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FIFFY -N1NTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 2510. 1907. 1].3]. same shall be a valid and subsistin lien a inst the franchises and uwpgoperty of the said Baltimore and Chic Railroad Company, and shall a legal indebtedness of said company in favor of the District of Columbia, jointly for its use and the use of the United States as aforesaid, and the said lien may be enforced in the name of the District of Columbia by bill in equity brought by the Commissioners of the said District in the supreme court of said District or b any other lawful roceeding against the said Baltimore and Chic 1{ailroad Company: $’romd' ed further, That no street railway company shall use the bridge wg,': by ’"°°* ’°“‘ herein authorized for its tracks until such company shall have paid to R¤¤¤r1¤¤•>¤. the Treasurer of the United States a sum equal to one—sixth of the . total cost of said bridge, one half thereof to be credited to the United States and the.other half to the credit of the District of Columbia. For prpggcration of plans and estimates for the treatment of the {Lck $¤;¤¤= {:%*1- valley of k Creek from Massachusetts avenue to the mouth of the pm ° °° - creek, both by the open-valley method and by conduit, including necessary surveys, borings, test pits, plan, and estimates of cost, four thousand dollars. SEWERS. °°"°‘* For clean' and re `ring sewers and basin fo —four thousand °’°•"‘“¤· five hundredmdgwllars. pm S, diy _ For maintenance and opxeration of sewage dpumping station, includ- M“"“°“°“°°· ing employment of mec nies, laborers, an watchman, purchase of . coal, oil, waste, and other supplies, thirty -eight thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. . For main and pipe sewers and receiving basins, forty-four thousand 1******* °“" P‘P°· dollars. _ S bum For suburban sewers, one hundred thousand dollars. 'ih f' For purchase or condemnation of rights of way for construction, mg °”° W" maintenance, and repair of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For continuing work on extension of east side intercepting sewer °*"° *“"‘°°P" from boundary sewer to Brookland, fifty thousand dollars. For sewer in the valley of Broad Branch, between Rock Creek and "°*‘“"““°"·°‘°· Soapstone Branch, and in valley of Soapstone Branch, between Broad Branch and \Visconsin avenue, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars' · • · · · Unexpendcd bal- All balances of former appropriations remaining after the execution ,,,..,8, of contracts for works of the sewage-disposal system may be applied by the Commissioners of the District of olumbia in the execution of other portions of said sewage-disposal system. smears. sms Smmxuno, swnnrrso, AND cr.mANmc: For sprinkling, sweeping, °’““""·°‘°· and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, including rent of storage rooms; maintenance and repmrs of stable, purchase, and maintenance of horses; purchase, maintenance, and repair of wagons and harness, and necessary incidental expenses, and work done under existing contracts, as we l as hand work done under the imme- Pr _ dinte direction of the Commissioners without contract; Provided, That C,,f§.",,Zgt_,_ whenever it shall appear to the Commissioners that said latter work can not be done under their immediate direction at nineteen cents or less per thousand square yards, in accordance with the specifications under which the same was last advertised for bids, it shall at 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 thousan square yards,