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 1088 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. CHs. 119, 120 . 1931 . a ended ' p. 1351, purposes," approved March 3, 1927, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows Location of viaduct, " That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they etc., changed. are hereby, authorized and directed to construct a viaduct and approaches to eliminate the present crossing at grade of Michigan Avenue and the tracks and right of way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, said viaduct to be constructed north of the present line of Michigan Avenue as may be determined by the Coin- missioners of the District of Columbia in accordance with plans and profiles of said works to be approved by the said commissioners Broom• Provided That one- half of the total cost of constructin the said Baltimore and Ohio 7 g Railr oad to pay one- viaduct and approaches shall be borne and paid by the said railroad half cost. company, its successors and assigns, to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia to the credit of the District of Columbia, and the same s hall be a valid and s ubsist ing l ien a gainst the franch ises and property of the said railroad company and shall constitute a legal indebtedness of said company in favor of the District of Enf orc emen t. Columbia, and the said lien may be enforced in the name of the District of Columbia by a bill in equity brought by the said com- missioners in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or by any other lawful proceeding against the said railroad company. Payment by street railways for use of via- SEC. 2 . That no street railway company shall use the said viaduct duct. or any approaches thereto herein authorized for its tracks until the said company shall have paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia a sum equal to one-fourth of the cost of said viaduct and approaches, which sum shall be deposited to the credit of the District of Columbia. Appropriation an- SEC. 3. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the foregoing thorized. provisions the sum of $500,000 is hereby authorized to be appro- priated, payable in like manner as other appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia ; and the Personal services, etc. Said commissioners are authorized to expend such sum as may, be necessary for personal services, engineering, and incidental expenses, Acq uisition of noes- including the cost of relocating sewers and water mains. The said sary land. g g commissioners are further authorized to acquire, out of the appro- priation herein authorized, the necessary land to carry out the pro- visions of this Act, by purchase at such price or prices as in their Con d3emna1ion. ju dgment they may deem reasonable and fair, or, in the discretion of the commissioners, by condemnation in accordance with chapter 15 of the Code of Law of the District of Columbia, as amended. Gra decrossingelosed. SEC. 4. That from and after the completion of the said viaduct and approaches the highway grade crossing over the tracks and right of way of the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at Michigan Avenue shall be forever closed against further traffic of any kind. Approved, February 12, 1931. February 12, 1931. [S.4551.) CHAP. 120 .-An Act To amend an Act en titled "An Act to est ablish a Code [Public, No . 619 .1 of Law for the District of Columbia," approved March 3, 1901, and the Acts am endator y there of and supplem ental th ereto . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Distric t of Columbia United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Act to Code, amendments . vol . 31, p. 1288, establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia, approved amended. March 3, 1901, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, constituting the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, be, and the same are hereby, amended by adding three additional sections, as follows :

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