Evening star., 1902-02-05
medical attendance, the same as the metro

medical attendance, the same as the metro
politan police Of said District.
Section 1897 of the Revised Statutes OF
the United States Is nerepy dmehueu u
read as follows:
Sec 1907 The chief Of engineers shall
have charge of the public buildings and
grounds in the District Of Columbia under
such regulations as may be prescribed by
the President through the War Department,
except those buildings and grounds Whlch
are otherwise provided for by law; ana
when it shall be made to appear 10 the said
chief Of engineers, or to the off1cer under
his direction having immediate charge of
said public buildings and grounds, that any
person or persons is in unlawful occupation
of any portion of said public lands in the
District of Columbia, 1t shall be the duty
of said officer in charge thereof to notlfy
the marshal Of the District or Columh,a IN
writing of such unlawful occupation, and
the said marshal shall thereupon cause the
said trespasser or trespassers to De ejected
from said lands, and shall restore possession
of the same to the officer charged by law
with the cutody thereof.
1.-The accounting officers of the treasury
are hereby directed to allow in the accounts
of the purchasing pay officer at Washington
such expenditures, not exceeding the sum OF
So 600, as have been made heretofore, ana
as have been or may be made during the
current fiscal year, under the authority of
the Secretary of the Navy, for the rental
of rooms or buildings necessary for the ac-
commodation of the force ana RECORDS OF
the Navy Department.
'.All books in the library of the Depart
ment of the Interior not of professional
and technical character, and essential, in
the Judgment of the Secretary of the In
terror, to the transaction of the business of
the department, shall, on or before the first
day Of July, 1902 be turned over to- the free
public library of the District of Columbia
for general use as part OF said library:
Provided, That upon examination by the
librarian Of Congress any of such books not
required by the Secretary of the Interior
as herein provided, found to be valuable for
the collection of the Library Of Congress-
shall be turned over to that institution.
Sec 4. That the appropriations herein
made for the officers, clerks and persons
available for the compensation of any per-
sons incompetent or incapacitated for per-
forming such service The foregoing is a
re-ena ctment Of the existing law, except
| that 1t is made to apply to persons I'm
competent or incapacitated instead Of to
| persons permanently incapacitated for
performing public service.
Leaves of Absence OF Department Em-
ployes.
| 1.-THE committee addressed an inquiry to
| the heads of the several executive depart
! ments and other government establishments $
| In Washington. asking for a statement OF
the absence of employees during the calen-
dar year 1901 on account Of regular annual
leave and'on account of sickness.
| 1.-The replies were duly received, and the
| net result thereof has been tabulated and
is shown in the following exhibit:
Annual and sick leave Of persons employed during
| the whole Of the calendar year 1901 In certain
departments and Offices at Washington, D. C.:
I Av'rge Av'rge Av'r'ge