, 1868-11-06


Be il enacted 5y the Senate and House Of Repre-.
ssntatiUes Of the United States Of AMsrteG in Con-
1rsss assembled That Augustus B. Stoughton,
John Little, John L. Kidwell, George Il, Plant,
LIE Roy Tutte, G.. W. Hopkins, R. VI. Hail. and
their associates and assigns, be, and they are
hereby, created body corporate under the name
of the :. Connecticut Avenue and Park Railway
Company" with authority to construct and lay
down a single or double track railway, with the
necessary switches and turuouts, in the city oil
Washington in the District Of Columbia, through
and along the following avenues, streets, and
highways Commencing at the intersection of
Seventeenth street west aud Pennsylvania ave-
nue., along the west side of Seventeenth street to
its intersection with H street north, thence along
Seventeenth street west to its intersection with
Connecticut avenue, thence along said avenue to
Boundary street; also, from the intersection OF
Boundary street and Connecticut avenue along
the county road from such intersection, thence
on anv road opened, or which may hereafter be
opened. west of the Fourteenth street road to
within or through the proposed public park, or
to the county line of Washington county, with
the right to run public carriages thereon drawn
by horse power, receiving therefor rate OF iare
not exceeding six cents a passenger for any DIS
tance on said road Prordsd That should a
majority Of stockholders so select, said road
after reaching the intersection of Boundary
street and Connecticut avenue, instead of con-
timing from said intersection up the county road
now opened, may be constructed along Boundary
street in the direction of Meridian Hill to any
county road opened, or which may hereafter be
opened, west OF Sixteenth street west, and thence
along said county road by the most practicable
route to the terminus near, at, in or through
the proposed park, hereinbefore provided
SEC 2 And be IL further enacted, That said road
shall be deemed real estate, and, together with
other real 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 city and county
aforesaid except hereinafter provided.
SEC g. Ind be further enacted, That the
said railway shall be laid in the centres of the
avenues and streets in the city, excepting Sew.
enteenh street there it shall be laid as herein
before provid = .or,) as near as may be without
interfering with or passing over the water or gas
pipes, in the most approved manner adapted for
street railways, with rails Of the most approved
pattern to be determined by the Secretary of the
Interior, laid upon an even surface with the
pavement Of the streets or avenues and tae
space between the two tracks, when two are laid,
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 gauge to correspond with
that Of the Washington and Georgetown railroad.
That the railway IN the county shall be laid ia
such manner as will least interfere with the or .
dinary travel OF the roads on which the said track
shall be laid.
SEC f.. Ind be it further enacied, That the
said corporation hereby created shall be bound
to keep said tracks, and for a space Of two feet
beyond the outer rail thereof aud also the space
between the tracks at all times well paved and
in good order, without expense to the United
States, the city or county Of Washington.
SEC. .. Audbs Il flrthsr enacted, That nothing
in this act shall prevent the the government al
any time, at their option, from altering the grade
or otherwise improving all avenues aud street:
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 un
der their respective authority aud control; aud il
such event it shall be the duty of said company
TO change their said railway so as to conform Il
such grade and pavement.
= SEC. 6. Ind Be it further enacted That thi
act may at any time be altered, amended, or re
pealed by the Congress of the United States.
SEC. Z. Ind b. q 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 t
be used as a currency.
SEC. 8. Ind be jt further enacted, That th
capital stock of said company shall not be les
than fifty thousand dollars nor more than tw
hundred thousand dollars, and that the stoc
shall be divided into shares Of twenty FIVE do
lars each, and shall be deemed personal proper
ty, transferable in such manner as the by law
Of said company may direct.
SEC. .. Ind IL be further enacted, That tn
said company shall place frst.class cars on sal
railway, with all the modern improvements fo
the convenience and comfort of passengers, an
shall run cars thereon during the day as often a
every ten minutes, between Pennsylvania avenu
aud Boundary street, and through the day an
night on the entire road or such portions a
>alay be completed, as often as the public conye
nience may require.
Sec. To- 1aa be il further enacted, That th
said company shall procure such passeuge
rooms ticket Offices stables and depots, at sue
points as the business Of the railroad and tn
convenience OF the public may require. An
said company is hereby authorized to lay sue
rails through transverse or other streets as ma
be necessary for the exclusive purpose Of cor
meeting the said stables and depOts with tt
main tracks. And the said company is hereb
authorized to purchase or lease such lands
buildings as may be necessary for the passeng
rooms, ticket Offices, stables, and depots abo'
mentioned.
Sec. II. Ind be il further enacted, That 0
articles OF value that may be inadvertently l.
in any OF the cars or other vehicles Of the sa
company shall be taken to their principal depC
aud entered ia book Of record Of unclaim
goods, which book shall be open to the iuspe
ton OF the public at all reasonable hours
business.
Sec. II. Ind Be It further enacted, That with
thirty days after the passage Of this act the &C
porators named in the first section, or a majori
ofthem, or If any refuse or neglect to act, th
majority OF the remainder shall cause boo
Of subscription to the capital stock Of said col
pany to be opened and kept open, 10 some CO
venient and accessible place in the city Of Was
ington, from nine O'Clock in the forenoon IN
three o'clock ia the afternoon, for a period
be fixed by said corporators, not less than |
days, and said corpOrAtors saall give public |
tice by advtsuseneut 10 the daily papers pt
ushed in tAe ci< Of Washington OF the Ii
when aud tAet place where said books shall
opened anl subscribers upoa said books to
capital stock Of the company shall be held to
stoekholieJs: Pr0r.dsi, That no one iudivid
shall be allowed 10 subscribe for more than
hundred shares of said stock: Proridsd 6trt
That every subscriber shall pay at the time
subscribing twenty Eve per ceutum Of the amo
by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed
the eorporaiors, or bis subscription shall be /
aud void. II, at the eud Of two days, a lar
Amouat tlau the capital stock Of said conn
shall have been subscribed, the books shall
closed, and the said corporators named in
hrst section shall forthwith proceed to appor
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