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 FORTY—SECON D CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 363, 864. 1872. 343 locomotives and trains upon and over the bridge which has been con- The Orange, structed by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company across the &°·i R- R- QM Potomac river at the western terminus of Maryland avenue, in the city ${ Q}f,g°;‘:‘}‘€h° of l¢Vashington, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in the act of Baltimore, &e., Congress granting to said Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company the R· R· C°·? privilege to construct and operate said bridge; and the said Orange, may lay track Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company may put down a single i¤ M¤*>’l¤¤d track along Maryland avenue from its western terminus to its intersection "°°°°’ K"'; with the Washington canal, now in process of being filled up, and thence by a_curve southwardly along the ground heretofore occupied by the said canal to the intersection of D or E streets south, as may be determined by the engineer in charge of the public buildings and grounds, and thence along one of said streets by a tunnel under the public grounds east of the tunnel; Capitol building, upon such route and in such manner as the said engineer may prescribe, to Second or Third street east; thence along said Second or Third street to the line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; and the track of said railroad company, except so much thereof as is laid in the said tunnel or its approaches, shall conform to the grade of the streets to eonformto occupied as above, as shall be prescribed by the board of public works ; €”‘l° °f S”’°°°’· and any damage caused to the property of individuals by the construction D"“““g“· of said railroad shall be paid by said Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad Company: Provided, That the said Orange, Alexandria, and Ow-half of Manassas Railroad Company shall pay to the District of Columbia one- gym °°s° °° l’° half of the cost of arching the Washington canal from Maryland avenue to the street on which the said railroad track enters the tunnel aforesaid: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed _Rightt<> estabto grant to said company the right to establish a depot along said avenue gh Qlgfpgigsv or streets until consent for the same has first been obtained from the leg- " g ` islative assembly of the District of Columbia. SEO. 2. That Congress shall have the right to regulate the rates of fare Congress may collected by said company from_ passengers, and the rates of charge for the "°;¥?*Q“*° P”§““‘ transportation of freight per bon per mile for all freight passing into the §,0?g;;c2;,;l;g,,,_ District of Columbia on said railroad shall be not more than the rates charged per ton per mile on that part of the said Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas railroad not in the said District; and that all property owned Propecvty of the by said company within said District shall be subject to taxation by the gagnb :§‘;SS· proper municipal authority, and Washiiigton city shall be considered as a R ° ' terminal point, and entitled to all the privileges and facilities of any other terminal points on said road. Sec. 3. That said railroad company shall give to other railroad com- Other ,,,;;,0,,4,, panics connecting therewith the right to pass through and use said tunnel, ifwiy use the ¤¤¤· on such reasonable terms as may be agreed upon between the respective "° ' parties or Congress prescribe. Sec. 4. That this act may be at any time amended or repealed by Actmay be Congress. altered, &¤. Approved, June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXIV. —An Act to authorize the Building of the New Mexico and Gulf Jung 8, 1872. Railway, and for other Purposes. "—"""_“' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the New Mexico and Right of way, Gulf Railway Company have, and there is hereby granted to them, their &m£‘{:;‘£‘ successors and assigns, a strip of land one hundred feet wide on each side Iimmd ,0 the of the centre line of a railway route extending from the north-western [Sew Mexico and boundary of New Mexico, as near as practicable to the junction of the gg? Bmway San Juan with the Rio Mancos, through Santa Fé county, and down the Pecos river valley to the passage of said Pecos river into the State of Texas, at or near the thirty-second parallel, upon a route to be surveyed and designated by a competent engineer, as a right of way, together with