CHAP. LXXXIV.--An Act for the relief of R. B. Ferguson, appropriating ninety-five dollars and three cents for furnishing medicines to the poor of the Fifth ward. August 23, 1871. Appropriation to pay R. B. Ferguson for Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the sum of ninety-five dollars and three cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the medicines furgeneral fund to enable the Governor to pay R. B. Ferguson said amount; which amount is in full for the quarter ending July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. LXXXV.--An Act making an appropriation for whitewashing the police station-houses of the District of Columbia. August 23, 1871. Appropriation for whitewashing sta Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is tion-houses. hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, to pay the expense for the current year of whitewashing the police station-houses of the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in view of the emergency existing on account of the unclean, and, therefore, unhealthy condition of said buildings, and the necessity for their immediate purification, this act shall go into effect on and after its passage. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. LXXXVI.—'An Act making an appropriation to repair the District Armory. Act to take effect at once. August 23, 1871. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the sum of one thousand dollars be, and Appropriation. the same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of making necessary repairs on the Armory of the District; the money to be paid out of the general fund and expended Board of Public under the direction of the Board of Public Works. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. LXXXVII.— An Act to open and sewer Eighth street, from Bound ary street north. To be expended under direction of Works. August 23, 1871. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Board of Public Columbia, That the Board of Public Works be, and they are hereby, authorized to open and sewer Eighth street Works to open and sewer Eighth street west. Appropriation. August 23, 1871. Public lamps not to be used for pri vate purposes. west, from Boundary street north, one hundred feet above "Grant avenue;" and to enable them to comply with the requirements of this act, the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the county fund. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. LXXXVIII.—An Act to prevent the use of public lamps for pricate purposes. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to use any public lamps as a sign for business purposes, by painting thereon letters or any other device, or by substituting for a street-lamp any other lamp upon a public lamp-post, or by placing a transparency over or around any lamp, unless Unless by special in cases where special permission shall have been granted ernor for charitable by the Governor in aid of any benevolent enterprise devoted exclusively to some charitable purpose; and any person or persons offending against this act shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, to a penalty of not less than five nor more than ten dollars for each and every such offense, the said fines to be collected and applied in the same manner as other fines are collected and applied. permission of Gov enterprises. Penalty. Persons now ap to desist. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superintendpropriating public lamps to be notified ent of lamps be, and he is hereby, directed to notify all persons who are now appropriating any public lamp or lamps to private purposes, to desist therefrom and remove all business device they may have painted and placed upon Penalty for fail- any public lamp; and if, in ten days from the time of such ure so to do. August 23, 1871. notice, such device shall not have been removed, the person or persons so offending shall be subject to the penalty imposed by the first section of this act, for each and every week that they shall have failed to comply with the order or request of the said superintendent. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. LXXXIX.—An Act authorizing the commissioners of the sinking fund to pay interest on bonds of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and the District of Columbia, Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the commissioners of the sinking fund be, Payment, at matu rity, of interest, on corporation bonds and bonds of Dis and they are hereby, authorized to pay at maturity the interest on all bonds issued by authority of the late corporations of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and trict, authorized. bonds issued by the District of Columbia. Appropriation. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a sum sufficient for the payment of the interest on the bonds of the corporation of Washington be, and the same is hereby, appro- Washington bonds. priated out of the fund levied and collected for the payment of the interest on said bonds, and if the amount of said fund is insufficient, a sum sufficient to make up the deficiency is hereby appropriated out of the Washington fund. Appropriation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a sum sufficient to pay the interest accruing on the bonds of the city of Georgetown be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out Georgetown bonds. of the Georgetown fund. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That a sum sufficient to pay the interest accruing on the bonds of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the general fund. Approved August 23, 1871. Appropriation. Bonds of District. August 23, 1871. Measures for the Georgetown harbor CHAP. XC.-An Act for the improvement of the harbor of Georgetown, Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to institute immediate measures to re- improvement of move any and all obstructions in the harbor of George- authorized. town, in order to secure the safety and convenience of vessels navigating those waters, and that the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the Georgetown fund. Appropriation. Account of expen SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Governor be, and he is hereby, requested to cause a separate account to ditures to be kept. be kept of the expenditures on this work, and that the same be laid before Congress with the request that the quested to reimDistrict be reimbursed for the outlay. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. XCI.-An Act in relation to the storage of petroleum and other oils. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That it shall not be lawful for any person or Congress to be reburse the outlay. August 23, 1871. gallons of petroleum, &c., to be stored in one place at one time. Not more than 500 persons to warehouse or hold in any building or shed within the District of Columbia more than five hundred gallons, at any one time, of petroleum, coal-oils, and burning-fluids, under a penalty of a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for the term of six months in the jail of the District. Penalty. Repealing clause. August 23, 1871. Works to lay watermains on H street south, Thirteenth south, and Second street west. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. XCII.-An Act to provide for the laying of several water-mans. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Board of Public Columbia, That the Board of Public Works be, and is hereby, authorized and requested to cause to be laid a street east. I street water-main in H street south, between Four-and-a-half and Seventh streets west; and also water-mains on Thirteenth street east, from Pennsylvania avenue to I street south, and in I street south, from Eleventh street to Thirteenth street east ; also, lay a water-main in Second street west, between I street north and Massachusetts avenue; and that a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated out of the water fund to pay the expenses of the same, said fund to be reimbursed by such assessments and collections on all lots and parts of lots bordering on the line of said water-mains as is authorized by existing law. Approved August 23, 1871. Appropriation. Assessments. August 23, 1871. Appropriation to reimburse John sive payment on acount of sewer. CHAP. XCIII.—An Act for the relief of John O'Conner. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the sum of nineteen dollars and fifty-five O'Conner for exces- cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, payable out of the general fund of the city of Washington, to enable the Governor to eanse said sum to be paid to John O'Conner, to reimburse him for an excessive payment on account of the Fourth street sewer. Approved August 23, 1871. August 23, 1871. CHAP. XCIV.-An Act to change the name of Cherry street, in the city of Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of lumbia, known as Cherry street, shall be hereafter named and known as Grace street. Approved August 23, 1871. Cherry street, Georgetown, changed to Grace street. Appropriation to street bridge. CHAP. XCV.-An Act appropriating from the general fund a sufficient August 23, 1871. sum of money to complete the abutments of West and P street bridge. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is pay for West and P hereby, appropriated out of the general fund, in order to enable the Governor to pay for the erection and completion of the abutments of West and P street bridge: Provided, That the city of Georgetown shall pay no more Proviso. of said appropriation than her just and fair proportion thereof. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. XCVI.-An Act making an appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Council and House of Delegates. August 23, 1871. Appropriation for contingent funds of of Delegates. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That in order to defray the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Council and the House of Dele- Council and House gates the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the general fund, as a contingent fund for the Council, to be expended under the direction of the president of the Council; and six thousand ($6,000) dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of the general fund, as a contingent fund for the House of Delegates, to be expended by the speaker of the House of Delegates, (said expenditures on the part of the House of Delegates to be submitted to an auditing committee to be appointed by the House of Delegates,) from which sums the contingent expenses of the respective houses shall be paid. Approved August 23, 1871. CHAP. XCVII.—An Act providing for the purchase of certain market sites, and the erection thereon of certain markets. August 23, 1871. Committee on Mar Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That the Committees on Markets of the two kets, with Governor, houses of the Legislative Assembly are constituted a com- ket sites. to select two mar |