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 682 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Gus. 129, 130. 1895. said bridge shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passing ot vessels through said °P°¤*¤8 d'"- structure; that said draw shall be opened promptly to its full width upon reasonable signal, without unnecessary delay, for the passage of vessels, steamboats, and other water craft requiring theropemng of said draw for their sate passage; and the owners of said budge shall mauitain, at their own expense, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such Ligiusm. lights or other signals on said bridge as shall be prescribed by the Light-House Board. _ _ Y=·>*¤¢*iv¤ **0****- Sec. 4. That said corporation, or its successors, may, m conformity with plans approved by the Secretary of War, construct and maintain defensive and corrective works in or along said river, above or below said bridge, for the protection of the same and the approaches thereto, or for the improvement, correction, or control of the channel of said river. . Lawful s¤r¤¤~¤r<> Sec. 5. That any bridge built under this Act and according to its °"d ’°°"°“°°' limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the public highways leading to such bridge. The United States shall also have the right to construct, without charge therefor, telegraph and telephone lines across and upon said bridge. A¤¤°¤d¤*°¤*·°*°· Sec. 6. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this Act. c0fu¤g¤;;¤ij_¤;¢¤m¤¤* Md Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect in one year after its approval, and Pshall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date it takes effect. Approved, February 25, 1895. I·`•:bruary 26, 1895. CHAP. 130.-An Act To amend the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United b,f*°‘¤°° °* C°‘“'°· States of America in Congress ccesembled, That the charter of the Metronew of immpoii. politau Railroad Company of the District of Columbia be, and the same “‘§‘,£f‘{§f‘;§l‘§,3$,'f““g°“· is hereby, amended so as to authorize and require the said company to lay down from the intersection of Four-and-a·half and L streets, southwest, along Four-anda half street to P street south, a single track of underground electric road for the propulsion of its cars, thence west along P street with said single track to Water street, thence northwesterly along Water street with said single track to L street, thence east along L street with said single track to its double tracks at the intersection of Four-and-ahalf and L streets, southwest, and thence north by said company’s double tracks as now located into its depot on Seventh street extended. °f""‘°k °fB°“ SEC'. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall locate the said track on Four-and-a-half, P, Water, and L streets so as best to subserve the public convenience, and may in their discretion locate the same on Water street for such distance as they may deem best on the east track of the Belt Line Railway Company, so that the two companies may mutually and profitably use the space of street occupied by the said east track. The said Belt Line Railway Company and the Metropolitan Railroad Company shall each have the right to apply to the supreme court of the District of Columbia to Hx a just and equitable compensation for any rights which may be affected by this law, and _ said court shall have power to issue execution to enforce its judgment. ,¤§§_}:,j;`*_;gyw:f *¤··"< SEO._3. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby authorized and required to lay down and continue its underground
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