American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-04-19
SECOND BRANCH.

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cr's office. Adopted.
Mr. Bolton, from committee submitted a re-
port on the vouchers from the several fire com
paucs. Concurrcd in.
A communication was received fiom the May
or, vetoing the Dog Law, upon the ground of
lis indefinite provisions. On motion Of DR.. Col
Inns, the vote passing the bill was reconsider
cd. After some debate, the question was put,
Shall this bill pass notwithstanding the OBJ
jcctons Of the Mayor?n and decided in the ne
gative by the following vote threc-fourths
beng necessary for its passageJ
Yeas-Nlcssrs. President laudcrman, STAINS
bury, Boyd, Barnes, Bolton, Caughey, Rich
ardson-6.
Nays--Nlessrs. Collins, Wight, Reese, For
man, Esscnder, Haker-G.
A resolution from the First Branch in favor
of John Boyd, was passed. Also, resolution
providing for culvert on East Baltimore-s;.,
east of Broadway.
MIR. Baker, from committee, submitted re-
solution providing for repairing the Windsor
road. Adopted.
Adjourned till Monday next.
The following is copy of the bill as passed.
An ordinance to prooide for the encom agcncnt Of
trade IN The city Of Baltimore.
Section l. BE 1t enacted and ordained by the
Mayor and City Council OF Baltimore, That
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company
he, and they are hereby authorised TO cons ruCt
and lay down and keep in repair branch of
their road, with one or two tracks to some
point on navigable water on the south side of
the Basin, within the limits of the city, between
Hughes Quay and Fort McHenry; and in the
location and construction Of the same, the SAID
company shall be permitted to adopt such
grades and curves as may enable them advan-
to use locomotive engines thereon
prouded that no grade of any street already
graded and paved shall be altered or nterfered
with, except under the direction Of the city
commissioners, and so far as may be necessary
in the laying of the rails on the same, and pro-
vided that the whole be under such sautary
regulations as the city authorities may from
time TO time prescribe, and provided also, that
the moving power on said branch road does not
exceed four miles per hour.
Sec. .. And be it enacted and ordained That
the articles to be transported upon said branch
road, shall be confined to iron, coal, iron ore,
stone plaster, lime, and other earths and mine
rails, and that all of the above described articles
shall be exempted from wharfage, dockage, or
any other charges on the part of the city, or on
the part OF the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co
exceptthe port tonnage established by the law
of Congress, for the term of twenty years, and
for so much longer time as the Mayor and CT
ty Council shall, at any time thereafter deem it
proper to grant.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted and ordained, That
the said company shall have power to construct
at the termination of said branch of their road
on tldewater, such wharves as they may require
for their own use; provided the wharf operty
used, belonging to the city, does not exceed in
extent two hundred front feet; and the said
company shall have power to extend their said
railroad upon said whaIves, out to such depth
of water as may be required, provided, it shall
not be extended TO any point beyond the port
wardens' line, as now established.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted and ordained, That
the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road company be
and they are hereby authorised to construct
and lay down and keep in repair branch of
their road, with one track from Pratt ST. down
Concord street, or from Pratt street down the
Falls avenue, or any other more practicable
route 10 the city block, or to the present Balti-
moro and Ohio Rail Road companys depot, by
crossing the falls at or between Alice Anna and
Pratt streets, and from thence, with the privi-
lege of continuing east, along Alice Anna St
wharf or wharges on Fells Point, by the con-
sent OF the pr0pretors thereof.
Sec. ). And be it enacted and ordained, That
the following articles that may be transported
upon the said branch road, granted by the 4th
section Of this act or on any road now laid
down III that direction, when used By the Bal
timofe and Ohio Rail Road company. viz: coal.
iron, iron ore, stone, plaster, lime and other
earths, and all other minerals, shall be exempt
cd from Wharfage, dockage, or any other
charges Oh the part OF the city, except the port
tonnage established by Congress, and on the
part OF the Baltimore and OAio Rail Road COM
pany, except the charges paid to other compa-
MES, for the term Of twenty years, and for so
much longer term as the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil shall, at any time thereafter, deem it proper
to grant
Sec, G. And be it enacted and ordained
that all the powers and privileges granted by
the first and second sections of this act. sha il
be extended to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, on any track now bid down,
or on any branch road that may be hereafter
laid down by this act, or on any railroad now
laid down in that direction, when used by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, east of
Mount Clare depot, subject however to the
same salutary regulations by the city authori-
ties, as prescribed by the first section of this
act: Provided, that the company does not oc-
cury any greater space of the city wharf at
the City Block than may be equal in width or
front to the lots now opened by the Company
under deed from the city, free Of wharfage, on
the articles specified by the fifth section Of this
act: Provided, also, that the steam power over
the railway tracks down Pratt-st to the city
block be used between the hours of nine
O'Clock at night and FIVE O'Clock in the morn
ing, from the first Of November till the first of
Apnl, and between the hours of nine O'Clock
at night and four O'Clock in the morning, from
the first of April till the first of November,
and that a man be required to walk in advance
of the steam engine in passing through the
streets on all occasions.
Sec, 7. And be it enacted and ordained,