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SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sass. I. Cns. 479-481. 1926. 697 operated free of tolls, or the rates of tolls shall thereafter be so a justed as to provide a fund of not to exceed the amount necessary for the proper care, repair, maintenance, and operation of the bridge and its approaches. An accurate record of the cost of the bridge and tmngggj rg;c,;;*¤¤*· its approaches, the ezépenditures for oggrating, repairingaand main- ' taimngathe same, an of the daily to collected shall "kept, and shall, available for the information of all persons interested. Sno. 8. The right to alter. amend, or repeal this act is hereby ·*¤¤*¤¤¤=¤¤*· expressly reserve . Approved, June 7, 1926. CHAP. 480.-An Act To amend section 5 of the Act entitled ·"An Act to i;`il1°Rl'·;¥:¤lf provide for the removal of what is now known as the Aqueduct Bridge, across the Potomac River, and for the building of a bridge in place thereof," approved May 18, 1916, and section 12 of the Act entitled An Act to provide for elimi- nat ng certain grade crossings, and so forth/’ approved February 12, 1901, as amen ed. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and,House of Representatives cf the _ _ United States of America in Uongress assembled, That so much of §-°§§‘,§",,f§°’&§’“}g_*; section 5 of the Act entitled ¥‘Au Act to provide furthe removal Bgyyknt b doom of wliatpis now known as the AqueductBr1dge, across thefotomac muwmrm pzsengem River, and for the building of a bridge in place thereof,°’ app)roved °'°°““"·'°°°“‘°"· May 18, 1916, as feqgires all electric railways using thenew ridge 3°· P- ‘°‘· '** rovided for by suc Act to pay into the ry of the United States the sum of one—half of 1 cent for each passenger transported each way over such bridge, is hereby repeale . This section shall E°°°u"° d“*°‘ take effect (but in no event before t irty days after the enactment of this Act) upon the revocation of that part of order numbered 482 of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, dated July 7, 1922, authorizing the Capital Traction Company to charge and collect from each passenger carried across such bridge an a ditional fare of one-half of 1 cent per trip. y Sac. 2. So much of section 12 of the Act entitled?‘An. Act to §{?,‘Q§,{ B,§',.d'°,;,,,,, rovide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the line of the gggwoggwrggx Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, inthe city of Washing- V0, ,1 ' m N ton, District of Columbia, and requiring saidtcompan to deems peeled. ' p` ’ and elevate its tracks and to enable it to relocate 0; its railproad therein, and for other Hurposesnggproved Fe ruary 12, 1901, as amended as readsas fo ows: " gstreetrailway companyausing said bridge shall {pay in addition jto other taxes as by its charter provided, one-hal o 1 cent for each and every . carried _ across said bri.dge,” is herebyrepealed. . This section shall take eEect E“°"“"° "°°°· upon the reduction of eac rate now in force in respect of the carriage of any person by electric railway from or to a_ point in the city of Washington to or from a point in_Vi1£gi.nia beyond South End station, in an amount not less t an one-hal of 1 cent. ' Approved, June 7, 1926. CHAP. 481.-An Act To authorize the widening of Harvard Street in the iziiiiagyi District of Columbia, and for other purposes. [Public, Ne. 340] Be it enacted by the Senate and H euse of Representatives of the United States of America in Oongress assembled, Thatunder and I§*·;;;;j,°*,§*,gl°_;¤g=¤l:j,g, in accordance with the rovisions of subchapter 1 of,Chapter XV of atgtmgiugiasgsigw. the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, the Commissioners w,d§§_ ° " ”‘" °° of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and "°’·“· P- *51- directed to institute in the Supreme Court of the District of