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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · August 13, 1888 · Chapter 872

Chapter 872.

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CHAP. 872.— An act to authorize the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company to extend a side track into square number ten hundred and twenty-five, in the city of Washington.August 13, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company may lay track into square 1025, Washington, D. C. That the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company is hereby granted permission to extend a side track from the main line of its track, in the city of Washington, into square number ten hundred and twenty-five, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and M and N streets southeast, under such conditions and regulations as may be imposed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the protection of the public in the use of streets affected and otherwise.
Sec. 2. The right of Congress to amend, alter or repeal the franchisesAmendment. herein granted are hereby expressly reserved. Approved, August 13, 1888. Chapter 873: to authorize the Winona and Southwestern Railway Company to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at Winona, Minnesota. Chapter 873 25 Stat. 440 1888-08-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2026-02-23 50 1 public 440FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 873. 1888.
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