The Washington times., 1913-12-15
Repair of Bridges.

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Repair of Bridges.
| "The appropriation, with reference
| to repairs to bridges shall be avail
able for repairing when necessary any
bridge carrying a public street over
the right of way or property of any
railway company, and the amounts
thus expended shall be collected from
such railway company in the manner
provided in section five of an act provid-
and seyenty-eight, and shall be de-
vided In section five of an act provid-
ing a permanent form of government
for the District Of Columbia, approv-
ed June eleventh. eighteen hundred
an dseventy- -eight. and shall be de-
posted in the Treasury to the credit
of the United States and the District
of Columbia in equal parts.
with reference to repairs and i'm
provement of school buildings: A de-
tailed statement of the expenditure
of the appropriations made for pur-
poses expressed N the foregoing
paragraph shall be submitted to Con-
gress in the book Of estimates for the
fiscal year ninteen hundred and six
teen, and annually thereafter.
1T shall not be lawful for any person,
employed under or in connection with
the public schools of the District of Co
iunbia, to solicit or receive, or permit
to be solicited or received, on any pub
lie school premises, any subscription or
donation OF money or other thing OF
value, from pupils enrolled in such pub
lie schools for presentation of testf-
n,t malls or for any other purposes.
mo greater amount Of floor or room
space sha be occupied in the Franklin
School building for office purposes Of
intendent Of Education than was so
used Januery L. 1913. and the remainder
of said building shall. until otherwise
provided. be devoted solely to the actual
work of teaching.
Randle Highlands Hit.
1.-The Commissioners are authorized
and directed to transfer the officers and
meE and all apparatus, horses, and sup
plies connected with the fire station and
fire engine house at Randle Highlands
to the first additional fire station that
may be estab ished or to any other fire
station in the District of Columbia, and
in their discretion they may at any time
djsccntinue the maintenance of said fire
station and fire engine house.
with reference to refund of erroneous
collections II is provided:
That this approximation shall be
available for such refunds of payments
made within three years.
Return of Property.
Sec. Z. That all persons in the en-
ployment of the government of the
District Of Columbia having, as a re-
suit of such employment. custody of
or chargeable with property. other than
real estate, belonging to the District of
Columbia shall, at such times and In
such form as the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia sha ] require. make
returns to said Commissioners of all such
1tvHtr trafu- sr.r.
and the condition thereof. and, with
reference to all property that may have
come into their custody that shall have
been consumed in use, a statement
showing the quantity thereof and the
purpose for which used.
"Sec. 8. That to the extent the rev.
enues of the District of Columbia for
the fiscal year 1915 shall exceed the
proportionate part of the appropria-
tions made in this or any other act and
same shall be covered into the Treas
ury of the United states to the credit of
Miscellaneous receipts.
There Is SO a Limitation that the
funds appropriated for the workhouse
and reformatory shall hereafter be ex-
pended under the direction Of the Dis
trict Commissioners.
School Building Items.
The appropriations for school build
ings and grounds includes s950000 for
continuing the construction of the Cen
ira! Hikh School at the full capacity
authorized last session. A hard fight
was made to get this full appropriation,
and II went through.
Other school items include sixteen
room building. Soldiers Home section,
1872. coo.
Toward construction NJ Street High
School, sl50.O00. H.,
Additional ground adjacent Pet
worth school. $4,000: same at Burr
VILE school $4,000; same at Takoma
school, $1,000: same at Maury School,
$2,S0O; same at Lenox School, $4,000.
The full committee overruled the
regarding the approp-
riation for two automobiles. one each
for the civilian Commissioners. One
automobile, to cost 1900, was author
lied for the joint use of Commission
ers Siddons and Newman.