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FIFTY FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 178,179. 1899. 845 that, for the purposes of constructing said railway line and branches through the said above—named organized counties in Oklahoma Territory, the said railway company shall proceed and be governed in all respects by the laws of the said Territory of Oklahoma, except as to allotted or reserved Indian lands, and where the line of road shall pass through such lands the company in receiving the right of way through the same shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of said Act of December twenty—lirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and for the purposes of constructing ·its said railway line and branches through the said Indian nations the said railway company hall proceed and be governed in all things by the provisions of the said original Alot approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety- ree. SEO. 4. That the said railway company shall build at least fifty miles ctnsyueneu. of each of its said branch lines within two years after the approval of °'“°l‘l"'°‘* this Act, and shall have two years thereafter in which to complete the same, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to such portions as are not built. Approved, February 21, 1899. CHAP. 1'I9.-·An Act For a roadway in the District of Columbia born Brightwood February 21, 1m. avenue across Rock Creek Park. ···Y·— Whereas by reason of the projecting of the northern angle of the DistrictofColumbia. District of Columbia into Montgomery County, Maryland, and further, P'°“‘“m°‘ the existence of the Bock Creek Park in that part of the District, causing three diiferent jurisdictions to join there; and Whereas about four square miles south of said angle in the District of Columbia and a similar amount of territory about said angle in Maryland (total, eight. square miles) are without internal roads or facilities for cross travel, greatly to the inconvenience of a considerable number of persons within both the District of Columbia and Montgomery County, Maryland, and which can only be relieved by concurrent action of the District of Columbia and by said county; and further, to give an entrance into the upper and larger part of the Rock Creek Park available to the public from two lines of electric cars: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a roadway be, and the 03»¤¤ir¤¤¤t¤¤_ or same is hereby, authorized to be constructed in the District of Colum- irombhgtixmtx bia from the.upper or northern extremity of Brightwood avenue west- g::{¤¤•¤R<>¤k¤r•¤k wardly toward Rock Creek, across Rock Creek Park, with such bridge ' and approaches as may be necessary, and trom the southern or western side of said park to the upper or northeastern bend of the Daniels road, the portion of said roadway outside of said park to be constructed by or under the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the portion of the same within said park to be constructed by or under the authority of the board of control of the Rock Creek Park. And further, that one branch may be constructed by said Commis. smokes. sinners from said main roadway, at a point to be selected by the said Commissioners north of Rock Creek, running northwesterly to the District line and to connect with a road or roads in Montgomery County, Maryland, connecting the neighborhood of Linden and Forest Glen, Maryland, with the said roadway; and further, that another branch, starting at a point south of Bock Creek, to be selected by the said Commissioners, and running west or westwardly, may be constructed to the District line to connect with a road or roads leading from the direction of Chevy Chase, Maryland: Provided, That said mm Commissioners may collstruct any p01‘Cl0ll of said roadway or of either D°”**""'°f¢'°”""· or both of said branches only upon the donation of the ground neces-