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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 176. 1895. 75] Hawkins’s addition to Georgetown; and for the purposes of such purchase or condemnation six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. For paving Florida avenue, from Connecticut avenue to Eighteenth street, six thousand dollars. For paving Twenty-second street, from Massachusetts avenue to R street, five thousand dollars. · For grading and regulating Spring street, Anacostia, one thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand dollars. CLosmc ALLEY in SQUARE Six mmnnmx mn snvnurr-room IAB3v. umm M. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized ° °” ` and instructed, on petition of the owner of all the property fronting on that part or portion of an alley ten feet wide, and running north and south nineteen feet, in lot three hundred and seventy-six, square six hundred and seventy-four, to declare said alley to be closed. Srnmxrmc, SwEnr1Nc, mn CLEANING: For sprinkling, sweeping, S*°°1>*¤=· ¤*·>· andcleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars. . ‘ Fon rim Pmxmc Commission: For contingent expenses, including _,fn·r¤=*¤s <>·¤¤¤¤•- laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting ` and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashing, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, nineteen thousand dollars. _ Lrmrrmc : For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repair- l·*¤**°*'*¤· ing, and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, for purchasing and expense of erecting new lamp-posts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lamp-posts, painting lamp-posts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lamp-posts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service; for storage and cartage of material, one _ hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That  an no more than twenty dollars and nfty cents per annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas or oil, lighting, extinguishing, repairing, and. cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this Act; and said lamps shall burn not less than three thousand hours per annum: Provided, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations “°!'*‘“*°’* herein provided for the contracting gas. companies shall equip each street lamp with a selfregulating burner and tip, so combined and adjusted 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 of inspection, on “°°“'*° “¤"'·‘“* one or more of the principal streets in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, maintaining existing service, and necessary extensions, forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That not more §*;m°ém mt than forty cents per night shall be paid for any electric arc light burn- ` ing every night from sunsetto sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each arc light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candlepower, 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 Georgetown. _ Hannon AND R1vEE Fnoiw: For the improvement and protection ,,,’{,}Y‘°' ““" ""' of the harbor and river front, 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. BATHING BEACH: For the care, repair, and extension of the public B‘"‘"" °°°°1" bathing beach on the Potomac ltiver, in the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. Fon PUBLIC SCALES: For repair and replacement of public scales, B°"°“· two hundred dollars. Fon Ptmmc PUMPS: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of P¤¤¤p¤- public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and iillingabancloned or condemned public wells, four thousand dollars, to be imme- ' diately available. ‘ » _