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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 317. 1896. 249 “ That the said corporation shall, at its own expense, maintain elec- m°°*>**° liHh’<¤· tric lights during the hours after nightfall that its cars shall run, and at least until twelve o’clock antemeridian, which lights shall be located so as to light all roads on and across which the railway shall pass and such other points along the proposed route as the Secretary of War shall direct. No claim for damages shall ever be made by said company or its successors in consequence of the exercise of any of the rights of the United States under this Act. The crossings over the Conduit road shall be made to conform to all changes of grade of this road. The construction of said railway on any street where there are u¤1¤¤i¤¤m¤t¤,sw. or may be any mains, fixtures, or apparatus pertaining to the Washiiigton Aqueduct shall be subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary of War, which conditions must be obtained and be accepted in writing by said company before commencing any work on such street; and the operations of said company in respect of the safety of such mains, iixtures, or apparatus shall always be subject to the control and direction of the Secretary of War, and subject to the right of the Secretary of War or other lawful public authority to interrupt the construction or use of said railway, whenever necessary for the protection or repair of such mains, fixtures, or apparatus. Eiiicient Signalssignals, by gong or bell, hall be made by every car before and during the crossing of the Conduit road, and, if the Secretary of War shal deem necessary and shall so direct, every car shall, before crossing this road, be brought to a full stop. The rate of speed at which the cars Speedmay run on said road shall not exceed five miles per hour on or across any street or road, and the fare for riding over the said road shall not rms. exceed ten cents each way per passenger, and this amount may be divided into divisions of five cents each. The work of construction _01>¤r¤*¤i¤g regulaand the operating of said railway by said company on the lands of the tw"' °t°‘ United States shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and the exercise of the rights by this Act granted are to terminate at the pleasure of the Secretary of War in case of persistent neglect by said company or by its successors to make deposits or to comply with any of the conditions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid. “ Every car shall be brought to a full stop before crossing the Foxhall mf,{°**°i°8 I"°*h°“ road. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of ` Columbia to inspect, or to cause to be inspected, from time to time, the 1¤¤p¤¤u¤¤,m. cars operated on said road, and to require of said company that all cars and stations shall be of the first class, and shall be maintained in good condition, and that cars shall be run according to schedules which shall accommodate the public; the said Commissioners shall also have the power to make such regulations as to the rate of speed, the use of tracks, the removal of ice and snow from off the tracks, as the public interests may require; failure to comply with any such requirement or regulation, rsmimq. or failure to stop cars before crossing the Foxhall and Conduit roads, shall subject the company to a fine of fifty dollars for each such failure, which iine may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction." Section two shall be amended to read as follows: A “ Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be six hundred <{j¤pi;gii¤¤§2r;¤¤¤<i· ' and-fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars °‘ ’p‘ ' each, which capital stock may be increased from time to time upon a majority vote of the stockholders, but not to exceed the actual cost of right of way, construction, equipment, station houses, and other buildings necessary to the operation of said road. The said company shall Payments fcr smb require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash, to the treasurer appointed by the incorporators, the amounts severaHy subscribed by them, as follows, to wit: Fifty per centum at the time of subscribing and the remainder at such times and in such amounts as the board of directors shall require, and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless the fifty per centum thereof shall be paid at the time of subscribing; the remainder of said subsciption to be paid at such times and in such