Charles City intelligencer., 1864-12-29

PUBLIC-No. To-.
AN ACT to incorporate the :. Metropolitan
Railroad Company in the District of Co
lumbia
BE IL enacted 5y the Senate and Rcase OF Repre-
setattueS Of te United States Of .1merica in Con-
gress assembled That Alexander r. Shepherd,
Richard Walach, Lewis Clephane. Samuel p.
Brown, Nathaniel Wilson, Franklin Tenncy,
Matthew G. Emery, Samuel Fowler, John
Little, j. C. Mckelden, Sayles j. Bowen. John
II. Semmes, ID. G. Forney. William w. Rap
ley, VIM. G.. Moore, Thomas Lewis John B.
keasbey, and Charles III. Nichols, and their
associates and assigns be, and they are hereby.
created a body corporate, under the name of
the /" Metropolitan Railroad Company with
authority to construct and lay down a double
track railway, with the Necessary switches and
turnouts, in the city of Washington. in the
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 Capt.
tol along the east side of New Jersey avenue
to ID street north along ID street north, and
along c street north aud Indiana avenue 10
the intersection of street north with Indiana
avenue along Indiana avenue ID street north
and Louisiana avenue to Fifth street west ;
along Fifth street west to street north !;
along L street north to Fourteenth street
west ; along Fourteenth street west TO / street
north along street north, across Pennsylva-
Ma avenue, To the junction of New Hampshire
avenue and Twenty third street west thence
along New Hampshire avenue to the Circle
Also, a double or single track branch railway.
commencing at the intersection of ID street
north and New jersey avenue F; along New
jersey avenue to Massachusetts, avenue along
Massachusetts, avenue To II street north and
along III street north to Seventeenth street
west, inteBccting the double track road. AL
so, double or single track road from the in
terscction Of Fifteenth street west and street
north connecting with the double-tracll road
at Fifteenth street west along street north
to New York avenue; along New York ave
nue. to Ninth street west and along Ninth
street west to the Washington canal with
the privilege of extending the said branch
road ut 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 Washington canal and Maryland avenue
! to the Potomac river, with the right to run
public carriages thereon drawn by horse pow
| er, receiving therefor n rate of fare not eX-
ceeding five cents a passenger, for any distance
between the tcrmni of either of the said main
| railway, or between the termihi of either of
said branch railways. or between either termi-
nus of said main railway and the terminus of
either of said branch railways PrOrided. 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.
Sec. >. Aad be IL further enacted, That said
roads shall be deemed real estate, and they
together with other real property 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 hcreinaf-
ter provided, and that all other corporations
in the District of Columbia heretofore organ
lied for like purposes shall be subject to pay
license, as provided in this section.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacted, That the
said railway shall be laid in the centre of the
avenues and streets, excepting New Jersey
| avenue, and there ii shall be laid as hercinbe-
fore provided for,) as near as may be, without
interfering with or passing over the water or
gas pipes, in the most approved manner adapt
ed for street railways, with rails of the most
approved patterns, to be determined by the
Secretary of the Interior, laid upon an even
surface with the payment of the streets and
the space between the two tracks shall not be
less than four 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 railroad.
Sec. 4. 1nd be Il further enacted. That the
said corporation hereby created shall be bound
to keep said tracks, and for the space of two
space between the tracks, at all times well
paved and in good order, without expense to
the United States or to the city of Washing
| ton.
| Sec. 5. And be d. .fagthT enacted That moth
ing in this act shall prevent the Government
at any 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 au.
thorty and control and in such event il shall
be the duty of said company to change their
said railroad SO as to conform to such grade
and pavement.
Sec. 6. Aad be IL further enacted, That this
act may ut any time be altered, amended, or
| repealed by the Congress of the United States
| Sec. z. And be Il further enacted, That moth
| ing in this act shall be SO construed as to au-
thorize said body corporate to issue any note,
token, device, scrip, or other evidence Of debt
| to be used rs a currency.
Sec. g. .ina be I further enacted, That the
capital stock of said company shall be not less
| than two nor more than five hundred Thousand
dollars, and that the stock shall be divided in
| To shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be
deemed personal property transferable in such
| manner us the bylaws of said company may
] direct.
Sec 8. And Be IL further enacted That the
said company shall place first class cars on said
railways, with all the modern Improvements
for the convenience and comfort of passengers,
and shall run cars thereon during the day as
| often as every four minutes on the route from
| the Capitol, via the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road depot and departments, to the Circle
and on the other routes once in fifteen min