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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 353. 1901. 773 of this Act, at a point not less than five hundred feet above the site of the present Long Bridge, a new and substantial brid e for highway travel, of iron or steel, resting upon masonry piers ang provided with suitable approaches, and with a sufficient draw, all in accordance with plans and specifications to be approved by the Secretary of War; and there is hereby appropriated (one-half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half cit of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) the sum of five hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid from time to time, as the construction of the said brid e rogresses, by the Secretary of War, under such regulations as he 51all prescribe. The said bridge shall be for hi hway traffic, and all street railroads cr§S°;°§!§,g¤g;*g%g¤ ¤=¤Y chartered or that may hereafter be chartered by Congress shall have ’ ' the right to cross said bridge on such terms as may be prescribed by Congress: Homided, That the Washington, Alexandria and Mount {ggjgsggemon mb Vernon Railway Company now using the Long Bridge shall be per- w¤ym¤ym1¤c¤:e,ew. mitted, with the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to change its location so as to cross the highway brid e herein provided for; all plans for such change to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Chief? of Engineers of the United States Army: And provided fwrt/wv-, That a standard ···m<>**"•¤ ¥>°w¢*»¤¤=· undergiround electric system of street car propulsion shall be installed by said company on the park highway leading to said bridge, and no dynamo furnishing power to this (portion of the road shall be in any manner connected with the groun, and that the cost of asphalt pavin between the tracks_ and two feet outside thereof shall be paid by said company. Each street railway company using said bridge shall pay in P°·¤¤°¤€°* m- addition to other taxes as by its charter provided, one-half of one cent for each and every passenger carried across said bridge. PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED TO DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS. Sec. 13. That before any portion of the work herein described shall ,,p(f,°,E,“$§i§§§‘{,‘§?” *° be authorized plans and profiles of the entire work, except such as relate to the new bridges authorized by sections eleven and twelve, in accordance with the provisions herein contained, shall be E15-pared by the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company and s be submitted for approval to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. _ Duly authenticated copies of said plans and profiles shall, after approval, °°“’¥"°“°“°"”°'k· be filed with the Commissioners aforesaid, and all work shall be done in accordance with them and shall be completed within five years from _ the date of the passage of this Act. The company shall also deposit m§°I§’,§§’}f,,_f°” °°“l °‘ with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia such sums of money as the Commissioners of said District may reasonably require to cover the cost of District inspection. · TAXATION. Sec. 1-l. That the property occupied by the Baltimore and Potomac wggmgf*¤Y’¤PmP°”Y Railroad Company under authoritv of this Act, together with the improvements which may be put thereon, shall be subject to tax by the District of Columbia the same as other property in the District of Columbia: Provided, That no assessment, valuation, or tax shall be __§;g§g*gm0u_ made, laid, or levied on the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company on account of any bridges, tunnels, elevated tracks, or subway which shall be located, constructed, or maintained under the authority] of this Act, and forming part of said railroad, in excess of that whic would or couldbe lawfully made, laid, or levied if said railroad was wholly located and constructed on the surface of the (ground; it being the true intent and meaning hereof that any such bri ges, tunnels, elevated tracks, or subway forming a part of said railroad shall be assessed and