The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-13

connected with the public schools of the
| District of Columbia. except that all ex-
| penditures of public funds for such school
| purposes shall be made and accounted for
| as now provided by law. under the direc-
| tion and control OF the Commissioners OF
| the District of Columbia. The, board shall
! make all needful rules and regulations
which may be proper for the government
and control of said schools, and shall make
| annual report to the Commissioners of the
| District of Columbia. who shall transmit
| the same to Congress. of the condition and
operations OF said schools and the sani-
tary and structural conditions of all build
| ings in use. as well as those in course of
| construction. with recommendations as re-
spects needed changes.
The board shall have power 10 ap-
| point one superintendent for all the public
| schools of the District of Columbia. two
| assistant superintendents. one OF whom,
| under the direction of the superintendent.
shall have jurisdiction over the schools
for colored children;>a secretary and three
| clerks, and TO remove said officers at its
! pleasure. and shall also have power to EN-
ploy and remove all teachers, officers, and
| other employees connected with the public
| schools not already specified: provided. that
/, the graduates of the normal schools shall
have preference in all cases when appoint
ments of teachers for the public schools
are to be made. The superintendent shall
| annually submit to the board for its ap
proval the course of studies and list of
| text books and other apparatus to be used
| in said schools.
The board shall annually transmit to
| the Commissioners of the District of Co.
| lumbia an estimate in detail of the amount
OF money required for the public schools
! for the ensuing year, and said Commits
| sioners shall include the same in their an
| nual estimate of appropriations for the
| District of Columbia
For officers-For seven members of the
| board of education at $500 each. S3.500 not
| more than sl,150 of which shall be used
| during the first half of the fiscal year; one
! superintendent of public schools. $1,000:
two assistant superintendents, $1,000 each:
| one secretary. $1,000; three clerks. at
| $500 each; one messenger, s72e; in all.
| s21. .75O.
| In the matter of tax sales advertise
| Tnents the ccnferees agreed upon the fol-
| lowing:
Provided that in lieu of the notice now
required to be given by the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia of the pam
phiet containing the list of arrears in taxes
the said Commissioners will give notice by
| advertising twice a week for three sue
cessive weeks, beginning on the third
| Monday in March of each year hereafter in
| the regular issue of two or mare daily
newspapers published in said District:
that the said pamphlet had been printed;
that a copy thereof would be delivered 10
any taxpayer applying therefor at the office
of the Collector OF Taxes of said District
For n Filtration Plant.
The amendments carrying an appropri
alton of 100000 for the establishment of
filtration plant in connection with the
city water supply and slG0,009 70. the
purchase of a site for a municipal hos
pital have been retained by the confefees.
The Senate amendment appropriat.ng
si,50o for the purchase and Improvement
of lot IL block l3. for the enlarg ment OF
| the play grounds of the Brook ard School
is also retained.
The coaferees agreed to the appropra-
tion of $1,000 fer building and furnishing
a receiving Ward that would protect the
Washington Asylum Hospital from con-
| tagion and disturbances of all kinds.
The Senate amendment appropr .ating
10000 fer the erection CT d new fou.-roCm
school building fer the Industrial Home
School vas agreed to.
The appropriation for the improvement
CT streets. as agreed upon, is substantially
as follows: Blagden Avenue. $1,000:
Quincy Street. s, 600; Bladensburg Road.
SIS, ,G00; Frankfort, Twenty-Second. and
Twenty-fourth Streets, Langdon, $1,000:
Connecticut Avenue west of Rock Creek,
$500; Nineteenth Street between Florida
Avenue and Columbia Road, $500; Elev-
enth Street between Florida Avenue and
Lydecler Avenue 500 goo; Thirty-second
, Street between New Cut Road and Tenley-
town Road, and other streets in Burleith
addition, $4,000; Cathedral Avenue from
Connecticut Avenue TO Toodley Road, and
the highway along the west border of the
Geological Park from Woodley Road to
Cathedral Avenue, 1000; for paving WITH
asphalt or asphalt block Seventh Street
northwest between Pennsylvania Avenue
and Street and between G and X Streets
S24.
1t is given out that the amendment Ito
enable the Commissioners OF the District
| of Columbia to provide a suitable place
for the reception. transportation, and d.
teItion of the children under sixteen years
of age and lin the discretion of the Com
missioners} OF girls and women over six
teen years Of age. arrested by the police
On charge Of offence against any law in
force in the District of Columbia, or held
as Witnesses, is retained in the bill. The
new officers provided for in the telegraph
and telephone service which were stricken
from the bill in the House on points of
order, are retained.
The bill appropriates $4,000 for the
construction of bridge across Rock Creek
| on the line OF Connecticut Avenue.
|