Evening star., 1902-04-26
propriations made in the bill not hereto

| preparations made in the bill not hereto
| fore imposed, or changes in existing linn
itations. are recommended as follows:
| Hereafter the several provisions of the
act approved February 20, 1896, entitled
| AN act to amend an act entitled IAN act
| to punish false swearing before trial boards
| of the metropolitan police force and fire
| department of the District of Columbia
| and for other purposes" approved May IL,
| 1892, shall be applicable to and enforceable
in any investigation or examination of any
| municipal matter by the Commissioners of
| the District Of Columbia, well as to the
| proceedings before the trial boards named
| In said act; and said Commissioners are
and each Of them is hereby authorized to
administer oaths to witnesses summoned in
any such investigation or examination
| aforesaid.
| That hereafter when differences arise
| In the rendition, examination or settlement
| of the accounts of the disbursing officer of
| the District of Columbia which would
| seem to render necessary the suspension
| or disallowance of any item in said ac-
1 counts, the treasury auditor shall notify
the auditor of the District of Columbia
| VINO snail be authorized to present in eX-
planatlon such facts arguments as may
| In his opinion tend to the prevention or
| removal Of such suspension or disallow-
| ance. When the auditor Of the District
| OF Columbia is in doubt to the legality
| OF an account or voucher for payment,
| upon which he is required to act he may
| apply to the controller of the treasury
Tor decision upon the question involved
| and that officer shall render the same, and
! the decision so rendered shall govern the
| accounting officers of the treasury in SUBJ
| sequentiy passing upon the account afore-
SAID; The auditor of the District of Co.
| lumbia shall continue to prepare and
countersign all checks issued by the dis
| oursng officer, and no check involving the
| disbursement Of public moneys by the dis
| purslng officer shall be valid unless count
| erslgned by the auditor of the District of
| Columbia
| Ihat overseers, inspectors and other
| employees temporarily required in connec-
| tlon with sewer, street or road work or
| the construction and repair of buildings and
| bridges, or any general or special work an
thorlzed by appropriations, including all
| necessary clerical and other services when
| speclhcaiiy and In writing ordered by the
| commissioners of the District and all ex-
| penseS Incidental to or necessary for the
| proper execution of said work Shall be paid
| from and equtably charged against the
| sums appropriated for said work; and the
commissioners of the District In their an
| hGal report to Congress- Shall report the
| NUMBER OF such overseers. inspectors and
olhef employees performing clerical or other
| services and their work. and the sums
tio..' ' 'pPi 'pi i"
Roll of District Employees.
III snail be the duty of the Commission
| ers of the District of Columbia to submit in
the book of estimates for the fiscal wear
I'o4 ana annually thereafter, Immediately
| iolioWlng estimates for each of the respec-
tive offices and departments of the govern
ment OF the District of Columbia a state
ment showing in detail the number of ner-
| sons other than day laborers who were en-
ployed upon regular and continuous wor,
Tor thirty days or more during the previous
nscal year in or under such offices or de-
partmehts, under authority of and paid
from general appropriations, Indicating in
rate OF compensation received and the an
preparation from which paid"
| hereafter report in detail shall be
Inaae TO Congress at the beginning of each
| regular session of expenditures from the
appropriations for contingent exnenses of
the government of the District of Columbia
ior the next preceding fiscal year.
Carriages and Horses,
NO part Of the money appropriated by
1nls act Shall be used for the purchase
nVery or maintenance Of horses or for the
purchase, maintenance repair of buggies
or carriages and harness unless the appro-
prlation from which the same is proposed
TO pe paid shall specifically authorize such
purchase, livery, maintenance and renair.
anu an norses, buggies or carriages owned
or maintained by the District of Columbia
snail SO far as may be pra cticable. be pro-
Vlded for in stables owned or operated bv
said District "'
leaIlei no property except that of the
CHted states or the District of Columbia
shall be exempt from assessments for I'M
provements." ~
In connection with the appropriation for
the following: ~
And the Commissioners shall so amor
Ion this appropriation as to prevent a de-
hciency therein
That hereafter all rents, fees licenses
ana other income derived from the bathing
neach shall be paid to the collector of taxes
and accounted for as other taxes"
me prices to be paid for gas oil and
Welsbach street lights are limited to s1S
$50 and $25 per annum respectively and the
prices are made to include purchasing and
expenses of erecting and maintaining new
lamp posts, street designations, lanterns
and fixtures"
That the Commissioners of the District
or Columbia are hereby authorized to ner
NIT the erection of poles and the string
ing ing OF overhead wires thereon outside of
the fire limits and east of Rock creek for
electric lighting purposes only
The Filtration Plan,
In connection with the appropriation for
the filtration plan the following:
That contract or contracts NAV he
entered into by the Secretary of War for
such material and work as may be neces-
saryf for prosecuting the work, or the ma
terials may be purchased and work done
otherwise than by contract to be maid for
as appropriations may from time to time
De made by law not to exceed in the ag-
gregate $2,76S,4o5, exclusive of the amount
herein and heretofore appropriated"
The appropriation for night schools is re-
stricted to pupils not over twenty-one years
of age
In connection with the appropriations for
new school buildings the following:
The appropriation of $4,000 made by
the District of Columbia appropriation act
for the fiscal year 1902 for one four-room
building, seventh division Grant road is
hereby made available for one four-room
building and site at or near Fort Reno.
That section 11IS of the Act to estab-
lish code Of law for the. District of CO.
lumbia.' approved March 3, 1901, shall not
be construed to amend, alter or repeal the
rate Of interest fixed al per centum per
annum on judgments against the District
of Columbia by the act approved Septem-
Der 30. 1890"
In connection with the appropria ton for
board and care of children under the guar-
dianship Of the board of childrens guar
dians the following:
with authority to pay not more than
$1,000 to institutions adjudged to be under
sectarian CONTROL
In connection with the appropriation for
ra1ip of ha Sc