Year: 1868

Laws of United States.


Ic0ntPPgsd tPgsaIG%S6l from first g. FPaseI


AN ACT to incorporate the Connecticut Avenue and Park


enacted by the Senate House Representatives of


augustus B. JSh4 Lttle 5en l. kdWs George
associates and assigns and they hereby body
fPSrROF P ongeE ne name 81 the Avenue and
down single or double track railway with the
tct OF Columbia through and along following avenues
west and tS SyenGe sSn% e
west & sS 0 street to ITS intersection with street
with avenue thence along said
y street also from the intersection of boundary
Connecticut avenue along the road
opened Street road Within or
% pSe & Par or to county line Of Washington
y receiving therefor fare exceeding
That should majority elect said road after
avenue instead Of contin1ns " sa sne S 6
street IN the ~ May e. enTtf1eted along boundary
ed or which may hereafter be opened d Sixteenth street
west and thence along said county road by the practical
Dsr s g ssrus near at n or through the proposed


SEC And be it further enacted That road shall be
real estate and together with other real and personal
real estate and personal property and to license for their
Ssenasr S pTcved ID tns city and county Aforesaid except as


sEc And be enacted That the said railway shall
pc LAID IN the centres OF the and in the
exeepng Seventeenth street there shall be laid


over te water or Sas pipes IN the most approved
proved patterns be determined Secretary


and the between the wo Tracks


0 are s shall no be less than tour feet nor than six


me gauge to correspond with that of the Washington and
laid in such manner will least interfere with the ordinary


vs, O. ne me- roads on which the said track shall be laid


hereby created shall be bound keep said tracks,
space between the tracks all times we'll paved good
expense to the United States the city


Aud further enacted That nothing in this act
altering the grade or otherwise improving all and
so altering or improving such and
control and in such event it shall be the duty of said
psn to change their said railway to conform such
. "a And Be further enacted That this act at
AMI be further enacted That nothing in this act
sue any note token divce scrip other evidence Of debt
SEC And be further enacted That the capitol stock of
more than hundred thousand dollars that the stock
shall be deemed personal property. transferable in such
nes as the n SsH~s az q said eompany may & direct


place hrst.cass cars on said railway with all the modern
and shall during the day as often ten
d 0gTsen zee pennSyana avenue and Boundary street.
ons as may be completed often the public
10 And be further enacted That the said company
depots at such points the railroad and the
SepSy ri % PIGc @ may seGIe And said company
St as may 9e necessary Tor the exclusive of
the said eomsany hereby authorized purchase lease
ticket Office stables and depots above mentioned


H. And be further enacted. That all articles value
tnat may be inadvertently left the
ees OF the said company shall be taken to their principal depot
shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable


SEc H. And be it further enacted That within thirty DAYS


after the passage OF this act the corpOrOrs named in the
then majority the remainder shall cause books Of nbscrp
accessible place in the I city Of
N he nnS SSck % in the until three
rator not less than two days. and d corporaors shall give
the city Of Washington of the and the place where
the capa company shall be held to be socEhod
s That no one Individual shall be allowed 70 sub
Srthe That every subscriber shall at the time Of sub


b be 5S sn9 py Il hs rate or his sub
larger than the capital stock of said company shall
been subscribed the books shall be closed the
raors named In the first section shall forthwith
portion said capital stock among the subscribers pro rata and
each which shall be done and completed the day the
BOOKS are closed Provided further That nothing shall be
oS % EXCEPT Ana when the books Of subcp
named in the first section majority Of them


remainder shall within ten days 6eeaer eaee %Gr hs
meeting oi the stockholders of said company
10 ten days thereafter O the choice directors which pn
nc notice shall be given for five days in two public newspapers
printed personal notice to EACH sockhod Of the
corporation And IN all meetings of stockholders each share
shall entIe the holder to vote be- given person y
l And be it further enacted That the and
direction ol the aHrs OF the shall be in
and who shall hold their office year and until others





snail De qqorum) sha! elect one OF their number
Pany and they shall also choose shall give
directors require the faithful discharge his .g fs Ia


ease oi Vaianc IN ne board o directors by the DEATH
'nsreOy s snail Pe hiied u BY the remaining directors.


M 20 MAKE and prescribe such bylaws, rules and
disposition aud management OF the stock property estate and
@ . GEaPsny not contrary 70 the charter the
county Of Washington Provided That the directors Of said
capital stock to pay the amount them respectively subcr
ed at such time after the first nsament such manner and
In such amounts they proper: and if anY st
nj % snail refuse Or egeet to Ply any nstaments requr
tce Of the same the said board OF directors may at public
.ha nsamens and the highest 5de shp sb@ s@fk S a.


70 9e Tue person who offers to purchase the least
sue Tor or collect the same in rs
p1a meeting Ct the sockhOders choice directors to he
holden at such time and place under such conditions and upon
su hotee as the SAID company in their may Descr
and SAID directors shall annually make report in writing Of
SEC s And DC it further enacted That the mayor council
ocers Of these % levy Tup o Saq county and the several
hereby prohibited from doing act thing hinder delay
SEC H. And Be further enacted That the said comuauv
snail have at al times the free and use OF The


bi AnI any person or persons shall Tlly and
depot stations Or any other property belonging to said railway
pay or each such offence the of dollars to said
N said city or county and shall liable 10 addition to
sai penalty Tor loss damage hy
Ihlr act as aoresald but shall brought unass
committed. ~ 'si'e Su@ii nave Deeh
SEC M And be further enacted That unless said


ZION snail make and complete their said railway or rIwa he
tween Penns ania and Boundary street within bt
after the company shall have organized then this
sha o null and void and rights shall be ac
aalrsd under q and that the said road shall be
whn iour years to its proposed terminus the
SEC n And be further enacted That shall be no re-
color. $1,000 ~ ~"' N~A va "SS"uH' VI
SEC 90 And be further enacted That each of the stock
holes IN the Connecticut Avenue ard Park Railway Com
psny sha De individually liable all the debt liabilities
com pany TO amount equal to the stock
held by such stOckhOder. ~ - @~
SEc 2 And be it further enacted That be the duty
OF al Company. when said road between Penn
~ and Boundary street, to have
IO their and to them for
by the package at the rate OF ten fifty
~ for one dollar


SEC "a And be further enacted. That all the provisions
the act Incorporating the Washington and Georgetown Rail-
road Company requiring reports OF expenditures earnings
otherwise shall be applicable the
ted. which shall make reports in said required.


SEC g. And be further enacted That all
provisions Of this act the this hereby
repealed Tar as the inconsistent herewith


Approved, July u. 1865.