Evening star., 1915-01-06
tersection Of 18th street and Maryland
avenue and H street northeast. $4,000
Electrical Dept. and Other Items.

prove ment of Rock Creek Park, $4,000
instead Of $4,000.
Public Schools.
| Special beginning teacher in normal
school. $500. instead Of $500.
For complete equipment and furnish
ing of Western High School. to be i'm
mediately available, $4,000.
For purchase and repair OF furnl,
ture, tools. etc. to be used In manuai
| training. 100000. an increase OF so.ooo.
For the employment OF temporary
| personal services, to be Immediately
available, $4,000.
Hereafter all pupils whose parents
are employed officially or otherwise IN
the District of Columbia shall be ad-
mitted and taught free OF charge In the
schools of said District.
For an eight-room addition, lnclud
| ing an assembly hall, to the Poweil
School, s66.00o.
Plans for Eastern High School Site.
The Commissioners OF the District OF
Columbia are hereby authorized anc
| directed to close public areas wnlcn
NAV lie wholly within the boundaries
of any site purchased for the eastern
High School, and the same, when sc
closed. shall be used as part OF saio
site.
The following provision IS inserted
in the bill:
"Hereafter any balance remaining
after the purchase of sites lot pui.u-
ings which Is necessary 70 c,eaH ~
Grade drain. fence in and pace Lhe
sites in safe and suitable condition M Ior
the purposes intended may De useu ~, IL
such purposes; and in the event u .ile
purchase of property with ouIioAdis
or other improvements theI ,,;zaS
funds or amounts remaining or reahzeo
a fter the removal of such structures
NAV be applied for the purpose OF
nutting the sites in conoition SUI.
able for the uses for which they were
purchased"
Metropolitan Police.
Provision is made for aooitionai
compensation for twenty-four priVates
to be detailed for special service IN .hs
detection and prevention OF crime III
stead of twenty, $3.50.
For maintenance of motor Vehlcies'
Sc. 900. instead of $1,000.
For reconstruction Of cell eorrido6ss' o6s
etc. at second precinct station, $5'ooo.
Fire Department.
Chief clerk, salary increased from
s1,So0 to $4,000. The following new pro-
visions are inserted: Mechanician, VINO
shall have had not less than five years
experience in the actual building and
repair of motor vehicles, $1,40o; two
machinists at $1,000 each, electrician
$1,000; boilermaker and blacksmith.
$1,000: painter sl'2ee9o; eSoo cierK, end skiIiei Hi
laborer, $500.
For repairs to apparatus and motor
vehicles and for new motor vehicies'
$4,000. a decrease OF ooo s7.oUo', increase os
For two combination chemical and
hose wagons, motor driven, $4,000.
The following new provision Is inserted.
"Herea ter no removal from the force
of the fire department Of the District OF
Columbia shall be made except on writ
ten charges and after an opportunity Tor
defense on the part of the person against
whom such charges may be made; but
no person so removed shall be reappo1nH-
ed to any position in said fire depart
ment."
Health Department.
The following new provisions are in
serted:
The surgeon general of the United
States public health service is hereby
given the power to apprehend, detain
and treat all persons suffering from
leprosy in the District OF Columbia,
and he shall, under direction OF the
Secretary of the Treasury. make such
regulations as may be necessary for
1.-The examinations, inspections, rules
and regulations concerning the milk sup
ply of the District Of Columbia shall be
applied alike to each state shipping mlk
into said District.
FOR repairs to the smallpox hospital
and administration building. $1,000.
For the extension Of water mains to
provide fire paotection for the smallpox
chemical laboratory-For the pur-
chase and installation of new apparatus
and equipment, $2.080; for the replace
ment of apparatus and equipment, $7b6;
good order. and for the purchase Of
reference books and scientific period
icals, $500: in all, $685."
For repairing public crematory.
For witness fees in the Police Court
$3.50, an increase Of $3.50.
Courts, Prisons, Charities, Etc.
For support Of convicts. $4,000, an
increase of $4,000.
Washington Jail and asylum-Operator
Of X-ray machine, $500; pathologist, 5000;
anastheticist. 5000. For repairs to build
ing. etc, $3.50. of which $2.75o is to be
used Tor the purchase Of an X-ray ma
chine, and $1,000 for the purchase Of
pathclogical equipment. For payments
to destitute women and children un-
der the act making it misdemeanor
| to willfully abandon wife or minor chill
dren, $4,000 instead Of $4,000.
Home for Aged and Inf1rm-For pur-
chase of two electric generators. $4,S15
| for the purchase of materials and erec-
ton Of fence. $500.
National Training School for Girls
| For repairs, $770.
Toward the cost Of construction Of q
new building for the Central Dispensary
and Emergency Hospital. erected on the
site purchased and owned by the hospital,
| $4,000.
tuberculosis Hospital, resident ply
sician. $500. instead Of $3.50; two ward
maids at $240 each instead OF $3.50.
Gallinger Hospital, $15o,oOo.
Toward the construction Of the Gal.
linger Hospital. including grading OF the
site, $15O,O00, and the limit of cost OF the
construction Of said hospital and acces.
sorry buildings is hereby fixed at 100000