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 THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 28, 29. 1867. 387 versed or atlirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States, upon a. writ of error, the citation being signed by the chief justice, or judge, or _Cimtio¤, h0w chancellor of the court rendering or passing the judgment or decree *‘%’“°d complained of, or by a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner, and under the same regulations, and the writ shall Etfect of writ. have the same eH`ect, as if the judgment or decree complained of had been rendered or passed in a court of the United States; and the proceeding proceedings upon the reversal shall also be the same, except that the Supreme Court ¤i3¤¤ f¤V¤fS¤l· . · · · · bu xeme Court may, at their discretion, proceed to a Hnal dec1sion of the same, and award maypwmd elw execution, or remand the same to an inferior court. This act shall not cution, or reapply to the case of any person who is or may be held in the custody of ;;”é;:I;‘;*h°l°"‘ the military authorities of the United States, charged with any military This im not offence, or with having aided or abetted rebellion against the government t¤_=¤pply to cerof the United States prior to the passage of this act. mm °”°*‘ Aprnovnn, February 5, 1867. CHAP. XXIX. —An Act to authorize the Extension, COHSYTYICZZIOH, and Use of a Zaferal Feb. 5, 1867. Branch of the Baltfmare cmd Potomac Railroad into and within the District of Columbia. `?`T"" XVHEREAS it is represented to this present Congress that the Baltimore pmgmbis, and Potomac Railroad Company, incorporated by an act of the General Assembly ofMaryland, entitled "An act to incorporate the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company," passed the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, are desirous, under the powers which they claim to be vested in them by the provisions of the before-recited act, to construct a lateral branch from the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad to the District of Columbia: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dizited The Baltimore States of America in Congress assembled, That the Baltimore and Poto- ;‘Q;‘;h_g$°'g;‘;_ mac Railroad Company, incorporated by the said act of the General As- pany may exsembly of Maryland, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to extend lend lE‘t°"“l “*n· . ., . . . . road into the into and within the Dnstmcb of Columbia a lateral railroad, such as the Dimmu of C, said company shall construct or cause to be constructed in a direction lumbia. towards the said District, in connection with the railroad which they are about to locate and construct from the city of Baltimore to the Potomac river, in pursuance of their said act of incorporation; and the said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to exercise powers, 1,,.;,;- the same powers, rights, and privileges, and shall be subject to the same legen and rerestrictions, in the extension and construction of the said lateral railroad Sm°L‘°"S‘ into and within the said District, as they may exercise or are subject to under and by intent of their said charter or act of incorporation, in the extension and construction of any railroad within the State of Maryland; and shall he entitled to the same rights, compensation, benefits, and immu- Rights and imnities, in the use of the said road, and in regard thereto, as are provided m““‘°’°S‘ in their said charter, except the right to construct any lateral road or roads within the said District from the said lateral branch or road hereby authorized; it being expressly understood that the said Baltimore and One lateral Potomac Railroad Company shall have power only to construct from the zgzgtjggeg b° said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad one lateral road within the said ` District to some point: or terminus within the city and county of Washiiigton, to be determined in the manner hereinafter mentioned. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted; That before the Baltimore and Poto- Before locatmac Railroad Company aforesaid shall proceed to construct any railroad ggzgend “I§;’(:__ which they may lay out or locate on, through, or over any land or im- mis {,0%,,, lima, provements, or to usc, take for use, any earth, stone, or other materials of another, the necessary for the construction of said road, on any land within the said :5;:;; ;;fb;h‘;b_ District, they shall first obtain the assent of the owner of such land, im- mma, provements, or materials ; or if such owner shall be absent from said Dis- P'°°°€di¤S¤ _ trict, or shall refuse to give such assent on such terms as the said company Qggx gylgdg