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 536 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 118, 119. 1865. lease, sell, or convey such real estate, or mixed estate, or personal property, as may be devised or donated to such association, and the leasing or sale of which will promote the interests of said association. Act may be Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That congress shall have the right, °1*°'°d· at any time, to modify, amend, or repeal this act. Approved, March 3, 1865. . X X. ——A.n Ac! to amend an Ad entitled "An Act to  the M i.  CHU C I tcm Railroad Company in the Districtcf Columbia.drupal AM. P·326· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Metropolitan Railroad Company in the District of Columbia," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the Location same hereby is, amended as hereinafter set forth, namely, that the first °b*¤€€d· section be, and hereby is, amended by striking out all after the words " along H street north to Seventeenth street west, intersecting the doubletrack road,” and inserting: also a double or single track railwa ,commencing at the intersection of D street north and Fou1··and-a-halty street west, along Four-and-a-half street west to the gate of the arsenal; also a double or single track branch railway, commencing at the intersection of Ninth street west and the Washington canal, along Ninth street west to M street north, along M street north to Twelfth street west, and along Twelfth street west to the Washington canal and Maryland avenue to the Potomac River; also a double or single track branch railway, commencing at the intersection of Massachusetts avenue and H street north, along Massachusetts avenue to K street north, along K street north to the circle, with the privilege of extending the said branch road at any time along K street north to Rock creek, across the bridge over Rock creek to Water street, Georgetown, along Water street in Georgetown to Green street, along Green street to Gay street, and along Gay street and First street to Fayette street, Georgetown, with the privilege of extending at any time the road now in operation from Seventeenth street west to the Capitol, from the present terminus of said road on A street north, along A street north to First street east, along First street east to East Capitol street, along East Capitol street to Ninth street east, along Ninth street east to L street south, with the right to run public carriages thereon, drawn by Rates offers. horse power, receiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding eight cents per passenger, for any distance between the termini of either of the said main railways, or between the termini of said branch railways, or between either terminus of said main railway and the terminus of either of said Roadynibject branch railways: Provided, That the use and maintenance of the said mggy road shall be subject to the municipal regulations of the city of Washing- ` ton within its corporate limits. qapimstock Seo. 2. And be it further enacted, That section eight be, and hereby i¤¢¤¤¤¤¤<l· is, amended by striking out the words " five hundred thousand dollars, and inserting the words " one million dollars :" Provided, That the directors of said Metropolitan Railroad Company shall have power to require the Payment. subscribers to the capital stock to pay the amount by them respectively subscribed at such time, in such manner, and in such instalments as they may deem proper; and if any stockholders shall refuse or neglect to pay any instalments, as required by a resolution of the board of directors, Stock mybo after reasonable notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell °°m m d°f“““" at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of said stock 38 shall pay said instalments, (and the highest bidder shall be taken to be the person who oH`ers to purchase the least number of shares for the assessment due,) under such general regulations as may be adopted in the by-laws of said corporation, or may sue for and collect the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That section seventeen be, and