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 124 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. GHS. 203-205. 1896. ¥¤YW· 1$*· CHAP. 203.-Au Act To permit the Piutsch Compressing Company to lay pipes in “—”‘__’i"" certain streets in the city of Washington. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United £Q;gf§f°‘ggQ§mrQ:j States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of aqg company mxfy my the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to grant to the Pmtsch P"’°" Gompressing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having a. plant located in square two hundred and sixty-nine in said city, permission to lay pipes for the distribution of the gas manufactured at its plant for the purpose of furnishing light to railway cars and the gas buoys of the United States Light·House Board in the following-named streets in said city of I-¤*=¤*·i°¤· Washington, to wit: From the works or plant of said company in square two hundred and sixty-nine along Maryland avenue to Sixth street west; thence along Sixth street to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad depot; also continuing along Maine avenue to Third street west, and thence along Third street to B street north, thence along B street north to First street west, thence along First street west to Indiana avenue, and thence along Indiana avenue to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, and also across Thirteenth and E streets to the yards of the Southern Railway; also from their said plant or station along Thirteenth-and-a-half street southwest, or along such other street or streets as agreed upon, to the Potomac River; that said pipe lines shall be laid under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. M •=;·;¤Pl*· Sec. 2. That said Pintsch Gompressiug Company shall furnish said m°° NmCommissioners with bond or bonds or such other security as they may " require to guarantee the strict compliance with the permit that may be granted said company, and to insure the complete restoration of all pavements and other public or private property disturbed in laying said pipe line as aforesaid. R¤1¤y1¤s.¤¤=· Sec. 3. That said Pintsch Gompressin g Company shall also lower or relay any pipes whenever directed to do so by said Commissioners by reason of 2, change in the grade of the streets or the construction of any public works therein. Approved, May 19, 1896. M¤y19·1€96· CHAP. 204.-An Act Amending the statutes relating to the sale of printed copies '"'_—`;`“ of patents. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U mfted §:a¤é·;<;f2$¤;m M, States of America in Congress assembled, That section four hundred and ¤pmeima¤¤¤,Lm. ninety-three of the Revised Statutes be, and the same hereby is, *’*’· P· 8** amended by striking out the words ‘*within the limits of ten cents as the minimum and fifty cents as the maximum price/’ in lines three and four, and substituting in lieu thereofl “Pr0r€dcd, That the maximum cost of zi copy shall be ten cents,” s0 that the section so amended shall read as follows: Cogygjrggupggfnluel ** Sec. 493. The price to be paid for uncertified printed copies of specifications and drawings of patents shall be determined by the )*Z;¤;·;¤m Commissioner of Patents: Prorided, That the maximum cost of a copy shall be ten ccnts=." Approved, May 19, 1896. M¤y19, 1896- CHAP. 205.-—Au Act To authorize and regulate the sale of unclaimed freight, _“”"'`”"A""” " baggage, and other property in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rrjprescntatiiws of the United gi¤¤¤p¤¤fC<>1¤mbi¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever any freight nclmmed freight., i Om baggage, or other property transported by a common carrier to, or deposited with a, common carrier at, any point; in the District of Columbia, shall remain unclaimed by the owner or consignec, or the charges