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554 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 787-789.- 1900. omit the levy and collection of said tax, or. the city may use such net revenues or any plart thereof for the extension of said water plant. w§;{,';f‘;{},_ °’ ”*“°" 1 Sec. 3. That ·t e mayor and common council of the said city are hereby authorized to operate, manage, and control the said waterworks so authorized to be purchased, and for this purpose to appoint such agents, servants, and employees as they may deem proper, and to pay the same out of the revenues from the said waterworks or from any other revenues of the said city not otherwise appropriated. R°*"’“*· Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts, general and specia , so far _ as- they are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby ,,_,F{‘§‘{§§{,§"§§§§Q1"§$,€ repealed, and no proceedings for the issue of ·the bonds in this Act ¤¤¢¤¤S·¤Y· authorized or for the assumption of the mortgage debt in this Act authorized shall be necessary other than those in this Act provided for. Approved, June 6, 1900. June 6,1900. CHAP. 788.—A11 Act To authorize the President to place Andrew Geddes on the "’—""_‘“ retired list with the rank of captain. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrizoresentatvhzes of tbe Lbzited =,}IF;$*°,j;($§g$ on States of Amelreoa in Congress assembled, That the President be, and reared use or Amy. he is hereby, authorized to revoke his order of December third, eighteen hundred and eighg, confirming the sentence of dismissal in the case of Captain Andrew eddes, Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, and to disapprove the sentence and to revoke and set aside General Court- Martial Orders Numbered Sixty-four, Headquarters of the Arm , Adjutant-General’s Ofhce, Washington, December fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, approving the pending sentence in the said case and ordering his dismissal to take effect December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty, and to order and cause to be issued tosaid Geddes an honorable dischar as of date December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty, andg to nominate and,_ by and wit the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint said Geddes a captain of infantpy in the United _ States Army, an place him upon the retired list with _ e rank of cap- §Q,°;’,f,'Z;€,c_ tain, the retired list being increased for that lpurpose only: Promfded, That no pay, compensation, or allowance shal accrue by reason of this Act for any cause prior to its passage. Approved, June 6, 1900. J¤¤¢ @1900- CHAP. 789.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the H government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes. - _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives pgtbe United b,2lS“‘°" °* °°1“‘“' States of America in Congress assembled, That the half of e following i¤Ig{}wg¤g:;i¤Bg&mct sums named, respectively, is hereby approipriated, out of any money revenues.in the Treasury not otherwise a propriate , and the other ha f out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the urposes following, bein for the expenses of the government of the Ilistrict of Columbia for tie fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, namely: ` G*’“°’“‘°"¥’°“”S· GENERAL EXPENSES. §g§1{]‘;g;i$)g2lrg°§ec_ Fon EXECUTIVE 01*1*101:: For two Commissioners, at five thousand eemy, ere. ’ dollars each; Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight ollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant secretaries to Commissioners, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, one