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 772 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 353. 1901. the company, upon paying into court the zmiount so assessed or awarded, may enter upon and take possession of the land and property covered thereby irres ective of whether exceptions to said assessment or award shall oe Bled) or not, and the subsequent roceedin s shall not interfere with or affect such possession, but shalll only atgect the smmgs for mmm- amount of the compensation to be paid. And it shall be lawful for {§§§‘?"°s' °t°" ““°h°r` said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company to extend and construct, from time to time, branch tracks or sidings from the lines of railroad authorized by this Act into any lot or lots adjacent to any street or avenue along which said lines of railroad are located, upon the application of the owner or owners of such lot or lots, to enable such owners to use their property for the pur oses of coal, wood, or lumber yards, manufactories, warehouses, and) other business enter- -¤e gradecrossingto prises: Pm/mfded, however, That no grade crossing of any street or b° °’°m°’°l"' avenue within the city of Washington shall be thereby created, but such connecting tracks shall be carried across such street or avenue in such manner as not to obstruct the free use thereof, and the lans of such connecting tracks shall in every case be first Bled witll) and Squares 261, 270, em. a proved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Provided _f£·rt}w7·, That as to square southeast of square two hundred and sixty- seven and square two hundred and seventy the Southern Railway Company (a railroad corporation of the State of Virginia, whose trains now move and are expected to continue to move to and from Washington over the tracks of the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company and Washington Southern Railroad Company under agreements existing or hereafter to be made with the last-named companies granting the necessary right therefor) and its successors shall have the same rights of acquisition by purchase or condemnation, to be exercised under the same conditions, as are in this Act provided for the acquisition of additional land by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company; and such squares when so acquired may be used by said Sout ern Railway Comfpany and its successors to accommodate the handling and delivery o local freight traffic and for its other corporate purposes in the District of Columbia. LONG BRIDGE. §ggg€m§d§,;*·subS,,_ Sec. 11. That inasmuch as the present Long Bridge over the Pototute new mime mac River is inadecsuate for the accommodation of the largely increased b"dg° E"' railroad and vehicu ar traific, is in a measure obstructive of navigation, and needs to be reconstructed, the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company is herebv directed and required to remove the resent Long Bridge across the Potomac River, and, in accordance widh plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, to build on practically the same line a new bridge in lieu thereof, said new bridge to be for railroad purposes only and to be adaipted for two or more railway tracks, the ong Bridge to be remove and the new bridge constructed within four years from the date of the passage of this Act. The said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company shall remove the Lon Bridge and shall build, maintain, and keep in repair said new bridge at 1ts own cost and expense, and shall maintain an eflicient draw in said new bridge, operating the same so as not to unnecessarily impede the free navigation of the Potomac River at any hour of the day or ni ht, and shall give other railroad companies the right to pass over said bridge upon such reasonable terms as may be agreed upon between the companies or prescribed by Congress. — rhssmiona BRIDGE. New v¤¤¤¤¤g¤r Sec. 12. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereb authorized budge wmomm to enter into a contract with the Baltimore and Potomac Rgilroad Com- · pany or any other party to construct within two years after the passage