SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 477. 1925. 1249 WATER DEPARTMENT WMM d¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤¢- For revenue and inspection and distribution branches: For per- P°¤’·°¤*·*S°"*°•¤~ gona]? services in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, 129, 10. Fonmaintenance of the water department distribution system, °P°'°“°¤ °’¤°°S°°· including pumping stations and machinery, water mains, valves, fire and public hydrants, water meters, and all buildings and accessories and the purchase and maintenance of motor trucks, purchase of fuel, oils, waste, and other materials, and the employment of all labor necessary for the proper execution of this work; and for contmgent expenses, including books, blanks, stationery, printing, postage, damages, purchase of technical reference books, and periodicals, not to exceed $75, and other necessary items, $10,000; in all, for maintenance, $447,000. For extension of the water department distribution system, laying p,1QQ§,ffb““°" °" of such service mains as may be necessary under the assessment systerniil $175,000. f — 1 I e rates 0 assessment for la in or constructin water mains ,,,‘““‘““°"“ °‘ *"' and service sewers in the Districtiibf gColumbia underézhe provisions f¤i¤?;¤m;¤:¤nfl mm of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the laying of water mains V°"°3*"‘°“· and service sewers in the District of Columbia, the levying of assessments therefor, and for other purposes," a proved April 22, 1904, are hereby increased from $1.25 to $2 and $,1 to $1.50, respectively, per linear front foot for any water mains and service sewers constructed or laid during the fiscal year 1926. For installing water meters on services to private residences and ,,Y,‘§.'L§,§{,T§?g§_° {,'§,,]”"' busmess places as may not be required to install meters imder existing regulations, as may be directed by the commissioners; said meters at all times to remain the property of the District of Columbia, $30,000. For installing fire and public hydrants, machinery, and appur- HY°¤*¤“· tenances required for necessary extensions, $23,000. For six thousand one hundred feet of sixteen—inch main in N°""”’*"’· Nebraska Avenue from Wisconsin Avenue to Fort -fifth Street, and south in Forty-fifth Street to a point between Klingle and Lowell Streets northwest, $50,000. For three thousand five hundred and fifty-six feet of thirty-inch main in Rhode Island Avenue northeast, between Sixteenth Street and Queens Chapel Road northeast, $70,000. For five thousand eight hundred feet of sixteen-inch main in Allison Street, from Illinois Avenue to New Hampshire Avenue and gpgtheast in New Hampshire Avenue to North Capitol Street, ,000. For laying six thousand five hundred feet of sixteen—inch main in Grant Street from Forty-eighth to Fiftieth Streets; Fifty-third Street from Grant to Foote Streets; Foote Street from Fifty-third to Fift -sixth Streets; Fifty-sixth Street from Foote to Dix, and east in l)ix Street to Eastern Avenue, $42,000. _ _ For laying one thousand two hundred feet of sixteen-inch mam in I Street from Sixth to Eighth Streets, and south in Eighth Street to H Street northwest, $13,000. _ _ Sec. 2. That the services of draftsmen, assistant engineers, lcv- mff,‘;’§‘*(§“0fx§‘I‘;§‘§,,f§g’Q,f élcrs, transitmen, rodmen, chainmen, computers, copy1sts,_0verseers, Orprzfgmegén and inspectors temporarily required in connection Wlth sewer, emiiioysii. street, street-cleaning or road work, or construction and repair of buildings and bridges, or any general or special engineering or coustruction work authorized by appropriations may be employed exclusively to carry into effect said appropriations when specifically and in writing ordered by the commissioners, and all such necessary
