SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS.» Buss. .11. CH. 271. 1927. 1311 ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT °•¤•**· For. personalservices in accordance with the Classification Act *’°"°¤“’°“”°°¤· 0fI%923’$104a’?$0. Ii i' d b tte it 4 li S P¤“·= W ¤¤¢s¤* ~or,gener isapp es,,re_,rs,new ,,iesan a rysupp ,,,“ _·_“ telephone andgpurchziae, telephone service charges, wire arid mm M cab e for extension 0 tele aph and telephone service, repairs of lines and instruments, purcgse of pol_ tools, insulators, brackets, ins, hardware, cross arms, i_ - recordesbooks, stationery, printing, iiverykpurchase and repair ogebicycles, blacksmithing, extra labor, new xeshmaintenanoe of motor trucks, and other necessary items, and inclu 'ng the exchan or replacement of one motor truck for 110% to expeed $2,750, du I 1 d I h I or pacing wires o re- ams, oice- atro, an te ep one §¤<=*¤¤wi¤·¤¤¤¤¢· services underground, extension and relbcatioii of police-patrol and itm`i.iiii£mpi°;ii°ti¤l°s,°ii’i)elZ {ire-alarm systems, purchase and additional lead-covered cables, labor, materialpap urtenanoes, an other necessary equip- ment and expenses,. including not to exceed $7,500 for relflacing ,y1;,r{1¤¤1¤¤ ¤¤¤<>¤¤¢• obsolete type qof police-patro signal system in ninth an tenth precincts, - 1 i , ‘ , t · Lxorrmxoz or purchase installation, and maintenance of public mm °°'°°*~’·°'·°~ lamps, lamp-posts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures of all kinds on streets, avenues, roads, alleys, and. public spaces and; for all necessary expenses in connection therewith, inc uding rental of stables and livery and extra labor, this sum to be ,,0, 3, lm expended in accordance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of ` '°‘ the District of Columbia Appropriation. Act for the fiscal year 1912 and with the provisions of the District of Columbia Appro- V°’·”·’·‘8‘· priation Act for the fiscal year 1918, and other laws a phcable thereto $750,000: Promkled, That this appropriation shall not be §",,,"{°,,*’é 1,,,,,,,,, available for the payment of rates for ectric street lighting in ¤*¤·~ excess of those authorized to be paid in the iiscal year 1927, aud. payment for electric current for new forms of street li hting shall not exceed 2 cents per kilowatt·hour for current consumed _ For replacing gas lamps and fixtures and older and less effec- ,,,§}’1?‘,,‘§`_”‘ °" “" tive electric lamps and fixtures on streets, avenues, roads, and public spaces by improved gas or electric installations, purchase of posts and lixtures of all for all necessary expenses intconnec- Pm·¤¤. tion therewith, $40,000: rmrided, Thatino part 0 this appropria- °°°"“°°"'°'°°°“‘ tion shall be available for the payment on any contract required by law to be awarded through comgaetitive bi ding, which is not awarded to the lowest responsible, bi der on specilicationa, and such specifications shall be so drawn as to admit of fair competition. Im V, For rearranging iandimproving police-dpatrol. sigps.l‘system in .a.,H{`h£‘esSeY°$ number fourteen police precinct and exten 'ng telep one systems to °*°°‘- number fourteen police station house, including the purchase, instal- lation, and relocation of boxes, instruments, wire, cable, conduit connections, extra labor, and other· necemary items, $4,200. . For alterations to police-patrol. sigxgal systemztoi provide means ,,,‘S,‘§§§¥‘,,‘;°,§§“*’°‘“* of call signaling in precincts num redone and six, includi labor, material, appurtenances, and other necessary equipment aiid 6x£—6m“’$1’300i ·' “' `4 il ‘ A Aemeenmasmui or the erection and equipment of an addition to storehouse, on mam. land belonging to the District of»Columbia, insquare 298, to be used- for the examination, repair; and storage of material and sup- plies-of the electrical department, inauairé the inclosing, and improving of the ground, to be lately availa le, W, .s