FIFTY-FIFTB CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 422. 1899. ]_()63 service, fourteen thousand one hundred and twenty-tive dollars: Pro- Promevided, That in the disbursement of this appropriation part thereof may Am°"°°' be applied to leasing premises for armory purposes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding three years; For lockers, furniture, and gymnastic apparatus for armories, four hundred dollars; > For printing and stationery, nve hundred dollars; \ For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, five hundred dollars. For custodian in charge of United States property and storerooms, nine hundred dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand dollars. ` For expenses of rifle practice and matches, three thousand six hundred dollars. For expenses of camps of instruction and practice marches, two thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. _ For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars. And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriations for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated. NAVAL MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. mmimime. For lighting and heating practice ships, three hundred and fifty dollars; for repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, two hundred dollars; for annual practice cruise (corresponding to encampment of National Guard), one thousand one hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, including painting and other repairs to ships, due to general wear and tear, as required by contract of agreement under law authorizing assignment of vessel, five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. WATER DEPARTMENT. wm, d,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,_ _ The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the opera- 1.,,,,,, pm ,,0,,, ,,8 tions of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, revenues. namel : Ferlevenne and inspection branch: For water registrar, who shall nmm¤ei¤ui¤¤p¤¤- also periorm the duties of chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dol- “°'* ""“°‘”· lars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty- six dollars; eight inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; For distribution branch: For superintendent, two thousand four hun- n i D e ri ii u z i on -dred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, °*°¤°'*· one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; timekeeper, eight hundred dollars; assistant foreman,nine hundred dollars; tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; three steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; property keeper, six hundred dollars; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; calker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirty thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars. For contingent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, forage, conmigeinexpeiises. advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, two thousand five hundred dollars. For fnel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pumping stations, pipe rueimpilim, ew. distribution to high and low service, material for high and low service, including public hydrants and fire plugs, and labor in repairing, replacing, raising, and lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing nre plugs and public hydrants, ninety thousand dollars. _ _ For interest and sinking fund on water- stock bonds, six thousand and _ Ingerelst and mktwenty-five dollars. _ mg '"` '
