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 494 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 317, 318. 1894. G street to North Capitol street, thence north on North Capitol street to New York avenue, connecting with the main line and the North Capitol street branch; also beginning at the intersection of G and Fifth streets northwest; thence south on Fifth street to Louisiana avenue, thence along Louisiana avenue to Sixth street west; thence south along Sixth street to B street northwest; thence west on B street (over its own tracks for such a distance as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall determine) to a point to be located by the said District Commissioners near the east curb line of Seventh street northwest, and returning by the same route to Fifth street northwest. meme or mpsm. Also by inserting in Section two after the word “ hundred" the words, " and fifty.” goprgevw- M5 Also by inserting in Section three, as amended, after the words ‘·two °’ ’”‘°°‘ ‘ years " the words, *‘ and three months." A¤¤·*¤<l¤¤°¤°· 6**- Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Approved, August 23, 1894. A“€“°* 23· 18***; CHAP. 318.-An Act To authorize the \Vashington Alexandria and Mount Vernon N""; Electric Railwaiy Company to extend its line of road into and within the District of Columbia, and or other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ephivgzgin. gym- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Washington, Alex-
 * .2,  andria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, a body incormgg gg iv porated under the laws of the State of Virginia, be, and is hereby,

“'' authorized to construct and lay down a double-track street railway, except as hereinafter provided, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, and other mechanical devices, the number and location of which shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbla, said street railway to be constructed and laid down through and along the following routes: I-¤¤¤¢i¤¤- Commencing on B street, between Seventh and Eighth streets northwest, at a point to be designated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, thence westward along B street to Thirteen—and-a-half street, thence northward on Thirteen-and-a-half street to E street by single track, thence westward on E street to Fourteenth street on a single track, thence southward on Fourteenth street using the tracks of the Belt Line Street Railway, to the Potomac River, thence across the Potomac River by a suitable ierry or trnnster barge to the Virginia shore, with the privilege of a double track on B street from Thirteenand-a-half street, connecting with the Belt Line Street Railway tracks · at Fourteenth street. Crossing mwke- And said company is authorized to construct its road across the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad at or near the long bridge, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. F¤¤·y¤1ii>- And the said Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain, aiter acquiring title to the same, at the foot of Fourteenth street, a necessary landing and slip for the operation of a ferryboat or transfer steamer, said landing and slip to be constructed on plans approved by hl1B Secretary of War, and for the purpose of connection Overhead wirv- to use an overhead wire for a distance of not exceeding four hundred feet, commencing at the extreme southern end of the slip. Stenmtrnnsferbont. And said company is also authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate, subject to the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, a double-end steamboat or transfer barge for the transfer of its cars, with all the modern improvements for the gmx:. mon of safety and protection of its passengers: Provided, That the said com-
 * ,,,,;" “"‘ pany be authorized to condemn for its use for said landing and slip, as