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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cns. 723, 724. 1888. 353 CHAP. 'l23.—An act making May thirtieth a holiday in the District of Columbia. August L 1889- Re at enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America an Congress assembled, That the thirtieth D¤¤¤*¤¤¤¤.D¤§‘— , day of May in each year, usually called “Decoration Day," shall be, :¤ie°iiiib¤iii’11¤ii1iSia.ZDls` and hereby 1S, made a holiday within the District of Columbia as fully in all respects as are the days mentioned as holidays in section nine hundred and ninety-three of the Revised Statutes of the District n»»~.sm¤.n.c sa-. Of CO]umbi&_ 993. p. 116, amended. Approved, August 1, 1888. _ CHAP. 'l24.—An act to amend the act giving the approval and sanction of Con- August 1, 1858. gressto the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, in the ii District of Columbia. Re it enacted by the Senate and House og Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem Zed, That the act giving Amcqscia snq Poto the approval and sanction of Congress to the route and termini of B`;?,-;.§`§€'C§i3{Kl§Z?’ the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, approved February r.m¤sa¤¤¤r,¤uu¤». eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, and) amended March '“$',;]_18,p_m_ twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be, and the same V<>!·19·P-26- is hereby, amended so as to authorize said company to lay tracks and run cars thereon from the intersection of its tracks on Mstreet south with Seventh street east; along Seventh street to G street south; along G street to Fourth street east; along Fourth street to E street I-·°°¤¤°¤· south; along E street to Canal street; along Canal street to B street south, along B street south to Third street west; along Third street to Missouri avenue; along Missouri avenue to Sixth street west; along Sixth street to B street; north along B street to a point near the Center Market to be named by the Commissioners of the District of _ . Columbia: Provided, That the said company shall complete the g,‘{{’IQ'g;im above-mentioned tracks and run cars thereon within one ear from the approval of this act, and from the intersection of its traclgs on M street south with Second street west; along Second street to its tracks on Canal street: Provided, That said company shall complete the lastmentioned tracks  run cars thereon within two years from the _ approval of this act. The company is also authorized to extend its g,f;§fj'§°ge,f;,j‘;Y‘ tracks and run cars thereon from its track at Seventh and G streets southeast herein mentioned, along G street to Seventeenth street east; along Seventeenth street to E street south; along E street to and beyond the entrance to the Congressional Cemetery at a point to be named by the Commissioners of the District of Co umbia, after the sagd streetrirlghallhhaveibeen improved.b t d t 1 xd I k EC. 2. at thesair compan ma e permit e o p ace or cause M **2;* Imc ¤¤ to be placed upon the Anacostia? bridge an additional track, and the A"°°°°°t bndg" rails of both tracks shall be of such form as will oder the least obstruction to ordinary traiiic, and subject to approval by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said company shall also construct at leastasingle track, with necessary switches and turn-outs, along Harrison street, in Anacostia, to the entrance to thegrounds of the German Orphan Asylum, and run cars thereon within six months after la ing the track mentioned on said bridge. _ Sec. 3. That the said company is also authorized to extend its track AS§_·§*l$,f*°¤ *0 mm and run cars thereon from its present terminus on Nichols avenue, near Anacostia, by the way of Lichols avenue to the entrance to the grounds of the Government Hospital for the Insane, and along said avenue and the Livingstone road to the District line. _ Sec. 4. That should any part of the track extension herein author- Fsé of ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤k¤» ized coincide with portions of any other duly incorporated street railway in the District of Columbia, but one set of tracks shall be used sryr L-—voL xxv—23 _