The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to issue permits to electric light companies existing on July 8, 1898, in the District of Columbia for the extension of overhead electric wires existing on July 8, 1898, outside the fire limits and west of Rock Creek to be used for lighting purposes only.
D.C. Code § 34-1404
Electric lighting wires west of Rock Creek
July 8, 1898, 30 Stat. 753, Joint Res
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