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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. cs. sai. 1901. 777 Commissioners and Sergeant-at-Arms, respectively, and when such buildings have been accepted by the District of Columbia and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, respectively, or the amounts necessary for their construction deposited as aforesaid, it shall have authority to remove said structures on the ground aforesaid. And the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall have the right to condemn such land in the cit as is l1€1'8lI1b€fOl.'B required, and for said purposes the provisions ofyseptilqn eleven of this Act are hereby made applicable to the rovisions o t is section. _ P Sec. 5. That in addition to the main or terminal station or de ot, m};l¤:,¤*§g¤;e;> grndtdi to be located as hereinbefore provided, the Baltimore and Ohio Igail- Smmmli. g `° °" road Company, or the terminal company incorporated as provided in this Act, ma Y from time to time hereafter construct, establish, and maintain such additional stations or depots, for passengers or freight, as the company may deem necessary or useful in the conduct of its business, or for the accommodation of the freight and passenger traffic passing over the lines of railroad authorized by this Act, at such point or oints within said District as the Commissioners of the District of _ Coiumbia shall alpprove: Pro/vided, That no such station or depot within qP,§‘,{§§‘§‘f,",;,,0,,_ the city limits s all be located east of Second street east, and west of North Capitol street, and it shall be lawful for ei ther of said companies _ to acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, any land adjacent to bg§‘§§‘,‘§{’Qf,_'“"d “‘“Y any street or avenue along or upon which the lines of railroad and works hereby authorized s all be located, and hold and improve the same in such manner as it may deem necessary or beneficial to accom- _ modate or promote. the tratlic on said railroad, and to extend and §f"°°““°“ "E "“"“" construct tracks of railroad into and upon any lands so acquired and connect the same with the tracks on such adjacent street or avenue: Provided, however, That no grade crossing of any street or avenue ggngrggfgfgggssing *0 within the city of \Vashington shall be thereby created, but such con-` necting tracks shall be elevated and carried over the portion of such street or avenue crossed in such manner as not to obstruct the free use thereof, and the plans of such connecting tracks and elevated structure shall in every case be first filed with and approved by the Commis- _ sioners of the District of Columbia. And it shall be lawful for said ;,,§{gi-Fi-3 sig? m°°°` companies, or either of them, subject to the same conditions and restrictions, 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 pugpogps of coal, wood, or lumber yards, manufactories, warehouses, an other business enterprises. SEO. 6. That if it should at any time be deemed necessarv or advis- ,,}Q§§}§‘§§§f" “`“°k' able in the construction of the works hereby authorized to lay temporary tracks on any street or avenue to accommodate the business 'of the Baltimore and Ol1io Railroad Company pending the completion of such works, the said com any may lay such temporary tracks, subject to the approval and under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall remove the same and restore every such street or avenue to its former condition, to the satisfaction of such Commissioners, within sixty days after the time fixed for the completion of the works hereby authorized. ·Sec. 7. That it is the intention of this Act that the location and P““‘“* construction of the new terminals,· terminal tracks, viaduct, and railroad lines hereby authorized within the city of Washington shall be substantially in accordance with the lans agreed upon b and between the Commissioners of the District ofp Columbia an the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, which plans, with the accompanying drawings, maps, and tracings, signed by the Commissioners and by the