The Empire County argus., 1854-11-25
TPublic, No. 65.1

AN ACI authorizing the extension OF the Alexander and
Washington Railroad into the District of Columbia and
comforting certain privileges on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company.
BE it enacted tie Senate and House Of Representatives
Of tile United States Of ADerica IN Congress assembled
That the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Com
pany Incorporated by the Legislature of Virginia. on the
twenty-seventh of February, eighteen hundred and fifty
four to construct railroad from Alexandria, in the State
of Virginia, to the city of Washington, in the District of
Columbia, be, and hereby authorized to extend their
road from any point the Virginia side of the Potomac
river which said road may be constructeda above the
aqueduct of the Alexandria canal, into the District of
Columbia, connecting with the Baltimore and Washington
railroad depot by tho most convenient and practicable
routes passing through and along such streets
avenues, except the Pennsylvania avenue OF Washington
and Georgetown the corporate authorities thereof may
respectively approve, subject to certain provisions herein
after expressed.
SEC. 2. Ind be 1t further enacted, That the Aexan-
dria and Washington railroad company hereby author
lied to construct bridge the Potomac river, on,
above, west of the aqueduc of the Alexandria Canal
Company Prouded, Said bridge shall only be built
over the piers of the aqueduc with the consent of the
Alexandra Canal Conpany Ald frOrded further, in con-
sructing said bridge and crossing the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal said bridge and railroad shall be construct
ed as not to nur or obruct the Or nav CATION Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: And porded FURTHER That
this act shall not prevent Congress from giving like priv
ges to any other railroad company or any other person
SEC. g. And be 1t further enacted That the Alexandria
and Washington Railroad Company hereby authorized
to bsh depot in the cities of Washington and George
town at such points as the corporate authorities thereof
such point points within said cities and through and
along such streets and avenues except the Pennsylvania
by the corporate authorities of said cities and to make all
necessary turnouts the said railroad company being sub
ject to such terms conditions restrictions and taxation,
and to such rules and regulations relative to the construc
ton repairs, and working of their road within the cities
of Washington and Georgetown the corporate authori
ties of said cities may from time to time respectively pre-
SCRIBE so far as may lay within their respective lmits
Prorded higher rate of taxation shall be imposed upon
said railroad company prescribed by the respective
characters of said cities; and said railroad company shall
keep an office within the city of Washington or George
town. and shall have power to sue and be sued to make
and and hold lands
necessary for carrying the operations of the company,
and the service of process the president any director
of said company the chief clerk in attendance at the
office of the company, shall entte party complaining
proceed against said company authorized under the laws
of the District of Columbia against chartered
companies within its limits.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted That the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company be- and it is hereby author
lied to construct and extend the Washington branch of
said road according to such route may be most
nent through the said District to point the Poo
opposite to the city of Alexandria in
Virginia. for the purpose of forming connexion with the
said river and the lines of railroads running south subject
the provisions of its present ch aracte the said
company hereby authorized to Locate construct and
operate the said extension hereby authorized through such
parts of the city of Washington public reservations as
the corporate authorities thereof or the President Of the
United States, respectively may consent to- and also to
build bridge bridges the Eastern branch of the
Potomac river at point above the navyyard Prori
ded hopere, That the same shall not obruct the naviga
tion thereof And said company shall have power to To-
cate and establish depot and erect the necessary buildings
thereon and also to erect such whave piers into said
river be necessary provided the shall not OBJ
the navigation thereof Propided further, That the
said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company be subject to
the conditions and restrictions in extending their road
through any parts of the city of Washington pre-
scbed for the Alexandria and Washington railroad Com
pany Prorded, hoceuer, That this section shall remain
suspended for two years, from the first day OF january,
eighteen hundred and and if at the end of that
shall not have completed railroad to Alexandria, and
have the in good running order in pursuance of the
requirements of the proceeding sections of this BILL then
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall have the
privilege of extending their road by either Of the routes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall have
much of the provisions of this relates to
their company by the first day of January eighteen hun
drcd and fifty mine, then this act shall be void.
Approved August Sd, 1854.