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 REGULATION OF CONTRACTS, ETC. 27 surveyor, dated January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy- one, on iile in the office of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, shall be considered authentic. STREET-LIGHTS. . Ssc. 232. The avenue and street lamps in the City of Washington sg g s. shall be kept lighted with six-feet burners twenty-one nights in each ¤¤¤ rfsmn? tomlsc month from dark until daylight. k¤P*¤ HSM66- 27 Jnly,186B, Res. No. 75, s. 1,v. 15, p. 261; 28 July, 1866, c. 296, v. 14, p. 315. _ Sec. 233. The proper authorities are directed to increase from time to Lights is be intime, as the public good may require, the number of street-lamps on any °'°“°d "b°¤ ¤°°· ot;the_ streets, lanes, alleys, public ways, and grounds, in the city of f?:;?',; °'"°L_;“*£‘; Washington, and to do any and all things pertaining to the well lighting 1.§,4,,,,;_8’ " of the city, and to levy and collect a tax from the property·l1olders sntii- ·+-—— cient to defray the expenses thereof. R:ZNg“l5g glgs} Sec. 234. In event of the failure of the proper authorities to levy and 15Sgca)i?ary of the collect the tax or to light the city as directed by the two preceding sec- I¤°°’i°*`?°l*?"5' mi tions, the Secretary of the Interior shall levy and collect such tax sulii- z;:;,}',,?s";f,§;°:0“}; cient to light the city and to fully execute the provisions of the two pre- s0_ ceding sections. "*‘——;Ib,d_ s_ 4 P_w_,_ DISTRICT BUILDINGS. Sec. 235. The United States shall not be liable for any expenditures _UnitedStatesnot for land for the erection of a building for the District offices, nor for the 1*****1** f°1‘ °¤l?¢¤{dipurchase-money therefor, nor for the buildings to be erected thereon, f°;‘lf°]§:'°t'L?°l;‘;g1‘“€ . ¤ r cvs. and no land, or use thereof, is granted under the act of Congress of M 'luud granted March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, chapter two hundred for such pm-pcsc. and twenty-eight, for the purpose of erecting such building. Mariah, 1s;::, c., S. , V. [I. THE WABHINGTON`CANAL. 5*0- l Sec. 236. The District authorities are not authorized tooccupy nor to Restrictions cp. permit others to occupy more than forty feet for the purpose of landing if d°°<=5¤l>*9¤>[ of on any portion of either side of the Washington Canal, extending from Wash:) Q0‘;1‘é‘;¤';f the Eastern Branch to Seventeenth street west upon the plan of the city 0,.,,,,,5;,, of ,1,,, of Washington; and the land made by iilling up said canal is declared land. to be the property of the United States.` _ 31 May, 1e:z2, c. 113,s.9,v.4,p.524; 10 Junc,1872,c.415, s. 1, v. 17, p. 351. Sec. 237. The appropriations made by Congress for filling said canal Certain spp rofrom Seventh street west to Seventeenth street west, and for the inter- P{"’·2;’£;°;Kfi'"; cepting sewer along said canal, adjoining Government property, shall §`,g,,,_ K not be construed to create or imply any obligation on the part of the ———- United States, in any respect whatever, in future. ng? g “1':‘;_ lg 21;;; 350, 351. CHAPTER '1‘EN. BBGULATICB 0F CONTRACTS AID ACCOUNTS FOB GOVEBNIENT BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC WORKS. scc. gl-. Contracts to be advertised. 242. Rule of measurement. 239. Bids, how opened. 243. Extra material, how rated. 240. Contracts in advance of appropria· 244. Illegal vouchers to be stopped. tions, void. 245. Penaltg for making or passing, &c., 241. Security required for advances to cou- fran ulent vouchers. tractors. . . . n s _ SEO. 238. All contracts for buildings and other public works of the  t° b° United States in the District of Columbia shall beadvertised at least ········——-,,1 Aug" M2M_ sixty days before letting. 108.¤- L V-10.1··¤¤i·