Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 26.djvu/131

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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 170-172. 1890. 77 hereby expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may Expeuseof changes. be required by Congress in the bridge constructed under this act shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the same, at its own expense. , Sec. 6. That the time within which the construction of said bridge C¤r¤{¤;¢¤¤<·=m¤¤v¤¤d shall be commenced shall be one year and it shall be completed °°mp e `°°` within three years from and after the passage of this act. Approved, April 28, 1890. CHAP. 171.-An act to create a customs district of the Territory of Arizona. April 29, 1890. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a new cus- _Ar@¤>¤¤ customs toms collection district, to be called the district of Arizona, be, and d“°"°t °°s°’°b]'Sh°d‘ the same is hereby, established, which shall embrace all the territory now included in the Territory of Arizona ; and a collector shall be Ncougfin-;ressae¤ce, appointed for the same, to reside at Nogales, which shall be the port or ` o entry for the district ; and the said collector shall receive in full for all services as collector a compensation at the rate of two thou- Compensation. sand dollars per annum, which com ensation shall be in lieu of salary, fees, commissions, storage, ami) all perquisites of every name and nature. Approved, April 29, 1890. - CHAP. 172.-An act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home April 30, 1890. Railway Company. ""‘_‘—;" Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the United States cgzlmerica in Congress assem Zed, That the Eckington _Eckingt0n and soiand Soldiers’ ome Railway Company of the District of Columbia g§,,"$p,I,l§{"'{,,§,?l‘Q"f,§ is hereby authorized to extend its tracks and to run its cars thereon 0<>1¤¤¤bi¤· through and along the following-named streets: Beginning at the ,.#“°°dm°°°st°°mr` intersection of New York avenue and Fifth street northwest, south §;ffé,ghf)*}°;mckS along Fifth street northwest to G street northwest, and thence west along G street northwest to the east line of Fifteenth street northwest; and also beginning at the present terminus of its Cemetery Branch 011 the east side of Lincoln avenue, and thence northerly along Lincoln avenue to a point opposite the entrance to Glenwood Cemetery, and also beginning at the intersection of New York avenue and North Capitol street; thence north along said street to the south boundaries of the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home: Provided. That if names. electric wires or cables are used to propel its cars over said streets Underground wires from New York avenue and Fifth to Fifteenth street northwest, the °’ °“*"“~ same shall be placed underground: And provided further, That the said company shall not be permitted to stop its cars at its western Stoppages, terminus, or at any ppint within the city imits, for a longer time than is necessary to ta e on and let oE its passengers. Said company shall charge not exceeding five cents fare for one continuous ride rm. from any point on its line to the terminus of its main line or any of its branches. And said company is authorized to use overhead wires sei-ui capita street on its North Capitol Street Branch. ’°“‘°*°"°' °“d'"’°s‘ Sec. 2. That so much of the original charter of the Eckington and Vo1.25,p.190. Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, granted by act approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as authorized the construction of a branch on First street west, from New York avenue rigs: street mum to the south boundary of the Soldiers’ Home be, and the same is °b°““"°‘ hereby, repealed.