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 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 73. 1862. 389 by down a double track railway, with the necessary switches and turn- POW! <>f wrguts, in the cities of Georgetown and Washington, in the District of p°"¤°°‘ Columbia, through and along the following avenues and streets: C0m— Line of track. mencing on Bridge Street, at the intersection with High Street, or at such point on said Bridge Street east thereof, in the city of Georgetown, as may be designated hereafter by the corporate authorities thereof, along said Bridge Street to its intersection with the street running to the tubular bridge over Rock Creek to Pennsylvania Avenue, in the city of Washington ; along said avenue to Fifteenth Street West; along said street south to said avenue; along said avenue to the foot of the Capitol grounds; thence around the southern boundary of the Capitol grounds; and along their southern boundary easterly to Pennsylvania Avenue; along said Pennsylvania Avenue to Eighth Street East, or Garrison Street; and along said street south to the navy-yard gate, with a lateral road running along the eastern front of the Capitol from the southern to the northern gate, and thence by “A" street to the depot of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; and thence from said depot through First Street West to Pennsylvania Avenue, so as to intersect with said main road; also, a double or single track branch railway, commencing at Boundary Street North and running down Seventh Street West to Pennsylvania Avenue and to the Potomac; also, a railway commencing at Boundary Street and running down Fourteenth Street West and New York Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue to a point of intersection with said first·mentioned railway, with the right to run public carriages thereon drawn by horse power, re— HMM F<>W¤1'· ceiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding five cents a passenger for Fmany distance between the termini of either of the said main railway, or between the termini of either of said branch railways, or between either terminus of said main railway-and the terminus of either of said branch railways: Provided, That the use and maintenance of said road shall be Use of road subject to the municipal regulations of the cities of Washington and $Pb}{’°* °°,"¥“¤i* Georgetown, respectively, within their several corporate limits, and that °1P°‘ mgu °m°°°' whenever the Capitol grounds shall be enlarged, then the said routes shall be made to conform thereto. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said roads shall be deemed Roads to be real estate, and they, together with other real property and the personal gffamed mi °¤· property of said body corporate, shall be liable to taxation as other real Tgxatm estate and personal property in the cities aforesaid, except as hereinafter ` provided. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted, That the said railway shall be laid Railvroéy how in the centre of the avenues and streets, as near as may be, without *° b° 1*** · interfering with or passing over the water or gas pipes, in the most approved manner adapted for street railways, with rails of the most approved pattems, to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, laid upon an even service with the pavement of the streets; and the space between the two tracks shall not be less than four feet nor more than six feet, and the carriages shall not be less than six feet in width, the gauge to correspond with that of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. _ Sec. 4. And 62 it further enacted, That the said corporation, hereby k Cvrxzoritrynutg created, shall be bound to keep said tracks, and for the space of two feet ,,:3 0F:,,;,, in beyond the outer rail thereof, and also the space between the tracks, at repair. all times well paved and in good order, without expense to the United States or to the cities of Georgetown and Washington. SEO. 5. And be it further mactei That nothing in this act shall pre- Grade¤,&c·i)gf Vtmt the Government, at any time, at their option, from altering the 25;:2;; Tyan_ grade or otherwise improving Pennsylvania Avenue, and such other marinas, avenues and streets as may be occupied by said roads, or the cities of Washington and Georgetown from so altering or improving such streets and avenues as may be under their respective authority and control, and I in Such event ibshall be the duty of said company to change their said dgsgzmw railroad so as to conform to such altered grade and pavements.