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 FIFFY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 1415. 1905. 985 Act as expeditiously as may be consistent with the public interests; q and the said Commissioners are hereby empowered, from time to time, d,,'{,‘j,f‘g',§*’““" °°“‘ to authorize any company or corporation now or hereafter o rating ` · and maintaining a telegraph plant or system in the District of)Colum— b1a to locate and construct a system of underground conduits, subsid-_ iaries, and manholes in or under any or all of the streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, or other public highways in said District, as may be requisite and necessary for the purpose of this Act and for the rece - tion of such other conduits, cables, and wires as may be reasonably required in the future by the growth of such company or corporation pr itslassignls, or to adequately meet the requirements of the public or te e service., Sec. §TaThat upon the approval of this Act, and from time to time p‘,§‘ “:,°_ °° thereafter, any company or corporation, or its assigns, now or here- ` after maintaining and operating a telegraph lant or system in said District, shall prepare and submit to the said Cldmmissioners a plan or plans or application or applications, in writing, showing the streets, avenues, a leys, lanes, an other public highways in or under which it is proposed to construct conduits, subsidiaries, or manholes, and giving the general dimensions, length, and course thereof; and before any such conduit, subsidiary, or manhole is constructed it shall be necessary to obtain the approval and permission of said Commissioners. Said Commissioners are empowered to require that all proposed conduits, subsidiaries, and manholes shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plan or permit; and upon the approval by said Commissioners of any such plan, or the issuing of any such permit, providing for the construction of underground conduits, subsi iaries, or manholes within the said limits described in section one of this Act, or in such part thereof as said Commissioners shall require and direct, the construction therein provided for shall be proceeded with ,,,,]Q,*§,.k,.,g*(Q"§,,',$"',,,,_" ‘ diligently, and upon the completion thereof, or as soon thereafter as ma be without impairing the eiiiciency of the telegraph service in said District, the company or co oration constructing such conduits subsidiaries, or manholes shall place its cables and wires therein and take down and remove from the streets and avenues in which such conduits are constructed all poles and the wires thereon, except such as said Commissioners may, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, permit to remain for the purpose of distributing wires for house or other connections. Sec. 3. That any company or corporation now or hereafter owning m!:::;;; f<>¤ ¤=f¤¤¤¤ and maintaining such po es and wires attached thereto on or over any ' street or avenue within the said limits described in section one of this Act, which shall willfully neglect or refuse to remove the same, as provided in section two hereo, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each and everiy day duringhwhich such failure to remove said poles and wires shal continue, w ich amount may be recovered by the District of Columbia in any court of comtent `urisdiction. p€Sec. 14. That said Commissioners be, and they are hereby, empow· mgnarggzicgxmdlgvg ered to authorize the erection and maintenance of poles in the a leys mmem. P0 of said District, and the stringing thereon of wires or conductors for telegraph urposes from alley po es or hou se—top fixtures in one square to alley polles or house·top fixtures in another square for the purpose of enabling house connections to be made, and to authorize the erec- I¤¢¢r¤¤¤ www tion of poles and the stringing thereon of wires on and upon the streets and avenues of said District in the parts thereof in whic there are no public alleys and in such places as the public interests do not require that the lines be placed underground, or in places where it shal be deemed by said Commissioners impracticable to advantageously place or operate such lines underground. During the progress of the work '*`°¤P°*‘¤’YP°*¤i¤·