The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-19
1PUBLrc-No. l13.1
An Act relating to the Alexandria
canal

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An Act relating to the Alexandra
canal.
Whereas by an act of Congress, OF
the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen
hundred and thirty, the Alexandri;
Canal Company was incorporated. anC
authorized and empowered to con
struct, operate, aud maintain q cana
from Georgetown, In the District of 20
lumbia, to Alexandria, in the State O
/ Virginia, with an aqueduct across the
/ Potomac River at Georgetown; and
| whereas, by an act of the general as
sembly of the State of Virginia passeC
on the sixteenth day of February
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the
board of public works was authorized
to unite with the corporate authori-
ties of the city of Alexandra In max
ing disposition of the .Alexandria
canal, in order to repair and make
said canal available; and whereas said
hoard OF public works did, IN pur-
suanee of said authority, so unite with
said corporate authorities, and did
by their joint vote, and vote of the
majority of the stockholders of said
canal company, empower and direct
| the president and directors of the saiC
canal company to lease the said canal
for the period of ninety nine years
and whereas the said president anC
directors, in pursuance of said au
thOrity, did. on the SIX,
teenth day of May, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six, grant. lease, and convey
the said canal, its aqueduet, locks,
banks, lands, gates. and property OF
all description to Henry H. Wells
Philip Quigley, and William w. Dun
gan, the grantees therein named
and whereas afterward and by an
act passed by the general as
sembly of the State of Virginia, on
the seventeenth day ofApril, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, the said
lease was ratified aud affirmed, and
the lessees were further authorized
and empowered to build, operate, and
maintain q new aqueduct, and in con
junction therer7ith a railroad and q
road bridge across said piers, and
build. operate, and maintain a rail
road from Georgetown to Alexandra
and whereas the said lessees have
entered into possession of and re-
paired the said canal, and have erect
| ed a new aqueduct across the SAID
Potomac river upon the said piers,
connecting the Chesapeake and Ohio
| canal with the said Alexandria canal
| Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the
United States Of America in Congress;
assembled, That the said aque
duct across The Potomac river from
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so connecting the said canals, is here
by declared to be lawful strueturC
in its present position and elevation
anything in any law or laws of the
| United States, or Of any State, to the
contrary Notwithstanding. j.
1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
That the said lessees, their associates
their heirs, and assigns, are hereby
authorized and empowered to main,
tain and operate said aqueduct, anC
to erect, build, operate and maintain
| across the Potomac. river from
Georgetown, in the District of Colum
bia, to the Virginia shore, up
on aud over tie stone piers upoI
/ which the aqueduct now rests, il
CONJUNCTION herewith, bridge o
wood, iron, or stone, with one or more
ways for the passage of persons, ami
mails, and vehicles, and also with one
or more tracks or ways for the pas
sage of engines and cars, with suel
other cODveniences as are usual Of
necessary for railroad.
SEC. ,. And be it further enacted
That it shall be lawful for the salt
lessees, their associates and success
| sors, to lay out, construct. maintain
and operate railroad across said
bridge from Georgetown, in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, to the Virgins
shore and there to connect with sait
railroad. an
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted
l-That as soon as the chief engineer oil
the army shall certify to the Sec
retary of War that the I, said
bridge Is so far completed as
to be ready, fit, aud convenient foi
the passage of persons, animals, anC
vehicles, the said lessees, their sue
eessors, and their legal representatives
may demand, have. and receive, IL
advance, the following tolls, to wit
For any foot passenger crossing OIL
said bridge, two cents: for any horse
mule, or jack, and OK, or other horn
ed cattle, FIVE cents; for any TehTcl,
drawn by one animal, fifteen heents
drawn by two animals. twenty five
cents; drawn by four animals, thirty
five cents, but no extra charge shall
be made for the driver of such vehi
| Gle; for any hog, sheep, or othel
live creature, one cent; which Ger
tificate shall be published, for three
weeks in two daily papers In the city
| of Washington at the expense of The
| company; Provided, however, THAI
1 IL shall be lawful for said iessees
to commute those rates to. per
| sons requiring yearly passes; which
said rates. or other lower rates to b5
by them prescribed from time to time
| the said lessees may demand in ad-
vance, or may sue for, have, and re,
ceive, of and from any person WnC
shall pass over said bridge, or who
shall send, ride, or drive any animal
or vehicle over the said bridge with,
out first paying said tolls. Any per.
J son who shall attempt to iDjure saiC