Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 32 Part 1.djvu/980

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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 856. 1903. 915 — PLANS. Sec. 7. That before an portion of the work of construction within APR'°"* 0* Pl""' the District of Columbia. herein described shall be begun, plans thereof (hmm'- in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be prepared by the company undertaking such work, and shall be submitted for approval to the ommissioners of the District of Columbia; also in so faras ppblic parks and reservations may be affected, for approval also of the cretary of War; and also in so far as under round construction is involved, for approval also of the Superintendgent of the Library of Congress. Du y authenticated copies of said plans shall, after approval, be filed with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all work shall be done in accordance therewith. The compan under- ,m¤i°* °°“‘ °’ taking such work shall deposit with the collector of taxes sued sums of money as the Commissioners of the District may reasonably requireto cover the cost of District inspection. Lrmrr or rum Fon. oourmuon. Sm. 8. That of the works herein described, the lines of railroad ,,gf”*° °* °°¤¤*¤°· l leading northward and southward from the main passenger station and ` terminal connecting the same with lines of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and lines of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, respectively shall be completed, and the main passenger station and terminals shall be ready ger occupancy, within five years from the date of the e of this Act. The construction of said passenger station and terminal and viaduct by said terminal company, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed and taken to be a full compliance by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company with the uirements in that regard of the said Act relating to it, approved lltlbruary twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, and the respective periods of five and six years from the V°‘·‘”·¥’·""* passage of said Act, as mentioned in section eight thereof, are hereby exten ed respectively for Eve and six years from the passage of this Act. Except as modified bly this Act, all the provisions of said Act relating to the Baltimore an Ohio Railroad Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, shall be and remain in full force and effect. Rauovn. or 'rnacxs rkou mn MALL. The construction of the lines of railroad hereinbefore mentioned, m§n°¤g,f:g}_§{ "*°’** connecting the railroad of said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washin — ` ton Railroad Company with said main passenger station and termimd, whether constructed wholly by said Philadel hia, Baltimore and lVashington Railroad Comdpany or said terminai) company, or partly by each, shall relieve said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Vashington Railroad Company of any and all uties and obligations respecting relocation of its resent passenger tracks and termmal, and location, construction, andp operation of new passenger station and new terminal tracks, as prescribed in the Act relating to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and V°l· *1- P· 7°’· one; and upon completion either by said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company or said terminal company, or in part by one and in part by the other, of said connecting ines of railroad ready for use, in connection with said main passenger station and terminal. as contemplated by this Act, and within five years from the passage of this Act the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and lVashington Railroad Company shall be, and it is hereby, required to remove its present eastern connection between its passenger station and its line on Virginia avenue via Sixth street, including the tracks on Sixth