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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Srsss. I. (`Hs. 203, 204. 1908. 399 especially enacted to like eifectas if the same were incorporated herein at length: Dwided, That in every case where an assessment for dam- mma. ages or an award shall have been returned by the appraisers, the com- *’°¤¤°“*°¤- pany, upon paying into court the amount so assessed or awarded, may enter upon an take possession of the land covered thereby, irres ective of whether exceptions to such assessment or award shall be Eled or not, and any subsequent proceedings shall not interfere with or affix: sucg possession, but sha only affect the amount of compensation to ai . Sno? 6. That the construction of the track or siding herein pro- '"'"° °‘°°"‘*’l°“°"· vided for shall be be n within six months from the date of the passage of this Act, anghall be completed within two years from said date, and pending such construction, the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company is hereby authorized to maintain ming egg P*°¤¤¤* its present track connection with the United States Navy-Yard by ’ ' means of a sin le track on K street and Canal street southeast, either as at present docated or as the same may hereafter be relocated, in whole or in part, with the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, but at the expiration of said two years said rail- tr§°*g*°V¤*°* P*°¤¤¤* road company shall at its own expense remove said present track con- ` nection and restore the surface of the streets over which the same is _ laid, to the aplproval of said Commissioners: Provided, That in case 5§Z'{§’;,m,,¤,,d, any other rar road company may desire to connect with the track herein authorized and required to be constructed it shall have the right so to do; such connecting road shall have the right to use the track herein authorized on terms and conditions satisfactory to the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Compan , its successors or assigns, or in case of failure to agree on terms andycon- www *° '¤"°°°’* ditions of joint use then on such terms and conditions as the supreme ` court of the District of Columbia may determine to be equitable and 'ust. - 1 Sec. 7. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro- R“¥’°“*· visions hereof be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 8. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal ‘“‘°"d"‘°"‘· this Act. Approved, May 27, 1908. CHAP. 9D:.-·Ap Act Toifqrthergmend the Act entitled 1; AAn Act to tprorqlotelthte 5g1g?' ' mi' , n r other u ," a rove anuar wen -`rs, ·········*····· $.€‘Z.‘é2i';$.’.°..$r.‘2.. ..32.5... ° " “’°”°“ *"’ ’ ’ r~·¤·~· M- M1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representate?vev of the United Mmm States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of said Act ` be, and is hereb , amended and reenacted to read as follows: _ "SncrroN 1. That the militia shall consist of every able-bodied male S°,§‘{?°§l§l°'QQ’f5-,5_ citizen of the respective States and Territories and the District of ¤¤¤¤¤·*¤d· Columbia, and every able-bodied male of foreign birth who has declared his intention to become a citizen, who is more than eighteen and less than fort -live years of agp, and shall be divided into two classes: The organized, militia, to be nown as the National Guard of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, or by such other designations as may be given them by the laws of the respective States or Terri- ,,.m,,,,_ tories; the remainder to be known as the Reserve Militia: Pro/vided, fo:£¤1i¤¤¤¤¤¤r‘ ¤<>1¤¤d That the provisions of this Act and of section sixteen hundred and n.s.,¤e¤.1cs1,p.2¤u. sixty-one, Revised Statutes, as amended, shall apply only to the militia organized as a land force. " Sec. 2. That section three of said Act as amended be, and the same is hereby, amended and reenacted so as to read as follows: _ _ _ _ " Sec. 3. That the regularly enlisted, organized, and uniformed °’g*“""‘*”“"“‘· active militia in the several States and Territories and the District of