966 SIXTY·FIR.ST CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 191, 192. 1911- ¤¢¤“¤°*P•*°· received has been duly paid; and if any such check so received is not dulv paid by the bank on which rt is drawn and so certifying, the United States shall, in addition to its right to exact payment from the part originally indebted therefor, have a hen for the amount of such check upon all the assets of such bank; and such amount shall be paid out of its assets in preference to any or all other claims whatsoever against said bank, except the necessary costs and expenses of administration and the reimbursement of the United States for the amount ex nded in the redemption of the circulating notes of such bank. _ ¤¤¤¤¤*° ·'¤¤° L Size. 2. That this Act shall be effective on and after June first, nine- ML teen hundred and eleven. ‘ Approved, March 2, 1911. 1i¤¤=&2»1¤11- CHA .— r' 'to v’defor the ex nsesof the v- [H` R` gb';.] . . 0!'[l!I1€Ilf(;f1l.?1§ Ju!16 tgrldétll, l1iI1€%§0I1 [Public, No.441.] hrmdred and twelve, and for other purposes. · Be it enacted by the Senate and Houeépf Representatives of the United ,, D""*°*°' °f"“ml’*° States of America in Uongress assemb , That the half 0 the follow- Pgm ¢¤¤¤ WM ing sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any '°v°°°°°` money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revepues 0; th; District ofp(i}o&I1mbia, in full fop tllie urposss followi , ein or the expenses o e government 0 the District of·Coluri1§>ia forig the fiscal- year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, namely: 4 ‘ osueeuexpcmsr. GENERAL EXPENSES. é¤:l§,¤gv:,¤§°¤;mi& Exncrrrrvn oFr·rcE:_ Two commissioners, at five thousand dollars a¤¤m,m. each; engineer commissioner, two hundred and eighty dollars (to c°’},,§',,}",§*,;’,§§{°°g‘“°°' make salary five thousand dollars) ; additional compensation for two V¤1-¤>»r>·1<¤*· assistants to the engineer commissioner, detailed from the Engineer Corps of the United tates Army, under Act of Congress approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, two, at two hrmdred and fifty do lars each; secretary, two thousand four hundred dollars; two assistant secretaries to commissioners, one at one thousand four hundred dollars, and one at one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand three hundred dollars; two clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, who shall be a stenographer and typewriter, one thousand dollars; clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk, six hundred dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; stenographer and tvpewriter, eight hundred and forty dollars; two drivers, at six hundred -dollars each; hgvgdgga ¤¤ m¤*=¤¤¤ For services, supplies, and printing, in the preparation of an index ' of the laws of Congress relating to the District of Columbia, and of the laws of former municipal governments in the District which are still in force, also c0nsolidaf indexes of orders and of opinions of the corporation counsel, and ldlgier records, one thousand six hundred dollars; ‘ V¢*¢¥*¤¤'Y =¤¤.=¤·>¤· Veterinary division: Veterinary surgeon for all horses in the departments of the District government, one thousand two hundred do lars; purchasing division. Purchasing division: Purchasing officer who shall, under the direc- ,,,§§f'{;’§?,§$§€,,§f°°°'* tion of the commissioners, supervise the; purchase and distribution of all supplies, stores, and construction materials for the use of the government of the District of Columbia, and who shall give bond in such sum as the commissioners may determine, two thousand seven
