The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-02
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Avs OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session Of the Thirty
seUsnh Congress.
TPUBLro-No. 63.l

AN AOl 10 incorporate tue w dkOi0RtOH
and Georgernwn Railroad Company.
Be IL enGcted by the Senate and Hoals' Of
Representatives. Of the United States Of
America IN Congress assembled, That
EliAb kinaman, Franklin Fenney, J. j.
Coombs, Sayles j. Bowen, Charles II. Up
ton, Henry Addison, Hallett Kilbourn, aud
their associates and assigns, be and they
are hereby created body corporate, un-
der the name of the Washington aud
Georgetown Railroad Company" with au-
thority to construct and lay DOWN double
track railroad, with the necessary switches
and turnouls in tine cities of Georgetown
and Washington, in the District of Colum-
bia, through and along the following ave-
nues and streets: Commencing on Bridge
street, at the intersection with High street,
or at such point on said Bridge street east
thereof, in the city OF Georgetown, as may
be designated hereafter by the corporate
authorities thereof along said Bridge street
to its intersection with the street running
to the tubular bridge over Rock Creek to
Pennsylvania avenue, in the city of Wash
ington along SAID avenue to Fifteenth
street west; along said street south to said
avenue along said avenue TO the foot of
the Capitol grounds; thence around the
southern boundary Of the Capitol grounds;
and along their sou bern boundary eASieriy
to Pennsy ylvania avenue; along said Penn
sylyania avenue 10 Eighth street east, or
Garrison street and along said street south
TO the navy yard gate, with lateral road
running along the eastern front of the
Capitol from the southern to the north
ern gate, and thence by "a street to
the depot of tue Baltimore and Ohio
railroad; and thence on said depot
through First street to Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. so as To IN ersect with said main road
also double or single track branch rail-
way, commencing at Boundary street north
and running down Seventh street west to
Pepusy lvania avenue and to the Potomac;
also, railway mmencing at Boundary
street and running down Fourteenth street
We st and New York avenue to PennsylVa-
! MIA avenue to point of Intersection with
said 6rS.- mentioned railway, with the right
| to run public carriages thereon drawn by
horse power, receiving therefor a rate Of
| fare not exec eding five cents a passenger
! for any distance between the termini of
| either of the said main railway, or between
! the termini of either of aaId branch rail-
ways, or between either terminus of said
main railway aud the terminus of either of
said branch railways: Provided That the
! use aud maintenaL ce OF said road shall be
subject to the muoicipal regulations of the
cities of Washington aud Georgetown re-
spectively, within their several corporate
limits, and that whenever the Capitol
grounds shall be enlarged, then the said
Lontes shall be made @ te psE estate aud
they, together, with other real property ana
the personal properly of said body eorpo-
rate shall be liable 20 taxation as otner reai
estate and personal property IN the GisieS
aforesaid; except as hereinafter proVIoeo.
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That
the said railway shall be laid in the center
of the avenues and streets, as near as may De
| without interfering with or passing over 'hs
water or gas pipes, in the mostapproved man
ner adapted for street railways, with ralls
the most approved patterns, to be determines
nv the Secretary of the Interior, lald upoi
an even surface with the pavement OF tn'
> s,reets: and the space between the wv
tracks shall not be less than four feel, no
/, more than six feet, and the carriages snal
not be less than six feet IN width, the gaug
to correspond with that OF the baiuno'
and Ohio railroad. MT
Sec. 4, And be it further enacted, Ina
10 the said corporation, hereby created, sna
he hound to keep said tracks, ano lot I'll
space of two feet beyond the outer rali tneF'
o. of and also the space between the tracks,
ali times well paved and IN gooo oroe
i,L,.-,+ expense to the United States, or
:, tho cities of Georgetown and Washingto
So < And be it further enacted, In
o,b;no in this act shall prevent the 90
arnr,ent at any time, at their option, FRO
ei1arino the grade or otherwise improVii
ponnsvIvauia avenue. and such other aV
res.and streets as may be occupied by 50