Chapter 76.
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CHAP. 76.— An act supplementary to an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in the District of Columbia.”January 19, 1891. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Baltimore and Potomac Railroad sidings, etc,. in Washington, D. C., may be used, etc. Vol. 14, p. 387; vol. 16, pp. 1, 78, 161. That the construction. maintenance, and use for railway purposes of the turnouts and sidings of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, now extending from its line between the Anacostia or Eastern Branch of the Potomac River and the Long Bridge, in the city of Washington, Side tracks, etc., legalized in designated squares.into the several squares of ground known and designated on the plat of.the city of Washington as follows:
Square seven hundred and thirty-seven; square seven hundred and thirty-nine; square six hundred and ninety-five; square northwest of square six hundred and ninety-five; square west of square six hundred and ninety-five; square north of square six hundred and ninety-seven; square east of square six hundred and forty-two; square north of square six FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 76. 1891.719 hundred and forty-two; square six hundred and forty-one; square five hundred and thirty-six; square four hundred and ninety-three; square south of square four hundred and sixty-three; square four hundred and sixty-four; square three hundred and eighty-six; square two hundred and sixty-seven; and square south of square two hundred and sixty-seven; is hereby authorized, but Congress may at anyRevocation. time revoke said authority, said tracks to be maintained in such manner as will least obstruct the public streets, avenues, or alleysStreet obstruction. on which said tracks are laid, and to be under the general supervisionSupervision. of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That it sh be the duty of the Commissioners of the DistrictDistrict commissioners to grant like facilities elsewhere of Columbia, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, whenever they consider it a public benefit, to grant the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company permission to lay, maintain, and use sidetracks and sidings from the main line or lines of said railroad into any real estate in the said city abutting on the streets or avenues on which such line of such company is or may be situated, east of Four-and-a-half street and south of Virginia and Maryland avenues, which may be used or occupied for manufacturing, commercial, or other business purposes by parties desiring the use of such facilities.
Such sidetracks or sidings shall be laid and maintained under the direction of said Commissioners, and in such manner as shall least obstruct the use of the public streets for ordinaryStreet obstruction. purposes: *Provided*, That the right to revoke the use of said side*Proviso*. Revocation. tracks or sidings is reserved to Congress. Sec. 3. That the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, subject to the approval Acquisition of land by company, for business.
Description, etc.of said Commissioners, for the purposes of its business any one or more of the squares of ground in the city of Washington south of the line of the said railroad and north of L street and cast of Delaware avenue and north of the Eastern Branch and east of Thirteenth street southeast, and any one or more squares, as shall be approved by the said Commissioners, abutting on the line of said railroad on Maryland and Virginia avenues, east of Four-and-a-half street and south of its main frack on Virginia avenue, and west of Twelfth street southwest, and to extend, maintain, and use tracks from convenientSide tracks. points on the line of said railroad into the said property, and to cross such streets as may be necessary for that purpose, andCrossing streets. to construct thereon such facilities as may be necessary for its business as a common carrier, and approved by said Commissioners, and to maintain such facilities in connection therewith; such tracks, where they cross streets, to be laid and maintained under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and in such manner as shall least obstruct the use of said streets for ordinary purposes.
The right to remove such tracks is hereby reserved toMinimum obstruction. Removal of tracks. Congress. And in case said company shall be unable for any reason to acquire such properties or any portion thereof by purchase they may be acquired by said company in the manner provided by sectionsCondemnation proceedings. R. S. D. C., secs. 648–663, pp. 78, 79. numbered from six hundred and forty-eight to six hundred and sixty-three, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia; but nothing herein contained shall authorizeExcepted property. the condemnation of any church or school property or property of the United States: *Provided*, That nothing contained in this act,*Proviso*. and no expenditure that may be made by said railroad company hereunder shall be held or construed to give said companySixth street station retention. any right legal or equitable not now possessed to retain the passenger station of said company on Sixth street.
Sec. 4. That Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend,Amendment, etc. or repeal this act. Approved, January 19, 1891.