The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall have power to erect light, and maintain lamp posts, with lamps, outside of the city limits, when, in his judgment, it shall be deemed proper or necessary.
D.C. Code § 1-305.03
Maintenance of lights outside city limits
June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 104, ch. 180, § 3
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