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 328 FIFTY -SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1:. 322. 1892. the United States, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, 'any of the company’s work that the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety of the Washington Aqueduct and the works pertaining thereto, including its telephone line, or for the proper drainage of the United States lands, its reservoirs and other works, or for the proper "use and orderly appearance of the Conduit road; and the said company and its successors shall also deposit as · aforesaid such further sums for said purposes and at such times as the nmiummms. Secretary of War shall direct. The said moneys shall be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and whatever shall remain of said deposits after the completion of the work for which they may be obtained shall be returned to said company with an account of their djsbnrsementin detail. The disbursements of said deposits shall, except in case of emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War. During the construction and after the completion of said railway its agents and servants, when on the public land of the United States, shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. The provisions of this act, as far as applicable shall apply to any extension of this railway in the State of Maryland 0r<>¤¤i¤z ¤td1¤¤·¤> that may be granted by the authorities of said State; and the said ’""'g ""?°"°"’ Washington and Great Falls Railway may cross the projection of the United tates land at a point on the south side of the Conduit road rmucem umm. just west of the distributing reservoir, and the provisions of section °‘°· fifteen of the act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eight- Vohunm een hundred and ninetyone, entitled “An act to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway Company, of the District of Columbia/’ shall control and govern all the privileges granted by this act to the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company, and said section sha be held to include the Washington Aqueduct and its tunnels cmuucum. and all other works connected therewith. Said Washington and Great Falls Railway shall everywhere be constructed in a neat and substantial manner material, subject, for such parts of the line as are within the j`ation of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to the supervision and approval of said Commissioners, and, for such parts of the line as are in any jurisdiction outside of the District of Columbia, to the supervision and approval of the proper authorities Gauge. of such jurisdiction; the gauge of the track to be the same as that of the Washington and Georgetown Railway; and the said Washington and Great alls Railway Company shall where its tracks run on or ' across any street or road which is under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or across any other road outside rim;. the District of Columbia, pave the same between the rails and sets of rails and two feet outside thereof with such material and in such manner as shall be approved by such proper authorities, as the case may rmmampm. require, and shall keep the same in repair at its own expense; and if the said corporation shall fail to make any necessary repairs within ten days after notice has been given by said authorities, the repairs shall be made by_ said authorities and the cost thereof, except as hereinbefore provided, if not paid voluntarily, shall be recovered by them beibre any court of competent jurisdiction; and the amount of such repairs shall be a lien upon all property of said company Erection of poles m from the time the same are made until paid by the company. That the "*""· said corporation shall operate its said road by electric power, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized to erect and maintain such poles and aerial lines as may be necessary for the proper conduct of said power; such lines to be built in the most perfect and substantial mangra:;:?, { G ner: Provided, That in order to prevent any danger or damage to the ,,,,,,‘"§,,,, ’Q",§,§,,,,,,‘{,",g United States telephone line between the Great Falls of the Potomac ¤¤<·· and Washington, belonging to the Washington Aqueduct, or to its instruments, from the electric wires of said railway company, the said company shall, at all times and at its own expense remove, change, and