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778 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 354. 1901. chief engineer of such railroad company, are filed in the office of the ‘°h““g°“· Engineer Commissioner of said District; but that the company constructing said works shall be authorized to make such minor changes or modifications of or departu.res from said plans, drawings, maps, and tracings as it may reasonably require or deem necessary, advisab e, or advantageous and as the Commissioners shall approve and agree to; -¤1>¤¤>V¤l· and in case of any change or modification of or eparture from the present plans the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall submit the new plans to the said Commissioners for their approval, and shall iile duly authenticated copies of said plans, after approval, with the Commissioners. stgllgyjwel 0* ¢¤¤· All work of construction authorized qy this Act which shall affect in ' any way the existing streets or avenues o the city or District not hereby abandoned and closed shall be done to the satisfaction and subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who are authorized to exercise such supervision over the same as may be necessary to secure the proper construction and maintenance thereof. ugaevwit *0* i¤¤P*><=· The company shall also deposit with the collector of taxes of the Dis- ` trict of Columbia such sums of money as the. Commissioners of said District may reasonably require to cover the cost of District inspection. C¤¤=v1¤¤¤¤<>fW¤rk- Sec. 8. That of the works hereby authorized the viaduct and main lines of railroad thereon and extending therefrom to their points of connection with the Washington Branch Railroad and Metropolitan Branch Railroad, respectively, shall be completed, and said new terminals shall be ready for occupancy, within five years from the date of the passage of this Act. — m§§;}°”l°* P’°¤°°‘ From and after the expiration of five years from the date of the ` passage of this Act all rights of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- · pany to maintain and operate the {present tracks of its Washiqgton ranch Railroad within the limits o the city of \Vashington, an the `present tracks of its Metropolitan Branch Railroad south of the northern line of New York avenue, also extending from the north line of New York avenue to the north line of Q street, and west of the east line of Third Street to said north line of New York avenue, shall cease and determine; and the said railroad company shall thereupon, within such reasonable time as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall prescribe, remove all such tracks and structures connected therewith rom the streets, avenues, public reservations, or other property Ug§g¤dr>·§{¤a{;;>g¢g3<;})g of the United States on all the lines to be abandoned as aforesaid. Said way, eww: wusgxnng- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall also immediately execute, 'géf B’°“°" R"“'°“ · acknowledge, and deliver to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a deed, in due form of law, ranting, conveying, assigning, and transferring to the United States 0% Amer1ca all the estates, right, title, and interest that it, the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cgnmpany, has in, to, or out of the lands included within the limits of the roadway or right of way of the Washington Branch Railroad of said company from the west line of Second street to Winthrop Heights station and of the Metro olitan Branch for the continuation of Third street from Q street south to New York avenue, of an even width as north of Q street, subject, however, as to so much of said lands as lie north of Florida avenue and outside of the limits of the city of Washington, to the continued maintenance and use of the present tracks of said railroad company thereon, for the purpose of reachin its yard and roundhouse at Trinidad, until its new yard in or near Igckington and its roundhouse, authorized by this Act, shall be ready for use, but not exceeding six years from the date of the passage of this Act; said company, however, to have the right to remove its tracks and structures from the lands so granted within sixty days after the expiration of its right to maintain and use its tracks thereon.