Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 1.djvu/491

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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. I. Cns. 221, 222. 1908. 473 withm the reservation shall be subject to such restrictions as the Secretary of WVa.r may prescribe to protect the interests of the United States and for the maintenance of good order and discipline on said military reservation. Approved, May 29, 1908. CHAP. 222.-An Act To amend an Act to authorize the Baltimore and Washing- Mw 29- lmton Transit Company, of Muxgland, to enter the District of Columbia, approved June `-t_W[S'3405:'] eighth, eighteen hundred an 11inety-six. [Public, No. 162.] Be it enacted by tlw Senate and House ofRqpresentat2`ves of the United States ofzlmerica in Oongresa assembled, That; the Baltimore and Wa.sh· D]Q_¤gig{lg>lf‘§°*¤¤bi¤_i iugtmn Transit Com ny, of Maryland, :1 cor ration created by the W¤¤hingmnr°Tr•I:x;]¤ic laws of the State of %ary1and, and authorizegiy Act of Congress to E‘2,'§‘{,$}‘§'i,‘}T“’°‘”“d extend its line into the District of Columbia by an Act approved J unc V°*·2°· vmeighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, bc, and is hereby, authorized and required to furthexz extend its line of street railway within the District of Columbia over along, and upon the following-described R°“*€ ¤P°¢***¤d· route: Beginning where Third street northwest (as saidstreeb is designated on the map of the first. section of the highway extension plan of said District) intersects the present line of the railway of said trunsit c0mpzmy;·t.hancc south on said Third street to Kennedy street; thence west on said Kcnueigy street to Colorado avenue; thence southwesterly along said Color 0 avenue to the intersection of Fourteenth street northwest: Bwided, That said company shall not construct its Q;fg°·0f my W said railway over, along, OI` upon any portion of the aforementioned www by maemm. route which is not now a public hi hway of the District of Columbia {;‘§§{§,‘§‘;§1°$i,‘Q¥*’d” until it shall have obtained, by dcgicution or condemnation, title to a right of way not less than thirty feet in width along such portion of smd route as is not now a public highway; and before it shall have authority to lay tracks in send right of way it shall dedicate the same to the District of Columbia as a. public highway. Sec. 2. That the said transit company shall be emgowerad to con- m§j;§$°'gQ}_f“°"*'°°* struct, maintain, equip, and ogcmtc a single or dou lc track street " railway over said Imc, wit all neccssarz buildings, switches, machinery, appliances, appurtenances, and ot cr devices necessary to operate the same by electricity, compressed air, storage battery, or other motive power, to be approved by the Commisswncrs of said District: Proevdezl, That if 2 cctric power propulsion is used upon §g::};;:i(_n_(___elw_ said extension or on any other portion of the line or lines of said com- ¤~1¤-syswm.' ny no `portion of tho electrical circuit shall be through the earth. mt a return circuit of proper cadpacity and located similarly to the fccd—wi1·0 circuit shall be provide for the electrical current, and that wherever the trolley system is used each car shall be provided with a. double trolley, and that no earth connection shall be made with any dynamo furnishing power for the road. That section four of the, Act _ entitled "An Act to authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit pe}l;§&_’“· *’· M '°‘ Company, of Maryland,ht0 enter the District of C0lumbia," approved June eighth, eighteen undred and ninety-s@x, be, and the same IS hereby, re aled: Prmyicled, /zovvez-er, That smd railway shall be con- __cg:;;£;¤_g;E}¤· ¤¢¤·· structed otpgocd material, with mils of approved pattern, and in a. neat and substantial manner, subject to tha supervision and approyal of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; the standard gauge to be used and the surfaces of the tracks to conform to the grades of the streets established bv the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and where the tracks lic within the streets of the District of Columbia the same to be paved between the rails and two feet outside thereof with such material and in such manner as shall be approved by the said Commissioners, and kept in repair by the said rmlway company. Renam-