1376 FIFTY-FIFTH CON GRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 456, 457. 1899. TAXES. rua. Sec. 17. That said road shall annually pay a franchise tax to the tax collector of the District of Columbia of tive-eighths of one per centum of the entire gross earnings of such company; that there shall be levied and collected in addition to such franchise tax, upon all the real estate of said company, a tax in the same manner and to the same extent as upon all other real estate of the District of Columbia; and in addition to said taxes shall pay an annual tax of two per centum on their entire gross earnings within the District of Columbia. ‘ CHANGES IN GRADES. °"“"¤°’i""‘°‘· SEc. 18. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the District of Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by said railway or from altering and improving streets, avenues, highways, and the sewerage thereof; and said company shall change its railway construction and pavements ‘ so as to conform to such grades and improvements as may have been or may be established. ‘ TELEGEAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES.
md We Sec. 19. That said company is also authorized to construct and oper-
P ate, for its own use only, telegraph and telephone lines along its railway, as herein provided for, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. K · . 00MMENcEmENT AND COMPLETION. °£¤··¤¤,,,¤¤°¤¤¤¤* ml Sec. 20. That the construction of the said extension on the lines of P ’ · the said railway company within the District of Columbia shall be commenced within one year of the passage of this Act and be completed and cars running thereupon for passenger traffic within two years from the passage of this Act, in default of which this Act shall be void and of no edect in so far as the said line shall not be so completed. oom.M1Ss1oNEBs OF THE DISTRICT OF coLUMn1A. cumynmxoum ol Sec. 21. That the construction, adoption of motive power, erection {},‘§,§°,jf""°‘ °* °°' of buildings, regulation of schedule and speed of running, shall be at all times under the supervision and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. PENALTIES. 1’·¤·l¤•• SEO. 22. That each and every violation of the requirements of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of from twenty-tive to one thousand dollars, in the discretion of the court, such fines to be collectible in any court of competent jurisdiction as other Hnes and penalties are collected in the District of Columbia. ' AMENDMENT; BEPEAL. W·:,*“°“'”°“°* '°‘ hSEc. 23. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal ' t is Act. Approved, March 3, 1899. M“"h3· *89* CHAP. 45’l.—·An Act To distinctively designate parcels of land in the District of Columbia for the purposes of assessment and taxation, and for other purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Dgggjgzgvgggpbip States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of faciliem. or mugs., Ei., tating assessment and taxation of real estate in the District of Columbia, ¤*e *`°’ ’°°¤”°¤· the tollowing system of designating the several parcels of land therein is hereby prescribed, and every designation given in conformity with
