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9 IPURL1c-No. 1872
AN-AcT. to incorporate the s.Metrop olitan
RAILROAD Company IN the District of
CPrRLIc-No. 1921

Columbia. -i
of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
Alexander r. Shepherd, Richard Wallaeh,
Lewis Clephane; Samuel p. Brown, Ma
thanieI Wilson, franklin Tehney, Mat
thew G. Emery, Samuel Fowler, John
Little, j. @. lMcKelden, Sayles j. Bowen,
John IA .sSemmes, d. c.. Forney, VIM. w
Rapely, VIM. G. Moore, Thomas . Lewis
John B. Keasby, and Charles H.aNichols,
and their associates and assigns be, and
they are hereby, created abody corporate,
under the name of the iHMetropo litanF
Railroad Company with authority to-
construct and lay down a double track
railway, with the necessary switches and
tnrnonts. in the city tof Washington in
thesD District of Columbia, through and
along the following avenues and streets:
Commencing at the junction Of A street
north and New Jersey avenue, at the north
side of the Capitol; along the east sidelof
New Jersey avenue to ID street north;
along d street north and along Y street
north and Indiana avenue to the inter
section of d street north with Indiana
avenue; along Indiana avenue, D street
north, and Louisiana avenue to Fifth
street. west; along Fifth street west to +
street north; along f street north TO Four
teenth street west; along fourteenth street
west TO I street north alongI street north,
across PENNSYLVANIA avenue, to the juno
ton Of New Hampshire avenue and Twen-
ty-thitd street west; thence along New
Hampshire avenuefto the Circle. Also, 3
double or single track branch railway,
commencing at the intersection of p
street north and New ersey avenue; along
New Jersey avenue to Massachusetts, aY-
enne; along Massachusetts avenue to Il
street north; and along FL street northt TO
Seventeenth street west, intersecting the
double track road. Also, a double or
single track road from the intersection OF
Fifteenth street west and street north,
connecting withthe double track road TO
Fifteenth street west; along street north
to New York avenue; along New York
avenue to Ninth street west; and along
Ninth street west to the Washington: ca.
nal; with the privilege of extending the
said branch road at any time along Ninth
street west to NJ street north, along NJ
street north to Twelfth street west, and
along Twelfth street west to the Wash
ington canal and Maryland avenue to the
Potomac river, with the right to.run pub
lie carriages thereon drawn by horse pow
er, receiving therefor rate of fare not
exceeding FIVE cents a passenger, for any
distance between the termini of either OF
the said main railway, or between the ter
mini of either of said branch railways, or
between either terminus of said main rail.
wav and the terminus bf either of said
branch railways: Provided, That the use
and maintenance of the said road shall be
subject to the municipal regulations of the
city of Washington within its corporate
limits. 80 ';grU. +Ig = - bglsst, -
SEC. 2. Andbe itfnrtherenacted, That
said roads shall be deemed real estate
and they, together with other real pro-
perry and personal property of said body
corporate, shall be liable to- taxation, as
other real estate and personal property,
and to license for their vehicles or cars,
in the cities aforesaid, except as hereinaf-
ter provided, and that all other corpora
tors in the Districtof Columbia heretofore
organized for like purposes shall be sub;
ject to pay license, as provided IN this
section. .n L-! goa. 5ra " ii7, -
SEC. 8. And BE itfurther enacted, That
the said railway shall be laid in the centre
of the avenues and streets, Excepting
New Jersey avenue, and there it shall be
laid as hereinbefore provided for, as near
as NAV be- without interfering with or
passing over thei water or gas pipes, IN
the most approved manner adapted for
street railways, with rails of the most APP
proved patterns, to be determinedlby the
Secretary of the Interior, laid upon an
even surface with! the pavement of the
streets; and the space between the two
tracks shall not be less than four feet, nor
more than six D feet: and the carriages
shall not be less than six feet in width,
the guage to correspond with that of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. y J.
SEC. a. And be it further enacted, That
the said corporation hereby created shall
be bound to keep said tracks, and for the
space of two feet beyond the outer rail
thereof, and also the! space between the
tracks, at all times well paved and in
good order, without expense to. the Unit
ted States or to the city of Washington.
81 SEC. 8, And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act shall prevent the Gov
eminent atany time, at their option, from
altering the grade or otherwise improving
all avenues and streets occupied by said
road, or the city of Washington from so
altering or improving such streets and
avenues and the sewerage thereof as may
be under their respective authority and
control; and in such event it shall be the
duty of said company to change their said
railroad so as to conform to such grade
and pavement. slr711 :
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
this act may at any time be altered,
amended, or repealed by the Congress of
the United States. faeb esG tt.i-
SEC. a. And be it further enacted, That
nothingin this act shall be so construed as
to authorize said body corporate to issue
any note, token, device, scrip, or other
evidence of debt to. be used as q currency.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the capital stock of said company shall
not be less than two nor more than five
hundred thousand dollars, and that the
stock shall be divided into shares of fifty
dollars each, and shall be deemed per
sonal property transferable in such man
ner as the bylaws of said company
direct.
SEC. o. And belt further enacted, That
the said company shall place tirst-class