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714 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 433. 1916. foreman, $1,800; assistant foremen—one $1,275, one $1,200, one $1,125 one $900; steam enginee1s—chief $1,750, two at $1,100 each, three assistants at $1,000 each; chief inspector of valves, $1,600; leveler, $1,200; inspector $1,200; draftsman, $1,050; clerks——one $1,800, one $1,500, four at $1,200 each, stores clerk $1,500, one $1,000, one $900; timekeeper $900; two rodmen at $900 each; two chammen at $675 each; four oilers at $610 each; three firemen at $875 each; janitor, $900; watchmen—one $875, one $700, one $610; driversone $700, one $630; two messengers, at $600 each; m all, $88,030. Gcnuueurrsxrnm For contingent expenses, inc uding books, _ blanks, statronerE printing, tage, damages, purchase of technical reference boo and periorliglals not to exceed $75 and other necessary items, $4,800. °¤’”“"¢°‘i’“°°· For fuel, repairs to boilers, machinery, and pum stations, pipe distribution to and low service, material for and low service, including pub `c h drants and fire plugs, and la r in repairing, replacing, raismg, andy lowering mains, laying new mains and connections, and erecting and repairing fire plugs, purchase and maintenance of motor trucks, horses, wagons, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this work, and including a sum not exceeding $800 for purchase and use of bicycles by inspectors of the water department, and to reimburse three employees for provision and maintenance by themselves of three motorcycles for use in their official work in the District of Columbia, $12 per month each $37,000. ""*°°°*¤°'¤'· Fdr continuing the extension of and maintaining the high-service system of water distribution, laying necessary service and trunk mains for low service, and purchasing, installing, and maintaining W•"*"'°°”»°*°· water meters on services to such private residences and to suc business places as may not be uired to install meters under existing regulations as may be direcllzd by the commissioners, said meters at all times to remain the pro erty of the District of Columbia, to include all necessary land, macliin , buildings, mains, and appurtenances, and labor, and purchase aiiil maintenance of horses, wagpns, carts, and harness necessary for the proper execution of this wor , so much as may be available in the water fimd durinf the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, after providing or the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is appropriated. b°¤•¤;¤_,1•;1,:•,,¢¤¤•¤¤¤¤ For- the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen and annually ’° ° thereafter estimates in detail shall be submitted for the appro riations required for continuing the extension and maintenance of) the high service system of water distribution. gcnsérunggogsiw or k mc. 2. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, levelers, lmniirtgmtn, $21 transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copyists, overseers, and °*g’,;,0;gy“¤W*“Y inspectors temporarily rergiuired in connection with sewer, street, street cleaning or roa wor , or construction and repair of buildings and bridgles, or any general or special engineering or construction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations when s crfically and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and all sucdenecessary e enditures for the (proper execution of said work shall be paid from anldpe uitably charge against the sums appropriated for said work; and {lie commissioners in their annual estimates shall report the number of such employees performing such services, and their work, and the sums Eng?. paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Provided, That the ‘ expenditures herermder shall not exceed $74,000 during the Escal year nineteen hundred and seventeen. Etéfempomry mmm, The commissioners are further authorized to employ temporarily ‘ such laborers, skilled laborers, drivers, hostlers, and mechanics as may be required exclus1vely_ rn connection with sewer, street, and road work, and street cleaning, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridges, furniture and equipments, or any general or