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 1374 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 456. 1899. - agreed upon, or, in case of disagreement, upon terms determined by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, which is authorized and directed to give hearing to the interested parties and to tix the terms of joint trackage. Payments for the use of the tracks shall be made monthly, in advance; default in such payments shall suspend the right of the company to use the tracks until such payment IS made; that the motive power shall be cable, electric, compressed air, or other • mechanical power, other than steam locomotive power; and wherever the trolley system is used, a return wire, similar in capacity, situation, and insulation to the feed wire, shall be provided for the current, and each car shall be provided with a double trolley; and no dynamo furnishing power to the road, or any portion thereof, shall have either of its poles connected to the earth. PLANS. mm. SEO. 3. That all plans of location and construction shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. EXCATATIONS, 1¤x¤•v•¤<>¤¤- S10. 4. That excavations in the highways shall be madeonly under - permits from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and subject to regulations prescribed by them. CONSTRUCTION. , ¤¤¤•¤r¤¤¤¤¤· Sec. 5. That the said railway and its appurtenances shall be con- _ structed in a substantial and durable manner, subject to inspection by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. All changes to existing structures in public space shall be made at the expense of the company. 1>m·0s1rs. 1>·1>¤•i¢•- Sec. 6. 'Ihat the said company shall deposit such ums as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may require, to cover the cost of V District inspection and the cost of changes to public works in the streets. CARE OF ROADWAX'. cmezmawsy. Sec. 7. That the company shall keep the space between its rails and · tracks and two feet exterior thereto in good condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The pavement of these spaces shall be at least as good as that of the contiguous roadway. The proper authorities shall have the right to make changes of grade and other improvements which they may deem necessary; and when any highway occupied.by the company is improved, the company shall bear the entire expense of improving said spaces to correspond with the remainder of the roadway. The requirements of this section shall be enforceable under the provisions of section five of the Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. ` GUARANTEE nnrosrr. · cumm m>¤•i•=- S20. 8. That within sixty days from the approval of this Act the company shall deposit one thousand dollars with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia,to guarantee the construction of its railway within the prescribed time. If this sum is not so deposited this charter shall be void. If the sum is so deposited and the road is not in operation as herein prescribed, said one thousand dollars shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia and this charter shall be void. cA1zs. cm. Sec. 9. That the cars shall be iirstclass and shall be kept in good condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.