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 782 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 333. 1903. to make said deposit of one thousand dollars within the said thirty days or the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars within the said ninety days, then that all rights of the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railwuhiugzouaiiinsi road Company under this Act shall be forfeited: In which event, the izcgiiiiialiallicinisardv Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway (Jompauy may, @ °"'““” ’i“""“ K within ten da s from the default made by the Great Fa is and Old emit Dominion Railroad Company, make the said deposit or deposits, and have and enjoy all the rights, rivileges and franchises granted by this Act to the Great Falls and Cld Dominion Railroad Company. R<·=¤¤¤d*¤¤ *>'id€°- Sec. 3. That within sixty days after the sum of twenty-Ev; thoud d llar shall have been deposited by said company, as_ ere1n— bzlfore (iequired, the Commissioneiés of_:ll;e District lof (iolugnbia shall, as tl as sible procee wi the wor o_ c an ng_ or rebiliddiiilg dhs supleorsstructure of the said Acmeduct Btridge, chiizrging the cost of said work to sa1d_depos1t, and s all continue same unti 1*;****- of dem, said work is completed: :Pr0m _, That 1f said sum is found at any ` time during the prosecution of said work to be insufficient to complete the same, in the o inion of said Commissioners, the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company sholl deposit with toe; collectcértof s f 'd Distt h dditiona sum or sums, no o excee en tthbiisaiid Sdbllars, ardctlid“Commissioners of the District of Columbia d. Ti¤¤u¤*“°' *'*°* ma§=:c??1lnT1hdtS;iaithin ninety days after the completion of the work of um; changing or rebuilding said bridge, or during the progress of said work, as may be directed by the said Commissioners, the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company is hereby authorized and directed, under such regulations and upon such plans as may be a proved by said Commissioners, to lay upon said bridge and across Lomtlnn. lg street and in -Thirty-sixth street to such point south of Frospect street, in the city lof {Washington, as piaykbe aplproved by sa1d_Co1m- ` missioners, a sing e e ectr1c—ra1 way rac, W1 necessary swi es d t · — t · th· t the said Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Clamplddyhg hineliy authorized to connect its tracks to be_ constructed over its right of way in Alexandria County, Virginia, with the track hereby autdiorized to bphconstructed upon the said Aqueduct Bridge, d t te its cars ereon. _ _ Use by com mas. 8|nSnd.‘??e'Tahat any other electric street—railway comlpany desiring_ to °°"“’“°“'u°"° use said track for the purwse of crossing said bri ge and securing connection into the city of ashington may be permitted to do so by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia upon satisfying said Commissioners that it has refunded to said Great Falls an Old Dominion Railroad Compan such proportional part of the sum deposited by said company, as derein required, as may be agreed upon between said companies as a fair and eguitable compensation for said privile e, and in the event that the said companies shall fail to agree upon tlge amount to be so refunded, either or any of them may apply b tition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, w ic slialle immediately provide for proper notice to and hearing of all parties interests, and shall havo powlor to determine the amount to be f cl df the use of said trac. mmm. SS1l;)ol€6.mTheat tlile company or companies using said track shall at all times keep the bridgle iioor and the fpavement between the rails of said track and for a istance of two eet outside thereof in repair to the satisfaction of said Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and in the Event the said! railway company op oomlpgzoaos pegéept op f to 1 oor an pavemen 1D 1‘€p3.l o _ is ac n s:id1SC0mm§sIioS1iiers, the Commissioners are hereby au thorized to make such repairs and collect the cost of the same from such railroad company or companies in such manner as is now provided by law in cases where street pavements adjacent to street-rai way tracks are repaired by said District; and if the cost of said repairs is not paid by said