Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-27
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF HE UNITED STATES.
PasseG al Second Session o: Fcrtie,h Congress
OFEtt IiL

An ACT to Incorporate The ConneCucut Avenue
AID fark halfway Company, Ia the District
OF Columbia.
B. a enact,d Jv tse .Sspdts apJ HUss 81 Reprr-
Sc at1tt ~ she ,,i Il .>,di~s 81 .;neToG 90 or
{ ress dsSssJIed, That Augustus Il. sSlouZhtoa,
.ioE Little JObn l.. htdNeli, OTeoTge III. Plant.
lie Roy Juttle, q ". Hopkins. h. NJ. hsll. ana
the'r associates ana assigns -o-, and they are
hereby, Created a body corporate. under the
name al the ''Conneciicut avenue anu Park
hallway Company" win authority 10 con-
struCt ana lay down single 81 double track
Ia WAY, with The necessary switches and rurl-
GUS ia The city OF " aShIugton. IN the IIstrsct
Of COlumbla, through and along the following
~ mite, streets, and highways. Cpmmeucln-
at the la -eTsectI0n Of Seventeenth street wes-
and ftDns iNaEla aNcnus, along the west side
Ct Seventeenth street TO iJS intersection win ii
street nor;h. thence 5lvrS Seventeenth street
west 10 Is IuterseC iCu MIA CONNECTICUT ave-
ELe, thence alUUg sad avenue a. boundary
street; also, from The intersection OF Boundary
street Sld Connecticut avenue along IN
coUnty rCaa from such intersection, thence ON
any road opened. or which may hereafter be
opened. ives of the EoUTIeerta street road to
Wlh:n OF through LIE proposed pubic park. or
20 he county line Of Washington county, with
Inc light 10 run public carriages thereon drawn
by horse power. receiving therefor a rate OF
fare MOI exceeding six Gratis passenger for any
distance Oh sale road. Ircrs5et. Tat should 4
MS IoTIty OF Clholte-s so eject, said road
after reaching the intersection OF Boundary
street. and CUnnsCucu. avenue, instead OF con-
unUiLg from said Intersection ND the county
Boanoary street. III ia- direction OF Meridian
H!il TO any county road opened or which may
hereafter be opened, west of Sixteenth street
west, and thence along SAID county road By he
most practicable cute To the terminus near, Al,
Ia. 81 IhTPugh the proposed park, as hereinhs,
tore PROVIDED.
SIC. :. And 2: 4 ftrs:er e,sIc,,a. That sad
road shall be deemed real estate, and t,g-tnsr
WIN other eai and personal property of sad
BODY corporate, shall be liable 10 L. xarion a.
other Teal estate ana personal property. and 10
HCeLse Tor their vehicles or cars in The CITY and
county aforesaid, except as hereinafter pro-
Vided.
SIC. >. And be a. Ju.sf-r e,,cseL Tbs, ;ha $40,
railway shali be l1iu III the centres OF the ave-
nues and streets IN the city. (exceptipg Seven
teeLih sIest, there AZ shall be laid as hereinbe-
lore pioNldtd Tor, as near as NAV be without
IL Offering nh or passing over the water or
gas pipes, in The most approved manner adapt
Cd Tor street railways, with rails of the most
approved pattern TO be determined by the Sec
Ietary Of the Interior, laid upon an even su--
tao with the pavement Of the streets or ave-
nuCs; and the space between the Two tracks,
when Two are laid, shall not be less than tour
feeI, nor more thsn Sax feet: and the carriage
shall not be less than six feet in width, IN
gauge 10 correspond with that Of the Washing
tor and Georgetown railroad. That the rail-
way IN he county shall be- laid in such manner
as Will least interfere with the ordinary trayal
Ia laid pc roads on WHICH The said track shall be
Sfa. 1. And be !; furt,er enacted. Tba, The said
corporation hereby created shall he bound 10
hep sand tracks, and for 4 space Of two faa,
beyond the outer rail thereof, and also the
space between the tracks, At all times well
paved and in good order, without expense 70
the United States, the ciiy or county OF WASH
ingtCn.
SEC 5. And be IL further snacfei, Tha. nothing
IN this act shall prevent the he government n
any lime, at their option, from altering tie
e1ace or Otherwise improving aIl avenues ana
streets occupied by said read, or the CITY of I
Washington from so altering CT improving !
n n and -ar,a ~
thereof, as may be- under their respective au-
thoTii and conlrol and in such event il shall |
be the duty Of said company 10 change their |
SAID railway so as 10 conform 10 such grade |
and pavement
SBC. q. And IL AZ further enacted. That this ACT
may AT any tlme be altered, amended. or re-
realed by the Congress OF the United States. |
SH. Ard bT a further enacted. That nothing Y
IN TINS act shall De- so construed a 10 author
re said body corporate 10 issue any note tckpa.
ceN zee, scrip, or other evidence OF debt u be \
used as a currency.
$40. :. And BE- " purifier enacted. That he can
Ital stock Of said company shall not be less than
dollars, nor more than two hus-
dTed ihousand dollars, and that the stocK shall \
re ciNided INTO shares OF twenty five dollars 4
each. and shall be ceeyn5d personal properly,
transferable ~ such manner as the bY-Iaws u !
SAID company nay direct. /
SEC. Q. AID Be iIfartIer enacted, That the said |
company shall place frst-ClasS cars on said 1
railway. with all the modern improvements
Tor he convenience and comfort OF passengers
AND snail run cars thereon during the day As
often as every ten minutes, between PenHsvI.
NanIa avenue and Boundary street. and
through the day and night on the entire road,
Or tuch portions AS may be completed, often
As the public convenience may require.
SIC. II. Ais,i be az fUriksr enacted, That the I
sand company shall procure such passenger !
rooms, ticket offices, Stables and depois al such
points as the business Of the railroad ana tha
convenience of the public may require. And /
sald company Is hereby authorized 10 lay such
TaIs through transverse or other streets a. may
be necessary FOR the exclusive purpose Of coa-
lecing the said stables and depots with laa
ralII tracks. a nd The said compau = is 6er-hy |
iutherizvd to purchase or lease such lands or
'liidlnSs as RAY be necessary ior the passen-
ttoVe mentioned
SIC. II. I'D IL II further enacted, That an
Itlcts CT value that lIsy be Inadvertently Ieft
n any of the cars or other vehicles II The said !
on lDany shall be taken 10 their prinei,,.I 1
iepot, and entered in 3 Sook OF record of un-
lanled goods, which book shall be opea 10 the |
ns pecuon OF the public al all reasonable hours
4 business.
Sac. Il. And De Il further enacted, That within
hIrty days after the passage of this act tLe !
orrorstors named in the first section, or a
Ic,, then a majority OF the Remainder. snail |
ause books OF subscription TO the CAPITAL stock
4 said company TO Be opened and kent open.
sone convenient ana accessible place IA the
ity OF Washington, from nine O'Clock in the I
orenoon unul three O'Clock in the afternoon, |
or a period, TO be fixed by said corporaions. \
ot less lnan TWO Gays, and SAID corpOrators /
hall give public notice BY advertisement in |
ne daily papers ublished In the city of Wash.
ngfon OF the tune when and the place where |
aud books shall be opened; and subscribers l
pen said books to the capital stock Of the |
ompany shall be held TO be stockhoIders:
'rorsSed, That no one individual shall be |
llowed TO subscribe for more than one hun. |
red shares OF said stock Provided fxrtker l
hat every subscriber shall pay a. the time |
( subscribing twenty five per cenfum OF the |
mount BY him subscribed 70 the treasurer |
pDointed BY the corporators, or his cub
cnp ION shall be null and void. II, n the l
I'D OF two days, o larger amount than 1
be capital sock Of said company shau
ave been subscribed, TIE books sAall - clop.d
. d 0e said coYporators Baned IN the Arst &C. I
lon oAall forth 9th proved 70 spporsisn aid
apitA stock among the subscribers pYo rlta, 1
nd make public proclamation of The number Il
Z shares allotted 20 each, which shall b. done !
nd completed on the same day the books are I {
losed: Pyoe,ded furfAsr That nothing shall h. | ,
xad in n A