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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss. H. Ch. 992. 1903. 965 Toward constructing outfall sewer and siphon, one hundred and fifty O"“"“ “"'"· °*°· thousand dollars. Any balances of former a propriations remaining after the execution U°° °' b”***¤°°¤· of contracts for works of the sewage dis sal system may be applied by the Commissioners of the District of glumbia in the execution of other portions of said sewage disposal system. · STREETS. · Sheets- SPRINKLING, SWEEPING, AND GLEANING: For sprinkling, sweeping, °l°’“‘l"g·°‘“· and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, including purchase, maintenance, and livery of horses, purchase, maintenance, ' and repair of wagons and harness, rent of storage rooms, and necessary incidental expenses not properly chargeable to the general appropgiation for contingput expenses of the government of the District of lumbia, and wor done under existing contracts, as well as hand work done unc}:;; the imrmidliatehdirection of] tge Commissgpners without contract:, tw enever it s a a arto the Commis- P'”•¤¥*>· sioners that said latter work can not be done uriilfr their immediate C°mm¤p°mitmd` direction at nineteen cents or less per thousand square yards, in accordance with the s ifications under which the same was last advertised for bids, it shalleht once be their duty to advertise to let said work under said specifications to the lowest responsible bidder, and if the same can not be procured to be done at a price not exceeding twenty cents per thousand square yards, they may continue to do said work under their immediate direction, in accordance with said specifications; one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and- the Commissioners shall so apportion this appropriation as to prevent a dehciency therein. For cleaning snow and ice from cross walks and gutters, under the m§$j¤°Vi¤S ice Md Act approved, March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one ` thousand dollars. · _ DISPOSAL or CITY nnrusnz For the collection and dis sal of gar- 1)****0**** °f "’*“"· bage; miscellaneous refuse and ashes from private residgnces in the city of lVashington and the more densely populated suburbs; for collecting a11d dis sing of dead animals and night soil in the District of Columbia, andplor the payment of necessary ins ection, livery of • hohses, and incidental expenses, one hundred ami) fifteen thousand dollars. Fox mn PARKING commission: For contingent expenses, including "'""*“¥°°”*”*i*"**“· laborers, cart hire, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, planting and care of trees on city and suburban streets, whitewashmg, care of parks, and miscellaneous items, twenty-five thousand dollars. Hmmon AND RIVER FRoN*r: For the improvement and protection of ,mf{f"’°’ ***9 ’*"°' the harbor and river front, the enforcement of laws and regulations, ' construction and maintenance of wharves and buildings, and for other necessary items and services, three thousand dollars. _ Byrmxo BEACH! For the construction, maintenance, and repair of §,f§{§,’i*&§,§j floating baths to be moored in the tidal reservoir or the water front of · Vllashington, at such points as may be agreed upon by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of War, to be immediately available, five thousand dollars; care, operation, maintenance, and repair of bathing beach, to be expended in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars. _ Fon runmc scA1.Es: For repair and replacement of publicscales, °°"""’· two hundred dollars. _ Fon rcnmc pours: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of *’““‘¥’°- public umps, cleaning and promoting public wells, filling abandoned or condemned public wells, our thousand dollars.