Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-03-30
[orrIcIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
ID. .. .ea nj the secons. scsslOn Of the Thirty
Ninth Congress.

IPUBLIC-NO. H..
An Act to incorpatc the Washington
County Horse Railroad Company III
tho District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by Me Senate anil House Of
Representatives. Of the United STATES Of
America in Congress assembled. That Sam
uel p. Brown, Francis Mattingy, Noble
ID. IIarncr, Marshall Brown, and Joseph
l.. Pearson, and their associates aud as
signs be and they arc hereby. cr"ated n
body corporate under the name Of" WASH
ineton County Horse Railroad Company"
with authority to construct and lay down
double or single track railway, with the
necessary switches ard turnonts. in tho
county Of Washington. in the District OF
Columbia, as follows: Commencing at
Boundary street, at its intersection with
Fourteenth street, and along the Fourteenth
street in a northerly direction, to a point
where said road intersects a new road re-
Gently opened by the levy court, and
along said new roal in an casterly direc-
ton, to the Seventh, street turnpike, and
along said turnpike in a southcrly direc-
ton to boundary street : Prootdc't, That
the consent Of Board Of Directors of tho 18th
Street Turnpike Company be- first obtained
for the use of their road, with the right to
run public carriages thereon, and receiv-
ing therefor a rats of fare not cXcceding
ten cents a passenger for any distance on
said road.
Sec. 2. And be I(;vthcr enacted, That
the said railroad shall DO deemed real cs-
tate. and it, with the other real and per-
sonal property Of said body corporate, shall
b. liable to taxation as other real cs' ate
and personal property in the county aiorc-
said, except as hereafter provided.
Sec. 3. And be H. furtAcr enacted, That
the said railway shall be laid in the most
approved manner adopted for Street rail-
ways. And the tracks shall not bo more
than six nor less than four feet apart. and
tho gague the Same as that of the street
railways in the city Of Washington.
Sec. 4. And be It (urtAer enacted, That
the tracks of the said railway shall be laid
in such manner as will least interfere
with the ordinary travel of the roads over
which the said tracks shall b. laid.
Sec. S. And be Il. further enacted, That
this act may at any time he altered.
amended or repealed by the Congress Of
the United Stats.
Sec. 6. Asd be IL further enacted, That
nothing in this act shall b. so constructed
- to authorize said body corporate to is
sue any note. token. device. scrip, or other
svilecce oa debt 10 lie used ~ currency.
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