The 46th Congress Public Laws ch. 27. An act authorizing the employment of an inspector of plumbing in and for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. ch. 235. An act making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes. ch. 121. An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for other purposes. ch. 16. An act to confer upon the Commissioners of the District of Columbia certain powers, duties, and limitations contained in chapter eight (Water Service) of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Resolutions Res. No. 25.