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 790 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 382. 1891. utignuon. in the case of disagreement, by the supreme court of the District of Columbia on petition filed therein by either party, and on such reasonable notice to the other party as the court may order: Andfpro- S¤¤$°*·¤¤I, ofVm vided, That no work shall be done on said road in the District o Co- 3r°pm¤ m com- lumbia, until the plans and specifications for the proposed bridg;2 on approved by the Secretary of War, and the construction of said 00use¤totV|!'zi¤h· bridge actually commenced: And vprovided, That so much of said line as may lie within the State of irginia shall first receive the approval of the proper authorities of said State. And said company F;¤g1¤¤§fy;_¤r is hereby authorized to run its said railway through the United States ~ amew. reservation known as Fort Myer and such other land of the United Géypmn Gernewry States in the State of Virginia, excepting the Arlington Cemetery °°“°°"°°‘ Grounds, as may be necessary to construct the railwa between the mmsmm. points named in this bill : only if the Secretar of Vér shall deem the same promotive of the public interest and always subject to such B»¤z¤1•¤<>¤s,•m ppikditions and regulations as the Secretary of War may from time 1me 1m . Oonstructionot mn- Sec. 2. llhat the railway herebyauthorized and lying in the Dis- "’°“ °"°‘°*°°°· trict of Columbia and on the bridge shall be constructed by said company of good materials, and in a substantial manner, with mus appmwu. grooved rails of the best pattern, and of a suitable gauge,——all to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and rmn, ew., m na the Secretary of War jointly. The tracks of said railway, so far as “'“"* the same shall lie within the District of Columbia, and the space between the same and for two feet adjacent to the outer rails thereof, Paving- shall be at all times kept by said company well paved and in ood order to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the District 0g00- lumbia ; and it shall be lawful for said company to make all needful ¤=¤¤¤*j·}¤,jL¤¤¤f¤r¤¤- and convenient trenches and excavations in any streets or spaces ° j' where its railway may be constructed, and to place in such trenches and excavations all the needful and convenient devices and machinery for operating said railway in the manner and by the means aforesaid, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and sub act to the other provisions of this act ; m-0r¤¤¢iv¤b¤¤¤d1¤s¤. and, also, it shall be lawful for said company to erect and maintain, at such convenient and suitable points along its line not in any avenue, street, alley, or other public place as may be deemed advisable by said company or its board of directors, and subject to the approval and regulations from time to time made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia over the place or places where the same may be located, an engine house or houses, boiler house or hpusesi audi other buildings necessary for the successful operation 0 san roar. rm. Sec.  That the said company may receive a rate of fare not exceeding five cents for each passenger for one continuous ride over the route aforesaid or any art thereof, between the termini of said rail- ’¤ck¤¢¤. road, and shall sell ticlkets at the rate of six for twenty-five cents. Said company shall, on or before the fifteenth daly of January of each mm report to year, report to Con ress the names of all the stoc holders thereof and °°““'°’“‘ the amount of stock held by each. together with a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures from different sources and on whatever account for the preceding year ending December thirty-first, which report shall be verified by the affidavit of the president and mlguyvuemmvuma secretary of said company; and said company shall pay to the Diss,,,,;}},?' "““°“’°" trict of Columbia, in ieu of taxes on [personal property for the next ensuing fiscal year, four per centum o its gross earnings upon traffic for the preceding year, which amount shall be lpaid to the collector Iran-manga, of taxes at the times and in the manner that other taxes are or may ' "'"”'·°°°· be payable and subject to the same penalty in case of arrears: and the franc; ISC and propertyjof said company, both real and personal, to a sufficient amount may e seized and sold in satisfaction thereof in the
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