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74Th CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 387 . JULY 18, 1935 .

483 end of sectionalism and the final healing of the scars of conflict and the achievement of a true unity of national purposes " : There- fore be it Resolved by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the U nited Sta tes of Am erica in C ongress a ssembled, That the Comniis- s;o Di sict ~ Co mmis- sioners of the Dist rict of Col umbia are hereby auth orized and mak e s pec ial re gul a- directed to make such special regulations for the occasion of the t'oPo st, p. 1485 . encampmen t of the G rand Army of the Repu blic, which will take place in the District of Columbia from September 21 to September 27, 1936, as they shall deem advisable for the preservation of public order and the protection of life and property, to be in force one week prior to said encampment, during said encampment, and one week subsequent thereto . Such special regulations shall be published Publication of. i n one or more of the daily newspapers of the District of Columbia, and no penalty prescribed for the violation of such regulations shall be enforced until five days after such publication . Any person vio- Penalty for violation. lating any of the aforesaid regulations or the aforesaid schedule of fares shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court of the said District, be liable for such offense to a fine not to exceed $100, and in default of payment of such fine to imprisonment in the workhouse (or jail) of said District for not longer than sixty days. This reso- lution shall take effect immediately upon its approval, and the sum of Appropriation t o r $15,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any expenses, m oney in the Treasury not otherw ise appropr iated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia, in equal parts, is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this joint resolution, $1,000 of which shall be available for the construction . maintenance, and operation of public comfort stations and information booths, under the direction of said Commissioners . SEC . 2 . That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are illumination . hereby authorized to permit the committee on illumination of the citizens' executive committee for the entertainment of the seventieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to stretch suitable conductors, with sufficient supports wherever necessary, for the purp ose of ef fecting t he said il luminatio n within the Distr ict of Columbia : Provided, That the said conductors shall not be used Provisos . Use for the conveying of electrical currents after September 27, 1936, l imite d .•r co nductors and shall, with their supports, be fully and entirely removed from the streets and avenues of the said city of Washington on or before the 16th of October 1936 : Provided further, That the stretching and Supervision, etc . removing of the said wires shall be under the supervision of the C ommi ssio ners of the Dist rict of Colu mbia, wh o sh all see that the provisions of this resolution are enforced; that all needful precau- tions are taken for the protection of the public; and that the pave- ment of any street, avenue, or alley disturbed is replaced in as g ood condi tion as b efore ente ring upon the work herein a uthorized : Provided further, That no expense or damage on account of or No Federal expense. due to stretching, operation, or removing of the said temporary overhead conductors shall be incurred by the United States or the District of Columbia : And provided further, That if it shall be etc . ir es over parks, necessary to erect wires for illumination purposes over any park or reservation in the District of Columbia that the work of erection and removal of said wires shall be under the supervision of the official in charge of said park or reservation . SEC . 3 . That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy daL goanefGovernment ,et be, and they are hereby, authorized to loan to the chairman of the subcommittee in charge of street decorations, or his successor in said