Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1864-09-03
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the First Session Of the Thirty ghth
NnnOrnge

An ACT to incorporate the "Nletropo|tan
Railroad Company" in the District OF Co.
lumbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled That Al
txander r. Shepherd, Richard WaIIach,
Lewis Ulcphaue, Samuel F. Brown, NatIA
mel Wilson, Franklin Tenuoy, Matthew G
Emery, Samuel Fowler, john Little, j, ..
McKeIden, SayIes j. Bowen, John Il SEM
mes, D. c, Forney, William W, Rapey,
Wm. G. Moore, Thomas Lewis, John B,
Kcasbey, and Charles II. Nichols and
their associates ard assigns be, and they
ore hereby, created IL body corporated, IN
der the name OF the metropolitan Rail
road Company" with authority to construct
and lay down double track railway, with
the necessary switches and turnoutS, in the
city Of Washington, in the DistIict Of Co
lumbia, through and along the following
avenues and streets: Commencing at the
junction Of street north and New Jersey
avenue, at the north side Of the Capitol;
along the east side Of New Jersey avenue
to D. street north; along D street north,
aud along & street north and Indiana ave
uuc to the intersection Of D street north
with IDdiana avenue; along Indiana ave
nnc, y street north, and LOuisoana ave.
nue to Fifth street west; along Fifth street
west TO L street north; along + street
north TO Fourteenth street west; along
Funrtecth street west 10 street north;
along street north, across PennSy yyNnia
avenue, to the junction of New Hampshire
avenue and twcnty-lhird street west; then
ce along New Hampshire avenue to the
Circle Also, double or slagIG track
branch railway, commencing at the inter
section of D street uorth aud New Jersey
avenue to Massachusetts avenue; along
Massachusetts avenue to Ii street north
and along II street north to Seventeenth
street west, interSecting the double track
road. Also, double or single track road
from the intersection of Fifteenth street
west and street north, connecting with
the double track road at Fifteenth street
west; along ! street north to New York
avenue; along New York avenue to Ninth
street vest and along Ninth street west
to the Washington canal; with the priyile-
ge of extending the said branch road al
any time along Ninth street west to NJ
street north, along NJ street north to TwcI-
fth street west, and along Twelfth street
west to the Washington canal and Mary
land avenue to the Potomac river, with the
right to run public carriages thereon drawn
by horse power receiving therefor late
Of fare not exceeding five cents q passcng.
er, for any distance between the termni oI
either ofthe sad man railway, or between
the tcrmini Of either Of said blanch rail.
ways, or between either terminus Of said
main railway and the terminus of either oil
said branch railways; Provided, That the
use and maiptcnance Of the said road shaI
be subject to the municipal regulations OIL
the city Of Washington within ito corpora
to limits.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That
said ronds shall be decMcd real estate, and
they, together with other real property and
personal property of said lody corporate
shall be liable to taxation, as other rea
estate and personal property, and tn licen.
se for their vehicles or cars, in the cities
aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided
and that all other corporations in the Dis.
trict of Columbia heretofore organized fur
like purposes shall be subject to pay licen.
Sc, as provided in this section
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That
the said railway shall be laid in the centre
of the avenues aud streets, excepting New
Jerpcy avenue, aud there 1t shall be laid
as hereinbeiore provided for, as near as
may be, without interfering with or passing
over the water or gas pipes. in the most
approved manner adapted for street rail.
ways, with rails Of the most approved pat.
trrus to be determined by the Secretary
of the Interior, laid upon au even surface
with the pavement Of the street, aud the
space between the two tracks shall not be
less thau fnr feet, nor more than SIX feet;
and the carriages shall not be less than six
feet IN width, the guage to correspond with
that of the Baltimore and Ohio rniItoad,
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That
the SAID corporation hereby created shall
be bound to keep said tracks, aud 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 United
States or to the city Washington.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act shall prevent the Cow
ernmcat AZ any time, at their option, from
altering the grade or otherwise improving
all avenues and stlcetS uccnpicd by said
road, or the city of Washington from SC
altering or improving such streets and ave-
nues and the sewerage thereof as may h
under their respective authority and con
troll; aud III such event it shall he the duty
Of said company to change their said rail
road so as to conform 10 such grade and