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terland and Pennsylvania Railroad at the point where said
Branch intersects the said National Road ; and provided also,
That after recrossing Wills' Creek at the point above named,
the line of the said Pennsylvania Railroad shall at no point
infringe upon the line of condemnation or right of way of the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, excepting "at the
point where it crosses the Potomac Wharf Branch of said road
at its intersection with the said National Road ; and provided
also, That said Pennsylvania Railroad after crossing Wills'
Creek west of the west end of the "Narrows," shall have the
option instead of recrossing said creek at a point not less than
four hundred feet southeast of the National Road bridge as
above provided for, of remaining on the west side of said
creek and crossing the Potomac Wharf Branch of the Cum-
berland and Pennsylvania Railroad at any point on the west
side of Wills' Creek, either above or at gradeas may be found
most convenient and practicable ; and the choice of either
route herein above provided for shall be final ; and provided
also, That if said Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall elect
to construct its railroad upon that line hereinbefore described,
which provides for its recrossing Wills' Creek from the west
side thereof, at a point not less than four hundred feet south-
east of the National Road bridge ; then and in that event said
Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall construct, and is
hereby required to construct, from its main line aforesaid a
branch line on the east or west side of Wills' Creek to a point
on the basins of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Cumber-
land, or in lieu thereof said Company may contract with any
existing Railroad Company leading to said basin or basins
for the transportation of its cars thereto, said contract to be
for a period of ninety-nine years, and renewable for a like
period ; and in crossing the Potomac Wharf Branch of the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad with the Branch
Road aforesaid, said Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall
have the same rights and be subject to the same conditions,
regulations and limitations as are herein provided for the
Crossing of said Potomac Wharf Branch by the main line of
said Pennsylvania Railroad Company ; and provided also,
That any crossing at grade, herein provided for the trains of
the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad shall have
precedence of the trains of the said Pennsylvania Railroad
in crossing.

"Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That before said crossings

shall be made, the President or other authorized agent of
said Pennsylvania Railroad Company shall first give ten

days notice in writing to the President or Agent, resident in
Cumberland of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad