Chapter 65. To authorize the extension of a spur track or siding from the existing lines of railroad in the District of Columbia across First Street Northeast, between L and M Streets, to the buildings occupied by the field medical supply depot of the Army
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CHAP. 65.— An Act To authorize the extension of a spur track or siding from the existing lines of railroad in the District of Columbia across First Street Northeast, between L and M Streets, to the buildings occupied by the field medical supply depot of the Army. April 29, 1918.[[S. 3476](/us/bill/65/s/3476).][[Public, No. 141](/us/pl/65/141).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Railroad siding to Army Medical Supply Depot, authorized.
That authority is hereby granted the Surgeon General of the United States Army to construct, maintain, and operate a temporary single-track overhead siding across First Street northeast, between L and M Streets, to the building or buildings in square six hundred and seventy-three, occupied *Proviso*.Restriction and limitations.by the Field Medical Supply Depot of the Army: *Provided*, That the siding herein authorized shall not extend westwardly beyond a point five hundred and sixty-nine feet and nine inches east of the present site of Sibley Hospital or any of its buildings; and shall be limited to the use of the Medical Department of the United States Army for the period preceding the declaration of peace and thirty Removal alter end of war.days thereafter; and within six months following the declaration of peace the Surgeon General shall cause said track to be entirely removed from the limits of said street and shall cause the aforesaid street to be restored to its condition prior to the construction of the siding without cost to the District or Columbia.
Expenses from Army appropriations.The Surgeon General of the Army shall provide for the construction, maintenance, and removal of this siding as herein authorized and prescribed, and the costs thereof shall be defrayed from the appropriations for the Medical and Hospital Department of the *Proviso*.Limit of daily use.United States Army: *Provided further*, That said track shall be used only between the hours of six o’clock antemeridian and nine o’clock postmeridian except in cases of extreme emergency, and trains shall be operated with the least possible noise.
Approved, April 29, 1918.