FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 538, 5-10. 1898. 525 CHAP. 538.-An Act 'l`o amend section ten of an Act approved April twenty- Jl11\G2$,]S98. second, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled UA1]. Act to provide for tempo- ”;`*_" rariby increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of war, and for other purposes. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of section ten of Wgmy in ****0 0* the Act approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety- " eight, entitled “An Act to provide {or temporarily increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of war, and for other purposes/’ as provides that " officers appointed or assigned to the staff Seq ¤¤gs¤¤=•=¤¢¤ of commanders of army corps, divisions, and brigades shall serve only v°Au}`, §°Z`:° p°f’”563, in such capacity, and that when relieved from such staff service such *¤*°·¤•*°d· appointments or assignments shall terminate/’ be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that assignments of the officers of the volunteer —¢¤ be governed by staif shall be governed by the same rules and regulations as those of R°‘“1“' ""Y ml"' the Regular Army. ' Approved, June 29, 1898. CHAP. 540.-An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the June 30, 1898. government of the District of Columbia for the tiscal year ending June thirtieth, *;*1** eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the half of the following nam-sq qrceiumbn sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in “*’l"°*’“““‘°“’· the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the nn: mm nasa-its revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, bein g “"’°““°*· for the expenses of thegovernment of the District of Columbia for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, namely: ~ GENERAL EXPENSES. G¤¤¤r¤1¤¤v<>¤¤<>¤- Fon nxnonrrvn OFFICE: For two Commissioners, at five thousand §:;¤;{;j§0gQi;°·_a° dollars each; Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred and ¤>u¤y,¤et. ’ _ sixty-eight dollars (to make salary ilve thousand dollars) ;‘· secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistantsecretaries to Commissioners, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, one of whom shall be a stenographer and typewriter, at one_ thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger clerk, six hundred · dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; laborer, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; principal assistant inspector of buildings, who may perform and discharge any of the duties of the inspector of buildings, one thousand six hundred dollars; assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; four assistant inspectors of buildings, at one thousand dollars each; _ clerk, nine hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; janitor, seven hundred dollars; steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; tlreman, four hundred and eighty dollars; two elevator operators, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; deputy property clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; five assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars.
