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 574 FORTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 389. 1887. for purchasing and erecting new lamp-posts, and replacing such lampposts as may be damaged or unfit for service, one hundred and twenty Proviacs. thousand dollars; Provided, That no more than twenty dollars perlan- Pme Pc, bmp_ num for each street—lamp shall he paid for gas, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this act; and said lamps shall burn not less than two thousand six hundred hours per annum ; and the Commissioners are authorized, in their discretion, to substitute other illuminating material at the same or less price, and pp] msc so much lpftthetsum heftebytappiéopglated ag may be nttictelssary for a purpose- u no excee ing wen y thousand dollars o e a ove Electric light. amount may be used in providing electric lights on one or more of the principal thoroughfares of the city, without regard to this limitation, but at the lowest reasonable price obtainable: Provided further, That ~ the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall not be authorized Contracts_ to make any contract for gas or other illuminating material, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, for any longer period than one year. Hay-scales. Fon. HAY-SCALES: For re air and re lacement of public hay-scales, . ve un re dollars. ii h d d d ll P P Harbor. y FOR HARBOR AND RIVER I·‘RONT: For the improvement and protection of the harbor and river {rout, the enforcement of laws and regulations, constructing and maintenance of wharves and buildings, two · Promo. thousand five hundred dollars; Provided That the amounts collected Collections. for leases and wharf charges shall be paid to the collector for payment into the—Treasury to the credit of the United States and the District of Columbia in equal parts. _ Pumps. Fon. Pumps: For purchase of and repairs to pumps, three thousand dollars. sewers. Fon snwmzsz For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, thirty Promo. thousand dollars: Provided, That the expenditures heretofore made and T1‘=¤}1¤£¤¤‘ <>f ¤1>- to be made on account of “Repairs to sewers and basins” during the P’°I’““t‘°”‘ fiscal year, ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be paid from the appropriation entitled ‘•Cleaning sewers and gasipls gordsgidl year; replacmlg obstructed sggerszhsevendtnlousand ve un re dollars · mam an pipe sewers y thousand dollarsconstruction of subulban sewers, thirty-fivelthousand dollars; in all; one hundred and twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. _ Certain ¤¤m¤ The sums herein appropriated for materials for permit work, cur- ' roads and suburban streets for harbor and river front for sewers purchase of sites, and construdtion and equipment of schodlbuildings; and for procurement of mains, engines and boilers, for the water department, shall be immediately available. Public ¤°b°°l¤·, Punmc So11ooLs: For salaries of superintendents, teachers and janitors, secretary of the board and clerks including additional teachers, rents, repairs, fuel, furniture books stationery new school-buildings furniture for new schoolbuildings and other necessary items, seven hilndred and seventy thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars namely: Superi ii tend- FUR OFFICERS: For superintendent; first six divisions, at two thou- ¢¤t¤- sand seven hundred dollars; superintendent seventh and eighth divis- Cm.ks_ ions at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk to superintendent of iirst six divisions, and secretary to board of trustees at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk to superintendent of seventh and eighth divisions at eight hundred dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred and Bfty dollars. T°¤°b°*‘¤- Fon rnacrmns: For teachers not to exceed six hundred and fifty- four in number to be employed at a rate of compensation not to exceed the rate provided by the present schedule of salaries, and at an average salary not to exceed six hundred and seventy dollars, iour hundred and
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