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 72d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 10. JA NU ARY 14,1933. 759 Eighteenth. Approval of this agreement by the Public Utilities coffe gress ct ot opprov Commission or Congress shall not be taken as approval of the lion. consid erations mentioned herein f or proper ties or s tocks, no r as binding upon the Public Utilities Commission in any future deter- mination of the fair value of the properties used and useful for the public convenience belonging to the Washington Company, the Capital Company, or to be acquired by the New Company, that may be made in accordance with this agreement. Ni ne t ee n th. T he Public Utilitie s Commiss ion shall fix the rate of b of children, rate of fare at 3 cents for school children not over eighteen years of age, going to and from public, p arochial, or like schools in the District of Columbia, and shall establish rules and regulations governing the use thereof : Provided, That upon the acceptance Proviso. law co be of this agreement by the parties and the completion of the unifi- s come inoperative. cation, the provisions of the Act entitled " An Act to provide for Vol . 46, p.1419 . the transportation of school children in the District of Columbia at a reduc ed far e," ap proved Febru ary 27, 1 1931, shal l beco me inoperative. Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the S enate and House of Representati ves of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That such unification in mennaication agree- ac cordance with said agreemen t, and ea ch and e very one of the pr o- visions therein, be, and the same are hereby, ratified and approved, an d said Capit al Tra nsit C ompany, when organi zed un der th e pro- Powers etc .,otcapi- vis ions of subch apter 4, chapter 18, of the Code of Law of the Dis- t~Vol .31, pciza4 y. tr ict of Co lumbia, s hall have all the powers, benefits, and obli ga- tions expressed in said unification agreement, approved as afore- said ; and the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Colum- bia be, and is here by, authorized t o do all such ac ts and things as may be necessar y or appr opriate o n its par t to car ry out th e provisi ons of said agreement and of this resolution. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the present powers of the Public Utilities Commission. Sac. 2 . This agreement, hereinbefore set forth, shall be submitted b olderss. by stock- to the stockholders of the Capital Traction Company and the Wash- in gton R ailway and E lectri c Comp any fo r their actio n with in six months after its approval by the Congress. Sac. 3 . That all provisions of law making it incumbent upon any inPr ovi sio ns r street railway company to bear the expense of policemen at street repealed. railway crossings and intersections, the laying of new pavement, the making of permanent improvements, renewals, or repairs to the pa vement of streets and publi c bridges, and th e permane nt improv e- ments, renewals, or repairs to public bridges over which the street- car lines operate, are hereby repea led, such repeal to be effective on th e date th e unifica tion here in author ized bec omes oper ative : Pr o - vided, That the Capital Transit Company herein provided for shall bear the entire cost of paving, repairs, or replacements incident to tr ack re pairs, repla cement s, or change s made at a t ime wh en the street or bridge is not being paved, and shall bear one-half the cost of other pavin g, rep aving, or ma intena nce of paving betwe en its track and for two feet outside the outer rails and shall bear the ex- cess cost of construction and maintenance of public bridges due to the existence or in stallation of it s tracks on such bridges : P rovide d staubowner.'a r eal further, That nothing herein contained shall relieve said Capital Transit Company from liability for street paving as owner of real estate apart from right of way occupied by its tracks as provided by section 8 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act making appro- Vol. 39, p. 71Q priations to provide for the expenses of the government of the Dis- I So In original.