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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 992. 1903. 967 appropriation may be expended for lightin extin uishin re irin pai)nting, and cleaning public lamps ofga higflier candlepowgri theii thogd provided for above, and not less than sixty candlepower, which lamps shall not cost to exceed twenty-eight dollars per lamp, and shall otherwise be subject to the restrictions of this paragra h: And provided further, That during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four the pO’§,§,',“,§,*},,§,*j,sg*;_‘,;‘*l°’ illuminating power of the gas furnished by any gas—lightin company, ` person, or persons in the District of Columbia shall be equalto twenty- two candles, notwithstanding the requirements as to candlepower pre- · WL 21 v- 252- scribed by section three of the Act regulating the sale of gas in the District of Columbia, approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. ‘ For electric are lighting, including necessary ins ction, and for E‘°°"*°“¤h**“¤· extensions of such service, not exceeding eighty thdusand dollars: _ V Hovided, That not more than eighty dollars per annum shall be paid {lgijghm rice for any electric arc light burning from fifteen minutes after sunset to P ` forty-five minutes before sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wire; 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 city of Washington. · wasnmeron AQUEDUCT. dJ§3“‘“““‘°" ·"*‘““ For operation, maintenance, and repair of the aqueduct and its M“‘“‘°“‘*“°°· accessories, including Conduit road, the Washington City reservoir and Washington Aqueduct tunnel, thirty-three thousand dollars, _ _ For continuing work on a slow sand filtration plant, and for each F‘"“‘“°“ *’“""· and every purpose connected therewith, including the preparation of plans, and for the purchase of such scientific books and periodicals as may be approved by the Secretary of War, six hundred thousand dol- _ lars, to be available immediately and until expended: Provided, That §g{{§Q§{’§,,_ all contracts authorized under appropriations for the slow sand-filtra tion plant shall provide for the completion of the work on or before December first, nineteen hundred and four: Provided further, That m§g,j’*’”°d **P¥*’°P**· the amount for which a contract or contracts may be entered into by ' the Secretary of War for such material and work as may be necessary for prosecuting the work on said slow sanddiltration plant, and for · each and every purpose connected therewith to final completion within the shortest practicable time, or within which the materials may be purchased and the work done otherwise than by contract, to be paid or as appropriations may from time to time be made by law, is hereby increased) from two million seven hundred and sixtyeight thousand four hundred and five dollars to three million four hundred and sixty- eight thousand four hundred and five dollars. ROCK CREEK PARK. R"°"""°°" *’*“‘*Y For care and improvement of Rock Creek Park, to be expended "*"°·°‘°- under the direction of the board of control of said park, twelve thousand dollars. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. P·**>¤·=¤<¤¤¤¤=~- F on orrromrs: For seven members of the board of education, at five Bmw! nr wmcmon. hundred dollars each, three thousand five hundred dollars. not more than one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars of which shall be used during the first half of the fiscal year; one superintendent of public schools, four thousand dollars; two assistant superintendents, at two thousand Eve hundred dollars each; one secretary, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and one messenger, seven hundred and