Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-05-25
IPnRL1c-Nn. 61l

APPROVED. March 2, 1881.
 TPUBLIc-No. 61.
 AN ACT to authorize the extenson cons,rueon anduse
 of lateral branch of tl Baltimore md Ohio Rail RGgd,
 into and within the District of Columbia.
 WHEREAS, it is represented to this present Congress that the Baltimore and Ohio RAl Road Company, incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Maryland, entitled, ''An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company," passed tlle twen- ty-eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, are dcsiruus, under the powers which they claim to be vested iHthem by the provisions of thcbcfore recited act, to construct a lateralhranch from the said Br't-
 more and Qhin ral rad tathe Distrct ofCu
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 De t st4cs dby fbe StnGt- ond {{ouse 9f ReFgeScafGtipes 2 GHs iI,itd &'Qte8 . .4uc- lfca ja Coagyc6a ae3e118Fd, 1has t1c Bll- timore and Ono Rail R I'd Gamp1ne lacor- porated by the sad act If the fisner .i AsscW- ply of MarYlapd, shalIbe, and they are here by, authorized to extend into and within the District 1f Caunbi9 iAteral ral to9d snch IS the said company shall canstruct, CT c4uot fA be constructed, in d direction towards the s9id District, in connu';j1n Wth the r1l road which they have lclted, and are construct,
 nr, fr N tbe CIV if BllGnare to the Ohio fiNer, H pursuance cf their said act "t incor- prltiun; AHi tll, said BaitimoIp and Ohio Ral Road Company gre hereby authorized to exercise the same powers, rights, and p,'yi- ieges, and shall be subject to the same restr.c- tons, in the extension and construction of the said lateral rail road into and within the snid District, IS they may exercise, or are subject rr, under and by virtue of their said charter
 P acr of corporation, in the extension and
 .,f fl Maryland, and shall be entitled to the same rights, compens tian, benefits, and mmuni- ties, in the use of the sad road and in re- gard thereto, as are provided in their sait, charter, except the right to construct any lateral road or roads within the said District from the sud lateral branch or road hereby authNr2ed, it being expressly understood that the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com pany shall have power only to. construct from the said Baltimore and Ohio rail road one lateral road within the said District, to some point or termination within the City and County of Washington, to be determined in the manner hereinafter mcntioned: Prouided alzvay3, and 6e H enacted, That before the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company aforesaid shall proceed to construct any rail road which they may lay ont or locate, on, through, or over any land or Improvements, or to use, take for use any earth, stone, or ather materials, on any land within the said District, they shall first obtain the assent of the owner of such land, Improvements, or materials, or, if such owner shall be absent from said District, or shall refuse to give such assent on such terms as the said company shall approve, or, because of infancy cover ture, insanity, or any other cause, shall be le- gally incapable of giving such assent, then it shall be lawful for the said company to apply to justice 0fthe peace ofthe county of Wash- ington, who shall thcre0pon issue his warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to the Mm- shal of the said District, requiring him ta summon jury of twenty inhabitants of the said District, none of whom shall be inter. estcd, or related to any person interested in the land or materials required for the con struction of the said rail road, or stcclhol- der, or related to any stockholder, in the said company, to meet on the land, or near to the other property or materials so required, on a day named in such warrant, not less than three nor more than fifteen days after issuing the same, to proceed to value the damages which the owner or owners of any such land CT ether property will sustain by the use OF cccupaticn If the same, required by the said compapy; and the proceedings, duty, and aus theritV of the said Marshal, in regard U such warrant and jury, and the oath or affirmation to be administered, and inquisition to be made and returned, shall be the same as are dneet- ed and authorized in regard to the Sheriff, by the fifteenth section of the sad act of the (Ie neral Assembly of the State Of Maryland, ip- cooperating the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company; and all the other proceed iugs in regard to such jury, and the estimat- ing and yaluatiuu of damages, and the pay imsnt CT tender of paYne0t of any damages iascettlineA bg valuation md effect there Of, and fl th8Nem of my lands, or otherFro- petty Or materials, its t9 Sivns the sad com pdny a right to use the same far4tAe use orl iconstructian of any iall rad wlthln'the said l District, as hereby authorized, shall, in eve rv case, and in every respect, be the same 5s | is pravded in aud by the ab pve mentioned Fact If incorpQratiln in regard tothe rail roads | thereby authorized to be constructed by the fSaid caippany: Propjded also, and De Hea-H actcd, That whenever the said company, in Ithc nslfuct'llluf I rail read into or within the sad District, as authorized by this act, shall find t nect ssary tocrGss or interse ct ant established road, street or other way. it shall be the duty of the said company 50 to con strrict the said rail road across such establish 1 ed road, street or other way, as not to im- pcde the passage or transportation of persons | or properly along the same; and,, where it l shall be necessary to pass the said rail read tlrough the land cf any individual within the sad District, it shall also be the duty of the said company to provide for such individual l proper wagon ways across the said rail road, l iron, one part of his land to the other; but nothing herein contained shall be. so constru- ed as to authorize the entry by the said com pany upon any let or square, orupon any part of any lot or square, owned by the United, States, or by any other body or bodies polite or corporate, rby any individual or individ- uals, within the limits of the City of Wash