F IFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 789. 1900. 573 cases of indigent insane persons committed or sou ht to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive authority of the District of Columbia under the provisions of the Act V<>l·3°· 1*-811- approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, six hundred dollars: Provided, That the appropriation of six hundred . . . . . pended baldollars for wr1ts of lunacy, fO1' the service of the iiscal year nineteen ance avsxiabie. hundred, is hereby made available for the execution of the provisions of the Act approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety- nine. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. m{g¤;ig;i$;= ¤¤¤ ¤i¤k- For interest and sinking fund on the funded debt, exclusive of water bonds, one million two hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents. EMERGENCY FUND. _ To be expended only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, E*“°'g°¤°Yf¤¤d· public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, and in all cases of emergency not otherwise sufhciently provided for, eight thousand dollars: Provided, That in the purchase of ggigiigvall articles rovided for in this Act no more than the market price am shall be paid) for any such articles, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected. _
P Rock Creek Park.
For care and improvement of Rock Creek Park, to be expended m§i§{° and lmP’°V°· under the direction of the board of control of said park, fifteen thou- sand dollars; and for the purpose of securing better alignment of i,i;‘i}i§§§§'}§g‘§i8Q§ boundaries the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Brghtwocd authorboard of control of Rock Creek Park are hereb authorized to adjust me ' and change the boundary between said park andy the tract of land near Brightwood, District of Columbia, rece'ntl purchased by the District of Columbia for a reservoir site: Pvmzidgd, That the area of Rock _§i§§‘"'f§· diminish Creek Park shall not be diminished by such adjustment or change. perk ma- FOR REFORMATORIES AND PRISONS. Rsformarvries- SU1>1>0R’r or CONVICTSZ For support, maintenance, and transporta- S¤r>1><>¤<>f¢¤¤vi<=t-¤- tion of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney—General, forty-eight thousand dollars. __ Counr-House, Disrmor or Commun: For the following force nec- Courvhouse. essary for the care and protection of the court-house in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: One engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three tiremen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and seven assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, to be expended ·under the direction of the Attorney—General. WVARDEN or THE JAILZ For warden of the (jail of the District of "*’**’d€¤ °fj°“· Columbia, two thousand dollars, to be paid un er the direction of the Attorney-General. _ _ Surronr or rmsonnnsz For expenses for maintenance of the jail of €i;}*PP°” of P“S°¤‘ the District of Columbia, and for support of prisoners therein, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney·General, forty-three thousand dollars. .
