[8. 4736] AN ACT To authorize The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company to extend its present track connection with the United States navy yard so as to provide adequate railroad facilities in connection with the development of Buzzards Point as an industrial area in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company is hereby authorized to establish a switch connection with the existing track siding leading from Second and I Streets southeast to and into the United States navy yard, at a point in said siding south of M Street southeast, thence running over and across the northwest corner of United States reservation 17 E, at present controlled and occupied by the United States Navy Department for navy yard and ordnance storage purposes, thence over, across, and through square 743 to First Street southeast, thence southward on First Street southeast to and thence along Potomac Avenue to the west line of Second Street southwest, with all necessary switches, extensions, turnouts, and sidings and such other track extensions through and along One-half Street southwest, One-half Street southeast, and Second Street southwest, south of Potomac Avenue and north of Potomac Avenue to P Street as may be or become necessary for the establishment of adequate railroad facilities in connection with the development of Buzzards Point as an industrial area in the District of Columbia. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to sell and transfer or to lease to The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, its successors and/or assigns, upon such terms and for such amount as he may deem to be both just and reasonable, the existing railroad track connection with the United States navy yard as constructed and established under authority conferred by an Act of Congress approved August 29, 1916, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes ": Provided, That the title to any right of way or property provided by the United States for the purposes of such construction and now occupied by said track connection shall remain in the United States: And provided further, That said track connection, in so far as the requirements of the United States Navy Yard may be affected, at all times shall be maintained and operated by said railroad company, its successors or assigns, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy. SEC. 3. Said railroad company is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and operate branch tracks, spurs, or sidings into any lot or square now or hereafter zoned for industrial or second commercial use abutting upon any street or avenue over and along which said railroad company is hereby specifically authorized to lay and operate tracks, and also to construct tracks to serve any wharf which may be established on the Anacostia River: Provided, That the construction of all such railroad tracks and appurtenant turnouts, branch tracks, and sidings, in all respects and things, shall be subject to the prior approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia after report by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, such approval to be noted upon identical copies of a suitably prepared plat or chart, one copy to be kept on file in the office of the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia and the other thereof to be kept on file in the office of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. SEC. 4. Subject always to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, all such railroad tracks, turnouts, branch tracks, spurs, and sidings may be located and constructed in, upon, along, and through public grounds, space, and streets of the United States and/or of the District of Columbia as same are now or hereafter may be located and established: Provided, That except as herein expressly authorized no tracks, turnouts, branches, spurs, or sidings shall be constructed along or through South Capitol Street or First Street southwest in the north and south direction, at grade or otherwise, but each of said streets, with prior approval of said Commissioners of the District of Columbia, may be crossed to such extent as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate railroad facilities: Provided further, That no permit for the construction of tracks, turnouts, branches, spurs, or sidings shall be issued with respect to squares 600, 602, 604, 606, 608, 610, and 612, or any of said squares, until the particular square or squares for which a permit is sought shall have been zoned industrial: And provided further, That the plans for any building fronting on Canal Street from the Anacostia River to P Street southwest shall have the approval of the Fine Arts Commission as to height and design. SEC. 5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting or abridging the authority of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia under the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. L. 1353), entitled "An Act to provide for the elimination of grade crossings of steam railroads in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. SEC. 6. The Philadelphia, Baltitmore and Washington Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, is hereby authorized to acquire any land or property other than public grounds, space, or streets of the United States or the District of Columbia necessary or expedient for right of way for said track extensions, turnouts, branch tracks, spurs, sidings, and connections by purchase or condemnation. In event that said company, its successors or assigns, shall be unable to acquire any piece or parcel of land necessary or expedient for any of the purposes indicated in this Act, at a price deemed by it to be reasonable, then, and in such event The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, is authorized to acquire the same by condemnation proceedings to be instituted in its own name by petition filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for the ascertainment of its value, in accordance with the provisions of sections 483 to 491, inclusive, of Chapter So in original. XV of the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1901, entitled "An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia," as amended by the Act of Congress approved March 1, 1929, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter XV of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes" (45 Stat. L. 1437), so far as the same may be applicable. SEC. 7. If and when the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall decide to pave or repave any of the streets over or along which tracks are authorized to be constructed, the railroad company shall be required to bear the expense of the paving and/or repairs to pavements between the rails and on either side of the tracks for a distance of two feet. SEC. 8. The authority to establish, construct, acquire, maintain, and operate the tracks, switch connections, extensions, turnouts, sidings, branches, spurs, and other facilities provided for in this Act is given upon the following conditions, to wit: The said facilities shall be open to any and all freight traffic by rail whether originating within or without the District of Columbia either on the said The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company or any other common carrier railroad, upon such just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates, terms, and conditions as may be embraced in public tariffs, subject to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission as provided for other rates under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act: Provided, That no greater charge shall be made for deliveries to be made upon said facilities than is or are or may be made for delivery of like traffic consigned for delivery at any other delivery point on The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company in the District of Columbia; special, free, or reduced rates or charges for deliveries of property consigned to the United States or any of its departments, bureaus, or subordinate branches or to or for use of the municipality of the District of Columbia not included: And provided further, That any common carrier by railroad now or hereafter authorized to operate in the District of Columbia shall, upon application to and approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission, be permitted to use jointly all such facilities as provided in this Act on such terms and for such compensation as may be prescribed by the said Interstate Commerce Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended. SEC. 9. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby reserved without regard to any payments required or agreements established under its terms. Approved, June 18, 1932. [PUBLIC NO. 189-72D CONGRESS] [S. 1525] AN ACT Forbidding the transportation of any person in interstate or foreign commerce, kidnaped, or otherwise unlawfully detained, and making such act a felony. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whoever shall knowingly transport or cause to be transported, or aid or abet in transporting, in interstate or foreign commerce, any person who shall have been unlawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnaped, abducted, or carried away by any means whatsoever and held for ransom or reward shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for such term of years as the court, in its discretion, shall determine: Provided, That the term "interstate or foreign commerce" shall include transportation from one State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to another State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country; or from a foreign country to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That if two or more persons enter into an agreement, confederation, or conspiracy to violate the provisions of the foregoing Act and do any overt act toward carrying out such unlawful agreement, confederation, or conspiracy such person or persons shall be punished in like manner as hereinbefore provided by this Act. Approved, June 22, 1932. [S. 4095] AN ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act to punish the unlawful breaking of seals of railroad cars containing interstate or foreign shipments, the unlawful entering of such cars, the stealing of freight and express packages or baggage or articles in process of transportation in interstate shipment, and the felonious asportation of such freight or express packages or baggage or articles therefrom into another district of the United States, and the felonious possession or reception of the same," approved February 13, 1913, as amended (U. S. C., title 18, secs. 409411), by extending its provisions to provide for the punishment of stealing or otherwise unlawful taking of property from passenger cars, sleeping cars, or dining cars, or from passengers on such cars, while such cars are parts of interstate trains, and authorizing prosecution therefor in any district in which the defendant may have taken or been in possession of the property stolen or otherwise unlawfully taken. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of February 13, 1913, as amended, entitled "An Act to punish the unlawful breaking of seals of railroad cars containing interstate or foreign shipments, the unlawful entering of such cars, the stealing of freight and express packages or baggage or articles in process of transportation in interstate shipment, and the felonious asportation of such freight or express packages or baggage or articles therefrom into another district of the United States, and the felonious possession or reception of the same " be amended to read as follows: "Whoever shall unlawfully break the seal of any railroad car containing interstate or foreign shipments of freight or express, or shall enter any such car with intent in either case to commit larceny therein; or whoever shall steal or unlawfully take, carry away, or conceal, or by fraud or deception obtain from any railroad car, station house, platform, depot, wagon, automobile, truck, or other vehicles, or from any steamboat, vessel, or wharf, with intent to convert to his own use any goods or chattels moving as or which are a part of or which constitute an interstate or foreign shipment of freight or express, or shall buy or receive or have in his possession any such goods or chattels, knowing the same to have been stolen; or whoever shall steal or shall unlawfully take, carry away, or by fraud or deception obtain with intent to convert to his own use any baggage which shall have come into the possession of any common carrier for transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to another State or Territory or the District of Columbia or to a foreign country, or from a foreign country to any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or shall break into, steal, take, carry away, or conceal any of the contents of such baggage, or shall buy, receive, or have in his possession any such baggage or any article therefrom of whatever nature, knowing the same to have been stolen, or whoever shall steal or shall unlawfully take by any fraudulent device, scheme, or game, from any passenger car, |