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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 419. 1896. 40] unfit for service; for storage and cartage of material, one hundred and - fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no more than twenty dollars per Pr¤*zi*¤*· annum for each street lamp shall be paid for gas or oil, lighting, extin- Lmmf °°°°‘ guishing, repairing, painting, and cleaning, under any expenditure provided for in this Act: Provided, That all of said lamps shall burn every Tobnrneverynight. night, on the average, from forty-five minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise: Provided further, That before any expenditures R¤z¤i¤¤>r¤· are made from the appropriations herein provided for the contracting gas companies shall equip each street lamp with aselfregulatin g burner and tip, so combined and adjusted as to secure, under all ordinary variation; of pressure and density, a consumption of five cubic feet of gas per our. ‘ For electric arc lighting, including necessary inspection, in those m°°*"‘° “¤"“"¤· streets now lighted with electric are lights in the city of Washington, and for necessary extensions of such service, fifty thousand dolla.rs: _ Provided, That not more than thirty cents per night shall be paid for gm;; ,,,,,,t_,,,c_ any electric arc light burning from forty-five minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each are light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candlepower, and no part of this appropriation shall °v¤¤¤¤=¤* W*¤=¤· be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of the city of Washington: Provided, T { That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may, under such over?hrg:£l0rv’;h]dsu¤gu(t· reasonable restrictions as they may prescribe, authorize any existing °*d° °“*’°“¤i'*¤· electric light company having overhead wires to maintain and use for Pm, P 6.,3 a period of eight months and no longer, its existing poles and overhead` wires west of Rock Creek in places outside of the existing fire limit of the city of Wasliington and of the District of Columbia, and any such overhead wire system may be extended west of Rock Creek and outside of said fire limits to continue only for the said period of eight months, and at the end of said period all right or authority hereby conferred shall cease. And the said Oommis ioners may also authorize any such existing ,D‘f$’;‘0‘}‘g:0,f;f ""*“’“ electric light company to construct and use under such regulations as the Commissioners may fix conduits for the reception of existing overhead wires within the territory formerly known as Georgetown, and to extend the same by an aggregate of not more than one and one·fourth Km i { d it miles of conduit in the same territory. And the United States Electric east oilagiil di-,:.1: ° Lighting Company may extend its underground conduits and wires east of Rock Creek and within the said fire limits to Mount Pleasant, and Washington and Columbia Heights under such regulations as the Com- _ missioners of the District of Columbia may prescribe. Hxnnou AND Rivmz Fizoucr: For the improvement and protection ,,,§f,}f*°°' •”‘* """ 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. To provide for new hull and necessary repairs for harbor boat, one R¤i>¤¤¤¢¤ \¤>•¢· thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. _ BATHING BEACH: For the care and repair of the public bathing B°“”“¥ "°“°"· beach on the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars; and toward adapting the inner basin on the Potomac tlats for a public bathing pool, with the approval of the Secretary of War, four · thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. Fon Punmc Scums: For repair and replacement of public scales, sm". two hundred dollars. Fon PUBLIC PUMPS: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of P¤·¤v•- public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, filling abandoned or condemned public wells, and drilling deep wells, eight thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. Cum or Bumons: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers, B*'*·’8··- oil, lamps, and matches, three thousand five hundred dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen - thousand five hundred dollars. s·r.u· 1.-v01. 2*J——26