Chapter 430. To amend the Act of Congress approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and University Railroad Company of the District of Columbia.” March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
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CHAP. 430.— An Act To amend the Act of Congress approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and University Railroad Company of the District of Columbia.” March 3, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That section two of the ActDistrict of Columbia.Washington and University Railroad.Change of route.*Ante,* p. 725. of Congress approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and University Railroad Company of the District of Columbia,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read and be as follows:
" “Sec. 2. That the company is authorized to construct and operate a street railway for carrying passengers along the following-named route: Beginning at or near the intersection of Wisconsin avenue or the Tenally town road with Trenton street; thence westerly on Trenton street to Forty-fourth street; thence northerly on Forty-fourth street to Vallejo street; thence westerly on Vallejo street to Forty-seventh street; thence northerly on Forty-seventh street to Flint street; thence west on Flint street to Boundary avenue; thence southerly on Boundary avenue to Forty-eighth street; thence southerly on Forty-eighth street to Brandywine street; thence easterly on Brandywine street to Forty-seventh street, as shown upon the plans of the third section of highway extensions: *Provided,* That where this route lies within the lines*Proviso.*To acquire right of way in proposed highways. of a proposed highway the company shall acquire a right of way not less than thirty feet wide in the center thereof, and all rights of way 1344 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 430, 431. 1899. acquired within the lines of proposed highways shall be dedicated to the use of the public before a permit is issued for the construction of a railroad therein.” " Approved, March 3, 1899.