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 446 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 900, 912. 1888. Am°¤d'¤°”‘· Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time alter, amend or repeal this act. Received by the President August 9, 1888. [No·rE BY THE DEPARTMENT or STArE.—The 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 prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.] August 22.18% CHAP. 912.—An act to incorporate the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway W Company of the District of Columbia. . Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou.s·e of Representatives of the United States { America in Congress assembled, That John W. mmywwn Railway Thom son, Ric ard H. Goldsborough, William J. Thompson, Henr (§{gT’““’ "‘°°"” H. Dodge, W. K. Ryan, Osceola C. Green, and Norval . Burchellj !¤·¤>¤‘1><>¤¤<>¤- of the District of Columbia; Arthur E. Bateman, T. W. Pearsall, and Harvey Durand, of the city and State of New York; and Nathaniel W. Bowe and John A. Coke, of the city of Richmond, State of Virginia, and their associates, successors, and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate under the name of the Georgetown and Tennallytown, Rai way Compan of the District of Columbia, with authority to construct and lay clown a single or double track railway, with necessary switches, turn-outs, and other mechanical devices for operatin the same b cable or electric power L°<¤***°¤· for carrying passengers in the District of Columbia, from the Potomac River near High street, to, and along High street in George- ` town to the Tennallytown road, but wholly outside of the limits of said road, and along the side of the said road to the District line; also the privilege of laying such conduits beneath the surface of · Water street for the purpose of conveying or communicating power from any suitable point along said Water street to said High street, as may be found necessary, and subject to the approval of the Com- P*`°*‘”°· missioners of the District of Columbia: Provided, however, That €’<>¤d¤i¤~ such conduits shall be laid so as not to im air the surface of said Water street for traiiic and wagon travel. `glfhenever the foregoing C<>i¤¤i•·*i¤s *¤¤k¤- route or routes may coincide with the duly authorized route or routes of other duly incorporated street railway companies in the District of Columbia, either or both company may use the said track when necessary; and in such case they may use such tracks in common, upon such fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies;` and in the event said companies fail to agree upon equitable terms. either of said companies may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, w ich shall hear and determine the matter in due form of law, and ad judge to the proper party the amount of compensation to be paid therefor. Said corporation is authorized and empowered to propel its cars on such other lines as it “"“"° ¥’°"'°'· shall coincide with by cable power or such other motive power as it is authorized to use to propel its own cars over the routes prescribed in this act, and may repair and construct such portions of its road as may be upon the line or route, or routes, of any other road thus used; and in case of any disagreement regarding such construction or repairs with any company whose line is thus used, such disagreement may be hear and determined summarily upon the application of either road to any court in said District having common·law `urisdiction. Fm. Said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceedin live cents for each passenger for any distance between the termini 0% said railway, and shall sell tickets in packages six for twentydive cents. Said railway shall be constructed of good materials and in a substantial