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 380 THIRTY-—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 15, 16. 1867. Repeal of in- Assemblies of said Territories,•inconsistent with the provisions of this act °°”‘l“°“° 1‘“"· are hereby declared null and void. SCHUYLER COLI;?X, R S eaker of the ouce of epresnuatives. LA FEYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate, pro tempore. Endorsed by the Pnnsrnnurz “Received on the 14th January, 1867.* [Non mr 1-ms DEPARTMENT or STATE.—ThB foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribgjllhy the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approv . Jan. 31, 1867., VL-An Ac: to incorporate the Washin an Count Horse Railroad Com- __——_—;_ CHAP X pany in the District of Cozlmbia. y Be il enacted by the Senate and Ikuae of Representatives of the United Washixipton States of America in Congress assembled, That Samuel P. Brown, Francis gxé é’0':_ Mattingly, Noble D. Larner, Marshall Brown, and Joseph L. Pearson, pany incerpo· and their associates and assigns be, and they are hereby, created a body mud- corporate under the name of the “Washington County Horse Railroad Company," with authority to construct and lay down a double or single track railway, with the necessary switches and turnouts, in the county of Bmw- Washington, in the District of Columbia, as follows: Commenoing at Boundary Street, at its intersection with Fourteenth Street, and along the Fourteenth Street road in a northerly direction, to a. point where said road intersects a new road recently opened by the levy court, and along said new road in an easterly direction, to the Seventh Street turnpike, and Proviso. along said turnpike in a southerly direction to Boundary Street : Provided, That the consent of the Board of Directors of the Seventh Street Turnpike Company be first obtained for the use of their road, with the right Rats of fare. to run public carriages thereon, and receiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding ten cents a passenger for any distance on said road. Railroad m be Sm. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said railroad shall be deemed 2:::***1 "“l”' real estate, and it, with the other real and personal property of said body Taxation, corporate, shall be liable to taxation as other real estate and personal propert in the county aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided. Mode of <=¤¤- gse. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said railway shall be laid “°"‘°°‘°"‘ in the most approved manner adapted for street railways. And the tracks Width ¤¤<l shall not be more than six nor less than four feet apart, and the gauge the g°°g° °f "”°k' same as that of the street railways in the city of Washington. Ordinary trav- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the tracks of the said railway ata2g;;;; "" shall be laid in such a. manner as will least interfere with the ordinary ° travel of the roads over which the said tracks shall be laid. This act may Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act may at any time be b° “ll°"°‘l· &°· altered, amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. Corporation Sec. 6. And be izfzmher enacted That nothing in this act shall be so §;°;°g.":3frg:;°;j construed as to authorize said body corporate to issue any note, token, device, scrip, or_other evidence of debt to be used as currency. Capital stock, Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said commggg ll"' pany shall he not less than two nor more than five hundred thousand dol- ' lars, and that the stock shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property, transferable in such manner as the by-laws of said company may direct. Osrswbc first- Sec. 8. And be ilfurther enacted, That the said company shall place °l"“* first-class cars on said railway, with all the modern improvements for the mai:  ” convenience and comfort of passengers; and shall run cars thereon daily ’ as often as the public convenience may require. Mgifégs. ¤t¤· Sec. 9. And be it further enqcted, That said company shall procure ’such passenger-rooms, ticket-offices, stables, and depots at such points as