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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 353. 1901. 771 original cost of paving the roadways and sidewalks to be located wit in the said passageways. All other costs, expenses, and damages resulting from, incidental to, or connected with the revisions, changes, and improvements in alignment and grades of said railroad, or the . relocations thereof by this Act required and authorized, and from changes in the grades of the streets or the railroad, and the lawful operation of the said railroad upon the location and structures contemplated and required b_y this Act, and whether to roperty owners affected thereby or otherwise, as well as the cost and) expense of all street apiproaches to said company’s tracks and right of way, whethe1· overhea by means of brid es or under grade, shall be borne paid, and defrayed in manner fol¥owing, to wit: Fifty per centum thereof _ by the United States and the remaining fifty er centum thereof by the District of Columbia, which last-mentionedpfifty per centum shall be levied and assessed upon the taxable pro erty and priyileges in said District other than the property of the llhited States and of the District of Columbia. All work within the limits of the said railroad company’s right of c,gfPP'°‘*“’ of “’°'k- way, including the bridges within said limits, shall be done by said railroad company to the satisfaction and approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who are authorized to exercise such supervision over the same as may be necessary to secure the proper construction and maintenance of the said work. And all work which is without the limits of the right of way of said railroad company shall be done by the District of Codumbia. rnornnirr 1*0 BE ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE on GONDEMNATION. Sec. 10. That to enable the Baltimoriiland Potomac Railroad Com- P'°§°"’Y u‘°mb"°H °·° pany to effectuate the purposes contemplated and authorized by this ggrllfemthiaiiom or Act, the said company be, and they are hereby, authorized and empow- ` ered to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, as hereinafter provided, and, when so acquired, to use the same for tracks and other corporate purposes, and make all such improvements thereon and thereto as may be deemed necessary, the following prqperties, to wit: All of squares four hundred and sixty-two, four hun red and sixty- three, four hundred and sixty-three south, and four hundred and ninety- three; and also as much land as may be required for tracks and other corrilorate purposes which lies to the south of the present mam tracks of the com any between South Capitol and First streets southeast and north of the northerly line of M street: Provided, however, That if méuimdmtb land shall be acquired south of the present railroad yards and between ofP1'¤¤¤¤tyards,e¤c. South Capitol and First streets southeast as in this section authorized the said railroad company shall, when so required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, make adequate and suitable provision for carrying such streets as may intersect the same across the tracks which shall be located thereon by overhead bridges in a manner satisfactory to the said Commissioners: Promfded further, That the cost E¤P¢¤¤¢¤·¤*¢=- and expense of raising g1‘&d€S of streets and all approaches to such bridges shall be borne and defrayed by the District of Columbia and the United States, as hereinbefore provided. In case the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company can not, ap¤;<;gg5i¤g Md by for any reason, agree with the owner or owners for the purchase, use, ` or occupation of any of the land it is authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation, then the same may be acquired by the said company wig- D- 9é·;§<=¤- 648 in the same manner and by the same procedure as are provided by ’pp" ’ ' sections six hundred and forty-eight to six hundred and sixty-three, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia: Icwuided, That in every case in which an assessment of Progisosé . the damages or an award shall have been returned by the appraisers §],‘§§si{ J} ,,,$I.‘§§Y °”