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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. C1—1s. 252-254. 1892. 271 operation of those portions of the road already built. The said com- umch im. pany shall also construct and maintain a branch line, beginning at a point, to be located by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track on Fifth street in Ta— koma Park; thence along Fifth street to Umatilla street; thence west along Umatilla street to and across Piney Branch road, and thence to Brightwood avenue by such route as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall approve. Said branch line shall be operated by the overhead trolley system; and when the company lays its double track from Brightwood to Takoma Park said tracks shall be laid on one side of the said road; the cars used shall be iirst-class in every respect, and the schedule of the running of cars shall be subject to the approval of the District Commissioners, but cars shall be run as often as one every fifteen minutes between the hours of five o’clock ante meridian and twelve o’clock midnight. Work on the said branch road shall be commencement me begun within two months and completed, with cars running thereon, °""‘pl°“°“‘ within one year from the date of the approval of this act. “ Sec. 3. That in the event that the company should not be able to 0g¤d¤¤¤¤¤¢i<q= pvc, come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through $,°§,-?'§§§_ f" "gm ° which the said road may be located to pass, or upon which any necessary buildings may be required to be located, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, for its roadway, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such purposes. “ Sec. 4. That any failure to comply with any of the provisions of thi Fnrreimm on bilact shall work a forfeiture of the original charter of the said Bright- “'°°°°°"“'l" wood Railway Company. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. •* Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal Ammdmontcw. this act." Approved, July 26, 1892. CHAP. 253.-An act to amend "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge July 20, isez. across the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee," approved August ninth, w**""‘ eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o_/'America i n Congress assembled, That the time for the com- mff,g§§,§,?,fj}”Kf§Qj mencement of the bridge authorized by an act entitled “An act to ville {vnu. authorize the construction of a bridge across the Tennessee River at "’l"5‘*"°°5‘ or near Knoxville, Tennessee,” approved August the ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, extended one ¤T::¤$i;·_;rw¤¤¤¤¢i¤¤ year trom this passage of this act, and that the time for the completion ° ' of said bridge be extended three years irom the same date. Approved, July 26, 1892. CHAP. 254.-·An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to July 2*- lmpay over certain moneys to the State of South Carolina, as prescribed by the act ot' August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the lnenelit of agriculture and the mechanic arte established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two." . Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United South C if States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the ·;.,l,.,,,?.‘{°,l{{,’};,,,,,.q, Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, notwithstanding {•·¤;z=i·=¤¤¢¤¤=¤ ·=·>¤· the adverse report of the Secretary of the Interior, to pay over to the °g °