Charles City intelligencer., 1864-12-29

may he necessary for the exclusive purpose o.
col Meeting the said stables and depots with
! the main tracks. And the said company is
hereby authorized TO purchase or lease such
! lands or buildings as may be necessary tor the
passenger rooms, ticket offices, stables, and
| depots above mentioned.
Sec. IL. ARd be IL further enacted, That all
articles of value that may be inadvertently
lett IN any of the cars or other vehicles of the
said company shall be taken to their principal
depot and entered in q book of record of un.
claimed goods, which book shall be open to
| the inspection of the public at all reasonable
| hours OF business
| Sec IL. And be IL further enacted That
within five days after the passage of this act
the corporators named in the first section, or
majority of them, or if any refuse or neglect
to act, then majority of the remainder, shall
cause books of subscription to the capitol stock
| OF SAID company TO be opened and kept open,
IN some convenient and accessible place i'm the
city of Washington, from nine O'Clock in the
forenoon till five O'Clock in the afternoon. for
a period to be fixed by said corporators, not
less than two days, unless the whole stock
shall be sooner subscribed for. } and said corpo-
rators shall give public notice, by advertise
ment in the daily papers published in the city
of Washington, of the time when and the
| place where'said books shall bc opened. And
subscribers upon said hooks to the capital stock
/ of the company shall be held to be stock. hold
ers: Prorided, That every subscriber shall
pay at the time of subscribing twenty-five per
| ccntum of the amount by him subscribed to
the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or
his subscription shall be null and void Pro
rtded, further, That nothing shall be received
in payment of the twenty-five per centum at
the time of subscribing except money: Pro
ridea, further, That no person shall be allowed
to subscribe for more than fifteen thousand
dollars And when the books of substitution
to the capital stock Of said company shall be
closed, the corporators named in the first Sec
| ton, or a majority of them, and in case any
of them refuse or neglect to act, then major
ity of the remainder, shall, within twenty
days thereafter, call the first meeting of the
stockholders of sasd company to meet within
ten days thereafter for the choice of directors,
of which public notice shall be given for five
days in two public newspapers published daily
in the city of Washington, or by written per-
sonal notice to each stockholdcr by the clerk
of the corporation. And in all meetings of
the stockholders each share shall entite the
holder to one vote, to be given in person OF
by proxy.
Sec. l3. Ind Be IL further enacted. That the
government and direction of the affairs of the
company shall be vested in the board of di-
rectors, seven in number, who shall be stock
year, and till Others are duly elected and quail
itied to take their places as directors And
the said directors IA majority of whom, the
president being one, shall he a quorum) shall
elect one OF their number to be president OF
the board, who shall also be president of the
company and they shall also choose a treas
urer, who shall give bonds with surety to said
company. i'll such sum as the said directors
may require, for the faithful discharge Of his
! llst I-1sn RF In, H.. =
directors by the death, resignation, or other
wise, of any director, the vacancy occasioncl
thereby shall be filed by the remaining drec-
tors.
Sec. Il. And be Il further enacted, That the
directors shall have full power to make and
prescribe such bylaws, rules, and regulations
as they shall deem needful and proper, touch
ing the disposition and management of the
stock, property, estate, and effects of the com
pany, not contrary to the charter, or to the
laws OF the United States and the ordinances
of the city of Washington: Procided, That
there shall be no regulation excluding any per-
son from any car on account of color.
Sec. l5, Ind be further enacted That
there shall be an annual meeting of the stock
holders, for choice of directors, to be holden
at such time and place, under such conditions.
and upon such notice, as the said company i'm
their 10y laws may prescribe and said direc-
tors shall annually make a report in writing
OF their doings to the stockholders
Sec. 16 Ind be IL futler enacted, That the
said company shall have at all times the free
and uninterrupted Use OF the roadway. And
1T any person or persons shall wifully and un-
necessarily obstruct or impede the passage on
or over said railway, or any part thereof, or
shall injure or destroy the ears, depot stations
or any property belonging to slid railway COM
pany. the person or persons SO offending shall
forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum
OF five dollars, to be recovered and disposed of
as other fines and penalties in said cities and
shall remain liable, in addition to said penal
ty, for any loss or damage occasioned 10y his.
her, or their act, as aforesaid but no suit
shall be brought unless commenced within
sixty days after such offence shall have been
committed.
Sec. IL. laa be ii further enacted, That un-
less stid corporation shall make and complete
their said railways between the Capitol and
Seventeenth street west within four months
after the company shall have been organized,
and the railways on the other routes herein
described within one year after the company
shall have been organized, then this act shall
be null and void, and no rights whatsoever
shall be acquired under it.
Sec. IS. Ind be IL further enacted, That all
acts and parts of acts heretofore passed which
are Inconsistent with any of the provisions OF
this act are. for the purposes OF this act, here
| by repealed SO far as the same are incunsis-
tent herewith.
Sec. 10. .4,.d be il further enacted. That each
of the stockholders in the Metropolitan Rail-
road Company shall be individually liable for
all the debts and liabilities of said company,
! to an amount equal to the amount OF stock
held by such stockholders.
Sec. 90. Iad be IL further enacted, That the
said Railroad Company shall keep in good re-
pair and in clean condition the fagstoncs or
cross walks leading to, upon and over their
tracks at the crossings of the several streets,
which intersect their railroad, removing there
| from snow and ice, as well as mud, dirt, or
other annoyance and shall further, whenever
necessary to render such crossings dry and
convenient raise or elevate the same sufficient
" for that purpose, and shall adjust the Join
| ing pavement SO as to make it convenient fol
carriages to pass said crossings.
| Sec. 81. Iad be IL further enacted, That foI
each and every violation of the foregoing pro-
visions the said company shall forfeit and pay
! a sum not less than five dollars and not more
than one hundred dollars, which may be re-
covered, with costs of suit, on complaint oi
any person aggrieved, in any court OF compe-
| tent jurisdiction in the District of Columbia.
Such action may be prosecuted in the name OF
| the city of Washington. and one half of the
penalties recovered shall be for the use of the
city of Washington, and the other half for the
use of the complainant Prorided, hoeerer,
That any party complainant shall, before com
mencing-sueh action, file with the Clerk of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
bond to be approved by the clerk of the said
court, with at least one surety, to be approved
by said clerk, and in penalty of one hundred
dollars, conditioned that the complainant shall
well and truly save harmless, and indemnify
! the said city against the payment of all COST
and charges which shall be recovered against
said city 10y reason OF the failure of the COM
planant to prosecute or maintain his said com
plant.
Sec. %. Ind be Il ttuthou enocted, That the
said railroad company shall, by the fifteenth
day of January, after the completion OF said
road, and annually on or before that day there
after, transmit to Congress full report of Tho