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 726. mw-rnmn cone-nnss. ssss. III. on. 168. 1895. 0·>¤¢¤¤*¤·of the District of Columbia, of the names of all the stockholders therein and the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending December thirty- first, and such other facts as may be required by any general law of the District of Columbia, which report shall be verified by the affidavit of the president and secretary of said company, and, if said report is not made at the time specined, or within ten days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter, and it shall be the . duty of the Commissioners to canseto be instituted proper judicial pro- ·r¤. ceedin gs therefor; and said company shall pay to the District of _ Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, in cludin g cars and motive power, each year, four per centum of its gross earnings, which amount shall be payable to the collector of taxes at the times and in the manner that other taxes are now due and payable, and subject to the same penalties on arrears; and the franchise and property of said company, both real and personal, to a sufficient amount, may be °fsP_Lf£’”°”P'V“ * seized and sold in satisfaction thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other property for taxes; and said per centum of its gross earnings shall be in lieu of all other assessments of personal taxes upon its _ property used solely and exclusively in the operation and management ·1·¤s1mm:¤»1ey. of said railway: Provided, That its tracks shall not be taxed as real. estate. _ I"' Sec. 22. That said company may receive a rate of fare not exceeding five cents per passenger; and the said company may make arrangements with all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia mm for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, T¤*•¤- That within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents. ,,_:°(j_’;X,§‘g_’°*’“F""’*‘ Sec. 23. That the said company shall have at aH times the free and uninterrupted use of the roadway,_subject to the rights of the public, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or operatives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depots, stations, or other property belonging to the said railway company, the person or persons so oiiending shall forfeit and pay for each such oiiense not less than twenty-tive nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and penalties in said District, and shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his or her or their act as aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought unless commenced within sixty ' days after such offense shall have been committed. ¤¤>•¤i¤s¤ Sec. 24. That the Capital Railway Company shall have the right of way across such other railways as are now in operation within the _ limits of the lines granted by this Act, and is hereby authorized to f,’j,{°,;f°,;,nd",m“,_ construct its said road across such other railways: Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of such other railways in such construction. “2,,°f:f°"·°"°··°'!""‘ Sec. 25. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any part of said road, or be ejected from the cars by the company’s employees for any other_cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, or contagionsly diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or _ to comply with the lawful general regulations of the company. _ ,,‘°,ff§f‘:};*’°” °’ Sec. 26. That in the event the company should not be able to come ` to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which . the said road may be located or pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding twenty feet in width, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and