Public Law 74–84

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empow-ered to grant permission to the Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, the owner of squares 705, 707, and east of 708, and part of square 708, in the District of Columbia, its successors and assigns, to lay down, construct, maintain, and use pipe lines for the carriage of petroleum and petroleum products from any point or points within any such square or such part of square, in and through Half Street, First Street, P Street, Q Street, R Street, Potomac Avenue, reservation 246 and reservation 247, to any point or points within any such square or such part of square, or to the pierhead line of the Anacostia River.

Sec. 2.

All the construction and use provided for herein shall be under such regulations and rentals as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may make and establish in connection therewith, and all plans and specifications for such construction shall be subject to their approval. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall have full authority to designate the location and to cause such repairs or relocation of said pipe lines as the public necessity may require, any such repairs or relocation to be at the expense of the Smoot Sand and Gravel Corporation, its successors, or assigns.

Sec. 3.

No permission granted or enjoyed hereunder shall vest any

No property rights to vest.

right, title, or interest in or to the land within the streets or reservations referred to in section 1.

Sec. 4.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

expressly reserved.