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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1906. 493 ahgnproved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia., fifty-four ousanddollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the said Commissioners are authorized toenter into a contract with the said railroad company or other part1es_for the construction of such bridge and approaches; and the Comm1ssioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase or condemnat1o(pt,hth; land pectpzsary {pr the extension of Monroe street with a wi o six y ee rom arrison street north rd t th A f River and of the south approach to the new An;vc=bstiaOBri?igef8r(•ii)t;hl: width of S1Xty feet, to connect with said extension of Monroe street b a curve passing over the tracks of the Alexandria branch of the Baltii more and Ohio Railroad; and such condemnation proceedings as may Proceedings. be necessary for this purpose shall be conducted under the rovisions 0; gigbchakpter orie of lc apter fifteen of the Code of Law for the District AM. p. 15L 0 um ra an suc sums as are necessaryto pay the e se of said condemnatidn proceedings and to pay any damages or eihdsls of damages over benefits that may bea lowed to owners of land taken is hereby appropriated: Promded, That such portion of this cost shall be  by Bam l’°'“°J" E? ’i“l°"‘X’€ °“`Zlti)H’?AR“.i”€atd C°“`*’3“¥ “" is ‘”°"“°" #2fF¤°:»‘¢t£1‘;° M 1nsec1on no an c enie n c o rovieor'l- _ _‘_ road station in the District of Columbia, ahd for othei lplihiplogdsf vol 32,1) 918 approved February twenty-egghtl1, nineteen hundred and three, and said sum shall be paid by the said company to the Treasurer of the United States, one-half to the credit of the District of Columbia and the other half to the credit of the United States, and the same shall be a valid and subs1sting hen against the franchises and roperty of the said Balt1more_ and Ohio Railroad Companly, and shallpbe a legal indebtedness,of said company 1D favor of f e istrict of Columbia, jointly for 1ts us}; angf the use of the United btatesas aforesaid, andthe san _ hen may e oreed ID the name of the District of Colunrbnrby bill in equity brought by the Commissioners of the said District in the suprerpelh court (pgd mud Disltrgzlti or by any Saber Iawfirll péoceeding, agams e said ore an o roa mpany: n avéded mfpn, 'Rhat tl3etlAn;$lostia aréd LPotomacfRiyer Railroad Ciimpany cofpiymgact liydaaah pay owa e ance o the cost o the construction of said ‘ _" approaches and bridge over the said tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Company Railroad Company the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, to be collected 1H the same manner as the cost of layin pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways, as provided for in section live of ‘An act providing a permanent form of government V¤¤·¤>. v·1¤¢· for the District of Columbia} approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and pai into the Trea.sury, one-half to the ggdit  the United States and one-half to the credit of the District of um na. Alndthe Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company. is hereby Mg¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ of tuck. au] orized anlélirectpd totgonstruct land gpexgate a doigblxea-t1 ack street ran wa a ong e said sou approac an ex ension o onroe street prgvppjed for herein, to (inpersect yvgth itslexisting tracks at Monroe an rrison streets, said ine to comp eted and e ui d by Se - tember thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and wictlhigpthirty days §iI$iF$Z‘£2$€E&“Z€aiZ '}‘¥%T3°i2¤Sé“‘}§Z$‘é’"iii ",€K‘3€.£}.‘°€£;‘ §.‘2$"’““’} its line hereby directed to be abandoned, to wit: Along Harrison or Bridge street, ging west of Monroe street and on the present Anacostia or Navy-Yard ri ge: Prmmled, That the said Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company shall with1n sixty days after the completion "°"”'°“°°°‘ of its new line herein specified, pave that portion of the approaches to the Anacostia Bridge now being constructed and Monroe street extended lying between lines two feet exterior to the outer rails of its track, said paving to be of such character as the Commissioners
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