FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 422. 1899. 1057 dred dollars each; two hundred privates, class two, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each ; twenty station keepers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; ten laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; laborer in charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; messenger, seven hundred dollars; messenger, five hundred dollars; major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; forty~three lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; twenty-three drivers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, six hundred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and forty dollars. ' That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on application f SP°°m Pt>li¤¤¤¤¤¤ of any corporation or individual, or in their own discretion,may appoint °r °°m°ml°°°’ m' special policemen for duty in connection with the property of, or under the charge of, such corporation or individual; said special policemen to be paid wholly by the corporation or person on whose account their appointments are made, and to be subject to such general regulations as the said Commissioners may prescribe. MISCELLANEOUS: For rent of substation at Anacostia, three hundred Mi¤¤¤11=¤¤¤<>¤¤- and sixty dollars; For incl, two thousand two hundred dollars; For repairs to stations, three thousand dollars; For miscellaneous and contingent expenses, including stationery, C¢>¤*i¤€¤¤* ¤¤P°¤¤<·¤· books, telegraphing, photographing, printing, binding, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, furniture and repairs thereto, beds and bedclothing, insignia of olhce, purchase and care of horses, bicycles, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulances, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in the prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, twenty-two thousand dollars; For flags and halyards for station houses, one hundred and twenty- five dollars; For rent of police and iire department headquarters, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand one hundred and eighty-tive dollars. Fon THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. *'*···<*·¤¤=·¤~·==·¤*· For chief engineer, two thousand dollars; two assistant chief eugi. S“‘““°“· neers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, nine hundred dollars; fire marshal, one thousand dollars; twenty toremen, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen engineers, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; four tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one hundred and thirty-two privates, at eight hundred dollars each; eight watchman, at six hundred dollars each; machinist, one thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and eightythree thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. _ Mxscmmxnnonsz For repairs to engine houses, four thousand ave M*·°°“°¤°°“°· hundred dollars; _ For repairs of apparatus, and new appliances, four thousand five hundred dollars; For purchase of hose, nine thousand dollars; For fuel, four thousand dollars; For purchase of horses, eight thousand dollars; For forage, eight thousand five hundred dollars; I For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, tixtures, washing, oil medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksm1thing, labor, gas, and other necessary items, eleven thousand dollars; In all, forty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. INCREASE FIRE DEPARTMENT? For 0118 0l101I1108l Bugine, two thou- Increase. sand two hundred dollars; vox. xxx——67