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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 1382, 1383. 1902. 731, CHAP. 1382.-An Act Requiring the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad July 1- 1902- Company to extend its Eleventh street line, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¢·esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Anacostia and ,,,,12,§§’f,;’$Q’j,,(§f,;‘““"°l“ Potomac River Railroad Company, of the District of Columbia, be, A¤¤¢<2¤¤¤¤¤e,P¤¢¤— and it hereby is, authorized and required to construct the necessary ddrgpildiiirisilziiigdd tracks andto make the necessary connections for the purpose of oper- E1°“’““"”"‘*"‘““°· ating its cars by the underground electric system, such as is now in use on its Eleventh street line, over and along the following route, namely: Beginning at the northern terminus of its Eleventh street line at Eleventh street and Florida avenue north, by double track, along Eleventh street to Lydecker avenue: Provided, That until the §',.,°'{f,“1§’{’;,gc,,,S line of railroad on Eleventh street is further extended, cars may be l switched on Eleventh street between Whitneyr and Lydecker avenues: _ And pro-vided further, That until provision is made for a further m}.K’g§,’Q°ltL°,Y,$ Rm extension of the line of the Metropolitan Railroad Company on Old Sixteenth street cars may be switched on Old Sixteenth street between Grant and Park streets. _ Sec. 2. That the extension herein authorized shall be completed and t,§f“° °‘ °°"”"“'·” the cars operated thereon within two years from the date of the issuance of a permit by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Sec. 3. That the extension herein provided for shall be constructed Pl“"" in accordance with plans satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and approved by them. . _ Sec. 4. That the said Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Com- R‘gm‘“’ °t°‘ pany shall have over and respecting the route herein provided for the same rights, powers, and privileges it has, or hereafter may have, by law over and respecting its other routes, and be subject in respect thereto to all the other provisions of its charter and of law. _ _ Sec. 5. That the time within which the Washington and Gettysburg oxtiitwémugsiivag - Railway Com any shall construct its line within the District of Colum— C°,j‘;,§j,“gmnded M bia is extendldd two years from March tirst, nineteen hundred and ¤q¤sm¤<~ri¤g_ line three. "'ii’$if3ifi»%§iZt°t‘ Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal ·*‘“*’“"’“°’“· this Act. ‘ Approved. July 1, 1902. CHAP. 1383.-—An Act Authorizing the President to reserve public lands and July 1* 1902 buildin in the island of Porto Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands [Public. No.2·10.] and buildings to the government of Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and I[0u.¤e of Represevztcztires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be, and §'§,‘,Q§‘f.,,I§{‘§,‘§;, 0, U., he is hereby, authorized to make, within one year after the approval lgleggaggdgggiggg of this Act, such reservation of public lands and buildings be onginig em. ` to the United States in the island of Porto Rico, for military, nava , lighthouse, marine—hospital, post-ofiices, custom-houses, United States courts, and other public purposes,  he may deem necessary, and all Om .. . . . __ · cr lands, etc._ the public lands and buildings, not including harbor areas and nav1— granted to ggyem. gable streams and bodies of water and the submerged lands underlying ’“*’“‘°’ P°"° ‘°°· the same, owned by the United States in said islan and not so reserved ` be, and the same are hereby, granted to the government of Porto Rico. to be held or dis sed of for the use and benefit of the people of said Pmdm island: Prorideego That said grant is upon the express condition that bksieasebr new-ved the government; of Porto Rico, by proper authority. release to the " ""°‘ United States any interest or claim it may have in or upon the lands or buildings reserved by the President under the provisions of this