The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-01

An act 10 authorize file cxiension coit-
 straction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, into
 and within the District of Columbia.
 WHEREAS it srcpresented to this rresent Congress that the Baltimore and Ohio rail -oad Company, incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Marviand, enti- tied s.sn act to incorporate the Baltimore and Ohio rail road Company, ? passa ad the twenty-eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, are dcsirous, the powers which they claim to be vested.in them by the provisions of tue be- fore-reeited act, to construct lateraI branch from tho said Baltimore and Ohio rail road to the District of Celt,.nbia.- Therefore,
 Be Il enacted 5y lbe Senate aud House of Repregeasatires fthe {TaieI Sfates of .4me- rlca ia Congress assembted. That the Balti- more and Ohio rail road Company, ineor- porated by the said act of the General As- semhly of Maryland, shall be- and they are hereby, authorized to extend into and with jn the District of sEolnahia lateral rail road, such as the said company shall con strHet, ,or cause to be constructed, in direc- sion towards the said District, in connection with the rail road which they have located :, and arc constructing, from the city of Balti- more to the Ohio river, in pursuance of sielr said act of incorporation: And tho said Baltimore and Ohio rail road Cofnpa- ny are hereby authorized to exercise the ealne powers, rights, and privileges, and Shall be subject to the same restrictions, in the extension and construction of the said lateral rail road into and within the said District, they may exercise ,sor are sub Iect to, under and by virtue of their said charter or act of incorporation. in the ex- tension and construction of any rail road within the state of Maryland, and shall be entitled to the same rights, compensation, benefits, and imnunities, it the use , [ the said road and in regard thereto, as arc pro- vided in their sa d charter, except the right to construct any lateral road or roads within the said District from the said late rai branch or road hereby authorized, il being expressly understood that the said Baltimore and Ohio rail road company shall have power only to construct from the said Baltimore and Ohio rail road one lateral soad within the said District, to soine point or termination within the city and county of Washington, to be deter rnIned in the manner hereinafter mention ed procided, atacays, and De q enacted hat before the Baltimore and Ohio rail road company aforesaid shall proceed te construct any rail road which they may lay ont O. locate, on, through, or over any iane or improvements, or to use, take for use any earth, stone, or othermat eriais, on an, land within the said District, they shat Irst obtain the assent of the owner 9f sici iahd, improvements, or materials, or, I S'icil owner shall be absent from said Dis efiet, or shall refuse to give siich assent or such terms as the said company shall ap prove, or, because of infancy, coyerture insanity, or any other cause, shall be ie gsiiy Incapable of giving such assent, the' II shall he law fll for the said company t apply to justice of tic peace of the conn Y Of ashington. who shall thereupon IS sue his warrant, under bis hand and seal direeted to the Marshal of the said District requiring him to summon jury of tWent Inhabitants of the said District, none c whom shall be intercst ted, or related to an
 pesssn interested in the land or material reaaired for the construction oi tine sai rail road, or a stockholder. or related { any stoclShoider, in the said company meet on the land, or near to the other prs perty or naserials so required, on ia Sa@ed in such warrant, not less than thsc