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

Public comfort stations, etc. Appropriation for expenses.

hundred dollars, in the police court of said District, and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment in the workhouse of said District for not longer than sixty days. And the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby likewise appropriated, to be expended by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the construction, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public-comfort stations and information booths during the period aforesaid.

Loan of flags, etc., for decorating. Provisos. Time limit. Indemnification for damages. Loan of tents, etc. Indemnification for damages, etc. Bond.

Sec. 5. That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the committee on inaugural ceremonies such ensigns, flags, and so forth, belonging to the Government of the United States (except battle flags), that are not now in use and may be suitable and proper for decoration and may, in their judgment, be spared without detriment to the public service, such flags to be used in connection with said ceremonies by said committee under such regulations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the said Secretaries, or either of them, in decorating the fronts of public buildings and other places on the line of march between the Capitol and the Executive Mansion and the interior of the reception hall: Provided, That the loan of the said ensigns, flags, signal numbers, and so forth, to said chairman shall not take place prior to the twenty-fourth day of February, and they shall be returned by him by the tenth day of for March, nineteen hundred and five: Provided further, That the said committee shall indemnify the said Departments, or either of them, for any loss or damage to such flags not necessarily incident to such use. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to loan to the inaugural committee, for the purpose of caring for the sick, injured, and infirm on the occasion of the inauguration of the President of the United States, March fourth, nineteen hundred and five, such hospital tents and camp appliances and other necessaries, hospital furniture, and utensils of all descriptions, ambulances, horses, drivers, stretchers, and Red Cross flags and poles belonging to the Government of the United States as in his judgment may be spared and are not in use by the Government at the time of the inauguration: Provided, That the inaugural committee shall indemnify the War Department for any loss or damage to such hospital tents and appliances as aforesaid not necessarily incident to such use: And provided further, That the said inaugural committee shall give bond, with security satisfactory to the Secretary of War, to do the same.

Temporary telegraph wires. Removal of wires.

Sec. 6. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to permit the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company to extend overhead wires into the Pension Building and to such points along the line of parade as shall be deemed by the chief marshal convenient for use in connection with the parade and other inaugural purposes, the said wires to be taken down within ten days after the conclusion of the ceremonies on the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and five.

Temporary occupation of streets by railroads. Provisos. Time limit. Restrictions.

Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue to steam railroad companies in said District permits to temporarily occupy additional parts of the streets for the purpose of accommodating the traveling public attending the inaugural ceremonies in March, nineteen hundred and five: Provided, That such temporary occupation shall not exceed the period of fifteen days and shall be subject to conditions prescribed by said-Commissioners: Provided further, That no temporary tracks shall be laid upon or over any of the parks of the city. Approved, January 17, 1905.