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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cus. 130, 131. 1895. 683 electric construction of single track from the intersection of P and Thirty-fifth streets. northwest, thence running west along P street to Thirty-sixth street, thence south on Thirty-sixthtreet to Prospect avenue, thence east on Prospect avenue to Thirty-fifth street, thence north on Thirty-fifth street to 0 street, thence east continuing its route as now located. Sec. 4. That the number of directors of said company shall be . N¤¤·l>¤r <>f<Hr¤¤t<>¤ increased from seven to nine members. '“"°"°°‘ Sec. 5. That the Brightwood Railway Company, the Rock Creek . $¤l>¤*l··¤ ¤2¤d¤ *0 Railway Company, and the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railroad `°°°° °°°’°" mm" Company be, and they are hereby, respectively, authorized and required to sell four coupon tickets for twenty-five cents, good for one continuous ride in the District of Columbia over the lines of said companies, respectively, and the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, and the said suburban roads shall redeem the tickets collected by the Metropolitan Railroad Company, at the rate of two and one-half cents for each coupon ticket presented by the said Metropolitan Railroad Company. Any of the aforesaid railroad companies which shall refuse to MPM-!? f<¤ ¤f¤·¤1 make sale of tickets or to accept tickets so sold as herein provided for, °°°°° '°°°' shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars for each such violation, to be recovered in the police court of the District of Columbia as other fines are recovered: Provided, That the proceeding for the collection of such M penalty shall be commenced within thirty days from the date of the ‘ p' alleged refusal. The supreme court of the District of Columbia shall have, and it is hereby given, authority and jurisdiction to enforce the requirements and provisions of this section in respect of the sale of tickets on the petition of either of the aforesaid railroad companies or any citizen of the District of Columbia. And power is hereby givento the Metropolitan Railroad Company and the Rock Creek Railway Company to contract with each other for the purchase, sale, lease, or joint s,f;,”{’,;mf*°-· °‘ U operation of the line of said Rock Creek Railway Company on Florida avenue and U street, or any part thereofl Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect in thirty days after its passage. Emm- Approved, February 26, 1895. CHAP. 131..-Au Act To provide for the examination and classification of certain pub,",,,- 2u_ 189; mineral lands in the States- of Montana and Idaho. ?— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the £¤l>1i¤_1¤¤·1¤;·· Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, as speedily as §,,§{’,,“`{},‘“{;,,‘}{},,,‘f,,f practicable, to cause all lands within the land districts hereinafter M·g¤:f:nnl:m*¤iy,:h‘:¤ named in the States of Montana and Idaho within the land grant and \'ol.13,p.36’l. ' indemnity land grantlimits of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, as defined by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific coast, by the northern route," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and Acts supplemental to and aniendatory thereof, to be examined and classified by commissioners to be appointed as hereinafter provided, with special reference to the mineral or nonmineral character of such lands, and to reject, cancel, and disallow any and all claims or filings heretofore made, cunts for inns or which may hereafter be made, by or on behalf of the said Northern {QQ3Q_ '““’°""‘ "°‘ Pacific Railroad Company on any lands in said land districts which upon examination shall be classined as provided in this Act as mineral · lands. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of making the examination heroin pro- np%;g1gg_g¤i¤¤¤¤¤t¤ M vided for there shall be appointed by the President of the United ' States, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, three commissioners for each of the following land districts, to-wit: The Bozeman.