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 250 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 232. 1894. emghns- For gauging sewers and rainiall, two thousand dollars. _ mgm. or way. For condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance, and repairs of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as ma be necessary. mmm; opium. Foryautomatic siphons for Bushing sewers, two thousand five hundred dollars. ' screen. STREETS. R¤r¤i¤-¤t¤>¤*¤·¤¤=· REPAIRS, STREETS, Avmvtms, AND ALLEYS: For current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, including the repair of cuts n§;':'¤°¤*·· ¤“°·* made by the sewer department, thirty-five thousand dollars. And this "` appropriation shall be available for repairing the pavements of street <><>¤¤¤¤i¤z railways when necessary; the amounts thu expended shall be collected v°l`2°"'1°°' from said railway company as provided by section five of “An Act providiug a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and shall be deposited to tl}? creegit of the appropriation for the iiscal year in which the are oo act . renew required That thx Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are {,‘;?§?g,_°“' “°"‘“‘ hereby, authorized and empowered to make and to enforce all reasonable regulations in respect to requiring street chars operated by other means than horse power in the District of Columbratobeprovided with proper fenders for the protection of the lives and limbs of all persons within the District of Columbia. Such power and authority shall extend to the adoption by the said Comnussioners of any fender or fenders deemed by them to be superior to the fenders now in use as . the fender or fenders which shall be used on cars operated within the mw-. said District: Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall opermf*”,Y*¥,“•‘*“**Y ate tohrelieve any street railway company from liability for accidents ` on its 'nes. smewansm. Fon Rnrnrnmo Srnnwnxs Am: Conns: For repairing sidewalks and curbs around public reservations, five thousand dollars. repairs, man, ne. Rnriuns, Cormry Roms: For current work of repairs of county roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars. smenna, eu. That the provision in the District appropriation Act of March third, Wl- ¤°· P-1**- eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorizing assessment against abutting property for new sidewalks or curbing required to be laid on streets being improved, is amended to read as follows: · cringe at mime; That when new sidewalks or curbing are hereafter required to be laid gjgfggf "°" '“‘°· on streets being improved, onehalf the total cost shall be assessed ' against abutting property, in like manner and under the law governing; rms". _ in the case of assessment and permit work: Provided, That abutting """“ °f "““““’· property shall not be liable to such assessment when sidewalk and curbing have been laid by the District authorities in front of the same under the assessment and permit system within two years prior to such assessmen -. ¤g:l>:»t~¤¢i¤zw¤¤¢>· CONSTRUCTION OF COUNTY ROADS! For construction of county ' roads and suburban streets, the following sums to be expended by contract pr otherwise, as the Commissioners of the District may determine, Hume y: For grading and regulating Sixteenth street northwest, extended, Prospect street, Crescent street, Central street, Meridian avenue north pf Morris street and Ontario avenue, Meridian Hill, ten thousand dollars; For grading and graveling Twelfth street, extended, from University Heights to Rhode Island avenue, eight thousand dollars; For grading and graveling Pennsylvania avenue, extended, and Branch avenue, ten thousand dollars; Fg graidipg gid gralvelliplg Sherman avenue from Grant avenue nor war, en onsan dollars; nfg*,{;gf“‘** °**°°* For purchasing land for widening Fourteenth street extended, between Kenyon street and Whitney avenue, to the established width,