FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 176. 1895. 747 work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Pro- nemo. vided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author. ,h?,';_P},‘;Y°;?je:l1;"°d ized hereafter, in their discretion, to grant leave of absence, not to y ` exceed thirty days to any individual in any fiscal year, to regular employees not to exceed thirty annually, appointed directly by the Commissioners and paid out of general appropriations and whose service is continuous, but who receive per diem compensation. Surnnrurnnnnur or Cunnrtrmsz For superintendent of charities, C,§;ggjg*¤d¤¤¤ •>f three thousand dollars; messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; in ` all, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. GONTINGENT EXPENSES. For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Colum- 0¤¤¢i¤s¤¤¤ ¤¤1><=¤¤¤¤- bia,namely: For printing, checks,books, stationery; detection of frauds on the revenue; repairs of market houses, painting; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the offices of the inspector of gas and meters and the inspector of asphalt and cement; damages; care of horses not otherwise provided for, horseshoein g; incl, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessary expenses of District omces, including the sinking-fund office, office of the superintendent of charities, including rent, harbor master, health department, and police court, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to pre- promo. vent a deficiency therein: Provided, That horses. and vehicles appro- U“°°"*°'°°°·°*°· priated for in this Act shall be used only for official purposes. For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department, sums. including forage, livery of horses, shoein g, purchase and repair of vehicles, purchase and repair of harness, blankets, lap robes, purchase of horses, whips, oil, brushes, combs, sponges, chamois skins, buckets, halters, jacks, rubber boots and coats, medicines, and other necessary articles and expenses, five thousand five hundred dollars; and no expenditure on account of the engineer department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund. For rent of District offices, three thousand six hundred dollars. nam. For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars. For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes t <1<>¤¤¤ii¤s x>¤i¤<>¤¤¤ by distraint and sale and otherwise, and for other necessary items, one ""' thousand five hundred dollars. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the J¤<i*¢i¤·l ¤¤P¤¤¤¢¤· printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For horse feed and shoeing, for board of assistant assessors, six A¤¤i¤i¤¤¢¤=¤¤¤¤¤r¤· hundred dollars. For livery of horse or horse hire for cor0ner’s office, jur0rs’ fees, C•>¤‘°¤¤F'¤ °¤P°¤¤°¤· removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, and · other necessary supplies for the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenograpliic services in taking testimony and photographing unidentified bodies, one thousand dollars. ` For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax Advertisingand school notices and notices of changes in regulations, one thousand nine hundred dollars. For advertising notice of taxes in arrear July first, eighteen hundred fifggggs °*` ¤"°*¤‘¤ and ninety-five, as required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, ° vat2d p. 24. eighteen hundred and ninety, ten thousand dollars, to be reimbursed by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised: Provided, That hereatter if one-half of the tax upon lijroviy H d H real and personal property shall not be paid before the iirst day of q,,,,$,’{”},{,,‘i pe,?,,-,;; December in each year said one-half shall thereupon bein arrears and ¤ igggtg- 3% " delinquent, and there shall then be added, to be collected with Such`p‘ ' taxes, a penalty of one per centum upon the amount thereof, and a like
