[PUBLIC-No. 100.]

AN ACT making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being the estimated expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eightyfive, namely:

GENERAL EXPENSES.

FOR SALARIES AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES.

For executive office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand dol lars each; one Engineer Commissioner, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); one secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books, stationery, and other necessary items, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and forty-four dollars.

For assessor's office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars; two assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one license clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk one thousand dollars; one clerk and messenger, nine hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including printing, books, stationery, detection of frauds on the revenue, and other necessary items, one thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.

For collector's office: For one collector, four thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including temporary clerks, printing, books, stationery, and other necessary items, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.

For auditor's office: For one auditor, three thousand dollars; one chief clerk, who shall in the necessary absence or inability from any cause of the auditor perform his duties, without additional compensation, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; for temporary clerk-hire, one thousand dollars; for contingent

expenses, including books, stationery, and other necessary items, three hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For temporary clerk-hire to enable the auditor to bring up the books and arrange the accounts of his office and to audit the books of the collector, one hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-six cents, to be immediately available.

For attorney's office: For one attorney, four thousand dollars; one assistant attorney, one thousand nine hundred dollars; one special assistant attorney, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk, nine hundred and sixty dollars; one messenger, one hundred and ninety-two dollars; for rent of office, one hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and other necessary items, five hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand six hundred and twelve dollars. For sinking-fund office: For two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; for contingent expenses, including books, stationery, printing, and miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars.

For coroner's office: For one coroner, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including jurors' fees, stationery, books, blanks, removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, and holding inquests, seven hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For engineer's office: One chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one computing engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand dollars; one inspector of asphalt and cement, two thousand four hundred dollars; ne inspector of gas and meters, who shall pay into the Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia, in equal parts, all fees collected by him, two thousand dollars; for necessary expenses, and for maintaining and keeping in good order and repair the laboratory and apparatus of inspector of gas and meters, six hundred dollars; one superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; one superintendent of roads, one thousand four hundred dollars; one inspector of plumbing, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant to inspector of plumbing, one thousand dollars; one superintendent of lamps, nine hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant superintendent of parking, seven hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; three inspectors of streets, sewers, and buildings, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three market-masters, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one market-master, at nine hundred dollars; one harbor-master, at one thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That the fees collected by said harbor-master shall be paid into the Treasury, to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia, in equal parts; one janitor, seven hundred dollars; five messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; contingent expenses, including rent of property-yards, books, stationery, binding, and preservation

of records in the engineer's and surveyor's offices; printing, transportation (six vehicles, six animals, care of same, saddlery, forage, and repairs), and other necessary items and services, five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; Provided, That overseers or inspectors temporarily required in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction or repair of buildings, done under contracts authorized by appropriations, shall be paid out of the sums appropriated for the work, and for the time actually engaged thereon; and the Commissioners of the District, in their annual reports to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers and inspectors, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation.

For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, and general necessary expenses of District offices and markets, five thousand dollars: Provided, That property belonging to the District of Columbia may be insured in advance for periods of five years or less.

FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS, AND FOR CARE AND REPAIR OF BRIDGES.

For repairs to concrete pavements, fifty thousand dollars; for materials for permit work, fifty thousand dollars; for continuation of surveys of the District of Columbia with reference to the extension of various avenues to the District line, five thousand dollars; for Boundary intercepting and lateral sewers, one hundred thousand dollars; for work on sundry avenues and streets, and replacement of pavements on streets named in Appendix J. j. annexed to the estimates of the Commissioners of the District for eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and sixty-three thousand dollars; in all, four hundred and sixtyeight thousand dollars; and hereafter in executing public works the Commissioners are authorized to make separate contracts for materials and for labor, and the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are authorized to settle the accounts of the Commissioners since July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for materials so purchased.

For ordinary care of Benning's Anacostia, and Chain Bridges, two thousand dollars; and for repairing and maintaining bridges under the control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.

WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.

For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars; and hereafter the lessees of the Alexandria Canal shall keep in good repair at least two spans of the Aqueduct Bridge, so that no leakage or wastage of water shall occur.

FOR MAINTAINING INSTITUTIONS OF CHARITY, REFORMATORIES, AND PRISONS.

For Washington Asylum: For one commissioner and intendant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one matron, six hundred dollars; one visiting physician, one thousand and eighty doilars; one resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; one engineer, six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; one overseer, eight hundred dollars; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars

each; four watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; one blacksmith, two hundred and forty dollars; one hostler, one hundred and twenty dollars; one ambulance driver, one hundred and twenty dollars; one cook, at one hundred and twenty dollars; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; five nurses, at sixty dollars each; for contingent expenses, including improvements, provisions, fuel, forage, lumber, shoes, clothing, hardware, dry-goods, medicines, and other necessary items, thirty-five thousand dollars; repairs to almshouse, including new blinds, painting, and putting in gas-pipe and fixtures, and moving and refitting stable, two thousand five hundred dollars; dump-cars, iron rails, ties, switches, joints, and spikes, to construct two thousand five hundred feet of movable track for the purpose of grading streets and avenues in the eastern portion of the city, and for filling in marshes adjoining the asylum grounds, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand three hundred and ten dollars.

For Reform School: For one superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; four teachers, three thousand dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; two matrons of family, three hundred and sixty dollars; farmer, four hundred and eighty dollars; superintendent of chair-shop, five hundred dollars; shoemaker, three hundred dollars; baker, three hundred dollars; engineer, three hundred and thirty-six dollars; tailor, three hundred dollars; seamstress, one hundred and forty-four dollars; two dining-room servants, at one hundred and forty-four dollars each; chambermaid, one hundred and forty-four dollars; laundress, one hundred and forty-four dollars; florist, two hundred and forty dollars; cook, three hundred dollars; watchmen, not exceeding five in number, one thousand and eighty dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars.

For subsistence, including groceries, flour, meats, dry-goods, leather, gas, coal, hardware, woodenware, table-ware, furniture, farm implements and seed, harness and repairs, fertilizers, stationery and books, plumbing, painting and glazing, medicines and medical attention, purchase of stock, fencing, and other necessary expenditures, all in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District, over and above the income from the farm and school, twenty-two thousand dollars; and an itemized account of said income shall be submitted to and approved by the Commissioners quarterly.

For the Georgetown Almshouse: For the support of inmates, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the Government Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty-eight hundred and fifty of the Revised Statutes, fifty thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars.

For transportation of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, three thousand dollars.

For the following charities, namely:

For the relief of the poor, fifteen thousand dollars. And the compensation of the physicians to the poor shall not exceed forty dollars per month each.

For the support and maintenance of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, fifteen thousand dollars.

For the Women's Christian Association, five thousand dollars.

For the National Association for Destitute Colored Women and Children, seven thousand dollars.