826 F IFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1I. Ch. 670. 1901. loguer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; cataloguer, six hundred do lars; stenogragher and tylpewriter, six hundre dollars; janitor, four hundred an eighty dollars; one attendant, fOll1' hundred and eighty dollars; two atten ants, at three hundred and sixty dollars eachone messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, eight thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. For purchase of books, five thousand dollars; binding, two thousand five hundred dollars; rent, fuel, light, fitting up rooms, and other contingent expenses, three thousand Eve hun re dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars. Y .CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. Cormnzent expenses. For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, namegyz or printing, checks, books, law books books of reference and perio icals, stationery; detection of frauds on the revenue; repairs of market houses; painting; surve ing instruments and implements; drawing materials; binding; rebindsing, repairing, and reservation of records; maintaining and eeping in good order the Ilaboratory and apparatus in the office of the inspector of as 'halt and cement; damages; care of horses not otherwise provided lbr; horseshoeing; fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessarg expenses o District offices, including the sinkingnd office, boar of charities, harbor master, health department, surveyor’s office, sealer of weights and measures’ office, an police court, twenty-four thousand two-hundred and fifty dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: mma. Provided, That horses and vehicles_ appropriated for in this Act shall H°”°S'°"" be used only for official purposes. _ Saleofsurplusbooks Hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbi after su - ““u‘°’“°°‘ plying each of the heads of the several departments and ogces of tllle government and the judiciar of said District with the necessary copies of the bound editions of thelaws affecting said District, which are prepared in the office of the secretary of the Board at the close of each session of Congress, inay sell the surplus volumes at a rate per volume to be iixed by them, approximating but not less than the pro rata cost of compilation, and degilosit all money so received to the credit of the appropriation out of w ich such cost is paid. findex permit rec- or card index for permit records, two thousand five hundred dollars. ° nligmm depart- For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department, m°¤‘·”*“*’l“- including forage, livery of horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of vehicles, purchase and re air of harness, blankets, lap robes, purchase of horses, whips, oil, brushes, combs, spon es, chamois skins, buckets, halters, jacks, rubber boots and coats, meicines, and other necessary articles and expenses, five thousand dollars; and no expenditure on account of the engiineer department for the items named in this paragra h shall be ma e from any other fund. Rem- Bgr rent of District offices, nine thousand dollars. For rent of old record vault, six hundred dollars. For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars. comcueu psmmi For necessary e nses in the collection of overdue personal taxes °“"°“‘ by distraint and gg and otherwise, and for dther necessary items, one thousand five hundred dollars. e,g¤¤i¤i¤1 ¤¤P¢¤¤¢¤· For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the ` printing of briefs in the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, and witness fees in District cases before the supreme court of said District, one thousand dollars. O°*°¤°¤'¤ ¤¤P€¤¤<*=- For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, jurors’ fees removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, and . other necessary supp ies for the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking-testi-
