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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. RES. 3,4. 1905.

No expense to be incurred by the United States etc.

of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who shall see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced, and that all needful precautions are taken for the protection of the public, and that the pavement of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as good condition as before entering upon the work herein authorized: Provided further, That no expense or damage on account of or due to the conveying, operation, or removal of the said temporary conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia.

Temporary occupation of streets granted. Restrictions.

Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be and are hereby, authorized to permit said general committee of arrangements to temporarily occupy parts of streets with tracks and switches for the accommodation of the exhibitors attending said exhibition; provided that such temporary occupation shall not exceed the period of sixty days, and shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said Commissioners.

Extension of overhead telegraph and telephone wires granted. Removal of wires. Bond.

Sec. 4. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be and are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Postal Telegraph Company, and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to extend overhead wires to said reservation and to such points thereon as shall be deemed necessary and convenient by said general committee of arrangements, the said wires to be taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the meeting of the International Railway Congress on the fourteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and five.

Sec. 5. That said general committee of arrangements, prior to the issuance of the permits hereinbefore authorized, shall make such necessary deposits with the collector of taxes, District of Columbia, as may be required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to guarantee the removal of any of the appurtenances placed in public space and the restoration of public works disturbed by such occupation, and said general committee shall also by proper bond, approved by said Commissioners, save the District of Columbia harmless from any claim for damages arising in any manner from their occupation of public space under this Act.

Approved, January 12, 1905.

January 17, 1905. [No. 4. ] [S. J. R. 84.] [Pub. Res., No. 3.]

Joint Resolution Authorizing the granting of permits to the committee on inaugural ceremonies on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on March fourth, nineteen hundred and five, and so forth.

District of Columbia. Inauguration of President-elect. Use of Pension Building, etc., authorized.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to grant a permit to the committee on inaugural ceremonies for the use of the Pension Building in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and five, subject to such restrictions and regulations as the said Secretary may prescribe in respect of the period and manner of such use, including all necessary safeguards against fire and for the extinguishing of fire.

Reservations, etc.

Sec. 2. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits, under such restrictions as he may deem necessary, to the committee on inaugural ceremonies for the use of any reservations or other public spaces in the city of Washington on the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect on the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and five, which, in his opinion, will inflict no serious or permanent injuries upon such reservations or public spaces or statuary