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FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3553. 1906. 497 ing 1amp—posts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lamp-posts and lanterns damaged or uniit for service; for rent of storeroom, cartage _ of material, livery, and other necessary items, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: ]’rov/ded, That no more than eighteen dollars per Promos. annum shall be paid for each gas lamp equip ed with a self—regulating Mm"`°mp°H””P' iiat-flame burner so adjusted as to secure und)er all ordinary variations of pressure and density a consumption of five cubic feet of gas per hour, nor more than twenty-five dollars per annum for each gas or oil lamp equipped with an incandescent mantle burner of not less than sixty can lepower. And during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven dgé; <¤P°¤¤*>¤ i¤· the price rescribed by Congress for lighting each street lamp in the ` District oi) Columbia with gas or_ oil shall be construed to include the cost of the illuminating material used, lighting and extinguishing lamps, repairing, painting, cleaning, purchasing, and expense of erect- _ ing and maintaining lamp- sts, street desi nations, lanterns, and fixtures: Provided, That alibf said lamps shadl burn every night, on A11-mgm service. the average, from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise: And provided further, That the Commissioners of the ¤,g{:_¤¤*-d¢¤*¢¤¤*i¤¤ District of Columbia may purchase, erect, light, and maintain such posts, lanterns, signs, and fixtures for street designation purposes, in » addition to those mentioned above, as in their judgment may be neces- . sary, which lamps shall not be subject to the restrictions of this paraglfaph except as to the time of burnin : And provided {url/m-, That p°¢:;*f.g-¤ *°' h*¤'*· t e Commissioners of the District of Columbia are here y authorized N and empowered, in their discretion, to enter into one—year or threeyear contracts for any one of the above systems of lighting b gas or oil lamps equipped with incandescent mantle burners of not lhss than sixty caudlepower. · For electric arc lighting, and for extensions of such service, not m°¤*·¤¤ 1*8***8- exceeding ninety-ve thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than H eighty-five dollars per annum shall be paid for any electric arc light °°°"°°m° °°' burning from fifteen minutes after sunset to forty-five minutes before sunrise, and 0 rated wholly by means of underground wire; and each arc light shalimbe of not less than one thousand actual candlepower, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or over any of the streets or avenues of the city of Washington. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCP. d,fZ;f*'**°¤°°“ ·*‘¤“°‘ For operation, including salaries of all necessary employees, main- M“¤‘°¤°·°°°- tenance, and repair of the agueduct and its accessories, including Conduit road, the Washington ity reservoir, and Washington A ueduct tunnel, and also including the purchase and maintenance of (horses, vehicles, and harness, and the care and maintenance of the stable heretofore and now in use, thirty-three thousand dollars. _ For care, including salaries of all necessary employees, maintenance, F‘"’““°“ P"‘°‘· and operation of the Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, filtration plant, and for each and every purpose connected therewith, and estimates hereunder shall be submitted in detail for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, eighty thousand dollars. ROCK CREEK PARK. R°°k °’°°" P“"· For care and ini rovement of Rock Creek Park, exclusive of build- °"‘°· °‘°· ing for superintendenlfs residence, to be expended under the direction of the board of control of said park, fifteen thousand dollars. von xxxiv. rr 1--32