Public Law 259.

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(/us/pl/74/258).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia Code, amendment. That section 483 of title 20 of the Code of the District of Columbia be amended to read as follows: " Residence, members of police force. “Residence of members of police force.— There shall be no limitation or restriction of place of residence to any member of the *Proviso*.“Washington, District of Columbia, Metropolitan District”, determined.police force, other than residence within the Washington, District of Columbia, metropolitan district: *Provided*, That for the purposes of this Act, Washington, District of Columbia, metropolitan district, shall be held to include the District of Columbia and the Telephone requirement.territory adjacent thereto within a radius of twelve miles from the United States Capitol Building: *And provided further*, That any member of the Police Department living outside of the District of Columbia shall have and maintain a telephone at all times in his residence.

” " Approved, August 9, 1935. To amend an Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 1935-08-09 502 Chapter 49 Stat. 568 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 502.] AN ACT To amend an Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

August 9, 1935.[[H. R. 7447](/us/bill/74/hr/7447).][[Public, No. 259](/us/pl/74/259).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Union Railroad Station in District of Columbia.Vol. 32, p. 909. That so much of section 5 of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide for a Union Railroad Station in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, approved February 28, 1903 (Public, Numbered 122, 32 Stat. 909), which reads:

" “No streets or avenues, except Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Streets, and New York Avenue, shall be opened across the railroads constructed under authority of this Act between Florida and Montana Avenues, and said Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Streets, when and as opened, shall be carried above the railroads by suitable viaduct bridges, the cost whereof, with their approaches within the limits of the right-of-way, shall be paid by the terminal company, but shall be maintained as in the case of other public highways in the District of Columbia”, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: 569 “No streets or avenues shall be opened across the railroads constructedRestriction on opening streets within designated area under the authority of this Act between Florida Avenue and an extension of the west line of Twenty-second Street Northeast from Bryant Street to New York Avenue, except New York Avenue and except as hereinafter provided; the Baltimore and Ohio RailroadConstruction of viaduct bridges.

Company and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall construct, within two years after being directed so to do by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, a suitable viaduct bridge above the said railroads connecting Brentwood Road and T Street Northeast, with New York Avenue at such point as may be determined by the said Commissioners between Fourth Street Northeast and the extension of Mount Olivet Road Northeast, as the same may be shown on the plan of the permanent system of highways at the time the said Commissioners direct the construction of said viaduct bridge, said viaduct bridge either to connect directly with New York Avenue at grade or to pass over said avenue with connections thereto as the said Commissioners may direct; the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CompanyConstruction costs. and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall pay in equal shares the entire cost and expense of the bridge structure, including the necessary retaining walls and approaches in connection therewith, between the southerly line of New York Avenue as now publicly owned, and the southerly line of Brentwood Road as now publicly owned; the Baltimore and OhioDedication of necessary lands.

Railroad Company and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall dedicate or cause to be dedicated to the District of Columbia such land lying between the southerly line of Brentwood Road and the northerly line of New York Avenue Northeast, as now publicly owned, as may be necessary for the location of such bridge structure and the approaches thereto in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways as said plan may be established at the time the Commissioners direct the construction of said viaduct bridge; the cost of maintenance ofMaintenance costs. said viaduct bridge, retaining walls, and approaches is to be borne entirely by the District of Columbia; and said viaduct bridge,Plans and specifications of construction. retaining walls, and approaches shall be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications and at a location approved by the Commissioners of said District; and the Baltimore and Ohio RailroadSubway.

Company and the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall construct, within two years after being directed so to do by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, a suitable subway or underpass beneath the tracks of said companies within the lines of the street connecting the intersection of New York Avenue and West Virginia Avenue Northeast, as the same may be shown on said plan of the permanent system of highways at the time said Commissioners direct the construction of said subway or underpass; the said railroad companies shall pay in equal sharesConstruction costs. the entire cost and expense of the subway or underpass structure, including the necessary retaining walls in connection therewith, and in addition thereto, so much of the approaches to said subway or underpass as lie within the limits of the said railroad companies’ properties; each of said railroad companies shall dedicate or causeDedication of necessary lands. to be dedicated to the District of Columbia such land lying within the limits of said railroad companies’ properties as may be necessary for said street in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways as said plan may be established at the time the Commissioners direct the construction of said subway or underpass; theMaintenance costs. cost of maintenance of said approaches is to be borne entirely by the District of Columbia; the cost of maintenance of said subway or 570underpass structure and the retaining walls is to be borne entirely Plans and specifications of construction.by said railroad companies; and the said subway or underpass and the retaining walls and approaches shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications and at a location approved by the Commissioners of said District.

” " Sec. 2. Amendment of Act. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. Sec. 3. Separability of provisions. If this amendatory Act or any part thereof shall be declared invalid, so much of this Act as forbids the opening of Ninth, Twelfth, and Fifteenth Streets shall be void, and the duty of the terminal company referred to in said Act of Congress approved February 28, 1903, to construct suitable viaduct bridges and the approaches thereto to carry said streets over the railroads as required by said section 5 of said Act of February 28, 1903, as originally enacted, shall remain in full force and effect and unimpaired by this amendatory Act.

Approved, August 9, 1935. Requesting the President to extend to the International Statistical Institute an invitation to hold its twenty-fourth session in the United States in 1939. 1935-08-09 503 Chapter 49 Stat. 570 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 503.] JOINT RESOLUTION Requesting the President to extend to the International Statistical Institute an invitation to hold its twenty-fourth session in the United States in 1939.

August 9, 1935.[[S. J. Res. 139](/us/bill/74/sjres/139).][[Pub. Res., No. 46](/us/bill/74/pubres/46).] International Statistical Institute.Whereas the American Statistical Association will celebrate its centenary in 1939; and Whereas it desires to invite the International Statistical Institute, an international organization with similar objectives, to be its guest at that time; and Whereas for fifty years the Institute has met on invitation from the Government of the country in which the meeting occurs:

Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Invitation to bold 1939 session in the United States. That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to extend to the International Statistical Institute an invitation to hold its twenty-fourth session in the United States in the year 1939. Approved, August 9, 1935. To provide for certain State allotments under the Cotton Control Act. 1935-08-09 504 Chapter 49 Stat. 570 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 504.] JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for certain State allotments under the Cotton Control Act. August 9, 1935.[[H. J. Res. 258](/us/bill/74/hjres/258).][[Pub. Res., No. 47](/us/bill/74/pubres/47).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Cotton Control Act, amendment.Vol. 48, p. 600.*Post*, pp. 777, 1106. That section 5

(a)of the Act entitled “An Act to place the cotton industry on a sound commercial basis, to prevent unfair competition and practices in putting cotton into the channels of interstate and foreign commerce, to provide funds for paying additional benefits under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and for other purposes”, approved April 21, 1934, as amended, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence thereof a colon and the following:State allotments.Minimum allotment, crop years beginning with 1935–1936. “*Provided further*, That no State shall receive an allotment for any crop year beginning with the crop year 1935–1936 of less than four thousand bales of cotton if during any one of the ten crop years prior to the date of the enactment of this Act the production of such State exceeded five thousand bales”. Approved, August 9, 1935. Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1935, and June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. 1935-08-12 508 Chapter 49 Stat. 571 74 1 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 2025-01-07 public 571 [CHAPTER 508.] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1935, and June 30, 1936, and for other purposes. August 12, 1935.[[H. R. 8554](/us/bill/74/hr/8554).][

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