l'ORTY—l·llGH'1`H CONGRESS. Sess. 1. C11. 227. 1884. 13] \·».i.1;inc¤·» now unexpencled of the appropriations for interest and sinkingrnnsi for the District of Columbia may be consolidated on the books Consolidation of ot the 'l`rensur5* Department, and hereafter any amount appropriated "“XP°"d‘“d l’?]‘ Y0'!` may hsonl your may be consolidated with the unexpended balances f::,?: °}£:p9r°;p"°, ot the appropriations for the same purpose for the years preceding: and sinkingfghd. And proruled further, That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby Promo. authorized to cause to be destroyed, in the same manner as United Rishi i"" °“i‘*· states securities nre destroyed, all the eight per centum certificates of °§ ff, indebtedness, and coupons thereof, together with all coupons of other coupons, etc, ae- Dxstrict of Columbia. bonds due prior to July, eighteen hundred and struction of], auseventy-eight, which have been or may hereafter be paid or retired by “‘°"i“d· payment of taxes or by purchase. That no payment shall be made of any certiiicate issued by the late Certain emm- Board of Audit of the District of Columbia. under authority of the act °"*"E' °f B°*“`d °f approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, that shall fc;?;?, Egitkfu *:,5; not be presented for payment within one year from the date of the np- ym, ow, proval of this act; and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the 18 S¤q1=-._119- District of Columbia to cause notice to be given to the holders of said p°"”"!"°'°“°"’*° certificates to make presentation within the time fixed, by publication g"° °°u°°` in two newspapers published in the city of Washington each once a week for three successive weeks immediately following the approval of this act, and once a week for three successive weeks immediately preceding the date of expiration of the time Hxed herein within which pay- ment may be made. I·or general contingent expenses of the District of Columbia, to be General continexpeuded only in case of emergency, such as riot, pestilence, calamity 3**** °¤P°¤¤°¤· by Hood or tire, and of like character, not otherwise sumciently provided for, five thousand dollars: Provided, That in the purchase of all articles Prewiso. provided for in this act.no more than the market price shull be paidrfor any such article, and all bids for any of such articles above the market price shall be rejected: Provided further, That all appropriations for Pmvm. contingent expenses made by this act shall be expended under the djrection and in the sole discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; but such expenditures shall be accounted for in the Treasury Department as other expenditures for the District, and a detailed °xA·”¤'5':lt’:1;°“‘f{ statement of such expenditures shall be reported to Congress in accord- cosgggcnt 1-uga_ ance with section one hundred and ninety-three, Revised Statutes of g,s_193_3e_ the United States. WATER DEPARTMENT. The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the opera- Water Departtions of the water department, to be paid wholly irom its revenues, *1******- unless otherwise provided: _ For one chief clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one Salaries. thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one inspector, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and thirty-nine dollars; contingent expenses, including books, stationery, Contingent exforage, advertising, printing, and other necessary items and services, i>¤¤¤¤¤- two thousand four hundred dollars; engineers and tiremen, coal, material, and for high service in Washington and Georgetown, pipedistribution to high and low service. including public hydrants, tireplugs, replacing the nine-inch with ten—1nch tire-plugs, maternal and labor, repairing and laying new mains, and lowering mains, one bun- Appmprimou dred thousand dollars; interest and sinking·fund on watenstock bonds, for interest and forty-four thousand six hundred and ten dollars; and the 'Oom- smkinafund for missioners of the District of Columbia are directed to deposit the 5·:*::itc5*g:c*r<;d*;: amount annually appropriated for interest and sinking-tund forthe cfpmwmt and watenbonds to the credit of the appropriation for interest and sinking- sinkinrr-fund for lhnd for the funded indebtedness of the District of Columbia; and funded, debt, etc. that the Treasurer of the United States, as sinking-fund commis-
