Evening star., 1915-01-06
the direction and supervision Of the Com
| missioners of the District of Columbia
| This new section provides:

the direction and supervision OF the Com
missioners Of the District of Columbia.
This new section provides:
For the construction and erection
Of reformatory, on the site purchased
therefor, under the provisions of the
District act approved March 3, 1903,
and acts amendatory thereto, includ.
ing construction Of roads, grading OF
sites and other development work'
superintendence. custody, ciotning'
guarding. care. employment and sup,
port Of prisoners: for Identifying ana
pursuing escaped convicts and rewards
for their recapture, provisions, supsis-
tence, medicines and hospita! lnstru
ments, furniture and quarters iof
guards and other employees ana IN
mates; the purchase and maintenance
of farm implements and live STOCK,
seeds and miscellaneous items, LOUIE
and equipment; transportation anu
the means of transportation; the MAIN :
transportation; fuel, supplies and per
sonal services, and all other necessary
items, to be expended under the dl-
rection and in the discretion OF 6ne
Commissioners of the District OF 60
lumbia. $4,000:
has been convicted of crime in any
court in the District of Columbia ana
sentenced to imprisonment TOT more
than one year by the court, the I'M
prisonment may be IN peni.er;na' m;stn;as ~ :
or in the reformatory of the District OF
Columbia, above referred to, ana IL
shall be sufficient for the court to ser.
tence the defendant to Imprisonment
in the penitentiary without specl1Slls
the particular prison or the reior ma d.
tory, and the Imprisonment shall be IN
such penitentiary or the reformatory
as the Commissioners OF the DlstIlcs
of Columbia shall from time to time
designate:
provided further, That the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia are
nereoy vested with jurisdiction over
male and female prisoners from tne
time they are delivered into their
custody or into the CUSTODY OF thelr
authorized superintendent, deputy OF
deputies, and until such prisoners are
released or discharged under due proc
provided further, That the Commis-
sioners of the District OF Coiumpla
shall have all the power and au,hor..S
now vested by existing law IN the Al
torney General to provide .;le 1or tne oane' an,'
support, custody. transportation, en-
ployment and maintenance OF cohVlcts
sentenced to Imprisonment Dy any
court in the District of Columbia, and
that the appropriation for the supporI
Of convicts authorized 1or Ine nsGai
"Reminiscences of the District of Co
"The provisions of this paragraph
shall take effect on and after July l.
1915"
Militia Of the District.
For expenses of camps, etc, $4,000,
instead of $25,900.
For expenses of target practice,
s2,5oo, instead of $3.50.
A new paragraph relating to the
Anacostia river flats provides:
For continuing the reclamation and
development of the Anacostia river ana
Eats from the Anacostia bridge north
east to the District line, to be expend-
ed for the purposes and under the
conditions specified in the item for this
improvement contained in the District
of Columbia appropriation act for the
fiscal year 1915, 100000, and authority
is hereby granted to the chief of en-
gineers, United States Army, to enter
into contract or contracts for and
on account of said work in an amount
not exceeding 100000, exclusive of the
amount herein appropriated.
Water department:
Clerks, one at $500 and one at
$500, instead of two at $1,000 each.
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