Evening star., 1899-03-01

| Fish commission. IL ,11S7;
| District of Columbia. ............. 170, 400 3:
| War Department. L, 21S, 701 3:
| State, War and Navy building. 7.1500t
| Navy Department.. ,401 ,915. o.
| Interior Department.. 637 .S20. u
| Department of Justice............ 71S,92S. 7t
| Post Office Department. 2,3i9 Il
| Out of postal revenues ....... 2,OSl 255. 3.
| Library of Congress. s................ 500 Gf
| Government printing office. ...... 102, 500. "
House of Representatives........ 4S,377.21
| Judgments, United States courts. 4.304. s.
Judgments, Court of Claims. 1,349, 5O3. IS
Judgments, Indian depreciation
claims ......................... 273,551. .oC
| Section ., audited claims. 1891 As
In connection with appropriation for GER
| tain additional clerks in Treasury Depart
ment the following is provided
| The temporary or additional force rem
| dered necessary because of increased work
| incident to the war with Spain, provided
| for in the act making appropriations for the
| legislative, executive and judicial expenses
| of the government for the fiscal year end
| ing June 30, 1900, approved February "a,
| 1898, or provided in any other act making
| provisions for said temporary or additional
| force rendered necessary because of in
creased work incident to the war with
| Spain shall be appointed hereafter with
| out compliance with the condition pre-
| scribed by the act entitled An act to regu-
late and improve the civil service"
| Items of Local Interest.
Among the appropriations of local inter-
est in the bill were the following:
| To pay the deputy coroner for services
during the absence of the coroner, s16O.
For compensation of the members of the
| plumbing board $1,459.24.
| To properly rewire the District building
| and provide the necessary lamps and fix
| lures for electric lighting, 500.
| To pay l.. w. GlaZebrook for taking notes
| at coroner's inquests, fiscal year 1898, SO.
| To pay outstanding accounts for general
| advertising, as follows: For fiscal year
| 1898. S191.10; for fiscal year 1897, $1605.
To pay retent under contract 1123, S122 13.
To pay retent under contract 1923. S6i 81.
For condemnation of rights of way: TO
pay outstanding account for advertising, be-
| ing for the service of the fiscal year 1896,
| To pay outstanding accounts, to be paid
wholly from the revenues of the District of
| Columbia, $3.50
Public schools: To pay janitor of West
| ern High School building, fiscal year 1888,
| 500; to pay for supplies furnished manual
| training schools, fiscal year 1898, S4S1. 80;
for fuel, fiscal year 1885, $1.35; for rent, $4S.
Metropolitan police: For miscellaneous
and contingent expenses, $1,000.
Telegraph and telephone service: For gen
eral supplies and repairs, 81, ,430.S1; to pay
outstanding accounts for the service of the
fiscal year 1898, $1.15.
Fire department: For contingent ex-
| penses, $1,000; for printing annual report,
s74.75.
Courts: For amount required to pay out
standing certificates of witaess fees for the
| fiscal year 1896. s12.50 The unexpended
balances of appropriations of March 3, 1897,
and July Z, 1898, for addition to cells in the
Police Court, are hereby rsappropriated for
service of the fiscal year 1899. To pay
amounts found due by the accounting Off
GERS of the treasury on account of the ap-
preparation Support of convicts, District
| of Columbia for the fiscal year 1885,
$914.76
For expenses for maintenance OF the Jail
of the District of Columbia, and for sup
port Of prisoners therein, to be expended
| under the direction of the Attorney Gen.
eral, 5000. To pay amounts found due by
the accounting officers of the treasury on
| account of the appropriation Support of
prisoners, District of Columbia" for the
fiscal year 1885, 500.
Judgments Against the District
For the payment of judgments, includ-
ing costs. against the District of Columbia
s3,o5915 together with a further sum to
pay the interest on the judgments, as pro-
vided by law, from the date the same te-
came due until date of payment.
Those claims are as follows:
William H. Barron, to use of
Fulton ard Edwards. ........ ...... 50 So
James NJ. Patten. ............ $40 90 2S 20
W. Raymond Sherwood, by his
next friend. Elizabeth B.
Frederick W. Moore .......... ....o a 90
Emma B. Payne. ............. ], $50 90 81 80
John H. Crumbaugh and Jose
phine V. Crumbaugh. 600 90 SO 80
wam Fdr Fl suits in Court o 90 Claims ia s
on account of the fiscal year 1900, $1,000.
Washington asylum-To pay for printing
annual report for fiscal year 1897 $79S.
Reform school for girls-To pay Anna F.
Dean for services as treasurer, for two
years, 5000.
Board of Children's Guardians.
For care of feeble-minded children board
and care of all children committed to the
guardianship of the board by the courts of
the District and for the temporary care of
children pending investigation while be-
ing transferred from place to place, $40 $50;
authority to pay $1,000, or much thereof
as may be required of the foregoing appro-
pration to the House of the Good Shepherd
for Colored Girls at Baltimore is hereby
granted.
Northern Liberty Market Claims.
For amount required to pay the allow
ances reported by the auditor of the Su-
preme Court of the District Of Columbia in
settlement of claims arising by reason of
the destruction of the Northern Liberty
market, to be paid wholly from the reve-
nues Of the District of Columbia, SIPS, ,57S So
To pay James G. Payne for services rem
dered examining and auditing for settle
ment the Northern Liberty market claims,
to be paid wholly from the revenues of the
District of Columbia, $4,000.
Office of Recorder of Deeds.
For reimbursing Henry P. Cheatham. re-
corder of deeds Of the District of Columbia,
the amount paid by him to Frances Thomas
for services rendered as charwoman Of said
office from April 1 to December 81 1898,
$103 And the recorder of deeds is author
lied to pay, after December 81, 1885, out of
the fees of his office, for the proper clean
ing and sweeping of said office, a sum not
exceeding $500 per annum to the janitor
and for such assistance as may be neces-
sary.
Indian office-For the following additional
employees in the office of the commissioner
of Indian affairs for the balance of the
fiscal year 1899, namely: For two clerks of
class 8; two clerks of class 1; one clerk at
the rate Of 81 900, and five clerks at the rate
of $500 each.