FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 789. 1900. 577 gigtrict of Columbia, for maintenance, eight thousand five hundred 0 ars. · For the Washington Home for lncurables, maintenance, two thousand dollars. . For the instruction and employment of the blind who are actual ig$§‘§{}§}‘*°‘°‘*'°"` residents of the District of Columbia, and for the purchase and repair of machinery and tools which may be needed to equip a workshop for the blind of said District, five thousand dollars, to be ex ended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Colliimbia. Garield and Providence Hospitals: For isolating wards for minor d§,‘},’f,‘§f,‘§p‘}§,,‘}SF"°“' contagious diseases at Garfield and Providence hospitals, maintenance, each, three thousand dollars, six thousand dollars. MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA. M¤i*i¤· For the following, to be ex nded under the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Ciilumbia, namely: For rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories, and practice ships, R°¤*·°°°· and for telephone service, fourteen thousand four hundred and seventy- Eve dollars. _ For lockers, furniture, and gymnastic apparatus for armories, four hundred dollars. For printing and stationery, Eve hundred dollars. For cleaning and repairing uniforms, arms, and equipments, and contingent expenses, one thousand dollars. For custodian in charge of United Statesproperty and storerooms, nine hundred dollars. ~ For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand dollars. For expenses of riiie practice and matches, three thousand six hundred dollars.· For expenses of camps and instruction, practice marches, and practice cruises, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars. _ For pay of troops, other than Government employees, to be dis- P”· bursed under the direction of the commandin general, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That memiers of the National Guard ,§§,§’{’§;s0,Nat,0n“ of the District of Columbia who receive compensation for their serv- Gmwfugqegpwomices as such shall not be held or construed to e officers of the United cm ° mt Sm"' States, or Hpersons holding any place of trust or profit, or discharging any o cial function under or in connection with any Executive Department of the Government of the United States wit in the pro- mg S-» ssc- 5498. D- vision of section fifty-four hundred and ninety-eight of the Revised ` Statutes of the United States. _ 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 erein appropriated. - WATER DEPARTMENT. WMM d¤v¤¢¤¤¢¤¤- The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the opera- b-}¤;>r¤vri¤¤¤¤¤ vartions lof the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, ° ° r°m`m°v°°°°S` name : Foryrevenue and inspection branch: For water registrar, who shall ,,§§§§§§§§}“““*p°°‘ also perform the duties of chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 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; messen er, six hundred dollars. » · For giistribution branch: For superintendent, two thousand four Di¤*'“°¤“°¤b”¤°h· hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; forevoL xxx1——37
