The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-18

determination Of payment to the owner or
owners, or depositlng 70 the credit OF the own
% or owuers,o r their legal representatives, In
such banking Institution as said justice shall
direct, the amount Of said award, and the
payment OF all expenses attending the same,
Including an allowance OF three dollars per
diem TO each Of the aforesaid commissioners,
the said Justice shall order or decree, par
tlcularly describing sald real estate or other
properly, and reciting the appralsement Of
damages and the mode of making IL, to-
gether with such facts rs he may deem peril
neut; and when the said order or decree
shall be recorded In the recorders oflcc Of
the county or city in which such real estate
or other property Is situated, the said cor
poration, or lis successors or assigns, shall
be legally or equitably seizod and possessed
Of such real estate or other property for the
use and for tho purposes bereinbeforo do
scribed; ln case any married woman, In.
FAINT, idiot, Insane person, or nonresident Of
the district In which said real estate or other
property may be situated, shall be interested
In such real estate or other property, the
said Justice shall appoint some competent
disinterested person TO appear before said
commissioner and act for and In behalf OF
such married woman, infant, idiot, insane
person, or nonresident. H.', ..'.
Sec. g. And Do u 6s1hsr enacted, That II
huy ptfson snhii Niliuiiy 10 OF cause 70 DC
done an act or acts whatever, whereby any
building, structure, or other work, or any en-
gine, car, or machine, or other property ap-
pertaining to said railroad shall DO Injured,
Impaired, or destroyed, or stopped, the person
or persons 90 offending shall be guilty, of O
misdemeanor, and on tonfiction thereof by
any court Of competent Jurisdiction shsll DO
punished by fine, at the discretion Of the
court, Of not more than Eve thousand dollars,
l..t, .t.a.. - -. -
years, or both, ut the discretion Of the court,
and also forfeit and pay 10 the said company,
It's successors ahd assigns, the amount OF
damages sustained by means Of such Of
fences, to be recovered by said company With
costs Of suit by any action Of debt or case.
Sec. o. And DO " further enacted, That said
company shall not grant to any railroad or
other corporation the exclusive right to
transfer passengers or freight over said rail-
road, but any privilege granted 70 one cor
poraticu shay be, extended 10 oil who may
make application for such privilege on the
same terms, conditions, and rates, and shall
not sell, transfer, or lease their corporate
rights to any company that will not check
baggage or commute fares with all connect
Ing railroads upon the tcrtfis specified In
this sectiou.. 1IfE l"- M -r.
Sec. 10. And b. u further enacted, That the
said corporation shall, as soon as practicable
amer the election OF directors, as hcrelnbefore
provided, so commence and prosecute the
work Of constructing and equipping said rail-
road that II sffsll be fully completed and
equipped In three years from aud after tue
first board Of directors have been elected.
Sec. IL. And be u farther enacted, That
Congress shall have the right to regulate the
rate oil fafes collected by said compau v RON
passengers and the rate Of charges for trsnsy
porting freight; and all property owned bt
said company shall be subject to taxation By
tho proper municipal authority. o. .r,. .
Sec. IL. And b u further enacted, That
this act may be at any time amended or re-
pealcd. '.. o..
Approved, March 30, 1869.