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 916 FLFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 856. 1903. E&*gglj°Y{g°° 33;*}, street, and its western connection via Maryland avenue, and to convey sums. _ its passenger station building to the United States. And in considerm§‘§"°,.{:{§, °,{, ITQE ation thereof, and of the relinquishment and surrender by said Phila- occupy and use the portion of the Mall, and to maintain thereona new passenger station and terminals, granted to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company by the Act aforesaid in consideration of and as a contribution toward the large expenditures to be made by said company in the relocation and improvement of its line of railroad and elimination of grade crossings resulting therefrom, as repaired ,,,,*g’,‘;}"',{}’§‘,f;,,,,,{‘,lf by said Act, the sum of one mil ion five hundred thousand ollars ` s all be paid to said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Compan, its successors and assigns, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the Uiiited States not otherwise appropriated, an said sum of one _ million five hundred thousand dollars is hereby expressly appropriated T"" °f °°'"°°m’ for this purpose, and shall be paid upon resentation of a certificate by the Commissioners of the District of (iblumbia that said passenger _ station and terminal and connecting lines of railroad contemplated by ,,(,§{§§’,‘Q,,,§l‘l‘"* "°" this Act are read for occupancy. Except as modified by this Act, all ` _ rovisions of said, Act relating to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad v°l‘ °1’°‘7°" Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, and all rights, powers, remedies, and rocesses thereby conferred on said last-named company, or lplpon Sbuthern Railway Compan, shall remain aind pontiguel iq :1 I fqrce, and with (like pgect as iz helrein R*8h*¤ *°°'°° '° reenacte at en ; ants, wers, an rie es nte to, mm` or duties  upon, saidrPghiladgR>hia, Baltimore add Vaizhington Railroad Company by this Act shall accrue to and devolve upon its successors and assigns, as provided with respect to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad `ompany by section fifteen of said Act relating to said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, and all provisions of said section shall be applicable thereto in all respects, and in like manner as they are made applicable to the rights, privileges, and duties granted to or imposed upon said company by said last-mentioned Act. connmuxyrroivs. “2d,9¤:;_¤j¤¤·¤¤¤ 1**** Sec._9. That in the execution of the powers conferred by this Act, von. m, pp. asv, m. or by either of said beforementioned Acts, approved Februa · twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, by the terminal company, the Phxdadelphia Baltimore and \Vashington Railroad Company, or the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, each of said companies may acquire, by purchase or condemnation, the lands and property necessary for all and every the purposes contemplated by each of said last-mentioned Acts “§_£··p,f,s?,,_””· and this Act respectively; and such condemnation shall be effected in the manner and y the methods and processes provided by sections six hundred and forty-eight to six hundred and sixty-three, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia, which said sections, despite any repeal thereof, are hereby continued in full force and effect, and, for the purposes contemplated b this section, are hereby specially enacted, with like effect as if the same were Qogjézu incorporated herein at length: Prm•2`ded, That in every case wherein ' an assessment of damages or an award shall have been returned by the appraisers the company, upon paying into court the amount so assesse or awarded, may enter upon and take possession of the land and property covered therebv, irrespective of whether exceptions to said assessment or award shall be filed or not, and the subsequent proceeding shall not interfere with or aiiect such possession, but shall only affect the amount of compensation to be paid: And olvided wgrggggygi further, That any property owner whose land is included within such Ends location shall have the right, within two years, to begin proceedings
 * 1*- delphia, Baltimore and Washin ton Railroad Company of its right to