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566 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS; Sess. I. Ch. 417. 1916. _ nections with the railroad track system of the Washington Na mny Yard as said system is now or may hereafter established: Promdevdl ` That so much of said track connection or connections as can not be constructed over any right of way or property now or hereafter owned or occu ied by such railroad company -0I companies shall be constructed) wholly 1{pon a suitable andsatisfactorg right of way to be '*`**'** provided by the nited States, the title to whic at all times remain ,,°I”°’*“”*m_,,_ °'°' 1***** in the United States: Provided further, That so far as may be consistent with the public interests said track connection or connections, with appurtenant turnouts andsidings, may be located and constructed in, upon, over, and through public grounds, space, and streets of the United States as the_same are now or may be hereafter ,P¤*,•E'*¤;; p;h·;°g; ascertained and established: Provtdedfudher, That the Secretaihr of way. the Navy is hereby authorized to acquire any part of the lan or property necessary for said right of woaiy by purchase or condemnation, and to seplure thin; conptrrplption the contplections, sidetrapiks, ‘ tumouts, switc es, an so or , necessary to e proper opera on of the yard system in connection with the said_track connection or U’°°"PP"’F"•**°'“~ connections, and for the purpose of acquiring said r1ght_ of way such part of the sums herem applropriated for additions to said na yard Construction of BS Illily be IIBOBSSBIY, 810 €I'Bl)y IIl8.(l6 8.V8.l.l8blBZ PTOU®dCd`;¥ll1’¢h€T,

 mm That authority is hereby granted to the railroad company_or companies, and its or their successors and assigns, entering int0_the

agreement aforesaid, to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and ap roaches thereto for such track connection across the Anacostia River, Il)istrict of Columbia, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation to an available point within or in the vicinity of the said W- “· 1* 84- navy yard, in accordance with the prorisions of the Act entitled ‘A.n Act to regulate the construction o bridfs over navigable waters} IU? °;°y_f¤·¤*,*¤·j)§ approved March twenty-third, nineteen undred and six: Provided uw. further, That pending the completion of the track connection herein- %for;1nauth a1:1d(pq)mvided fo1i1th%)Philatil1elphia, Baltimore and as` n a mpan is ereyau orizedtomaintainits track cgiidiectieu with the saidv navy yard as at present existing and to continue the operation thereof under such rules and regulations as may be established by the Commissioners of the Districtpf Colv,§g_¤*•* •¤¤‘ •=¤¤=· umbia for the governance thereof: Provided, That within thirty days after the completion of the new track connection with the said navy yard hereinbefore authorized and provided for said Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company shall, at its own expense, remove said existing track connection east of the west building line of Second Street east and restore and make the surface of the streets over and throu h which the same is laid satisfactory to the Commissioners of the gistrict of Columbia: Provided further, R*'***°•*¤¤¤·•*°· That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Cmd Act": Provided further, That in the event that the Secretary of the ,,,,d,,,g,‘§”,§,§,,*?,;’,_,,,};.{°‘ Navy shall be unable to acquire the land or lands, or any parcel or . parcels thereof, necessary or expedient in his judgment for the purposes aforesaid at a plrice deemed by him to be reasonable, then and in that event he is ereby authorized and directed to acquire the same_ by condemnation proceedings in the Superme Court of the District of Columbia, to be instituted upon his r nest by the Attorney WL nm m_ General of the United States, and to be coriiducted in substantial accord with thqgprovisions of the Act of Congress approved August twenty-third, e teen hundred and ninety (Twenty-sixth Statutes, pages four hundred and twelve to four hundred and thirteen), rovuling a site for the enlargement of the Government Printing Ogce, which provisions are hereby made applicable to the proceedings for _ ltilipsbbpmpfliiigéréalrlid juritshdicéion to lagir an? kdetgrmine tgigopame is r co u n e u reme urto the istricto mbia: m":'*;,”¤·*¤*{=*,;¤;§•·c;; Provided further, 'llliiat the pgwer and authority to acquire bly purpuminxalf. chase or condemnation, as the case may be, lands for the purposes