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980 SIXTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Crr. 192. 1911. Stress STREETS. ‘ ¤¤¢•¤i¤s.¤•¤- Sramxnme, swnnrnae, arm cumrrme: For sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, rncludrng rent of storage rooms; maintenance and repairs of stable, purchase and maintenance of horses; purchase, mamtenance, and repair of wagons and hamess, allowance to inspectors for_ma1ntenance of horses and vehicles used in the erformance of officral dutres,‘not to exceed thirty dollars per month for each inspector, and necessary incidental expenses, and work done under contract, as well as hand work done under the immediate direction of the commissioners with- P~•¤•¤•- out contract: Provided, That whenever it shall appear to the com- °°°°`°°' missioners that said latter work can not be done under their imme- · diate direction at nineteen cents or less dger thousand square yards, in accordance with the specifications un r which the same was last advertised for bids, it shall at once be their duty to advertise to let said work rmder 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 sriiid work urgiler thegr hdrrectgon, m accoréllrinhee with said Auumiw w wks cations: further, t w enever it a ar to °'°'°°"°”{"°’k‘ commissioners that the work now performed under iiopritract, namely, street sweeping and cleaning alleys and unimproved streets, can, in their judgment, be performed under their immediate direction more advant usly to the District, then, in that event, said commissioners are ereby authorized to perform any part or all of said work in such manner, and to employ all necessary personal · Purchase or equiv services, and purchase and maintain suc street-cleaning apparatus, mm' °t° horses, harness, carts, wagons, tools, and equipment as ma be necessargr for the purpose, and of this appropriation the sum of forty thousan dollars is hereby made immediately available, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and the commissioners shall so apportion this appropriation as to dprevent a deficiency therein. miyjggvli of ¤¤¤w For cleaning snow an ice from streets, sidewalks, cross walks, and ` gutters, in the discretion of the commissioners, including services, ten thousand dollars. Disposal or cnr M- DISPOSAL or orrY REFUSE: For the collection and dis osal of ‘“°‘ garbage and dead animals; miscellaneous refuse and ashes fiiorn private residences in the city of Washington and the more densely Epulated suburbs; for co lection and isposal of night soil in the “ trict of Columbia,_and for the payment of necessary inspection, livery of horses, and incidental expenses, one hundred and seventy- nine thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars. stgegbhfénqgcé. gg For the purchase or condemnation of a site or sites, and for the pemuem. erection of a building or buildings thereon for a stable and storeroorns for the street-cleaning department of the District of Columbia and for the rebuilding of the present condemned stable of said department, to be immediately available, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars. dglarnrag emma- t •PARKING commission: For contingent expenses, including laborers, rrmmers, nurserymen, reparrmen, and teamsters, cart hire, trees tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, tree labels, planting and care oi trees on crty and suburban streets, care of trees, tree spaces, and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars of which shall be immediately available for labor and for the purchase of machinery and materials to exterminate insects injurious to trees, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars. B•*'¤*¤¢°°*d*— Bxrnrne amen: For su erintendent, six hundred dollars- watchman, four hundred and eigiirty dollars; temporary services supplies and maintenance, two thousand dollars; for repairs and,improve;