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Sick or disabled

abandoned or ne

glected.

with or interested in the management of, or shall receive money for the admission of any person to any place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting of fowls or animals, may be arrested without a warrant, as provided in section five of the charter of the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, granted by act of Congress approved June twenty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy, and for every such offense be punished in the same manner provided in section one.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if any maimed, animals not to be sick, infirm, or disabled animal shall be abandoned by its owner, or fail to receive proper food or shelter from said owner or person in charge of the same for more than five consecutive hours, such person shall, for every such of fense, be punished in the same manner provided in section one.

Penalty.

Exception in favor

ments.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this of scientific experi- act contained shal! be construed to prohibit or interfere with any properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations, which experiments shall be performed only under the authority of the faculty of some regularly incorporated medical college, university, or scientific society.

Definitions.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That in this act the word "animal" or "animals" shall be held to include all brute creatures, and the words "owner," "persons," and "whoever," shall be held to include corporations as well Knowledge and as individuals; and the knowledge and acts of agents of, held to be knowl- and persons employed by, corporations in regard to aniporations they rep- mals transported, owned, or employed by, or in the custody of, such corporations shall be held to be the acts and knowledge of such corporations. Approved August 23, 1871.

acts of agents to be

edge and acts of cor

resent.

August 23, 1871.

Appropriation.

CHAP. CVII.—An Act making appropriations to defray the ordinary and contingent expenses of the several departments of the government of the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after adjournment of the next regular session of the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, there is hereby appropriated, for the ordinary and contingent expenses of said District, payable out of the appropriate

fund to which each payment may belong, the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary:

ment.

For contingent expenses of the executive department, Executive departincluding advertising, printing, binding, stationery, publishing the laws of the District, and other incidental expenses, twenty thousand dollars.

For judicial expenses of the executive department, ten thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of the office of the secretary Office of secretary of the District, ten thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Board of Public Works, including advertising, printing, stationery, incidental repairs, pay of employees, clerks, watchmen, and so forth, sixty-seven thousand dollars.

For judicial expenses of the Board of Public Works, ten thousand dollars.

of District.

Board of Public

Works.

Collector, auditor,

ter, &c.

For contingent expenses of the collector of taxes, auditor, comptroller, register, and other officers of the District, comptroller, registo be expended under the direction and approval of the Governor, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Metropolitan police, Police, contingent. eleven hundred and six dollars.

For contingent expenses to pay for labor, cleaning, and so forth, at the several markets, to be expended under the direction of the Governor, four thousand eight hundred dollars.

Markets.

Asylum and work

For defraying the expenses of the asylum and workhouse, to be used and expended under the direction of the house. Governor and the commissioners of the asylum, thirty thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of the fire department, fifteen thousand dollars.

For lighting street lamps with gas, fifty-five thousand dollars.

Fire department.

Gas.

For public printing not otherwise provided for, eight Printing.

thousand dollars.

For medicines for the poor, five thousand dollars.
For burial of deceased poor, three thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the coroner, two thousand
dollars.

For salaries of teachers in Washington public schools, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty dollars and eighty-three cents.

The poor.

Coroner.

Schools.
Salaries,

Rent of school rooms.

Care of schoolrooms.

General supplies

for schools.

Contingent ex. penses of schools.

For rent of school-rooms in Washington city:

First district, three thousand six hundred and twentyfive dollars.

Second district, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Third district, four thousand eight hundred and thirtythree dollars and thirty-three cents.

Fourth district, three thousand six hundred and twentyfive dollars.

For stove fixtures and fuel for schools in Washington city:

First district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Second district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Third district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Fourth district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

For care of school-rooms in Washington city:

First district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars. and sixty-seven cents.

Second district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Third district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Fourth district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

For general supplies, including books, stationery, housefurnishing articles, and so forth, for Washington public schools:

First district, eighteen hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.

Second district, eighteen hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.

Third district, eighteen hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.

Fourth district, eighteen hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.

For contingent expenses of public schools in the city of Washington, including the work of carpenters, plasterers, tinners, painters, glaziers, plumbers, paper-hangers, and for general repairs:

First district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Second district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Third district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Fourth district, twenty-four hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents.

For contingent expenses of the Board of School Trustees of Washington city, including printing annual report and blank forms, furnishing medals, insurance, and so forth, twelve thousand and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.

Board of School Trustees.

For permanent improvements (new furniture) for pub- Furniture lic schools of Washington city:

First district, twelve hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents.

Second district, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Third district, thirty-six hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Fourth district, twelve hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents.

schools.

for

For the payment for the school buildings now under School buildings. contract in the city of Washington, one hundred and fifty

thousand dollars, which will become due during the year.

For the support of the public schools of the county of Schools in WashWashington, fifty-six thousand two hundred and forty- Ington county. seven dollars and ninety-two cents.

For the support of the public schools of Georgetown, fifteen thousand dollars.

In Georgetown.

Colored schools.

Proviso.

For the support of the colored schools of Washington and Georgetown, one hundred and forty-six thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and ninety-eight cents: Provided, That there shall be deducted and retained out of the above amount a sum sufficient to pay all existing Deduction on acand unpaid claims heretofore created for the construction count of unpaid and furnishing of school-houses for the use of said colored schools.

claims.

Paving and sewer

For defraying two-thirds of the expenses of paving and sewering M street north, from Vermont avenue to New ing. York avenue, one hundred and six thousand eight hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-six cents.

Expenses incurred

prior to June 1, 1871,

District government.

For defraying two-thirds of the expense of paving and sewering Seventh street west, from B street south to M street south, one hundred and three thousand one hun dred and fifty dollars and sixty-seven cents.

For defraying expenses incurred prior to June one, In organization of eighteen hundred and seventy-one, in the organization of the District government, including clerk hire, books, blanks, stationery, advertising, printing, and other necessary expenses, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed under the direction of the Governor and the secretary of the District.

Metzerott Hall.

Morrison's build

ing.

Police.

For the expenses incurred in the preparation of Metzerott Hall for the use of the Legislative Assembly, eleven thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and thirty

one cents.

For the expenses incurred in the preparation of five fireproof rooms, fourteen by thirty-six feet each, and for fitting up offices in Morrison's building for the use of District officers, forty-eight thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.

For the compensation of the members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the sum of one hundred and seventy-two thousand and sixteen dollars and fourteen cents.

Approved August 23, 1871.

August 23, 1871.

Duties of collector of taxes.

CHAP. CVIII.—An Act prescribing the duties of certain officers for the
District of Columbia, and fixing their compensation.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the District of Columbia, That it shall be the duty of the collector of taxes to collect all taxes imposed by the Government of the District of Columbia, except such as may be otherwise provided for, and to deposit the same daily with the treasurer, taking his receipt, in duplicate, therefor, one of which duplicates shall be transmitted to the comptroller, and the other placed on file in the collector's office; and the aggregate of such receipt shall each week be compared and certified to on the books of the collector and treasurer by said respective officers. The collector shall enter as received, to the credit of each fund, the amount collected on account thereof, posting the same to the credit of the respective funds, and shall, at the close of each day's col

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