with furnaces. gas fixtures. dryinc.
rooms. and steam heating apparatus, $500.
For the alnlshouse at Washington Asylum.
namely: For steam heating apparatus. drying
the Commissioners OF the District OF Columbia .a
shall give notice OF the letting of the con-
tract for the work and materials to
De furnished provided for in the two
contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
For the Georgetown almshouse: Support OF IN
mates. 81, 500. For support Of the lndi zen. n
saneor the District CT Columbia III the govern
ment hospital for the insane In S aid District
$s0,o GOO. For transportation OF Daupers and con-
veyirg prisoners TO the worknouse, s., 900. For
reform school. SO, 24o: for subsistence, s2l ,0!4
Ior maintaining the jail, s2i, 40; for subsist-
ence, S22, 15o: Provided. That hereafter the oil.
GERS OF the reform school, jail, and insane asy-
lum shall at the end of each fiscal year make
report TO the commissioners CT tie District OF
columbia: and pT0rtded f31fRier That here
after tue officers OK each OF the Institutions ao.
propriated for in part out OF the revenues Of
the District shall embrace In their respective
reports full and complete inventory OF all the
personal property In detail, the NUMBER of en-
ployes, and number OF days each is employed
0tu1pg the year and price paid each, and the
amount OF garden and field products prOduced
at each OF said Institutions, together with the
disposition made OF said personal property, pro-
ducts, sc.
For the following charities, namely: for relief
OF the poor, $4,000. For the support and
women and Lying-1n Asylum, $4,000. For the
National Association for coiored women and
children, Sc 5Oo.s For the Women's Christian
l. o 5000 ror Fer the cnIdrens
Asy lum, 5000. For the Industrial Home
School, 1900, $1,000 OF which snail be used for
oulldlLg a house on the premises. under the
o!rection OF the commissioners of the District
OF Columbia.
For executive Office $4,000 P,-orided. That
the engineer commissioner OF the District OF
lollmeia shall hereafter be entitled TO the rank
ana pay OF lieutenant colonel of engineers
For auditor and comptroller,s Office: SD 500
For Old records division: s. 100. For special as
sessmeIt division: 81, 800. For treas ref ana
assessor tilice Sc, ,00d. For collectors Ollie:
coroner's ,flicc: 81, geo. That hereafter a jqry
OF inquest summoned by the coroner sh Ill con
slst OF S!N persons. and each o; SAID il
Tors Tor sAail be paid cne a55iiiar a day Ior
rvr Inspector OF buildings Office: $3.50
1cf division OF property Office lis: for tiyi-
son or streets. alleys ard County roads u;iica,
6On; ior inspector Of gas and meters Off .
f0o'N Ioi Adf Ooi HlfiSt-1 iii
for ssaler OF weights and measures s-6; fo,
engineers Office, SS2, $50. That overseers or
inspectors temporarily required In connection
with sewer or street work done under contracts
authorized by appropriations shall be paid out
OF the sum specially appropriated fer the work,
and fof the time actually engaged thereon:
And p' Ortdetl Juthe'', That oVerseers or inspec-
tors required In connection with sewer or
street work done under contracts authorized
by appropriations shall also be paid out of the
sum appropriated for the works. For fuel, ice,
gas. repairs, insurance and general miscella-
neouS expenses OF District offices, 50 500.
For sweeping, cleaning and sprinkling streets
and avenues, SO, coo: cleaning alleys, $500; for
current WORK OF repairs OF streets avenues and
alle5 sso GOO; current repairs to county roads
and basins, $50 600; In ALL $50 $40: Provided,
That SO much OF the act OF Congress approved
April =, $50. as prohibits the Commit sstoners of
the District OF Columbia from narrowing the
carIiage-ways Of Louisiana and Indiana ave
Iues and portion Of ~ street be. aud the
same is hereby, rerea1ed. For parking com.
mission, 81, 900. For street lamps. $l1o,s95:
Provided. That no more than SIS per annIm for
each street lamp shall be paid for gas. lighting.
ext1nguishlng, repairing and cleaning under
any expenditure provided for In this act; and
the commissioners Of the District OF Columbia
are hereby authorized to substitute other Iilu-
E''nat1ng material, and 10 use SO much Of the
sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary
for that purpose.
For Metropolitan police, soe9. .os5. For the
IRE department and fire alarm $iO225o. For
the Police Courr, N4,3.s. For judicial expenses,
S.. 500. - i-.
Public Schools, District OF ColumbIl.-Fsr
saialieS OF stlpFrtnteudcEts, teachers, and jani-
tors. secretary Of the board, and clerks. tn-
clud,ng additional teachers ard increase OF
Nachers pay by continuous service, -:
for officers. $3.50; for teachers, 81, $50; for In.
crease OF salaries Of teachers by continuous ser
vice. Increase OF the number OF schools in the
several grades, and additional teachers re.
quired. s.; fof janitOrs and care OF the
several buildings, $22, l70: P'Orided. That the
)anitOrS OF the principal 00i-buitdlngs, In
addition to their other duties, shall DO all minor
repairs to buildings and furniture. glazing,
hiking seats and desks, and shall be selected
with reference to their Publications to perform
this work. For rent Of school buildings. in
Guiding site OF old northeastern market, out OF
which amount the sum OF 81, 400, being interest
on the Llnthicnm Institute loan, shall be paid,
$50. 600: Ier fuel $ll. 900.
Nominations Ta.siay.
The President sent the following nominations
to the Senate to-day: Edward C. Billings, OF
Louisiana, to be L. S. circuit judge for the 5th
circuit; John F. Dravo, surveyor OF customs at
PltlsDurg, Pa; Webster Bruce, collector inter
nal revenue 4th district of Maryland: Geo. W.
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