FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. CI-I. 419. 1896. 405 f Each of the members of the Metropolitan Police shall be entitled to I·*=¤*’¤¤ of =·l>¤¤¤•=¤· twenty days’ leave of absence each year with pay, the time of leave in each IDSEEDCO to be determined by the District Commissioners. / d %[ISCELLA1NEOUS: For rent of substation at Anacostia, two hundred Masceumems. 0 ars; For fuel, two thousand two hundred dollars; For repairs to stations, two thousand dollars; For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery, C°“““¤°“‘°xP°¤¤°°· books, telegraphing, photographs, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bedclothing, insigma of office, purchase and care of horses, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulances, · and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in the prevention and detec~ 231; of crime, and other necessary items, nineteen thousand ive hundred l ars; For extending the patrol system and changing the location of certain boxes, three thousand five hundred dollars; For one light ambulance to replace heavy two·horse ambulance for general work, three hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and ufty dollars. FOB. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FM ¤¤v¤m¤¤¤¤· For chief engineer, two thousand dollars; fire marshal, one thousand S"h"°“‘ dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief' engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; fifteen foremen, at one thousand dollars each; ten engineers, at one thousand dollars each; ten firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; four tillermen, at eight hundred and fbrty dollars each; sixteen hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one hundred and one privates, at eight hundred dollars each; eight watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; in P . all, one hundred and forty-two thousand one hundred dollars : Provided, D€Z’ff$§{;,,,, y,,,,,. Pay That hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall *°' ’°“**““¤**· deduct one dollar per month from the pay of each fireman, which sum so deducted shall be kept as a firemen’s relief fund and be invested in United States or District bonds, and held in the manner provided by existing law in respect to the policemen’s fund, and shall be used for Am mm ammo, the relief of any fireman who, having served not less than twelve " ’ months, shall by reason of injuries received or disease contracted in the line of actual fire duty, going to, ut, or returning from a fire, or having served not less than fifteen years shall become so permanently disabled as to be discharged from service therefor; and in the case of the death of such fireman from such injury or disease, leaving a widow N H i or children under sixteen years of age, for their relief: Provided, That c...; drugghggslg. ° no fireman shall be entitled to any of the benefits of this relief fund who may by reason of his own indiscretion bring on any injury or disease which may incapacitate him from the performance of his duties as a member of the fire department, or who shall be retired for such Maximum mW_ cause or causes: Provided jlcrther, That such relief shall not exceed, mm. for any one fireman or his family, the sum of fifty dollars per month; and a sum not exceeding seventy-five dollars may be allowed from such fund to defray the funeral expenses of any fireman dying in the service ' of the District. mm,] MISCELLANEOUS: For repairs to engine houses, three thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs to apparatus, and new appliances, three thousand dollars; For purchase of hose, seven thousand dollars; For fuel, three thousand dollars; For purchase of horses, six thousand dollars; For forage, eight thousand dollars; For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and
