Evening star., 1896-03-10
THE DOLLAR GAS BILL,
Text of the Measure as 1t Passed tn,
House.

The full text of the dcllar gas bill as It
passed the Hous@ yesterday is as follows:
That the Washington Gas Light Com
pany of the District of Columbia is author
lied to charge and collect, after the passage
of this act, fer Illuminating gas furnished
to and paid for by the government of the
United States and others consumers in the
District of Columbia, at the rate of not ex-
ceedinS 81 per thousand cubic feet: Pro-
vided, That if consumers other than the
government shall rot pay monthly any gas
bill within ten days after the same shall
have been presented, said company NAV
charge and collect from said consumer so
1a4ilnS ID pay said bill as aforesaid 81 -
per thousand cubic feet for the gas furnish
ed to said consumer during said month
Sec = That the Georgetown Gas Light
Company, doing business in that part of
the DISTRICT OF Columbia formerly known as
Georgetown, is authorized to charge and
collect, after passage of this act, for illu-
minat-ns gas furni shed to and paid for by
the government of the United States and
other consumers in that part of the Dis
trict of Columbia, al the rate of not ex-
ceedirS Si-2J per thousand cubic feet: Pro-
vited, That if consumers other than the
government shall not pay monthly any gas
bill within ten days after the same shall
have been presented. said company may
charge and collect from said consumer so
thousand cubic feet for the gas furnished
said consumer during said month.
Sec > That section l of an act entitled
An act regulating gas works." approved
June &', 1871, is amended SO as to read as
follows: That from and after the 3pth day
of June. 1874, the ilumina ting power of the
gas furnisheu by any gas light company
person or persons in the District of Column
bia shall be equal to - candles by the Bum
sen photometer, usirS the English parlia-
nentary standard Argard burner, having
10 holes and a finch chimney, consuming
> cubic feet of gas per hour; and such gas
shall not contain more than 20 grains of
sulphur in any form in 100 cubic feet, nor
more thar grains of ammonia in any
form in 100 cubic feet. and shall be free of
the impurity known as 'sulphureted hydro
gen., said impurity to be determined by
pa sSing the gas through glass vessel con-
tanning strips of bibulous paper moistened
with solution of the acetate of lead, and
IL any diScoloration of the test paper is
found to have taken place this is to be held
conclusive as to the presence of sulphureted
hydrogen in the gas. When the illuminat-
ing gas supplied by any company. person or
persons in the District of Columbia shall at
any one time be of less Illuminating power
or of less purity than according to the
standard just heretofore given, 1t shall be
so reported by the inspector of gas and me-
tiers to the company, person or persons sup
plying the same, who shall be subject to a
penalty of 800. to be recovered before the
proper tribunal and paid into the treasury
of the District of Columbia aforesaid for
each and every day during which such vio-
lation shall continue: Provided. however.
That if it shall appear that such deviation
from the above named standards could not
have been prevented by ordinary care and
prudence, but was occasioned by some un-
avoidable causes then the said penalty
shall not be enforced"
Sec. 4. That any gas company or person
placing a gas meter In service in the Dis
trict of Columbia that has not been in
spected, proved and sealed, as provided for
by thel act Of March 8, 1873, entitled IAN
act making appropriations for the expenses
of the government Of the District of Column
bia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894
and for other purposes" for each and every
such violation Of said act shall be subject to
. penalty Of 500. to be recovered before the
proper tribunal Of the District OF Columbia