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 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 915-917. 1855. 451 the_site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Indiana shall have ceded to the United States exclusive Jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the admmistragon of the C1'1I111D3il laws of said State and the service of civil process ere1n. Approved, August 27, 1888. fCC§pP.bQ16.—An act to regulate the subdivision of land within the District A“8“S'* @1888- c cum ia. ·———·~—~· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America rin Congress assembled, That the Commis- DistrictofCo1umhia.. sioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby authorized v§§{,"§¥g;,_T,'§'} mb'"' and directed to make and publish such general orders as may be necessary to regulate the platting and subdividing of all lands and grounds in the District of Co umbia; and no such plat of subdivision made in pursuance of such orders shall be admitted to record in the office of the surveyor of said District without an order to that edect indorsed thereon by the Commissioners of said District. Sec. 2. That all spaces on any duly recorded plat of land thereon §,¤‘<;<>*S·¤*¢¤¤¢¤~¤¤d designated as streets, avenues. or alleys shall thereu n become pub- ° °y ' lic ways, provided they are made in conformity withethe provisions of section one of this act, and as such be under the protection of the laws and ordinances in force applicable to public roads out of said cit. Sync. 3. That if by the extension of any of the present streets or t€l1};%fggs*{:B>g{§f¢¤- avenues, or the opening of any public way, it becomes necessary to traverse any grounds now used as a cemetery, or place of burial, the Commissioners are hereby empowered to secure a right of way through the same by stipulation with the proprietors thereof. Sec. -1. That the orders of the Commissioners made pursuant to this 0*****- act shall have the force and eifect of law. thirty days subsequent to the day of publication; and all laws and provisions of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. _ _ Sec. 5. No future subdivision of land in the District of Columbia, I"¤¤¤‘°’¤b'**“¤*°¤S~ without the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, shall be recorded in the surveyors office of the said District unless made in conformity with the general plan of the city of Washington. Approved, August 27, 1888. CHAP. 917.-An act authorizing the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company Auzust 27.1888. to lay tracks. and so forth, in the District of Columbia. Be if erzaclerl by the Senate and House of Represenfahlzes of the _ _ _ Un {feel Sta/es (1/";iI7l€7'l-(VL in Congress assembled, That it shall be l¥£_jL¤;$;35€:;}h¤¤;}·¤¤; lawful for the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, a cpr- »-nie mliman com. poration created by and existing under the laws of the btate of W ir- gf? m°’ **" “'°°*‘* giuia. to run and operate steam locomotives and trains of cars for the transportation of passengers and freight within the District of Columbia as hereinafter provided; and the said Richmond and Danville Railroad Com iany may put down. construct, and use one or _ more tracks along Miaryland avenue. in the city of Washington. from Locnmm its western terminus to and across Thirteenth and one-halt street to block two hundred and sixty-nine, and thence obliquely through said block and over and across E and Thirteenth streets to block three hundred, and it shall be lawful for said Richmond and Danville Railroad Company to put down, construct. and use one or more tracks from said block two hundred and sixty-nine over and across