664 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 571. 1898. For contingent expenses, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and fifteen dollars. _ For contingent expenses, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, one thousand five hundred dollars. _ _ _ _ T¤¤¤f¤1’ °· “¤•¤· Authority is granted the Commissioners of the District of Columbia K? mw? to transfer the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the fiscal P“‘F·°°°— "°°°”'· year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven for house, lot, and furniture, to be located in the vicinity of Brightwood, to accommodate chemical engine numbered two,_so as to permit the application of such portion of said balance as may be necessary and desirable to the appropriation for the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, for the house, lot, and furniture for one engine company to be located in Anacostia. reiegnpn and me- TELEGBAPH AND TELEPHONE snnvicn: For the complete equip- ’h°”°_°°m°°' ment of the central station of the iire—alarm system, including provi- ¤§,‘}_"’,;'},f,"§,f' °°“' sion for thirty box circuits and ten alarm circuits, equipped with all ` modern appliances, to take the place of the present system, twenty-one · thousand five hundred dollars; necessary cabinetwork for mounting the same, three thousand dollars; storagebattery system, to take the place of the gravity-battery system now in use, three thousand five hundred dollars; replacing sixty old iire-alarm boxes, which have been worn out, with sixty new, modern boxes, six thousand dollars; placing in eighty boxes standard cut—outs, to prevent their being destroyed by lightning or other electrical disturbances, one thousand dollars; for twenty visual indicators, to be placed in the engine houses for recording visually alarms received, to prevent any errors in responding to iires, _ two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand live Q canada_ hundred dollars: Provided, That all existing conduits within the fire m.,1ep1mc, m. limits, and all existing overhead electric-light wires without the iire limits in the District of Columbia are hereby legalized until otherwise provided by law, and house connections may be made with such over- C Pm-¤ T¢'°8¤Ph head electric—light wiresoutside such tire limits: Provided further, That iigineinon or cable the cable of the Postal Telegraph Company now in the ducts of the {QQ; ,§'rQ{,°;°_" *‘1“** Potomac Electric Power Company may be connected with the existing wires of said telegraph company on the Aqueduct Bridge by a connection not exceeding three hundred feet in length. mam- d¤r•r¢¤¤=¤*=- Hnnnrn nnranrmnnr: For one sanitary and food inspector, who shall act as inspector of live stock and dairy farms, iiscal year eighteen 1 hugdred and ninety-niqe, one thousand twolhundred dollars. Pq1•¤¤ wl-·><e ·- nnmc scnoonsz or amount re uirec to a janitor of Miner M"'" hmmm:' School building, eight hundred dollurg P y we stern mgn For amount required to pay janitor of Westerai High School building, ’°*‘°°’· one hundred dollars. chew Chau 1•¤¤M— For amount required to pay janitor of Chevy Chase School building, h'"' forty dollars. S¢¤v•¤'¤ l·¤il•1i¤s- For amount required to pay janitor of Stevens School building, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, forty-eight dollars. mlm building. For amount required to pay the rent of Miner School building. two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. ' Fuel. For amount required for fuel, two thousand seven hundred dollars.
- 1***- P- 1*- That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and are
hereby, authorized to use the unexpended balance of the appropriation for fuel for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. Frang H¤¤k¤rr. Plntuunr OF amvmznus, Cotmr OF CLAIMS: To pay Frank W. """’“ ‘ lllapkett for services as referee in sundry cases, two hundred and tive o ars. C&:•;¤¤¤- <¤¤¤r¢ <>f DEFENDING scmés IN CLAIMS: For defending suits in Court of Claims, ` one thousand dollars. Juagmenas. J Uno-Mimrs: For the payment of j udgments, including costs, against the District of Columbia, set forth on page seven, House Document Numbered Three hundred and nineteen, and in House Document Numbered Four hundred and sixty, and in Senate Document Numbered Two ·
