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74TH CONGRESS . SESS. I. CHS . 447, 449 . AUGUST 5, 6,1935 .

537 1 .935 Encampment Corporation : Provided further, That the Secre- Bon d requir ed . tart' of War, before delivering such property, shall take from such corporation a good and sufficient bond for the safe return of such property in good order and condition, and the whole without expense to the United States . Approved, August 5, 1935 . [CHAP TER 449 .] AN ACT To a uthor ize the Pe nnsyl vani a Rai lroad Comp any, by m eans of an ove rhead

August 6,1935 . brid ge to cro ss New York Avenue Northeast, to extend, construct, mai nta in, In .1t .6656 .1 and operate certain industrial side tracks, and for other purposes .

[Public, No. 24x.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Pennsyl- PofRay . e~yia vania Railroad Company, operating lessee of all of the railroads and road Company may appurtenant properties of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing- Due, gnortheas York st . Ave ton Railroad Company in the District of Columbia, be, and it is h ereby, aut horized to establish switch an d siding c onnections with To esta blish ce rtain its existing siding tracks in square numbered 4263 (also known as industrial side tracks . parcel 154/44) to cross West Virginia Avenue into and through Location . square numbered 4105 along and adjacent to the existing main line t racks, then ce into an d through square numb ered 4104 and 4099 crossing New York Avenue by means of a suitable overhead bridge thence to and throu gh square numbered 4099 and t he parcels of land known and identified on the plat books of the Surveyor's Office of the District of Columbia as parcels 153/44, 143/25, 142/25, and 142/28, to and through the square known as and numbered 4038 (portions of which are included in parcel 142/28), 4093, south of 4093, and 4098, with all switches, crossings, turnouts, extensions, spurs, and sidings, as may be or become necessary for the development of the squares and parcels of land above indicated for such uses as may be permi tted in th e use dis trict or d istricts in which said squar es and parcels o f land are now or m ay hereaft er be incl uded as de fined in the zoning regulations of the District of Columbia and shown in the official atlases of the Zoning Commission . SEC . 2 . Before any of the work above authorized shall be begun mPc Plans to be sub . on the ground a plan or plans thereof shall be prepared and sub- mitted to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for their approval and only to the extent that such plans shall be so approved shall said work or any portion thereof be permitted or undertaken . SEC . 3 . Subjec t only to the approv al of the Commission ers of the Vol44p 1352. 8` District of Columbia the crossing of any public street or alley other than New York Avenue, within the limits of the total area above noted may be at or on grade . The said railroad shall, when and as thori didi onalbridgean- directed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, construct at its entire cost and expense, an additional overhead bridge for the t r a c k h e r e b y a u t h o r i z e d t o b e e s t a b l i s h e d o v e r s u c h o t h e r s t r e e t l o - L o c a t i o n d cated betw een Montell o Avenue an d New York Avenue as s uch street may now or or 1 may hereafter be shown on the Plan of the Permanent . System of Highways . SEC. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or Authority of Com- missioners for elimi- abridging the authority of the Commissioners of the District of natin g grade crossings . Columbi a under th e Act of C ongress app roved Marc h 3, 1927 ( 44 Stat . L. 1353), entitled "An Act to provide for the elimination of Vol . 44, p. 1353. g rade crossings of steam railroads in the District of Columbia, and grade

purposes ." SEC. 5. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal Amendment . this Act. Approved, August 6, 1935 . I So in original.