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 874 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ons. 393, 391. 1889. be identified; and 1f the party so notified fail to appear and be identified, or if it shall satisfactorily appear that suc letters, cards, or rieminns innuni-m ackets are addressed to a fictitious, false, or assumed name or ad- Qg,§’e“‘ *° d°‘““°‘°°' dress, such letters, postal-crds, or packages shall be forwarded to the ` dead—letter office as Hctitious matter. _ _ _ _ Matter relating to Sec. -1. That all matter the deposit of which in the mails is by this j¥g{'f$“,,,,',‘}{f,’f°Y· °"°·· act made punishable is hereby declared non-mailable; but nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize any person other than . an employee of (tildie deag-letter oililie, duly authorized thereto, to open an Y letter not a resse to himse . Delivery of matter Sec. 5. That whenever the Postmaster-General is satisfied that ‘° "“"°““ “°‘ ""‘j letters or packets sent in the mails are addressed to places not the - r 1 n u · o n- ga`; of mw of ad es`de ce or b siness address f the persons for whom they are i tended, to enable such persons to escape identification, he may direct postmasters to del1ver such letters only from the post-office upon identification of ersons addressed. P Approved, March 2, 1889. Huck 2.i®-  394.-An act toincorporate the Washington and Western Maryland Rail- ··j"‘_" i- mpany. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Washington and Umtecl States of America. in Cong/ress assem Zed, That Thomas Dowling, H. P. Gilbert, Austin Herr,    Dunlop, J. Wash, colnpgorpgoegmn T.  ropley, F. A. Miller, of the District of Columbia; L. P. ' ~ Wright, o the State of Illinois; Frank Hume, of the State of Virginia; R. J. Bright, of the State of Indiana; Spencer Watkins, A. D Cropl5>y,1.game; Henderson, ind] S. Gambaill, of the Stpte of Mary- an, an a suc personsas s a or ma e associate with them, and their successors, are hereby created almdy politic and cémporate m fact and in law by the name of the Washington and estern Maryland Railroad Clompany), anrd by that name shall have} peri ua succession, an sia e a e to sue and be sued, plea an li; impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and eguity, and may make and have a common seal, and the same a ter at their pleasure; and said corporation is hereby authorized to lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, operate, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph line, with al the necessary ap- Locationofroad. Eurtenances, namely, beginning at a lpomt west of the A ueduct ridge. thence westerly etween the ank of the Chesapegke and Ohio Canal and the Potomac River to the District line at or near the, , 1C12am Bridge, astmay hereafter blel surveyed and agéeeg on] by and _e Ween ie ar ies name . or eir successors, an the ommis· Egégniobe bi sioners of the District of Columbia: Provided, That the tracks of said uc h,;,,,,,,,, “P“ comptany shiiill bgddpeimild and takep to be adpublic highway, and may _ e ree y us. or. e passage o cars an motive power of an ` l individual or corporation upon making just compensation for such wmpensauon. use, and in case any dispute shall arise con,cerning such compensa- . tion or manner of use, any partyin interest may apply to the Supreme court of the District of Co umbia, which court is hereby empowered to gx the amgunt to bg pa1d for such use, and the mode in which n suc use may e engoye. Capital stock. Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said corporation shall consist of two thousand shares, at a [Eur value of fifty dollars per share each, Khich shall in all respects e deemed personal property, and shall e transferable in such manner as the by-laws of said corporation shall provide. The persons (or their assigns) hereinbefore named. or a majority thereof, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 0f_ busmess. The first meeting ot said incorporators shall beheld within twenty days from the passage of this act, in the city of Washmgton. A notice of said meeting, to be signed by seven of the in-