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 1068 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546. 1891. No expenditure un- but before said sum or any part thereof shall be expended every §",},,*§,,,"‘i'§‘,‘;,"§,,'*,,,{'°" ““ owner of property abutting on this street within said limits except as hereinafter provided, shall bind himself, his heirs, grantees, and successors in estate therein forever, never to allow any building or obstruction to be erected within the lines inclosed between the building lines of Sixteenth street, northwest, extended, on the same lines mmm. as now existing within the bounda : Provided, however, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized commissioners my in the manner provided with reference to the taking of land for pub- $·X"‘“ l"" °f lic use in the District of Columbia, to condemn and take all of that part of block seven which lies immediately east of Meridian avenue and west of Sixteenth street, extended, for the public use in widening the same, so as`to conform to the width of said Sixteenth street I>¤¤¤¤:¤¤~ _ ‘ within the Boundary, and to pay out of the said seventeen thousand dollars the award of damages or such taking and condemnation, and D°¤¤°*>¤¤· the Commissioners are authorized to receive donations to the extent F necessary to pay all but one thousand dollars of the sum which may mmsmsen. be awarded in said proceedings but no portion of said seventeen thousand dollars shal be spent in improving Sixteenth street until such donations have been made to the satis actionof the commissioners of the District in addition to other conditions herein imposed. For graveling, where graded the street connecting Columbia road with Connecticut avenue extended, and thence along Connecticut avenue extended towards the District lines, ten thousand dollars. For ading Massachusetts avenue extended in the direction of the Methodist University, ten thousand dollars. For Linden street, to complete paving to Maple avenue, two thousand dollars; d {or grading and regulating Linden street northward, six thousand o ars; To complete (paving Larch street from Boundary to Spruce street, two thousand ollars; To pave Maple avenue from the present pavement to Le Droit avenue, twelve thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Illinois avenue, four thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Fillmore street (Anacostia) between Harrison and J efferson, two thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Pierce street (Anacostia) between Harrison and Je erson, two thousand dollars; d Sor paving Nichols avenue with granite blocks, seven thousand o ars. For grading and macadamizing Naylor road, three thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars. Condemnation or CONDEMNATION OF STREETS, ROADS, AND ALLEYS: For condem- '°’°°l’*°‘°‘ nation of streets, roads, and alleys, ten thousand dollars, including the amount of the award of the jury in the condemnation of lots for · the opening of T street between Lincoln avenue and Second street east. 8w•wvi¤z,ew. SPRINKLING, SWEEPING, AND CLEANING: For sprinkling, swee ing, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, onellmundred and fifteen thousand dollars. ‘ mm; commisinu. Fon THE PARKING COMMISSION: For contingent expenses, including laborers, cart-hire, trees, tree boxes, trees stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, _ care of parks, and miscellaneous items, nineteen thousand dollars. L*8*****¤S- LTGHTING: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishin, repairing, and cleaning lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and aheys, and for purchasing and erecting new lamp posts, painting lamp posts, and lanterns, and replacing lamps and lamp posts damaged or unfit not-aes. for service, one hun red and forty-one thousand dollars: Provided, nnmumeosc. That no more than twenty-one dollars and fifty cents per annum for eachstreet lamp shall be paid for gas or oil, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this