Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-05-25

i pose of taking thereirom any material, or for
 any other purpose or uses whatsoever; but
 the sad company, tn passing into the District
 aforesaid, and constructingrhe said road with
 Tn the same, shall enter the City of Washing
 ton at such place, and shall pass along such l public street OF alley, to such point or ter minus within the sad City, as the said com panF shall find best calculated to promote the l sbj cts of sad road: Pr0pided, That the le- vel ai said road with the sad City shall con 1 t3rm 10 the present graduation of the streets, unless the said Corporation shall agree to d different level: .4Hd, hropided also, That
 The said company shall not be permitted to take or terminate the said road west of the
 west side of seventh street west: .4lsd hro-
 Didsd also, That the said road shall not cross
 orinterfere with, or infringe on the existing Washington City Canal, or the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, their waters or basins, any
 other canal which may hereafter be projected
 and executed to connect the said Chesapeake
 and Ohio Canal with the aforesaid Washing tn Clty Canal in its whole extent to the Eas. tern Branch of the Potomac: Pro9,fdrd aLSo The rate actually charged and received on all that part of said road within the District shall not exceed three cents d ton per tnile flr tell, and three cents q ton per mile for trans pSrtatlcli. except as hereinafter specified, and i shall be the sane each way: Propided, also, That the privileges granted by this D Il to the aforesaid rail road company shall be upan the condition that tho sad company shall charge the same rate of til upon the same articles going east and west between Baltimore and Washington.
 Sdc. 2. find be t .G,tihcr enqcted, That in aAditicn to the charges authorized by said lact If incorporation to be made by the BAlti- norF and Ohio R9l Road Company aforesaid, the 1mplny shall be authorized, within the
 said District, to make any special contract thhny operation, company CT individual, f,r the exclusive use of any car, or of any palt 0t, q place m, any Car, CT other caryiagc, on
 any f'il road constructed by the said company l tr specified time or distance, or b3th or 1 for the receipt and delivery, or the transpar- c1tth 0i mcrch lnd;se or other valuable arti- cltsI.n xes, parcels, or packages weighing le9s ia.n onc tenth If ton, on such terms as nadbc mutually agreed on between the par ticsi Prooidfd That the charge for the | tramp 1rtaticn If merchandise or other valua- l ble ;ttiClcs shall not exceed one cent per mile | fer 3ny single box, parcel, or package weigh ing fss than fifty pounds and measuring, i'll szeI not more than two cubic feet; and for any heavier or larger box, parcel, or pack age, weighing less than one tenth of a ton, not h0re than two cents per mile. And the saidfamp9ny, iii all eases where the whole 0fI
 the merchandise, produce, or other property, transportcd On their rail road within the said District, at any one tme belonging to the
 samf person, co-partnersMp, or corporation,
 shall weigh less than ton, and more than
 half a ton, shall be entitled to charge and re-
 ceive, for the transportation thereof, at the
 same rate per mile as if it weighed a full ton, and if the same shall weigh less than half ton, the charge per mile may be the same as for half ton; always estimating a ton weight | to be two thousand pounds
 Sec. 8. .4Jid be t fuy1her cnGcted, That the said company are, also, hereby cmpDw- cred to make such special contract with any
 duly authorized officer or agent of the United
 States, for the conveyance of the mail, or the transportation of persons or property for the use of the United States, on any rail road (which has been or shall be constructed by the said Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Compa-. nv, on such terms as shall be approved of by the competent officer or authorty; and in ali such instances, to receive the compensation so agreed for according to the terms of each
 contract.
 Sec 4. And Dc h further enacted, That
 the said rail road company may charge and receive, for taking up and setting down any passenger nr traveller within the District, conveyed shorter distance than four miles,
 a sum not exceeding twelve and a half cents.
 Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That unless the said company shall commence the
 said lateral rail road within one year, and complete the same, with at least, one set of tracks, within four years from the passage of
 tiiis act, then this act, and all the rights and
 privileges thereby granted, shall cease and determine.
 Sec. G. find be H further enacted, That
 nothing herein cantaincd shall be so constru-
 cd as to prevent the Congress of the United
 States from granting the same or similar pri- vileges to those hereby granted to any other
 company or companies, incorporated or to be incorporated by the State of Maryland or Virginia CT by Congress, or from authorizing,
 by any future law, such additional rall road or reads, in cGnnexiin with said road, so as to extend the same road, or tp construct eth,
 PTS connected thcrewith, to such parts of the
 District as from time to time may be required
 by the convenience of these parts of the Dis trict into which the said company arc now re
 strained from carrying said road, or from en-
 acting such rulcs and regulations, prescribing
 the speed of Cars or carriages passing over
 said road, and other matters relating thereto,
 necessary for the security of the persons and
 property of the inhabitants C; the District,
 n such Inanner as to the present or any fn-
 tnre Congress shall seem expedient: ind
 hrovid q, ne1,e,4Aeieas, That noth'ng herein
 c6ntaine6 shall be considered to give any.
 rights rr privileges to the said company, be- gdnd the limits of the District of Columbia.
 Sec. z. Aad De itafurther enacted, That
 if the State of Maryland shall determine to
 construct a rail way between the city of Bal
 tirn6rc and the District of Columbia, or shall incorporates company fir the same purpose,
 then similar rights, privileges, immunltes,
 and powers, conferred by tiis act on the Bal tinlorc and Ohio Rail Road. be. and the same