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 776 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 354. 1901. the north line of M street and the south line of G street all the tracks hereinbefore authorized shall be elevated and carried on a masonry viaduct, which said viaduct shall be so constructed with arches o1· bridges as to permit each and every intersecting s`treet or avenue in the city to be passed and continued under the same through arched openingis or spaces of sufficient clearance to permit the free and unobstructe use of said streets and avenues, in the form and manner and ' of the dimensions shown and indicated on the plan and proiiles agreed EOD between the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the mmissioners of the District of Columbia, and now on iile in the office §rg·£¤¤Brid 8 on M of the Engineer Commissioner: Provaided, That M street may be crossed meet. g by a metal‘bridge instead of a masonry arch, if desired, in order to avoid any change in the grade of said street. dyacawd ¤¤r¢¤#·¤ in The following-named streets within the city limits shall be completely y' vacated, abandoned, and closed, namely: N street, between second street east and Third street east, and Delaware avenue shall be closed and abandoned between the south line of Florida avenue and the north line of M street; E street between First street and North Capitol street; D street between First street and North Capitol street, and Delaware avenue between F street and C street, it being the intention of this Act that all streets, avenues, ways, and alleys within the area to be occupied and used for terminals and terminal tracks, as shown on said plan filed in the office of the En ineer Commissioner, shall be completely vacated, abandoned,—and closed, and the use thereof and of any public reservation or street spaces of the United States within said area be granted ito the said railroad company or terminal company constructing such terminals for the purposes of the same, except that Massachusetts avenue and F. street shall be carried under said terminals by means of arches, in accordance with plans approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. — Authority ¢¤`c1<>¤¤ The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby author-- `me°m’ °°°` ized and directed to cause all streets, avenues, ways. and alleys to be closed, as provided in this Act and in accordance with the intent thereof; and also to make such changes in the existing lines and grades of any street, avenue, or way as may be reasonab y reouired, eemed necessary, or advisable in the construction of the works hereby authorized. That such portions of the structures carrying T and V streets over and under the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company as lie within the limits of the right of way of said company shall be built and paid for by said company; and that so much of the change of. grade at M street and Florida avenue_ as may be necessary to carry said highways under the line of the 1'3.ll1‘O3.(l. within the limits of the right of way of said company shall be paid for by the railroad company. The g/pproaches, however, to said T street, V street, Florida avenue, and l street, and all of the work not within the right of way at said points shall be made and constructed by and under the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and paid for from funds available for the pu ose. location of me eu- Sec. 4. That the Baltimore an1d)Ohio Railroad Company shall, before gm h°°S°` taking possession of the ground now owned by the United States in square six hundred and eighty-three, secure and convey to the United States a tract of crround containing not less than twenty-one thousand square feet, which location shall be subject to the a proval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Slergeant-at—!\rms of the United States Senate, and locate thereon a fire-engine house at a cost of not less than thirty thousand dollars and stables at a cost of not less than fifteen thousand dollars; or, if said company prefers, it may have the said buildings erected by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by depositing the amounts stated above with the said