Chapter 740. Permitting the Washington Market Company to lay a conduit across Seventh street west
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CHAP. 740.— An Act Permitting the Washington Market Company to lay a conduit across Seventh street west. February 23, 1905. [[S. 7008](/us/bill/58/s/7008).] [[Public, No. 94](/us/pl/58/94).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Washington MarketDistrict of Columbia.Washington Market Company may lay conduit across Seventh street west.Conditions. Company is hereby authorized to lay a conduit and pipes from Center Market eastward across and under Seventh street west, for refrige rating purposes, under the following conditions, namely:
The conduit and pipes therein shall be laid in a straight direction, at a right angle to the building lines of said Seventh street, to the west building line of square numbered four hundred and sixty-one of the city of Washington. They shall be located as directed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and be laid under their inspection; and the cost of such inspection, together with the cost of replacing the pavement, curbs, and sidewalks disturbed in connection with said work, shall be paid in advance by the Washington Market Company, the conduit and pipes shall be used for no other purpose than refrigeration for the use of persons engaged in said square numbered four hundred and sixty-one in the traffic in meat and other articles of market produce; and the said company shall not rent or sell the said conduit or pipes, or any part thereof, but may sell for a time, not to exceed twelve months at any one sale, the use of the fluid transmitted.
Sec. 2. That on violation of any of the above provisions or restrictionsViolation.Penalty for. the said Commissioners shall require the permittee, after thirty days’ notice, to abandon the use of said conduit and pipes and remove them from said Seventh street, and if said permittee shall neglect or ref use to remove said conduit and pipes and place the surface of Seventh street, including the sidewalks, in good condition within sixty days after the date of said notice, the said permittee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a line of ten dollars for each and every day that the said conduit and pipes, or any of them, are allowed to remain in said Seventh street, or the said street shall remain out of repair, which fine shall he recovered in the police court of the said District, in the name of said District, as other dues and penalties are now recovered in said court.
Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repealAmendment. this Act. Approved, February 23, 1905.