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FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. ll. Ch. 856. 1903. 917 to compel the appropriation of said land by said company and the pay- ment of damages in the same manner as if the proceedings had been instituted by the company under the provisions of this Act. ` The said terminal company, in respect of the additional works A‘l‘“‘?°”°’ W°’k¤· hereby authorized to be undertaken by it, shall be vested with and _ may exercise all the powers, authorities, rights, and privileges granted by the provisions of sections six hundred and eighteen to six hundred R S D C and seventy-six, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes relating to the cis-bvs; pp.`v4-§1.S°°s` ‘ District of. Columbia, to the same extent as if said provisions were fully set forth and enacted herein, and shall also be vested with and enjoy all the powers, authorities, rights, and franchises conferred or Vol.31,p.774. granted by said Act relating to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, except Exception. the power to sell all its railroad and works and property to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, as lprovided in said last-mentioned Act: Provided, however, That the Phi delphia, Baltimore and Wash- g;'{g'{·smk_ ington Railroad Company shall have the right to acquire, own, and ho d one—half of the capital stock of said terminal compainy, whether now or hereafter issue , and said Baltimore and Ohio ilroad Company shall make necessary transfers thereof accordingly. .Powmz TO ooxrasor. ` The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, the Philadelphia, Balti- .T"‘m° °°“""°‘“· more and Washington Railroad Company, and the said terminal company shall have power to contract each with the other, or with both the others, or with any other railroad company or companies whose passenger trailic may be moved over the railroads of either of said two railroad companies as provided in section eleven, in regard to the P°‘"*P‘ m" construction, maintenance, use, or operation of any line or lines.of railroad, terminals, terminal tracks, stations, or other works or properties, held, owned, or possessed by any of said companies within the District of Columbia, or authorized so to be, or for the lease of the same upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the parties to _ I _ any such contract. Said terminal company shall also have the right c0Zf,‘p`§,,,l{Y t°"m"°] and power, exercisable at an time, to sell and conve , either to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Company or to the Philadelphia, Balti- ‘ more and W'ashin ton Railroad Com any, so much of the line of railroad constructed if the said terminal company under the authority of this Act, north of the north line of Florida avenue as may be set apart for the exclusive use of the tramc of either of said railroad companies by their mutual consent. Maonumm STATION LINE. mjgusruder ¤¤¤¢i¤¤ Sec. 10. That in the location, construction, and maintenance of the m{;>;:¤¤¤· ¢*·=·· 0* connecting line of railroad which the Philadelphia, Baltimore and ` l/Vashington Railroad Company is by this Act authorized and empowered to ocate, construct, maintain, and operate, from the point ereinbefore mentioned on the north line of l\¢ ontana avenue to a point of connection with its railroad near Magruder Station, in the tate of Maryland, said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall have, be possessed of, and exercise the powers and processes of condemnation as prescribed by section nine of this Act, ·"'“· 1*-9*6- and also all authorities, rights, powers, privileges, and franchises conferred upon or vested in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company by the twelfth section of said Act relating to it, aplproved February V¤l·¥’·¤·P· 7$°· twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, in respect to the line of railroad therein authorized, and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions as in said twelfth section set forth.