296 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 724. 1890. rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three axmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars eac ; one messegger clerk, at six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hund and eighty dollars each; two laborers at three hundred and sixty dollars eac ; in all, - forty-one thousand three hundred and fifty do lars. °rf¤;;*mg*E E¥·¤*¤· Bonw or Exmrsnns, Srmm Enerzmrxns: For compensation for board of examiners of steam engineers in the District of Columbia, · - three, at three hundred dollars each, nine hundred dollars. 'rcmvcnry <>v¤r- That overseers, inspectors, and other employees, temporarily re- '°°”’ °°°' quired in connection with sewer, street, or road work, or the construction and repair of buildings and bridge , or any work authorized by appropriations, and all expenses incidental to or necessary for the proper execution of said wor , shall be paid out of the sums appropriated for said work and for the time actually engaged thereon; and the Commissioners of the District, in their annual report to Congress, shall report the number of such overseers and inspectors, and their work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what approprration. P¤¤¤***<¤¤ Pmmrr Wonx. For the improvement and repair of alleys and sidewalks and the construction of sewers and sidewalks, of such form and materials as the Commissioners may determine, under the ermit system, one Mvku. hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter Owners wpsy mu. the property owners requesting such improvements, under the r- mit system, shall ay one—half of the total cost: And provided ¥l?/l'- ther, That hereafter the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized in their discretion to order such of the above·enum- Necesnry work. erated work as in their opinion is necessary for the public health, safety, or comfort, and to p1%the total cost of such work from appropriations therefor; one- of the cost of such work sobggne, in- UNB ct assassins clu ing material and labor, shall be charged against and ome a °""*°* °'°‘ lien ulpon the property abutting upon the ine of such improvement, and s all be levied pro rata, according to the lineal frontage of each lot or part of lot abutting upon such improvement, within sixty days after making such assessment, and in order to re-imburse approlpriations so expended one·half of the cost of such work so done, mc uding labor and material, shall be charged against and become a lien u on the property abutting upon the line of the said work, and eh5I be levied pro rata upon said pzroperty, according to its lineal frontage, upon such terms and regu tions as to notice to proprietors and the method and terms of such notice as shall seem to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia right and proper, due notice of such terms and regulations beingl given by u lication thereof in some new%>aper publi hed in the city) o '&ashington for such time as said ommissioners shall prescribe, and the one·ha1f so charged against such abutting property shall be aid as Pnrmws. follows: One third of the amount within sixty days from the date of service of notice of such assessment, without interest; one-third within one year and the remaining third within two years from the date of service of notice of such assessment, and interest shall be charged at the rate of ten per centum per annum from the date of _ service of such notice on all amounts that shall remain unpaid at the expiration of thirty days after the service of the notice of such rmpmy sem rm- assessment: Pro/vided, That if any property so assessed shall become ““‘· subject to sale for any other assessment or tax whatever then the assessment levied under this act shall become immediately due and payable, and such property may be sold therefor, together with the accrued interest thereon to the date of such sale, together with the costs of advertising and sale; and any property upon which such assessment and accrued interest thereon, or any part thereof, shall
