Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 32 Part 1.djvu/661

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Fnrrrsnvnnrn coxemcss. sm. 1. cH. 1352. 1902. 595 CONTINGENT AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES. _ For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Colum· C°¤“¤8€¤*°¤P¤¤¤°=*— bra, namely: _F or printing, checks, books, law books, books of referencegand periodica s, stationery; detection of frauds on the revenue; repairs of market houses; painting; surveying instruments and implements; drawing materia s; binding, rebinding, repairing, and preservation of records; maintaining and keeping in good order the aboratory and apparatus in the office of the inspector of asphalt and cement; damages; livery, purchase, and careof horses and carriages or bnggies not otherwise provided for; horseshoeing; fuel, ice, gas, repairs, insurance, repairs to pound and vehicles, and other general necessary expenses of District offices, including the sinking-fund office, board of charities, harbor master, health department, surveyor’s office, sealer of weights and measures office, police court, and department of insurance, t irty thousand dollars; an the Commissioners shall so appprtion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein: Provided, Hm"- Thpt f orse; gpld vehicles appropriated for in this Act shall be used U" °*h°"°’- on or o c · purposes. Ilyereafter a report in detail shall be made to Congress, at the begin- D°““’°d '°P°"- ning of each regular session, of expenditures from the appro riations

or epntingent explensesacéfmtlhe government of the District of Cblumbia

or the next pre ing ear. No part of the money appryopriated by this Act shall be used for the ,,,{,*é'}‘Q§ ,,‘f,‘}S,j,‘§f§‘”‘ purchase, livery, pri) maintenance of horsesdolf for the purchase, mairéted _ Y nance, or repairo u ies orcarria es an arness except as rovi e for in the appropriaébn for contig-gent and miscellangous Expenses unless the appropriation from which the same is proposed to be paid ‘ shall specihcally authorize such purchase, livery, maintenance, and repair; and all horses, buggies, or carriages owned or maintained by_ the (District of Columbiai shall, so fair as may be practicable, be provide for in stables owne or operate by said District. _ For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department, S°“°]°S‘ including forage, livery of. horses, shoeing, purchase and repair of vehicles, purchase and repau· 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 dollars; and no expenditure on account of the engineer department for the items named in this paragraph shall be made from any other fund. {21 or rent of Diistrict glilicesi nine Lhonganidddxglars. R"“°‘ or rent of o recor van t, six un re dollars. d ger rent of office for department of insurance, five hundred and forty o ars. For rent of property yards, three hundred dollars. For rent of storeroom for property clerk, three hundred dollars. For necessary expenses in the collection of overdue personal taxes m§gQ°°‘*“¥ P°"’°““* bly distrgint aid sale gnél Etherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand five un re dollars. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the J“‘“°l“*°‘P°”°S 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. For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, jurors’ fees, C°’°“"‘"°" °‘P°““°°· removal of deceased ersons, making autopsies. ice, disinfectants, and other necessary supplies for the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony. and photographing unidentified bodies, one thousand two hundred dollars.