264 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 372. 1896. ·T¤¤•> 9. 1896- CHAP. 372.-Au Act To authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Com- “““‘;‘”" pany, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United nismemczoiumus. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Baltimore and Wash- ,n]i‘€,§“§',§}{WC‘f,',¥,}j ington Transit Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of my ¤¤¤{H•¤¤¤e¤dr¤¤d Maryland, and by amended charter by act of the legislature of Mary- """ uw °m°°‘ land, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be, and IS hereby, authorized to extend its road from its present charter terminus at Takoma. Park, umass. Maryland, into and within the District of Columbia, commencing at the northeastern boundary line of the District of Columbia, on Spring road in Takoma Park subdivision, westerly along said road to the line of Tahoe street extended, west along the line of said street to Blair road, _ and thence northwesterly, following public highways, to a junction with the Brightwood Railway, along a route to be approved by the Commis- Prwiw- _ sioners of the District of Columbia: Provided That the right of use of U“° °f Sp"" md` Spring road authorized herein shall cease and determine when highways contiguous thereto and shown upon the recorded highway-extension plans shall have been opened, in which case the route of the said comd pany shall be upon said highways as may be approved by the sai Commissioners, in lieu of Spring road. _ _ otnmm to mu Sec. 2. That the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company and §,Y,‘Q,‘Q§,“§,'f§,§f °"'°" the Brightwood Railway Company shall have the power to make any contracts or agreements that they may deem necessary to enable the said companies to run the cars of each or either company over the tracks of theother company, and also to contractffqiil and Liss the power of each or either wmpany to propel the cars o e other company- ¤··¤·¤¤¤·=¤¤¤¤¤* ml that said extension of the transit company from the District of Columz °°m°l°u°°' bia line to a junction with the tracks of the Brightwood Railway Company, near Fifth and Umatilla streets, in Takoma Park, District of Columbia, shall be commenced within six months and completed within one year from the passage of this Act. _ ¤·>¤<1¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ f or Sec. 3. That in the event that the company should not be able to come d“h*°f"" to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may belocated to pass, or upon which any necessary buildings may be requ1red to be located, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding thirty feet in width, for its roadway, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such Pmz-iw. purposes: Provided, That the land acquired by such agreement or con. P‘"’"° ““°‘ demnation for right of way for tracks within the limits of streets of the recorded highway-extension plans shall be dedicated to the District of Columbia for a public right of way before the company shall lay its tracks on such land; and that such right of way shall not be less than thirty feet in width for double tracks nor twenty feet in width for single track. MW °·¤¤¤"'¤°° *‘¤“· Sec. 4. That the said Baltimore and Washington Transit Company Wy` shall be empowered to construct, maintain, equip, and operate a single or double track street railway over the said line, with all necessary _ buildings, switches, machinery, appliances, appurtenances, and other MOM" ¤>°*¤*· devicées necetssintry to opeglate thetsame by oaf1h;, electricity, lcomlprcgsed 31l‘ s orage a ry or o er mo ive power o e approve y e omlvowwv- missioners of the District of Columbia: l’rorided, That the right of °"°'h°°d "°u°y°‘ said company to use an overhead single trolley on a street or part of a street shall cease six months after the date of the approval of an Act of Congress appropriating money for or otherwise authorizing the paving of the roadway of such street or part of street except in connection 1 @$**0 *=°*¤° JW with continuous track rails: And provided jvrtlier, That the right of ’ “ said company to use an overhead single trolley in any public space in the District of Columbia, except in connection with continuous track rails, shall in any event cease on July nrst, eighteen hundred and
