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 544 FIFTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 199. 1893. - seventy~four, shall hereafter apply to all gas meters from which the heads shall have been removed by any gas company in the District of Columbia for the purpose of examining and repairing the same, and no gas meter from which the head shall have been removed shall be again placed in service by any gas company in the District of Columbia without having been duly inspected, approved, and sealed as provided for I¤¤1>•¤>¤¤¤ fw- in the said act and for such inspection of repaired meters a fee of 1¤x¤¤¤¤i¤¤ of ans twenty cents each shall be paid: Provided further, That each gas com- "'"'"' pany in the District of Columbia shall, at its sole and entire expense, make reasonable extensions of its gas mains whenever the said extensions shall be neces ary for maintaining Street lamps for the public Rezvkuum. safety and comfort, and the said Commissioners shall regulate the location and depth of the said gas mains in the streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and spaces of the District of Columbia. Any failure to comply with this provision shall be reported to Congress by the Commis- E, I . . . sioners. chg1m"` For electric lighting, including necessary expenses of inspection, on one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and _ Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions, §§°',,§',f’,§;,, ,,,,,_ fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than fifty cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light burning every night from sunset to sunris, and operated wholly by mean of underground wires; and each arc light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candle power, and no part of this appropriation shall °"°"*°°“ ""°°· be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgem¤·v¤¤*¤¤•¤¤¤¤¤» town: Provided further, That the Commissioners of the District of Co- " lumbia shall investigate, ascertain, and report to the first session of the Fifty-third Congress what deduction may be made for gas an electric lighting, both for- annual, live-year, and for ten-year contracts, and that they be authorized to invite proposals for supplying said light at reduced rates; and in this they are not limited to any one system or company. ' ,_{g‘l··¤‘ ·¤¤ ¤*•‘ Hannon un Brvmz Fnorxrz For the improvement and protection of the harbor and river trout, the enforcement of laws and regulations, construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, two thousand six hundred dollars. S¤*¤- Fon Pmsmc ScA1.r·:s: For repair and replacement of public scales, two hundred dollars. P¤¤=r•- Fon Punmc Pmrrs: For the purchase replacement and repair of public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and filling abandoned or condemned public wells, five thousand dollars, to be immedi- _ ately available. B¤•*¤·•· Crum or Burners: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, tlve thousand dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, fourteen thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand C°""`°’· dollars. And the control of bridges, except the Aqueduct bridge across Rock Creek, in the District of Columbia, is hereby conferred on the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and they are hereby -32: s:tL=¢i¤¤¤ fer required to make such proper regulations as they may deem necessary y’for the safety of the public using said bridges, and for the lighting and the police control of the same. "’““‘"°""”¥’°‘“· For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand f’~**·¤- dollars: Provided, That no portion of the water conveyed or to be con- £y,3*:£¤ ¤f wmr veyed through or by means of the Washington Aqueduct, or any appur- P tenance thereof, shall be diverted to the supply or use of any building, premises. or establishment located outside of the existing limits of the District of Columbia.
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