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FH·`TY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1352. 1902. 591 trict of Columbia. for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, namely: GENERAL EXPENSES. G¤¤m*¤¤¤><=¤¤¢¤- Fon nxnorrrrvn orrronz For two Commissioners, at five thousand §5g*j_;{g'° gym} dollars each; Engineer Commissioner, nine hundred and twenty-four smuentetb. dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars); secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant secretaries to Commissioners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, six hundred dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two drivers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; veterinary surgeon for all horses in the departments of the District government, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of buildings, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; principal assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand six hundred dollars; four assistant inspectors of buildings, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; five assistant inspectors of buildings, at one thousand dollars each; civil engineer or com uter, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at nine hundredp dollars each; clerk, who shall be a stenographer and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; janitor, one thousand two hundred dollars; steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; three firemen, at four hundred and eight dollars each; two elevator operators, at three hundred and sixty dol? lars each; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers, one of whom shall also act as messenger and substitute elevator operator, at three hundred and sixty-tive dollars each; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; deputy ro ertv clerk, one thousand _ four hundred dollars; clerk, seven hundief and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; seven assistant inspectors of plumbin , one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and six at one thousand dohars each; five members of the plumbing board, at three hundred dollars each; harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars. That hereafter every person who directly or indirectl takes, receives, m§,‘{Q,;’h“g°,§’c‘Q‘ Q}; or agrees to receive any money, property, or other valuable considera- ¤10¤¢Y.¤¥¢· tion whatever from any person for giving, procuring, or aiding to give or procure any office, place, or promotion in office from the Commissioners of the District of Colmnbia, or from any officer under them, and every person who, directly or indirectly, offers to give, or gives any money, property, or other valuable consideration whatever for the procuring or ai ing to procure any such office, place, or promotion in office shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the olice court shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand d)ollars or im risonment in the jail for not more than twelve months, or both, in tile discretion of the court. Hereafter the several provisions of the Act approved Februar) ¤“'°°’*¤€ PW twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An Act to Extended m iuves amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to punish false swearing before trial °i€'?§l?'§§°:"10, VOL boards of the Metropolitan police force and tire department of the 27·P· 28- District of Columbia, and for other purposes,` approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two," shall be applicable to and enforceable in any investigation or examination of any municipal matter by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as well as to the proceedings before the trial boards named in said Act; and said Commis-