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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . II . Cii. 848 . 1930 .

963 District of Columbia, or by any other lawful proceeding against the said railroad company : Prov ided furthe r, That no street railway to pay one-fourth cost company shall use the viaduct or bridge or any approaches thereto thereof. herein authorized for its tracks until the said company shall have paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one-fourth of the cost of said viaduct or bridge and approaches, wh ich sum sh all be pai d to the co llector of taxes of the Distri ct of Columbia for deposit to the credit of the District of Columbia . For the construction of a subway and approaches thereto under Chestnut Street NW . Subway construction the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad under B . & O . tracks Company in the vicinity of Chestnut Street or of the intersection of "' vicinity of . Fern Place and Piney Branch Road, extended, in the District of Columbia on a line to be determined by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and in accordance with plans and profiles of said subway and approaches to be approved by the said commis- sioners, including the purchase or condemnation, under chapter 15 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, as amended (45 vol.4s,p.1437. Stat ., p . 1437), of necessary land, construction of and changes in sewers and water mains, personal services, and engineering and in- One-half 'eC

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• cidental expenses, $250,000 : Provided, That one-half of the total p , load . to be cost of constructing said subway and thereafter the cost of main- ta ining the structure within the limits of its right of way sha ll be borne and paid by the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, its successors and assi gns, to the collect or of taxes of the District of Columbia for deposit to the credit of the District of Columbia, and th e same sha ll be a va lid and sub sisting li en against the franc hises and property of the said railroad company, and shall constitute a le gal indebt edness aga inst the sa id railroa d company in favor o f the District of Columbia, and said lien may be enforced in the name of the District of Columbia by a bill in equity brought by the said Gradecrossingclosed . Commissioners in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or by any other legal proceeding against the said railroad company Provided further, That from and after the completion of the said subway and approaches, the highway grade crossing over the tracks an d right of wa y of th e said Baltimo re and Ohio Ra ilroad Company at Chestnut Street shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind . For recon struc tion where neces sary, and for ma inten ance and Wha rves . y•

Reconstruction, re- repair of wharves under the control of the Commissioners of the pai rs, e tc. District of Columbia, in the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, $15,000 . TREES AND PARKINGS For contingent expenses, including laborers, trimmers, nursery- men, repairmen, teamsters, hire of carts, wagons, or motor trucks, trees, tree boxes, tree stakes, tree straps, tree labels, planting and care of t rees on city and su burban streets, car e of trees, tree sp aces, pur- chase and maintenance of nonpassenger-carrying motor vehicles, and miscellaneous items, $112,500 . PUBLIC CONVENIENCE STATIONS For m aintena nce of public conven ience s tations , inclu ding co m- pensation of necessary employees, $27,900 . SEWERS

Sewers . For clean ing a nd re pairin g sew ers a nd ba sins, inclu ding the replacement of the following motor trucks : One at not to exceed $1,350 ; one at not to exceed $925 ; one at not to exceed $4,000 ; for Trees and parkings . Contingent expenses . Public conve nience stations . Maintenance . Cleaning, etc .