The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-21
[BY AUTHORITY
LAW OF THE UNITED SITE S.

An ACT to amend an act entitled " Hr act for
the cstsbGshntenf Of "a Turnpike Comp nv IN me
County Of Alexandria, in the District of Colnn,
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ID E it enacted BY the Senate and House of Re.
I'D presenfatives the United States of 4neri
ca IN Congress assembled, That it shall and NAV
be lawful to and for the presiden, and directors
OF the Washington and Alexandria Turnpike
Company, in all cases where stone gravel earth,
or sand, may be necessary for making or re.
pairing the Washington 8, Alexandria Turnpike
road, and the president and directors OF the
Washington and Alexandria turnpike company
cannot agree for the same with the owners there.
of, it shall and may be lawful for any one of the
Judges, of the circuit court of the district of CO.
iumb'a, upon application by the said president
and directors or any person authorised by them,
by warrant unde his hand and SEAL TO com.
mand the marshal of the said district to summon
jury of thirteen disin,erested persons qualified
10 serve as petit jurors in the said circuit court
to meet at the place where such materials may
be, on some day not more than ten after the date
OF such warrant, and to give the other party FIVE
days notice OF the time and place, If such party
be found within the district OF Columbia, and il
any OF the said jurors should fail to attend at the
SAID time and place, the marshal may immediate.
iy summon talesmen, in the place of those who
are absent, and shall administer an oath to the
SAID jurors or talesmen, the case may be, iust-
iy ana ,mpartaliy to value the said IN .terialS and
to assess the damage which the owner thereof
shall sustain by the taking thereof by the said
president aud directors, which vaiu stion and as
sessment OF damages made by the ssid Jurors or
majority, of them shall be signed by the said
marshal and the jurors, so many of them, az
shall agree thereto, and be returned to the clerk
OF the said court for the county of Alexandria to
be by him recorded, and shall be conclusive be-
tween the parties; and copy thereof shall be
9ehvered to each OF the parties who may be resi-.
dent IN the said district Of Columbia, and the sum
so awarded and assessed being paid TO the said
clerk of the said court for the use of the party
entitled thereto, the said president and directors
may proceed to take and carry away the said ma
teriais so valued for the purposes aforesaid and
the SAID president and directors shall pay the
SAID marshal five dollars for his service in sum.
mohing and ImPannelling the said jury and ia.
king and returning SAID inquest, and two dollars
to each OF the said jurors so sworn.
SEC q dnd be it further enacted, That the
president ana directors aforesaid may remove
their toll gate from the bridge that is made across
Four Mile Creek, and place the same, and collec,
the tolls OF their said road and bridge, or any
part OF the said road PROVIDED, That the said
toll gate shall not be placed any nearer to the
town OF Alexandra, than where it now stands
nor mere than half mile from where it now is
SEC. 3. AHdbe it further enacted, That it shall
and may be lawful for the president and directors
Oh the said company, or majority of them, to a
6rSc Will TIC oWherS OF any ground, to be occu.
pied by the necessary toll houses and gates, for
the right thereof, or in case of disagreement, or
IN case the owner thereof snau be feme covert,
under age, non compos, or out OF the district,
then the same shall be condemned and paid for in
the same manner, and subjec, to the same condi.
Mons as is provided by the act to which this is a
supplement-, for condemnng the lands through
which the road was to be conducted: Provided,
The quantity of land so condemned, does not ex
ceed halt All acre
SEC. And be it further enacted, That to en-
able the said company immediately to complete
and render sufficient the said road, according to
the true intent and meaning of the said recIted
it shall and may be lawful for the stockhol
5~rs ofthe SAID company, at any general meet.
ing at which majority Of them in person or by
proxy snail be present, to increase tue number
of SHARKS, such extent as shall be necessary TO
accomplish the work on the road aforesaid, as
now laid out, and to demand and receive the mo.
nies subscribed for such shares in the like man
ner asd under the like penalties, as therein pro.
vided, for The Original subscriptions.
j. b. VARNUM,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
JOHN GAILLARD,
President Of the Senate, pro tenn.
April Is, 1910.
APPROVED,