538 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cus. 64, 65. 1918. T°"‘“g E"' °"=‘°°$·attached thereto can not be procured by purchase within one month ctc., ll ee.1 c r _ ¤<>;_g;¤¤i¤¤g§m me after the passage of this Act the President is hereby authonzed and 1885, ’ pp' ’°°* 1826* empowered to take over for the United States the immediate possession and title of such lands and improvements, including all easements, rights of way, riparian, and other rights appurtenant thereto, Det mmf [ or any land selected by him to be used for the carrying out of the (-0mp§,,s,m,,,Y§§ p,,,§. purposes of this Act. That if said land and appurtenances and ‘*°¤'· impgovernents shall be taken over as aforesaid, the United States shall Suit mh _ Bd M ma e ]ust compensation therefor, to be determined by the President, pm, ummS;§§{,,y_ and 1f the amount thereof so determined by the President is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover
- y,,,,,,d,,,,,_ such f1u·ther sum, as, added to the said seventy-five per centum, will
‘°*~**“·PP·*°°¤*·m°‘ make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the Tim to mt at mm manner provided for by section twenty-four, ar aph twenty, and section one hundred and forty)-five of the Judiciglgr Code. U on the fgkiénig oveip of sag propetxgtly y the Pipislident agdaforpsaid, tllie tiitile Ap,,,.,,,,,,,m,,,_ · suc prope y so en over s 1mm `ate vest in e United States. For the purpcmes of this Act there is lliereby appropriated out of any_money in the Treasury of the United States not _ Re,,,m,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,d_ otherwise appropriated the sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof g;%;gg;>gg_1¤ DiS¢¤¤¢ as may be necessary: Promkled, That no railroad shall be built in the District of Columbia under this Act, until Congress has approved phl? po8igt_fro51n vi*)h1ch_ sucpéopd gray start and also the route to be o ow in e istricto oum ia. Approved, April 26, 1918. A;ilsil:il€·eig18` 65.——An Act To authorise the extension of a spur track or siding from the
existing lines of railroad in the District of Columbia across First Street Northeast,
l)>p3*§epr;;nd M Streets, to the buildings occupied by the field medical supply depot ._ . _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentativea 0 the United District I Co . . A1au»§¤i;i$1ii.}`;`b'il. States of America an Congress assembled, 'llhlat authorityf is hereby $$,3, ,,,‘},h‘§‘,,,§,§‘}""’ granted the Surgeon General of the United States Army to construct, mamtain, and operate a temporary single—track overhead sidizg across Fust Street northeast, between L and M Streets, to the buil · Prom mg or building; in ipuare six hundred and seventy-three, occu ied g,,,,,cg,,,, mam by tlre_Field edic Supply Deplot of the Army: Promkled, 'f)hat ¤*¤°¤¤· the siding herem authonze sh_ not extend westwardly be ond a pomt five himdrcd and sixt3—nme feet and nine inches east of the lplrtllesent site of Sibley Hosppt _ or any of its buildings· and shall be tedf to tlhe use cg the od1calhBDo¢f>ai·talIp;).ent offthe United States ‘ Army or the perio preceding thec tion o ace and thirt w;`€’m°"l"°"°°°°‘ days thereafter; and within six mouths follo th; declaration elf peace the Suiggeon General shall cause said traci to be entirely re·· moved from e limits of said street and shall cause the aforesaid street to_be restored to its condimonfprior to the construction of the siding without cost to the District o Columbia. 8p"g§g’1§rg'§§,f,;f** *¤¤Y _ The Surgeon General of the Army S@ rovide for the const.ruction, maintenance, and removal of this S1£.D.€)8.S herem. authorized and prescribed, and the costs thereof shall e defrayed from the h appropriations for the Medical and Hospital; Department of the Hgizgidmym Umte States Army: Provided further, That sa1d track shall be used ' only between the hours of six o’clock antemeridian and nine o’clock postmeridian excxipt in cases of extreme emergency, and trains shall e operated with e least possible noise. Approved, April 29, 1918.
