FIFTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 992. 1903. 975 _ For rebuilding police·court cells, which shall be done under the direction of the ommissioners before the end of the iiscal year nineteen] liundred and four, three thousand dollars, to be immediately avan a e; For building fpublic water-closet for men, which shall be done under the direction 0 the Commissioners before the end of the Bscal year nineteen hundred and four, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available; In all, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. Dnmwnruo surcrs m omims: For defending suits in the United c,£g§j“°*¤¤ **1*** *¤ _ States Court of Claims, three thousand dollars. ` Wurrs or LUNAGY: To defray the expenses attending the execution L¤¤¤¤v Wmof writs de lunatico inquirendo and commitments thereunder, in all cases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane b order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia under the provisions of the Act V°*- 3°· P- *1*- approved January thirtv—tirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, one "°*"·P·1°“· ousand five hundred dollars. ' J usrrcms or mm rmon: For ten justices of the peace, at two thou- J“¤“°°*¤"h¤P¤¤¤¤· sand dollars each, and the further sum of two hundred and fifty dollars each for rent, stationery,.and other expenses; in all, twenty-two thousand Eve hundred dollars. ‘ INTEREST AND SINKIN G FUND. For interest and sinking fund on the funded debt, nine hundred and mf,'§°’°“°““d‘*“k*”¤ seventy-five thousand four hundred and eight dollars. Any excess of said sum or of sums hereafter appropriated for this .g¤rr>1%¤ npylim to purpose, over and above the amount required for the payment of the m mp °° ° mas mterest on the funded debt of the District of Columbia shall be applied by the Treasury of the United States to the purchase and redemption _ of the bonds of the District of Columbia: .Prm;z'ded, That shoul the §fg,";f§g0,,_ Treasurer of the United States at any time be unable to secure bonds of the District of Columbia at a price which he may deem advantageous, he is hereby authorized to invest the amount available for the said sinking fund in bonds of the United States, the bonds so urchased to be registered in the name of the Treasurer of the United) States, trustee for the sinking fund of the District of Columbia, and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the United States to collect the interest, when due on the bonds so held, and to invest the same for account of said sinking fund: Prrxvided further, That the Treasurer of the United States is b;3_¤>»·¤ ¤¤¤··¤ cf hereby authorized, b exchange or by sale and reinvestment, to sub- ` stitute,bonds of the District of Columbia for the bonds of the United States, so held, when he shall deem it to be to the interest of the said sinking fund to do so. EMERGENCY FUND. To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, F¤·¤rs•=¤<·>* f¤¤¤¤·¤. public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, and in all cases of emergency not otherwise sutheiently provided for, eight thousand dollars: Provided, That in the purchase of Quggggw all articles rovided for in this Act no more than the market price shall be paid) for any such articles, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected. . FOR COURTS AND PRISONS. °°“"”"“" *"'“‘°"”· Surrom or coxvmrs: For su rt, maintenance, and transportation m§‘§’¤’gf Qi f°'"*“·" of convicts transferred from thepgistrict of Columbia, to be expended f me under the direction of the Attorney-General, forty-five thousand ` dollars.
