The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-12
9latioual Rrpublitau.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed Mt the Second Session OF the
Forticth Congress.

District Of Columbia.
Be II enacted By Tic Senate and Horse Ct |
Representatives Of the United Stairs Of dmsr. |
ie.I an Congress assembled, That Augustus d. |
Stoughton, John Little, John L. Kidwell, |
George II. Plaut, lie Roy Tu tie, O. W. Hop. |
kins, Il. NJ. Hall, md their associates aud
assigns, be, and they nro hereby. created q |
body corporate, rn Ter the name Of the "Con.
nocticut Avenue aud Park R,iivay Company"
with authority to construct and lay down
single or double track railway, visa the necss.
sary switches and turnouts, in the city Of
Washington, In tho Distio. Of Columbia,
through and along the following avenues,
streets, and highway: Commencing at the |
intsrscetion Of Seventeenth street vest and
Peunsyivania avenue, along the west side Of
Seventeenth street to Its intersection with III
street north, thence along Seventeenth street |
west to its Intersection with Connecticut ave- |
nue, thence along said avcruc to Boundary |
street. also, from the intersection Of boundary |
street and Connecticut avenue along the county |
road from such intersection, thence on any |
road opened or which may hereafter DO opened,
west Of tho 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
horsepower, receiving therefor a rate Of fare
not exceeding six cents passenger for any
distance on said road; Preceded, That should
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after reaching tho intersection Of Boundary
street and Connecticut avenue, instead Of con.
tinuinS from said intersection up the county
road now opened. may be construo ed along
Boundary street In tho direction Of Meridian
Hill to any county road opened, or which may
hereafter bo opened, west Of Sixteenth street
west and thence along said county road by the
most practicable route to the terminus near,
Mt, in, or through the proposed park, as here.
inbeforc provided.
Sec. 2. And be ii Jivther 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 as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 3. And Be 1t further enacted, That the
said railway shall be laid in the centres of the
avenues and streets in the city, excepting
Seventeenth street, there 1t shall be laid as
hereinbefOre provided for as near as may be
without interfering with or passing over the
water or gas pipes, in the most approved mar.
rer adapted for street railways, with rails Of
tho most approved pattern to be determined
by the Secretary Of the Interior, laid upon an
even surface with the pavement of the street.
or avenues and the 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 LEES than six feet In
width, the guage to correspond with that OF
the Washington and Georgetown railroad.
That the railway in tho county shall be laid
in such manner as will least interfere with the
ordinary travel of the roads on which the said
track shall be laid.
Sec. 4. And BE- it FURTHER enacted, That the
said corporation hereby created shall be bound
to keep said tracks, and for pace Of two feet
beyond the outer rail thereof and also the
space between the tracks, at nil times we'll
paved and In good order, without expense to
tho United States, the city or county Of Wash
ington.
Sec. 5. Audbe 1T further enacted, That moth.
ing in this act shall prevent the The Govern
ment at any time, at their option, from alter
ing tho grade or otherwise improving al
avenues and streets occupied by said road, oil
the city Of Washington from so altering OF
Improving such ItrsetS and asenueA and the
ve-sr~ss thereof, as may be under their re-
spective authority and control; and in sucl
event it shalt be the duty of said company /,
change their said railway go as to conform t.
such grade and pavement.
Sec. 6. And be IT, FURTHER enacted, That thi
ret may at any timo be altered, amended, o.
repealed by tho Congress of the United States
Sec. 7. And be 1t Jtythsr enacted, Tha
nothing in this act shall be so construed as t
authorize said body corporate to issue any
of debt to be used as q currency.
SEQ. 8 And be IL further enacted That the
capital stock Of said company shall not be less
than fifty thousand dollars, nor more than two
hundred thousand dollars, aud that tho stock
shall be divided into shSres of twenty. fvo dol
lars each, and shall be deemed personal prop,
erty, transferable in such manner as the by,
laws OF said company may direct.
Sec. o. And be II further enacted. That the
said company shall place frat class cars OF
said railway, with all tho modern improve
ments for the convenience and comfort OF pas
sengers, and shall run cars thereon during the
day as often as every ten minutes, between
Pennsylvania avenue and Boundary street
and through the day and night on tho entire
road, or such portions as may be completed
rs often as the public convenience may re
quire.
Sec. 10. And Je IL further enacted, Tha
the said company shall procure such passen
ger rooms, ticket ofices, stables, and depots
1T such points as the business of the railroa 4
and tho convenience Of tho public may re
quiro. And said company is hereby author
lied to lay such rails through Transverse o
other streets as may be necessary for tho ex
elusive purpose Of connecting the said stable
and depots with the main tracks. And th,
said company is hereby authorised 10 purchaz,
or lease such lands or buildings as may b,
necessary for the passenger rooms, tickle
Offices, stables, and depots above msationed
Sec. II. Anab IL further enacted, That al
articles ofvalus that may DO Inadvertently Ieft
in any ofthe cars or other vehicles Of the said
company shall be taken to their principal depot
md entered In a book Of record Of unoiaime ed
goods, which book shall be open to the inspec
tion Of tho public at all reasonable hours Ct
business.
SEQ. IL. And Be IL FURTHER Enacted Tha.
within thirty days after the passage Of this act
the corporators named In tho frst section, or a
majority of them, or II any refuse or neglect to
net, then q majority Of the remainder, shall
cause books Of subscription to the capital stoc Il
4 said company to be opened and kept open,
IN come convenient and accessible place in tn o
lily Of Washington, from nine O'clock In The
forenoon until throe o'clock In the afternoon
for n period, to be fixed by said corporstors,
not less than two days, and said perpetrators
ball give public notice by advertisement in
tho daily papers published In the city of Wash.
ington ofthe time when and the place where
said book, shall BIO opened and subscribers
upon said books to the capital stock of the
company shall be held to bo stockholders:
Prortacd That no ono individual shall bo al.
lowed to subscribe for more than ono hundred
shares Of said stock Provided FURTHER, That
Every subscriber shall pay at the time Of sub
EcEbipg twenty hve por centum Of the amount
by him subscribed to tho treasurer m.
POINTED by the corpOrators, or his subscrit
ton shall DO null and void, II, at tho end Of
two days, a larger amount than the capital
took of said company shall have boon sub.
scribed, the books shall be closed, and the said
C0rporators named in the first section shall
forthwith proceed to apportion said capital