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 FIFIY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. on. 546. 1891. 1069 act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hours Minimum mu-s, per annum :_ Promded further, That the Commissioners of the District comms of Columbia are hereby authorized to enter into contract for gas lighting, and in their discretion for oil lighting, for a period of three ygarsfrom the nrst day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: cvgded, That before any expenditures are made from the ap ro- rmmam priation herem provided for, the contracting gas companies shall G¤¤<><>¤¤¤¤v¤<>¤- equip each street larnlp with a self-regulating burner and tip, so com ined and adjust as to secure, under all ordinary variations of pressure and density, a consumption of six cubic feet of gas per hour. For electric lighting, including necessary expenses o inspection, mnecmc ugnmg. on one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and _ Georgetown, maintainingbexistin service, and necessary extensions fifty-nine thousand five undrel dollars: Pmvided, That no more P¤·<>vi•¤•. than fifty cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light ummm burning every night from sunset to sunrise, and o rated wholly by means of un erground wires; and each arc light all be of not less U¤d¤rz¤>¤¤¤ wimthan one thousand actual candle-power, and no part of this appro- caumspowsr. priation shall be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of Washington °'°¤‘¤¤¤¤ WM- an Georgetown: Promkied, That the Commissioners of the District of Colum ia are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to enter into o·>¤¤¤a;¤·cli¢1=¤· contract for electric arc lights which shall fulfill the conditions above Ospecified, for a peri of three years from July first, eighteen hundr h and ninety-one, at a price not to exceed fifty cents per lamp umn. ni t. pHOB AND Rivmz FRONT: For the improvement and protec- numrmn tion of the harbor and river front, the enforcement of laws an regulations, construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, two thousand six hundred dollars. _ Fon Pmsmc Soxnns: For piuchase of site in Georgetown, and ¤¤¤¤¢ transfer of Geor etown hay scales thereto, and for repair and replacement of public scales, one thousand two hundred and fifty ollars. Fon Punmo Puurs: For the purchase, replacement, and repair Pumps. of public um, cleaning and protecting public wells, and fil ing abandonedppublids wells, five thousand dollars. CARE or BRIDGES: For ordinaryxcare of bridges, including keep- Br1dz¤¤.r¢v¤¤.¢¤=- ers, oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; for construction and rgpairs of bridges, fifteen thousand dollars; in all twenty thou- Salhd Ouarsi H T `d f dt' allth *“°¥•*¢¤¤*¤°•¤'•· UMBERING 0Us1:s : o rovi e or esigna ing e s ID. e m I I cities of Washington and georgetown by placing iittihg signs ummm therein, and for numbering houses in the suburban villalges of the District in a manner analogous to that which prevails by paw in said cities, the expense of such numbering to be assessed an collected as like expenses are b law assessable and collectible for numbering houses in the city og Washington, nine hundred dollars. WASHINGTON AQUm>Uo·r. www- For en `neering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thou- 1s:¤gmm¤g,m. sand dolglrs. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. mm muws. Fon Omucmzs: For superintendent first six divisions, three thou- S·¤v¤¤¤¤¤¤d¤¤¤- sand three hundred dollars ; superintendent seventh and eight divisions, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ; one clerk to su- Clerk. M- perintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees. one thousand two hundred dollars ; one clerk to superintendent of