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 26 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ¤p•we¤¤nd_r¤•erv¤· nues in said city, shall be occupied by any private person, or for any “°“ P’°h‘b“°‘i· private purpose whatever. 17 May, 1848, e. 42, s. 13,v. 9,p.229; 6 April, 1870, c. 47, v. 16, p. 82. Railroads pm- Sec. 223. All railroads are prohibited on the I-street and K-street "*i’“""* ’"°““d °°" fronts of Farragut, Scott, and Franklin Squares. 10 June, 1812,e. 415,s. 1,v. 17, p. 2.:.0. Restrictions on SEO. 224. No further streebrailroads shall be laid down in the city of l<>9¤*i¤¤ of ¤¤’°°°· Washington without the consent of Congress.  10 June, 1s·r2, c. 415, s. 1, v. 17,p. ssc. P n i- ti ons of Sec. 225. The proper authorities of the District are authorized to set ¤*¤**>*¤ Md “°• apart from time to time, as parks, to be adorned with shade-trees, walks, “'i‘:f "‘°y L’° °°t and inclosod with curb-stones, not exceeding one-half the width of any and all avenues and streets in the said city of Washington, except Penn- 6 Alam 187°» °· sylvania, Louisiana, and Indiana avenues, and Four·and-a-half street 47**1 ’P‘B2' between the City Hall and Pennsylvania avenue, leaving a roadway of not less than thirty-five feet in width in the center of said avenues and streets, or two such roadways on each side of the park in the center of the same; but such inclosures shall not be used for private purposes. 0BsTRUoTIoN OF STREETS, ETC., IMPBOVED wHOI.LY OB IN PART BY THE UNITED STATES. Omcer in char e Sec. 226. It shall be the duty of the chief of engineers in charge of 9f P¤\»ii¤ B¤il%· the public buildings and grounds to cause obstructions of every kind to EF ’“£ Eb':;':,? be removed from such streets, avenues, and side-walks in the city of houzizgmmmovd Washington as have been, or may be, improved in whole or in part by fro ni c e rt ai n the United States, and to keep the same, at all times, free from obstruc- ¤¤‘¤¤*¤» M- tions. {ses ii. s. ir. s, 9 Illia.] 12 June, 1858,c. 154, s. 7, v. 11, p. 326. M,,,. ,,,,,m,,t., SEo. 227. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the presuits; district at- ceding section the chief of engineer shall have power to institute suits i>¤*¤¤W>P'°¤°°°°°· in any court having competent jurisdiction, and it shall be tho duty of Ibid. the United States attorney for the District to prosecute the same. May givepermits Sec. 228. Wlienever any per on desires to remove the pavingstones, {ni- certain p ur- or to displace any other work done by the authority of the United States, poses. for the purpose of laying gas—pipes, or for any other purpose, it shall be 'GY}.; the duty of such person to obtain a written permit from the chief of engineers, and such person shall oblige themselves to replace the said work to the satisfaction of said officer, and within such time as he may prescribe. Penalty an- ob- Sec. 229. If any person shall place any obstruction on the streets, structing certain avenues, or sidewalks, so improved by the United States, such person ¤*¤’¤¤'» &°- shall pay the costs of removing the same, and shall be subject to a pen- l)istrict, for each and every day the obstruction may remain after the chief of engineers shall have given notice for its removal. p,,,,,,],,,. g.,, mi. Sec. 230. If any person removing the pnvingstones or other work urotoreplsccwork, done by the authority of the United States shall fail to replace the same how ¤>°°V°*¤d· to the satisfaction of the chief of engineers, within the time prescribed Ibid. by him, he shall he subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each and every failure, and shall pay the costs of replacing the same, the whole to be recovered before any court in said District having competent jurisdiction. GRADES OF STREETS IN VICINITY OF CAPITOL. _ Grndes in vi9i¤· SEc. 231. The grades of the streets and avenues in the vicinity of the ‘*Y °f “‘° C“P‘*°l- Capitol are established in conformity with the plan approved by the 10 June, 1672, c. mayor of the city of Washington, the officer in charge ot public build- and seventy; and for this purpose the plan made by William Forsyth,
 * i,;.1_,,,_s,-P, aes, alty o ten dollars, to be recovered as other debts are recovered in said
 * l5.v-17.p. 36r ings and grounds, and the Architect of the Capitol Extension, as authorized by the joint resolution approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred