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FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 2fT9, 280. 1905. 621 CHAP- 279:-.411 Act T0 extend the time for the completion of a bridge across J¤¤¤¤1'Y27, 1905. the Missourn R1ver at Yankton, South Dakota. [S- 5798-] Public, N0.2 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqpresentatv}ves 0 f the United States of America in Oongmss assembled, That section six of the Act Qugggygga for aipproved March ninth, nineteen hundred and four, authorizing the bm1F1¤g,¤yY¤¤kw¤, ankton, Norfolk and Southern Railway Company to construct a g°ZY¥:§'dCS;,°,},`;,l§$,§.'f combined railroad, wagon, and foot passenger brid e across the Mis- Y*{;]£Qgb§;vQg§· souri River at or near the city of Yankton, South gakota, be, and is p. 62, manceé. ' hereby, amended by extending the time for commencing the com - struction of said bridge to March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and by extending the time for completing said bridge to March ninth, nineteen hundred and 'eight. Approved, January 27, 1905. CHAP. 280.-An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia January 27. 1905. to enter into contract for the collection and disposal of garbage, ashes, and so forth. [H- R- 16802-} Public, No. 29. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 f Re eszmtatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, mt the Commissioners of D£gj;g*g%*¤mb*¤· the District of Columbia may, ou and after the passage of this Act, commés nk 001- enter into a. contract or contracts with the lowest and best bidder for E°,§f’”’ °"°‘* ““"‘°" the collection and disposal of garbage, miscellaneous refuse, ashes, 3*** night soil, and dead animals, in accordance with contract specifications, for a. period or periods not to extend beyond June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten. Said Commissioners shall definite]? fix the collection °°“°°**°¤ di¤*'*°¤ districts in the city of Washington and District of C0 umbia, and stipulate in said contract specifications the number of collections to be made, whether daily, semiweekly, or triweekly in said districts, so that eilicient collections may be enforced, and to require that all bidders °°¤>P°¤¤¤**°¤· shall stipulate in their proposals the increased compensation they will require 1f semiweekly collections are required to e made triweekly or triweekly collections are to be made daily in any of said districts or rtions of such districts, and the reduction in compensation said bidgem will concede if daily collections are change to triweekly or triweekly collections are changed to semiweekly in any of said districts or portions of such districts: Provided, That all garbage collected of nrbm under the provisions of this Act shall be disposed of through a. reduc- ew. ’ tion or consum tion process in such manner as to entail no damage or claim against tge District of Columbia for such disposal, and su ]ect to the sanitary inspection and approval of the Commissioners. All contracts shall expressly provide t at no garbage or other vegetable or animal matter shall be dumped into the Potomac River or any other waters, fed to animals, or exposed to the elements ugon lands within the District of Columbia: Pr·avicZedf2u·t/wr, That said Commissioners Reguxmona. are hereb authorized to make all regulations necessary for the collection smd dgsposal of garbage, miscellaneous refuse, ashes, dead animals, and night soil, and to annex to such regulations such penalties as may Penslnies. in the judgment of said Commissioners be necessary to secure the cnforccment thereof. Approved, January 27, 1905.