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 FIFIY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2510. 1907. 1].27 or condemnation of the land necessary for the plaza and new streets, ` and for reconstructing, grading, and pavin, together with the necessary incidental work in connection therewid, the streets, avenues, and ways changed in line or grade or newly created under the rovisions of said Acts, including the employment on the approval of this Act of special assistant counsel at a rate not to exceed three thousand dollars per annum, and one clerik, at a rate not to exceed one thousand dollars per annum, m connection with the settlement of claims for damages incident to changes of (grade, this sum to be expended under the provisions of said Acts, an to continue available until expended, twenty- five thousand dollars. Toward the construction of fountains, lamp- sts, and other struc- p1f:,“““*““· °‘°·· ‘°' tures on the plaza in front of the new union raillooad station, in accord- ' ance with plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District ~ of Columbia, fifty thousand dollars, said sum to be expended under the provisions of existing law regarding the elimination of grade crossings and appr riations made therefor: Provided, That the total cost mt to the United States and the District of Columbia shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars: And provided furtlaer, That the Washing- mY¤¤:`¤¢¤¤ f)¤¤¤¤- ton Terminal Company, its successors or assigns, shall defray the cost part mw, N of so much of these constructions as lie within the limits of its present property north of Massachusetts avenue. Assnssmnm Aim rmnmrr womr: For assessment and permit work, m{§“$$§§,‘§f°“‘°“‘P°* one hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars: Promkled, That here- Ifgwkomm after repayments from the permit fund to the appropriation for my ' assessment and permit work shall be credited to said appropriation for the fiscal year in which the repayment is made. For paving roadways under the permit system, ten thousand dol- Pm" "°°°"“"‘ lars. ` Wonx ON srnnms AND Avnmms: For work on streets and avenues "Q’,f{Q“ ”’°°‘” *“‘ named in Appendix Aa, Book of Estimates, nineteen hundred and eight, sixty-six thousand nine hundred and nfty dollars, to beexpended in the discretion of the Commissioners upon streets and avenues specified in the schedules named in said a pendix and in the aggregate for _ ` each schedule as stated herein, namely: Provided, That hereafter no {’,,S"{°,,f§,,m,_ street or avenue in the District of Columbia shall be paved less in width than the width now provided by law except by express authority of Congress upon estimates to be submitte to Congress by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Gnoaonrows scmcnumu: Three thousand dollars. S°**€**¤l**¤- Noaruwnsr sncrron scimnnnnz Nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. bonrnwnsr sncrros scnnourm: Six thousand nine hundred dollars. Sournsssr sncrros scuanumc: Sixteen thousand two hundred dollars. Noarnmsr sncrioiv soumvuuz: Thirty-one thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That streets and avenues named in said schedules already mma. Ed h paved with Belgian block or granite Shall not be paved or otherwise Bgg§°}”bE,°c{,,e,:{* improved under this appropriation, and the remaining streets and avenues, except as herein sgeciiied, shall be contracted for in the order in which they appear in said schedules, and be completed in such order asnearly as practicable, and shall be paved, in the discretion of the Commissioners, instead of being graded and regulated. Under appropriations contained in this Act no contract shall be Limit és: asphalt made for making or relaying asphalt pavement at a higher price than l’°°°'”°° ‘ one dollar and eighty cents per mpuare yard for a quality ecpnal to the best laid in the District of (Jolum ia prior to July first, eig teen hundred and eighty-six, and with same depth of base, nor more than one dollar and eighty cents per square yard for laying standard asphalt