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Author: 
 
 United States. 
 
 Title: 
 
 Laws relating to 
 street-railway franchises 
 
 Place: 
 
 Washington, D.C. 
 
 Date: 
 
 1905 
 
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 District of Columbia. Commissioners. 
 
 Laws relating to street-railway franchises in 
 the District of Columbia, comp, in the office of 
 the Commissioners of the district of Columbia 
 and printed under authority of the resolution of 
 Congress passed March 12, 1896. (Recompiled and 
 indexed by Daniel E, Garges, secretary to the 
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LAWS 
 
 RELATING TO 
 
 STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES 
 
 IN THE 
 
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
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 COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT 
 
 OF COLUMBIA AND PRINTED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE 
 
 RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS PASSED MARCH 12, 1896. 
 
 (RECOMPILED AND INDEXED BY DANIEL E, GARGES, SECRETARY TO THE 
 
 ENGINEER COMMISSIONER OF THE DISTRICT OF 
 
 COLUMBIA. MARCH 4, 1905.) 
 
 WASHINGTON: 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFHCE. 
 
 1905* 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 A 
 
 The laws relating to street-railway franchises in the District of 
 
 ^ Columbia were compiled in 1896 in pursuance of a resolution of Coil- 
 ed gress passed March 12, 1896. In the present compilation the former 
 ^ one was used as a basis, and all acts of Congress relating to street 
 jr railways passed since 1896 have been included in the present issue. 
 ^ The compilation has also been indexed. The various street-railway 
 ^ charters are arranged alphabetically by the names of the corporations 
 — chartered. The original charter is given first and the subsequent 
 amendments and additions follow consecutively in accordance with the 
 dates of their approval. All the legislation, therefore, regarding any 
 one railroad will be found in one place. The only exception is where 
 a general law has been passed affecting various railroads. These gen- 
 eral laws will be found at the last part of the book under the heading 
 ''Street-railway laws of a general nature" (p. 257), but all have been 
 indexed for easy reference. 
 
 CHARTERS. 
 
 All charters for street railways in the District must be granted 
 directly by Congress. The routes a^'e laid down in these charters. 
 
 URBAN LINES. 
 
 Practically all the urban lines are controlled bj- two corporations, 
 the Capital Traction Company and the Washington Railway and 
 Electric Company. The latter corporation is a managing corporation 
 organized under the act of (congress approved June 5, 1900. (See p. 
 241.) The charters of the constituent roads govern, however 
 
 CONTROL BY THE COMMISSIONERS. 
 
 The charters of the street-railway companies place certain duties on 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in regard to control of 
 plans of construction, the approval of time schedules, the regulation 
 of speed, the furnishing of passenger houses and accommodations, 
 etc., but except in some of the later charters no penalties are provided 
 for a violation of any regulation of the Commissioners made in pur- 
 suance of this authority. 
 
 Ill 
 
IV 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 I 
 
 PAVING ADJACENT TO TRACKS. 
 
 The street-railway charters generall}^ require the companies to be 
 responsible for the cost of paving between their tracks and on each 
 side thereof to the extent of 2 feet from the outer rails. The organic 
 act providing the present form of government for the District of 
 Columbia also makes this requirement, and provides that it shall be 
 carried into eflfect by the issuing of certificates of indebtedness against 
 the railroad companies for failure to pay for paving this portion of 
 the street. (See p. 257. ) 
 
 SPEED AND FENDERS. 
 
 Regulations in regard to speed and fenders are made by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia under the police regulations 
 regarding the movement of vehicles on public streets. Cars stop to 
 receive passengers on the near side. (See p. 267.) 
 
 A MODEL CHARTER. 
 
 The charter of the Capital Railway Company (p. 49) is considered 
 as a model for street railway charters. 
 
 EXPIRATION OF CHARTERS. 
 
 A number of charters herein compiled have expired by limitation. 
 A number of others have been extended from time to time. 
 
 DEPOSITS. 
 
 The charters generally require a deposit to be made to pay for 
 inspection of construction work. Some of them require a deposit to 
 guarantee the construction and completion within the time period 
 named in the charter. 
 
 OVERHEAD TROLLEYS. 
 
 No overhead trolleys are allowed within the limits of the city of 
 Washington proper. (See p. 270.) They, however, are used on the 
 suburban lines. 
 
 UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC SYSTEM. 
 
 All of the street railways now operated in the city of Washington 
 operate by the underground electric system. Formerly, horsepower, 
 cable power, and the trolley were used. 
 
 FARE. 
 
 All the charters require that the fare charged in the District of 
 Columbia shall not be more than 5 cents, and require, also, that six 
 tickets shall be sold for 25 cents. 
 
 TRANSFERS. 
 
 The two corporations, the Capital Traction Company and the Wash- 
 ington Railway and P^lectricCompan}^, issue transfers on their respective 
 lines to a passenger going in one general direction, but they do not 
 issue transfers interchangeable on the lines of each other, except in 
 one instance, at Fifteenth and G streets NW., where a transfer is 
 issued between the lines of these companies upon the payment of 2 cents. 
 
 COUPON TICKETS. 
 
 A law requires the sale of four coupon tickets for 25 cents for con- 
 tinuous ride on some lines from some suburban point to some point 
 in the city of Washington. (See p. 263). 
 
 TAXES. 
 
 Each individual charter has a provision in regard to taxation, but 
 b}^ an act of Congress (see p. 268) all street railroads were brought 
 under the general rule which requires them to pay 4 per cent of their 
 gross earnings in lieu of personal taxes, and to pay taxes on their 
 buildings, etc., as real estate, under the provisions of law in regard 
 to other real estate. 
 
 COINCIDING ROUTES. 
 
 The charters generally provide for joint trackage arrangements 
 where the routes coincide, these arrangements to be agreed upon be- 
 tween the respective railroad companies, and in event of a failure to 
 reach an agreement, by a court proceeding. 
 
 ELECTROLYSIS. 
 
 In the later charters provision is made to guard against electrolysis 
 by requiring, if electric power by trolley be used, a return wire similar 
 in capacity and insulation to the feed wire to be provided, and each 
 car to be provided with a double trolley and no pole of any dynamo 
 furnishing power to railways to be connected with the earth. 
 
 RIGHT OF WAY. 
 
 Street cars have the right of way over their tracks in the public 
 streets. 
 
 In some instances the charters require that the roads shall be con- 
 structed on a right of wa}^ to be acquired by the railway company and 
 thereafter dedicated to the District of Columbia. 
 
 D. E. G. 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To compile and publish the laws relating to street-railway franchises 
 
 in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring), That there be printed 
 and bound into one convenient volume, at the Government Printing Office, all the 
 various Acts of Congress relating to street-railway franchises in the District of 
 Columbia; and that two hundred copies of the same shall be furnished for the use 
 of the Senate, four hundred copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 
 two thousand and five hundred copies for the use of and distribution by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Passed, March 12, 1896. ' 
 
 16400—05 1 1 
 
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 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES 
 IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 ANAGOSTIA AND POTOMAC EIVEB EAILEOAD COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT Giving the approval and sanction of Congress to the route Febraarj- 
 
 and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, and to ^^^^' 
 
 regulate its construction and operation. stats. 18, p. 328, 
 
 18, 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Seimte and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That 
 the approval and sanction of Congress is hereb}^ given to 
 the construction, operation, and maintenance of a street- 
 railroad by the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad 
 Company, of Washington City, District of Columbia, a 
 company incorpomted under the act of Congress of May 
 fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy, which incorporation 
 is hereby confirmed and validated, along, upon, and over 
 the following route, in the city of Washington, District of 
 Columbia, namely: Commencing for the eastern terminus 
 of said road, at or near the northern end of the navy-yard 
 bridge, in the said city, on Eleventh street east; thence 
 upon and along said Eleventh street east to M street south; 
 thence upon and along said M street south to Third street 
 east; thence upon and along said Third street east to N 
 street south; thence upon and along said N street south to 
 Water street; thence upon and along said Water street to 
 Twelfth street west; thence upon and along said Twelfth 
 street west to Ohio avenue; thence upon and along said 
 Ohio avenue to Fourteenth street west; thence along and 
 upon said Fourteenth street west to the western terminus of 
 said road at the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and 
 said Fourteenth street west; and also on M street south from 
 Third street east to Water street, and on Eleventh street 
 west from Water street to the intersection of Twelfth and B 
 streets southwest; conforming to the grades of said streets 
 and avenues as the same now are, or may hereafter be, estab- 
 lished by law : Provided^ That said company shall construct 
 at least a single-track road over said route, and open the 
 same to travel within sixteen months after the approval of 
 this act: And ^ovided further^ That whenever the foregoing 
 route shall coincide with the route of any other duly-incor- 
 porated railroad company, or connect portions of such route, 
 but one set of tracks shall be used, and each company using 
 
 3 
 
 Approval of 
 construction, 
 etc., of street- 
 railroad by An- 
 acostia and Poto- 
 mac River Rail- 
 road Com pany 
 ( amended )t 
 
 Route (amend- 
 ed). 
 
 Time for com- 
 pletion. 
 
 One track for co- 
 inciding routes. 
 
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 and paving. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 the tracks shall contribute equitably to the expense of lay- 
 ing and maintaining them; the amount to be contributed 
 to be ascertained, when the companies disagree, by the 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia, upon applica- 
 tion of any company interested, and on notice to andhear- 
 ing of the parties interested. 
 Layiu^of track Sec. 2. That in the manner of laying its tracks, and 
 paving the same, this company shall be under the control 
 of the executive authority of the District of Columbia; and 
 it shall pave its tracks, and the spaces between them, and 
 for the space of two feet beyond the outer line thereof, 
 and keep the same in good order, without expense to the 
 United States or the District of Columbia; and that said 
 pavement shall be as prescribed by the said executive 
 authority of the District of Columbia; and the rate of fare 
 charged and received by said company shall not exceed 
 live cents a passenger for any distance between the termini 
 of said road. 
 
 Sec. 3. That whenever the present navy -yard bridge 
 shall be replaced by a structure suitable for the passage of 
 a street-railroad, the company shall have the right to cross 
 over the same to Uniontown, under such restrictions and 
 regulations as Congress may provide; and Uniontown 
 of shall then become the eastern terminus of the road; and 
 ""^rom Uniontown the company may extend their road by 
 the Good Hope road to the District line; and for riding 
 over this extension of the road the company may charge 
 an additional fare not exceeding live cents. 
 
 Sec. 4. That Congress may, at any time, alter, amend, 
 or repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, February 18, 1875. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Use of navy- 
 yard bridge. 
 
 Extension 
 road east 
 Uniontown. 
 
 Fare. 
 
 Right to alter 
 or amend act. 
 
 April 5, 1876. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the act entitled "An act giving the approval and 
 sanction of Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and 
 Stats 19, p. 26. Potomac River Railroad, and to regulate its construction and oper- 
 ation." 
 
 Be it macted hy the Smote and House of Representatives 
 Anacostia and ^ ^^^ United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That 
 
 Raur^d. ti'me section two of the act giving the approval and sanction of 
 
 ixtenlted^^^*^''" Congress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and 
 Potomac River Railroad, approved February eighteenth 
 eighteen hundred and seventy -five, be, and is hereby, so 
 amended as to extend the time for the completion of said 
 road to six months from and after the completion of the 
 streets now in process of improvement along and upon 
 
 mSr^f^enl: which the chartered rights of the company extend. Sec 2. 
 
 ed). That the privilege is hereby granted the company to change 
 
 their terminus at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania ave- 
 nue west, as follows: Commencing at intersection of Twelfth 
 street and Ohio avenue northwest, along and upon Twelfth 
 to D street, along and upon D street to Fifteenth street, 
 along and upon Fifteenth street west to Pennsylvania ave- 
 nue, near the Treasury gates, being one square west of the 
 
 of 
 
 present terminus; also, that the company may extend their Extension 
 
 road from the intersection of Twelfth street and Ohio ave- * 
 
 nue northwest, along and upon Louisiana avenue to the 
 
 south side of Pennsylvania avenue at a point opposite 
 
 Centre Market: Provided^ That whenever the street- pave- .J**^®"^^^^ *<> 
 
 ment ma}^ be torn up and travel thereon interfered with by ^^^^^^ 
 
 removal of the track of said road, said company shall, at 
 
 its own expense, put such street pavement in as good order 
 
 as before the laying of the track thereon. Section 3. 
 
 That Congress may at any time alter, amend or repeal and™^^^"*^^' 
 
 this act. *^° "^^^ • 
 
 Michael C. Kerb 
 
 Spealcer of the House of Representatives 
 
 T. W. Ferry 
 President of the Senate pro-tempore. 
 Received by the President March 24, 1876. 
 
 [Note by the Department of State. —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.] 
 
 March 3, 1879. 
 Sundry civil bill, 1880. Stats. 20, p. 404. 
 
 * * * * » 
 
 And one of the two railroad tracks now on said Anacostia tracts on Aa- 
 Bridge shall be at once removed. ^"""^^^ ^"^^^• 
 
 * * * « « 
 Approved, March 3, 1879. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the act giving the approval and sanction of Con- August i, 1888. 
 gress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River st^t. of> ^ ^<t 
 Hailroad, m the District of Columbia. ^^^' ^' P'^- 
 
 Be ite7iacted by the Senate and House of Representatv^es 
 of tfie United States of America in Congress assmnUed. That Anacostia and 
 the act giving the approval and sanction of Congress toR^S eSJIS- 
 tne route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River «^^° ^^- ' 
 Kailroad approved February eighteenth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and seventy-five, and amended March twenty-fourth, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-six, be, and the same is 
 nereby, amended so as to authorize said company to lav 
 tracks and run cars thereon from the intersection of its 
 tracks on M street south with Seventh street east; along Route (amend- 
 beventh street to G street south; along G street to Fourth ^^• 
 street east; along Fourth street to E street south; alon^ 
 ^ street to Canal street; along Canal street to B street 
 south, along B street south to Third street west; alonff 
 inird street to Missouri avenue; along Missouri avenue to 
 ^ixtn street west; along Sixth street to B street north; 
 
 r^^^^Au ^^V^^t.^^ ^ P^^"^ ^^^^ the Center Market to be 
 named by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia- 
 
LA.WS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Proviso; com 
 pletion. 
 
 Extension t o 
 Congressional 
 Cemetery. 
 
 Additional 
 track on Anacos- 
 tia bridge. 
 
 Extension to 
 Insane Asylum. 
 
 Use of other 
 tracks. 
 
 Rails. 
 
 To be level 
 with streets. 
 
 Can. 
 
 Provided, That the said company shall complete the above- 
 mentioned tracks and run cars thereon within one year from 
 the approval of this act, and from the intersection of its 
 tracks on M street south with Second street west; along 
 Second street to its tracks on Canal street: Provided, That 
 said company shall complete the last-mentioned tracks and 
 run cars thereon within two years from the approval of 
 this act. The company is also authorized to extend its 
 tmcks and run cars thereon from its track at Seventh and 
 G streets southeast herein mentioned, along G street to 
 Seventeenth street east; along Seventeenth street to E 
 street south; along E street to and beyond the entrance 
 to the Congressional Cemetery at a point to be named by 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, after the 
 said streets shall have been improved. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said company may be permitted to place 
 or cause to be placed upon the Anacostia bridge an addi- 
 tional track, and the i-ails of both tracks shall be of such 
 form as will offer the least obstruction to ordinary traffic, 
 and subject to approval by the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. The said company shall also construct 
 at least a single track, with necessary switches and turn- 
 outs, along Harrison street, in Anacostia, to the entrance 
 to the grounds of the German Orphan Asylum, and run 
 cars thereon within six months after laying the track men- 
 tioned on said bridge. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the said company is also authorized to 
 extend its track and run cars thereon from its present 
 terminus on Nichols avenue, near Anacostia, by the way 
 of Nichols avenue to the entrance to the grounds of the 
 Government Hospital for the Insane, and along said ave- 
 nue and the Livingstone road to the District line. 
 
 Sec. 4. That should any part of the ti*ack extension 
 herein authorized coincide with portions of any other 
 duly incorporated street railway in the District of Colum- 
 bia, but one set of tracks shall be used when, on account 
 of the width of the street, or for other sufficient reason 
 it shall be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of the 
 District; and the relative conditions of use and of char- 
 tered rights may be adjusted upon terms to be mutually 
 agreed upon between the companies, or, in case of disagree- 
 ment, by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, 
 on petition filed therein by either party, and on such notice 
 to the other party as the court may order. 
 
 Sec. 5. That in the construction of the tracks herein 
 specified the pattern of rail used shall be approved by the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and in any 
 extensive repairs to the tracks now owned by the company 
 requiring new rails the pattern of rails shall likewise be 
 approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia: Provided^ That all rails laid upon the streets of the 
 city of Washington by said company under the authority 
 of this act shall be on a level with the surface of the streets, 
 and shall not project above the same. 
 Sec. 6. That the company shall place cars of the best 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 construction on said railway, with all modern improvements 
 necessary to the convenience and comfort of passengers, and 
 shall run cars thereon as often as the public convenience 
 may require, in accordance with a time table or schedule 
 adopted by the company, a copy of which shall be filed 
 with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and 
 be approved by them. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the said Anacostia and Potomac River Reports. 
 Railroad Company shall, on or before the fifteenth day of 
 January of each year, make a report to Congress 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 Decem- 
 ber the thirty-first, which report shall be verified by affidavit 
 of the president and secretary of said company; and said 
 company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of 
 taxes upon personal property, including cars, tracks, and 
 motive power for the next ensuing year, two per centum for 
 the first ten years after completion, and thereafter four per 
 centum of its gross earnings upon traffic for the preceding 
 year as shown by said verified statement, 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 same penalties on arrears; and the franchise 
 and property of said company, both real and personal, to a 
 sufficient amount, may be seized and sold in satisfaction 
 thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other prop- 
 erty 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 opera- 
 tion and management of said railway. Its real estate shall 
 be taxed as other real estate in the District of Columbia, and 
 the tracks shall not be taxed as real estate: Provided, That 
 whenever the net receipts of said company from its busi- 
 ness upon said road shall, for any years, exceed ten per 
 centum of the actual cost of such road, then the company 
 shall, under the direction of the said Commissioners, reduce 
 the rate of passenger fare to an amount as near as the 
 same can be approximated, so that the net receipts of said 
 company from its business upon such road shall not exceed 
 ten per centum of the actual cost for the construction, 
 equipment, and maintenance thereof. 
 
 Sec. 9. That Congress may at an}^ time amend, alter, or 
 repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, August 1, 1888. 
 
 Reduction 
 fare. 
 
 of 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the act giving the approval and sanction of Con- 
 gress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River 
 Railroad in the District of Columbia. 
 
 ^t ^L^^^^^^<^ ^y ^^^ Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Co7igress assevMed,Th2ii ^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ 
 the act giving the sanction and approval of Congress to Raiiroad;chaiig© 
 the route and termini of the Ana^stia and Potomac River *''~"^- 
 
 March 24. 1890. 
 Stats. 26, p. 28. 
 
 Anacostia and 
 Potomac River 
 
8 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Railroad, approved February eighteenth , eighteen hundred 
 and seventy-five, amended March twenty -fourth, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy -six, and August first eighteen hun- 
 dred and eighty -eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended 
 so as to authorize the said company to lay tracks and run 
 cars thereon from the intersection of its tracks on M street 
 south with Eleventh street east; along Eleventh street to 
 of its tracks on G street south. That the time for the com- 
 pletion of its track is extended one year. That in the con- 
 struction of the tracks herein authorized the pattern of 
 of rail used shall be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, and that all rails laid under author- 
 ity of this act shall be on a level with the surface of the 
 street: Provided so much of the act of August first eight- 
 een hundred and eighty-eight as authorized the company 
 
 Tracks on 7th herein named to lay its tracks on Seventh street east be- 
 ?nd^G Its!*^^ ^ tween M street and G street is hereby repealed. 
 
 Amendment. Sec. 2. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or 
 repeal this act. 
 Approved, March 24, 1890. 
 
 Extension 
 time. 
 
 Approval 
 rail, etc. 
 
 April 80. 1892. AN ACT To amend the act giving the approval and sanction of Con- 
 Stats. 27, p. 22. gress to the route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac River 
 Railroad in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Anacostia and 
 Potomac River 
 Railroad Co., 
 route and termi- 
 ni changed. 
 
 Extension 
 tracks. 
 
 of 
 
 Bails. 
 
 Commence 
 ment and com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Mav use tracks 
 of other compa- 
 nies. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of IlepresentativeB 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That 
 the act giving the sanction and approval of Congress to the 
 route and termini of the Anacostia and Potomac Kiver Rail- 
 road, approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy-five, subsequently amended, be, and the same is 
 hereby, amended so as to authorize the said company to lay 
 tracks and switches and run cars as follows: From the in- 
 tersection of its tracks at Ninth street with B street north- 
 west north on Ninth street to G. street northwest over the 
 tracks of the Metropolitan Railway Company; thence west 
 on G. street northwest to Eleventh street northwest over 
 the tracks of Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Com- 
 pany; thence south on Eleventh street to E. street north- 
 west, and east on E street to Ninth street on the tracks of 
 the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Rail- 
 way Company; thence south on Ninth street to B street 
 on the tracks of the Metropolitan Railway Companv. 
 That in construction of its tracks herein authorized the 
 pattern of the rail used shall be the standard flat grooved 
 rail and approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia, and that all rails laid under authority of this 
 act shall be on a level with the surface of the street: 
 Provided^ That the said company shall commence work 
 within three months and complete the same within six 
 months from the, approval of this act. 
 
 Sec. 2. That, should any part of the track extension 
 herein authorized coincide with portions of any other 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-EAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 duly incorporated street railway in the District of Colum- 
 bia, but one set of tracks shall be used when, on account 
 of the width of the street or for other suflficient reason, it 
 shall be deemed necessary by the Commissioners of the 
 District; and the relative conditions of use and of chartered Termsof use. 
 rights may be adjusted upon terms to be mutually agreed 
 upon between the companies, or, in case of disagreement, 
 by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, on peti- 
 tion filed therein by either party and on such notice to the 
 other party as the court may order. 
 
 Sec. 3. That this Road shall exchange tickets with other 
 roads where their tracks unite. 
 
 Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or 
 repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, April 30, 1892. 
 
 Exchange tick* 
 ets. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 AN ACT Authorizing and requiring certain extensions to be made to June 4, 1900. 
 the Hues of the Capital Traction Company and of the Anacostia and stata — t> — 
 Potomac River Railroad Company of the District of Columbia. • . p- • 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of Atnerica in Congress assembled^ That capital Trao- 
 the Capital Traction Company of the District of Columbia ^*°''^'' 
 be, and it hereby is, authorized and required to construct 
 the necessary tracks and to make the necessary connections 
 for the purpose of operating its cars by the underground 
 electric system and to operate the same over and along the 
 following route, namely: Beginning at the intersection of Route extend- 
 First and C streets northwest, east on C street to Delaware depS. ^ *°^ ^' 
 avenue, and thence by a loop around square six hundred 
 and eighty -six (bounded by Delaware avenue, B, First, and 
 C streets northeast). Also, beginning at the intersection 
 of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventeenth street northwest; 
 south on Seventeenth street by double tracks to G street 
 northwest; west on G street by single track to Twenty- 
 fifth street; north on Twenty-fifth street by single track 
 to Pennsylvania avenue. Also, beginning with the tracks 
 at the corner of Seventeenth and G streets northwest; AisoonFand 
 south on Seventeenth street by single track to F street ^ '^'■^^' 
 northwest; west on F street by single track to Twenty- 
 sixth street northwest; north on Twenty -sixth street by 
 single track to Pennsylvania avenue: Provided, That for 
 the purpose of furnishing a loop, for use when necessary, 
 a single track may be extended along G street northwest 
 from Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth streets, connecting 
 with the single tracks in Twenty -fifth and Twenty-sixth 
 streets northwest. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Polomir wVer 
 Company be, and it is hereby, authorized and required, R. R- 
 ^ within one year from the date of the approval of this Act, 
 to extend the lines of its underground electric railroad Route extend 
 from the intersection of First street east and E street^' 
 south, north along First street to B street south; thence 
 
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 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Tracks to 
 removed. 
 
 west along B street, connecting with its existing tracks 
 between ^cond and Third streets west. 
 
 Sec. 3. That where the route provided for in this Act 
 Coinciding coincides with the routes of existing street railways one 
 ™"^^' set of tracks shall be used in common, upon terms mutu- 
 
 ally agreed upon, or, in case of disagreement, upon terms 
 determined by the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia, which is authorized and directed to give hearing to 
 the interested parties and to ^k the terms of joint trackage. 
 Sec. 4. That the extensions herein authorized shall be 
 Time of com- Completed and cars operated over the same within one 
 pietion. ^.gj^j. f yojjj ^-j^c ^^^q ^f ^he passage of this Act. The double 
 
 tracks of the Capital Traction Company now in the south 
 
 side of C street northwest, between First street and New 
 
 *>e Jersey avenue, shall also be removed within said time, 
 
 and the space so vacated restored to proper condition in a 
 
 manner satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District 
 
 of Columbia. 
 
 Plans to be ap- Sec. 5. That the extensions herein authorized shall be 
 
 proved. constructed in accordance with plans satisfactory to the 
 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia and approved 
 
 by them. 
 
 Present charter Sec. 6. That the Said Capital Traction Company and 
 
 rights extended. ^^^ Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company shall 
 
 have over and respecting the routes herein provided for, 
 
 the same rights, powers and privileges they respectively 
 
 have or hereafter may have by law, over and respecting 
 
 their other routes, and be subject in respect thereto to all 
 
 the other provisions of their charters and of law. 
 
 Sec. 7. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend 
 or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, June 4, 1900. 
 
 July 1, 1902. AN ACT Requiring the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Com- 
 ■ pany to extend its Eleventh street line, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Cmigress assemUed^ That 
 the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company, of 
 the District of Columbia, be, and it hereby is, authorized 
 and required to construct the necessary tracks and to make 
 the necessary connections for the purpose of operating its 
 cars by the underground electric system, such as is now in 
 
 Eleventh street use on its Eleventh street line, over and along the follow- 
 d^^rr^avenue ^' i^R route, namely: Beginning at the northern terminus of 
 
 ec er avenue. .^ Eleventh street line at Eleventh street and Florida ave- 
 nue north, by double track, along Eleventh street to Ly- 
 decker avenue: Provided, That until the line of railroad 
 
 Switching. on Eleven th street is further extended, cars may be switched 
 on Eleventh street between Whitney and Lydecker ave- 
 nues: And provided further, That until provision is made 
 for a further extension of the line of the Metropolitan 
 Railroad Company on Old Sixteenth street cars may be 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 11 
 
 switched on Old Sixteenth street between Grant and Park 
 streets. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the extension herein authorized shall be Tme of com- 
 completed and the cars operated thereon within two years ^ ^ ^°°' 
 from the date of the issuance of a permit by the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the extension herein provided for shall bep^v^^*^^*^ 
 constructed in accordance with plans satisfactory to the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia and approved 
 by them. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said Anacostia and Potomac River Rail- teJ^'^rights*^*?!- 
 road Company shall have over and respecting the route tended, 
 herein provided for the same rights, powers, and privileges 
 it has, or hereafter may have, by law over and respecting 
 its other routes, and be subject in respect thereto to aU 
 the other provisions of its charter and of law. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the time within which the Washington and Washington 
 Gettysburg Railway Company shall construct its line Railway. *^^ "'^ 
 within the District of Columbia is extended two years Time extend- 
 from March first, nineteen hundred and three. ^^ 
 
 Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, July 1, 1902. 
 
NACOSTIA, SUERATTSVILLE AND BEANDYWINE 
 ELECTEIC EAILWAT G0MFAF7. 
 
 Route. 
 
 •I 
 
 
 AN ACT To authorize the Anacostia, Surrattsville and Brandy wine March »,i905. 
 
 Electric Rrailway Company to extend its street railway in the Dis- 
 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress asseiiibled^ That 
 the Anacostia, Surrattsville aud Brandy wine Electric Rail- ^ISi*"^ ^^^' 
 way Company, a body incorporated under the laws of the ^^ ^^^' 
 State of Maryland, be, and it is hereby, authorized to 
 extend its line of street railway within the District of . to extend line 
 Columbia, with single or double tracks, equip and operate iSi^wr*'^ ^"^ ^' 
 the same for the carrying of passengers, parcels, milk, 
 garden truck, and other small freight, with the necessary sma^^^ht.*"** 
 switches, turn-outs, buildings, and necessary mechanical 
 devices, along the following-named route: Beginning 
 where the Walker road intersects the line dividing the 
 District of Columbia and Prince George County, State of 
 Maryland, designated on the map of the District of Co- 
 lumbia; thence along said Walker road northwesterly to 
 Goodhope, District of Columbia; thence westerly along 
 Goodhope road as designated on the map of the District of 
 Columbia to its intersection with Harrison street, Ana- 
 costia, District of Columbia; thence westerly along Har- 
 rison street to its intersection with Moproe street, Ana- 
 costia, District of Columbia, to a junction with the street 
 railway of the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad 
 Company: Provided., That the said company shall acquire ^^Jf^Jj^j^gg^j^^jj 
 hereby no right to extend its said railway over, along, or dediStedro^So? 
 upon any portion of the aforementioned route which is not ^^Jem S^'e^^ 
 now a dedicated road or street of the said District until it 
 shall have obtained the written consent of the owners of 
 the real property covered thereby, or acquire said right of 
 way by condemnation: Provided., That when the route condemnation. 
 described coincides with that of a county road of less width Must be outside 
 than sixtv feet the railway shall be constructed entirely fernvMl.**"*" ^ 
 outside the road: And provided further., That whenever 
 said road shall be widened the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia are authorized to require that the tmcks Tracks must be 
 of said railway company shall be located in the center of way^^^hen '^- 
 the road as widened: Provided^ That if at any time in the^ned. 
 future any part of the right of way of the company shall 
 be included within the lines of public highways, such part ^^. ,. 
 of the said right of way shall be dedicated to the public ''^**''**^- 
 without expense to the District of Columbia. 
 
 13 
 
 not ex- 
 
14 LAWS KELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 May make con- 
 tracts with Ana- 
 costia and Poto- 
 mac River R. R. 
 
 Joint trackage 
 
 Payment. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 Plans to be ap- 
 proved. 
 
 Permits for ex 
 cavation. 
 
 Inspection. 
 
 Deposits. 
 
 Pavement ad 
 jacent to tracks 
 
 Changes in 
 grade. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Anacostia, Surrattsville and Brandy- 
 wine Electric Railway Company and the Anacostia and 
 Potomac River Railroad Company shall have the power to 
 make any contracts that they may deem necessary to 
 enable the said companies to run passenger cars of each 
 over the tracks of the other company, and also to contract 
 for and use the power of each or either company to pro- 
 pel the cars of the other company. That in case of failure 
 to reach an agreement upon terms mutually agreeable to 
 each of said companies, then the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia is hereby authorized and directed to 
 give hearings to the interested parties and fix the terms of 
 loint trackage. Payments for the use of the tracks shall 
 be made monthly, in advance; default in such payments 
 shall suspend the right of the company to use the tracks 
 until such payments are made ; that the motive power shall be 
 cable, electric, compressed air, or mechanical power other 
 than steam locomotive power; and wherever the trolley 
 system is used a return wire, similar m capacity, situation, 
 and insulation to the feed wire, shall be provided for the 
 current, and each car shall be provided with a double 
 trollev; and no dynamo furnishing power to the road, or 
 any portion thereof, shall have either of its poles con- 
 nected with the earth. , . . u n 
 Sec 3 That all plans of location and construction shall 
 be subjected to the approval of the Commissioners of the 
 
 District of Columbia. , , . i . n i a^ 
 
 Sec. 4. That excavations in the highways shall be niade 
 only under permits from the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, and subject to regulations prescribed 
 
 by them. , . 
 
 Sec 5. That the said railway and its appurtenances 
 shall be constructed in a substantial and durable manner, 
 subject to inspection by the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia. All changes to existing structures in public 
 space shall be made at the expense of the company. 
 
 Sec 6. That the said company shall deposit such sums 
 as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may 
 require to cover the cost of inspection and the cost ot 
 changes to public works in the streets caused by the con- 
 struction of said railway. i.^^_^^„ 
 
 Sec. 7. That the company shall keep the space between 
 its rails and tracks and two feet exterior thereto in good 
 condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia. The pavement of these spaces shall 
 be at least as good as that of the contiguous roadway. 
 The proper authorities shall have the right to make 
 changes of grade and other improvements which they may 
 deem necessary, and when any highway occupied by the 
 company is improved the company shall bear the entire 
 expense of improving said spaces to correspond with the 
 remainder of the roadway. The requirements of this sec- 
 tion shall be enforceable under the provisions of section 
 five of the Act providing a permanent form of govern- 
 
 LAW8 relating TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 15 
 
 Cars. 
 
 Time-table. 
 
 Speed. 
 
 Removal from 
 cars. 
 
 Passe nger 
 rooms, etc. 
 
 ment for the District of Columbia, approved June eleventh, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the cars shall be first-class and shall be 
 kept in good condition, to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the cars shall be run as often as public con- 
 venience requires, on a time-table satisfactory to the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 10. That the speed of the cars shall be subject to 
 the police regulations of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 11. That persons drunk, disorderly, contagiously 
 diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare may be ejected 
 from the cars by the oflicers in charge thereof. 
 
 Sec. 12. That as far as possible articles left in the cars Articles left in 
 shall be cared for by the company, to the end that they '^''• 
 may be returned to the rightful owner. 
 
 Sec. 13. That the rate of fare which may be charged Fare, 
 for the transportation of passengers over the line of said 
 company within the District of Columbia shall not exceed 
 five cents per passenger, and six tickets shall be sold for 
 twenty-five cents. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the company is authorized to erect and 
 maintain the buildings necessary to the operation of this 
 road, subject to the building regulations of the District of 
 Columbia. The company shall erect and maintain passen- 
 ger rooms and transfer stations as required by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. All passenger 
 rooms and transfer stations shall be provided with such 
 conveniences for the public as said Commissioners mav 
 direct. "^ 
 
 Sec. 15. That the said company, through its proper 
 olhcers, shall annually, on or before August first, make 
 return under oath to the board of personal tax appraisers 
 ot the District of Columbia of the amount of its gross 
 receipts in the District of Columbia during the preceding 
 year ending June thirtieth, and shall pay to the collecto? 
 ot taxes ot the District of Columbia, at the same time and 
 in the same manner as other personal taxes are paid, an 
 amount equal to four per centum per annum thereon in 
 lieu of other personal taxes; that the real estate of the 
 said company in the District of Columbia shall be assessed 
 and taxed as is other real estate in said District. 
 
 bEC. 16. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Grades, 
 ijistrict of Columbia, at any time, at its option, from 
 altering the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occu- 
 pied by said railway, or from altering and improving 
 streets, avenues, highways, and the sewerage thereof; and 
 tne company shall change its railway construction and 
 pavements so as to conform to such grades and improve- 
 ments as may have been or may be established. 
 
 feEc. 17. That said company is authorized to construct Telegraph and 
 ana operate, for its own use only, telegraph and telephone ^^^p^«°^ ^^^ 
 lines along its railway, as herein provided for, subject to 
 
 Conveniences. 
 
 Report 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 Real estate. 
 
r 
 
 Time of com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Successors. 
 
 Deposit to guar 
 antee constrac 
 tion. 
 
 Forfeit. 
 
 Supervision of 
 Commissioners. 
 
 16 LAWS BELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 the approval of the Commissioners of the District of 
 
 ^S\a That the construction of ^id extension on the 
 lines of said railway co^pjinywithm the District of 
 Columbia shall be commenced withm one year of the pas 
 sage of this Act, and be completed and cars running there- 
 uiS.n for passenger traffic within two years from the 
 J^sage of this Act, in default of which this Act shall be 
 void and of no effect. . , , _, ,. 
 
 Sec. 19. That all the conditions, requirements, and obli- 
 gations imposed by this Act shall be complied with by any 
 if the successors to and assigns of said company within 
 
 '^Sec' 2a That within sixty days from the approval of 
 this Act, the company shall deposit one tbousand d^llai^ 
 with the collector of taxes of the District of .^olumbia, to 
 guarantee the construction of this railroad within the pre- 
 fcribed time, and if this sum is not so deposited this Act 
 shall be null and void. If the sum is so deposited and 
 the road is not in operation as herein prescribed, sa d one 
 thousand dollars sLll be forfeited to the District of 
 Columbia, and this Act shall be void. ; 
 
 Sec 21. That the construction, adoption of motive 
 power, erection of buildings, regulation of «c^edule and 
 Leed of running shall be at all times ^^^f ^ f^f^^^^^^^^^^ 
 sion and control of the Commissioners ot the District ot 
 
 ^"sec. 22. That each and every violation of' the require- 
 ments of this Act, or of the regulations ot the <-'Oinmis- 
 Soners of the District of Columbia made under the 
 Authority thereof , shall be punishable by a fine of from 
 twenty-five to one thousancT dollars, in the discretion of 
 the court, such fines to be collectible in any court of com - 
 petentTurisdiction as other fines and penalties are collected 
 m the District of Columbia. , 
 
 Sec. 23. That the Anacostia, SurrattsviUe and Brandy 
 wine Electric Railway Company shall have the right of 
 way across such other railways ^s are now. m operation 
 within the limits of the lines granted by this Act, and is 
 hereby authorized to construct its said road across such 
 other railways: Provided, That it shall not interrupt the 
 travel of such other railways in such construction 
 
 Sec. 24. That the company shall, on or before the hrst 
 dav of February in each year, make a report to each the 
 Senate and House of Representatives, as prescribed in sec- 
 tion ten of the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-six, entitled "An Act to extend the routes of the 
 Eokinffton and Soldiers' Home Railway Company and of 
 The K Railway Company of the District of Columbia, 
 and for other purposes." . , 
 
 Sec. 25. That Congress reserves the right to alter^ 
 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, March 3, 1906. 
 
 \ 
 
 Penalty for 
 violation of act 
 and regulations. 
 
 Right of way 
 across other 
 lines. 
 
 Report to Con 
 gress. 
 
 Baltimore and 
 Was hington 
 Transit Com- 
 pany authorized 
 to enter District 
 of Columbia. 
 
 Route. 
 
 Spring road. 
 
 BALTIMOEE AND WASHINGTON TEANSIT COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Com- June 8. 18%. 
 pany, of Maryland, to enter the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Representatives 
 of the United States of ATnerica in Congress assembled. That 
 the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, incor- 
 porated under the laws of the State of Maryland, and by 
 amended charter by act of the legislature of Maryland 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be, and is hereby, author- 
 ized to extend its road from its present charter terminus 
 at Takoma Park, Maryland, into and within the District of 
 Columbia, commencing at the northeastern boundary line 
 of the District of Columbia, on Spring road in Takoma 
 l^ark subdivision, westerly along said road to the line of 
 lahoe street extended, west along the line of said street 
 to Blair road, and thence northwesterly, following public 
 highways, to a junction with the Brightwood Railway 
 aiong a route to be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia: Provided, That the right of use of 
 bpring road authorized herein shall cease and determine 
 when highways contiguous thereto and shown upon the 
 recorded highway-extension plans shall have been opened 
 m which case the route of the said company shall be upon 
 said highways, as may be approved by the said Commis- 
 sioners, m heu of Spring road. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Baltimore and Washington Transit 
 Company and the Brightwood Railway Company shall have 
 the power to make any contracts or agreements that thev 
 may deem necessary to enable the said companies to run 
 the cars of each or either company over the tracks of the 
 other company, and also to contract for and use the power 
 ot each or either company to propel the cars of the other 
 company; that said extension of the transit companvfrom 
 the District of Columbia line to a junction with the tracks 
 ot the Brightwood Railway Company, near Fifth and Uma- 
 tilla streets, m Takoma Park, District of Columbia, shall 
 be commenced withm six months and completed within one 
 year from the passage of this Act. 
 
 ho M* !' ^^^^ ^° *^® ^"^^^^ ^^^* ^^® company should not 
 oe able to come to an agreement with the owner or owners 
 ot any land through which the said road may be located to 
 pass,or upon which any necessary buildings may be required 
 to be located, proceedings for the condemnation for the use 
 ot the company of so much of said land as mav be required, 
 not exceed'mg thirty feet in width, for its roadway, and of 
 
 16400-05 2 ly 
 
 Trackage ar- 
 rangements with 
 Brightwood R'y. 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Condemnation 
 of land. 
 
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 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Trolley. 
 
 SO much as may be necessary for buildings, and so forth, 
 may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of 
 the District of Columbia, under such rules and regulations 
 as said court may prescribe for such purposes: Provided^ 
 
 Landtobeded- That the land acquired by such agreement or condemnation 
 ifcoiuSb^^""' for right of way for tracks within the limits of streets of 
 the recorded highway-extension plans shall be dedicated 
 to the District of Columbia for a public right of way before 
 the company shall lay its tracks on such land; and that 
 such right of way shall not be less than thirty feet in width 
 for double tracks nor twenty feet in width for single track. 
 Sec. 4. That the said Baltimore and Washington Tran- 
 sit Company shall be empowered to construct, maintain, 
 equip, and operate a single or double track street railway 
 over the said line, with all necessary buildings, switches, 
 machinery, appliances, appurtenances, and other devices 
 
 Motive power, neccssary to operate the same by cable, electricity, com- 
 pressed air, storage battery, or other motive power, to be 
 approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia: Provided^ That the right of said company to use an 
 overhead single trolley on a street or part of a street shall 
 cease six months after the date of the approval of an Act 
 of Congress appropriating money for or otherwise author- 
 izing the paving of the roadway*^of such street or part of 
 street, except in connection with continuous track rails: 
 And provided further^ That the right of said company to use 
 an overhead single trolley in any public space m the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, except in connection with continuous 
 track rails, shall in any event cease on July first, eighteen 
 hundred and ninet3^-nine. Said railway to be constructed 
 of good material, with grooved rails of approved pattern, 
 and in a neat and substantial manner, subject to the super- 
 vision and approval of the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia; the standard gauge to be used and the sur- 
 faces of the tracks to conform to the grades of the streets 
 established by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, and where the tracks lie within the streets of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia the same to be paved between the rails 
 and two feet outside thereof with such material and in such 
 manner as shall be approved by the said Commissioners, 
 and kept in repair by the said railway company. 
 
 Sec. 5. That said railway shall be constructed in a sub- 
 stantial and durable manner. The plans of construction, 
 rails, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduits and 
 stations, and location of stations and tracks, shall be sub- 
 ject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia. The said company having first obtained the 
 written permission of the District Commissioners therefor, 
 may make all necessary trenches and excavations and place 
 therein the machinery and devices necessary to the opera- 
 tion of said railway. When said trenches and excavations 
 are open they shall be thoroughly protected to prevent acci- 
 dent, and shall be closed within a reasonable time and the 
 disturbed pavement relaid, all to the satisfaction of said 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Plana. 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 19 
 
 Commissioners. The said company shall, at its own expense, 
 in a good and substantial manner, make all changes to 
 pipes, conduits, and other underground constructions ren- 
 dered necessary by the construction of said railway. Said 
 company shall be liable for any damage to pipes or other 
 underground constructions caused by the passage of its 
 cars over the same, or by electric current used in the pro- 
 pulsion of its cars. The said company shall, before com- 
 mencing work on said railroad, deposit with the collector Deposit 
 of taxes of the District of Columbia such sum as the Com- 
 missioners of said District may deem necessary to defray 
 any expense that may be incurred by the District of Colum- 
 bia in connection with the inspection of the work of con- 
 struction of said railway, and to make good any damage 
 done by said company or any of its contracting agents to 
 any public work or construction. An account of the dis- 
 bursement of such deposit or deposits shall be made to 
 said company, and any balance due them shall be returned 
 upon the completion of the work to defray the cost of which 
 the money was deposited. 
 
 Sec. 6. That whenever the roadway of any street occu- widening 
 pied by the said railway company is widened, one-half of ^^'^^^' 
 the cost of widening and improvement of such widened part 
 shall be charged to the said railway company and collected 
 from said company in the same manner as the cost of laying 
 or repairing pavements lying between the exterior rails 
 of the tracks of street railways, and for a distance of two 
 feet from and exterior to such track or tracks on each side 
 thereof is collectible under the provisions of section five of 
 the Act entitled "An Act providing a permanent form of 
 government for the District of Columbia," approved June 
 eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. 
 
 Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Dis- rad^*"^^ ^' 
 trict of Columbia'at any time, at its option, from altering ^^'^^ ^' 
 the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by 
 said railway, or from altering and improving streets, ave- 
 nues, and highways, and the sewers thereof. In such event 
 it shall be the duty of said company to change its said 
 railway and the pavement so as to conform to such grades 
 and improvements as may have been established. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the said company in conjunction with the ^*^®- 
 said Brightwood Railway may receive a rate of fare not 
 exceeding fwQ cents for each passenger for one continuous 
 ride over the route aforesaid and the route of the said 
 Brightwood Railway within the District of Columbia, or 
 any part thereof, between the termini of said railroad 
 within said District, and shall sell tickets at the rate of 
 SIX for twenty-five cents. 
 
 Sec. 9. That said company shall pay to the District of Taxes. 
 Columbia, in lieu of taxes on personal property, for each 
 nscal year, four per centum of its gross earnings under this 
 tranchise upon its traffic for the preceding year derived 
 ™!n^he operation thereof within the District of Columbia, 
 which amount shall be paid to the collector of taxes at the 
 
20 
 
 Report. 
 
 Bonds, etc. 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 pJetion. 
 
 Guaranty 
 posit. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. • 
 
 t 
 
 times and in manner that other taxes are or may be pay- 
 able, and subject to the same penalty in case of arrears; 
 and the franchise and property of said company, both real 
 and personal, to a sufficient amount, may be seized and 
 sold in satisfaction thereof in the same manner as is or 
 may be provided by law for the sale of other property for 
 taxes, and said per centum of its gross earnings shall be in 
 lieu of any and all assessments upon its personal property 
 in the District of Columbia used solely and exclusively in 
 the operation and management of said railway; but its 
 real estate in said District shall be taxed as other real 
 estate therein: Provided, That its tracks, machinery, and 
 devices shall not be considered real estate for the purpose 
 of taxation. 
 
 Sec. 10. That the said company shall, on or before the 
 first day of February of each year, make a report to Con- 
 gress, through the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, 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. 
 The report shall be verified by the affidavit of the presi- 
 dent and secretary of the company, and if said report is 
 not made within the time specified herein said company 
 shall be liable to a fine of ^y^ hundred dollars, to be recov- 
 ered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the said corporation may issue bonds or 
 other evidence of debt, to be secured by mortgage of its 
 railroad properties and franchise within the District of 
 Columbia, or by deed of trust thereon, but not to an 
 amount greater than the cost of construction and equip- 
 ment. It may own, purchase, lease, and sell real estate 
 for the purposes of operating said road. 
 
 Sec. 12. That said company shall commence the con- 
 stmction of its said railway within six months from the 
 approval of this Act, and said railway shall be open for 
 traffic, with its switches and turn-outs, and with cars run- 
 ning thereon for the accommodation of passengers, within 
 one year from the date of the approval of this Act. 
 
 Sec. 13. That the said railway company shall deposit 
 with the collector of taxes, District of Columbia, the sum 
 of one thousand dollars, within sixty days from the passage 
 of this Act, as a guaranty that it will commence and com- 
 plete its road within the time herein limited. And unless 
 said sum of one thousand dollars is so deposited within 
 sixty days from the passage of this Act, all rights, fran- 
 chises, and privileges hereby granted shall immediatelv 
 cease and determine, and this charter shall be null and 
 void. Should the said railway company fail to commence 
 or complete the construction of its road within the limit of 
 time prescribed by this Act, said sum of one thousand 
 
 de- 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. * 21 
 
 dollars shall be forfeited by the said railway compan v and 
 sha 1 be deposited by the collector of taxes withX &ted 
 
 tht SsuSTn^ 'k '•''^^* ^f '^^ ^^i^^d States and 
 tne L»istiict ot Columljia, m equal parts 
 
 bia mav t aKnh ^"""P'^.^'oners of the District of Coluni- speed. 
 D a may make such regulations as to rate of speed, sched- schedule. 
 ule for runnmg cars, mode of use of tracks, anrremoval of 
 
 venience of the public may require. Should the servant, 
 or agente of saicf company wilffully or negligently v7okte 
 such an ordinance or regulation, "said comfany shall te 
 
 !S^^htd?X1,al^°'""'^'^ ^-^ P^-^3^-^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 alte^or i-ep^afthiriT^ ""^^" *'^ "^'^^ "^ amend, ^^A.end.en, 
 Approved, June 8, 1896. 
 
BELT RAILWAY COMPAmr (OEIGINALLY THE CAPITOL, NOETH 
 STREET AND SOUTH WASHINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY). 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Capitol, North O Street, and South Wash- 
 ington Railway Company. ( aNow the Belt Railway Company. ) 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That 
 Joseph Williamg, William J. Murtagh, Hallet Kilbourn, 
 Benjamin F. Fuller, William J. Cowing, Samuel R. Bond, 
 William Saunders, George W. Goodall, George A. Mcll- 
 henny, L. A. Bartlett, and L. H. Chandler, and their 
 associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a 
 body corporate, under the name of the Capitol, North O 
 Street, and South Washington Railway Company, with 
 authority to construct and lay down a single or double 
 track railway, with the necessary switches and turn outs, 
 m the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, 
 through and along the following streets and avenues: 
 commencing on First street west in front of the Capitol 
 grounds, and running thence due north along said First 
 street west to G street north; thence west along G street 
 north to Fourth street west; thence along Fourth street 
 west; thence along O street north to Eleventh street west; 
 thence south along Eleventh street west to E street north; 
 thence west along E street north to Fourteenth street 
 west; thence south on Fourteenth street west to Ohio 
 avenue; thence along said avenue to its intersection with 
 1 welfth street west; thence south along said Twelfth street 
 west to Virginia avenue; thence southeast along Virginia 
 avenue to its intersection with Maryland avenue; thence 
 northeast along Maryland avenue to First street west, the 
 place of beginning, with the right to run public carriages 
 thereon, drawn by horse-power, receiving therefor a rate 
 of fare not exceeding five cents a passenger for any dis- 
 tence on said road, from its beginning to its terminus on 
 i^irst street west: Provided, That wherever the foregoinff 
 route may coincide with the route of any other duh- 
 incorporated street-railroad-company in the District, or 
 connect portions of such route, but one set of tracks shall 
 be used by both companies, which are hereby authorized 
 and empowered to use such tracks in common, upon 
 such fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon 
 py said companies; and in the event the said companies 
 
 March 3, 1875. 
 Stats. 18, p. 498. 
 
 Capitol, North 
 O Street and 
 South Washing- 
 ton Railway 
 Company incor- 
 porated. 
 
 Route 
 tended). 
 
 (ex- 
 
 Motive power. 
 Fare. 
 
 Coinciding 
 routes. 
 
 Terms of joint 
 use of tracks. 
 
24 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 TaAfl 
 
 II 
 
 Constnictioii. 
 
 I| 
 
 fail to agree upon satisfactory terms, either of said com- 
 I»nies may app^y by petition to the supreme court of 
 the District of Columbia, which shall provide for proper 
 notice to and hearing of all parties interested, ind 
 
 nnnn wl''\P°'^l1u ** ^^e^^'^^ *^« *«'™s and Conditions 
 upon which, and the regulations under which, the company 
 hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use and enjoy 
 the track of such other street-railroad-company, and the 
 amount and manner of compensation to be paicf therefor: 
 Andpromdedfurther, That neither of the companies usinff 
 such track in common shall be permitted to make the track 
 so used m common the depot or general stopping-place to 
 await passengers, but shall only be entitled to use tL same 
 for the ordinary passage of their cars, with the ordinary 
 
 el o ^t*?^u°^ "P,*"/ *^« dropping of passengers. 
 
 bEC. 2. That the road of said company, with all ite prop- 
 erty aud franchises, shall be liable t^ taxation as is or may 
 !f Pf™ ^y l.*!^' and their cars or vehicles shall be sub- 
 therXr P'**^*^'**"* *** ^^^^ '»^s ^s to license and fees 
 
 o.^f^: ^/ JH* ^''f ^^^ ■^"'^"y ^•'^l' ^ laid as near the 
 center of the streets and avenues in the city of Washington 
 
 as practicable(withoutinterfering with, or passing over, the 
 water or gas-pipes) in the most approved manner adapted 
 
 wifhT fl T^''^'' ^'^^ '^"^ *** *''« most approved pattern, 
 with a flat bearing for street vehicles of not less width 
 
 on' hP W, h*''^. car-wheel bearing, than that now in use 
 »1 Washington and Georgetown railroad, laid upon an 
 even surface with the pavement of the streets and avenues: 
 !?5n fr^'f *>«*r^'lthe two tracks (where two are laid) 
 shall not be less than four feet nor more than six feet iii 
 Za^' *? ^^^ carnages shall not be less than six feet in 
 Street ^Hwa"^^ correspond with that of the Columbia 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said corporation hereby created shall 
 h^vn^^fl ^^P .«"\t™c^s, and a smce of two feet 
 ihlT t ""^^l '.^''^ thereof, and also the space between 
 the tracks, at all times well paved and in good order in 
 
 ht .KT°!f T^ ^^^^ ?"'='» mi,U^t\B\ as miy be directed 
 ^y}^f^^^\oi commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 and If there be at any time no such board, then by the Sec- 
 ^id «t ' "^^ °"* expense to the United States or the 
 
 ^Tj^"^^ ^^^' X • ^^^ nothing in this act shall prevent the Gov- 
 by .nthonnes. ernment, or the proper authorities of the l5istrictof Colum- 
 bia, at any time, at its option, from altering the grade, or 
 otherwise improving all avenues and streets occupied by 
 said road, or the said District, from so altering and improv- 
 ing such streets and avenues, and the sewerage thereof, as 
 may be under their respective authority and control: and 
 m such event it shall be the duty of said company, at its 
 own expense, to change their said railway so as to conform 
 to such grade and pavement. 
 
 Paving, 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 25 
 
 Sec. 6. That this act may at any time be altered, 
 S^tes ^'* ""^P^^^^^ ^y ^^^ Congress of the United 
 
 Sec. 7. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as 
 to authorize said body corporate to issue any note, token or 
 device, scrip, or other evidence of debt, to be used as 
 currency. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the capital stock of said company shall not 
 be less than two hundred thousand dollars nor more than 
 hye hundred thousand dollars, and that the stock shall be 
 divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be 
 deemed personal property, transferable in such manner as 
 tne by-laws of said company may direct. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the said company shall place first class cars 
 on said railway, with all the modern improvements, for the 
 convenience and comfort of passengers, and shall run cars 
 thereon during the day, and as late at night as eleven 
 o clock, and as often as every ten minutes. 
 
 Sec. 10. That the said company shall provide such pas- 
 senger rooms offices, stables, and. depots at such points as 
 tHe business of the road and the convenience of the public 
 may require; and said company is hereby authorized to 
 lay such rails through transverse streets or avenues as mav 
 be necessary not exceeding one block in distance in anv 
 one place, for connecting the said stables, depots, and offices 
 with the main tracks; and the said company is herebv 
 authorized to purchase or lease such lands or buildings as 
 may be necessary for the passenger rooms, ticket offices, 
 stables, and depots above named, and not to exceed two 
 nundred thousand dollars in value. 
 
 Sec. 11. That all articles of value that may be left in 
 any of the cars or other vehicles of said company shall be 
 taken to its principal depot and entered in a book of record 
 pt unclaimed goods; which book shall be open to the 
 inspection of the public at all reasonable hours. 
 
 Sec. 12. That within thirty days after the passage and 
 approval of this act, the corporators named in the first sec- 
 tion, or a majority of them, or, if any refuse to act, then a 
 majority of the remainder, shall cause books of subscrip- 
 tion to the capital stock of said company to be opened, and 
 kept open, m some convenient and accessible place or places 
 m the city of Washington, for a period, to be fixed b v said 
 corporators, not less than two days; and said corporators 
 shall give public notice, by advertisement in not less than 
 two daily papers published in the city of Washington, of 
 tne tinie when and place where said books shall be opened 
 and subscribers upon said books to the capital stock of the 
 company shall be held to be stockholders: Provided, That 
 no one individual shall be allowed to subscribe for more 
 tdan two hundred shares of said stock: Provided furthei\ 
 ibat every subscriber shall pay, at the time of subscribing 
 ten per centum of the amount by him subscribed to the 
 treasurer of said company, or his subscription shall be null 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 Issue of cur- 
 rency not auth- 
 orized. 
 
 Capital stoc^ 
 
 Cars. 
 
 Pas senger 
 
 rooms. 
 
 Tracks may 
 connect with 
 buildings of com- 
 pany. 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
 Opening books 
 of subscription. 
 
 Limit of sub- 
 scription. 
 
 Payment on 
 subscribing. 
 
26 
 
 Meeting 
 stockholders. 
 
 of 
 
 Board of di 
 rectors. 
 
 Presideiit. 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Collection 
 assessments 
 suit. 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 and void; and said payment shall in no case be withdrawn 
 or loaned to any member of said company. And when the 
 books of subscription to the capital stock of said company 
 shall be closed, the corporators named m the first section, 
 or a majority of them, and, in ca.se any of them refuse to 
 act, then a majority of the remainder, shall, within ten days 
 thereafter, call the first meeting of the stockholders of said 
 company, to meet within ten days thereafter, for the choice 
 of seven directors, of which public notice shall be given for 
 three days, in not less than two newspapers published daily 
 in the city of Washington, or by written or printed personal 
 notice to each stockholder by the secretary or clerk of the 
 said corporation. And in all meetings of the stockholders 
 each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given 
 
 in person or by proxy. offoi^a 
 
 Sec 13 That the government and direction ot the aflairs 
 
 of the company shall be vested in a board ^f directors, seven 
 in number; who shall be stockholders, and who fall hold 
 their office for one year, or until others are duly elected and 
 qualified to take their places as directors. And the said 
 directors (a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum) 
 shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, 
 and who shall also be president of the company; and they 
 shall also choose a treasurer, who shall be a stockHoiaer, 
 and who shall give bonds, with security, to said company, 
 in such sum as the said directors may require, for the taitti- 
 ful discharge of his trust; and said board shall also elect 
 a secretary, who shall also be a stockholder, and who shall 
 perform such duties as usually pertain to said oiface. In 
 case of a vacancy in the board of directors, by death or 
 resignation, or otherwise, of any director, the vacancy occa- 
 sioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors. 
 Sec 14. That the directors shall have full power to make 
 and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they 
 shall deem needful and proper respecting the disposition 
 and management of the stock, property, estate, and eltects 
 of the company, not contrary to the cliarter or the laws ot 
 the United Bt^tes or of the District of Columbia: Provided, 
 That the directors of said company shall have power to 
 require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay the 
 amount by them respectively subscribed, at such time, 
 (after the first installment,) in such naanner, and in such 
 amounts as they may deem proper; and if any stockholder 
 shall refuse or neglect to pay any installment as required 
 bv a resolution of the board of directors, after reasonable 
 notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at 
 public auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his 
 said stock as shall pay said installment, (and the highest 
 bidder shall be taken to be the person who offers to pur- 
 chase the least number of shares for the assessnaent due,) 
 under such general regulations as may be adopted in the 
 bv-laws of said company; or said body corporate may sue 
 and collect the same from any delinquent subscriber m any 
 court of competent jurisdiction; and no part ot the capital 
 
 Sale of stock 
 not paid up. 
 
 of 
 by 
 
 V 
 
 Report. 
 
 Obstruction oi 
 cars, etc. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 27 
 
 paid in shall at any time be withdrawn by said company 
 or any member thereof. 
 
 Sec. 15. That there shall be an annual meeting of the .^Annual meet- 
 stockholders for choice of directors, to be holden at such 
 time and place, under such conditions, and upon such notice 
 as the said company, in their by-laws, may prescribe; and 
 said directors shall annually make a repoit of their doings 
 to the stockholders in general meeting. 
 
 Sec. 16. That if any person or persons shall willfully and 
 unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage of the cars of 
 said railway, or destroy or injure the cars, depot, stations, 
 or other propert}^ belonging to said railway, the person or 
 persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such 
 offense the sum of ten dollars to said company, to be recov- 
 ered and disposed of 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, her, or their act as 
 aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought unless commenced g^Ji^™*^***'" <>' 
 within sixty days after such offense shall have been com- 
 mitted. 
 
 Sec. 17. That unless said corporation shall commence to gt^fon®"^ *^"" 
 lay the said track within four months and complete their 
 said railway within sixteen months after the passage of this 
 act, then this act shall be null and void, and no rights 
 whatever shall be acquired under it. 
 
 Sec. 18. That no person shall be prohibited the right to 
 travel on any part of said road, or ejected from the cars 
 thereof, for any other cause than that of being drunk, dis- 
 orderly, unclean, contagiously diseased, refusing to pay the 
 legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful general 
 regulations of the company. 
 
 Sec. 19. That each of the stockholders in the said rail- sti;khSwe«^ **' 
 way company shall be liable individual!}^ for all the debts 
 and liabilities of the said company to an amount equal to 
 the amount of stock held by such stockholder. 
 
 Sec. 20. That all the provisions of the act incorporat- ^^* J^^^^ 
 
 xu /^ 1 v.* T-» •! /-< • • ^ . - rating Columbia 
 
 mg the Columbia Kailway Company, requiring reports of Railway co. ap- 
 expenditures, earnings, and otherwise, shall be applicable ^^^^* 
 to the company herein incorporated, which shall make 
 reports as in said act required. 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1875. 
 
 Exclusion from 
 cars. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Capitol, North O street, and May 23, 1876. 
 South Washington Railway Company. ( Now The Belt Railway Com- 
 pany.) 
 
 stats. 19. p. 56. 
 
 North 
 Street and 
 
 Be it enacted hy tJie Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That ^ ^ s^j!^\ 
 the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Capitol, North south washing- 
 O street, and South Washington Railway Company," ap- ^har^e^Tiiendi 
 proved March 3d, 1875, be, and the same is hereby, amended ^ 
 so as to authorize and allow said company to extend its^^*^°**®° «* 
 line on 4th and 11th streets west from street to P street"*" 
 
) 
 
 ^ 
 
 28 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 north, and to lay a single track and run its cars one way 
 upon P street between 4th and 11th streets, instead of lay- 
 ing a double track and running its cars both ways upon O 
 street. 
 
 Approved, May 23, 1876. 
 
 route. 
 
 \ 
 
 March 3, 1881. AN ACT To amend the act incorporating the Capitol, North O Street 
 
 Stats 21 p 414 *^^ ^^"*^ Washington Railway Company. ( Now The Belt Railway 
 ' ' ' Company.) 
 
 £e it enacted hy the Senate and Hmme of Representatives 
 o^sfreet^and^/^^ ^T^^^^d States of America 171 Congress asseynhl ed.Thsit 
 south^ Washing the act to incorporate the Capitol, North O Street and 
 charter* amend- ^<>uth Washington Railway Company, approved March 
 ^- third, eighteen hundred and seventy -five, be, and the same 
 
 is hereby, amended, so as to authorize said company, at 
 trJJSSohS ^^ discretion, to remove its track from Ohio avenue and 
 avenue. Twelfth Street southwest, and lay a single or double track, 
 
 X nsion of g^jj^j j.jjjj |^.g ^^^.g thereou, from its present line at the inter- 
 section of Ohio avenue and Fourteenth street south, along 
 Fourteenth street to C street southwest, eastwardly along 
 C street southwest to Virginia avenue, to connect with its 
 present line at the junction of said avenue and street; and 
 also to lay a single or double track from its present line on 
 P street and Eleventh street northwest, north along said 
 Eleventh street to Boundary street; and to lay a single or 
 double track commencing at the intersection of C street 
 and Eleventh street southwest, running thence south on 
 Eleventh street to Water street south, running thence east- 
 erly on Water street south to M street south, which point 
 pffin. *'*'""" shall be the southern terminus of the road: Provided, That 
 the said company shall complete the tracks and run its cars 
 along the streets named within six months from the approval 
 of this act. 
 
 trSjks.''''****''^ Sec- 2- That should any part of the track extension 
 herein authorized coincide with portions of any other duly 
 incorporated street railway, the relative condition of the 
 chartered rights may be adjusted upon terms to be mutu- 
 ally agreed upon between the companies, or, in case of dis- 
 agreement, by the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia, on petition filed therein by either party, and on such 
 notice to the other party as the court may order. 
 frJm*BS?eaiTf ^^^' .^' .^^at the fare between the Bureau of Engraving 
 Engraving and and Printing and the nearest junction with anv intersect- 
 
 Prmting to con- : ^ j i_ ii x. j. a. ^ 
 
 nectinFlines.mg^ TOad SUall DC tWO CCUtS. 
 
 gSo^"^ '^"^' ^^c- ^' That any other duly incorporated street-railway 
 
 other railway company in the District of Columbia shall have the right 
 
 S^Ss^S*^ ^^"^ i^^ ^*rs ^v^r that portion of the route hereinbefore 
 
 of Pennsylvania named south of Pennsylvania avenue, upon such fair and 
 
 avenue on eqnl- ^-xuix i. i S. .T . , 
 
 table terms. equitable terms as may be agreed upon between the said 
 companies; and in the event that the said companies shall 
 fail to agree upon satisfactory terms, either of said com- 
 panies may apply by petition to the supreme court of the 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 29 
 
 District of Columbia, which shall provide for proper notice 
 to, and hearing of, all parties in interest; and shall have 
 power to determine the terms and conditions upon which 
 and the regulations under which, the said company or com- 
 panies using the tracks over the route before named may 
 use and en]oy said tracks, and the amount and manner of 
 compensation to be paid therefor. 
 
 Sec. .5. /That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or Amendment 
 repeal this act. ' 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1881. 
 
 of 
 
 ^and^ SonTh ^^11^ ^T ""^^ extension of the Capitol, North O Street March i.i883. 
 and^South Washington Railway. (Now The Belt Railway Com- gtats 22 p 432: 
 
 Be itmmted ly the Senate and Rome of Representatives 
 (irt/ie Untied btates of America in Co^^r ess assembled, 'l\i^i oP^:^^^\ ^^'^t 
 the C>ito], North O, Street and South Washington Rail- wfsSfn|?"o'S 
 way Company is hereby authorized to extend its line, byam'^Jnde'd^*''" 
 laying a single or double track, and running its carsr^^^^^°^ 
 thereon, on the following streets in the city of Washington 
 namely : Commencing with the intersection of its prisent 
 line at Eleventh and E. streets northwest, and running east 
 along E to Ninth street; thence south along Ninth street to 
 liouisiana avenue; thence southwest along said avenueto 
 Ohio avenue; thence west along Ohio avenue to its inter- 
 section with Its present line at the junction of Ohio avenue 
 and Iwelfth street northwest. 
 
 Sec 2 That unless said extension is constructed and the 
 cars run thereon within six months from the passage and 
 approval of the act all rights granted hereunder shall be 
 void: Irovided That no new track or tracks shall be laid 
 along Ninth street from D. to Louisiana avenue, but said 
 company may use the tracks of the Metropolitan Street 
 Kailway Company between said points upon such terms 
 and conditions as may be provided in the original act of 
 mcorporation of said Capitol North O. Street^and South 
 Washington Railway Company. 
 
 Approved, March 1, 1883. 
 
 Completion. 
 
 No new tracks 
 on Ninth street. 
 
 '^South'm^hl^^'' the charter of the Capitol, North O 8treet and August 9. im 
 
 of^ifrfTfi^H <A^ -Wfe and EmueofBepresentatives 
 
 ii r-, '^?'*'f« atates of America in Conaress assembled That „*?!'""'• North 
 
 the CWol, North O Street and SouTh Wal^biSton ^^^ 
 r<f rSnj '^I'^reby authorized to extend its tracks S;?ia?5."'" 
 named ^flof' b ^'■•^°" i^rougY^ and along the following Extension „, 
 SLi ^H= ?«Sr"l?»"g at Fourteenth and B streete»°« 
 southwest, east along B street southwest to Twelfth street 
 
30 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 I 
 
 Two-cent fare 
 repealed. 
 
 southwest, to an intersection with its present line on said 
 Twelfth street. 
 
 Sec. 2. That section three of the act entitled "An act to 
 amend the charter of the Capitol, North O street and 
 South Washington Railway Company," approved March 
 third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be, and the same 
 is hereby repealed. 
 Completion. Sec. 3. That unless said extension is completed and the 
 cars run thereon within six months from the passage and 
 approval of this act, the authority herein granted shall be 
 void. 
 
 Approved, August 9, 1888. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 31 
 
 March 2, 1889. 
 
 Deficiency bill, 1889. 
 
 Stats. 25, p. 913. 
 
 Payment of * * * Payment of Judgments. * * * The Capi- 
 judgment. ^^^ j^^^^^ q ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ Washington Railway Com- 
 pany versus John F. Cook, collector, and so forth, for one 
 cent damages, together with $299.73 costs. 
 Approved, March 2, 1889. 
 
 1893.''''"*'"^ ^^' AN. ACT To change the name of the Capitol, North O Street and South 
 
 — Washington Railway Company. 
 
 Stats. 27, p. 462. ^ ^ F-^j- 
 
 Bezt enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 o sti^et^a?d^/^^^ United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 
 toTR'f^Nime w T^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Capitol, North O Street and South 
 changed to Belt vV ashington Railwav Company be, and the same is herebv 
 R^iway com-ehangecf to -The Belt Railway Company:" Provided, That 
 said change shall not affect pending suits against said com- 
 pany nor the enforcement of existing contracts with said 
 company. 
 
 Approved, February 18, 1893. 
 
 June 10. 1896. AN ACT To extend the routes of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company and of the Belt Railway Company, of the Dis- 
 trict of Colmnbia, and for other purposies. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 
 soM^re^ Horn? ^^}^ United States of America in Congress assemUed, That 
 
 and BeitR'ycom- within three months from the passage of this Act the 
 
 amended.^^" Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company and the 
 
 Belt Railway Company, both of the District of Columbia, 
 
 JtKfmLtoiS^ ^^^P^^*^^®^^' ®^^^^ ^^^i'^ t^ ^<iuip those portions of their 
 ■ respective hues which are situated within the boundaries 
 of the city of Washington with compressed-air motors. 
 If after a trial of three months the said compressed-air 
 motors shall, in the judgment of the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, prove to be in all respects a proper 
 
 and satisfactory motive power for the speedy and con- 
 venient propulsion of street cars, then the said Commis- 
 sioners are hereby authorized and directed to issue to the 
 said railway companies, respectively, permits to equip 
 their lines within the District of Columbia with such 
 compressed-air motors; and within six months from the To cease use of 
 passage of this Act the said railway companies shall cease il? S^oShs^*"' 
 to use horsepower on any and all of their respective lines. 
 In the event that the said compressed-air motors shall not Electric under- 
 be approved as herein provided for, then within eighteen KbltnS ^ 
 months from the passage of this Act the said companies, SnSactSS''^ 
 respectively, shall construct and put into full operation on 
 all their lines in the city of Washington the underground 
 electric system. No extension of any of the lines in this 
 Act provided for shall be operated by horsepower: And ^?^u^^^^^ 
 provided further. That within thirty days from the passage exten^onT*^**" 
 of this Act cars shall be regularly run over the existing 
 tracks, beginning at the intersection of G street and New 
 Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey avenue to and 
 along G street to North Capitol street, thence north on 
 North Capitol street to T street, according to a schedule 
 satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia. Neglect or failure to comply with the provisions of 
 this section shall subject the corporation so neglecting or 
 failing to a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every day 
 during which such failure or neglect continues, said penalty 
 to be recovered by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railwav « f5.ki°F**W*"<' 
 Company of the District of Columbia be, and the same here- Ranwly. ^"""^^ 
 by IS, authorized to lay down and operate a street railway in 
 the city of Washington, District of Columbia, through and 
 along the following-named streets and avenues, to wit: 
 
 Beginning at the junction of Eighth and D streets Extension on 
 northeast; thence by double track south along Eighth street ft?^'^ ''''^ '' 
 to street south; thence by single track as follows: west 
 on C street south to Seventh street east; thence south 
 on beventh street east to M street south; thence east on ' 
 M street south to Georgia avenue; thence northeast on 
 Georgia avenue to Ninth street east; thence north on Ninth 
 street east to C street south; thence west on C street south 
 to Eighth street east. 
 
 Sec. 3. That said Eckington and Soldiers' Home Rail- /"."l,**^ ""^ 
 way Company is authorized to increase its capital stock or 
 to issue bonds for such amount as mav be necessary to pay 
 the actual cost of constructing and equipping the extensions 
 hereinbefore authorized: Provided, That the question as to 
 the amount to be provided for in connection with such exten- 
 sion and the method of providing for the same, whether by 
 issuance of stock or bonds, shall be decided by a majority in 
 value of the stockholders at a meeting to be called for the pur- 
 pose after reasonable notice; and authority is hereby con- 
 terred upon said company, in case of issuance of bonds, to 
 make due conveyance of its corporate franchises and prop- 
 
LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 38 
 
 32 
 
 Issue limited 
 to cost of con- 
 struction and 
 equipment. 
 
 Extension of 
 Belt Railway to 
 Le Droit Park. 
 
 1 n 
 street. 
 
 Completion. 
 
 Belt Railway 
 Co. may increase 
 stock or issue 
 bonds. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 erty for the purpose of securing the same: Provided^ how- 
 ever^ That any such conveyance by way of mortgage shall 
 be subject to the prior lien already created by deed of trust 
 dated June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and 
 recorded in liber fifteen hundred and eighty, folio three 
 hundred and twenty-seven and following, of the land 
 records of the District of Columbia, which conveys all the 
 real estate and franchises of said railroad, as well as the 
 line of said railroad now existing and such additions thereto 
 at any time made, located, extended, or constructed: And 
 jyi^mided. That said Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway 
 Company shall not have its stock and bonds outstanding 
 at any one time to a greater amount than the actual cost 
 of the construction and equipment of said railway; which 
 actual cost shall be ascertained by the supreme court of 
 the District of Columbia in such manner as the said court 
 shall prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 4:. That the Belt Railroad Company of the District 
 of Columbia be, and the same hereby is, authorized to lay 
 down and operate a double-track railway, with the neces- 
 sary switches and turn-outs, in the city of Washington, 
 District of Columbia, through and along the following- 
 named streets and avenues, to wit: 
 
 Beginning at Fourth and O streets northwest; thence 
 north on Fourth street west to Florida avenue; thence 
 north crossing Florida avenue to Harewood street; thence 
 along Harewood street to Elm street; thence west along 
 Elm street to Linden street; thence north on Linden street 
 to Pomeroy street; thence west on Pomeroy street to the 
 east building line of Seventh street west extended. 
 
 Also beginning at the present terminus of the Belt Rail- 
 way on Water street, near N street south; thence south 
 along Water street to P street south by an extension of 
 the present tracks of the Belt Railway; thence by fur- 
 ther extension of said tracks east along P street south to 
 Delaware avenue: Provided., That if there is not sufficient 
 room for two tracks on Water street without encroaching 
 on tracks already there, that the said Belt Line Railway 
 Company shall purchase, at its own cost, sufficient ground 
 to open Water street from the terminus of its line as now 
 located along said projected route to P street. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the construction of the extensions hereby 
 authorized shall be completed within one year after the 
 approval of this Act: Provided^ That in case any one or 
 more of the said extensions shall not be completed and 
 operated regularly within the time specified, then so much 
 of this Act as authorizes such uncompleted extensions shall 
 be void and of no eflect. 
 
 Sec. 6. That said Belt Railway Company is authorized to 
 increase its capital stock or to issue bonds for such amounts 
 as may be necessary tg pay the actual cost of constructing 
 and equipping the several extensions hereinbefore author- 
 ized : Provided., That the question as to the amount to be pro- 
 
 Water 
 
 vided for in connection with each extension and the method 
 of providing for the vsame, whether by issuance of stocks or 
 bonds, shall be decided by a majority in value of the stock- 
 holders at a meeting to be called for the purpose after 
 reasonable notice; and authority is hereby conferred upon 
 said company, in case of issuance of bonds, to make due 
 conveyance of its corporate franchises and property for the 
 purpose of securing the same: Provided., however^ That any 
 such conveyance by way of mortgage shall be subject to 
 the prior lien already created by deed of trust dated July 
 thirty -first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and recorded 
 in liber sixteen hundred and six, folios one hundred and 
 ninety-seven and following, of the land records of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, which conveys all the real estate and 
 franchises of said railroad as well as the line of said rail- 
 road now existing and such additions thereto at any time 
 made, located, extended, or constructed: And provided^ 
 That said Belt Railway Company shall not have its stock 
 and bonds outstanding at any one time to a greater amount issue limited 
 than the actual cost of the construction and equipment of Xictton^^ a^n^d 
 said railway, which actual cost shall be ascertained by the equipment, 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia in such manner 
 as the said court shall prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 7. That such extensions of said railroads and each constraetion. 
 of them shall be constructed on such grade and in such 
 manner as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway compa- 
 nies and each of them, their and each of their successors 
 or assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and 
 excavations in any of said streets or places where said 
 companies, or either of them, may have the right to con- 
 struct and operate its road, and place in such trenches and 
 excavations all needful and convenient devices for machin- 
 ery for operating said railroad in the manner and by the 
 means aforesaid. But whenever such trenches or excava- 
 tions shall interfere with an}^ sewer, gas, or water pipes, 
 or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind 
 which has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the 
 expense necessary to change such underground construc- 
 tion shall be borne by the said railway company making 
 such trench or excavation. 
 
 Sec. 9. That each of the said corporations shall at all ^^'^• 
 times keep the space between their tracks and rails and 
 two feet exterior thereto in such condition as the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia or their successors may 
 direct; and whenever any street occupied by either of said 
 railways is paved and repaired or otherwise improved, the 
 said corporation shall bear all expense of improving the 
 spaces above described. Should either of the said corpora- 
 tions fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners 
 the work shall be done by the proper officials of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, and the amounts due from such corpora- 
 
 16400—05 3 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 ^ 
 
Annual report 
 
 See opinion of 
 atty. D. C. Febru- 
 ary 8, 1898, opin- 
 ion books, vol. 8, 
 p. 448, which re- 
 quires Bait, and 
 Wash. Co. to re- 
 port through 
 Com. D. C. 
 
 ii 
 
 P 
 
 34 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 tion shall be collected as provided by section five of the 
 Act entitled "An Act providing for a permanent form of 
 government for the District of Columbia," approved June 
 eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. 
 
 Sec. 10. That every street-railroad corporation in the 
 District of Columbia, and every such coi-poration which 
 shall hereafter be organized, shall, on or before the first 
 day of February in each year, make a report to each the 
 benate and the House of Representatives, which report 
 shall be sworn to and signed by the president and treasurer 
 of such corporation, and shall cover the period of one year 
 ending the thirty-first day of December previous to the 
 date of making the report. Such report shall state the^ 
 amount of capital stock, with a list of the stockholders and 
 the amount of stock held by each; the amount of capital 
 stock paid in; the total amount now of funded debt; the 
 amount of floating debt; the average rate per annum of 
 interest on funded debt; amount of dividends declared; 
 cost of roadbed and superstructure, including iron; cost of 
 land, buildings, and fixtures, including land damages; cost 
 of cars, horses, harness, and motors and other machinery; 
 total cost of road and equipment; length of road in miles; 
 length of double track, including sidings; weight of rail, 
 by yard; the number of cars and of horses; the number of 
 motors; the total number of passengers carried in cars; 
 the average time consumed by passenger cars in passing 
 over the road; repairs of roadbed and railway, including 
 iron, and repairs of buildings and fixtures; total cost of 
 maintaining road and real estate; cost of general superin- 
 tendence; salaries of ofi5cers, clerks, agents, and oflSce ex- 
 penses; wages paid conductors, drivers, engineers, and 
 motor men; water and other taxes; damages to persons 
 and property, including medical attendance; rents, includ- 
 ing use of other roads; total expense of operating road, 
 and repairs; receipts from passengers; receipts from all 
 other sources, specifying what, in detail ; total receipts from 
 all sources during the year; payments for maintenance and 
 repairs; payments for interest; payments for dividends on 
 stock, amount and rate per centum; total payments during 
 the year; the number of persons injured in life and limb; 
 the cause of the injury, and whether passengers, emplovees,' 
 or other persons. ^ ^ ^ , 
 
 Sec. 11. That each of said companies shall receive a rate 
 of fare not exceeding five cents per passenger, and the said 
 companies, and each of them, shall make arrangements 
 with all existing railway companies in the District of 
 Columbia for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare 
 on Its road: Provided, That within the limits of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five 
 cents. 
 
 Sec. 12. ThatCongress reserves the rightto alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 10, 1896. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAF FRANCHISES. 
 
 35 
 
 Faro. 
 
 Axaendment, 
 etc 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending time for compliance hy Eckington 
 and Soldiers' Home Railway Company and the Belt Railway Com- 
 pany with provisions of section one of an Act entitled an Act to ex- 
 tend the routes of said railway companies, and so forth, approved February 
 June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. 1897. 
 
 MesoVced hy the Senate and House of Mepresentati/ves of 
 the United States of America in Congress assembled. That ijme to instil 
 the time granted by the Act approved: June tenth, eighteen ^. " ^^^^ ' 
 hundred and ninety -six, within which the said Eckington 
 and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, of the District of 
 Columbia, and the Belt Railway Company, of the District 
 of Columbia, shall begin to equip those portions of their 
 respective lines which are situated within the boundary of 
 the city of Washington with compressed-air motors, be, 
 and it is hereby, extended to July first, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-seven: 
 
 Sec. 2. That if said compressed-air motors shall be compressed- 
 adopted, said companies shall completely equip their re- '°^®'**'- 
 spective lines with such motive power on or before July 
 first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. 
 
 Sec. 3. That if said compressed-air motive power shall 
 not be adopted on or before July first, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-seven, then said railway companies shall, within shaii equip 
 one year from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety- ^^^^ ^e^wSic 
 seven, equip the respective lines in the city of Washington system. 
 with an underground electric system: Provided, That in 
 case the said companies shall fail to comply with all of the 
 requirements of this Act by the time therein fixed the said 
 companies and each of them shall forfeit and pay to the Penalty for 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia the sum of one ^^^ 
 hundred dollars for each day of such failure: And provided 
 further, That if said companies shall fail to operate the 
 whole of their respective lines as provided by An Act 
 entitled An Act to extend the routes of said railway com- Penalty for 
 panics, and so forth, approved June tenth, eighteen hun- SJ^TiL^^'^hJ^ 
 dred and ninety-six, in such manner and on such schedules ^^• 
 as the Commissioners shall approve, then said companies 
 and each of them shall forfeit and pay to the District 
 Commissioners the sum of one hundred dollars for each 
 day of such failure. 
 
 Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with this 
 Act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved, February 3, 1897. 
 
 t 
 
 AN ACT To define the rights of purchasers of the Belt Eailway, and June 24.1896. 
 
 for other purposes. 
 
 Be it ermcted hy the Senate and Hmise of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That '*;?y s*^* '*»^- 
 any corporation operating a street railroad within the SJy pu^'^';''' 
 District of Columbia be, and it is hereby, authorized to 
 purchase the property and franchises of the Belt Railway 
 Company under any sale thereof by decree of court or 
 
36 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 f 
 
 Purchasing otherwise; and such corporation so purchasing may operate 
 opSSteiine^asathe property and franchises so purchased as a part of its 
 partofitssystem. system, subject to all rights and obligations imposed by 
 existing legislation or by this Act, so far as the same shall 
 be applicable; and in case the property and franchises of 
 said Belt railway be purchased by any person or persons 
 at any sale thereof under decree of court or otherwise, such 
 person or persons, or his or their associates and assigns, 
 io'^nchSes^of ^^^^^ posscss and cnjoy all the corporate rights, privileges, 
 s/it Railway and franchises heretofore conferred on the said Belt ]^il- 
 company. ^^^ Company by the Act of Congress approved March 
 third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and the Acts 
 amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, as well as 
 the right to be a corporation under this Act; and the in- 
 corporation as hereby provided shall be completed and 
 become effective whenever the said purchaser or purchasers 
 and his or their associates or assigns shall file for record 
 
 fective^oQ^flifaig ^^^^ ^^® recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia a 
 certificate with certificate of incorporation hereunder, duly acknowledged, 
 de^s.'***' ** ^ specif ying the name of such new corporation, its officers, 
 and the names of its directors for the first year, and the 
 Capital stock, amount of its proposed capital stock and bonds. The capi- 
 tal stock of the corporation herein authorized shall be 
 divided into shares, each of the par value of one hundred 
 dollars; and any corporation so purchasing or so created 
 and organized nereunder is authorized to issue its bonds 
 and capital stock either for cash or in exchange for the 
 Bonds. stock, bonds, property, or franchises of the said Belt Rail- 
 
 way Company: Provided^ That stock and bonds may be 
 issued to such an amount and upon such terms as may 
 be agreed upon by a majority vote of the stockholders 
 of such company: And provided further^ That the issue of 
 Limit of issue, such stock and bonds shall not in the aggregate exceed the 
 amount necessary for effecting any such purchase, lease 
 or acquisition and for the construction, reconstruction and 
 equipment of said Belt Railway, and shall in no case exceed 
 the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per mile 
 ^^tification of Qf single track. And within one year from the ratification 
 by the court of such sale the existing railroad company 
 purchasing the said Belt Railway, or the corporation 
 created and operating hereunder, shall, under the super- 
 vision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
 construct and put into full operation on the entire line of 
 ^^ergroundsaid railway as now constructed an underground electric 
 ec c system, gyg^jj^ similar to the one now in use by the Metropolitan 
 Railroad Company, upon plans to be submitted to and 
 approved by the said Commissioners. And the said Com- 
 commissioners niissioners are hereby authorized to require such slight 
 slight changi in changes of tracks along the streets upon which the said 
 Belt Railway is now constructed as may be necessary for 
 the public convenience, and all expenses incident thereto 
 to be borne by said railway company. And the right is 
 hereby expressly reserved to Congress to require at any 
 time the owner or owners of said railroad to widen any of 
 
 tracks. 
 
 To widen 
 streets. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 the streets along or over which said railroad line is now 
 constructed, or to change the route thereof, and the entire 
 expense of such widening of such street and all expenses 
 incident or to a change of route thereto shall be borne by 
 the owner or owners of said railroad. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the purchaser or purchasers of the said Belt 
 Railway shall, immediately after said purchase shall have 
 been ratified as herein provided for, and before any permit 
 shall be issued to begin such work, pay all taxes and spe- 
 cial assessments due and unpaid to the District of Colum- 
 bia, and all indebtedness due the employees for labor, or 
 due others for coal, feed, horseshoes and other supplies, 
 contracted for by the receiver of the said Belt Railway 
 Company, duly appointed by the court, and used on behalf 
 and for the benefit of said company during such receiver- 
 ship, and to be approved by the court appointing said re- 
 ceiver, and shall begin the construction of the underground 
 electric system herein provided for; and if said system 
 shall not have been completed at the expiration of one year 
 from the ratification of the purchase of said railway as au- 
 thorized by this Act the purchaser or purchasers thereof 
 shall pay to the District of Columbia, in addition to all 
 other taxes now required to be paid by the said Belt Rail- 
 way Company, or by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, 
 the sum of fifty dollars for each and every day thereafter 
 until said road shall be completed. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia are hereby authorized and required to station special 
 policemen at such street railway crossings and intersections 
 m the city of Washington as the said Commissioners may 
 deem necessary, the expense of such service to be paid pro 
 rata by the respective companies ; every car shall be Drought 
 to a full stop, immediately before making such crossing or 
 intersection. Neglect or failure to pay for the service 
 monthly, or to stop any car, as herein provided for shall 
 subject the company to a fine of not to exceed twenty -five 
 dollars for every such neglect or failure, to be recovered 
 in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the company or corporation installing an 
 underground electric system under authority of this Act 
 shall deposit such sum or sums as the Commissioners may 
 require to cover the cost of District inspection and the cost 
 of changes to public works in the streets. 
 
 Sec. 5. That nothing herein shall be construed to relieve 
 the said Belt Railway Company from any just liability, nor 
 in any naanner as affecting any valid subsisting claim of 
 any creditor against said corporation. 
 
 Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 24, 1898. 
 
 87 
 
 |p 
 
 Expense to be 
 borne by rail- 
 road. 
 
 Purchaser 
 shall pay taxes 
 due; also indebt- 
 edness to em- 
 ployees and 
 others. 
 
 
 Time of com- 
 pletion of under- 
 ground system. 
 
 Commissioners 
 authorized to 
 station special 
 policemen at 
 railwaycrossings 
 at expense of 
 railroad com- 
 panies. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Deposits. 
 
 Not to relieve 
 from liabilities. 
 
BRIGHTWOOD RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Brightwood Railway CJompany of the October 18. 1888. 
 
 District of Columbia. gtats. 25, p. 560. 
 
 Beit enactedhy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
 M. M. Parker, A. A. Thomas, C. M. Anderson, C. B. Pear- 
 son, and Joseph Paul, of the District of Columbia, and 
 their associates, successors, and assigns, be, and they are 
 hereby, created a body corporate and politic, under the 
 name of the Brightwood Railway Company of the District 
 of Columbia, and may make and use a common seal, and bv 
 that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
 with authority to construct and lay down a single or with 
 the approval of the Commissioners of the District a double 
 track railway, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, and 
 other mechanical devices and sewer connections, necessary to 
 operate the same by horse, cable, or electric power, in the 
 District of Columbia, through and alongBrightwood avenue, 
 from Boundary street to the boundary-line of the District 
 of Columbia, with the right to run public carriages thereon 
 propelled by horse, electric, or cable power. Whenever the 
 foregoing route or routes may coincide with the duly author- 
 ized rout or routes of any other duly incorporated street- 
 railway company in the District of Columbia, both com- 
 panies shall use the same tracks, upon such fair and equita- 
 ble 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 mav apply, by petition, to 
 the supreme court of the District oi Columbia, which shall 
 hear and determine the matter in due form of law, and 
 adjudge to the proper party the amount of compensation to 
 be paid therefor. Said corporation isauthorized and empow- 
 ered to propel its cars on such other lines as it shall coincide 
 with by cable-power, or such other motive power as it shall 
 use to propel its own cars with on the routes prescribed in 
 this act, and may repair and construct such proportions of 
 its road as may be upon the line or route or routes of any 
 other road thus used; and in case of any disagreen^ent 
 regarding such construction or repairs, with any company 
 whose line is thus used, such disagreement may be heard 
 and determined summarily upon the application of either 
 road to any court in said District having common-law juris- 
 diction. Said company shall receive a rate of fare not 
 exceeding five cents for each passenger, for each continuous 
 
 S9 
 
 Brightwood 
 Railway Co. in- 
 corporated 
 (amended). 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 Route (extend- 
 ed). 
 
 Coinciding 
 tracks. 
 
 Compensation 
 for use. 
 
 I 
 
 Motive power 
 on other tracks. 
 
 Disagreement 
 as to repairs. 
 
 Fare. 
 
Taxes. 
 
 I 
 
 40 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ride between all points of its line, but shall sell six tickets 
 de^rnS^rrl-fo^ twentv-five cents: Promded, li electi?^ wiL™ 
 pealed). are used the same shall be placed under ground- 
 
 Annuaireport. Sec 2. That the Said railway company shall, on or before 
 me litteenth of January of each year, make a report to 
 Congress 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 end- 
 ing Decenpber the thirty-first, which report shall be verified 
 by aflidavit of the president and secretary of said company ; 
 and If said report is not made at the time specified, or 
 within ten days thereafter, it shall be the duty o^ the Com- 
 missioners to cause to be instituted judicial proceedings to 
 forfeit this charter; and said company shall pay to the^is- 
 trict of Columbia, m lieu of taxes upon personal property, 
 including cars and motive power, for each year; four per 
 centum of its gross earnings upon its traffic, 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 fran- 
 chise and property of said company, both real and personal, 
 to a sufficient amount, may be seized and sold in satisfac- 
 tion thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other 
 property for texes; and said per centum of its gross earn- 
 ings shall be in heu of all other assessments upon its per- 
 sonal property, used solely and exclusively in the operation 
 and management of said railway. Its real estate shall be 
 taxed as other real estate in the District, provided its 
 tracks shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the said railway shall be laid upon such part 
 of the road as may be designated by the Commissions^ of 
 the District, and must be constructed of good materials 
 and m a substantial and durable manner, with the rails of 
 the most approved pattern, all to be approved by the Com- 
 missioners of the District, laid upon an even surface with 
 
 t.tJr^'^^^i ?u *^^,.«*r^^^ and in such a manner as to 
 mterfere with the ordinary travel as little as practicable: 
 roads ^^"^^ correspond with that of other city rail- 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said corporation shall, at its own expense, 
 keep its tracks, and for the space of two feet beyond the 
 outer rails thereof and also the space between the rails and 
 tracks, well graded or paved and in good repair, so as to 
 impede the general travel as little as possible. 
 
 bEC 5. That m the event of a change of grade at any 
 tim^ ot any of the streets, avenues, or roads occupied by the 
 tracks of this corporation it shall be the duty ot^said com- 
 pany to change its said railroad so as to conform to such 
 grade as may have been thus established at its own expense. 
 
 feEC. 6. That It shall be lawful for said corporation its 
 
 p3ThTn-^''''F.V^^ ^^^ ^VVToveA of the Commission- 
 ers of the District of Columbia, to make all needful and con- 
 venient trenches and excavations and sewer connections 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 41 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Paving. 
 
 Repairs. 
 
 Changes 
 grade. 
 
 of 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 speoQ* 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 
 in any of said streets or places where said corporation may 
 have the right to construct and operate its road, and place 
 in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient 
 devices an4 machinery for operating said railroad in the 
 manner and by the means atoresaia; and said sewer con- 
 nections shall have such traps or other devices as may be 
 required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; 
 it shall also be lawful for said corporation, its successors 
 or assigns, to erect and maintain, at such convenient and 
 suitable points along its lines as may seem most desirable 
 to the board of directors of the said coi*poration, subject 
 to the approval of the Commissioners of the District, an 
 engine house or houses, boiler house or houses, and all^^^^^*8*^*io«ae^ 
 other buildings necessary for the successful operations of 
 an electric or cable-motor railroad. 
 
 Sec 7. That it shall not be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to propel its cars over said rail- 
 road, or any part thereof, at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen 
 miles per hour; and for each violation of this provision 
 said corporation, its successors or assigns, as the case may 
 be, shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recov- 
 ered in anj^ court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the said railway shall be commenced within ^^ 
 three months and completed to Brightwood within twelve pieUonT 
 months from the passage of this act; and the entire line to 
 be completed in two years from the passage of this act. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the capital stock of said company shall not capital stock, 
 exceed, if horse power is to be used, sixty thousand dollars. 
 If electric motor power is to be used, the capital stock shall 
 not exceed one hundred and two thousand dollars. If pro- 
 pelled by cable, the capital stock shall not exceed two hun- 
 dred and four thousand dollars; that the stock shall be 
 divided into shares of fifty dollars each, transferable in such 
 manner as the by-laws of said company may direct; and 
 said company shall require the subscribers to the capital 
 stock to pay in cash the amount by them respectively sub- 
 scribed, at such times (after the first installment) and in such 
 amounts as the board of directors may deem proper and 
 necessary in the construction of said road; and if any stock- 
 holder shall refuse or neglect to pay any installment, as 
 required by a resolution of the board of directors, after 
 reasonable notice of the same, the said board of directors 
 may sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many 
 shares of his said stock as shall pay said installment; and 
 the person who offers to purchase the least number of shares 
 for the assessment due shall be taken as the highest bidder, 
 and the sale shall be conducted under such general regula- 
 tions as may be made in the by-laws of said company; but 
 no stock shall be sold for les^than the total assessments 
 due and payable, or said corporation may sue and collect 
 the same from any delinquent subscriber, in any court of 
 competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Payments. 
 
 Failure to pay 
 assessments. 
 
4-.-«4 
 
 42 LAWS EELATING TO STBEET-BAILWAY FJ8AN0HI8E8. 
 
 i^ 
 
 Cars. 
 Equipment 
 
 Timetable. 
 
 ShopB, depots, 
 etc 
 
 Lost articles, 
 
 Ok^snizatioii. 
 
 Payment at 
 time of subecTib- 
 ing. 
 
 Payments to be 
 in money. 
 
 FixBt meeting 
 of stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 10. That the company shall place cars of the best 
 construction on said railway, with all modern improvements 
 necessary to the convenience and comtort of passengers, and 
 shall run cars thereon as often as the public convenience may 
 require, m accordance with a table or schedule fixed bv the 
 company a copy of which shall be filed with the Coimnis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia and approved by them 
 
 bEC. 11. That the company shall buy, lease, or construct 
 such passenger-rooms, ticket-offices, workshops, depots, 
 lands, and buildmgs as may be necessary at such noints on 
 DistrTt^ ^ay ^ approved by the Commissioners of the 
 
 Sec. 12. That all articles of value that may be inadvert- 
 ently left m any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 com^ny shall be taken to its principal depot and entered 
 m a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall 
 be open to the inspection of the public, and if said property 
 remains unclaimed for one year the company may sell the 
 same after five days' notice. t' j ^ »«ii me 
 
 Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of this 
 act the corporators named in the first section, or a majority 
 of them, or if any refuse or neglect to act, then a ma prity 
 of the remainder, shall cause books of subscription to the 
 capital stock of said company to be opened and kept open 
 m some convenient and accessible place in the District of 
 Columbia, from nine o'clock in the forenoon till five o'clock 
 m the afternoon, for a period to be fixed by said corporators, 
 not less than five days (unless the whole stock shall be 
 sooner subscribed for); and said corporators shall give pub- 
 lic notice by advertisement in at least two daily papers 
 published m the city of Washington, of the time when and 
 the place where said books shall be opened; and subscrib- 
 
 !h!n ^.''^k'm'! ^^""^F ^J^.% ^^P^^^ «t^^l^ «f ^^^ company 
 shall be he d to be stockholders: Provided, That every sub- 
 scriber shall pay , at the time of subscribing, ten per centum 
 of the amount by him subscribed, to the treasurer appointed 
 by the cori)orators, or his subscription shall be null and 
 void: Fromded further. That nothing shall be received in 
 payment of the ten per centum, at the time of subscribing 
 ^cept lawful money or certified checks from any nationii 
 l^nk. And when the books of subscription to the capital 
 ni'J^.H''- ^.t^^i^^^^P^^y shall be closeS, the corporators 
 named in the first section, or a majority of them, and in 
 case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority 
 ih^lt f "^^'^.^^^ «^^ i' ^ithm twenty days thereafter, call 
 the first meeting of the stockholders of said compan^, to 
 meet within ten days thereafter, for the choice of directors 
 of which public notice shall be given for five days in two 
 newspapers published daily in the city of Washington, and 
 by written personal notice tp each stockholder by the clerk 
 of the corporation; and in all meetings of the stockholders 
 each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, tX iven 
 m person or by proxy. ' ^ 
 
 LAWS relating TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 43 
 
 Sec. 14. That the government and direction of the affairs the^^°^®°**^' 
 of the company shall be vested in a board of nine direct- 
 ors, who shall be stockholders of record, and who shall 
 hold their office for one year, and until their successors 
 are duly elected and aualified; and the said directors, a 
 majority of whom shall be a quorum, shall elect one of 
 their number president of the board, who shall also be presi- 
 dent of the company; and they shall also choose a vice- 
 president, a secretary, and a treasurer, the latter of whom 
 shall give bonds with good and sufficient surety to said 
 company in such sum as the said directors may require, for 
 the faithful discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy 
 in the board of directors by death, resignation, or otherwise 
 the vacancy so occasioned shall be filled by the remaining 
 directors. 
 
 Sec. 15. That the directors shall have the power to make By-iawi. 
 such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem 
 needful and proper touching the disposition and manage- 
 ment of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the com- 
 pany and the management of its business, not contrary to 
 this charter or to the laws of the United States and the 
 ordinance of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 16. That there shall be an annual meeting of the Annual meet- 
 stockholders to choose directors, to be holden at such time ^* 
 and place, under such conditions, and upon such notice as 
 the said company in their by-laws may prescribe; and said 
 directors shall annually make a report in writing of their 
 doings to the stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 17. That said company shall have at all times the J[^ ^^ ^ 
 free and uninterrupted use of its road-way; and if any per- '^*^' 
 son or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unneces- 
 sarily obstruct or impede the passage of the cars of said 
 railway 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 rail- 
 way or depots, or other property belonging to said rail- 
 way, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and 
 pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five nor more 
 than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines 
 and penalties in said District, and shall also be liable to 
 said company, 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. 
 
 Sec. 18. That said company shall have the right of way 
 across such other railways as are now in operation within 
 the limits pf the lines granted by this act, and is hereby 
 authorized to construct its said road across such other rail- 
 ways: Provided, That it shall not unnecessarily interrupt 
 the travel of such other railways in such construction. 
 
 oEc. 19. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this act. 6 5, 
 
 Approved, October 18, 1888. 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 Amendment 
 
44 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO 8TEEET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 July 26, 1892. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Bright- 
 
 Stats. 27, p. 270. 
 
 wood Railway Company of the District of Colmnbia." 
 
 Brightwood 
 Railway Co., 
 charter amend- 
 ed. 
 
 Overhead 
 wires. 
 
 Gm. 
 
 Extension of 
 racks to Dis- 
 rict line. 
 
 To Takoma 
 Park. 
 
 Cara. 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Condemnation 
 of land required. 
 
 Be it endctedhy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 tne charter granted to the Brightwooa Railway Company 
 hj an act of Congress approved October eighteenth, 
 eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be, and the same is, 
 amended as follows: 
 
 " That within six months from the date of the approval of 
 this act, the said Brightwood Railway Company shall equip 
 and operate its existing line with the overhead trolley sys- 
 tem of electric motive power, and shall thereafter maintain 
 the road in first-class condition. That the road shall be 
 supplied entirely with new cars of the most approved pat- 
 tern, which shall be run as the public convenience shall 
 require, but not less frequently than one car every fifteen 
 minutes from each end of the line, between five o'clock 
 ante meridian and twelve o'clock midnight. 
 
 "Sec. 2. That within twelve months from the date of the 
 approval of this act the said Brightwood Railway Company 
 shall extend its tracks to the District line, as provided in 
 the original charter of said company, and shall operate the 
 new portion of the line in the same manner and under the 
 same conditions as hereinbefore provided for the operation 
 of those portions of the road already built. The said com- 
 pany shall also constructand maintain a branch line, begin- 
 ning at a point, to be located by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, west of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- 
 road track on Fifth street in Takoma Park; thence along 
 Fifth street to Umatilla street; thence west along Umatilla 
 street to and across Piney Branch road, and thence to 
 Brightwood avenue by such route as the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia shall approve. Said branch line 
 shall be operated bjr the overhead trolley system; and when 
 the company lays its double track from Brightwood to Ta- 
 koma Park said tracks shall be laid on one side of the said 
 road; the cars used shall be first-class in every respect, and 
 the schedule of the running of cars shall be subject to the 
 approval of the District Commissioners, but cars shall be 
 run as often as one every fifteen minutes between the hours 
 of five o'clock ante meridian and twelve o'clock midnight. 
 Work on the said branch road shall be be^un within two 
 months and completed, with cars running tnereon, within 
 one year from the date of the approval of this act. 
 
 " Sec. 3. That in the event that 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 to 
 pass, or upon which any necessary buildings may be re- 
 quired to be located, proceedings for the condemnation for 
 tne use of the company of so much of said land as may be 
 required, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, for its 
 roadway, and of so much as may be necessary for build- 
 ings, and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 45 
 
 the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such 
 rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such 
 purposes. 
 
 ' ' Sec. 4. That any failure to comply with any of the pro- Forfeiture 
 visions of this act shall work a forfeiture of the original ° ^^* 
 charter of the said Brightwood Railway Company. All 
 acts or parts of acts inconsistent witbthe provisions of this 
 act are hereby repealed. 
 
 "Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, 
 amend, or repeal this act." 
 
 Approved, July 26, 1892. 
 
 Amendment 
 and repeal. 
 
 Route. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the chari:er of the Brightwood Railway Company February 27, 
 
 of the District of Columbia. ^^ 
 
 . -7 7 7 rv stats. 27, p. 490. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Brigh t wood 
 the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of ?onstmctbranSJ 
 Columbia is hereby authorized to construct, equip, and^"^®- 
 operate, with the overhead trolley system of electric motive 
 power, a branch line of road and to run its cars thereon 
 through and along the following-named roads or streets in 
 the District of Columbia; 
 
 Beginning at the intersection of the Rock Creek Church 
 road and Richmond street, in the subdivision of Petworth, 
 arid running thence westerly along said Richmond street to 
 Brightwood avenue; thence Southerly along the present 
 tracks of the said Brightwood Railway on said Brightwood 
 avenue, to the intersection of Marshall street with said 
 Brightwood avenue; thence westerly along and over said 
 Marshall street to Kenyon avenue; thence along said Ken- 
 yon avenue westerly to Fourteenth street. 
 
 Sec. 2. That work on said branch road shall be begun 
 within six months and completed— with cars running ^ieti'o£ 
 thereon — within one year from the date of the approval of 
 this act. (And said branch road shall be supplied with new 
 cars of the most approved pattern, which shall be run as 
 the public convenience may require, and said branch road 
 shall be maintained in first-class condition.) And said 
 Brightwood Railway Company shall charge not exceeding 
 five cents fare for one continuous ride from any point on 
 its line to the terminus of its main line or any of its 
 branches. 
 
 Sec. 3. That for the purpose of constructing and equip- 
 ping its said branch line, as provided for in this act, the 
 said Brightwood Railway Company is hereby authorized 
 and empowered to issue its bonds to aid in paying for such 
 construction and equipment of its said branch line, and to 
 secure the said bonds by mortgage or deed of trust of its 
 ^R"t of way and all of its property of whatsoever kind, 
 ^.^^^er real, personal, or mixed, on said branch line: Fro- 
 mdM, That the moneys raised on said bonds shall be usedc^® **^ '*'°" 
 and expended only for the construction and equipment of 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and corn- 
 
 Cars. 
 
 Fare. 
 
 Bonds. 
 
46 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ig^™^' ^^ ^^^said branch line: And provided further^ That the amount 
 of said bonds shall not exceed the actual cost of the right 
 of way, construction, and equipment, motive power, and 
 such land and buildings as may be necessary to the prac- 
 tical and complete operation of said branch line. 
 
 ^Mnciding gj,^ 4 rpjjg^^^ ^\io\A^ any part of the branch line of said 
 Brightwood Railroad herein provided for coincide with por- 
 tions of any other duly incorporated street railway in the 
 District of Columbia, but one set of tracts shall be used 
 when, on account of the width of the street or for other 
 sufficient reason, it shall be deemed necessary by the Com- 
 missioners of the District, and the relative conditions of 
 Tennsofuse. use and of chartered rights may be adjusted upon terms 
 to be mutually agreed upon between the companies, or, in 
 case of disagreement, by the supreme court of the District 
 of Columbia, on petition filed therein by either party and 
 on such notice to the other party as the court may order. 
 
 wJrSi^'bSd- ^^^- ^' That in the event that the company should not be 
 
 ings. able to come to an agreement with the owner or owners of 
 
 any land through which the said branch line may be located 
 
 to pass or upon which any necessary buildings may be re- 
 
 condemnation quired to be locatcd, proceedings for the condemnation for 
 
 proce ngs. ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^j^ company of so much of said land as may be 
 required, not exceeding: one hundred feet in width, for its 
 roadway, and of so much as may be necessary for buildings, 
 and so forth, may be instituted in the usual way in the 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such 
 rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for such 
 purposes. 
 
 amended' * ^ ' ^^^' ^' ^^^^ ^^^ ^^* ^2^\. be Considered as an amend- 
 ment to the act approved October eighteenth, eighteen hun- 
 dred and eighty eight, granting a charter to the Brightwood 
 Railway Company, and shall be construed as being subject 
 to all the powers, privileges, limitations, and conditions of 
 said original act, except as specifically provided otherwise 
 herein. 
 
 Sec. 7. This act may be altered, amended or repealed 
 by Congress at any time, at its discretion. 
 
 Approved, February 27, 1893. 
 
 Jnly 7, 1898. AN ACT To require the Brightwood Railway Company to abandon its 
 overhead trolley on Kenyon street, between Seventh and Fourteenth 
 streets. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hcmse of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
 the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Co- 
 lumbia be, and it is hereby, required, within one month 
 To vacate lin^ from the passage of this Act, to vacate that part of its road 
 K°eiiyonstree*te. lying on Kenyon and Marshall streets, between Seventh 
 and Fourteenth streets, in said District, and remove its 
 tracks and poles therefrom: Provided^ hmoever^ That said 
 company shall have the right at any time within one year 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 47 
 
 from the passage of this Act to equip and operate said 
 road with underground electric power, such as is now used 
 by the Metropolitan Railroad Company. In case said com- Forfeitore. 
 pany shall neglect or refuse to equip said road as afore- 
 said within said period of one year, then their right to do 
 so shall stand as forfeited and their charter repealed as to 
 said part of said road: And provided further^ That in case 
 said railroad company shall refuse to remove its tracks 
 and poles from said street within thirty days as aforesaid, 
 then its charter to that part of said road shall stand for- 
 feited and repealed from said date, and after the expira- 
 tion of said thirty days said Brightwood Railway Company 
 shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars a day for Penai^. 
 each day its tracks, or any part thereof, or its poles, or 
 any one of them, shall remain in said Kenyon or Marshall 
 streets, said fine to be collected in any court of competent 
 jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said railway company, for the purpose only 
 of equipping said branch with underground electric power, 
 shall have the right to issue its bonds bearing interest not Bonds, 
 to exceed six per centum per annum, payable at such time 
 as the officers of the company may deem expedient: Pro- 
 vided^ That the issue of said bonds shall not in the aggre- 
 gate exceed the amount necessary for the equipment afore- 
 said, and the total outstanding bonds and stock shall in 
 no event exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand 
 dollars per mile of single track. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the Brightwood Railway Company is hereby J^^'ected to sen 
 directed to sell four coupon tickets for twenty-five cents for^^ente?^ 
 for use over the lines of said company and the Capital 2i^i?Stio2*<^" 
 Traction Company and to redeem the coupons when pre- 
 sented by said Capital Traction Company; and the pro- 
 visions of section five of the Act approved February Act of Febm- 
 twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled |Sdgg 'SpS; 
 An Act to amend the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad tickets extended 
 Company of the District of Columbia," which relate to th^^i^^'"'^ "^ '"^ 
 issue, use, and redemption of said tickets and coupons in 
 the case of the Brightwood Railway and the Metropolitan 
 Railroad companies, and the penalty for violation of the 
 provisions of said section of said Act, and the recovery 
 of said penalty, and the authority and jurisdiction of cer- 
 tain courts to enforce the requirements and provisions of 
 said section, shall apply to the issue, use, and redemption 
 ^* ^upon tickets on the lines of said Brightwood Railway 
 and Capital Traction companies; and the aforesaid pro- 
 visions of said section are hereby made a part of this Act. 
 Approved, July 7, 1898. 
 
 !l 
 
 ^\ 
 
ii 
 
 CAPITAL BAILWAT COKPAITT. 
 
 f 
 
 I 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Capital Railway Company. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Co7igress assembled^ That 
 John B. Stetson, Augustus Burgdorf , Clarence F. Norment, 
 Arthur E. Randle, Harry Upson Sims, Henry C. Long- 
 necker, W. Frederick Snyder, Joseph B. Lewis, and Wil- 
 liam Henry Handle, of , their associates and assigns, 
 be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate under the 
 name of the Capital Railway Company, and by that name 
 shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and 
 be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended 
 in all courts of law and equity within the United States, 
 and may make and have a common seal. And said cor- 
 poration is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a 
 street railway, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, and 
 other mechanical devices in the District of Columbia, and 
 run cars thereon for carrying passengers, parcels, milk, 
 and truck by and along the following route: Beginning at 
 a point on the District line near the Potomac River, south- 
 east of Shepherds Ferry, thence north by such route as 
 shall be approved by the District Commissioners to the 
 south side of the Eastern Branch or Anacostia River, 
 thence across the same by transfer ferry to First street or 
 South Capitol street, as may be approved by the District 
 Commissioners, to M street, over the same route to the 
 beginning; also commencing at Anacostia railroad tracks 
 and Harrison street, Anacostia; thence along Harrison 
 street and Good Hope Road, Good Hope Road extended, 
 to the District line, and return over same route. These 
 routes may be modified or extended at the will of Con- 
 gress, and the Capital Railway Company shall comply 
 with such modifications or extensions. 
 
 Sec. 2. That whenever the roadway of any street occu- 
 pied by the Capital Railway Company is widened, one-half 
 of the cost of widening and the improvement of such 
 widened part shall be charged to the said railway com- 
 pany, and collected from said company in the same man- 
 ner as the cost of laying or repairing pavements lying 
 between the exterior rails of the tracks of street railways, 
 and for a distance of two feet from and exterior to such 
 track or tracks on each side thereef , is collectible under 
 the provisions of section five of the Act entitled "An Act 
 providing a permanent form of government for the District 
 of Columbia," approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred 
 and seventy-eight. 
 
 March 2, 1895. 
 Stats. 28, p. 721. 
 
 Capital Rail- 
 way Co., incorpo- 
 rated (amend- 
 ed). 
 
 Authorized to 
 carry passengers, 
 parcels, milk, 
 and truck. 
 
 Route (amend- 
 ed). 
 
 Ferry (repeal- 
 ed). 
 
 Widening o f 
 streets. 
 
 16400—05- 
 
 49 
 
50 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-EAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Route along 
 country road. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Proving. 
 
 Lights. 
 
 Change 
 grade. 
 
 of 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 Sec. 3. That when the route described coincides with 
 that of a country road of less width than sixty-six feet the 
 railway shall be constructed entirely outside ttie road. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a 
 substantial and durable manner, and all rails, electrical 
 and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, 
 shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep 
 the space between its tracks and rails and two feet exte- 
 rior thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, or their successors, may direct, and 
 whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or 
 repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall 
 bear all the expense of improving the spaces above de- 
 scribed. Should the said corporation fail to comply with 
 the orders of the Commissioners the work shall be done by 
 the proper oflScials of the District of Columbia, and the 
 amounts due from said corporation shall be collected as 
 provided by section five of the Act entitled ^'An Act pro- 
 viding a permanent form of government for the District 
 of Ccuumbia," approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred 
 and seventy-eignt. 
 
 Sec. 6. That if the said railway be operated by overhead 
 wires, the corporation shall furnish and maintain such 
 lights along its line as the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia may direct, without cost to the District of 
 Columbia; but no overhead wires shall be constructed or 
 used within the limits of the city of Washington. 
 
 Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering 
 the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by 
 said railway, or from altering and improving streets, ave- 
 nues, and highways, and the sewerage thereof; in such 
 event it shall be the duty of said company at once to 
 change its said railway and the pavement so as to conform 
 to such grades and improvements as may have been 
 establishhed. 
 
 Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, 
 its successors or assigns, having first obtained the permis- 
 sion of the District Commissioners therefor, to make all 
 needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of 
 said streets or places where said company may have the 
 right to construct and operate its road, and place in such 
 trenches and excavations all needful and convenient de- 
 vices and machinery for operating said railroad in the 
 same manner and by the means herein provided, but shall 
 forthwith restore the street to like good condition as it was 
 before. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall 
 interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any sub- 
 ways or conduits, or any public work of the kind, then the 
 expense necessary to change such underground construc- 
 tions shall be borne by the said railroad company. 
 
 LAWS relating TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 61 
 
 etc 
 
 Engine houses 
 
 Sec. 9. That the said company shall, before commencing Deposit foi 
 work on said railroad on such street, deposit with the^**®'™**"** 
 Treasurer of the United States, to the credit of the Wash- 
 ington Aqueduct, such sum as the Secretary of War may 
 consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may be 
 incurred by the United States in connection with the inspec- 
 tion of the work of construction of said railroad on such 
 street, and in making good any damages done by said 
 company or its works, or by any of its contracting agents, 
 to any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in com- 
 pleting, as the Secretary of War may consider necessary, 
 any of the work that the said company may neglect or 
 refuse to complete, and that the Secretary of War may 
 consider necessary for the safety of said mains, fixtures, or 
 apparatus; and the said company shall also deposit as 
 aforesaid such further sums for said purposes at such 
 times as the Secretary of War may consioer necessary: 
 Provided^ That the said sum shall be disbursed like other 
 moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and 
 that whatever shall remain of said*deposits at the end of 
 one year after the completion of said railroad in such street 
 shall be returned to said company on the order of the Sec- 
 retary of War, with an account of its disbursement in 
 detail: And provided also^ That disbursements of said 
 deposits shall, except in cases of emergency, be made only 
 on the order of the Secretary of War. 
 
 Sec. 10. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to erect and maintain, on private 
 grounds, at such convenient and suitable points along its 
 lines as may seem most desirable to the board of directors 
 of the said corporation, and subject to the approval of the 
 said Commissioners, an engine house or houses, boiler 
 house, and all other buildings necessary for the successful 
 operation of its railroad. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the line of the said railway company shall i^d^m^Sion 
 be commenced within one year and completed within three (modified?.^ ^^ 
 years from date of the passage of this Act; and in default 
 of such commencement or completion within the time in 
 this section specified, all rights, franchises, and privileges 
 granted by this Act shall immediately cease and determine. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the said company may run public carriages Motive power, 
 propelled by cable, electric, or other mechanical power; but 
 nothing in this Act shall allow the use of steam power in 
 locomotives, or of overhead trolleys within the limits of the 
 city: Provided, That if electric power by trolley be used, pi5^*"e*f ® b** 
 that the said company shall be liable for all damages electrolysis' ^ 
 made thereby to subsurface metal pipes, and to other public 
 and private property: Provided further, That for the pur- 
 pose of making a continuous connection over the route here- 
 inbefore described the said company shall have the right 
 to cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be 
 along the designated route, and shall have the right to con- 
 struct ferry slips and to operate and maintain a steam trans- 
 fer ferry from a point at or near the foot of South Capitol 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 Ferry slips and 
 ferry. 
 
52 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 58 
 
 routes 
 
 street to the opposite shore of the Anacostia River, for the 
 purpose of transf erring its passengers, and so forth, or cars, 
 subject to the approvalof the Commissioners of the Distrct 
 of Columbia; Provided further^ That whenever the forego- 
 ^^oincidinging route or routes may coincide with the route or routes 
 of any duly incorporated street railway company in the 
 District of Columbia the tracks shall be used by both com- 
 panies, which are hereby authorized and empowered to use 
 such tracks in common upon such fair and equitable terms 
 as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event 
 the 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, which shall immediately 
 provide for proper notice to and hearing of all parties in- 
 terested, and shall have power to determine the terms and 
 conditions upon which and the regulations under which the 
 company hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use and 
 enjoy the track of such other street railway company, and 
 the amount and manner of compensation to be paid there- 
 for: And provided further^ That neither of the companies 
 using such track in common shall be permitted to make the 
 track so used in common the depot or general stopping place 
 to await passengers, but shall only be entitled to use the 
 same for the ordinary passage of its cars, with the ordinary 
 halts for taking up and dropping off passengers: Provided, 
 That this shall not apply to or interfere with any station 
 already established on any existing lines; that said corpora- 
 tion is authorized and empowered to propel its cars over the 
 line of any other road or roads which may be in the align- 
 ment with and upon such streets as may be covered by the 
 route or routes as prescribed in this Act, in accordance with 
 the conditions hereinbefore contained; and that this corpor- 
 ation shall construct and repair such portions of its road as 
 may be upon the line or routes of any other road thus used; 
 and in case of any disagreement with any company whose 
 line of road is thus used such disagreement may be sum- 
 marily determined upon the application ©f either road to 
 any court in said District having competent jurisdiction. 
 Passenger Sec. 13. That the said company shall furnish and main- 
 tain passenger houses, as required by the Commissioners 
 of the District of Columbia, and shall use first-class cars on 
 said railway, with all the modern improvements for the con- 
 venience, comfort, and safety of passengers, and shall run 
 cars as often as the public convenience may require, in 
 accordance with a time-table to be subject to the approval 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Every 
 failure to comply with the conditions of this section shall 
 render the said corporation liable to a fine of fifty dollars, 
 to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at 
 the suit of the Commissioners of said District. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the Commissioners of the District of 
 
 Columbia may make such regulations as to rate of speed, 
 
 ij^5f^?Sr*™^^® .^^ ^^® ^^ tracks, and removal of ice and snow as in 
 
 their judgment the interest and convenience of the public 
 
 houses. 
 
 Hme-table. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Speed. 
 
 may require. Should the servants or agents of said com- 
 pany willfully or negligently violate such an ordinance or 
 regulation said company shall be liable to the District of 
 Columbia for a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 16. That within thirty days after the passage of this organizationof 
 Act the corporators named in the first section, their asso- ^**™P*°y* 
 ciates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, or if 
 any refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remain- 
 der, shall meet at some convenient and accessible place in 
 the District of Columbia for the organization of said com- 
 pany and for the receiving of subscriptions to the capital 
 stock of the company: Provided^ That every subscriber 
 shall pay at the time of subscribing ten per centum in cash lo per cent to 
 of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed ^® pai<io» stock. 
 by the corporation, or his subscription shall be null and 
 void: Provided further^ That nothing shall be received in 
 payment of the ten per centum at the time of subscrib- 
 ing except lawful money or certified checks from any 
 established national bank. And when the books of the 
 subscription to the capital stock of said company shall be 
 closed tne corporators named in the first section, their asso- 
 ciates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and in 
 case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority 
 of the remainder, shall, within twenty days thereafter, call ^^^^^^ *^ 
 the first meeting of the stockholders of said company to sSxjkSoidenf ^ 
 meet within ten days thereafter for the choice of directors, 
 of which public notice shall be given for five days in two 
 daily newspapers published in the city of Washington, and 
 by written personal notice to be mailed to the address of 
 each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; and in 
 all meetings of the stockholders each share shall entitle the 
 holder to one vote, to be given in person or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 16. That the government and direction ot affairs of Govemmentof 
 the company shall be vested in a board of directors, nine S dSectorsf^^ 
 in number, who shall be stockholders of record, and who 
 shall hold their ofiSce for one year, and until others are duly 
 elected and qualified to take their places as directors; and 
 the said directors, a majority of whom shall be a quorum, 
 shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, 
 who shall also be president of the company, and they shall 
 also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, 
 who shall give bond wnth surety to said company, in such 
 sums as the said directors may require, for the faithful dis- 
 charge of his trust. In the case of a vacancy in the board 
 of directors by the death, resignation, or otherwise, of any 
 director the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by 
 the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 17. That the directors shall have the power to make 
 and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they 
 shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition and 
 management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of 
 the company not contrarv to the charter or to the laws of 
 the United States and the ordinances of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 OfScera. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 II 
 
54 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STKEET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 r 
 
 i'l 
 
 ^ 
 
 b^t^^dil ^^^' ^^' '^^^^ *^®^® s^^^ ^® ^* ^®»s* ^^ annual meeting 
 
 ew. of the stockholders for choice of directors, to be holden at 
 
 such time in the District of Columbia, under such condi- 
 tions, and upon such notice as the said company in their 
 by-laws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually 
 make a report in writing of their doings to the stockholders. 
 Sec. 19. That said company is hereoy authorized to issue 
 
 liS^^ stock its capital stock to an amount not to exceed the estimated 
 cost of the construction and equipment of the road in shares 
 of fifty dollars each, and to issue bonds not to exceed the 
 cost of construction of the road, but such stock and bonds 
 shall not exceed in the aggregate more than the actual cost 
 of the ri^ht of way, construction, and equipment of said 
 road. Said company shall require the subscribers to the 
 
 ^ow to be paid capital stock to pay in cash to the treasurer appointed by the 
 corporators the amounts severally subscribed by them, as 
 follows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of subscribing 
 and the balance of such subscription to be paid at such times 
 and in such amounts as the board of directors may require; 
 and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless the ten per 
 centum thereof shall be paid at the time of subscribing, as 
 hereinbefore provided; and if any stockholder shall refuse 
 or neglect to pay any installment as aforesaid, or as re- 
 quired by the resolution of the board of directors, after 
 seasonable notice of the same, the said board of directors 
 
 defelSt/'^^'''°^y ^^^^ ^^ public auction, to the highest bidder, so many 
 shares of his stock as shall pay said installments, and the 
 person who oflfers to purchase the least number of shares for 
 the assessment due shall be taken to be the highest bidder, 
 and such sale shall be conducted under such general regu- 
 lations as may be adopted in the by-laws of said company; 
 but no stock shall be sold for less than the total assess- 
 ments due and payable, or said corporation may sue and 
 collect the same from any delinquent subscriber in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction; Provided, That no certifi- 
 cates of stock shall be issued until the same has been paid 
 for in money at its face value. 
 
 Articles left in Sec. 20. That all articles of value that may be inadvert- 
 ently left in any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered 
 in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall 
 be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable 
 hours of business. 
 
 Annual report Sec. 21 . That Said company shall, on or before the first of 
 February of each year, make a report to Congress, through 
 the Commissioners 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 reauired 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 
 
 cars. 
 
 ''X) Congress. 
 
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 specified, 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 cause to be instituted 
 proper judicial proceedings therefor; and said company Taxea 
 shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal 
 taxes upon personal property, including cars ana 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 ar- 
 rears; and the franchise and property of said company, 
 both real and personal, to a sufficient amount, may be 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 exclu- 
 sively in the operation and management of said railway: 
 Provided, That its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 
 Sec 22. That said company may receive a rate of fare ^^«»e. 
 not exceeding five cents per passenger; and the said com- 
 pany may make arrrangements with all existing railway 
 companies in the District of Columbia for the interchange 
 of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That 
 within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets 
 shall be sold for twenty-five cents. 
 
 Sec 23. That the said company shall have at all times ^^ ^« 
 the free and uninterrupted use of the roadway, subject to ^*^* 
 the rights of the public, and if any person or persons shall 
 willfully, mischieviously, and unlawfully obstruct or im- 
 pede 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 offending shall forfeit 
 and pay for each such offense not less than twenty -five 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 occa- 
 sioned 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. 
 
 Sec. 24. That the Capital Railway Company shall have crossings, 
 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 construct its said road across 
 such other railways: Provided, That it shall not interrupt 
 the travel of such other railways in such construction. 
 
 Sec 25. That no person shall be prohibited the right to Ejection from 
 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 contagiously diseased, or 
 refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with 
 the lawful general regulations of the company. 
 
 Penalty for in- 
 
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56 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STBEET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Condemnation 
 of land. 
 
 Commencement 
 and completion. 
 
 Location of 
 tracks, etc., to be 
 approved by 
 Commissi oners. 
 
 Deposit with 
 collector of 
 taxes. 
 
 Conditions 
 etc., shall be 
 complied with. 
 
 Repeal, etc. 
 
 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 Colum- 
 bia, under such rules and regulations as said court may 
 prescribe for such purposes: i^romded^ That any property 
 owner shall have the right of trial by jury in such issue. 
 
 Sec. 27. That should the Capital Riailway Company fail 
 to commence or complete the construction of its road within 
 the limit of time prescribed by this Act, all rights, fran- 
 chises, and privileges herein granted shall cease and deter- 
 mine. 
 
 Sec. 28. That all plans of location and construction of 
 tracks and other structures in public places pertaining to 
 said railway shall be subject to the approval of the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia, and all work thereof 
 shall at all times be subject to their supervision. The said 
 company shall, from time to time, deposit with the collector 
 of taxes of the District of Columbia such amounts as may 
 be deemed necessary by said Commissioners to cover the 
 costs of inspection, supervision, changes to water pipes and 
 sewer connections, changes of curb and pavement, and work 
 not otherwise provided for, which may be made necessary 
 by the location, grade, or underground conduits of said rail- 
 way. Any unexpended balance remaining after construc- 
 tion of said road shall be returned to said company with an 
 account in full of the disbursement of such deposits. 
 
 Sec. 29. That all the conditions, requirements, and obli- 
 gations imposed by the terms of this Act upon the Capital 
 Railway Company shall be complied with by any and all 
 the successors to and assigns of said company. 
 
 Sec. 30. That this Act may at any time be altered, 
 amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. 
 
 Approved, March 2, 1895. 
 
 May 28, 1896. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Capital 
 Stat. 29, p. 187. Railway Company," approved March second, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-five. 
 
 way 
 amended. 
 
 im 
 
 Be it enacted hy th§ Senate and House of Representatives 
 ^c?^h2rtir^^^^^ ^'^^i^d^f^(^i^ of America in Congress assemUed,ThBt 
 T,«nd«;;i the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Capital Rail- 
 
 way company," approved March second, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-five, be, and the same is hereby, amended by 
 striking out in the first section all after the words ''have 
 a common seal," to the end of the section, and inserting 
 the following: "Said corporation is hereby authorized to 
 construct and lay down and complete a single or double 
 track street railway in the District of Columbia, and run 
 cars thereon for carrying passengers by and along the f ol- 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 57 
 
 lowing route: Beginning at a point on the District line 
 near the Potomac River southeast of Shepherd's Ferry, 
 thence by such route as shall be approved by the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia to the south side of 
 the Eastern Branch or Anacostia River at the Navy- Yard 
 bridge; thence across said bridge to Eleventh street east; 
 thence north on Eleventh street east to M street south; 
 thence west on M street to a point to be located by the 
 District Commissioners near Eighth street east, connect- 
 ing with the lines of the Capital Traction Company, also 
 continuing from said Eleventh and M streets north on 
 Eleventh street to the south building line of East Capitol 
 street, and returning over the same route to the point of 
 beginning. Also, beginning at the eastern end of the 
 Navy- Yard bridge, easterly along Monroe and Harrison 
 streets and Good Hope road, and from Good Hope road to 
 the District line, over such route as the District Commis- 
 sioners shall approve, and returning over the same route 
 to the point of beginning: Provided, That within the city 
 of Wasnington a double-track railway shall be constructed : 
 Provided further, That the line of said railway company 
 shall be commenced within three months and completed 
 within one year from the date of the passage of this Act, 
 with the exception mentioned in section four of this Act." 
 
 Sec. 2. That the motive power to be used on the lines in 
 this Act specified shall be the underground electric system 
 within the city of Washington and the overhead trolley 
 system outside the city of Washington. For crossing the 
 Navy-Yard bridge the said company may, in the discretion 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, use 
 either horse power or the underground electric system to 
 propel its cars; and the said company shall have the privi- 
 lege of carrying an electric current across the said Navy- 
 Yard bridge in such manner as the said Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia shall prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the Capital Railway Company, the Metro- 
 politan Railroad Company, and the Capital Traction Com- 
 pany are hereby required to issue free transfers at the point 
 of intersection of their respective lines, so that for the pay- 
 ment of one fare a passenger on either road shall have the 
 privilege of riding over the lines of both. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the portions of the company's route from 
 Congress or Pencote Heights to Shepherd's Landing and 
 the Harrison street branch east to the District line shall 
 be completed within two years from the passage of this 
 Act: Provided, That failure to complete the said portions 
 ot the routes as providexl for in this section, and, also, 
 u n^^ ^^ complete the extension on Eleventh street east 
 
 A ?Pf ^*^® ^ repeal the authority to build said portions, 
 and shall not repeal the charter of said company. 
 
 oEc. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, May 28, 1896. 
 
 Route. 
 
 Double tracks 
 in city. 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 Free transfers 
 with Metropoli- 
 tan and Capital 
 Traction com- 
 panies. 
 
 Branch to 
 Shepherds Land- 
 ing and District 
 line. 
 
 Amendment^ 
 etc. 
 
68 LAWS BELATING TO 8TEEET-BAILWAY FEANCHISES. 
 
 Jnnei5.i808. AN ACT To amend the charter of the Capital Railway Company. 
 
 Be iteruicted ly the Senate amd House of Representatives 
 T 1 1 % i^ United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 
 Navy -7a r'^d ^f^® ^^pital Railway Company is hereby authorized to in- 
 Bndge. stall and use the double overhead-trollev system on the 
 
 Navy- Yard Bridge for the purpose of propelling its cars 
 across the same, the speed on the bridge not to exceed the 
 Speed. rate of three and a half miles an hour and the double trol- 
 
 ley wires to be protected by a wooden trough and thor- 
 ^eteiisof con-oughly insulated from said bridge; details of construction 
 to be subject to the approval of the District Commissioners. 
 Time extend- Sec. 2. That the time granted the Capital Railway Com- 
 pany to construct its road by Act approved May twenty- 
 eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby extended 
 underground one year from the approval of this Act, and if the under- 
 ^ound system now used by the company is finally rejected, 
 It 18 authorized to install an underground system essentially 
 similar to«iat used by the Metropolitan Railway Company . 
 bEc. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 15, 1898. 
 
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 ed. 
 
 Bystem. 
 
 CAPITAL TEACTION COMPANY (EMBRACING THE ROCK CREEK 
 RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN 
 RAILROAD COMPANY). 
 
 May 17, 1862. 
 Stat8.,12,p.888. 
 
 Washington 
 and Georgetown 
 Railroad Com- 
 pany incorporat- 
 ed (amended). 
 
 Ron te 
 tended). 
 
 (ex. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Washington and Georgetown Railroad 
 Company. (Now the Capital Traction Company. ) « 
 
 Beit enacted hy the Senate, and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Con^i ess o^sserrMed^ That 
 Eliab Kingman, Franklin Tenney, J. J. Coombs, SayleseT. 
 Bowen, Charles H. Upton, Henry Addison, Hallett Kil- 
 bourne, and their associates and assigns be, and they are 
 hereby created a body corporate, under the name of the 
 ''Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company," with 
 authority to construct and lay down a double track rail- 
 way, with the necessary switches and turnouts, in the cities 
 of Georgetown and Washington, in the District of Colum- 
 bia, through and along the following avenues and streets: 
 Commencing on Bridge street, at the intersection with High 
 street, or at such point on said Bridge street east thereof, 
 in the city of Georgetown, as may be designated hereafter 
 by the corporate authorities thereof, along said Bridge 
 street to its intersection with the street running to the 
 tubular bridge over Rock creek to Pennsylvania avenue, in 
 the city of Washington; along said avenue to Fifteenth 
 street west; along said street south to said avenue; along 
 said avenue to the foot of the Capitol grounds; thence 
 around the southern boundary of the Capitol grounds; and 
 along their southern boundary easterly to Pennsylvania 
 avenue; a^ong said Pennsylvania avenue to Eighth street 
 east, or Garrison street; and along said street south to the 
 Navy Yard gate, with a lateral road running along the east- 
 ern front of the Capitol from the southern to the northern 
 gate, and thence by "A" street to the depot of the Balti- 
 more and Ohio railroad ; and thence from said depot through 
 First street west to Pennsylvania avenue, so as to inter- 
 sect with said main road; also a double or single track 
 branch railway, commencing at Boundary street north and 
 running down Seventh street west to Pennsylvania ave- 
 nue and to the Potomac; also, a railway commencing at 
 Boundary street and running down Fourteenth street west 
 and New York avenue to Pennsylvania avenue to a point 
 of intersection with said first-mentioned railway, with 
 the right to run public carriages thereon drawn by horse- Horse power.6 
 
 « Merged into the Capital Traction Company, mider authority of 
 Act of Congress, approved March 1, 1895. 
 
 * Motive power changed to cable, under authority of act of Con- 
 gress approved March 2, 1889. 
 
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 60 
 
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 ■I 
 
 I 
 
 Use of road 
 snblect to mu- 
 nicipal regula- 
 tions. 
 
 Taxation. 
 
 Railway— how 
 to be laid. 
 
 Tracks to be 
 kept in order by 
 the company. 
 
 Grade to be al- 
 tered when re- 
 quired. 
 
 Act may be al- 
 tered, repealed, 
 etc 
 
 Not to issue 
 notes, etc., as 
 currency. 
 
 Capital stock. 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STKEET-RAILWAY FBANCHISES. 
 
 power, receiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding five 
 fffW^ passenger for any distance between the termfni of 
 
 ^IhZ ^l ^aT^ T'' m^'^"^^^' ^^ ^^^^^en the termini of 
 either of said branch railways, or between either terminus 
 of said mam railway and the terminus of either of said 
 
 l?^t ^^^JT^ii^""^'^.^' T^^* ^^^ ^«^ «"d maintenance 
 of said road shall be subject to the municipal regulations 
 
 of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, resp'ectively! 
 ^prl?^r '^''T^ corporate limits; and that whenever 
 
 stiVKart^t^^^^^^^ ^^- ''^ -^^ -^- 
 
 Sec. 2. ATid be it further enacted, That said roads shall 
 
 S^otTf 'If ««*^te' ^°d they, together with other rea 
 
 fhTht^itlt^^ r"^?"^' P'^^Pf'^y of said body corporate, 
 
 Dronertv f„ Ihl ^^''^T "^ '^^}^'' '"«"' ««***« """J Persona 
 vWe^ atoresaid, except as hereinafter pro- 
 
 >.h«u^il\ 4,¥lii*f"^^f>cuited, That the said railway 
 shall be laid in the centre of the avenues and streets as 
 near as may be, without interfering with or pacing oV^ 
 
 ^lZi7 T ^f ? P"'' '» *^« """St approved ^nner 
 adapted for street railways, with rails of tfie most approved 
 patterns, to be determined by the Secretary of the fnterior 
 laid upon an even surface with the pavement of the sS- 
 
 ?o.t hfP*"^ ^^"T *^? ^r *™«^« si"*" "ot be less than 
 four feet nor more than six feet, and the carriages shall not 
 be less than six feet in width, the gauge to correspond wlS 
 that of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
 
 tinr^hL^'^^^ i^/"^i^f^i^. That the said corpora- 
 tion hereby created, shall be bound to keep said tiiclM 
 and for the space of two feet beyond the oute? mil thS' 
 and also the space between the tracks, at all times well 
 paved and in good order, without expanse to thTvnJted 
 
 sl^ ''k t«t^i «!*.'««.«* Georgetown and Washington 
 ,.f hii ^"^ ^i^i/"^,^ enacted, That nothing in this 
 act shall prevent the Government, at any time at their 
 option, from altering the grade or' otherwise fiproving 
 Pennsylvania avenue and such other avenues an/ streete 
 as may be occupied by said roads, or the cities of Wash 
 mgton and Georgetown from so altering or improving such 
 ftvl^*""^ avenues as may be under thei? respective author 
 ity and control, and in such event it shall be lie dutv of said 
 
 suSL^H^'^'T *¥"■ "^'^ ™"'«*d so as to coXm o 
 SUCH altered grade and pavements. 
 
 bEC. \And be it further enacted. That this act mav at * 
 
 o f ^^"i/u -^'^ ** it further enacted. That nothing in this 
 act shall be so construed as to authorize said body corporate 
 
 d^hf^h^ "^*'' *°^^"' ^^^i««' «<=rip, or other evide^rof 
 debt to be used as a currency. 
 
 Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That the capital stock 
 of said commny shall be not less than three nor more than 
 five hundred thousand dollars, and that the stocksh Jl b^ 
 
 Cars. 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 Passenger 
 rooms, stablee, 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO 8TREET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 61 
 
 divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be deemed 
 personal i)roperty, transferable in such manner as the by- 
 laws of said company may direct. 
 
 Sec. 9. And he itfarthefr enacted. That the said company 
 shall place first-class cars on said railways, with all the 
 modern improvements for the convenience and comfort of 
 passengers, and shall run cars thereon during the dav as 
 often as every ^y^ minutes, except as to Seventh and Four- 
 teenth streets, and on these once in fifteen minutes each 
 way, and until twelve o'clock at night as often as every 
 half hour; and throughout day and night as much oftener 
 as public convenience may require. 
 
 Sec. 10. And he it further enacted, That said company * 
 shall procure such passenger rooms, ticket offices, stables, eS? 
 and depots at such points as the business of the railroad 
 and the convenience of the public may require. And thct '^''*cks be- 
 said company is hereby authorized to lay such rails through aSd de'Ute.**'^®'' 
 transverse or other streets as may be necessary for the 
 exclusive purpose of connecting the said stables and depots 
 with the main tracks. And the said company is hereby ^^^ *<>' Re- 
 authorized to purchase or lease such lands or buildings as 
 may be necessary for the passenger rooms, ticket offices, 
 stables, and depots above mentioned. 
 
 Sec. 11. And he it further enacted, Th2ii all articles of ca^*'*^ ^^ *" 
 value that may be inadvertently left in any of the cars or 
 other vehicles of the said company shall be taken to their 
 principal depot and entered in a book of record of un- 
 claimed goods, which book shall be open to the inspection 
 ot the public at all reasonable hours of business. 
 
 Sec. 12. And he it further enacted, Th2it^idLCovxiOTM.oii TJseofroadby 
 shall, on demand of the President of the United States ^^"""'^"*- 
 Secretary of War, or Secretary of the Navy, cause to be 
 transported over said railway any freight cars laden with 
 freight for the use of the United States; the officers caus- 
 ing such service to be done shall pay a reasonable compen- 
 sation therefor. ^ 
 
 Sec. 13. And he it further enacted, That within ^yq days Boofa of snb- 
 arter the passage of this act the corporators named in the ^^^p^^o^- 
 hrst section, or a majority of them, or if any refuse or neglect 
 to act then a majority of the remainder, shall cause books 
 of subscription to the capital stock of said company to be 
 opened and kept open, in some convenient and accessible 
 place m the city of Washington, from nine o'clock in the 
 torenoon till five o'clock in the afternoon, for a period to be 
 nxea by said corporators, not less than two days; and said 
 corporators shall give public notice, by advertisement in Advertisement 
 the daily papers published in the city of Washington, of 
 the time when and the place where said books shall be 
 opened and subscribers upon said books to the capital 
 stock ottbB company shall be held to be stockholders: 
 ^'^^^ed, Ihat every subscriber shall pay at the time of Payment at 
 subscribing twenty-five per centum of tlie amount by him iJ?' '' '"^"*" 
 suDscnbed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, 
 or his subscription shall be null and void. If at the end 
 
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 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 63 
 
 Directors. 
 
 1 1 
 
 of two days a larger amount than the capital stock of said 
 company shall have been subscribed, the books shall be 
 closed, and the said corporators named in the first section 
 ^A^rtionmentgjjall forthwith proceed to apportion said capital stock 
 among the subscribers pro rata, and make public procla- 
 mation of the number of shares allotted to each, which 
 shall be done and completed on the same day that the books 
 are closed : Provided^ further^ That nothing shall be received 
 in payment of the twenty-five per centum at the time of 
 subscribing except money or checks or certificates of deposit 
 endorsed " good" by the president or cashier of some good 
 of rtSJkhSweS*^ solvent bank or banks. And when the books of subscrip- 
 era. ^^Qjj ^ ^^ capital stock of said company shall be closed, 
 the corporators named in the first section, or a majority of 
 them, and in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then 
 a majority of the remainder shall, within twenty days there- 
 after, call the first meeting of the stockholders of said com- 
 pany, to meet within ten days thereafter, for the choice of 
 directors, of which public notice shall be given for five days 
 in two public newspapers, published daily in the city of 
 Washington, or by written personal notice to each stock- 
 holder by the clerk of the corporation; and in all meetings 
 of the stockholders each share shall entitle the holder to 
 one vote, to be given in pei-son or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 14. Anabe it further enacted^ Tliat the government 
 and direction of the affairs of the company shall be vested 
 in the board of directors, seven in number, who shall be 
 stockholders, and who shall hold their office for one year 
 and till others are duly elected and qualified to take their 
 places as directors; and the said directors (a majority of 
 whom, the president being one, shall be a quorum) shall 
 elect one of their number to be president of the board, who 
 shall also be president of the company; and they shall also 
 choose a treasurer, who shall give bonds with surety to 
 said companv, in such sum as the said directors may 
 require, for the faithful discharge of his trust. In case of 
 a vacancy in the board of directors by the death, resigna- 
 tion, or otherwise, of any director, the vacancy occasioned 
 thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors. 
 ^^y-iaw8. rules. Sec. 15. And he it further enacted. That the directors 
 shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, 
 rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and 
 proper touching the disposition and management of the 
 stock, property, estate, and effects of the company, not 
 contrary to the Charter, or to the laws of the United 
 States, and the ordinances of the cities of Washington and 
 ♦ Georgetown. 
 
 ^nuai meet- gEC. 16. And he it further enacted, That there shall be 
 an annual meeting of the stockholders for choice of direct- 
 ors, to be holden at such time and place, under such con- 
 ditions, and upon such notice, as the said company in their 
 by-laws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually 
 make a report in writing of their doings to the stockhold- 
 ers and to Congress. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 Report. 
 
 Sec. 17. And he it further enacted. That the Mayor, Com- Municipal om- 
 mon Council, and the several officers of the Corporation stmctTcLi^ete!*" 
 of the cities of Georgetown and Washington, and the said 
 Corporations are hereby prohibited from doing any act or 
 thing to hinder, delay, or obstruct the construction or 
 operation of said railroad, as herein authorized. 
 
 Sec. 18. ^^J^^'^/w/'^A^r^/zac^^^, That the said company ^)f«« ^"^ <>* 
 shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted use of ^*^' 
 their road -way, and if any person or persons shall wilfully 
 and unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage on or 
 over said railway, or any part thereof, or shall injure or 
 destroy the cars, depot stations, or any property belonging 
 to said railway company, the person or persons so offenf 
 ing shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of 
 five dollars to said company, and shall remain liable, in 
 addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned 
 by his, her, or their act, as aforesaid, but no suit shall be 
 brought unless commenced within sixty days after such 
 offence shall have been committed. 
 
 Sec. 19. And he it further enacted, That unless said cor- T^^e for oom- 
 poration shall make and complete their said railways ^^*'''^" 
 between the Capitol and Georgetown within sixty working 
 days from and after the company shall have been organ- 
 ized, and from the Capitol to the Navy Yard within sixty 
 days thereafter, and on said Seventh street, and from said 
 Boundary street, on Fourteenth street, to the point of inter- 
 section as aforesaid, within six months from the approval 
 of this act, then this act shall be null and void and no rights 
 whatsoever shall be acquired under it. 
 
 Sec. 20. And he it further enacted, Thsit all &ct8 and x)B.Tts ^^?^^ o^ ^^ 
 of acts heretofore passed, which are inconsistent with any *''''^''^'''^*'''- 
 of the provisions of this act, are, for the purposes of this 
 act, hereby repealed, so far as the same are inconsistent 
 herewith. 
 
 Approved, May 17, 1862. 
 
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 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Washington and Georgetown June 30. 1861 
 
 Railroad Company. 
 
 Stat8.13,p. 322. 
 
 ^ / ^r/^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ Souse of Hepresentati^es 
 +k ^ vfr ^^^^^^ States of America in Congress assembled. That w- a°d o- R- R- 
 the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company shall ^* 
 nave the right to extend their horse railway on any public Extension of 
 highway in the county of Washington, commencing at the i«hs"S. extend^ 
 present terminus of either of their roads, extending north ^• 
 ™m 7th and 14th streets, and from the Capitol square to 
 Maryland avenue; and extending north from the eastern 
 ^f f^"l^*^' of that avenue, first having obtained the consent 
 ot the Levy court therefor; and may charge additional fare Additional 
 
 t H ^ ^/"^ ^^^ ®^®^^ ^^^'^^ ™^^^^ ^" ^^^ branch so ex- ^^• 
 tenaed, for each and every passenger conveyed upon any 
 
 road constructed in said county of Washington, outside of 
 ine lunits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown: 
 
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 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 • Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed 
 so as to prevent Congress from regulating the fare on either 
 of said roads, or altering or amending the original charter 
 of said company, or this amendment thereto, according to 
 the provisions of said original charter. 
 Approved, June 30, 1864. 
 
 JtUy 8, 1870. 
 Stats. 16, p. 196. 
 
 AN ACT To provide for the paving of Pennsylvania avenue. 
 * * * * » 
 
 Sec. S. And he tt further enacted. That the cost of laving 
 w . . ^ x> ^^ ^^^^ pavement shall be borne and paid for in the f ol- 
 Co''toTa1r?eSafril?^}°^ pixjportions I By the Washington and Georgetown 
 l^l'^'peXS?!:, ^''^^? Company for that portion of the work lying be- 
 nia avenue."^ twecn the tracks of their road, and for a distance of two 
 feet on each side thereof; * * * The said railroad com- 
 l^ny shall have the right to select the material with which 
 the pavement between the rails and between the tracks 
 shall be made: Provided, That the said pavement on said 
 tracks shall be made to the satisfaction of the commis- 
 sioners. 
 
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 Approved, July 8, 1870. 
 
 April 20, 1871. 
 Stats. 17, p. 10. 
 
 Deficiency act, 1871. 
 
 That the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as mav be 
 necessary, is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of re- 
 pairing and relaying, where necessary, the pavement on 
 Pennsylvania avenue from 15th street to the east side of 
 Kock creek: Pro^mded, That a like sum shall be expended 
 
 W.andG.R.R T.^*^^/^'?^ purpOSe bv the proper authorities of the Dis- 
 co, to pay certain p^ct ot U)Iumbia: And provided furthet\ That the Wash- 
 a?f?L?fs;!:^°^° and Georgetown Railroad Company shall in like 
 vania avenue, manner repair such portion thereof as they are by their 
 charter required to do; the work to be done under the su- 
 pervision of the board of public works for the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 Approved, April 20, 1871. 
 
 May 8. 187 2. 
 Stats. 17, p. 84. 
 
 Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, 1873. 
 
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 w.ndr p „ n That the Washington and Georgetown Eailroad 
 
 Co''m°v^^',?o?elt^"^P^"^,anltl^e Metropolitan Railroad (Tompany be, and 
 
 itofa^rXr^^ J3 ^''? ^^^t/ ^^fl^'^.r? ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^'^ tracks, respec- 
 tively, from the Capitol grounds, as hereby established, 
 and to run the same as they may be directed, from time to 
 time, by the officer m charge of the public buildings and 
 grounds, as the grading and filling up of said grounds may 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 render necessary. That a commission, consisting of the 
 
 Secretary of the Interior, the chief engineer of the army, 
 
 and the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, 
 
 is hereby authorized and directed to examine and report to 
 
 Congress, prior to the second Monday of December next, 
 
 a plan by which the locomotive railroad track in front of 
 
 western entrance of the Capitol shall be removed, with due 
 
 regard to the rights of all parties concerned, and by which 
 
 proper connections with other railroads may be made. 
 « » * » » 
 
 Approved, May 8, 1872. 
 
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 Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, 1876. 
 
 March 3, 1875. 
 
 and further, that the Washington and George- 
 
 stats. 18. p. 385. 
 _ _ W.andG.R.R. 
 
 town and the Metropolitan Railway Companies are directed Scks fromca^ 
 to take up such portions of their tracks as may come in the itoi Grounds, 
 way of the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and relay 
 the same. as may be directed by the officers in charge of 
 the improvements of the Capitol Grounds. 
 
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 Approved, March 3, 1875. 
 
 Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, 1876. March 3, 1875. 
 
 * * * And provided further, That the chief engineer w^anJ^^^R^^* 
 [of the Washington Aqueduct] is hereby directed to notify co.must remove 
 the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company to Aqueduct bridS 
 remove their railway track from the Washington Aque-®^®'^'^^^^^*- 
 duct bridge over Rock Creek, within one year from the 
 date of said notice; and said company shall make such 
 removal within the year aforesaid, and have the right to ^J^f ^^jj*26th*f 
 lay their tracks along 26th street from Pennsy Ivania avenue and m st. 
 to M street north, and thence along M street into George- 
 town, to connect with their tracks on Bridge street; and 
 said chief engineer may establish and publish regulations 
 prohibiting the passage of heavily loaded wagons and car- 
 riages over said bridge. * * * 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1875. 
 
 AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Wash" March 3, 1875. 
 ington and Georgetown Kailroad Company," approved May 17, stats. 18, p. 6io. 
 1872, 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hovse of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company mayjj^-^j*"'* ^- *• 
 extend its tracks in Washington City, District of Colum- Extension of 
 bia, from 7th street west, down Water street, to the inter- ^''*^^' 
 section of P street south; thence alon^ said P street to the 
 west side of the Arsenal gate: Provided, That wherever 
 
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 LAW8 BELATING TO 8TEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ^^iii^fonVeVi^}^ foregoinff route may coincide with the route of the 
 Anacostia and Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad, on Water street or 
 Potomac River elsewhere in the District, or connect portions of such route, 
 but one set of tracks shall be used by both companies; 
 which are hereby authorized and empowered to use such 
 tracks in common, upon such fair and equitable terms as 
 ^enns of joint may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the event 
 the said companies fail to agree upon satisfactory terms, 
 either of said companies may apply by petition to the 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia, which shall pro- 
 vide for proper notice to and hearing of all parties inter- 
 ested, and shall have power to determine the terms and 
 conditions upon which, and the regulations under which, 
 the company hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use 
 and enjoy the tracks of such other street railroad company, 
 and the amount and manner of compensation to be paid 
 coS^onTo^ ^^^^'^^\^^^^- ,^nd provicUdfnrther, That neither of the com- 
 uaed. panics using such track in common shall be permitted to 
 
 make the track so used in common the depot or general 
 stopping place to await passengers, but shall only be enti- 
 tled to use the same for the ordinary passage of their cars 
 with the ordinary halts for the taking up and dropping of 
 mssengers: And provided further. That said railroad track 
 Grade of track, shall conform to the grade established by the board of public 
 works of the District of Columbia. 
 Approved, March 3, 1875. 
 
 AN ACT Authorizing the repavement of Pennsylvania avenue. 
 * * * * * 
 
 July 19, 1876. 
 Stats. 19, p. 92. 
 
 R.^o.*haii%?e , ^^^ Washington and Georgetown Railroad Companv 
 irf^£l>?lll?^^^* ^^f • ^" ^1**^^ expense for the portion of the work 
 road. lying between the extenor rails of the tracks of the road 
 
 and for a distance of two feet from and exterior to the track 
 on each side thereof, and of keeping the same in repair- 
 but the said railroad company, having conformed to the 
 srrade established hv fViA fVinTm*aQirk«rir.o mo^ .,r,^ ^^uui„ 
 
 b&^neTr S^I^/^^^ esteblished by the Commissioners, may use cobble- 
 
 , stone or Belgian rock in paving their tracks, or the space 
 
 between their tracks, as the Commissioners shall direct. 
 
 gianrock. 
 
 Approved, July 19, 1876. 
 
 August 6, 1890. 
 Stats. 26, p. 310. 
 
 District appropriation act, 1891. 
 
 R-V"^ ^' ^' .^?^/ 3. That any street railroad company in the District 
 
 tiv?*S>^ef Sty u ^^i!"*"^^^ authorized to run cars drawn by horses, which 
 
 Increase issue of |?*s changed or may change its motive power on any of its 
 
 «tock. lines now constructed, to cable or electricity, or change its 
 
 rails in accordance with the provisions of law, shall have 
 
 the right to issue and sell, at the market price thereof, stock 
 
 of said company to an amount necessary to cover the cost 
 
 LA-vrS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 67 
 
 of making said changes, the cost of said changes and the 
 amount of said stock sold, together with the price per share, 
 to be fully set forth, under the oath of the President of said 
 Company, and filed with the Commissioners of the District. 
 And any company availing itself of the privileges herein 
 granted shall within two years, wholly dispense with horses Must dispense 
 as motive power on all portions of its line and substitute J^JJ^y^^^ ^° 
 therefor the power proviaed for in the act making appropria- 
 tions for the expenses of the District of Columbia, approved 
 March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or pneu- 
 matic or other modern motive power which shall be approved Motive power, 
 by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, but noth- 
 ing in this act contained shall in any wise authorize the use 
 of overhead appliances: Provided., That if any such company 
 operating a line or lines of street railroad from Georgetown certain linesre- 
 or West Washington to and beyond the Capitol grounds ^JJI?.^^*'*"^® 
 shall fail to substitute for horse power the power herein pro- 
 vided for on all its lines within two years from the date of 
 this act, such company shall forfeit its corporate franchise. 
 
 Approved, August 6, 1890. 
 
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 Deficiency act, 1891. March 3, 1891. 
 
 * » • * * Stats.26,p.869. 
 
 To the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, w. and g. r.r. 
 three hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifteen cents Sii judgment?' 
 costs; and the Washington and Georgetown Railroad 
 Company, of the District of Columbia, shall pay to the 
 District of Columbia, within eighteen months from the 
 approval of this act, the full amount of the judgment that 
 was rendered against the said company by the supreme 
 court of the District of Columbia at the suit of the said 
 District, in cause numbeV twenty-two thousand four hun- 
 dred and fifty-seven, at law, on the dockets of said court, 
 with the cost of said cause and interest on said amount 
 from the date said judgment was rendered until paid, and 
 that upon the failure of the said company so to pay said 
 amount, costs, and interest within the time aforesaid, the 
 charter of the said company shall become forfeit, and all 
 its rights, privileges, and franchises as a body corporate 
 shall cease and determine: * * * 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1891. 
 
 Distiict appropriation act, 1893. 
 * » * 
 
 July 14, 1892. 
 Stats. 27, p. 168. 
 
 Care of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, includ- 
 ing keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; 
 for construction and repairs of bridges, fourteen thousand 
 dollars; in all, nineteen thousand dollars. That the Wash- w.ando.R.R. 
 ington and Georgetown Railroad Company is hereby SreeWriS( 
 required to repair the bridge across Rock Creek at M street 
 
 ir M 
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 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 northwest at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars, 
 said repairs to be made under the direction of the Engi- 
 neer Commissioner of the District of Columbia and in 
 accordance with plans and specifications to be prepared by 
 him. * * * 
 
 Approved, July 14, 1892. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 69 
 
 Angust23,i894. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Wash- 
 stats. 28, p. 492. ington and Great Falls Electric Railway. 
 
 ♦ . ♦ ♦ ♦ * 
 
 co^'lhSi® Md ^^^' ^' "^^^^ ^^ o^^^r to accommodate the street railway 
 FeV^^s'taUon*^^^^^ ^^^^ °^?^ Converge at or near the Aqueduct bridge, 
 near Aqueduct un<ier authority granted or to be granted by Congress, a 
 bridge. passenger station is hereby authorized. Such station shall 
 
 have ample provision for the saf e,convenient,and comforta- 
 ble transfer of passengers to and from the cars of the street 
 railways using the same. All plans for such station and 
 its necessary approaches shall be subject to the written 
 shSTr'SSuu SPP^^X^^ ^^ ^^^ Commissioners of the District of Columbia, 
 use of. The said Commissioners shall have the power to settle any 
 
 differences which may arise between the companies using 
 the said station as to compensation or rentals or as to the 
 necessary regulations for the control of said station. The 
 said passenger station shall be constructed and maintained 
 as a union passenger station, for the use of street railways 
 only, by the Washington and Georgetown Railway Com- 
 y^nd for sta- pany. Said station shall be located on land already owned 
 or hereafter to be acquired by the aforesaid company, which 
 land shall be bounded on the north by Prospect street, on 
 the east by a line drawn not less than one hundred and 
 twenty feet west on the west line of Thirty-fifth street, on 
 the south by M street, and on -the west by Thirty-sixth 
 pSn.'*'' ''''"'* ^l^^^^ northwest. Within one year from the approval of 
 this Act the said Washington and Georgetown Railway 
 Company shall complete the said station and shall extend 
 its tracks on M street northwest to a point not less than 
 one hundred and twenty feet west of Thirty-fifth street 
 and thence into said station; and thereafter the said com- 
 pany shall cease entirely to switch cars on M street 
 northwest. 
 
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 Approved, August 23, 1894. 
 
 June 23, 1888. AN ACT To incorporate the Eock Creek Railway Company of the Dis- 
 
 trict of Columbia. ( Now the Capital Traction Co. ) « 
 
 Stats. 25, p. 199. 
 
 R^iway compa^ ^^ ^^ enacted hy the Sefimte and House of Bej)rese7itatives 
 fLleni^^^^^/f^^^ ^^^^^^^^(^^^^ of America in Congress assemhled. That 
 Gardiner G. Hubbard, George Truesdell, Samuel W. Wood- 
 ward, Otis F. Presbrey, John F. Waggaraan, Benjamin K. 
 
 a Merged into the Capital Traction Company, under authority of act 
 of Congress approved, March 1, 1895. 
 
 Plain, John Ridout, Albert F. Stevens, Le Roy Tuttle, Law- 
 rence Sands, Edward C. Dean, James B. Wimer, Samuel S. 
 Shedd, Le Roy Tuttle, junior, Robert J. Fisher, junior, and 
 Pitman Mann, and their associates, successors, and assigns, 
 be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate and politic 
 under the name of the Rock Creek Railway Company of 
 the District of Columbia, and may make and use a com- 
 mon seal, and by that name sue and be sued, plead and be 
 impleaded, with authority to construct and lay down a sin- 
 gle or double track railway, with the necessary switches, 
 turn-outs, and other mechanical devices, and sewer connec- 
 tions necessary to operate the same, by horse, cable, or elec- 
 tric power, in the District of Columbia, through and along 
 the following streets, avenues, and roads; Beginning ioY ^^^^^^^^^^ 
 the main line of said road at the intersection of Connecti- 
 cut avenue and Boundary street; thence along the middle 
 of Columbia Road to Wood ley Road; thence along Wood- 
 ley Road by single track on west side thereof to W oodley 
 Park; thence diverging from Woodley Road through said 
 park by such route as maybe satisfactory to the owners of 
 said park, and subject to the approval of the Commission- 
 ers of the District of Columbia, to the westerly line of said 
 park, and returning by the aforesaid route through Wood- 
 ley Park to the intersection of Woodley Road and Connec- 
 ticut avenue extended; thence along Connecticut avenue 
 extended to California avenue, formerly Oakland avenue; 
 thence along California avenue to its intersection with Co- 
 lumbia Road, and thence along Columbia Road to the place 
 of beginning; also with the privilege of building and con- 
 structing a branch of said road from the westerly line of said 
 Woodley Park near Woodley Road to its intersection with 
 the Tenallytown Road, returning over the same route and 
 connecting at said westerly line of Woodle}^ Park with the 
 main line of said road. Said company shall receive a rate 
 of fare not exceeding five cents for each passenger for each 
 continuous ride between all points of its main and branch 
 lines, but shall sell tickets in packages of six each for not 
 exceeding twenty-five cents per package. Said railway 
 shall be constructed of good materials and in a substantial 
 manner, with the rails of American manufacture and of 
 the most approved patterns, subject to approval by the 
 Commissioners, laid upon an even surface with the pave- 
 ment of the street or road, imbedded in concrete where the 
 same passes over the surface of the paved streets of the 
 District of Columbia, with the gauge to be approved by 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The track 
 of said railway, the space between the tracks, and two feet 
 beyond the outer rails thereof, which this franchise is 
 intended to cover, shall be at all times kept b}^ said cor- 
 poration in good repair, at its own expense, and subject 
 to the approval of the Commissioners aforesaid; and if 
 the corporation shall fail to make the necessary repairs 
 within ten days after notice by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, the repairs shall be made by the 
 
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 Fare. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Paving. 
 
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Repaiis. 
 
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 70 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 said Commissioners, and the cost of such repairs be recov- 
 ered by the Commissioners before any court of competent 
 jurisdiction, and the amount so paid by the Commissioners 
 shall be a lien upon all property of said company from the 
 time that said repairs are made until paid by said company. 
 It shall be lawful for said corporation, its successors or as- 
 Motive power, signs, to operate its said road by horse, cable, or electric 
 power, and to make all needful and convenient trenches and 
 excavations and sewer connections in anv of said streets 
 . roads, or places where said corporation may have the right 
 to construct and operate its road, and to place in such 
 trenches and excavations all the needful and convenient 
 devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the 
 manner and by the means aforesaid; and said sewer con- 
 nections shall have such traps or other devices as may be 
 required by the Commissioners. It shall also be lawful 
 tor said corporation, its successors or assigns, to erect and 
 maintain, at such convenient and suitable points along its 
 lines as may seem most desirable to the board of direct- 
 Engine houses n^ ""^ ^^'^ corpoi-ation and subject to the approval of the 
 ^^jaigine houses. Commissioners of the District, an engine house or houses 
 boiler house or houses, and all other buildings necessary for 
 the successful operation of a cable or electric motor rail- 
 speed. road. The rate of speed on said road shall not exceed fif- 
 
 teen nailes an hour. The work upon the main line of said 
 menran/ Soml^^^?, ^^^^^ ^^ Commenced within ninety days and the same 
 pietion. snail be completed within one year from the date of the 
 
 passage of this act, and the work upon the branch line 
 thereof shall be commenced within one year and completed 
 within two years from the said date; and if the said work 
 on the main line of said road shall not be so commenced and 
 completed, then the privileges and powers herein granted 
 to said corporation shall be void. The corporators herein 
 named or the corporation hereby created shall not sell or 
 assign any of the rights hereby conferred relating to the 
 line ot said road until after the main road hereby authorized 
 shall have been constructed as herein provided 
 capital stock. Sec 2. That the capital stock of said company shall not 
 exceed, it horse-power is to be used for main line, thirty-two 
 thousand dollars, which may be increased when work is 
 commenced on the branch eleven thousand dollars If 
 electric-motor power is to be used, the capital stock for the 
 ^4?^^ J^^f ^^^ exceed sixty thousand two hundred and 
 
 nfty dollars, which may be increased when work is com- 
 menced on the branch twenty thousand dollars. If cable 
 power is to be used, the capitol stock for the main line shall 
 not exceed one hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars 
 which may be increased when work is commenced on the 
 branch forty thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars 
 each. Said company shall require the subscribers to the 
 capitol stock to pay in cash, to the treasurer appointed bv 
 Subscriptions, the coiporators, the amounts severally subscribed by them 
 as follows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of subscrib- 
 ing and twenty per centum each thirty days thereafter until 
 
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 71 
 
 Cars, etc. 
 
 fifty per centum thereof shall have been paid, the balance 
 of such subscription to be paid at such times and in such 
 amounts as the board of directors may require; and no sub- 
 scription shall be deemed valid unless ten per centum thereof 
 shall be paid at the time of subscribing, as hereinbefore pro- 
 vided; and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay 
 any installments as aforesaid, or as required by a resolution 
 of the board of directors after ten days notice, in writing, of 
 the same, the said board of directors may sell at public auc- 
 tion, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his stock as 
 shall pay said installments (and the person who offers to pur- 
 chase the least number of shares for the assessment due), 
 shall be taken as the highest bidder, and the sale shall be 
 conducted according to such general regulations as may 
 be adopted in the by-laws of said company; but no stock 
 shall be sold for less than the total assessments due and 
 payable; or said body may sue and collect the same from 
 any delinquent subscriber in any court of competent juris- 
 diction. The said company shall place first-class cars on Equipment 
 said railways, with all modern improvements necessary 
 to the convenience and comfort of passengers, and shall 
 run cars thereon as often as the public convenience may 
 require, in accordance with a schedule or time-table to be 
 adopted by said board of directors, a copy of which shall 
 be filed with the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, and to be approved by them, and shall not take on 
 any of its cars more passengers than can be accommo- 
 dated, and shall cause its cars to be heated during the 
 winter season, subject to regulations to be prescribed by 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said 
 company shall bu}^ lease, or construct passenger-rooms, 
 ticket-oflSces, workshops, depots, lands, and buildings as 
 they may deem necessary, at such points along its line 
 as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District, 
 and as the business of the railway and the convenience of 
 the public may require. Within thirty days after the 
 passage of this act, the corporators named in the first 
 section, and their associates, successors or assigns, or a 
 majority of them, or if any refuse or neglect to act then a 
 majority of the remainder, shall cause books of subscrip- g^gjuon °' ^*** 
 tion to the capital stock of said company to be opened and 
 kept open in some convenient and accessible place in the 
 District of Columbia, from nine o'clock in the ^renoon till 
 four o'clock in the afternoon, for a period to be fixed by 
 said corporators, not less than ten days (unless the whole 
 stock shall be sooner subscribed) and said corporators shall 
 give public notice, by advertisement in the daily papers 
 published in the city of Washington, of the time when and 
 the plac^ where said books shall be opened; and subscribers 
 upon said books to the capital stock of the company shall be 
 held to be stockholders: Provided^ That every subscriber vA^™tf °* ^^ 
 shall pay, at the time of subscribing, ten per centum of the "" ^ °°** 
 amount by him subscribed, to the treasurer appointed by 
 the corporators, or his subscription shall be nuU and void; 
 
 Passenger 
 rooms, etc. 
 
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 Provided further. That nothing shall be received in pay- 
 ment of the ten per centum at the time of subscribing 
 except lawful mone3\ And when the books of subscription 
 to the capital stock of said company shall be closed, the 
 corporators named in the first section, their associates, 
 successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and in case 
 any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of 
 the remainder, shall, withm ten days thereafter, call the 
 first meeting of the stockholders of said company, to meet 
 within ten dfays thereafter, for the choice of directors, of 
 which public notice shall be given for seven days in two 
 newspapers published daily in the city of Washington, and 
 by written personal notice to be mailed to the address of 
 each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; and in 
 all meetings of the stockholders each share shall entitle the 
 holder to one vote, to be given in person or by proxy. 
 Directors. Sec. 3. That the government and direction of the oflScers 
 
 of the company shall be vested in the board of seven 
 directors, who shall be stockholders of record, and who 
 shall hold their oflSce for one vear, and until their succes- 
 sors are duly selected and qualified; and the said direct- 
 ors, a majority of whom shall be a quorum, shall select 
 one of their number to be president of the board, who 
 shall be the president of the company; and they shall also 
 choose a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, the 
 latter of whom shall give a bond, with surety, to said com- 
 panv in such sum as the said directors may require for the 
 faithful discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy in the 
 board of directors, by death, resignation, or otherwise, of 
 any director, it shall be filled by the remaining directors 
 by a majority vote of a quorum thereof. The directors shall 
 have power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and 
 regulations as they shall deem needful and proper touch- 
 ing the disposition and management of the stock, property, 
 estate, and effects of the company, and require bond and 
 security of any of its officers other than those herein speci- 
 fied, not contrary to the charter, or to the laws of the 
 United States and the laws and ordinances of the District 
 oMeS: *^ '""^^ Columbia: Provided, That said board of directors shall 
 not have the power to sell or lease the said road, or any 
 part thereof, or to purchase or lease any other street rail- 
 road, or any part thereof, without first obtaining the writ- 
 ten consent of two-thirds of said stockholders and of the 
 P«>viso. Commissioners of the District of Columbia : Provided, That 
 said company shall have no power to sell or lease the said 
 road or any part thereof until after the main line has been 
 Annual meet- constructed and operated. There shall be an annual meet- 
 ing of the stockholders for choice of directors, to be held 
 at such time and place, under such conditions and upon 
 such notice as the said company in their by-laws may pre- 
 scribe; and said directors shall annually make a report in 
 rddway "'^ ""^ Writing of their doings to the stockholders. The said com- 
 imny shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted use 
 of its roadway; and if any person or persons shall willfully 
 
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 73 
 
 cars. 
 
 and mischievously and unnecessarily, obstruct or impede 
 the passage of the cars of said railway 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 motive powers of said railway, or depots, 
 stations or other property belonging to said railway, the 
 person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for 
 each offense not less than twenty-five nor more tnan one 
 hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and penal- 
 ties in said District, and shall in addition to said penalty, 
 be liable to said company, for any loss or damage occa- 
 sioned by his, her, or their acts as aforesaid. No person Ejection from 
 shall be prohibited the right to travel on the cars of said 
 road, or be ejected therefrom by the company's employees, 
 for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, 
 or contagiously diseased, for the use of obscene and profane 
 language, refusing to pay the legal fare, or a failure to 
 comply with the lawful regulations of the company. The 
 principal offices of said company shall be situated in the 
 District of Columbia, and all books and papers relating to 
 the business of said company shall be kept thereat and 
 open at all times to the inspection of the stockholders. 
 The meeting of stockholders and directors shall be held at 
 said office. The book in which transfers of stock shall be 
 recorded shall be closed for the purpose of such transfer 
 thirty da^^s before the annual election. 
 
 Sec. 4. The said Rock Creek Railway Company shall, on 
 or before the fifteenth day of January of each year, make 
 a report to Congress 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 the thirty first, which 
 report shall be verified by the affidavit of the president and 
 secretary of said company; and if the said report is not 
 made at the time specified, or within ten days thereafter, it 
 shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause proceed- 
 ings to be instituted to forfeit this charter; and said com- 
 pany shall pay to the District of Columbia, as taxes for each 
 year, four per centum of its gross earnings for the preced- 
 ing year as shown by said verified statement, 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 fran- 
 chise and property of said company, both real and personal, 
 to a sufficient amount, may be seized and sold in satisfac- 
 tion thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other 
 property for taxes; and said per centum of its gross earn- 
 ings shall be in lieu of all other assessments of taxes of 
 whatsoever character upon its personal property, but the 
 real estate of the company shall be taxed as other real 
 estate in the District, provided that the tracks of the com- 
 pany shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 
 Annual report. 
 
 Taxes. 
 
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74 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 75 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
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 Amendment. 
 
 Sec. 5. That all articles of value that may be inadver- 
 tently left in any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 company shall be taken to its principal. depot and entered 
 m a book of record of unclaimed goods, which shall be open 
 to the mspection of the public; but when such property 
 has been unclaimed for one year the company may sell the 
 same. 
 
 Sec. 6. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or 
 repeal this act at any time. 
 
 Received by the President June 12, 1888. 
 
 m 
 
 [Note by the Department of State.— The foregoing 
 act havmg been presented to the President of the United 
 btates 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.] 
 
 route. 
 
 Route. 
 
 Bridge. 
 
 ^^^^'^^^- AN ACT To change the route of the Rock Creek Railway Company 
 stats. 26, p. 121. and for Other purposes. 
 
 p 1, r. ., J?z^ it enacted ly the Seriate and Houseof Representatives 
 R^co ^'^^^%tf^e^^'^^ted States of Americain Can qr ess assembled. That 
 
 Change of the charter of the Kock Creek Railway Company be, and 
 the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize said com- 
 pany to lay Its tracks and to run its cars thereon, through 
 and along the following-named streets, avenues, and places- 
 Commencing at the intersection of Connecticut and Florida 
 avenues; thence easterly along Florida avenue formerly 
 known as Boundary street, to Eighteenth street; thence 
 northerly along Eighteenth street to Columbia road; thence 
 westerly crossing Columbia road and extending through 
 the Cliffbourne tract, to Rock Creek, on such line as shall 
 be approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia; thence crossing Rock Creek on a substantial, 
 elevated iron bridge to be erected bv said company at its 
 own expense and approved by said Commissioners, which 
 shall be a thoroughfare open to the public, not less than 
 Mty feet wide, including sidewalks; thence northwesterlv 
 through W oodley Park to a point near Woodley road in 
 Connecticut avenue extended, on such line as shall be 
 approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia • 
 thence northerly along Connecticut avenue extended to the 
 north line of the District of Columbia; also commencing at 
 the intersection of Eighteenth and U streets northwest- 
 thence east, following U street to Fourteenth street west:' 
 
 Skifptrack., f^ovided, That the said company, at its own expense, shall 
 
 ..well paved, keep its said tracks withm the city limits and on Florida 
 avenue and Eighteenth street to Columbia road, and for 
 the space of two feet beyond the outer rails thereof and 
 also the space between the rails and tracks, at all times 
 well paved with asphalt, or such other pavement as the 
 
 Proviso 
 
 To 
 etc 
 etc. 
 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall approve, 
 and keep the same in good repair; and if said company incaseoffaii- 
 shall fail to pave or repair the said streets in the manner g^^'jjjP\«^,\^jJJ 
 aforesaid the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pave, etc., at 
 shall cause the same to be paved or repaired as aforesaid, ^°™P*^y'« ^^^^ 
 and the cost of such paving shall be recovered by the 
 Commissioners against said company in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction, and the amount so paid for such pav- 
 ing or repairing by said Commissioners shall be a lien upon Lien, 
 all property of said company from the time that said pav- 
 ing or repairing is made until paid by said company. 
 
 Sec. 2. That so much of the original charter of said Repeal of old 
 company, granted by act which became a law June twenty- "*"'®- 
 second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as prescribed 
 a route or routes for the tracks and road of said company 
 be, and the same is hereb}^ repealed, and that the route 
 or routes prescribed by this act shall be the only route or 
 routes for the tracks and road aforesaid: Provided^ That Prwtw. 
 said company shall not operate any part of its road by No overhead 
 electric power with overhead wires within the city limits, clty^^mite.'^^'' ^^ 
 
 Sec. 3. That said compan}^ is hereby authorized to issue capital stock, 
 its capital stock to an amount not to exceed the actual 
 cost, more than ten per centum of the right of way, con- 
 struction and equipment, motive power, and such land and 
 buildings as may be necessary to said road, in shares of 
 one hundred dollars each. Said company shall require 
 the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash to the 
 treasurer appointed by the corporators the amounts sev- 
 erally subscribed by them, as follows, namely: Ten per subscriptions, 
 centum at the time of subscribing and five per centum 
 each thirty days thereafter, until fifty per centum thereof 
 shall have been paid, the balance of such subscription to 
 be paid at such times and such amounts as the board of 
 directors may require; and no subscription shall be deemed 
 valid unless the ten per centum thereof shall be paid at 
 the time of subscribing, as hereinbefore provided; and if 
 any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any install- 
 ment as aforesaid, or as required by resolution of the board 
 of directors after reasonable notice of the same, the said 
 board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest Delinquent 
 bidder, so many shares of his stock as shall pay said install- ^^^^ ^^' ®^- 
 ment, and the person who offers to purchase the least 
 number of shares for the assessment due shall be taken to 
 be the highest bidder, and such sale shall be conducted 
 under such general regulations as may be adopted in the 
 by-laws of said company; but no stock shall be sold for 
 less than the total assessments due and payable, or said 
 corporation may sue and collect the same from any delin- 
 quent subscriber in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 And the time in which the work and construction of the commence- 
 road shall begin and be completed is hereby extended so pieuon Extend- 
 that the work shall be commenced within thirty days and ^' 
 the entire road completed within eighteen months from 
 the passage of this act. - 
 
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 76 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Dedication, 
 purchase, and 
 condemnation of 
 lands for public 
 highway. 
 
 R.S.D.Csecs. 
 257-267, pp. 29-30. 
 
 Provisos. 
 
 Cost of pur- 
 chase, etc. 
 
 Interference 
 with public trav- 
 el, etc. 
 
 Orieinalcharter 
 reaffirmed, etc. 
 
 Amendment, 
 etc. 
 
 Sec. 4. That when the property owners shall have dedi- 
 cated for the purposes of a public highway five-sixths in 
 buantity of the land necessary to open a street of such 
 width as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 may prescribe from Columbia road to Connecticut avenue 
 extended and also to prolong said Conneticut avenue 
 extended from the point of meeting of said street there- 
 with to the boundary of the District of Columbia for the 
 full width of one hundred and thirty feet, if any of the 
 remaining owners of property lying within the path of 
 such street or said avenue extended shall refuse or neglect 
 to dedicate their land or lands for the purposes of said 
 street or said avenue, or to sell and convey the same to 
 the District of Columbia at a price to be agreed upon by 
 and between such owners and the said District, then in 
 that event it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia, and they are hereby author- 
 ized, empowered, and directed, to condemn, in accordance 
 with the provisions of sections two hundred and fifty -seven 
 to two hundred and sixty-seven, both inclusive, of the 
 Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the 
 District of Columbia, the remaining one-sixth of said lands 
 so as aforesaid lying within the path of such street or said 
 avenue extended, or so much thereof as may not have been 
 dedicated or sold, as hereinbefore provided, and to open 
 such street as aforesaid for the width aforesaid, and to open 
 said Connecticut avenue extended for the width of one hun- 
 dred and thirty feet as a public highway: Provided, That 
 the said company shall furnish the money to pay for the 
 purchase or condemnation of said lands and to compensate 
 the owners therefor: And provided further, That the track 
 or tracks of said company shall be laid in such portions of 
 such avenues as will least interfere with public travel, the 
 location of the same to be settled by the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said company shall continue, subject to 
 all the conditions and limitations of its original charter; 
 and that Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, or 
 repeal the original charter, and this act. 
 
 Approved, May 28, 1890. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 77 
 
 after be constructed, by the Chevy Chase Land Company 
 of Montgomery County, Maryland, and which connects, or 
 may connect, with the present line of said Rock Creek May connect 
 Railway Company, and to have respecting such connect- chevT chaste 
 ing line the same powers and privileges as it now has or^°*^^®- 
 hereafter may have respecting its own line of railroad not 
 inconsistent with the laws of Maryland; and, further, that 
 the said Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of 
 Columbia shall be, and it hereby is, authorized and empow- 
 ered to issue its bonds to aid in paying for the construction Bonds, 
 and equipment of its railroad, and the purchase and lease, 
 construction, and equipment of any and all future acquisi- 
 tions and extensions as hereinbefore are, or that may Here- 
 after be, provided for, and to secure the said bonds by 
 mortgage or deed of trust of its rights of way, and all its 
 property of what kind soever, whether real, personal, or 
 mixed, including its franchises as a corporation; and as 
 proof and notice of the legal execution and effectual deliv- 
 ery of any such mortgage or deed of trust, the same shall 
 be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds 
 for the District of Columbia: Provided, however. That the 
 bonds hereby authorizedshallat notime exceed in the ag- 
 gregate amount of their face value one-half of the capital 
 stock of said company actually subscribed and paid in: 
 A7id provided further. That for the purpose of fixing the 
 amount of the capital stock of said company the cost of capital stock, 
 purchase or lease, construction, or equipment of the acqui- 
 sition and extension aforesaid shall be deemed as apart of 
 the actual cost of the rights of way, construction, equip- 
 ment, motive power, and necessary lands and buildings, 
 as provided for by the third section of the act amending 
 the charter of the said company, approved May twenty- 
 eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety; and the time for the 
 completion of said road is hereby extended six months from Time extended, 
 and after the twentieth of November, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-one. 
 
 Sec. 2. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend. Amendment. 
 or repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1891. 
 
 March 3, 1891. 
 Stats. 26, p. 836. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company 
 
 of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Co. 
 
 Be it enacted lyy the Senate and House of R&preBentrtives 
 RockCreekRy. ofthe United States of America in Congress ossenMed, That 
 in addition to the powers and privileges heretofore con- 
 ferred upon the Rock Creek Railway Company of the 
 District of Columbia by its act of incorporation as 
 amended, the said company shall be, and it hereby is, 
 authorized and empowered to buy, lease, hold, and oper- 
 ate, or otherwise to contract, respecting the railway in the 
 State of Maryland, now constructed or which may here- 
 
 April 30 1892. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railroad Company. '■ '- 
 
 stats. 27, p. 23. 
 
 Be it ermcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 ofthe United States of America in Congress assemhled. That Rock creek 
 the Rock Creek Railroad Company be, and it is hereby, ^* 
 authorized to extend its road from its present terminus on Extension of 
 U street to Florida avenue, thence along Florida avenue to ^^*'^^- 
 North Capitol street: Provided, That it shall run on the 
 same track with the Metropolitan Railroad Company be- 
 tween Ninth and Seventh streets. Said company is author- 
 ized to extend a branch road from a point on its line in Cliff- 
 burne tract across the Adams Mill road to Kansas street, 
 
 'C, 
 
Use of 
 tracks. 
 
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 78 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 thence along Kansas street to Ontario avenue, thence along 
 or adjacent to Ontario avenue to the east line of the Zoolog- 
 ical rark, on such line as shall be approved by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. That the extension 
 and branch herein provided for shall be subject, in all re- 
 spects, to the acts of Congress granting and amending the 
 charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company as fully as if 
 such acts were incorporated herein, 
 other Sec. 2. That whenever the route of the foregoing exten- 
 sion coincides with the track occupied by the Metropolitan 
 Railroad Conapany, both companies shall use the same track 
 Terms of use. upon such fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon 
 by said companies; and in the event that said companies 
 shall fail to agree upon equitable terms, either of said com- 
 mnies may apply by petition to the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia, who shall hear and determine sum- 
 marily the matter in due form of law, and adjudge to the 
 proper party the amount of compensation to be paid there- 
 ^wth between for. Whenever more than one of the tracks of said railroad 
 company shall be constructed on any of the streets, avenues, 
 or other public highways in the District of Columbia, the 
 width of space between the two tracks shall not exceed four 
 feet, unless otherwise especially ordered by the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 Joint use of Sec. 3. That the Rock Creek Railway Company and the 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company shall have 
 the power to make any contracts or agreements that may 
 be necessary to enable the said companies to run the cars 
 of each or either company over the tracks of the other com- 
 pany, and also to contract for and use the power of each or 
 either company to propel the cars of the other company. 
 The said extension and branch shall be completed within 
 one year and a half from the passage of this act. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the streets or avenues opened under the 
 provisions of this act shall conform to the general plans 
 for the extension of the streets and avenues of the District 
 of Columbia, and shall be laid out under the direction of 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right at any time to 
 alter, amend, or repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, April 30, 1892. 
 
 tracks 
 
 Completion. 
 
 Opening 
 streets. 
 
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 Amendment. 
 
 March 1, 1895. 
 Stats. 28, p. 700. 
 
 AN ACT Relative to Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of 
 
 Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted ly the Senate a/nd House of Representatives 
 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemUed^ That 
 
 R^^^^iuthorized ^^® ^^^ CvQ^k Railway Company of the District of Co- 
 
 to contract with lumbia, being authorized thereto by a vote of the owners 
 
 Zlun^'''^^^^^ a majority of its capital stock, may contract with any 
 
 street railway company owning or operating a connecting 
 
 or intersecting line for the joint management, lease, or pur- 
 
 Fare. 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-EAILW AY FBANCHI8ES. 79 
 
 chase of such connecting or intersecting line or lines and 
 operate the same in connection with its original line; and 
 in case of such contract may provide the means necessary 
 by an increase of its capital stock, not to exceed the actual 
 consideration paid or the actual cost of the necessary equip- 
 ment: Provided, That only one fare, not exceeding the rate 
 now authorized by law, shall be charged for a single con- 
 tinuous ride in the District of Columbia over all the lines 
 affected by such contract or any part thereof; and any such 
 company owning connecting or mtersecting line is hereby 
 empowered, when authorized by a vote of a majority of its 
 stockholders, to enter into such contract: Provided further. 
 That nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or 
 abridge the right of Congress at any time to regukte the 
 operation of such line or lines, or to release any railway 
 company or companies thus contracting, in whole or in 
 part, from any obligation or restriction imposed by its 
 original charter or by any law of Congress subsequently 
 enacted, except as provided herein; and Congress hereby 
 reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. In 
 the event of the said companv entering into such contract 
 as is contemplated by this Act, it is hereby authorized, if 
 deemed advisable by its directors, to change its name from 
 the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Co- Srce^'^cSS 
 lumbia to that of ''The Capital Traction Company." *"**^°^ 
 
 Approved, March 1, 1895. 
 
 May chan^t 
 name of road un- 
 
 Extract from Public No. 124, Approved, July 14, 1892. 
 
 Care of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, includ- 
 ing keepers, oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; 
 tor construction and repairs of bridges, fourteen thousand 
 dollars; in all, nineteen thousand dollars. That the Wash- 
 ington and Georgetown Railroad Company is hereby re- 
 quired to repair the bridge across Rock Creek at M. street t o x 
 northwest at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars, ^tfJet^^ 
 said repairs to be made under the direction of the Engineer 
 Commissioner of the District of Columbia ^nd in accordance 
 with plans and specifications to be prepared by him. 
 
 repair 
 at M 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Capital Traction Company of June 2, 1900. 
 
 the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That Route extend- 
 tlie Capital Traction Companv be, and the same is hereby, ^*^- 
 authorized and required, within six months from the pas- 
 sage of this Act, to lay down an underground electric rail- 
 ^/•&r^^i^^ *^^ necessary switches and turn-outs in the city 
 ot n ashington, in the District of Columbia, through and 
 along the following streets and avenues, namely: Begin- 
 
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 LAWS KELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
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 avS^fei*'^^^^^*^^® ™^i^ tracks at the intersection of Pennsylvania 
 tension. avcnue and Eighth street southeast, and thence easterly 
 
 along said Pennsylvania avenue with double tracks to Fif- 
 teenth street east; thence by a single-track loop on Penn- 
 sylvania avenue, the circle, K, and Fifteenth streets, bound- 
 ing square numbered one thousand and seventy-eight, and 
 connecting with the double tracks at Pennsylvania avenue 
 Plans. and Fifteenth street east; all work to be done in accord- 
 
 ance with plans acceptable to and approved by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. 
 ueTeslxten^ded" .^^9' ^' ^hat the said Capital Traction Company of the 
 ' District of Columbia shall have, over and respecting the 
 route hereinbefore provided for, the same rights, powers, 
 and privileges as it now has, or hereafter may have, by 
 law over and respecting its other routes, and be subject in 
 respect thereto to all the other provisions of its charter 
 and law. 
 
 Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 2, 1900. 
 
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 Mil 
 
 Jnne 4. 1900. j^ ^(j^ Authorizing and requiring certain extensions to be made to 
 the lines of the Capital Traction Company and of the Anacostia and 
 Potomac River Railroad Company of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 ' of the United States of America in Congress asseinUed^ That 
 the Capital Traction Company of the District of Columbia 
 be, and it hereby is, authorized and required to construct 
 the necessary tracks and to make the necessary connec- 
 tions for the purpose of operating its cars by the under- 
 ground electric system and to operate the same over 
 and along the following route, namely: Beginning at the 
 B. and o. de- intersection of First and C streets northwest, east on C 
 
 pot extension, street to Delaware avenue, and thence by a loop around 
 square six hundred and eighty-six (bounded bv Delaware 
 avenue, B, First, and C streets northeast). Also, begin- 
 ning at the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and Seven- 
 teenth street northwest; ^uth on Seventeenth street by 
 double tracks to G street northwest; west on G street by 
 single track to Twenty-fifth street; north on Twenty-fifth 
 
 exTelfsfoS."^^^*" ^^.^^^.*^ ^^ ^y^^^^ *^rack to Pennsylvania avenue. Also, be- 
 ginning with the tracks at the corner of Seventeenth and 
 G streets northwest; south on Seventeenth street by sin- 
 gle track to F street northwest; west on F street by sin- 
 gle track to Twenty-sixth street northwest; north on 
 Twenty-sixth street by single track to Pennsylvania ave- 
 . nue: Provided^ That for the purpose of furnishing a loop, 
 for use when necessary, a single track may be extended 
 along G street northwest from Twenty-fifth to Twenty- 
 sixth streets, connecting with the single tracks in Twenty - 
 fifth and Twenty-sixth streets northwest. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 81 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Anacostia and Potomac Eiver Railroad ^-nacostia and 
 Company be, and it is hereby, authorized and required, r R^'extemton! 
 within one year from the date of the approval of this Act, 
 to extend the lines of its underground electric railroad 
 from the intersection of First street east and E street 
 south, north along First street to B street south; thence 
 west along B street, connecting with its existing tracks 
 between Second and Third streets west. 
 
 Sec. 3. That where the route provided for in this Act coinciding 
 comcideswith the routes of existing street railways one '**'''^^^' 
 set of tracks shall be used in common, upon terms mu- 
 tually agreed upon, or, in case of disagreement, upon 
 terms determined by the supreme court of the District of 
 Columbia, which is authorized and directed to give hear- 
 ing to the interested parties and to fix the terms of joint 
 trackage. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the extensions herein authorized shall be '^^^ ^^ co°i- 
 completed and cars operated over the same within one year ^^^^^''^' 
 from the date of the passage of this Act. The double 
 tracks of the Capital Traction Company now in the south 
 side of C street northwest, between First street and New 
 Jersey avenue, shall also be removed within said time, 
 and the space so vacated restored to proper condition in a 
 manner satisfactory to the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the extensions herein authorized shall be p^"^- 
 constructed in accordance with plans satisfactory to the 
 Comnussioners of the District of Columbia and approved 
 by them. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the said Capital Traction Company and charter privi- 
 the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company shall ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 have, over and respecting the routes herein provided for, 
 the same rights, powers, and privileges they respectively 
 have or^hereaf ter may have by law, over and respecting 
 their other routes, and be subject in respect thereto to alL 
 the other m-ovisions of their charters and of law. 
 
 Sec. Y. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. ' 
 
 Approved, June 4, 1900. 
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 COLUMBIA RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Columbia Railway Company of the Dis- May 24, 1870. 
 
 trict of Columbia. q. . ,„ — t— 
 
 stats. 16, p. 133. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representative 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemUed^ Tha^ Colombia Raii- 
 William Gunton, John C. McKelden, Samuel Fowler, Wil- S^S^T'''^- 
 liam B. Todd, William H. Clagett, John F. Callan, S. P. 
 Brown, George H. Plant, W. C. Bestor, E. M. Gallaudet, 
 R. C. Fox, Mathew G. Emery, William Stickney, Martin 
 M. Roher, Richard Sutton, David D. Cone, Robert Williams, 
 William P. Copeland, William H. Nallev, G. H. B. White, 
 James T. Pritchard, J. C. Wall, John H. McCutchen, 
 Paulus Thyson, Bernard Hayes, Jacob D. Kitch, and their 
 associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a 
 body corporate, under the name of the "Columbia Rail- 
 way Company," with authority to construct and lay down 
 a single or double track railway, with the necessary switches 
 and turnouts, in the city and county of Washington, in the 
 District of Columbia, through and along the following 
 avenues, streets, and highways: commencing at a point on Route, 
 the eastern side of west Fifteenth street, on New York 
 avenue, thence eastwardly along said avenue to its inter- 
 section with north K street; thence along north K street 
 to its intersection with Massachusetts avenue; thence along 
 Massachusetts avenue to its intersection with north H 
 street; and thence along H street to its eastern termina- 
 tion with the Columbia turnpike gate, with the right to 
 run public carriages thereon drawn by horse-power, re- aM oti ve 
 ceiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding six cents a^*?^^^- 
 passenger for any distance on said road. 
 
 Sec. 2. And he it further enacted^ That should a majority Road may be 
 of the stockholders so elect, at any time within two years ^''*^°^^^' 
 after the completion of said road (provided for in section 
 one above), the said Company shall have the right to extend 
 said road, either with a smgle or double track, with the nec- 
 essary switches and tournouts along the line of the Colum- 
 bia Turnpike Road Company, with the consent of said 
 Turnpike Road Company, or on any other road or roads 
 leading northwardly or eastwardly from such intersection 
 at the Columbia turnpike gate, now opened, or which may 
 hereafter be opened, by the proper authorities; and thence 
 along said road or roads, by the most practicable route or 
 
 « Changed to cable power under authority of Act of Congress, ap- 
 proved March 2, 1889. 
 
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 COLUMBIA RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN A.CT To incorporate the Columbia Railway Company of the Dm- May 24, 1870. 
 
 trict of Columbia. stats. 16. p. 133. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentativ^ 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ Tha^ Columbia Raii- 
 William Gunton, John C. McKelden, Samuel Fowler, Wil- SJ^SmeT^'^" 
 liam B. Todd, William H. Clagett, John F. Callan, S. P. 
 Brown, George H. Plant, W. C. Bestor, E. M. Gallaudet, 
 R. C. Fox, Mathew G. Emery, William Stickney, Martin 
 M. Roher, Richard Sutton, David D. Cone, Robert Williams, 
 William P. Copeland, William H. Nalley, G. H. B. White, 
 James T. Pritchard, J. C. Wall, Johiu H. McCutchen, 
 Paulus Thyson, Bernard Hayes, Jacob D. Kitch, and their 
 associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a 
 body corporate, under the name of the "Columbia Rail- 
 way Company," with authority to construct and lay down 
 a single or double track railway, with the necessary switches 
 and turnouts, in the city and county of Washington, in the 
 District of Columbia, through and along the following 
 avenues, streets, and highways: commencing at a point on Route, 
 the eastern side of west Fifteenth street, on New York 
 avenue, thence eastwardly along said avenue to its inter- 
 section with north K street; thence along north K street 
 to its intersection with Massachusetts avenue; thence along 
 Massachusetts avenue to its intersection with north H 
 street; and thence along H street to its eastern termina- 
 tion with the Columbia turnpike gate, with the right to 
 run public carriages thereon drawn by horse-power, re- om oti ye 
 ceiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding six cents a^^^re 
 passenger for any distance on said road. 
 
 Sec. 2. And he it further enacted^ That should a majority ^®*^^™*y ^ 
 of the stockholders so elect, at any time within two years ^^^^ ' 
 after the completion of said road (provided for in section 
 one above), the said Company shall have the right to extend 
 said road, either with a single or double track, with the nec- 
 essary switches and tournouts along the line of the Colum- 
 bia Turnpike Road Company, with tiie consent of said 
 Turnpike Road Company, or on any other road or roads 
 leading northwardly or eastwardly from such intersection 
 at the Columbia turnpike gate, now opened, or which may 
 hereafter be opened, by the proper authorities; and thence 
 along said road or roads, by the most practicable route or 
 
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 proved March 2, 1889. 
 
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 routes, to the termini near, at or in the District of Colum- 
 bia, receiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding cents 
 Motive power, a passenger for any distance on said road or roads. The 
 . carriages on the extension of said road or roads to be pro- 
 pelled either by horse-power or dummy engines, at the 
 option of the said Railway Company. 
 
 Sec. 3. And he itfurtkefr enacted^ That the said road or 
 roads shall be deemed real estate, and, together with other 
 real and personal property of said body corporate, shall 
 Taxation. be liable to taxation as other real estate and personal prop- 
 License ioT^^^J-i and to license for their vehicles or cars in the city 
 »»• and county aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Construction. Sec. 4. And he it further enacted^ That the said railway 
 shall be laid as near the centre of the avenues and streets 
 in the city Of Washington as practicable (without interfer- 
 ing with or passing over the water or gas pipes), in the 
 most approved manner adapted for street railways, with 
 the rails of the most approved pattern, to be determined 
 by the Secretary of the Interior, laid upon an even surface 
 with the pavement of the streets or avenues; and the space 
 between the two tracks (where two are laid) shall not be 
 less than four feet nor more than six feet, and the car- 
 Gauge, riages shall not be less than six feet in width; the gauge 
 to correspond with that of the Metropolitan Railroad. 
 That the railways in the county (should it be determined 
 to construct such roads) shall be laid in such manner as 
 will least interfere with the ordinary travel of the road or 
 roads on which the tracks shall be laid. 
 ^ Sec. 5. And he it further enacted, That the said corpora- 
 tion hereby created shall be bound to keep said tracks, 
 and for a space of two feet beyond the outer rail thereof, 
 and also the space between the tracks, so far as the same 
 are laid within the limits of the city of Washington, at all 
 Paving. times well paved and in good order, without expense to 
 the United States or the said city. And in case the road 
 shall be extended beyond the limits of said city, [as is here- 
 tofore provided,] the said corporation shall be bound to 
 keep said tracks, and for a space of two feet beyond the 
 outer rail thereof, and also the space between the tracks 
 well gravelled or paved and in good order, so as not to 
 impede the general travel on said roads by vehicles or 
 otherwise, without expense to the county of Washington. 
 Grade of streets Sec. 6. And he it further enacted. That nothing in this 
 may be changed. ^^^ gj^^jj prevent the Government at any time, at its option, 
 from altering the grade, or otherwise improving all ave- 
 nues and streets occupied by said road, or the city of 
 Washington from so altering and improving such streets 
 and avenues and the sewerage thereof, as may be under 
 their respective authority and control; and in such event 
 it shall be the duty of said Company to change their said 
 railway so as to conform to such grade and pavement. 
 
 Sec. 7. And he it further enacted. That this act may at 
 any time be altered, amended, or repealed by the Congress 
 of the United States. 
 
 Paving. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
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 Shares, how 
 transferable. 
 
 running. 
 
 Sec. 8. And he it further enacted. That nothing in this issue of cur- 
 act shall be so construed as to authorize said body corpo- thomed?°* *"" 
 rate to issue any note, token or device, scrip or other evi- 
 dence of debt, to be used as currency. 
 
 Sec. 9. And he itfartlter enacted, That the capital stock capital stock, 
 of said Company shall not be less than one hundred thou- 
 sand dollars, nor more than four hundred thousand dollars, 
 and that the stock shall be divided into shares of fifty dol- 
 lars each, and shall be deemed personal property, transfer- 
 able in such manner as the By-Laws of said Company ma}^ 
 direct. 
 
 Sec. 10. A7id he it further enacted. That the said Com- cars, class and 
 pany shall place first-class cars on said railway, with all the 
 modern improvements, for the convenience and comfort of 
 passengers, and shall run cars thereon during the day and 
 as late as ten o'clock at night, and as often as every fifteen 
 minutes, between west Fifteenth street and the eastern ter- 
 minus of north H street; and in case the said road shall be 
 extended beyond the city limits, on the entire road, or such 
 portions as may be completed, through the day and night, 
 as often as the public convenience and the interests of the 
 Railway Company m^y require: Provided, however. That 
 the carriages or cars thereon shall not make less than eight 
 trips each way per day during six days in each week. 
 
 Sec. 11. And he it further enacted. That the said Com- ^^P^^s^^ser 
 pany shall provide such passenger rooms, ticket offices, 
 stables, and depots at such points as the business of the 
 railroad and the convenience of the public may require. 
 And said Company is hereby authorized to lay such rails 
 through transverse or other streets or roads as may be 
 necessary for the exclusive purpose of connecting the said^^g^nnecting 
 stables and depots with the main tracks; and the said Com- 
 pany is hereby authorized to purchase or lease such lands 
 or buildings as may be necessary for the passenger rooms, 
 ticket offices, stables, and depots above mentioned. 
 
 Sec. 12. And he it further enacted, That all articles of 
 value that may be inadvertently left in any of the cars or 
 other vehicles of said Company shall be taken to its prin- 
 cipal depot and entered in a book of record of unclaimed 
 goods, which book shall be opened to the inspection of the 
 public at all reasonable hours of business. 
 
 Sec. 13. And he it further enacted. That within thirty 
 days after the passage of this act, the corporators named 
 in the first section, or a majority of them, or if any refuse 
 to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall cause books 
 of subscription to the capital stock of said Company to be subscription to 
 opened, and kept open, in some convenient and accessible *^^'** ^^^ * 
 place or places in the city of Washington for a period to be 
 fixed by said corporators, not less than two days; and said 
 corporators shall give public notice, by advertisement in 
 not less than two daily papers published in the city of 
 Washington, of the time when and the place where said 25 per cent of 
 books shall be opened; and subscribers upon said books tot^pTwa'ttimecS 
 the capital stock of the Company shall be held to be stock- ^^^^^^^ing. 
 
 Lands. 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
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 First meeting 
 of stockholders. 
 
 Directors. 
 
 
 Votes and 
 proxies. 
 
 Board of di- 
 rectors. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 Vacancies. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Subscription to 
 stock, when to be 
 called in. 
 
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 holders; Provided^ That no one individual shall be allowed 
 to subscribe for more than two hundred shares of said 
 stock: Provided further^ That every subscriber shall pay, 
 at the time of subscribing, twenty -five per centum of the 
 amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by 
 the corporators, or his subscription shall be null and void. 
 If, at the end of two days, a larger amount than the capi- 
 tal stock of said Company shall have been subscribed, tne 
 books shall be closed, and the said corporators named in 
 the first section shall forthwith proceed to apportion said 
 capital stock among the subscribers pro rata^ and make 
 public proclamation of the number of shares allotted to 
 each, which shall be done and completed on the same day 
 the books are closed: Provided furthe7\ That nothing shall 
 be received in payment of the twenty-five per centum, at 
 the time of subscribing, except money. And when the 
 books of subscription of the capital stock of said Company 
 shall be closed, the corporators named in the first section, 
 or a majority of them, and, in case any of them refuse or 
 neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall, 
 within ten days thereafter, call the first meeting of the 
 stockholders of said Company, to meet within ten days 
 thereafter, for the choice of seven directors, of which pub- 
 lic notice shall be given for five days in not less than two 
 public newspapers published daily in the city of .Washing- 
 ton, or by written or printed personal notice to each stock- 
 holder by the clerk of the corporation. And in all meetings 
 of stockholders each share shall entitle the holder to one 
 vote, to be given in person or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 14. And he it further enacted^ That the government 
 and direction of the affairs of the Company shall be vested 
 in a Board of Directors, seven in number, who shall be 
 stockholders, and who shall hold their office for one year 
 and until others are duly elected and qualified to take their 
 places as Directors. And the said Directors (a majority of 
 whom, the President being one, shall constitute a quorum), 
 shall elect one of their number to be President of the 
 Board, who shall also be President of the Company; and 
 they shall also choose a Treasurer, who shall give bonds, 
 with security, to said Company in such sum as the said 
 Directors may require for the faithful discharge of his 
 trust. In case of a vacancy in the Board of Directors by 
 the death, resignation, or otherwise of any Director, the 
 vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by the remain- 
 ing Directors. 
 
 Sec. 15. And he it further enacted, That the Directors 
 shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, 
 rules and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper 
 respecting the disposition and management of the stock, 
 property, estate and effects of the Company, not contrary 
 to the charter or to the laws of the United States and the 
 ordinances of the city and county of Washington : Provided: 
 That the Directors of said corporation shall have the power 
 to require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay the 
 
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 87 
 
 amount by them respectively subscribed at such time (after 
 the first installment), in such manner and in such amounts 
 as they may deem proper; and if any stockholder shall 
 refuse or neglect to pay any installments as required by a 
 resolution of the Board of Directors, after reasonable notice 
 of the same, the said Board of Directors may sell at public 
 auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his said 
 stock as shall pay said installments (and the highest bidder 
 shall be taken to be the person who offers to purchase the 
 least number of shares for the assessment due), under such 
 regulations as may be adopted in the By-Laws of said cor- 
 poration; or said body corporate may sue and collect the 
 same from any delinquent subscriber in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 16. And he it further enacted^ That there shall be 
 an annual meeting of the stockholders for choice of direct- 
 ors, to be holden at such time and place, under such con- 
 ditions, and upon such notice as the said Company in their 
 By-Laws may prescribe; and said Directors shall annually 
 make a report in writing of their doings to Congress, or to 
 the Secretary of the Interior, and to the stockholders in 
 general meeting. 
 
 Sec. 17. Andheit further enacted, That the Mayor and 
 Council of said city, and the levy court of said county, 
 and the several officers of these corporations, and the said 
 corporations are hereby prohibited from doing any act or 
 thing to hinder, delay, or obstruct the construction or 
 operations of said railway, as herein authorized. 
 
 Sec. 18. And he it further enacted. That the said Com 
 pany shall have, at all times, the free and uninterrupted 
 use of the roadway. And if any person or persons shall 
 wilfully and unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage 
 of, or destroy or injure the cars, depot, stations, or any 
 other property belonging to said Railway Company, the 
 person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for 
 each such offence the sum of ten dollars to said Company, 
 to be recovered and disposed of as other tines and penal- 
 ties in said city and county, and shall remain liable, in 
 addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned 
 by his, her, or their act as aforesaid; but no suit shall be 
 brought unless commenced within sixty days after such 
 offence shall have been committed. 
 
 Sec. 19. And he it further enacted, That unless said cor- 
 poration shall make and complete their said railway 
 between west Fifteenth street and the eastern terminus of 
 north H street within eight months after the Company shall 
 have been fully organized, then this act shall be null and 
 void, and no rights whatsoever shall be acquired under it; 
 and that the remainder of the said road shall be completed 
 (if commenced) to its proposed terminus in the county of 
 Washington within five years. 
 
 Sec. 20. And he it further enaxited^ That no person shall 
 be prohibited the right to travel on any part of said road 
 or roads, or ejected from the cars thereof, for any other 
 
 Forfeiture. 
 
 Annual meet- 
 ing. 
 
 Report. 
 
 ConBtructionof 
 railway not to be 
 hindered. 
 
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 Obstrction of 
 roadway. 
 
 Completion. 
 
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 Exclusion from 
 cars. 
 
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 cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, unclean, con- 
 tagiously diseased, refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, 
 individ„«i r ^""^ ^""^^^Z "^i^}" the general regulations of the Company 
 i.mf^f'tiJit. ^J^-21. A7id be zt further enacted, That each of the stock- 
 holders. holders in the Co umbia Railway Company shall be liable 
 
 individually for all the debts and liabilities of said Company 
 to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by such 
 stockholder. '^ 
 
 Reports. 8^0. 22. And he it further enacted, That all the provisions 
 
 of the act incorporating the Washington and Georgetown 
 Kailroad Company, requiring reports of expenditures, earn- 
 ings, and otherwise, shall be applicable to the Company 
 herein incorporated, which shall make reports as in said 
 act required. 
 ci?u1e^ e a 1 i ng Sec. 23. And he it further enacted. That all acts and parts 
 of acts heretofore passed which are inconsistent with any 
 of the provisions of this act be, and the same are, for the 
 purposes of this act, hereby repealed, so far as the same 
 are inconsistent herewith. 
 
 June 13, 1898. 
 
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 AN ACT To authorize the extension eastwardly of the Columbia 
 
 Railway. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatvves 
 
 Extension ^n ?/ ^Ti i "^l- o ^m ''^"^!?^'^^ ^'^ Congress asseinUed, That 
 Bennings road, ^ue L^olumbia Kailway Company, incorporated under an 
 
 Act of Congress approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy, be, and it is hereby, authorized to 
 extend its lines and to locate, construct, equip, and main- 
 tain and operate a single or double track railway, and all 
 necessary depots, stations, sidings, switches, and turn-outs, 
 Motive power, and to mn cars thereon propelled by cable, electric, com- 
 pressed air, or other mechanical power, except steam loco- 
 
 Passengersanaf^^V^V*^!^^ approved by the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 merchandise. trict ot Columbia, and to carry passengers, parcels, milk 
 truck, and merchandise over and along the following 
 routes and roads in the District of Columbia, to wit: Be- 
 ginning at the present eastern terminus of the railway of 
 said company as now laid down and constructed on Ben- 
 ning road; thence along the north side of said road, but 
 outside of the limits thereof, to the western edge or shore 
 hue of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River; thence 
 over the flats of said branch and over said branch by a 
 wooden trestle bridge to the eastern edge or shore of said 
 branch; thence to a point at or near the intersection of 
 said Bennmg road with the road north of the Baltimore 
 and Potomac Railroad known as the Race Course road- 
 thence along the said Race Course road, but outside its 
 limits, to the Anacostia road; thence along said Anacostia 
 road, but outside its limits, to Watts Creek; thence east 
 across said Anacostia road, and, by proper subway, under- 
 neath the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac and Balti- 
 more and Ohio railroads, to a point at or near the eastern 
 
 Route 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 89 
 
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 Plans. 
 
 Cause wa y 
 across flats. 
 
 corner of the District of Columbia, with a branch from 
 the intersection of said Watts Creek and Anacostia road 
 along Anacostia road, but outside its limits, to its inter- 
 section with the eastern boundary line of the District of 
 Columbia: Provided, That the location of said routes and 
 the plans and specifications for the construction of the said 
 railway lines, depots, and stations shall be subject to the 
 approval of the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, and that the said company shall, whenever the flats of 
 the said Eastern Branch shall be reclaimed, construct in 
 the place and stead of the trestle bridge herein provided brid|e"^*°^°* 
 for a permanent structure, to be approved by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia: And provided 
 fuTther, That overhead trolleys shall not be used on the ^^no^ ^l^^^x 
 lines of the said company farther west on said railroad ifmiteT ^° ^^ ^ 
 than Fifteenth street northeast. That wherever electric 
 power propulsion is adopted upon the extension herein 
 authorized, or on any other portion of the line of said 
 Columbia Railway Company, no portion of the electrical 
 circuit shall be through the earth, but a return circuit of 
 proper capacity and located similarly to the feed- wire To nrevent 
 circuit shall be provided for the electrical current, and 
 that whenever the trolley system is used each car shall be 
 provided with a double trolley, and that no earth connec- 
 tion shall be made with any dynamo furnishing power for 
 the road. The said company is hereby authorized to con- 
 struct a roadbed or causeway on which to lay the tracks 
 of its railway across the flats of said Eastern Branch from 
 the western shore or edge to the channel thereof. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the main line hereby authorized to a point j^^e of oom- 
 at or near the eastern corner of the Districf of Columbia ^ * 
 shall be completed within one year from the date of the 
 approval of this Act, and the ' branch from said Watts 
 Creek along said Anacostia road shall be completed within 
 two years from the date of the approval of this Act. 
 
 Sec. 3. That only one fare for a continuous ride over 
 the route described in the company's charter, and over the 
 extensions hereby authorized or any part thereof, shall be 
 charged for each passenger. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said company shall have at all times the 
 free and uninterrupted use of the line and tracks hereby au- uni'awftiL 
 thorized, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mis- 
 chievously, 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 per- 
 son or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each 
 such offense a sum not exceeding one hundred aollars, to Penalty, 
 be recovered as other fines and penalties are recovered in 
 said District, and all persons so offending 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 
 
 Fare. 
 
 Obstruction to 
 free use of tracks 
 
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 90 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 jsuit shall be brought to enforce such fines and penalties or 
 to recover for any such loss or damage unless commenced 
 within sixty days after the ofi'ense shall have been com- 
 mitted. 
 
 riJhtofwSylSd ^Ep- ^- That the said company shall have the right to 
 land for depots, acquire and obtain the right of way over and through the 
 land on which the aforesaid lines and routes may be located, 
 and to acquire and hold land for necessary depots, stations, 
 offices, store and power houses, and workshops; and in 
 the event that said company shall not be able to come to 
 an agreement with the owners of any land through which 
 the said line and routes may be located, or on which it may 
 be necessary to erect depots, stations, offices, store and 
 piS??^^*"**''^^'^^^ houses, or workshops, proceedings for the condem- 
 nation for the use of the company of so much land as may 
 be required for right of way, not exceeding thirty feet in 
 width, and for the necessary depots, stations, offices, store 
 and power houses, and workshops may be instituted in the 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia under and in 
 accordance with the provisions of sections two hundred 
 and fifty-seven to two hundred and sixty -seven, both in- 
 clusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States relat- 
 ing to the District of Columbia, being the laws governing 
 the condemnation of lands in said District for public high- 
 Procedure, ways: Prmided^ That it shall be the duty of the marshal of 
 the said District, upon the request of said railway company, 
 to summon all necessary jurors and to exercise the powers 
 and authority conferred upon him by said laws: And pro- 
 vided further^ That the costs and expenses of all such pro- 
 ceedings shall be defrayed by the said railway company. 
 
 to^SSteSnway'^^®.^^"^"^^^^^^"®^^ ^^ *^^ District of Columbia are au- 
 in 30-foot strip, thorized and empowered to locate the lines of the railway 
 of said company within the said area, thirty feet in width, 
 so to be acquired as aforesaid, north of the present north- 
 Dedication of ern line of said Benning road. In the event that said Ben- 
 BenniSr^adTs ning .I'oad and other roads mentioned in section one shall 
 -''' be widened to a width of ninety or more feet, and further, 
 
 in the event of any portions of the right of way being in- 
 cluded in highways to be opened in future, then, and in 
 such cases, the said company shall convey to the District of 
 Columbia, for the use of the public, the right of way over 
 the said area of thirty feet in width, subject, however, 
 to the right of the said company to use and occupy the 
 same for the operation and maintenance of its said road. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the said railway company shall have the 
 right to issue bonds of said company to an amount nec- 
 essary to cover the cost of locating, constructing, and equip- 
 ping the said extended lines of railway tracks and the 
 depots, stations, offices, store and power houses, and work- 
 shops necessary to the proper operation thereof, and to se- 
 cure the same by a mortgage or deed of trust covering its 
 corporate franchises and properties, or such portion thereof 
 as may be necessary for that purpose: Provided^ hoicever^ 
 That the total issue of said bonds shall not in the aggre- 
 
 widene 
 
 Bonds. 
 
 Appeal. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 gate exceed the actual cost of the construction and equip- 
 ment hereinbefore authorized; and before any bond or trust 
 deed shall be executed, the amount thereof shall be ascer- 
 tained and fixed by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia; and for this purpose said Commissioners are 
 hereby authorized to subpoena and examine witnesses and 
 take such testimony as may be necessary to enable them to 
 make such determination and ^^ the amount of issue: 
 And provided further^ That an appeal may be taken from 
 the decision of said Commissioners to the supreme court 
 of the District of Columbia. And all bonds issued in ex- 
 cess of the amount authorized by said Commissioners or 
 said court, or in violation of the provisions of this Act, 
 shall be null and void. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the said railway company is authorized and 
 empowered to contract with any railway company owning 
 and operating, or which may hereafter own and operate, 
 any railway connecting or intersecting the extension of the 
 Columbia Railway herein authorized, for the joint use, 
 management, or lease of said extended lines, or either of 
 them, or any part thereof, upon such terms as may be 
 agreed upon between such companies: Provided^ That 
 steam power shall not be used upon any portion of the 
 route named herein which is or may hereafter be in- 
 cluded within the limits of highways, nor west of the 
 present tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore 
 and Potomac railroads: And provided further^ That nothing 
 herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the Con- 
 gress from authorizing any other railroad company own- 
 ing and operating or to own and operate any connecting 
 or intersecting railway to use said extended lines, or either 
 of them, or any part thereof, upon such terms as it may 
 prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the rights conferred and the duties and 
 obligations imposed upon said company by its charter, or 
 by subsequent legislation, shall be held to extend and 
 apply to the extensions herein provided for: Provided^ 
 That nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the 
 Columbia Railwa}^ to occupy the right of way of any other 
 company. 
 
 Sec. 9. That Congress reserves to itself the right to 
 alter, amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 13, 1898. 
 
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 Commissioners 
 to fix amount. 
 
 May make con- 
 tracts with con- 
 necting or inter- 
 secting railways 
 for ioint use of 
 tracks. 
 
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 Steam power 
 not to be used. 
 
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 Charter priv- 
 ileges extended. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the time within which certain street Mar. 1. 1901. 
 railroads in the District of Columbia may be constructed. 
 
 Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of 
 the United States of Amertea in Congress assemUed^ "^^^^ an^* Get?yf bui5 
 the time within which the Washington and Gettysburg time extended. 
 Railway Company, of Maryland, is allowed to extend its 
 lines into and within the District of Columbia be, and the 
 
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 Columbia R.R. 
 
 tr;LS'Sli.f,t£/- *- years W and afte. 
 wav k tJh^i ^'Jf .*™^ '"i*''''' ^'"'^J' *he Columbia Rai]- 
 
 Approved, March 1, 1901. 
 
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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUBURBAN RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the District of Columbia Suburban Railway July 5. 1892. 
 
 Company. stats. 27, p. 66. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Bepresentatives ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemhled,. That lumbia ^Mway 
 Richard K. Cralle, Charles E. Creecy, John T. Mitchell, M. ^^d ^ *^''''" 
 F. Morris, J. W. Denver, L. G. Hine, Gilbert Moyers, S. E. 
 Mudd, Robert A. Howard, W. I. Hill, John W. Childress, 
 J. F. Kennedy, D. W. Glaisse, Harry Barton, Philemon W. 
 Chew, T. C. Daniel, G. P. Davis, Jere Johnson and L. C. 
 Loomis, and their associates successors, and assigns, are 
 hereby created a body corporate by the name, style, and 
 title of "The District of Columbia Suburban Railway Com- 
 pany," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, 
 and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
 defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity 
 within the United States, and may make and have a common 
 seal. And said corporation is hereby authorized to con- 
 struct and lay down a single or double track railway, as 
 may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia, with the necessary switches, turn outs, and other 
 mechanical devices, in the District of Columbia, through 
 and along the following routes: Beginning at the dividing 
 line between the District of Columbia and the State of 
 Maryland, on the Bladensburg road, and running thence 
 along the said road so that the outer rail of said railway ^ ' 
 shall not be more than five feet from the eastern boundary 
 of said Bladensburg road, to H. street east; thence west on 
 H. street east to Seventh street east, over the tracks of the 
 Columbia Railroad. 
 
 Also beginning at the junction of Philadelphia and 
 Twelfth streets in Brookland and running south along 
 Twelfth street; thence by such line as may be authorized 
 by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the 
 intersection of Patterson avenue with the Fairview road; 
 thence along the Fairview, Corcoran and Mt. Olivet roads 
 to Twelfth street extended; thence along Twelfth street 
 extended to the junction of Twelfth street east and Florida 
 avenue. 
 
 Also beginning at the junction of Frankfort and Twenty- 
 fourth streets in Langdon; thence along Twenty-fourth 
 street to Cincinnati street; thence along Cincinnati street 
 to and across Chapel road to Lafayette avenue; thence 
 along Lafayette avenue and in line to Capitol street, Ivy 
 
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 Routes. 
 
 Bladensburg 
 
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 Brookland. 
 
 
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 Langdon. 
 
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 In Washington. 
 
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 II 
 
 City; thence along Capitol street to Mt. Olivet road- 
 thence along Mt. Olivet road to Twelfth street extended ' 
 Also from the intersection of Florida avenue with Twelfth 
 street northeast, to H street northeast, on Twelfth street- 
 thence west on H street over the tracL of thf^lumbk 
 road to Seventh street east; thence south on SevenOi sSeet 
 by single track to G street east; thence west on G street 
 by single tra<=k to First street west; thence by a route to be 
 kid down U the Commissioners of the District of a,ium! 
 bia across New Jereey avenue to the tracks of the Capitol 
 
 tr^t.^f fhf l^T*'' Washington Eailroad; thence onThe 
 tracks of the last-named road on G street to Fourth street 
 
 south on Fifth street west, in part over the tracks of the 
 Metropolitan Kailroad, to Louisiana avenue; thence south 
 
 ^tll'''^/'^K''"^u''^*''''*=K°n Louisiana avenue to a S 
 tobelocated by theCoramissionersof the Districtof cXm 
 bia east of Seventh street west. Returning north-ea^teiTy 
 
 ?™.V^ T^^iS^^"*'^ ^ ^'^^^ «*••««* ^««t; thence over the 
 ^F^irth ? ^f 'oP^liten Railroad along Judiciary Square 
 to Fourth street west; thence north on Fourth street west 
 by singjle track to E street west; thence east on E street 
 by single track to Eighth street e^t; thence north by sSe 
 
 t™oLnf^!?''r /""l^* *\^ ^''^^t! thence east over tlie 
 n?^^ of the Columbia railroad to Twelfth street; thence 
 an^f on Twelfth street to Florida avenue: Provided, That 
 all of the routes herein mentioned shall be subiect to fC 
 ™^.L^'b7Jl.r 3X1°* *''^Comn«issioners of the District of Smbiat 
 mtaionei. and those portions of said road between the District line 
 and Floncfa avenue shall be fully constructed before the 
 cars of the said District of Columbia Suburban Raffroad 
 shall be run over any part of the said route within the limfte 
 of the city of Washington ; Whenever a permanent system 
 
 iLZ^^ ff ^'S^T^^ ''•*." ^*^« been establishef and 
 laid out m the suburban portion of the District contiguous 
 to the route of this railroad, said company shall when 
 required by the Commissioners of the DiW4 ™^uch 
 changes to be made in the location of ite traSsTaW Com 
 missioners shall require in order to make the routeof saTd 
 road conform to such streets and highway system Wher 
 country ™«i^ ever the route of this road coincidelwith thatof a country 
 road the railway shall be constructed along and outsMe S 
 such road Said company shall keep thesBace between its 
 tracks, and two feet outside of its tmcks in such condUion 
 as may be required by said Commissioners. *=^°'*"ion 
 bEC. 2. That said company may run nublic onrrisKroo 
 Mof^e^e. propeHed by cable electee, 'or ofher meTa^crrier- 
 Provided; That if electric wires or cables be nspd ^^tw 
 er^o'Sn'lTntSe Hmits of the city of Washing the wireslhllf be 
 placed underground, and the power used shall be subiect 
 to the approval of the said Commissioners; but nothW 
 Ihi i' f t f ^'»". *11«^ the use of steam power or anrmotof 
 which shall in Its operation cause any noise or other dis- 
 turbance which in the judgment of ^said Commissioners 
 
 Changes. 
 
 der 
 city. 
 
 Crossing!. 
 
 Terms of use. 
 
 shall be inimical to the public safety or comfort: Provided 
 fwrthei\ That for the purpose of making a continuous con- 
 nection the said company shall have the right to cross all 
 streets, avenues, and highways necessary for this purpose: 
 ^ Provided, That whenever the foregoing route or routes may 
 coincide with the route or routes of any duly mcorporated^^^^^^c^**^^*^ 
 street railway company in the District of Columbia the 
 tracks shall be used by both companies, which are hereby 
 authorized and empowered to use such tracks in common, 
 upon such fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon 
 by said companies; and in the event the said companies 
 fail to agree upon equitable terms, either of said companies 
 may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District 
 of (Jolumbia, which shall immediately provide for proper 
 notice to and hearing of all parties interested, and shall 
 have power to determine the terms and conditions upon 
 which and the regulations under which the company hereby 
 incorporated shall be entitled so to use and enjoy the track 
 of such other street railway company, and the amount and 
 manner of compensation to be paid therefor: Andprovided 
 further. That neither of the companies using such tracks 
 'in common shall be permitted to make the track so used m 
 common the depot or general stopping place to await pas- 
 sengers, but shall only be entitled to use the same for the 
 ordinary passage of its cars, with the ordinary halts for tak- 
 ing up and dropping off passengers: Provided, That this 
 shall not apply to or interfere with any station already 
 established on any existing lines; that said corporation is 
 authorized and empowered to propel its cars over the line 
 of any other road or roads, which may be in the alignment 
 with and upon such streets as may be covered by the route 
 or routes as prescribed in this act, in accordance with the 
 conditions hereinbefore contained; and that this corpora- 
 tion shall construct and repair such portions of its road as 
 may be upon the line or routes of any other road thus used; 
 and in case of any disagreement with any company whose 
 line of road is thus used, such disagreement may be deter- 
 mined summarily upon the application of either road to 
 any court in said District having competent jurisdiction. 
 Whenever more than one of the tracks of said railway 
 shall be constructed on any of the public highways in the . 
 District, the width of space between the tracks shall not 
 exceed four feet, unless otherwise ordered by the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 3. That said company shall receive a rate of fare 
 not exceeding five cents per passenger for any distance on 
 its route within the District of Columbia, and the said 
 company may make arrangements with all existing railway 
 companies in the District of Columbia for the interchange 
 of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That 
 within the District limits six tickets shall be sold for TicJcets. 
 
 twenty -five cents. i /ij. 
 
 Sec. 4. That said company shall, on or before the faf- 
 teenth of January of each year, make a report to Congress, 
 
 .1 
 
 Repair. 
 
 H 
 
 Fare. 
 
 Annual report. 
 
 i 
 
Taxes. 
 
 : 
 
 , 
 
 III 
 
 96 LAWS BELATINa TO STBEET-BAILWAT FEANCHISE8. 
 
 . through the Commissioners of the DistriVf nt o^i u- 
 
 operate as a forfeitiirrn/ /m ' i? . ^^'^"';^. ^^^" ^^ '^^self 
 
 to .be i>L,ic. oiTShSMi S^teErta;," « 
 
 and property of soiH nr»rr.r!o ""'V'^f^^®? ana the franchise 
 
 thereof, as now p.oS byTawtnhe safe o? ff,^'«*»«"«" 
 erty for taxes; and said four per centum o? ?fl^®'" P^'^'P" 
 mes sha I be in liennf „,i'^l*^"'-"'"<*^ its gross earn- 
 
 taxes upon its proMrtvutdlnl'"; '^'^f"'^^^ ot personal 
 
 go^"ma'terlt^?d^ra^SSatan ,'^ '■'''^'^''^ «* 
 with the rails of the most aDor^vpdLff *^?'*^'^ °*''°«'' 
 
 by the Commission's of tr''J^trDX'l;°.''-J'PP''"^«'* 
 even surface with the pavement Se street 'an'd'^h?"" ''" 
 
 be bound to keU 'aidfra^kT^'l'^^ hereb/created shall 
 beyond the outer raHsWnV»^°'i the space of two feet 
 
 the\^ks atln Sstrgood'oS^^^ 
 
 nip-hways throup-h whiVh if rS. "^"er as the streets and 
 
 of the siid Sis^Sners S^,*'"^^^'^* to the approval 
 States or to the Set of ci umbia P""'" *" *'^' "^"''^^ 
 
 Gradeof Street Sim Y TKof «^4.u* .'-'^ vy^umoia. 
 
 ■"^"^'---•trictof CokmMaat'afv'ti^^f 'f'-/^«'l.P'-«^«»* the Dis- 
 the giJ^Z othervviseLn^^ •** its option, from altering 
 
 Construction, 
 
 Paving. 
 
 LAWS BBLATINGh TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 9T 
 
 trenches and excavations in any of said streets, or places 
 where said corporation may have the right to construct 
 and operate its road, and place in such trenches and exca- 
 vations all needful and convenient devices and machinery 
 for operating said railroad in the manner and by the 
 means aforesaid, subject to the approval of the said Com- 
 missioners. But whenever such trenches or excavations 
 shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any 
 subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which 
 has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense 
 necessary to change such underground construction shall 
 be borne by the said railway company: Provided^ That 
 wherever the railroad shall be built along any road, the . space between 
 space between the inner rail of said railroad and the road- ISadway. 
 way shall be graded and put in good order for public use 
 at the expense of the company and subject to the approval 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia : Pro- 
 vided also, That the construction of said railroad on any water mains, 
 street where there are or may be any mains, fixtures, or ®^- 
 apparatus pertaining to the Washington 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 no steam cars, locomotives, 
 or passenger or other cars for steam railroads shall ever be 
 run on the tracks of said company over any such main, 
 fixture, or apparatus. The said railroad shall be subject to 
 the requirements of section fixteen of the act of Congress 
 approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety -one, entitled "An act to incorporate the Washing- 
 ton and Arlington Railway Company of the District of 
 Columbia." Tne said company shall, before commencing ^j^Deposit, for 
 work on said railroad on sucn street, deposit with the Treas- 
 urer of the United States to the credit of the Washington 
 Aqueduct such sum as the Secretary of War may consider 
 necessary to defray all the expenses that may incurred by 
 the United States in connection with the inspection of the 
 work of construction of said railroad on such street, and 
 in making good any damages done by said company, or its 
 works, or by any of its contracting agents, to any of said 
 mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in completing, as the Sec- 
 retary of War may deem necessary, any of the work that 
 the said company may neglect or refuse to complete and 
 that the Secretary of War may consider necessary for the 
 safety of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and the said 
 company shall also deposit as aforesaid such further sums 
 for said purposes at such times as the Secretary of War 
 may consider necessary: Provided, That the said sum shall 
 be disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the Wash- 
 ington Aqueduct, and that whatever shall remain of said 
 deposits at the end of one year after the completion of 
 said railroad in such street shall be returned to said com- 
 pany on the order of the Secretary of War, with an ac- 
 
 16400—05 7 
 
 \^ 
 
etc 
 
 Speed. 
 
 n 
 
 ' -'idf 
 
 I 
 
 I > 
 
 98 LAWS RELATING TO STBEET-RATLWAY FBANOHISES. 
 
 count of its disbursement in detail: And provided also. 
 That disbursements of said deposits shall, except in cases 
 of emergency, be madeonlv on the order of the Secretary 
 of War. The exercise of the rights by this act gmnted 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 the deposits, or to comply with any of the condi- 
 tions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid. 
 Enginehooaes. Sec. 9. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to erect and maintain, at such 
 convenient and suitable points along its lines as may seem 
 most desirable to the board of directors of the said corpo- 
 ration and subject to the approval of the said Commission- 
 ers, an engine house or houses, boiler house, and all other 
 buildings necessary for the successful operation of a cable- 
 motor, electric, pneumatic, or other railroad. 
 
 Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to propel its cars over said rail- 
 road, or any part thereof, at a rate of speed exceeding that 
 which may be fixed from time to time by the said Commis- 
 sioners, and for each violation of this provision said gran-, 
 tees, their successors or assigns, as the case may be, shall 
 be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered in 
 any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Com- 
 missioners of the said District. 
 a^diS^^pfeur S^^- 11. That the line of said railway company shall be 
 commenced within six months and completed within two 
 years from the passage of this act, otherwise this act shall 
 be of no effect. 
 
 Sec. 12. That said company is hereby authorized to issue 
 its capital stock to an amount not to exceed two hundred 
 and fifty thousand dollars in shares of one hundred dollars 
 each. Said company shall require the subscribers to the 
 capital stock to pay in cash to the treasurer appointed by 
 the corporators the amounts severally subscribed by them 
 as follows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of sub- 
 scribing and the balance of such subscription to be paid 
 at such times and in such amounts as the board of direct- 
 ors may require; excepting that fifty per centum shall be 
 Eaid in within twelve months, and no subscription shall 
 e deemed valid unless the ten per centum thereof shall be 
 paid at the time of subscribing as hereinbefore provided; 
 and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any 
 installment as aforesaid, or as required by the resolution 
 of the board of directors, after reasonable notice of the 
 same, the said board of directors may sell at public auction, 
 to the highest bidder, so many shares of his stock as shall 
 pay said instalments, and the person who offers to purchase 
 the least number of shares for the assessment due shall be 
 taken to be the highest bidder, and such sale shall be con- 
 ducted under such genei-al regulations as may be adopted 
 in the by-laws of said company; but no stock shall be sold 
 for less than the total assessments due and payable or said 
 
 Capital stock. 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STEEET-RAILWAY FBAN0HI8ES 
 
 99 
 
 corporation may sue and collect the same from any delin- 
 quent subscriber in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of 
 this act the corporators named in the first section, their 
 associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, 
 or, if any refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the 
 remainder, shall meet at some convenient and accessible 
 place in the District of Columbia for the organization of 
 said company and for the receiving subscriptions to the 
 capital stock of the company: Provided^ That every sub- 
 scriber shall pay at the time of subscribing ten per centum 
 of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed 
 by the corporators, or his subscription shall be null and 
 void: Provided further^ That nothing shall be received in 
 payment of the ten per centum at the time of subscribing 
 except lawful money or certified checks from any estab- 
 lished national bank. And when the books of subscrip- 
 tion to the capital stock of said company shall be closed 
 the corporators named in the first section, their associates, 
 successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and in case 
 any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the 
 remainder shall, within twenty days thereafter, call the 
 first meeting of the stockholders of said company to meet 
 within ten days thereafter for the choice of directors, of 
 which public notice shall be given for five days in two 
 daily newspapers published in the city of Washington, 
 and by written personal notice to be mailed to the ad- 
 dress of each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; 
 and in all meetings of the stockholders each share shall 
 entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by 
 proxy : Provided^ That it shall be unlawful for the company 
 hereby incorporated to consolidate with any other railroad 
 company now in existence, or which may hereafter be char- 
 tered, and any such consolidation shall of itself operate as 
 a forfeiture of this charter. Nor shall the charter or fran- 
 chise herein granted be sold or transferred to any company 
 or person until the road shall have been fully constructed. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the said company shall place first-class 
 cars on said railways, with all the modern improvements 
 for the convenience and comfort of passengers, and shall 
 run cars thereon as often as the public convenience may 
 require; the time table or schedule of time to be approved 
 by the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 16. That the company may buy, lease, or construct 
 such passenger rooms, ticket offices, workshops, depots, 
 lands, and buildings as may be necessary, at such points 
 on its line as may be approved by the saia Commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 16. That all articles of value that may be inadvert- 
 ently left in any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered 
 in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall 
 be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable 
 hours of business. 
 
 Meetings to re- 
 ceive subscrip- 
 tions. 
 
 Ten per cent 
 shall be paid at 
 time of subscrib- 
 ing. 
 
 First meeting 
 of stockholders. 
 
 Consolidation 
 with other roads 
 forbidden. 
 
 Sale. 
 
 i 
 
 Cars. 
 
 T 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 Passenger 
 rooms, etc. 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
 ii 
 
 ■) 
 
' I 
 
 100 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Board of direct 
 
 OTS. 
 
 Officen. 
 
 Vacancies. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 m 
 
 Annual 
 ing. 
 
 Report 
 
 meet 
 
 Obstruction of 
 roadway. 
 
 M 
 
 ■ 
 
 Crossihgs. 
 
 Sec. 17. That the government and direction of affairs of 
 the company shall be vested in a board of directors, nine 
 m number, who shall be stockholders of record, and who 
 shall hold their office for one year, and until others are 
 duly elected and qualified to take their places as directors- 
 and the said directors (a majority of whom shall be a quo- 
 rum) shall elect one of their number to be president of the 
 board, who shall also be president of the company, and 
 they shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and 
 treasurer, who shall give bond with surety to said company 
 in such sum as the said directors mav require for the faith- 
 ful discharge of his trust. In the case of a vacancy in the 
 board of directors by the death, resignation, or otherwise, 
 of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be 
 hlled by the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 18. That the directors shall have the power to make 
 and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they 
 shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition 
 and management of the stock, property, estate, and effects 
 of the company, not contrary to the charter or to the laws 
 of the United States and the ordinances of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 19. That there shall be at least an annual meeting 
 of the stockholders for choice of directors, to be holden at 
 such time and place, under such conditions, and upon such 
 notice as the said company in their by-laws may prescribe; 
 and said directors shall annually make a report in writing 
 of their doings to the stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 20. That the said company shall have at all times 
 the free and uninterrupted use of its roadway, and if any 
 person or persons shall willfully, mischievously and unnec- 
 essarily obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said rail- 
 way company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or 
 m any manner molest or interfere with passengers or oper- 
 atives while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said 
 railway or depots, stations, or other property belonging to 
 said railway company, the person or persons so offending 
 shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than 
 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to said com- 
 
 giny, to be recovered as other fines and penalties in said 
 istrict, and shall remain liable, in addition to said pen- 
 alty, 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. 
 
 Sec. 21 That the said District of Columbia Suburban 
 Kail way 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 
 construct its said road across such other railways in a 
 manner to be approved by the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict: Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of 
 such other railways in such construction. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 101 
 
 Sec. 22. That no person shall be prohibited the right to f^^^^^^^^^n 
 travel on any part of said road or ejected from the cars by 
 the company's employees for any other cause than that of 
 being drunk, disorderly, unclean, or contagiously diseased, 
 or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with 
 the lawful general regulations of the compan3^ 
 
 Sec. 23. That this act may at any time be altered, ^^"^endment. 
 amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 24. That in the event thatthe company should not be Landrequired. 
 able to come to an agreement with the owner or owners of 
 any land through which the said road may be located to 
 pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the 
 company of so much of said land as may be required, not 
 exceeding one hundred feet in width, may be instituted in 
 the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia, under such rules and regulations as said court may 
 prescribe for such purposes. 
 
 Approved, July 5, 1892. 
 
 EAST WASHINGTON HEIGHTS TRACTION BAILEOAB June is. im. 
 
 COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the East Washington Heights Traction Rail- 
 road Company in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives corporators. 
 of the United States of America in Congress asse^nbled', That 
 James G. Berret, Archibald M. Bliss, George S. Boutwell, 
 WilHam Corcoran Hill, Brainard H. Warner, John A. 
 Baker, Samuel Cross, T. E. Roessle, William H. Rapley, 
 John T. Devine, Chester A. Snow, Charles T. Havenner, 
 Charles A. Barker, Henry P. Blair, Charles L. Du Bois, 
 W. N.Morrison, Appleton P. Clark, junior, Henry Brock, 
 C. C. Lancaster, George H. Judd, D. C. Fountain, Thomas 
 E. Young, Phillips Clark, Thomas J. Brown, R. F. Brad- 
 bury, Henry Nay lor, all of Washington, District of Colum- 
 bia; Albert W. Fletcher, Chauncey Marshall, William B. 
 Duncan, junior, Edward C. Potter, Jacob J. Leeds, Edward 
 H. Claris, J. P. Livingston, of New York City; ErwinC. 
 Carpenter, James S. Dyett, of Rome, New York; Arthur 
 Mahoney, of Brooklyn, New York; Philemon L. Hoadley, 
 of Newark, New Jersey, and their associates and assigns, 
 be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate under 
 the name of the East Washington Heights Traction Rail- 
 road Company of the District of Columbia, and by that 
 name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to 
 sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be 
 defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United 
 States, and may make and have a common seal; and said 
 corporation is hereby authorized to construct and lay down 
 a single or double track street railway, with the necessary 
 switches, turn-outs, and other mechanical devices, in the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, through and along the following routes: 
 
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 l# 
 
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102 LAWS RELATING TO 8TBEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Boute. 
 
 
 I 
 
 II 
 
 Beginning at the circle at the western approach to the 
 Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, at a point to be fixed by the 
 Commissioners of the Districtof Columbia: Provided, That 
 this terminus be constructed in accordance with plans to be 
 approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, with a loop or passenger station, or both, as may be 
 considered by them necessary for the interests and con- 
 venience of the public; thence across the Anacostia or East- 
 ESif^B.SJch'f'? ^/"^Ift «f the Potomac River, on a bridge or trestle 
 to be built by the said company in accordance with plans to 
 be approved by the Secretary of War; thence along Penn- 
 svlvania avenue extended to Branch avenue; thence along 
 Branch avenue to the Bowen road or Albany street; thence 
 along the Bowen road or Albany street to the settlement 
 known as Good Hope; also from the intersection of Branch 
 avenue and the Bowen road to the District line, by a route 
 to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia; also from the intersection of Minnesota avenue 
 with Pennsylvania avenue extended along Minnesota ave- 
 nue to Harrison street; also from the intersection of Penn- 
 sylvania avenue extended and Twenty-eighth street north- 
 ward to the Anacostia road; thence along said Anacostia 
 road to a point to be fixed bv the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia opposite the settlement known as East 
 Washington Park. 
 
 Qaxm^%^^^ 1 ^^^' ^* That when the route described coincides with 
 that of a country road of less width than sixty-six feet the 
 railway shall be constructed entirely outside the road: Pro- 
 mded. That if at any time in the future any part of the 
 right of way of the company shall be included within the 
 lines of public highways, such part of said right of way 
 shall be dedicated to the public without expense to the 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the said railway shall be constructed in a 
 substantial and durable manner, and all rails, electrical 
 and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth 
 shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 cemtotoa^ks?*' ,^^^' ^' '^h^*' *h® said corporation shall at all times keep 
 the space between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior 
 thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia or their successors may direct; and when- 
 ever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired 
 or otherwise improved the said corporation shall bear 
 all the expense of improving the spaces above described, 
 bhould the corporation fail to comply with the orders of 
 the Commissioners the work shall be done by the proper 
 officials of the District of Columbia and the amounts due 
 from said corporation shall be collected as provided by sec- 
 tion five of the Act entitled "An Act providing a per- 
 manent form of government for the District of Columbia " 
 approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 
 Dedication. 
 
 Appliances. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 103 
 
 Sec. 5. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering 
 the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by 
 said railway or from altering and improving streets, ave- 
 nues, and highways and the sewerage thereof. In such 
 event it shall be the duty of said company at once to change 
 its said railway and the pavement so as to conform to such 
 grades and improvements as may have been established. 
 
 Sec. 6. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, 
 its successors or assigns, having first obtained the permis- 
 sion of the District Commissioners therefor, to naake all 
 needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of 
 said streets or places where said railway companv may 
 have the right to construct and operate its road, and place 
 in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient 
 devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the 
 same manner and by the means herein provided, but shall 
 forthwith restore the street to like good condition as it 
 was before. But whenever such trenches or excavations 
 shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any 
 subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind, then 
 the expense necessary to change such underground con- 
 structions shall be borne by the said railway company. 
 
 Sec. 7. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to erect and maintain, on private 
 grounds, at such convenient and suitable points along its 
 fines as may seem most desirable to the board of directors 
 of the said corporation, and subject to the approval of the 
 said Commissioners, an engine house or houses, boiler 
 house, and all other buildings necessary for the successful 
 operation of the said railroad. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the line of the said railroad shall be com- 
 menced within one year and completed within two years 
 from date of the passage of this Act; and in default of such 
 commencement or completion within the time in this sec- 
 tion specified, all rights, franchises, and privileges granted 
 bv thisActshall immediately cease anddeter^line;P/'(w^<^<?, 
 Tliat failure to commence to construct or to complete either 
 of the said portions of the routes as provided for in sec- 
 tion one of this Act shall operate to repeal the authority 
 to build said portion or portions, and shall not repeal the 
 charter of said company : Provided^ however^ That the said 
 railroad shall be commenced and completed within the time 
 aforesaid from the circle at the western approach to the 
 Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge to the District line as here- 
 inbefore provided. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the said company may run its cars by the 
 overhead-trolley electric system, or such other electric or 
 mechanical system as the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia may approve. Steam power shall not be used: 
 Provided, That if electric power by trolley be used a return 
 wire similar in capacity and insulation to the feed wire 
 shall be provided, and each car shall be provided with a 
 
 Change 
 grades. 
 
 of 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 Underground 
 work. 
 
 Engine houses, 
 etc. 
 
 I 
 
 Time of com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Failure. 
 
 Overhead-trol- 
 ley. 
 
 No 
 power. 
 
 steam 
 
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 104 LAWS BELATISG TO STEEET-BAILWAY PEANCmSES. 
 
 double trolley, and no pole of any dynamo furnishing power 
 to the railway shall be connected with the earth: Aamded 
 /uriAer, That for the purpose of making a continuous con- 
 nection over the route hereinbefore described the said 
 company shall have the right to cross all streets, avenues, 
 coinciding*^„^jg5'^*y«, /•»«* may be along the designated route: 
 rcmtM. ±^omded further. That whenever the foregoing route or 
 
 routes may coincide with the route or routes of anv dulv 
 incorporated street railway company in the District of Co- 
 lumbia the tracks shall be used by both companies, which 
 are hereby authorized and empowered to use such tracks 
 in common, upon such fair and equitable terms as mav be 
 agreed upon by said companies; and in the event the said 
 companies fail to agree upon equitable terms, ei her of said 
 companies may apply by petition to the supreme court; of 
 the District of Columbia, which shall immeSiatelv provide 
 for proper notice to and hearing of all parties interested, 
 and shall have power to determine the terms and condi- 
 tions upon which, and the regulations under which, the 
 company hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use 
 and enjoy the track of such other street railway companv 
 and the amount and manner of compensation to be paid 
 t\i^v^iov: And prmiidM fuHher, That neither of the com- 
 panies using such track in common shall be permitted to 
 make the track so used in common the depot or general 
 stopping place to await passengers, but shall only be enti- 
 «ed to use the same for the ordinary passage of its cars, 
 with the ordinary halts for taking up and dropping off 
 passengers: Promded further. That this shall not appiv to 
 or interfere with any station already established on anv 
 existing lines. That said corporation is authorized and 
 empowered to propel its cars over the lines of any other 
 road or roads whict may be in alignment with, and upon 
 
 prescribe m this Act, in accordance with the conditions 
 hereinbefore contained; and that this corporation shall 
 construct and repair such portions of its road as may be 
 upon the line or routes of any other road thus used; and in 
 case of any disagreement with any company whose line of 
 road IS thus used such disagreement may be summarily 
 determined upon the application of either road to any court 
 p.^enger""!*'*^ District having competent jurisdiction. 
 
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 Sec. 10. That the saldcompny shall furnish and main- 
 
 f^^J^lF'' ''°"^^' Pro^'dedwith such conveniences 
 for the public as required by the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia and shall use first-class cars on said rail- 
 way with all modern improvements for the convenience, 
 X Vk ur^*^ °' passengers, and shall run cars as 
 often as the public convenience may require, in accordance 
 with a time-table, to be sub ect to tfie approval of the 
 ^ ,_ Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 to regulate, ''fV* ^^* ^"a* •'''^ Commissioners of the District of fV>- 
 ■peed. e!o. lumbia may make such regulations as to the »peed, mode 
 of use of tracks, and the removal of ice and snow as in 
 
 Time-table. 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 106 
 
 their judgment the interest and the convenience of the pub- 
 lic may require. Should the servants or the agents of said 
 company willfully or negligentlv violate such an ordinance 
 or regulation, said company shall be liable to the District of 
 Columbia for a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 12. That within thirty days after the passage of 
 this Act the corporators named in the first section, their 
 associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, 
 or, if any refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the 
 remainder, shall meet at some convenient and accessible 
 place in the District of Columbia for the organization of 
 said company and for the receiving of subscnptions to the 
 capital stock of the company: Provided^ That every sub- 
 scriber shall pay at the time of subscribing ten per centum 
 in cash of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer 
 appointed by the corporation, or his subscription shall be 
 null and void: Provided further^ That nothing shall be re- 
 ceived in payment of the ten per centum at the time of 
 subscribing except lawful monej^ or certified checks from 
 any established national bank. And when the books of 
 the subscription to the capital stock of said company shall 
 be closed the corporators named in the first section, their 
 associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, 
 and in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a 
 majority of the remainder, shall, within twenty days after, 
 call the first meeting of the stockholders of the said com- 
 pany to meet within ten days thereafter for the choice of 
 directors, of which public notice shall be given for ^yq 
 days in two daily newspapers published in the city of Wash- 
 ington, and by written personal notice to be mailed to the 
 address of each stockholder by the clerk of the corpora- 
 tion; and in all meetings of the stockholders each share 
 shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person 
 or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 13. That the government and direction of affairs of 
 the company shall be vested in a board of directors, nine 
 in number, who shall be stockholders of record, and who 
 shall hold their office for one year, and until others are 
 duly elected and qualified to take their places as directors; 
 and the said directors, a majority of whom shall be a quo- 
 rum, shall elect one of their number to be president of the 
 board, who shall also be president of the company, and 
 they shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and a 
 treasurer, who shall give bond with surety to said company, 
 in such sums as the said directors may require, for the 
 faithful discharge of his trust. In the case of a vacancy 
 in the board of directors by the death, resignation, or 
 otherwise of any director the vacancy occasioned thereby 
 shall be tilled by the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the dii-ectors shall have the power to make 
 and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they 
 shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition 
 and management of the stock, property, estate, and effects 
 of the company not contrary to the charter or to the 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Oiganization. 
 
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 ing. 
 
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 Capital stock 
 
 Bonds. 
 
 Lost articles. 
 
 Franchise tax. 
 
 Real estate. 
 
 laws of the United States and the ordinances of the District 
 of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 15. That there shall be at least an annual meeting 
 of the stockholders for choice of directors, to beholden at 
 such tune m the District of Columbia, under such condi- 
 tions, and upon such notice as the said company in their 
 by-laws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually 
 make a report in writing of theirdoings to the stockholders. 
 Sec. 16. That said company is hereby authorized to 
 issue its capital stock to an amount not to exceed the esti- 
 mated cost of the construction and equipment of the road 
 in shares of fifty dollars each, and to issue bonds not to 
 exceed the cost of construction of the road, but such 
 stock and bonds shall not exceed in the aggregate more 
 than the actual cost of the right of way, construction 
 and equipment of said road. Said company shall re- 
 quire the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in 
 cash to the treasurer appointed by the corporators the 
 amounts severally subscribed by them, as follows, namely: 
 Ten per centum at the time of subscribing and the balance 
 of such subscription to be paid at such times and in such 
 amounts as the board of directors may require; and no sub- 
 scription shall be deemed valid unless the ten per centum 
 thereof shall be paid at the time of subscribing, as here- 
 inbefore provided; and if any stockholder shall refuse or 
 neglect to pay any installment as aforesaid, or as required 
 by the resolution of the board of directors, after reason- 
 able notice of the same, the said board of directors may 
 sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many 
 shares of his stock as shall pay said installments, and the 
 person who offers to purchase the least number of shares 
 u?L assessment due shall be taken to be the highest 
 bidder, and such sale shall be conducted under such general 
 regulations as may be adopted in the by-laws of the said 
 company; but no stock shall be sold for less than the total 
 assessments due and payable, or said corporation may sue 
 and collect the same from any delinquent subscriber in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That no certi- 
 ficates of stock shall be issued until the same has been paid 
 for in money at its face value. 
 
 Sec. 17. That all articles of value that may be inadver- 
 tently left in any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered 
 in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall 
 be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable 
 hours of business. 
 
 Sec. 18. That the East Washington Heights Traction 
 Company shall annually pay to the District of Columbia a 
 franchise tax of five-eighths of one per centum of the 
 entire gross earnings of such company, and a personal tax 
 of two per centum per annum on the entire gross earnings 
 of said company. There shall also be levied and collected 
 upon all of the real estate of said company a tax in the 
 same manner and to the same extent as upon all other real 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 107 
 
 estate in the District of Columbia; said taxes shall be due 
 and payable, subject to the same penalties on arrears, and 
 collectible in the same manner as other taxes in the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 19. That said company shall receive a rate of fare ^are. 
 not exceeding five cents per passenger; but six tickets 
 shall be sold for twenty-five cents: Provided^ That the 
 said company and the Capital Traction Company are 
 hereby required to issue free transfers, whereby a passen- Free transfers, 
 ger on the said East Washington Heights Traction Com- 
 pany shall be entitled to a continuous ride over the line of 
 the other company, or vice versa. 
 
 Sec. 20. That the said company shall have at all times ^J^^^use of 
 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 im- 
 pede 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 offending shall forfeit 
 and pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five 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 occa- 
 sioned 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. 
 
 Sec. 21. That the East Washington Heights Traction ^^^ghtof^way 
 Company shall have the right of way across such other lines, 
 railways as are now in operation within the limits of the 
 lines granted by this Act, and is hereby authorized to con- 
 struct its said road across such other railways: Provided^ 
 That it shall not interrupt the travel of such other rail- 
 ways in such construction. 
 
 Sec. 22. That no person shall be prohibited the right to^^ection from 
 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 contagiously diseased, or 
 refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with 
 the lawful general regulations of the company. 
 
 Sec. 23. That in the event the company should not be Right of way. 
 able to come to an agreement with the owner or owners 
 of any land through which the said road mav be located or 
 pass, or which may be needed for terminal facilities and 
 passenger stations, proceedings for the condemnation for^j^^"^®™***- 
 the use of the company of so much of said land as may be 
 required, not exceeding twenty feet in width for a right 
 of way, and such tracts as may be necessary for terminal 
 facilities and passenger stations, may be instituted in the 
 usual way in tne supreme court of the District of Colum- 
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 prescribe for such purposes: Provided, That any property 
 owner shall have the right of trial by jury in such issue. 
 
 Sec. 24. That all plans of location and construction of 
 tracks and other structures in public places pertaining to 
 said railway shall be subject to the approval of the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia, and all work thereof 
 shall at all times be subject to their supervision. The said 
 company shall, from time to time, deposit with the col- 
 lector of taxes of the District of Columbia such amounts 
 as may be deemed necessary by said Commissioners to 
 cover the costs of inspection, supervision, changes to water 
 pipes and sewer connections, changes of curb and pave- 
 ment, and work not otherwise provided for, which may be 
 made necessary by the location or grade of said railway. 
 Any unexpended balance remaining after the construction 
 of said road shall be returned to said company with an 
 account in full of the disbursement of such deposits. 
 
 Sec. 25. That all the conditions, requirements, and 
 obligations imposed by the terms of this Act upon the 
 East Washington Heights Traction Company shall be com- 
 plied with by any and all the successors to and assigns of 
 said company. 
 
 Sec. 26. That within sixty days from the approval of 
 this Act the company shall deposit one thousand dollars 
 with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia to 
 guarantee the construction of its railway within the pre- 
 scribed time. If this sum is not so deposited this charter 
 shall be void. If the sum is so deposited and the road is 
 not in operation as herein prescribed, said one thousand 
 dollars shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia and 
 this charter shall be void. 
 
 Sec. 27. That failure or neglect to comply with any of 
 the provisions of this Act, except as hereinbefore provided 
 for, shall render the said corporation liable to a fine of 
 twenty -five dollars for each and every dav during which 
 such failure or neglect shall continue, which penalty may 
 be recovered in the name of the District of Columbia by 
 the Commissioners of the said District in any court of 
 of competent jurisdiction: Provided, hmvever, That unless 
 the line of the said railway shall be completed, with cars 
 running regularly thereon for the accommodation of pas- 
 sengers, within two years from the date of the passage of 
 this Act, this charter shall be null and void. 
 
 Sec. 28. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 18, 1898. 
 
 April 30, 1900. ^^ ^Qrp T^j amend the charter of the East Washington Heights Trac- 
 tion Railroad Company. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 ofths United States of Am^frica in Congress assembled. That 
 the charter of the East Washington Heights Traction Rail- 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 road Company, of the District of Columbia, be, and the 
 same is hereby, amended so as to authorize and permit the 
 said company to lay down its tracks and operate its cars 
 from its present authorized terminus at the western ap- 
 proach to the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, as provided 
 in section one of the Act of incorporation; thence north 
 on Seventeenth street east to East Capitol street; thence 
 west on East Capitol street to Fifteenth street east, con- 
 necting with the Metropolitan Railway; also from the 
 intersection of Minnesota avenue and Harrison street 
 thence westerly on Harrison street to Pierce street; thence 
 southerly on Pierce street to Jackson street; thence west- 
 erly along Jackson street to Monroe street; also north- 
 ward on Minnesota avenue as laid down on the highway- 
 extension plans, to connect with the Columbia Railway at 
 Benning, over a route and at a point acceptable to and ap- 
 proved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the time within which the East Washington 
 Heights Traction Railroad Company is required to com- 
 plete and put in operation its railway be, and the same is 
 hereby, extended for the term of two years from the eight- 
 eenth day of June, nineteen hundred: Provided^ That if 
 within two years from the date of the passage of this Act 
 the Washington and Marlboro Railroad Company shall 
 build its lines into and within the District of Columbia, 
 then said company shall have the right to use such of the 
 routes in this Act provided for as may coincide with the 
 route provided for m the charter of the said Washington 
 and Marlboro Railroad Company. 
 
 Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, April 30, 1900. 
 
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 Routes extend- 
 ed into city. 
 
 To connect 
 with Metropoli- 
 tan Railway. 
 
 To connect 
 with Columbia 
 Railway at Ben- 
 ning. 
 
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 Washington 
 and Marlboro. 
 
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 AN ACT To extend the time for the construction of the East Wash- July 1.1902. 
 ington Heights Traction Railroad Company. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Time extended, 
 the time within which the East Washington Heights Trac- 
 tion Railroad Company is required to complete and put in 
 operation its railwav be, and the same is hereby, extended 
 for the term of twelve months from the eighteenth day of 
 June, nineteen hundred and two: Provided, That the said ^^JJ^^^^^en 
 railroad company is authorized and empowered to extend vania Avenue 
 its lines by single track across the Pennsylvania avenue ^^^®- 
 bridge to connect with the eastern terminus of the Capital 
 Traction Company, under such conditions as the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia may prescribe, the 
 plans and specifications to be approved by and the con- 
 struction to be under the supervision of the Commissioners ^^ ^^^ ^^^ 
 of the District of Columbia, and the said railway company half cost of main- 
 shall bear one-half of the cost of maintenance and repair {Sr.°^^ ^^ ^ 
 
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 pf said bridge in like manner and under the same condi- 
 tions as are now provided by law as to bridges across Rock 
 Creek occupied by the tracks of street railways. 
 
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 Approved, July 1, 1902. 
 
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 ^^""■'"^ AN ACT To extend the time for «,mpletion of the East Washmgton 
 
 Heights Traction Railroad Company. '"^""» 
 
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 Time „.». %i'f.^''^*fi?^*f^.'>f^^'^cainCongre8saM^hled, That 
 Time extend- the time Within which the East Washington Heights Trac- 
 
 ^1°.^ *?f^ Company is required to complete and put in 
 Zf^i'? '^ i^ilway be, and the same hereby is, extended 
 i«i«e. Act- AW.^ eighteen months from the passage of this 
 Act. riomded, That failure to complete any portion of 
 the routes as provided in the charter of siid^ company 
 within the tune herein limited shall opemte to repeaf thi 
 
 c.nnect.n»"LTf *^***' ^f^^ ^"''^ P"""""" and" shall not re^al the 
 coVpSS/^'iSf charter of said company; and that any connecting com- 
 pany may lease or purchase the portion of said routes 
 wbch IS completed withm the said eighteen months. 
 
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 Approved, April 26, 1904. 
 
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 ECKINGTON AND SOLDIERS' HOME RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway June 19, 1888. 
 Company of the District of Columbia. stats. 25, p. 190. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of Americain Congress assembled. That g^EcWngton and 
 Edward F. Beale, Edward C. Dean, A. L. Barbour, George Railway co., m- 
 Truesdell, James L. Barbour, George E. Moore, Charles J^'eg^^^/ ® ^ 
 C. Duncanson, Michael Connor, and Joseph Paul, of the 
 District of Columbia, and their associates, successors, and 
 assigns, be, and they are hereb}^ created a body corporate 
 under the name of the Eckington and Soldier's Home Rail- 
 way Company of the District of Columbia, with authority 
 to construct and lay down a single or double-track railway, 
 with the necessary switches, turn-outs, and other mechan- 
 ical devices and sewer connections necessary to operate the 
 same by horse, cable, or electric power, in the District of (amendldj^^®' 
 Columbia through and along the following avenues, streets, 
 and highways: Commencing on New York avenue at its Route (amend- 
 intersection with Seventh street, northwest, thence east- ^ 
 wardly along said avenue to its intersection with Third 
 street, northeast, thence along Third street north to T 
 street, thence east to fourth street with the privilege of 
 extending the same northwardly along Fourth street to 
 the Bunker Hill road within one year after said Fourth 
 street shall have been opened and graded: Provided^ That 
 in order to avoid crossing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 
 the District Commissioners may, if they deem it necessary, 
 require said company to acquire by purchase the right of 
 way along the west side of said railroad from New York 
 avenue to Third street east; also a branch commencing at Branches, 
 the intersection of New York avenue with First street, 
 west; and thence north along First street, to the south line 
 of the grounds of the Soldiers' Home; also with the priv- 
 ilege of extending said main line along New York avenue 
 to Ivy City, within one year after said avenue is opened 
 and graded to Ivy City, with the right to run public car- 
 riages thereon propelled by horse, electric, or cable power. 
 Said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding Fare, 
 five cents per passenger for any distance between the ter- 
 mini of said main railway or between the termini of its 
 branch railway, or between either terminus of said main 
 railway and the terminus of said branch railway, but shall 
 sell six tickets for twenty ^\^ cents. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said railway company shall, on or before the Annual report 
 fifteenth of January of each year, make a report to Con- 
 gress of the names of all the stockholders therein and the 
 
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 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 vear 
 ending December the thirty-first, which report shall be veri- 
 ned by aifadavit of the president and secretary of said com- 
 pany and if said report is not made at the time specified, or 
 within ten days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Com- 
 missioners to cause to be instituted judicial proceedings to 
 forfeit this chai;ter; and said company shall pay to the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, m heu of personal taxes upon personal 
 property, includmg 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 sub- 
 ject to the same penalties on arrears; and the franchise and 
 property of said company, both real and personal, to a suffi- 
 cient amount, may be 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 ot all other assessments of personal taxes upon its 
 property, used solely and exclusively in the operation and 
 management of said railway. Its real estate shall be taxed 
 as other real estate m the District: Provided, That its 
 tracks shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the said railway shall be laid in the center ' 
 of the avenue and streets as near as may be, to be con- 
 structed of good materials, and in a substantial and dum- 
 ble manner, with the rails of the most approved pattern, 
 all to be approved by the Commissioners of the District 
 laid upon an even surface with the pavement of the street 
 and in such manner as to interfere with the ordinary travel 
 as little as practicable; and the gauge to correspond with 
 tUat of other city railroads. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said corporation shall, at its own ex- 
 pense, keep said tracks within the city limits, and for the 
 space of two feet beyond the outer rails thereof, and also 
 the sjace between the rails and tracks, at all times well 
 paved and in good repair, to be approved bv the Commis- 
 sioners of the District; and beyond the limits of said city 
 shall keep its tracks, and for the space of two feet beyond 
 the outer rails thereof, and also the space between the rails 
 and tracks, well graded or paved, and in good repair, so as 
 to impede the general travel as little as possible. 
 
 J 1* ^^^ ^^'^'^^ ^^ ^ change of grade at any time of 
 any of the streets, avenues, or roads occupied by the track 
 of this corporation, it shall be the duty of said company, 
 at Its own expense, to change its said railroad so as to con- 
 form to such grade as may have been thus established. 
 
 J5EC. 6. That It shall be lawful for said corporation, its 
 successors or assigns, with the approval of the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia, to make all needful and 
 convenient trenches and excavations and sewer connections 
 m any of said streets or places where said corporation may 
 have the nght to construct and operate its road, and place 
 
 Paving. 
 
 Changes 
 grade. 
 
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 Construction. 
 
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 Commence- 
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 in such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient 
 devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the 
 manner and by the means aforesaid; and said sewer con- 
 nections shall have such traps or other devices as may be 
 required by the Commissioners of the District. It shall 
 also be lawful for said corporation, its successors or assigns, 
 to erect and maintain, at such convenient and suitable 
 points along its lines as may seem most desirable to the 
 board of directors of the said corporation, and subject to 
 the approval of the Commissioners of the District, an 
 engine-house or houses, boiler-house or houses, and all 
 other buildings necessaiy for the successful operations of 
 an electric or cable motor railroad. 
 
 Sec. 7. That it shall not be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to propel its cars over said rail- 
 road, or any part thereof, within the city limits, at a rate 
 of speed exceeding ten miles per hour; and without the 
 city limits, at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles per 
 hour; and for each violation of this provision said grantees, 
 their successors or assigns, as the case may be, shall be sub- 
 ject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the main line of said railway shall be com- _ _ ^ 
 menced within three months, and completed within twelve pietion 
 months from the passage of this act; and the branch of 
 the same shall be completed within two years from the 
 time First and Fourth streets and New York Avenue shall 
 be respectively graded; and if the said work on the main 
 line shall not be so commenced and completed, then the 
 privileges and powers herein granted shall be void. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the capital stock of said company shall not ^p*^ "^'^ 
 exceed, if horse power is to be used for the main line, sixty 
 thousand dollars, which may be increased when work is 
 commenced on the First street branch forty -five thousand 
 dollars, and on the Ivy City branch thirty-two thousand 
 dollars, and on the Fourth street extension forty thousand 
 dollars. If electric power is to be used, the capital 
 stock for the main line shall not exceed one hundred and 
 two thousand dollars, which may be increased when work 
 is commenced on the First street branch eighty-four 
 thousand dollars, and Ivy City branch sixty thousand dol- 
 lars, and on the Fourth street extension seventy -five thou- 
 sand dollars. If propelled by cable the capital stock 
 for the main line shall not exceed two hundred and four 
 thousand dollars, which may be increased when work is 
 commenced on the First street branch one hundred and 
 sixty-eight thousand dollars, and on the Ivy City branch 
 one hundred and twenty thousand dollars; and on the 
 Fourth street extension, one hundred and fifty thousand 
 dollai-s; and that the stock shall be divided into shares of 
 fifty dollars each, transferable in such manner as the by- 
 laws of said company may direct, and said company shall 
 
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 require the subscribers to the capitol stock to pay in cash 
 the amount by them respectively subscribed, at such times 
 (after the first installment) and in such amounts as the 
 board of directors may deem proper and necessary in the 
 construction of said road; and if any stockholder shall re- 
 fuse or neglect to pay any installment, as required by a res- 
 olution of the board of directors, after reasonable notice 
 of the same, the said board of directors may sell at public 
 auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of his said 
 stock as shall pay said installment (and the person who 
 offers to purchase the least number of shares for the assess- 
 ment due shall be taken as the highest bidder), and the 
 sale shall be conducted under such general regulations as 
 may be adopted in the by-laws of said company; but no 
 stock shall be sold for less than the total assessments due 
 and payable, or said corporation may sue and collect the 
 same from any delinquent subscriber in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction. 
 
 ^^^ 4^^^' ^^' "^^^^ *^® company shall place cars of best con- 
 
 struction on said railways, with all modem improvements 
 necessarv to the convenience and comfort of passengers 
 and shall run cars thereon as often as the public conven- 
 ience may require, in accordance with a time table or sched- 
 ule adopted by the company, a copy of which shall be filed 
 with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and 
 to be approved by them. 
 
 iD?i£i?5io^fete! ^^^' 1^- "That the company shall buy, lease, or construct 
 such passenger-rooms, ticket-offices, work-shops, depots, 
 lands, and buildings as they may deem necessary, at such 
 points on Its line as may be approved by the Commissioners 
 of the Distrist. 
 Articles left in Sec. 12. That all artiples of value that may be inadvert- 
 ently left m any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered 
 m a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall 
 be open to the inspection of the public, and if said prop- 
 erty remain unclaimed for one year the company shall sell 
 the same after ^ve days notice. 
 
 Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of 
 this act the corporators named in the fii-st section, or a 
 majonty of them, or if any refuse or neglect to act, then a 
 ma]onty of the remainder, shall cause books of subscrip- 
 ^^^^ capital stock of said company to be opened 
 and kept open, in some convenient and accessible place in 
 the District of Columbia, from nine o'clock in the forenoon 
 till live o clock m the afternoon, for a period to be fixed by 
 said corporators, not less than five days (unless the whole 
 stock shall be sooner subscribed for); and said corporators 
 shall give public notice, by advertisement in at least two 
 daily papers published in the city of Washington, of the 
 time when and the place where said books shall be opened: 
 and subscribers upon said books to the capital stock of the 
 company shall be held to be the stockholders: Prwided, 
 
 can. 
 
 Organization. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 115 
 
 That every subscriber shall pay, at the time of subscrib-^^^^jjpj5^°**» 
 ing, ten per centum of the amount by him subscribed, to 
 the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or his sub- 
 scription shall be null and void: Provided further^ That 
 nothing shall be received in payment of the ten per- 
 centum, at the time of subscribing, except lawful money 
 or certified checks from any national bank. And when the 
 books of subscription to the capital stock of said company 
 shall be closed, the corporators named in the first section, 
 or a majority of them, and in case any of them refuse or 
 neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder shall, 
 within twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting of the 
 stockholders of said company, to meet within ten days 
 thereafter, for the choice of directors, of which public 
 notice shall be given for five days in two public news- 
 papers published daily in the city of Washington, or by 
 written personal notice to each stockholder by the clerk 
 of the corporation; and in all meetings of the stockholders 
 each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, to be given 
 in person or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the government and direction of the affairs Directors, 
 of the company shall be vested in a board of nine directors 
 who shall be stockholders of record, and who shall hold 
 their office for one year, and until their successors are duly 
 elected and qualified; and the said directors, a majority of 
 whom shall be a quoraim, shall elect one of their number 
 president of the board, who shall also be president of the 
 company; and they shall also choose a vice-president, a 
 secretary, and a treasurer, the latter of whom shall give 
 bond, with good and sufficient surety to said company, in 
 such sum as the said directors may require for the faithful 
 discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy in the board 
 of directors by death, resignation, or otherwise, the vacancy 
 so occasionea shall be filled by the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 15. That the directors shall have the power to make By-laws, etc 
 and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they 
 shalldeem needful and proper touching the disposition and 
 management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of 
 the company and the management of its business, not con- 
 trary to the charter or to the laws of the United States 
 and the ordinances of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 16. That there shall be an annual meeting of the 
 stockholders for choice of directors, to be holden at such 
 time and place, under such conditions, and upon such notice 
 as the said company in their by-laws may prescribe, and 
 said directors shall annually make a report in writing of 
 their doings to the stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 17. That said company shall have at all times the 
 free and uninterrupted use of its roadway; and if any per- ' ^^^' 
 son or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unnec- 
 essarily obstruct or impede the passage of the cars of said 
 railway with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any 
 manner molest or interfere with passengers or operatives 
 
 i^ 
 
 ; i 
 
 m 
 
 Annual 
 ing. 
 
 meet- 
 
 Pree use of 
 
116 LAWS RELATING TO STEEET-KAILWAY FEANCHI8ES. 
 
 . while in traosit, or destroy or injure the cars of said rail- 
 way, or depots, or other property belonging to said rail- 
 way the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and 
 pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five nor more 
 than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines 
 and penalties in said District, and shall also be liable to 
 said company, m addition to said penaltv, for any loss or 
 damage occasioned by his or her or their act as aforesaid, 
 t n ftarred ^^'^'^g^* within sixty days the action 
 
 ^'"'^«^' Sec. 18. That the said Company shall have the riffht of 
 
 way across such other railways as are now in operation 
 withm the limits of the Imes granted by this act, and is 
 hereby authorized to construct its said road across such 
 other railways: Provided, That it shall not unnecessarily 
 interrupt the travel of such other railways in such con- 
 ^ , ^ , struction. ^ ■ ^" 
 
 Exclusion from o„„ -.^^ m, j. , , 
 
 CMS. bEC. 19. That no person shall be prohibited the ri^ht 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, unclean, or contagiously dis- 
 
 t. ^^tiZ?Tx^ ^"^ P^? *^^ ^^^^^ fare.exacted, or to comply 
 with the lawful regulations of the company. The corpom 
 tors herein named, or the corporation fiereby created, shall 
 
 Jl f' fV''?'''^]' ^"J^ ^^ ""Y "^^^« "^^^^^y conferred relat- 
 ing to the line of said road until after the main road herebv 
 authorized shall have been constructed as herein provided 
 
 ?^f f Ik°^i5 ^^^^"^ ^"^^'"^ obtained the written consent of 
 the stockholders representing two-thirds in value of the 
 capital stock. 
 
 J"^^' ^?' J-^^*' Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this act at any time. ' 
 
 Approved, June 19, 1888. 
 
 Assignmen 
 etc. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 I 
 
 ,"™"~ "■ '""'»•»«■•"'•*■*" olB, E,U.s,.. „d Soldi.* Horn. 
 
 Biais.^,p.77. Kail way Company. 
 
 ^Jhaner ^"^''tj';^';^"^-"^"^*^^ Streets: Beginning at the intersection of 
 ^^Extension «^^f,7 Y^^;:^^^^""^ and F^ street northwest, south along 
 
 wlf oi ^"?''^^'^^'* ^ ^ '^^^^* northwest, and thenci 
 west along G street northwest to the east line of Fifteenth 
 street northwest; and also beginning at the present ter 
 minus of Its Cemetery Branch on the east sideTL°ncoTn 
 arenue and thence northerly along Lincoln avenue to a 
 point opposite the entrance to Glenwood Cemetery, and 
 Norf hT"°IT at the intersection of New York avenue and 
 
 S L^*^^ ^^""^^^i A^^°^^ °^^*^ ^^^"^ «aid street to the 
 south boundaries of the grounds of thi Soldiers' Home* 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FBANCH18ES. 117 
 
 Provided, That if electric wires or cables are used to 
 propel its cars over said streets from New York avenue 
 and Fifth to Fifteenth street northwest, the same shall be 
 placed underground: Atid provided further. That the said 
 company shall not be permitted to stop its cars at its 
 western terminus, or at any point within the city limits, for 
 a longer time than is necessary to take on and let off its 
 passengers. Said company shall charge not exceeding fiY^ 
 cents fare for one continuous ride from any point on its line 
 to the terminus of its main line or any of its branches. 
 And said company is authorized to use overhead wires on 
 its North Capitol Street Branch. 
 
 Sec. 2. That so much of the original charter of the Eck- 
 ington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, granted 
 by act approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 eighty-eight, as authorized the construction of a branch on 
 First street west, from New York avenue to the south 
 boundary of the Soldiers' Home be, and the same is hereby, 
 repealed. 
 
 Sec. 3. That said company is authorized to increase its 
 capital stock one hundred and seventy-five thousand dol- 
 lars for the purpose of enabling it to extend and equip its 
 line as provided in this act. 
 
 Sec. 4. That unless said extensions are commenced within 
 three months and the cars run thereon within one year from 
 the passage of this act the authority herein granted shall 
 be void: Provided, That said company shall have one 3^ear 
 to complete the North Capitol Street Branch after said 
 street is opened and graded. 
 
 Sec. 5. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend 
 or repeal this act. 
 
 Sec. 6. That this act shall be considered as an amend- 
 ment to the act of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and 
 eighty-eight, granting a charter to the Eckington and Sol- 
 diers' Home Railroad, and shall be construed as being sub- 
 ject to all limitations and conditions of said original act 
 except as specifically provided otherwise herein. That the 
 authority of said company by this act or any other act 
 conferred to erect or use overhead wires in its operations 
 within the cit}^ of Washington shall absolutel}^ cease and 
 determine on the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-three. 
 
 Approved, April 30, 1890. 
 
 Pr<yvi808. 
 
 Underground 
 wires or cables. 
 
 stoppages. 
 
 Fare. 
 
 North Capitol 
 street route; 
 overhead wires. 
 
 First street 
 route abolished. 
 
 Capital stock 
 increased. 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 North Capitol 
 street route. 
 
 Amendment, 
 etc. 
 
 Judicial con- 
 struction. 
 
 Use of over- 
 head wires to 
 cease (time ex- 
 tended 2 years) . 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railroad Company. April 30, 1892. 
 
 Stats. 27, p. 23. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the Rock Creek Railwav Companv and the Eckington and 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company shall ly.^cr' """""^ 
 have the power to make any contracts or agreements that tra?k"and S^wer 
 may be necessary to enable the said companies to run the with Rock creek 
 cars of each or either company over the tracks of the other ^'^^^^^ ^**- 
 
 ».iii 
 
 ,[ 
 
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 118 LAWS RELATING TO 8TREET-BAILWAY FEAN0HISE8. 
 
 company, and also to contract for and use the power of 
 each or either company to propel the cars of the other com- 
 pany. 
 
 * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 
 
 Approved, April 30, 1892. 
 
 July 5, 1892. 
 Stats. 27, p. 66. 
 
 ; 
 
 \ 
 
 < HI 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Eckington and 'Soldiers' Home 
 
 Kailroad Company. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the Umted States ofAmenca in Congress assetnbled. That 
 soMi^^THome JJ^® ^^^rter of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railroad 
 ^Extension „f .^^^^^ be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to 
 tracks. authorize said company to lay its tracks and to run its cars 
 
 thereon through and along the following named streets and 
 avenues; Beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G 
 streets northwest, east along G street to New Jersey avenue 
 and First street; thence south along First street northwest 
 to C street northwest; thence east along C street to New 
 Jersey avenue; thence south along New Jersey avenue to 
 a point in the center of said avenue at a distance of not 
 less than one hundred and fifty feet from the north curb 
 line of B street north. Returning north along New Jer- 
 sey avenue to D street; thence west on D street to First 
 street northwest; thence north on First street to G street, 
 and along G street to Fifth street northwest; also, be- 
 ginning at the intersection of G street and New Jersey 
 avenue; thence across New Jersey avenue to and along G 
 street to North Capitol street; thence north along North 
 Capitol street to New York avenue, connecting with its 
 main line and North Capitol street branch; also beginning 
 at the intersection of Fifth and G streets northwest; thence 
 south on Fifth street to Louisiana avenue; thence south- 
 westerly on Louisiana avenue to a point to be located by 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, east of 
 beventh street northwest, and returning by the same route 
 to the said point of beginning; also beginning at the inter- 
 section of New Jersey avenue and C street northwest; 
 thence east on C street to Stanton square; thence around 
 Stanton square, on the south side thereof, to C street north- 
 east and along C street to Fifteenth street northeast ; thence 
 north on Fifteenth street to D street northeast; thence 
 west on D street to Fourth street; thence south on Fourth 
 street to and along C street to New Jersey avenue and the 
 D'S^'SNK^^l^^?\^^^^^ip'^i°g: Provided, That until C and D streets 
 shall be paved and provided with sewers to Fifteenth street 
 the company shall not be required to construct its road 
 beyond Twelfth street; also bemnning at the present ter- 
 minus of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home road on Fourth 
 street extended, thence along and wholly outside of the pres- 
 ^ker Hiiient Bunker Hill road, on land to be acquired by said com- 
 pany by gift or purchase and made a part of said road, to a 
 pomt to be located by the Commissioners of the District of 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 119 
 
 Columbia west of Brooks station: Provided, That nothing 
 contained in this act shall be taken to require the extension 
 provided for in this clause before said road shall have been 
 widened as herein provided for: Provided further. That the tr^kTfrom un- 
 tracks of said company on Lincoln avenue shall be taken coin avenue, 
 up within thirty days from the passage of this act, and the 
 roadway shall be restored to public uses in such manner 
 as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall 
 direct: Provided, That horse power shall not be used on (^o«e%^we'r 
 said line for traction purposes, and that if electric wires provision re- 
 or cables are used to propel its cars over any of the routes ^^ ' 
 hereby authorized within the limits of the city of Wash- 
 ington the same shall be placed underground. 
 
 Wherever the foregoing route or routes may coincide ^5^.''*'* 
 with the duly authorized route or routes of any other duly 
 incorporated street railway company in the District of 
 Columbia, both companies shall use the same tracks upon 
 such fair and equitable terms as mav be agreed upon by 
 said companies; and in the event said companies shall fail 
 to agree upon equitable terms, either of said companies ^ 
 
 may apply by petition to the supreme court of the District 
 of Columbia, which shall hear and determine summarily 
 the matter in due form of law, and adjudge to the proper 
 party the amount of compensation to be paid therefor. 
 Said company shall charge not exceeding five cents fare for 
 one continuous ride from any point on its lines to the termi- 
 nus of its main line or any of its branches: Provided, That 
 the construction of said railroad on any street where there 
 are or may be any mains, fixtures, or apparatus pertaining ^^ 
 to the Washington Aqueduct shall be subject to such con- ® 
 ditions 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 no steam cars, locomotives, or passenger or other cars 
 for steam railroads shall ever be run on the tracks of said 
 company over any such main, fixture, or apparatus. The 
 said railroad shall be subject to the requirements of section 
 fifteen of the act of Congress approved February twenty- 
 eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act 
 to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway 
 Company of the District of Columbia." The said company 
 shall, before commencing work on said railroad on such 
 street, deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to 
 the credit of the Washington Aqueduct such sum as the 
 Secretary of War may consider necessary to defray all the 
 expenses that may be incurred by the United States in 
 connection with the inspection of the work of construction 
 of said railroad on such street, and in making good any 
 damages done by said company, or its works, or by any of 
 its contracting agents, to any of said mains, fixtures, or 
 apparatus, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may 
 deem necessary, any of the work that the said company 
 may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary 
 of War may consider necessary f o^ the safety of said mains, 
 
 Water mains, 
 
 Deposit 
 
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 l20 LAWS BELATING TO STBEET-BAILWAY FBANCHI8E8. 
 
 fixtures, or apparatus, and the said company shall also 
 deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said purposes at 
 such times as the Secretary of War may consider neces- 
 sary : Provided, That the said sums shall be disbursed like 
 other moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, 
 and that whatever shall remain of said deposits at the end 
 of one year after the completion of said railroad in such 
 street shall be returned to said company on the order of 
 the Secretory of War,>rith an account of their disburse- 
 ment m det^ih And jyrovid^ also. That disbursements of 
 said deposits shall, except in case of emergency, be made 
 only on the order of the Secretory of War. 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 the 
 deposits, or to comply with any of the conditions, require- 
 ments, and regulations aforesaid, 
 increase of Sec 2 That Said Company is authorized to increase its 
 capitol stock three hundred thousand dollars for the pur- 
 pose of enabling it to extend and equip its line as provided 
 m this act, and to redeem bonds issued to take care of 
 present indebtedness incurred in building and equipping 
 the road already constructed, and no additional bonds shall 
 ^^issued by said company without special authority of 
 
 menra^d'Soi^ .^.^c. 3. That unless said extensions are commenced 
 
 Extended}!' "^^'i^''^ three months and th(. cars run thereon within one 
 
 year from the passage of this act, except as otherwise ex- 
 
 n. ^ M pressly provided for, the authority herebv granted shall 
 
 construction, be void : PrMd That said railroad sha/bfconstruc^^^^^^ 
 
 on such grade and in such manner as shall be approved bv 
 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 
 An.endn,ent. Sec. 4 That Congress reserves the right to alier, amend, 
 
 or repeal this act. ' 
 
 Approved, July 5, 1892. 
 
 !, 
 
 ''^^•^^'^^^- ^^ ^^ To amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier's Home 
 Stats. 27, p. 444. Kail way Company of the District of Columbia. 
 
 n^^h ^'^•f^^^'i ^y the Senate and ffmise of Bepresentatives 
 Eckineton and XA^ ,, "^^f ff <^^^^^« ^^ Cougvess o^semUed, That 
 ^^l^e 15^ act to amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldier's 
 %VS^e over^l^'"? /^*»W Company approved April thirtieth, anno 
 h^ wLes until J^omini eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended 
 by substituting the word -five" for the word -three" in 
 the last line of said act. And that the act to amend the 
 charter of the Eckington and Soldier's Home Railroad Com- 
 pany, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 
 Extension to^^'lc/K^:^^^*^ L*^^^^!^ ^'"u^ ^°'^'**^"^ ^» P^^^^ ^^Ireof the 
 street. NE. that Until C and D streets shall have been paved and pro- 
 vided with sewers to Fifteenth street the company s^all 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 121 
 
 not be required to construct its road beyond Thirteenth 
 
 street, and that said company shall have authority to make 
 
 connection with D street from C. street through and along ^ 
 
 Thirteenth street northeast." And in the fourth ][)roviso 
 
 by striking out the word " horse " and inserting in lieu ^Hot^e^ power 
 
 thereof the word ''steam," so that the proviso will read, 
 
 Provided, That steam power shall not be used on said line 
 
 for traction purposes, and that, if electric wires or cables 
 
 are used to propel its cars over any of the routes hereby 
 
 authorized within the limits of the city of Washington, the 
 
 same shall be placed under ground." 
 
 And in section three, by striking out the words "one^^Tij^^e^/or^con- 
 year," and inserting in lieu thereof the words " two years," tended, 
 so that the section, as amended, will read '*That, unless said 
 extensions are commenced within three months, and the 
 cars run thereon within two years from the passage of this 
 act, except, as o.therwise expressly provided for, the author- 
 ity hereby granted shall be void: Provided, That said 
 railroad shall be constructed on such gmde and in such 
 manner as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia." 
 
 Approved, February 13, 1893. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Wash- August 23, 1894. 
 ington and Great Falls Electric Railway." (Also amending the stats. 28, p. 492. 
 charter of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company.) 
 
 * * * * » 
 
 Sec. 5. That the Act to amend the charter of the Eck- sowiera^ ^Some 
 ington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, approved ^•^•<^«- 
 July fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby 
 amended by striking out in Section one, beginning in line ecu °^^ *°'^''**" 
 six with the words, " Beginning at the intersection of" to 
 and including the words "point of beginning" in line 
 twenty-nine, and inserting in place thereof the following: 
 Beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G streets 
 northwest, east along G street to New Jersey avenue and 
 First street; thence south along First street northwest to 
 C street northwest; thence east along C street (around the 
 south side of Stanton Square by single track) to Fifteenth 
 street northeast; thence north on Fifteenth street to D 
 street northeast; thence west on D street to Fourth street 
 northeast; thence south on Fourth street to C street north- 
 east; thence west on C street to New Jersey avenue; thence 
 north on New Jersey avenue to D street northwest; thence 
 west on D street to First street, and to the point of begin- 
 ning; also beginning at the intersection of G street north- 
 west and New Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey 
 avenue to and along G street to North Capitol street, thence 
 north on North Capitol street to New York avenue, con- 
 necting with the main line and the North Capitol street 
 branch; also beginning at the intersection of G and Fifth 
 

 122 LAWS BELATING TO 8TBEET-EAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 streets northwest; thence south on Fifth street to Louisi- 
 ana avenue, thence along Louisiana avenue to Sixth street 
 west; thence south along Sixth street to B street north- 
 west; thence west on B street (over its own tracks for such 
 a distance as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 shall determine) to a point to be located by the said Dis- 
 trict Commissioners near the east curb line of Seventh 
 street northwest, and returning by the same route to Fifth 
 street northwest. 
 
 stockincreased. ^^^^ ^y inserting in Section two after the word " hun- 
 dred" the words, "and fifty." 
 
 Timeextended. ^ig^ ^^ inserting in Section three, as amended, after the 
 words ''two years" the words, "and three months." 
 
 Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right at any time to 
 alter, amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, August 23, 1894. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 June 10, 1896. 
 
 AN ACT To extend the routes of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 l^ilway Company and of the Belt Railway Company, of the District 
 of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and house of Representatwes 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 
 8oM?e^^Home^'^^.^'^ **^^^^^^^^*,^« f'*??! ^b^ passage of this Act the 
 R. R. Co. HiCkmgton and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, and the 
 
 Belt Railway Company, both of the District of Columbia, 
 respectively, shall begin to equip those portions of their 
 respective lines which are situated within the boundaries 
 wa^*" fr^ m^otorl ^1^^^ ^^*7 f Washington with compressed-air motors. If 
 within threeafter atrial of three months the said compressed-air motors 
 shall, in the judgment of the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia, prove to be in all respects a proper and satis- 
 factory motive power for the speedy and convenient pro- 
 pulsion of street cars, then the said Commissioners are 
 hereby authorized and directed to issue to the said railway 
 companies, respectively, permits to equip their lines within 
 the District of Columbia with such compressed-air motors* 
 and within six months from the passage of this Act the 
 Shall cease use said railway companies shall cease to use horsepower on 
 w i x^^ ^ Tf X any and all of their respective lines. In the event that the 
 months. said compressed-air motors shall not be approved as herein 
 
 provided for, then within eighteen months from the passage 
 of this Act the said companies, respectively, shall con- 
 grfuXs?em'£stf"^'t and put into full operation on all their lines in the 
 \ m?tS^" provi J ^ . Washington the underground electric system. No 
 unsatisfactory, extcusion of any of the lines in this Act provided for 
 no?toblS:^on2!;^^l be Operated by horsepower: And provided further, 
 extensions. Ihat Within thirty days from the passage of this Act cars 
 shall be regularly run over the existing tracks, beginning 
 at the intersection of G street and New Jersey avenue 
 thence across New Jersey avenue to and along G street to 
 stSt^LS^reJ^^j;.^^ 5^^P^«1 street, thence north on North Capitol street 
 be operated. to 1 Street, according to a schedule satisfactory to the 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 123 
 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Neglect or 
 failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall 
 subject the corporation so neglecting or failing to a penalty 
 of fifty dollars for each and every day during which such 
 failure or neglect continues, said penalty to be recovered 
 by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway 
 Company of the District of Columbia be, and the sanae 
 hereby is, authorized to lay down and operate a street rail- 
 way in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, 
 through and along the following-named streets and ave- 
 nues, to wit: , Tj. t • ^n 
 
 Beginning at the junction of Eighth and D streets north- EighTr8?rert 
 east; thence by double track south along Eighth street to east, etc. 
 C street south; thence by single track as follows: west on 
 C street south to Seventh street east; thence south on Sev- 
 enth street east to M street south; thence east on M street 
 south to Georgia avenue; thence northeast on Georgia 
 avenue to Ninth street east; thence north on Ninth street 
 east to C street south; thence west on C street south to 
 
 'R'icyhth sf'reet' east 
 Sec. 3. That said Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway ^t^^^«"a8e of 
 
 Company is authorized to increase its capital stock or to Bonds, 
 issue bonds for such amounts as may be necessary to pay 
 th^ actual cost of constructing and equipping the extensions 
 hereinbefore authorized: Provided, That the question as 
 to the amount to be provided for in connection with such 
 extension and the method of providing for the same, 
 whether by issuance of stock or bonds, shall be decided 
 by a majority in value of the stockholders at a meeting 
 to be called for the purpose after reasonable notice; and 
 authority is hereby conferred upon said company, in case 
 of issuance of bonds, to make due conveyance of its cor- 
 porate franchises and property for the purpose of securing 
 the same: Provided, however. That any such conveyance 
 by way of mortgage shall be subject to the prior lien al- 
 ready created by deed of trust dated June first, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-one, and recorded in liber fifteen hun- 
 dred and eighty, folio three hundred and twenty-seven and 
 following, of the land records of the District of Columbia, 
 which conveys all the real estate and franchises of said 
 railroad, as well as the line of said railroad now existing 
 and such additions thereto at any time made, located, 
 extended, or constructed: And provided, That said Eck- 
 ington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company shall not issue limited to 
 have its stock and bonds outstanding at any one time to S ^'and^'SlSp- 
 a greater amount than the actual cost of the construction ment. 
 and equipment of said railway; which actual cost shall be 
 ascertained by the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia in such manner as the said court shall prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the Belt Railway Company of the District 
 of Columbia be, and the same hereby is, authorized to lay 
 down and operate a double-track railway, with the neces- 
 
 1 1 fill 
 
Extension of 
 Belt Ry. to Le 
 Droit Park. 
 
 Extension on 
 Water street. 
 
 Cknnpletion. 
 
 s 
 
 124 LAWS BELATING TO 8TBEET-EAILWAY FBANCHISE8. 
 
 9 
 
 T?SrtT'^f*'n f^^ *^^^-«^^' in the city of Washington, 
 District of Columbia, through and along the following- 
 named streets and avenues, to wit; 
 
 n.^h^'"'''^ at Fourth and O streets northwest; thence 
 
 n^^^ ""^ • ''1^ ^^5^^* ^^^^ ^ ^1^"^^ avenue; thence 
 north crossing Florida avenue to Harewood street thence 
 
 along Harewood street to Elm street; thence west along 
 *.lm street to Linden street; thence north on Linden street 
 «^«f k^-m"?^ street; thence west on Pomeroy street to the 
 east buildmg line of Seventh street west extended. 
 
 Also beginning at the present terminus of the Belt Rail- 
 7]7JV\''^\ street, near N street south; thence south 
 along Water street to P street south by an extension of the 
 present tracks of the Belt Railway ; thence by further exten! 
 sion of said tracks east along P street south to Delaware 
 avenue: Provi^d, That if there is not sufficient room for 
 two tracks on Water street without encroaching on tracks 
 already there, that the said Belt Line Rail waf Company 
 shall purchase, at ite own cost, sufficient ground to open 
 Water street from the terminus of its line as now located 
 along said projected route to P street. 
 
 bEC. 5. That the construction of the extensions herebv 
 authorized sha 1 be completed within one year after the 
 approval of this Act: I^r<,vided, That in case anv one or 
 more of the said extensions shall not be completed and 
 operated regularly within the time specified, then so much 
 «LliK ^^.t a^ , authorizes such uncompleted extensions 
 shall be void and of no effect. 
 
 Sec. 6 That said Belt Railway Company is authorized to 
 increase Its capital stock or to issue bonds for such amounts 
 as may be necessary to pay the actual cost of constructing 
 and equipping the several extensions hereinbefore author- 
 ized: Pm^^(^, That the question as to the amount to be 
 S^^ /'''' m connection with each extension and the 
 method of providing for the same, whether by issuance of 
 stocks or bonds, shall be decided by a majority in value of 
 the stockholders at a meeting to be called for the purpose 
 after reasonable notice; and authority is hereby conferred 
 upon said company, in case of issuance of bonds, to make due 
 conveyance of its corporate franchises and property for 
 the purpose of securing the same: Provided, howler. That 
 any such conveyance by way of mortgage shall be subject 
 
 L,lv fhTrr.; ? *"• 'u!^^ T""^^^ > ^^^^ ^f ^^^^^ dated 
 July thirty-hrst, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and re- 
 corded in hber sixteen hundred and six, folios one hundred 
 and ninety-seven and following, of the land records of the 
 District of Columbia which conveys all the real estate and 
 franchises of said railroad, as well as the line of said rail- 
 road now existing and such additions thereto at any time 
 
 Thof ' •^^'i'l.^'^i^"'^^^.' ""^ constructed: And provided. 
 That said Belt Railway Company shall not have its stock 
 and bonds outstanding at any one time to a greater amount 
 than the actual cost of the construction and equipment of 
 said railway, which actual cost shall be ascertained by the 
 
 Belt Railway 
 may increase 
 stock or issue 
 bonds. 
 
 Issue limited 
 to cost of con- 
 struction and 
 equipment. 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 125 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Excavations. 
 
 Paving. 
 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia in such manner 
 as the said court shall prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 7. That such extensions of said railroads and each 
 of them shall be constructed on such grade and in such 
 manner as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway companies 
 and each of them, their and each of their successors or 
 assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and 
 excavations in any of said streets or places where said 
 companies, or either of them, may have the right to con- 
 struct and operate its road, and place in such trenches and 
 excavationsall needful and convenient devices f ormachinery 
 for operating said railroad in the manner and by the means 
 aforesaid. But whenever such trenches or excavations 
 shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any 
 subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which 
 has been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense 
 necessary to change such underground construction shall 
 be borne by the said railway company making such trench 
 or excavation. 
 
 Sec. 9. That each of the said corporations shall at all 
 times keep the space between their tracks and rails and 
 two feet exterior thereto in such condition as the Commis- 
 sioners of the i3istrictof Columbia or their successors may 
 direct; and whenever any street occupied by either of said 
 railway is paved and repaired or otherwise improved, the 
 said corporation shall bear all expense of improving the 
 spaces above described. Should either of the said corpora- 
 tions fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners the 
 work shall be done by the proper officials of the District of 
 Columbia, and the amounts due from such corporation shall 
 be collected as provided by section five of the Act entitled 
 "An Act providing for a permanent form of government 
 for the District of Columbia," aoproved June eleventh, 
 eighteen hundred and seventy -eignt. 
 
 Sec. 10. That every street-railroad corporation in the Annual report 
 District of. Columbia, and every such corporation which 
 shall hereafter be organized, shall, on or before the first 
 day of February in each year, make a report to each the 
 Senate and the House of Representatives, which report 
 shall be sworn to and signed by the president and treasurer 
 of such corporation, and shall cover the period of one year 
 ending the thirty-first day of December previous to the 
 date of making the report. Such report shall state the 
 amount of capital stock, with a list of the stockholders 
 and the amount of stock held by each; the amount of cap- 
 ital stock paid in; the total amount now of funded debt; 
 the amount of floating debt; the average rate per annum 
 of interest on funded debt; amount of dividends declared; 
 cost of roadbed and superstructure, including iron; cost 
 of land, buildings, and fixtures, including land damages; 
 cost of cars, horses, harness, and motors and other ma- 
 chinery; total cost of road and equipment; length of road 
 
126 LAWS EELATING TO STEEET-EAILWAY FEANCHISE8. 
 
 in miles; lengthof double track, including sidings; weight 
 of rail, by yard; the number of cars and of horses; the 
 number of motors; the total number of passengers carried 
 in cars; the average time consumed by passenger cars in 
 pssing over the road; repairs of roadbed and railway, 
 mcluding iron, and repairs of buildings and fixtures; total 
 cost of maintaining road and real estate; cost of general 
 superintendence; salaries of officers, clerks, agents, and 
 office expenses; wages paid conductors, drivers, engin- 
 eers, and motor men; water and other taxes; damages to 
 prsons and property, including medical attendance; rents, 
 mcluding use of other roads; total expense of operating 
 road, and repairs; receipts from passengers; receipts from 
 all other sources, specifying what, in detail; total receipts 
 from all sources during the year; payments for mainte- 
 nance and repairs; payments for interest; payments for 
 dividends on stock, amount and rate per centum; total 
 payments during the year; the number of persons injured 
 m life and limb; the cause of the injury, and whether pas- 
 sengers, employees, or other persons. 
 Fare. Sec. 11. That each of said companies shall receive a rate 
 
 of fare not exceeding ^ve cents per passenger, and the 
 said companies, and each of them, shall make arrange- 
 ments with all existing railway companies in the District of 
 Columbia for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare 
 on its road: Provided, That within the limits of the District 
 of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents. 
 
 «.^i®"?°*®°*' ^^^- 1^- '^^^*' Congress reserves the riffht to alter, 
 repeal, etc. amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 10, 1896. 
 
 
 Feb. 3, 1897. 
 
 t 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending time for compliance by Eckington 
 and Soldiers' Home Railway Company and the Belt Railway Com- 
 pany with provisions of section one of an Act entitled an Act to 
 extend the routes of said railway companies, and so forth, approved 
 June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. 
 
 Resolved hv the Senate and Home of Representatives of 
 the United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 jjmeeztended the time granted by the Act approved June tenth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-six, within which the said Eckington 
 and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, of the District of 
 Columbia, and the Belt Railway Company, of the District 
 . of Columbia, shall begin to equip those portions of their 
 respective lines which are situated within the boundary of 
 the city of Washington with compressed-air motors, be, 
 and It is hereby, extended to July first, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety -seven. 
 
 Sec. 2. That if said compressed-air motors shall be 
 adopted, said companies shall completely equip their re- 
 spective lines with such motive power on or before July 
 first, eighteen hundred and ninety eight. 
 
 Sec. 3. That if said compressed-air motive power shall 
 not be adopted on or before July first, eighteen hundred 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 127 
 
 and ninety-seven, then said railway companies shall, within 
 one year from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety- 
 seven, equip the respective lines in the city of Washing- 
 ton with an underground electric system: Provided^ That 
 in case the said companies shall fail to comply with all of 
 the requirements of this Act by the time therein fixed the 
 said companies and each of them shall forfeit and pay to Penalty, 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia the sum of 
 one hundred dollars for each day of such failure: And pro- 
 vided furthe^\ That if said companies shall fail to operate 
 the whole of their respective lines as provided by An Act 
 entitled An Act to extend the routes of said railway com- 
 
 Sanies, and so forth, approved June tenth, eighteen hun- 
 red and ninety-six, in such manner and on such schedules schedules. 
 as the Commissioners shall approve, then said companies 
 and each of them shall forfeit and pay to the District Com- Penalty, 
 missioners the sum of one hundred dollars for each day of 
 such failure. 
 
 Sec. 4. All acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with this 
 Act are hereby repealed. 
 Approved, February 3, 1897. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home June 27, 1898. 
 Railway Company of the District of Columbia, the Maryland and i^ " 
 
 Washington Railway Company, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ '^^^*' sowS^^Home 
 the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company of Rwy. may pur- 
 the District of Columbia be, and it is hereby, autnorized Maryland S 
 to purchase or lease the property and franchises or any wa^shington 
 part thereof, of the Maryland and Washington Railway 
 Company of the District of Columbia and that part of the 
 property and franchises of the Columbia and Marj^land 
 Railway Company of Maryland lying between the District 
 line and the town of Laurel, Maryland, and the Maryland 
 and Washington Railway Company is hereby authorized 
 to sell or lease its property and franchises to the said Eck- 
 ington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company: Provided^ 
 That only one fare, not exceeding the rate now authorized Fare, 
 by law, shall be charged for a single continuous ride over 
 all the lines in the District of Columbia affected by such 
 purchase or lease. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company, under the supervision of the Commis- to equip with 
 sioners of the District of Columbia, shall fully equip all its sy^m^^'**"" 
 lines now owned and operated within the city of Washing- 
 ton and also the North Capitol street line from the inter- 
 section of G street north and New Jersey avenue to T 
 street north with an underground electric system essen- 
 tially similar to the underground system now in use by the 
 Metropolitan Railroad Company in said citv, upon plans 
 to be submitted to and approved by the said Commission- 
 
128 LAW8 RELATING TO STREET-RAILTVAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Not to use 
 cables for light- 
 ing or power. 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 Commissioners 
 may permit con- 
 duits to be ex- 
 tended for five 
 blocks. 
 
 To pay taxes 
 and wages of 
 employees. 
 
 Route amend 
 ed. 
 
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 ers, and shall have its cars regularly running by said sys- 
 tem within twelve months from the passage of this Act: 
 Provided, Thsit nothing herein contained shall be construed 
 as authorizing or permitting said company to use their 
 conduits or cables or electrical conductors of any character 
 whatever for the purpose of electric lighting or power, 
 except such as may be necessary for the lighting and pro- 
 pelling of the cars and other machinery of such road and 
 the power house of said company, or other property owned 
 or acquired by said company adjacent to the lines of the 
 road and necessary for the operation of said road: Pro- 
 vided^ however^ That the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia are hereby authorized to permit street railway 
 companies using the underground electric system to con- 
 struct conduits not exceeding five blocks in length to con- 
 nect their existing conduits for the pui-pose of conveying 
 electric current to be used for street railway purposes only: 
 And p-romded further, That before permits shall be issued 
 to begin such work all taxes and special assessments due 
 and unpaid to the District of Columbia, and all indebted- 
 ness due the employees for labor, or due others for coal, 
 feed, horseshoes, and other supplies, contracted for by the 
 receiver of the said Eckington and Soldiers' Home Rail- 
 way, duly appointed by the court, and used on behalf and 
 for the benefit of said company, during such receivership, 
 and to be approved by the court appointing such receiver, 
 shall first be paid: Provided, That in case of any lines pur- 
 chased or leased by said Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company, such lines within the city of Washing- 
 ton shall be fully equipped with said underground electric 
 system within twelve months from the completion of such 
 purchase or lease, and the North Capitol street branch 
 shall be completed with the underground system to the Sol- 
 diers' Home within twelve months from the opening and 
 grading of said street. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the route of the Eckington and Soldiers' 
 Home Railway Company shall be as at present, with the 
 following changes, to wit: Between the intersections of T 
 and Third streets northeast and R and Second streets north- 
 east one track shall be abandoned, and in lieu thereof a 
 single track shall be constructed between the same points 
 on T and Second streets northeast; between the intersec- 
 tions of Eckington place and Florida avenue and New York 
 avenue and First street northeast both tracks shall be aban- 
 doned, and in lieu thereof a double track shall be con- 
 structed between these two points, crossing Florida avenue 
 and on First street; between the intersections of New York 
 avenue and Fifth street and Fifth street and G street 
 northwest, the roadway shall be widened to a width of 
 forty-five feet, one-half at the expense of said company, 
 and one-half at the expense of any District of Columbia 
 appropriation available for such work; a single track be- 
 tween First and C streets and Fourth and D streets north- 
 east shall be abandoned, and in lieu thereof a single track 
 
 Capital stock. 
 Bonds. 
 
 Limit of issue. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 129 
 
 shall be constructed on D and First streets northeast, be-^^^^*°<io°e<* 
 tween these points: Provided further, That the abandoned 
 tracks shall be removed, and the single tracks, with all the 
 necessary switches, turn-outs, and so forth, shall be located 
 subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company is hereby authorized to issue its capital 
 stock and its bonds to an aggregate amount sufficient to 
 cover the cost of the property and franchises whose pur- 
 chase or lease is herein provided for and the cost of the 
 construction, equipment, and reequipment of the railway 
 lines now owned by the said Eckington and Soldiers] Home 
 Railway Company or hereafter to be acquired by said com- 
 pany, and to secure said bonds by mortgage or deed of 
 trust of any part or all of its property and franchises, as 
 now owned or hereafter to be acquired under the provi- 
 sions of this Act or otherwise: Provided, That such stock 
 and bonds shall be issued to such an amount and upon such 
 terms as may be agreed upon by the majority stockholders 
 of such company: And provided further, That the issue of 
 such bonds and stock shall not in the aggregate exceed the 
 amount necessary for effecting any such purchase, lease, 
 or acquisition and for the construction, reconstruction, and 
 equipment aforesaid, and the total outstanding bonds and 
 stock shall in no event exceed the sum of one hundred 
 and fifty thousand dollars per mile of single track. 
 
 Sec. 5. That within sixty days from the date of the^ 
 
 approval of this Act the Eckington and Soldiers' Home stmction 
 Railway Company shall deposit five thousand dollars with 
 the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia to guar- 
 antee the construction, equipment, and reequipment of its 
 lines, as authorized and prescribed by this Act. If said 
 sum is not so deposited, then this Act shall be void. If 
 said sum is so deposited and the said lines are not recon- 
 structed, equipped, and reequipped as herein provided for, 
 then said sum of five thousand dollars shall be forfeited 
 to the District of Columbia, and this Act shall be void. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the power to institute condemnation pro- 
 ceedings conferred upon the Maryland and Washington 
 Railway Company bv section twenty-four of the joint 
 resolution entitled ''A joint resolution to extend the charter 
 of the Maryland and Washington Railway ("ompany," 
 approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force 
 one year from the passage of this Act. 
 
 Sec. 7. That on and after twelve months from the passage ^^^orpenaiiy 
 
 of this Act the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway 
 Company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in addi- 
 tion to all other taxes now required to be paid by the said 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, the sum 
 of fifty dollars for each and every day thereafter until 
 said road shall be completed. 
 
 16400—05 9 
 
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 Deposit to 
 guarantee con- 
 
 Forfeit. 
 
 Condemna- 
 tion. 
 
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 130 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 **®"' Sec. 8. That nothing herein shall be construed to relieve 
 
 any of the corporations herein mentioned from any just 
 liability nor to in any manner affect any valid subsisting 
 claim of any creditor against said corporations, or either 
 of them. 
 
 nam7toci?y*ai?l Sec. 9. That the Eckiugtou and Soldicrs' Home Railway 
 Suburban. Company is hereby authorized to change its name to City 
 and Suburban Railway of Washington by a majority vote 
 of its stockholders, such change to become operative when 
 a certificate of the action of the stockholders shall have 
 been recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the 
 District of Columbia; such certificate to be signed by the 
 president, attested by the secretary, and the corporate seal 
 to be attached thereto. 
 
 Sec. 10. That Congress reserves the right to alter 
 amend, or repeal this Act. / ' 
 
 Approved, June 27, 1898. 
 
 
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 ^^^^^^^- JOINT RESOLUTION To promote the relocation of certain tracks 
 of the City and Suburban Railway Company, of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 Besolyed by the Senate and Hmise of Representatives of 
 the TJmted States of Amet^ica in Congress assemhled. That 
 a^o^J?"s4ngS t^^ City and Suburban Railway Company, of Washington, 
 Square. be, and it is hereby, authorized and directed to abandon its 
 
 single track passing around the south side of Stanton Square, 
 and in lieu thereof construct an additional single track on 
 the north side of Stanton Square from the intersection of 
 Fourth and C streets northeast to Sixth and C streets north- 
 east. That the City and Suburban Railway of Washing- 
 ton, be and it is hereby authorized and required within six 
 months after the passage of this Act, to equip with the same 
 uJde^3?J?u''d""^^^?^^"°^ system of electrical propulsion, as is now 
 eiectricfys^"m. being installed on its urban lines the following portion of its 
 suburban route, to wit: 
 
 Beginning at the intersection^of Florida avenue and Eck- 
 ington place, and running thence north through Eckington 
 place to north R street; thence east on north R street to 
 east Third street; thence by single track north on east Third 
 street to north T street; thence still by single track west 
 on north T street to east Second street; thence south on 
 east Second street to north R street; thence on north R 
 street to Eckington place, and thence to the beginning: 
 
 Providing, upon completion by said City and Suburban 
 Railway of the underground construction hereinbefore pro- 
 vided for, the obligation of the said City and Suburban 
 Railway imposed by section two of the act approved June 
 twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in re- 
 spect to the construction of its line on North Capitol street 
 north of T street, shall cease and in lieu of that provision 
 said City and Suburban Railway is required, within six 
 months after North Capitol street shall have been graded, 
 
 Route. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 131 
 
 to construct and operate a double-track railway on North p M^^^^.-^JlfVoSd 
 Capitol street f rom T street to Michigan avenue; thence overhead troi- 
 on Michigan avenue east to connect with its present tracks ^^y- 
 on Bunker Hill road. 
 
 Said railway on North Capitol street north of T street 
 and on Michigan avenue is to be operated by the overhead 
 trolley system; but the right to operate an overhead trol- 
 ley on North Capitol street shall cease and determine on 
 July first, nineteen hundred and four, or whenever after 
 that date the said street shall be paved; and the said com- 
 pany shall, on and after said date or paving as aforesaid 
 operate the said portion of its line by the underground 
 electric system. 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1899. 
 
h 
 
 GEORGETOWN AND TENNALLYTOWN RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 Georgetown 
 and Tennally- 
 town Railway 
 Company incor- 
 porated (amend- 
 ed). 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway August 22, 1888. 
 Company of the District of Columbia. stats. 25, p. 446. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Cmigress assembled. That 
 John W. Thompson, Richard H. Goldsborough, William J. 
 Thompson, Henry H. Dodge, W. K. Ryan, Osceola C. 
 Green, and Norval W. Burchell, of the District of Colum- 
 bia; Arthur E. Bateman, T. W. Pearsall, and Harvey 
 Durand, of the city and State of New York; and Nathan- 
 iel 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, Rail- 
 way Company of the District of Columbia, with authority 
 to construct and lay down a single or double track railway, 
 with necessary switches, turn-outs, and other mechanical 
 devices for operating the same by cable or electric power 
 for carrying passengers in the District of Columbia, from 
 the Potomac River near High street, to, and along High 
 street in Georgetown 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 W^ater street to said High 
 street, as may be found necessary, and subject to tne 
 approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: 
 Provided, howevei\ That such conduits shall be laid so as 
 not to impair the surface of said Water street for traflSc 
 and wagon travel. Whenever the foregoing route or routes 
 may coincide with the duly authorized route or routes of 
 other duly incorpomted 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, which shall hear and 
 determine the matter in due form of law, and adjudge to 
 the proper party the amount of compensation to be paid 
 therefor, waid 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 
 
 133 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 Route. 
 
 Conduits. 
 
 Coinciding 
 routes. 
 
 Motive power. 
 

 Fare. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Paving. 
 
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 184 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 prescribed in this act, and may repair and construct such 
 portions of its road as ma}^ 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 heard and determined summarily upon the appli- 
 cation of either road to any court in said District having 
 common-law jurisdiction. Said company shall receive a rate 
 of fare not exceeding five cents for each passenger for any 
 distance between the termini of said railway, and shall sell 
 tickets in packages six for twenty-five cents. Said railway 
 shall be constructed of good materials and in a substantial 
 manner, with rails of the most approved patern, the gauge 
 to correspond with that of other city railroads, all to be 
 approvecf by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia. The tracks of said railway, the space between the 
 tracks, and two feet beyond the outer rails thereof, where 
 the streets are now paved, or shall hereafter be paved, 
 which this franchise is intended to cover, shall be at all 
 times kept by said corporation well paved and in good 
 order, and on streets and roads not paved said corporation 
 shall keep said tracks and the space between them in good 
 repair, at its own expense, and subject to the approval of 
 the District Commissioners. It shall be lawful for said 
 corporation, its successors or assigns, to make all needful 
 Excavations, and Convenient trenches and excavations in any streets or 
 places where said corporations may be authorized to con- 
 struct and operate its roads, and to place in such trenches 
 and excavations all the needful and convenient devices and 
 machinery for operating said railroad in the manner and by 
 the means aforesaid. It shall also be lawful for said cor- 
 poration, its successors, or assigns, to erect and maintain, 
 at such convenient and suitable points along the line as 
 may seem most desirable to the board of directors of said 
 corporation, and subject to the approval of the Commis- 
 ^^nginehouses. sionci's of the District, an engine-house or houses, boiler- 
 house, and other buildings necessary for the successful 
 operation of such cable or electric railroad. The rate of 
 Speed. speed on said road shall not exceed twelve miles an hour, 
 
 under a penaltv of fifty dollars, recoverable by the Com- 
 missioners of the District by suit in any court of compe- 
 Annuaireport. tent jurisdiction in the District of Columbia. Said com- 
 pany shall, on or before the fifteenth of January of each 
 year, make a report to Congress 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 precedingyear ending December the thirty- 
 first, which report shall be verified by affidavit of the presi- 
 dent and secretary of said company; and said company 
 shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal 
 taxes for the next ensuing year four per centum of its gross 
 earnings upon traffic for the preceding year as shown by 
 said verified statement, which amount shall be payable to 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 SubscripJon. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 135 
 
 the collector of taxes at the times and in the manner that 
 other taxes are payable, and subject to the same penalties 
 on arrears; and the franchise and property of said com- 
 pany, both real and personal, to a sufficient amount, may 
 be seized and sold in satisfaction thereof, as may be pro- 
 vided 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 of 
 said railway. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be capital stock, 
 two hundred thousand dollars in shares of fifty dollars 
 each. Said company shall require the subscribers to the 
 capital stock to pay in cash to the treasurer appointed by 
 the corporators the amounts severally subscribed, as fol- 
 lows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of subscribing, 
 and the balance of such subscriptions to be paid at such 
 times and in such amounts as the board of directors may 
 require, and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless 
 the ten per centum thereof shall be paid at time of sub- 
 scribing, as hereinbefore provided; and if any stockholder 
 shall refuse or neglect to pay any installments as afore- 
 said, or as required by a resolution of the board of direct- 
 ors, the board of directors may sell at public auction, to the 
 highest bidder, so many shares of his said stock as shall 
 pay said installment (and the highest bidder shall be taken 
 to be the person who oflfers to purchase the least number 
 of shares for the assessment due), under such general reg- 
 ulations as may be adopted in the by-laws of said company; 
 but no stock shall be sold for less than the total assess- 
 ments due and payable; or said corporation may sue and 
 collect the same from any delinquent subscriber, in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction. The said company shall 
 place first-class cars on said railways, with all modern im- 
 provements for the convenience and comfort of passengers-, 
 and shall run cars thereon as often as the public conven- 
 ience may require. And according to a published schedule 
 to be filed with the District Commissioners, and be approved 
 by them. The said company may buy, lease, or construct 
 passenger rooms, ticket offices^ workshops, depots, and 
 buildings as they may deem necessary, at such points 
 along its line as may be approved by the Commissioners 
 of the District, and as the business of the railway and 
 the convenience of the public may require. Whenever 
 one-half of the said whole capital stock of said company 
 so subscribed, as aforesaid, shall have been paid in, the 
 said corporation shall have the right to issue bonds to an 
 amount equal to half the stock subscribed, to be secured by 
 mortgage of its franchise and property, real and personal: 
 Provided^ That no larger amount of stock and bonds shall 
 be issued than the actual cash cost of the construction and 
 equipment of the road: Provided, That the moneys raised 
 on said bonds shall be used and expended for the improve- 
 ment and completion of the said road, and not for the pur- 
 
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 Cars. 
 
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 Passenger 
 rooms, etc. 
 
 Bonds. 
 
 Limit of stock 
 and bonds. 
 
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 136 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHIRER. 
 
 pose of repaying the said coiporation for the moneys 
 expended by it on said road. Within thirty days after the 
 passage of this act the corporators named in the first sec- 
 tion, or a majority of them, or if any refuse or neglect to 
 act, then a majority of the remainder, shall cause books of 
 subscription to the capital stock of said company to be 
 
 suVs'c;ip"t^o"n?r°f """^ kept opened, in some convenient and accessi- 
 books. ble place in the District of Columbia, from nine o'clock in 
 
 the forenoon till five o'clock in the afternoon, for a period to 
 be hxed by said corporators, not less than two days (unless 
 the whole stock shall be sooner subscribed for) ; anJi said cor- 
 porators shall give public notice, by advertisement in one or 
 more of the daily papers published in the city of Washing- 
 ton, of the time when and the place where said books shall 
 be opened; and subscribers upon said books to the capital 
 Pav™.nt s^ck of the company shall be held to be stockholders: 
 Payments. Promded, That every subscriber shall pay, at the time of 
 subscribmg ten per centum of the amount by him sub- 
 scribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or 
 his subscription shall be null and void: Provided further, 
 Ihat nothing shall be received in payment of the ten per 
 centum at the time of subscribing, except lawful money 
 or certified checks from any established national banking- 
 house. And when the books of subscription to the capital 
 stock of said company shall be closed, the corporators and 
 in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a maior- 
 M .. ,\.^^t ^f°^^i»4^r' shall, within twenty days thereafter, 
 st^kWid?:!. "'f " ^\ first meeting of the stockholders of said company 
 to meet within ten days thereafter, for the choice of direct- 
 ors, of which meeting notice shall be given in a public 
 newspaper published daily in the city of Washington, and 
 by written personal notice to be mailed to the address of 
 each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; and in 
 fu ?^^fi^°^« «* the stockholders each share shall entitle 
 the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by proxy. 
 ^EC. 3. Ihat the government and direction of the affairs 
 of the company shall be vested in the board of directors 
 nine in number, who shall be stockholders of record, and 
 who shall hold their office for one year and until others are 
 duly elected and qualified to take their places as directors; 
 and the said directors (a majority of whom shall be a quo- 
 rum) shall elect one of their number to be president of the 
 comimny; and they shall also choose a vice-president, a 
 secretary, and a treasurer, who shall give a bond, with 
 surety, to said company, in such sum as the said directors 
 may require for the faithful discharge of his trust. In the 
 ^^^z yacan-case of a vacancy in the board of directors by the death, 
 resignation, or otherwise of any director, the vacancv occa- 
 sioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors. 
 Ihe directors shall have power to make and prescribe such 
 by-^laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful 
 and proper touching the disposition and management of the 
 
 w VP^.^P^'?^' ^''^^ ^""^ ^^'^^t« ^^ *he company, not con- 
 trary to the charter or to the laws of the United States and 
 
 Directors. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Exclusion from 
 cars. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 137 
 
 the ordinances of the District of Columbia. There shall be j^n»"«i "^^^t- 
 an annual meeting of the stockholders for choice of direct- 
 ors, to be held at such time and place, under siich conditions, 
 and upon such notice as the said company in their by-laws 
 may prescribe; and said directors shall annually make a 
 report in writing of their doings to the stockholders and 
 to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Said 
 company shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted ^F^ee use of 
 use of the railway; and if any person or persons shall will- "^^ '^*^- 
 fully or mischievously, unnecessarily obstruct or impede 
 the passage of the cars of said railway 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 said railway, the person or 
 persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each offense 
 not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dol- 
 lars to said company, to be recovered as other fines and 
 penalties of said District, and shall remain liable, in addi- 
 tion to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned by 
 his or her or their acts as aforesaid. No person shall be 
 prohibited the right to travel on the cars of said roaxl, or 
 ejected therefrom by the company's employees for any other 
 cause than of being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously dis- 
 eased, or for the use of obscene or profane language, refus- 
 ing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the 
 lawful general regulations of the company. The said 
 Georgetown and Tennallytown 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 construct its said 
 road across such other railways: Provided^ That it shall 
 not interrupt the travel of such other railways in such 
 construction. The principal office of said company shall 
 always be situated in the city of Washington, and all books 
 and papers relating to the business of said company shall 
 be kept thereat, and open at all times to the inspection of 
 the stockholders. The meeting of the stockholders and 
 directors shall be held at said office. The book in which 
 transfers of stock shall be recorded shall be closed for the 
 purpose of such transfer thirty days before the annual 
 
 election. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said work shall commence within one ^c^^^^JJj^^^^ 
 year from the passage of this act, and be completed its pietioa. 
 entire distance, with switches and turn-outs, and with 
 ears running thereon for the accommodation of passengers, 
 within two years from the date of the passage of this act; 
 otherwise this charter shall be null and void. 
 
 Sec. 5. That Congress hereby reserves to itself the right Amendment. 
 to at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act. 
 
 Received by the President August 10, 1888. 
 
 [Note by the Department of State.— The foregoing 
 act haying been presented to the President of the United 
 
 Crossings. 
 
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 • 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 
 otates, has become a law without his approval.] 
 
 March 24, 1890. AN ACT To amend an act to incorporate the Georgetown and tennal- 
 stats. 26, p. 29. ^ytown Railway Company of the District of Columbia, which be- 
 came a law August tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 eigut. ® ^ 
 
 Georgetown 
 and Tennallv- 
 t o w n Railway 
 Company of the 
 District of Co- 
 lumbia. 
 
 Location of 
 tracks. 
 
 Vol. 26, p. 446, 
 amended. 
 
 Provisos. 
 
 Location of in' 
 ner rails. 
 
 Commissioners 
 to locate rail- 
 way. 
 
 Be tt enacted hy the Senate and Bouse of Bepresentatwes 
 of ttie United states of America in Congress assemUed, That 
 the act entitled ''An act to incorporate the Georgetown and 
 lennallytown Railway Company of the District of Colum- 
 bia be, and the same hereby is, amended, by substituting 
 after the words and along High street, in Georgetown, to 
 the lennallytown road " the words ''and thence aloncr and 
 in said road for the words " but wholly outside of the lim- 
 its of said road and along the side of sai'd road " : Provided, 
 ihat the inner line of rails shall be at the minimum distance 
 of eight feet from the center of the improved road- way 
 And provided furthet^. That said railway shall be located on 
 such side of the road way as may be indicated by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Approved, March 24, 1890. 
 
 July 14. 1892. 
 Stats. 27, p. 156. 
 
 District appropriation act, 1893. 
 
 * 
 
 and^T Jf n a^iT^ . Provided, That the streets and avenues shall be completed 
 Taif p^y for V^^ ""^^^l '" which they appear in said schedules, except 
 certain improve- ^^^^ Street, SO far as the amount of money herein aoDroDri- 
 ja^g to Highat^d shall suffice for the work, and one-half of the cost of 
 widening High street named in the Georgetown schedule 
 shall be charged to the Georgetown and Tennally town Hail- 
 way Company of the District of Columbia and collected 
 from said company m the same manner as the cost of laying 
 down pavements, sewers, and other work, or repairing the 
 same, lying between the exterior rails of the tracks of street 
 railways, and for a distance of two feet from and exterior 
 to such track or tracks on each side thereof, are collectible 
 under the provisions of section five of the act entitled "An 
 act providing a permanent form of government for the Dis- 
 trict ot Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hun- 
 dred and seventy-eiglit"; and the act of August twenty- 
 second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An 
 act to incorporate the Georgetown and Tennally town Rail- 
 way Company of the District of Columbia," is herebyaltered 
 and amended so as to authorize and require such charge 
 and collection. ^ 
 
 * 
 
 Approved, July 14, 1892. 
 
 Route. 
 
 GEOEGETOWN BAEGE, DOCK, ELEVATOE, AND EAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator, and Sept. 26, 1888. 
 
 Railway Company. stats. 25, p. 492. 
 
 Be it enactedhy the Senateand Eomeof RejJresentaUves ^ ^^^^ 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ Ihat garge, Dock, ei- 
 Anthony Hyde, William A. Gordon, Robert B. Tenney, ejato^andjuii^ 
 Henry H. Dodge, Morris J. Adler, Edward L. Dent, John A. incorporated. 
 Baker,JohnMarburv,andHenryM.Sweeny,theirassociates 
 and assigns, be, and*^they are hereby, created a body corpo- 
 rate under the name of the Georgetown Barge, Dock, Eleva- 
 tor, and Railway Company, with authority to build and main- 
 tain a dock or Socks on the Potomac River west of Rock 
 Creek, and to receive therein, and send therefrom, barges, 
 vessels, cargoes, and railway cars, from and to any points on 
 the Potomac River and its tributaries and coastwise; and to 
 construct and maintain single or double track railways in 
 the city of Georgetown or West Washington, District ot 
 Columbia, through and along Water street, beginning at a 
 point on the west side of the Aqueduct Bridge, through and 
 along said Water street, under said bridge to the eastern ter- 
 minus of said Water street at Rock Creek, y^ith the privilege 
 of extending its tracks from the intersection of Water street 
 and Washington or Thirtieth street along Washington or 
 Thirtieth street to the Potomac River, and from the inter- 
 section of Virginia avenue and Washington or Thirtieth 
 street along Virginia avenue to Rock Creek, with sidings, 
 turn-outs, turn-tables, and switches necessary for the deliv- 
 ery of cars to warehouses and depots along said streets; 
 and also to construct and maintain warehouses, depots, ^^^^^^ ^^ 
 and elevators in said city of Georgetown or West W ash- 
 ington, with the right to receive and dispatch boats and 
 freight of all kinds, and to run cars on said tracks, sidings, 
 switches, turn-outs, and turn-tables, propelled by steam, 
 horse, or electric power; and to charge and receive tor the 
 use of the docks, railway, warehouses, depots, elevators, 
 and barges of said companv, such rates as may be hxed 
 by the directors, with the approval of the Commissioners 
 of the District: Provided, That when said lines coincide coinciding 
 with the dulv authorized lines of any duly incorporated 
 street railway of the District of Columbia, said company 
 shall lay separate and independent tracks in the original 
 construction of the said lines whenever, in the judgment 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, it shall 
 be deemed by them possible and practicable so to do. 
 Whenever the foregoing route or routes may coincide with 
 
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 Warehouses, 
 
Tiaclcs. 
 
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 140 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 the duly authorized route or routes of any duly incorporated 
 street railway company in the District of Columbia, either 
 or both companies may use the same tracks, when, on 
 account of the width of the streets, or for other sufficient 
 reason it shall be deemed by the Commissioners of the 
 district to be necessary; and in such case they may use 
 such tracks in common, upon such fair and equitable terms 
 Bs may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the 
 event said company fail to agree upon equitable terms, 
 either of said companies may apply, by petition, to the 
 supreme court of tie District of Columbia, which shall 
 hear and determine the matter in due form of law, and 
 
 construction. Xllid thLfn^^^^^^ '^ ' ^"^^^^ V^^ Compensation 
 to be paid therefor. Said railway shall be constructed of 
 
 good materials and m a substantial manner, with the rails 
 of American manufacture and of the most approved pat- 
 terns laid upon an even surface with the mvement of 
 the street, with the gauge to correspond with that of the 
 Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Potomac Railroad 
 Companies all to be approved by the Commissioners of 
 the Distnct of Columbia. The tracks of said railwav 
 the space between the tracks, and two feet beyond the 
 outer rails thereof, which this franchise is intended to 
 cover, shall be at all times kept by said corporation well 
 mved and in good repair at its own expense and subject to 
 the approval of the Commissioners aforesaid. And if the 
 corporation shall fail to make the necessary repairs within 
 ten days after notice by the Commissioners, the repairs 
 shall be made by the Commissioners, and the cost of such 
 repairs be recovered by the Commissioners before any court 
 of competent jurisdiction. It shall be lawful for said cor- 
 
 etc. by Steam, horse, or electric power. It shall also be lawful 
 
 for said coiporation, its successors, or assigns, to erect and 
 maintain, at such convenient and suitable points alon^ its 
 lines as may seem most desirable to the board of directors 
 of said corporation, and subject to the approval of the 
 Commissioners of the District, an engine-hoAse or houses, 
 boiler-house or houses, and all other buildings necessary 
 
 compi^tion rn«d Tr'*^^'-''"r^^ ^ S^^^-?' ^^J^"' ^^ ^^^^^''^ "^«t«r rail- 
 ^^.ompu tion, road. The main line of said road shall be completed within 
 
 two years from the passage of this act; and if work is not 
 
 fn TirJ!''^i^"'lr''!u'^''^'^ ^'" ^^^^ ^^'^^ ^« the main line 
 m SIX months after the passage of this act, then the privi- 
 leges and powers granted herein to said corporation shall 
 
 Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said comoanv shall nnf 
 cap^^stoc.. exceed fifty thousand ^lars and be not ffiha^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 hve thousand dollars m shares of fifty dollars each; but if 
 said company shall find it necessary to purchase or con- 
 struct barges and tug-boats then the said company shall 
 o^Z^^.^W'' issue additional stock or bonds, not ex- 
 ceeding fifty thousand dollars: Prc^ided^ however Thfit no 
 bonds shall be issued hereunder until at least fifty per cen- 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 turn of the capital stock shall have been actually paid into 
 the treasury of the company upon stock subscriptions, and 
 that no bonds shall be issued for a greater sum than the 
 sum actually paid into the treasury of the company upon 
 stock subscriptions. And said company shall reouire the 
 subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash, to the treas- 
 urer appointed by the corporators, the amounts severally 
 subscribed by them as follows, namely: Ten per centum 
 at the time of subscribing and five per centum each thirty 
 days thereafter until fifty per centum thereof shall have 
 been paid; the balance of such subscriptions to be paid at 
 such times and in such amounts as the board of directors 
 may require; and no subscription shall be deemed valid 
 unless the ten per centum thereof shall be paid at the time 
 of subscribing as hereinbefore provided; and if any stock- 
 holder shall refuse or neglect to pay any installment as 
 aforesaid, or as required by a resolution of the board of 
 directors after reasonable notice of the same, the said 
 board of directors may sell at public auction, to the high- 
 est bidder, so many snares of his stock as shall pay said 
 installment (and the person who oif ers to purchase the least 
 number of shares for the assessment due shall be taken as 
 the highest bidder), and the sale shall be conducted accord- 
 ing to such general regulations as may be adopted in the by- 
 laws of said company ; but no stock shall be sold for less than 
 the total assessments due and payable, or said body may 
 sue and collect the same from any delinquent subscriber in 
 any court of competent jurisdiction. The said company 
 shall buy, lease, construct, and maintain workshops, depots, 
 lands, and buildings as they may deem necessary at such 
 points along its line as may be approved by the Comrais 
 sioners of the District, and as the business of the company 
 may require: Provided^ That within thirty davs after the 
 passage of this act the corporators named in the first sec- 
 tion, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority 
 of them, or if any refuse or neglect to act, then a raajor- 
 ity of the remainder, shall cause books of subscription to 
 the capital stock of said company to be opened, and kept 
 open, m some convenient and accessible place in the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, from nine o'clock in the forenoon till five 
 o'clock in the afternoon, for a period to be fixed by said 
 corporators, not less than ten days (unless the stock shall 
 be sooner subscribed; and said corporators shall give pub- 
 lic notice, by advertisement in two of the daily papers 
 published in the city of Washington, of the time when and 
 the place where said books shall be opened; and subscrib- 
 ers upon said books to the capital stock of the company shall 
 be held to be stockholders: Prmnded^ That every subscriber 
 shall pay at the time of subscribing ten per centum of the 
 amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the 
 corpoi-ators, or his subscription shall be null and void : Pro- 
 vic^d furthe7\ That nothing shall be received in payment of 
 the ten per centum at the time of subscribing and the addi- 
 tional installments hereinbefore provided f or,except lawful 
 
 141 
 
 Bonds. 
 
 Subscriptions. 
 
 Organization. 
 
 Payments on 
 
 stock. 
 

 
 Directors. 
 
 142 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 money or certified checks from any national bank; and when 
 stoJkhowSI °'*^® ^^^® ^^ subscription to the capital stock of said com- 
 pjany shall be dosed the corporators named in the first sec- 
 tion, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority 
 of them, and in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, 
 then a majority of tlie remainder shall, within twenty 
 days thereafter, call the first meeting of the stockholders 
 of said company, to meet within ten days thereafter, for 
 the choice of directors, of which public notice shall be 
 given for five days in two daily newspapers published in 
 the city of Washington; and in all meetings of the stock- 
 holders each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, to 
 be given in person or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the government and direction of the affairs 
 of the company shall be vested in the board of directors, 
 seven in number, who shall be stockholders of record, and 
 who shall hold their office for one year, and until their suc- 
 cessors are duly elected and qualified; and the directors (a 
 majority of whom shall be a quorum) shall elect one of 
 their number to be President of the board, who shall be 
 president of the company; and they also shall choose a 
 vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer, who shall give 
 a bond, with surety, to said company, in such sum as the 
 said directors may require, for the faithful discharge of his 
 trust. In the case of a vacancy in the board of directors, 
 by the death, resignation, or otherwise, of any director, the 
 vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining 
 directors. The directors shall have power to make and 
 
 Srescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall 
 eem needful and proper, touching the disposition and man- 
 agement of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the 
 company, not contrary to the charter or to the laws of the 
 United States and the ordinances of the District of Colum- 
 bia. There shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders 
 for election of directors, to be held at such time and place, 
 under such conditions, and upon such notice as the said com- 
 pany in their by-laws may prescribe; and said directors 
 Annual report, shall annually make a report, in writing, of their doings to 
 the stockholders. If any person or persons shall willfully, 
 ^Obstruction of mischievously , or unnecessarily obstruct or impede the pas- 
 sage of the cars, engines, or barges of said company with a 
 vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest 
 or interfere with operatives while in transit, or destroy or 
 injure the tracks, barges, cars, or other property belonging 
 . to said company, the person or persons so offending shall 
 forfeit and pay for each offense not less than twenty-five nor 
 more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines 
 and penalties of said District, and shall remain liable, in 
 addition to said penalty, for any loss or damage occasioned 
 bj his or her or their acts as aforesaid. That the Commis- 
 ckS^iionere^^ ®J<^°®^^ ^^ *^^ District shall make such reasonable regula- 
 tions as may be deemed proper to prevent the said railroad 
 company from obstructing any of the streets the tracks of 
 said company may cross, and for the violation of said reg- 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 143 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Oflace. 
 
 Annual report 
 
 ulations the said company shall be subject to a penalty not 
 exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court 
 of competent jurisduction. The principal offices of said 
 company shall always be situated m the city of Washing- 
 ton, and all books and papers relating to the business of 
 said company shall be kept thereat and open at all times 
 to the inspection of the stockholders. The meeting of 
 stockholders and directors shall be held at said office. 
 The book in which transfers of stock shall be recorded 
 shall be closed for the purpose of such transfer thirty 
 days before the annual election. 
 
 Sec. 4. That each stockholder in the said company shall ^^^^^^ ®^ 
 be individually liable for all the debts and liabilities of 
 said company to the amount of the par value of the stock 
 held by such stockholder, until the same shall . have been 
 fully paid up. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said company shall, on or before the fif- 
 teenth day of January of each year, make a report to Con- 
 gress of the names of all the stockholders therein, and the 
 amount of stock held by each-, together with a detailed state- 
 ment of the receipts and expenditures from whatever source, 
 and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending De- 
 cember the thirty-first, which report shall be verified by the 
 affidavit of the president and secretary of the company, and 
 if sad report is not made at the time specified, or within 
 ten days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Commis- 
 sioners to cause proceedings to be instituted to forfeit this 
 charter; and said company shall pay to the District of 
 Columbia, as taxes for each year, five per centum of its 
 gross earnings for the preceding year, as shown by said 
 verified statement, 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, may be seized and 
 sold in satisfaction thereof, as now provided by law for the 
 sale of other propert}^ for taxes; and said per centum of 
 its gross earnings shall be in lieu of all other assessments 
 of taxes of whatsoever character upon its personal prop- 
 erty, including its docks and barges, cars, and motive 
 power, but the real estate of the company may be taxed as 
 other real estate in the District: Provided^ That the tracks 
 of the company shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the water front at the end of all public 
 streets and highways shall be and remain open to the use 
 of the public. • 
 
 Sec. 7. That this act may at any time be altered, amended, Amendment 
 or repealed by the Congress of the United States. 
 
 Approved, September 26, 1888, 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 Water front of 
 streets. 
 
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 MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway August l, 1892. 
 
 Company. stats. 27, p. 341. 
 
 Be it macted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress ossernhM, Th&t w^t^Kt^^'n 
 Abram P. Fardon, J. Henry Small, junior, Wright Rives, R^iwa>^com- 
 Bedford W. Walker, Louis D. Wine, John O. Johnson, ^^ted (amend 
 Charles A. Wells, Joseph A. Blundon, A. O. Bliss, Edwin ed). 
 A. Newman, Van H. Manning, Wallace A. Bartlett, Ellis 
 Speare, Benjamin D. Stephen, D. M. Nesbit, P. A. Scaggs, 
 lirancis H. Smith, W. Clarence Duvall, Filmore Beall, and 
 their associates, successors, and assigns are hereby cre- 
 ated a body corporate by the name, style, and title of the 
 '' Maryland and Washington Railway Company," and by 
 that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be 
 able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend 
 and be defended, in all courts of law and equity withm 
 the United States, and may make and have a common seal. 
 And said corporation is hereby authorized to construct 
 and lay down a single or double track railway, and if it 
 should construct and lay down a single-track railway with 
 the right subsequently to change the same to a double-track 
 railway, as may be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, 
 and other mechanical devices, through and along the f ol- 
 lowing routes, to wit: Beginning at the point where Rhode tended). 
 Island avenue of the city of Washington if extended in its 
 present course would intersect Fourth street northeast, as 
 extended due north, and running thence with and along 
 said Rhode Island avenue as thus extended, or adjacent 
 thereto, to a point at or near the point of intersection of 
 said Rhode Island avenue with the northeast boundary 
 line of the District of Columbia: Provided, That all of the ^^^^^ ^^ 
 routes herein mentioned shall be subject to the approval of missionere 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: Provided 
 further, That whenever the lines of the said company shall 
 cross any steam railway they shall cross by an overhead 
 bridge or beneath the tracks of said railway, as may be 
 approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 Sec. 2. That said company may run public carriages pro- 
 pelled by cable, electric, or other mechanical power, sub- 
 feet to the approval of the said Commissioners, but nothing 
 m this act shall allow the use of steam power in locomotives: 
 Provided further, That for the purpose of making a contin- 
 uous connection the said company shall have the right to 
 
 Subject to ap- 
 o£ Corn- 
 
 Motive power. 
 
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 Crossings. cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be nec- 
 essary for the purpose. 
 
 Fare. Sec. 3. That Said company shall receive a rate of fare 
 
 not exceeding five cents per passenger for any continuous 
 ride over its line within the District of Columbia; and the 
 said company may make arrangements with all existing 
 railway companies in the District of Columbia, for the inter- 
 change of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided^ 
 That six tickets shall be sold for twenty -five cents within 
 the District limits. 
 
 Annual report. Sec. 4. That Said company shall, on or before the fif- 
 teenth of January of each year, make a report to Congress, 
 through the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of 
 the names of all the stockholders therein, the amount of 
 stock held by each and the amount paid thereon, together 
 with a detailed statement of the receipts and expendi- 
 tures, from whatever source and on whatever account, 
 for the preceding year ending December the 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 affidavit of the president and secretary of said 
 company, and, if said report is not made at the time speci- 
 fied, 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 cause to be instituted 
 proper 'judicial proceedings therefor; and said company 
 shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal 
 taxes upon personal property, including cars ana 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 seized and 
 sold in satisfaction thereof, as now provided by law for the 
 sale of other property for taxes; and said four per centum 
 of its gross earnings shall be in lieu of all other assessments 
 of personal taxes upon its property used solely and exclu- 
 sively in the operation and management of said railway. 
 Its real estate shall be taxed as other real estate in the 
 District: Provided^ That its tracks shall not be taxed as 
 real estate. 
 
 (s^^Sl^endid)! ^*^^; ^- That the said rail w ay shall be constructed of good 
 ■ materials, and in a substantial and durable manner, with 
 the rails of the most approved pattern, all to be approved 
 by the Commissioners of the said District, laid upon an 
 even surface with the pavement of the street, and the gauge 
 to correspond with that of other city railways. Wherever 
 more than one of the tracks of said railroad company shall 
 be constructed on any of the public highways in the Dis- 
 ■ trict of Columbia, the width of the space between the two 
 tracks shall not exceed four feet. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the said corporation hereb}" created shall 
 be bound to keep said tracks, and for the space of two feet 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 Fftving. 
 
 Grades. 
 
 Excavations, 
 (sec. 8 
 
 etc. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 beyond the outer rails thereof, and also the space between 
 the tracks, at all times in such good order as the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia may require, wherever 
 it shall run over streets, avenues, and highways, subject to 
 the approval of the said Commissioners, without expense 
 to the United States or the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 7. That nothing in this act shall prevent the Dis- 
 *trict of Columbia, at any time, at its option, from altering 
 the grade or otherwise improving all avenues and streets 
 and highways occupied by said road, or from so altering 
 or improving such streets and avenues and highways, and 
 the sewerage thereof, as may be under its authority and 
 control; and in such event it shall be the duty of said com- 
 pany to change its railroad so as to conform to such grade 
 as may have been thus established. 
 
 Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said corpoi-ation, its^^^ ^^^ 
 successors, or assigns, to make all needful and convenient amended) 
 trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places 
 where said corporation may have the right to construct and 
 operate its road, and place in such trenches and excava- 
 tions all needful and convenient devices and machinery for 
 operating said railroad in the manner and by the means 
 aforesaid, subject to the approval of the said Commis- 
 sioners. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall 
 interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any sub- 
 ways or conduits, or any public work of the kind which has 
 been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense nec- 
 essary to change such underground constructions shall be 
 borne bv the said railway company. 
 
 Sec. 9. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to erect and maintain at such 
 convenient and suitable points along its lines as may seem 
 most desirable to the board of directors of the said corpora- 
 tion, and subject to the approval of the said Commissioners, 
 an engine house or houses, boiler house and all other build- 
 ings necessary for the successful operation of a cable motor, 
 electric, pneumatic, or other railroad. 
 
 Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors, or assigns, to propel its cars over said rail- 
 road, or any part thereof, at a rate of speed exceeding that 
 which may be fixed from time to time by the said Com- 
 missioners, and for each violation of this provision said 
 grantees, their successors, or assigns, as the case may be, 
 shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered 
 in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the line of said railway company, from^^^^ ^ 
 the point of beginning herein named to a point at or nearpietion 
 the intersection of Rhode Island avenue extended and the 
 northeast boundary of the District of Columbia, shall be 
 commenced within six months and completed within twenty- 
 four months from the passage of this act. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the said company is hereby authorized to 
 issue its capital stock to the amount of the actual cost of 
 
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 Power houses, 
 
 etc. 
 
 opeeci. 
 
 Commence- 
 ment and com- 
 
 Capital stock. 
 

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 construction, equipment, and purchase of right of way and 
 ground necessary for its proper working, and not to exceed 
 in all the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. Said 
 company shall require the subscribers to the capital stock 
 to pay in cash to the treasurer appointed by the corpo- 
 rators the amounts severally subscribed by them, as fol- 
 lows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of subscribing, 
 and the balance of such subscription to be paid at such* 
 times and in such amounts as the board of directors may 
 require; and no subscription shall be deemed valid unless 
 the ten per centum thereof shall be paid at the time of 
 subscribing as hereinbefore provided, and no assessment 
 exceeding ten per centum to be made at any one time; but 
 at least fifty per centum of the entire stock subscribed 
 shall be paid within six months from the date of sub- 
 scription, and the whole amount shall be paid within two 
 years from said date; and if any stockholder shall refuse or 
 neglect to pay any installment as aforesaid, or as required 
 by the resolution of the board of directors, after reasonable 
 notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at 
 
 Eublic auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of 
 is stock as shall pay said installments, and the person 
 who offers to purchase the least number of shares for the 
 assessment due shall be taken to be the highest bidder, 
 and such sale shall be conducted under such general regu- 
 lations as may be adopted in the by-laws of said company; 
 but no stock shall be sold for less than the total assessments 
 due and payable, or said corporation may sue and collect 
 the same from any delinquent subscriber in any court of 
 competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of 
 this act corporators named in the first section, their associ- 
 ates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, or, if any 
 refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, 
 shall meet at some convenient and accessible place in the 
 District of Columbia for the organization of said company, 
 and for the receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the 
 nt of company: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay at the 
 time of subscribing, ten per centum of the amount by him 
 subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, 
 or his subscription shall be null and void: Provided further. 
 That nothing shall be received in payment of the ten per 
 centum at the time of subscribing except lawful money, or 
 certified checks from any established bank. And when the 
 books of subscription to the capital stock of said company 
 shall be closed the corporators named in the first section, 
 their associates, successors,orassigns,or a majority of them, 
 and in case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a 
 majority of the remainder, shall, within twenty days there- 
 of after, call the first meeting of the stockholders of said com- 
 pany to meet within ten days thereafter for the choice of 
 directors, of which public notice shall be given for ^s^ days 
 m two daily newspapers published in the city of Washing- 
 ton, and by written personal notice to be mailed to the 
 
 Meeting of in 
 corporators (sec 
 13 amended). 
 
 Payme_ . 
 subscriptions 
 
 Meeting 
 stockJiolders 
 
 cars. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 149 
 
 address of each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; 
 and in all meetings of the stockholders each share shall 
 entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by ^^^^^.... 
 proxy : Provided, That it shall be unlawful for the company foSe^ 
 hereby incorporated to consolidate with any other railroad 
 company now in existence, or which may hereafter be char- 
 tered, and any such consolidation shall of itself operate as 
 a forfeiture of this charter. And it shall be unlawful for 
 the franchise hereby granted to be sold or transferred to 
 any individual or corporation before the road shall have 
 been constructed or equipped for business. Eauipment. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the said company shall place first-class Equipment, 
 cars on said railway, with all modern improvements for the 
 convenience and comfort of passengers, and shall run cars 
 thereon as often as the public convenience may require; 
 the time table or schedule of time to be approved by the 
 said Commissioners of the District of Columbia. p a s « e n ,r e r 
 
 Sec. 15. That the company shall buy, lease, or construct ^oms, etc. (sec. 
 such passenger rooms, ticket offices, workshops, depots, is amended), 
 lands, and buildings as they may deem necessary, at such 
 points on its line as may be approved by the said Com- 
 missioners. , . , ArHr.l«.lAftin 
 
 Sec. 16. That all articles of value that may be inad- 
 vertently left in any of the cars or other vehicles of the 
 said company shall be taken to its principal depot and 
 entered in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book 
 shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reason- 
 able hours of business. . 
 
 Sec. 17. That the government and direction of affairs of 
 
 the company shall be vested in a board of directors, nine 
 in number, who shall be stockholders of record, and who 
 shall hold their ofiice for one year, and until others are 
 duly elected and qualified to take their places as directors; 
 and the said directors (a majority of whom shall be a quo- 
 rum) shall elect one of their number to be president of the 
 board, who shall also be president of the company, and they 
 shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and treas- 
 urer, who shall give bond with surety to said company in 
 such sum as the said directors may require for the faithful 
 discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy in the board of 
 directors by the death, resignation, or otherwise of any 
 director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by 
 the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 18. That the directors shall have the power to make 
 and prescribe such bv-laws, rules and regulations as they 
 shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition and 
 management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of 
 the company, not contrary to the charter or to the laws 
 of the United States and the ordinances of the District of 
 
 Columbia. 
 
 Se<^ 19. That there shall be at least an annual meeting 
 of the stockholders for choice of directors, to be holden at 
 such time and place, under such conditions, and upon such 
 Tiotice as the said company in their by-laws may prescribe; 
 
 Directors. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Annual 
 ing. 
 
 meet- 
 
150 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 U 
 f 
 
 Free use 
 roadway. 
 
 of 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 Ejection from 
 cars. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 Sec. 24 amend 
 ed. 
 
 Condemnation 
 proceedings. 
 
 H 
 
 Extension of 
 Rhode Island 
 avenue. 
 
 and said directors shall annually make report in writing of 
 their doings to the stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 20. That the said company shall have at all times 
 the free and uninterrupted use of its roadway, and if any 
 person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unnec- 
 essarily obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said rail- 
 way company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise or 
 in any manner molest or interfere with passengers or oper- 
 atives while in transit, or destrov or injure the cars of said 
 railway, or depots, stations, or other propertv belongincr to 
 said railway company, the person or persons so offendniff 
 shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than 
 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars to the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, to be recovered as other fines and pen- 
 alties m said District, and shall remain liable to the said 
 company, in addition to said penalty, for any loss or dam- 
 age 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. 
 
 bEC. 21. That the said Maryland and Washington Rail- 
 way 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 con- 
 struct its said road across such other railways: Provided, 
 Ihat It shall not interrupt travel of such other railways in 
 such construction. 
 
 Sec. 22. That no person shall be prohibited the right to 
 travel on any part of said road or ejected from the cars by 
 the company's employees for any other cause than that 6t 
 being drunk, disorderly, unclean, or contagiously diseased, 
 or ref usnng to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with 
 the lawful general regulations of the company. 
 
 Sec. 23. That this act may at any time be altered, amended 
 or repealed by the Congress of the United States. 
 
 Sec. 24. That in the event that 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 to 
 pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the 
 company of so much of said land as may be required, not 
 exceeding fifty feet in width, with necessary slopes, and 
 one hundred and thirty feet in width in the line of Rhode 
 Island avenue extended, may be instituted in the usual way 
 m the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under 
 such rules and regulations as said court may prescribe for 
 such purposes: Provided, That the extension of Rhode 
 Island avenue herein authorized, whether acquired by con- 
 demnation or otherwise, shall be dedicated to the public 
 use m the same manner and subject to the same regulations 
 and control that apply to other streets and avenues in the 
 District of Columbia occupied by street railways. 
 Approved, August 1, 1892. 
 
 LAWS relating TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 151 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION To extend the charter of the Maryland and August 23. 1894. 
 
 Washington Railway Company. stats. 28, p. 590. 
 
 Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of Maryland and 
 the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Washington Ry. 
 the time for building and completing the railway provided 
 for in an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Maryland 
 and Washington Railway Company," approved August 
 tirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same charter ex- 
 is hereby, extended six months from and after the first day tended, 
 of August, eighteen hundred and ninety -four. 
 
 Approved, August 23, 1894. 
 
 AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Mary- March 2. 1895. 
 land and Washington Railway Company," approved August tirst, stat8.28,p.7l3. 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Representatw^ 
 of the United States of Am erica in Congress assembled, Ihat^^^^^Ry 
 section fiveof the Act entitled ''An Act to incorporate theco.^^^arter 
 Maryland and Washington Railway Company,' approved 
 August first, eighteen hundred and ninety -two, be, and it is 
 hereby, amended so as to read as follows: construction, 
 
 '' Sec. 5. That the said railway shall be constructed of construction, 
 good materials and in a substantial and durable manner, 
 with the rails of the most approved pattern, all to be ap- 
 proved by the Commissioners of said District, laid upon 
 an even surface with the pavement of the street, and the 
 gauge to correspond with that of other railways in the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. Wherever more than one of the tracks 
 of said railway company shall be constructed in any of the 
 public highways in the District of Columbia, the width of ^ ^^^^^ 
 the space between the two tracks shall not be less than live tracts, 
 feet. The plans of construction, rails, electrical and me- 
 chanical appliances, conduits and stations, and location of 
 stations and tracks shall be subject to the approval of the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia. ' 
 
 That section eight of said Act be, and is hereby, amended 
 80 as to read as follows: x- -i. 
 
 Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said corporation, its 
 successors or assigns, to make all needful and: convenient 
 trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places 
 where said corporation may have the right to construct and 
 operate its road, and place in such trenches and excava- 
 tions all needful and convenient devices and machinery for 
 operating said railway in the manner and by the means 
 aforesaid, subject to the approval of the said Commission- 
 ers. But whenever such trenches or excavations shall 
 interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or any sub- 
 way s or conduits or any public work of the kind which has 
 been ordered by the Commissioners, then the expense neces- 
 sary to change such underground constructions shall be 
 borne by the said railway company. And the said company 
 
 Trenches, etc. 
 
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 152 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 der^uSd^^'cSSl ^hall be liable for any damage to pipes or other underground 
 structions. Constructions, caused by the passage of its cars over the 
 
 same or bv elep.trin onv-rania hqqaI in 4-U^ ^«^^.,i„:__ _^ -^ 
 
 ' " .^ J ''"^ i-rctoowgc/ wj. itis ua,i» over me 
 
 same or by electric currents used in the propulsion of its 
 cars* 
 
 That section thirteen of said Act be, and it is hereby 
 
 O nizationof ^°J^T^^ ^ ^'^^^ ^S foUows: ' 
 
 compan^ **°** "Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of 
 this Act the corporators named in the first section, their 
 associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, or 
 If any refuse or neglect to act then a majority of the 
 remainder, shall meet at some convenient and accessible 
 place,in theDistrict of Columbia, for theorganizationof said 
 
 subscription to ""fT^^/vr^ ^'''' ^^^ receiving subscriptions to the capital 
 ^subscription to stock of the Company: Provided, That every subscriber 
 shall pay, at the time of subscribing, ten per centum of the 
 amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the 
 To be wholly ^^iporators, or his subscription shall be null and void- Pro- 
 SSl'yi\ "^^'^° ^^t^' TJiat the full face value of said stock shall be wholly 
 vote&2L'&^ Ef V""*'? cash within twelve months after the subscription 
 voteduniesspaid therefor is made and after twelve months no stock shall 
 stock shall be ^ voted unless the same has been wholly paid for- And 
 SSSJlVS^aiS?^^*^^^' That the said stock shall be whollv paid for be- 
 issued. fore any bonds shall be issued: Provided furthe?-, That 
 
 nothing shall be received in payment of the ten per centum 
 at the time of subscribing except lawful money, or certified 
 checks from any established bank. And when the books 
 of subscnption to the capital stock of said company shall 
 be closed the coiporators named in the first section, their 
 associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and 
 incase any of them refuse or neglet to act then a maioritv 
 MeetinKofcor ^^ fi f^^^nder, shall, within twenty days thereafter, call 
 po^toS:*^**''^'the first meeting of the stockholders of said company to 
 nieet withm ten days thereafter for the choice of directors, 
 ot which pubhc notice shall be given for five days in two 
 daily newspapers published in the city of Washinkon, and 
 by written personal notice to be mailed to the address of 
 each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation; and in all 
 meetings of the stockholders each share shall entitle the 
 holder to one vote, to be given by person or by proxy." 
 
 1 hat section fifteen of said Act be, and is hereby, amended 
 so as to read as follows: 
 sender h?uJ?f* *' ^Ec. 15. That the said company is authorized to erect 
 etc. ^Jl°'^''?^^°'/"]^jf ct to the approval of the Commissioners 
 
 ot the JJistnct of Columbia, the power houses and buildings 
 necessary to the operation of its road, and shall furnish and 
 maintain, as required by said Commissioners, passenger 
 houses and transfer stations; failure to furnish and main- 
 tain such passenger houses and transfer stations shall 
 render said company liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars 
 for each and every day of such failure, after reasonable 
 notice, said fine to be recovered in any court of competent 
 ]un3diction at the suit of the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia.' 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 153 
 
 That section twenty-four of said Act be, and is hereby, 
 amended so as to read as follows: 
 
 '' Sec. 24. That in the event that Rhode Island avenue 
 shall not have been extended, and said company shall not 
 be able to come to an agreement with the owner or owners 
 of any land through which the said road may be located to 
 pass for the purchase or dedication of so much land as may 
 be necessary for the opening of Rhode Island avenue, then 
 the said company mav institute proceedings for the con- 
 demnation of so much "land as may be required for the exten- 
 sion of the aforesaid avenue: Provided, That the strip of 
 land so to be acquired by condemnation shall be one hun- 
 dred and thirty feet in width, and shall be located according 
 to the official plats for the extension of Rhode Island avenue : 
 And provided furthe?', That all the land within the lines of 
 the proposed extension of Rhode Island avenue which shall 
 be acquired by said Maryland and Washington Railway 
 Company, either by purchase or condemnation, shall, by 
 appropriate conveyance, be dedicated, before tracks are laid 
 therein, by said Maryland and Washington Railway Com- 
 pany as an extension of Rhode Island avenue to the extent 
 of the land so acquired. 
 
 *'Such proceedings may be instituted and conducted by 
 the company in the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia, holding a special term as a district court, and shall be 
 commenced by a petition of the company for the condemna- 
 tion of such land as has not yet been purchased or dedi- 
 cated and for the ascertainment of just compensation for 
 the taking of such land for the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 ''Such petition shall contain a particular description of 
 the property not so purchased or dedicated and selected 
 for the use* aforesaid, with the names of the respective 
 owners thereof and their residences, so far as the same may 
 be ascertained, together with a plan of the land proposed, 
 to be taken; and thereupon the said court is authorized 
 and required to summon all such owners and all other 
 persons interested to appear in said court at a time to be 
 fixed by said court. If it shall appear to the court that 
 there are any owners or other persons interested who are 
 nonresidents of the District of Columbia publication may 
 be substituted for personal service of process upon such 
 nonresident, after any summons has been returned 'not to 
 be found,' in the same manner as is provided by law with 
 reference to nonresident defendants in actions of ejectment; 
 and if it shall appear that there are any persons under dis- 
 ability, either who have been served with process or who 
 have been proceeded against by publication, the court shall 
 appoint a guardian ad litem for such persons. 
 
 "After all the parties interested have been served with 
 process or proceeded against by publication, as aforesaid, 
 the court shall, upon the return day stated in said process 
 or order of publication, proceed to appoint three compe- 
 tent and disinterested persons commissioners to appraise 
 
 Opening Rhode 
 Island ave. 
 
 Dedication. 
 
 Condemnatlof 
 proceedings. 
 
 Contents of pe- 
 tition. 
 
 Appraisers to 
 be appointed by 
 court. 
 
Payment 
 awards. 
 
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 154 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 the damages which the owner of the land taken may sus- 
 tain by such appropriation. The commissioners shall be 
 duly sworn, and they shall consider the damages which 
 such owner may sustain by reason of the appropriation by 
 such railway company of the land proposed to be taken for 
 the purposes aforesaid, and shall forthwith return their 
 assessment of such damages to the clerk of the court. 
 
 ''i^u^n^*^®" ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ P^^*^ ^^ ^"^ parcel or tract of 
 land shall be condemned in such proceedings the commis- 
 sioners m assessing the damages therefor shall take into 
 «Se^Si.*^ "^ consideration the benefit of the purpose for which it is taken 
 may be to the owner or owners of such tract or parcel by 
 enhancing the value of the remainder of the same and shall 
 make their award accordingly, and the court may require 
 m such case that the damages and benefits shall be found 
 and stated separately, and when the award shall have been 
 confirmed by the court said company, unless an appeal is 
 f f taken, shall make a payment of the amounts awarded to the 
 respective owners thereof, accordingto the judgment of the 
 court; and in case any of such persons are under disability 
 or can not be found, and no person is authorized to receive 
 the said award, or in case any person entitled to an award 
 shall neglect to receive the same, or in case an appeal shall 
 be taken concerning an award, then the money to be paid 
 on account of such award shall be deposited in the registry 
 of the court to abide its further order; and when such pay- 
 ments are made or the amounts belonging to persons to 
 whom payment shall not so be made for any of the aforesaid 
 reasons are so deposited, the use of said land shall be deemed 
 to have been condemned and taken for the use of said rail- 
 way company, and no appellate proceedings or controversies 
 as to ownership shall interfere with or delav said company 
 in takingpossession of the land so condemned after payment 
 therefor as above provided; but when any award shall have 
 been approved by the said court holding a special term as 
 aforesaid, the said company shall be entitled to take imme- 
 diate possession of the parcel of land, in regard to which 
 said award has been approved and payment or deposit made 
 and the court shall enforce such right of possession by proper 
 order and process addressed to the marshal of the United 
 btates for the District of Columbia. Any party aggrieved 
 by the final order or decree of said court, in special term 
 atoresaid, fixmg the amount of damages as to any parcel of 
 di&^!>f'cJSS^^"l"^?i^ l^^H an appeal therefrom to the court of appeals 
 or tne L>istrict ot Columbia m the manner now provided by 
 j-ij^"^^^^^ court of appeals may aflirm, reverse, or 
 modify the order or decree appealed from: Provided, That 
 said court of appeals shall consider only questions of law 
 arising on such appeal. From the final decree of said court 
 m special terms as aforesaid under this Act, distributing 
 the damages among contending claimants, any party ag- 
 grieved may, in like manner, take an appeal to said court 
 of appeals. Any appeal under this Act shall be taken 
 within twenty days after the making of the final order or 
 
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 RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 155 
 
 decree appealed from, and not afterwards, and shall be sub- 
 
 iect to existing laws and rules of court regulating appeals 
 
 to said court of appeals. Cases arising under this Act shall ^ These ^ca^s^* 
 
 have precedence over all other business in said court, in ence. 
 
 special term, and shall have precedence in said court of 
 
 appeals over all other cases, except criminal cases; and the 
 
 decision of said court of appeals upon any questions arising 
 
 under this Act shall be final." 
 
 Sec. 2. That for the purpose of constructing and equip- 
 ping its said railway, and acquiring rights of way as pro- 
 vided for in this Act, the said Maryland and Washington 
 Railway Company is hereby authorized and empowered to 
 issue its bonds to aid in paying for such construction and 
 equipments and rights of way, and secure the said bonds .^^nds author, 
 by mortgage or deed of trust of its franchises, rights of 
 way, and all of its property of whatsoever kind, whether 
 real or personal: Provided^, That the moneys raised on said 
 bonds shall be used and expended only for the purposes 
 aforesaid: And provided furtJier, That the amount of said jssue^^of^st^k 
 bonds and stock shall not exceed the cost of the construe- ited. 
 tion of the said road and of the plant necessary to operate 
 the same; and in no case shall the amount of stock and 
 bonds so issued exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the line of said railway company, from the 
 point of beginning herein named to a point at or near 
 the intersection of Rhode Island avenue extended and the 
 northeast boundary of the District of Columbia, shall be 
 commenced within six months and completed within twelve ^^n^l^nd^JoiS 
 months from the date of approval of this Act; and the said pietion. 
 Maryland and Washington Railway Company is hereby 
 authorized to construct and lay down a singleor double track ^^^''^'''' ""^ 
 railway, and to operate the same as provided in the Act in- 
 corporating said company, westerly along Rhode Island Route m city, 
 .avenue to North Capitol street, to connect with the tracks 
 of the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, 
 and thence southerly on said street over the tracks of said 
 last-mentioned company to F street; the price for the use 
 or purchase of said tracks to be fixed by the board of di- 
 rectors of said companies, and on their failure to agree as 
 to the price it shall be fixed by the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia, upon petition to be filed on the equity 
 side of said court by either company. The said extension 
 shall be completed within the time hereinbefore provided 
 for with reference to the original line of said railway : Pro- 
 vided, That nothing in this Act shall operate to authorize 
 the erection of overhead wires within the limits of ^^^ city ^nc^ ^overhead 
 of Washington. 
 
 Sec. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with 
 this Act are hereby repealed. A^pn^rriAnt. 
 
 Sec. 5. That Congress hereby reserves the right at any re^i^ ' 
 
 time to alter or amend or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, March 2, 1896. 
 

 156 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ^^ebruary 20. AN ACT Extending the time within which the Maryland and Wash- 
 ington Railway Company shall be required to complete the build- 
 ing ot the road of said company, under the proyisions of an act of 
 Congress approyed August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two 
 as amended by an act of Congress approyed March second, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-fiye. 
 
 Be itenucted hy the Senate and Hmise of Representatives 
 M.r.i.r.A H Y ' ^^^^f^ ^'^«^^« of America in Congress assembled. That 
 wS|£n *Ry the time within which the Maryland and Washington Rail- 
 %me for com- Z^^ Company is required to complete and put in operation 
 pietionextended Its i-ailway in the District of Columbia, under the pro- 
 ' ^^- visions of an act of Congress approved August first, eight- 
 een hundred and ninety-two, as amended by an Act 
 approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five 
 be, and the same is hereby, extended for the term of one 
 year from the second day of March, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-six; and that all the franchises, rights, and 
 powers conferred by said Acts, or either of them, upon said 
 railway company mav be enjoyed and exercised as fully and 
 completely as if said railway had been completed and put 
 in operation prior to March second, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-six. 
 
 Approved, February 20, 1896. 
 
 June 27, 1898. 
 
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 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Eckington and Soldiers* Home 
 Railway Company of the District of Columbia, the Maryland and 
 Washington Railway Company, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hmse of Bepresentatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemUed, That 
 the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company of 
 the District of Columbia be, and it is hereby, authorized 
 to purchase or lease the propertv and franchises or any 
 part thereof, of the Maryland aiad Washington Railway 
 Company of the District of Columbia and that part of the 
 property and franchises of the Columbia and Maryland 
 Railway Company of Maryland lying between the District 
 J w ^ *^^^ ^^ Laurel, Maryland, and the Maryland 
 and Washington Railway Company is hereby authorized 
 c& to^ %t ^ ,«?J1 <^r lease its property and franchises to the said 
 dSfS'^Homelt -S i'^^T' and SoldieiV Home Railway Company: Pro- 
 co 'mded, Ih^t only one fare, not exceeding the rate now 
 
 Fare. authorized by law, shall be charged for a single continuous 
 
 ride ov^er all the lines in the District of Columbia affected 
 by such purchase or lease. 
 
 o ^f^' \^^^^ ^^e said Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company, under the supervision of the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia, shall fullv equip all 
 Its lines now owned and operated within the city of Wash- 
 ington and also the North Capitol street line from the 
 mtersection of G street north and New Jersey avenue to 
 T street north with an underground electric system essen- 
 ^{^^ly similar to the underground system now in use by 
 the Metropolitan Railroad Company in said city, upon plans 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-EAILWAY FRANCHISES. 157 
 
 to be submitted to and approved by the said Commis- J|J^^?gJ^f 
 sioners, and shall have its cars regularly running by- said 
 system within twelve months from the passage of this 
 Act: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be 
 construed as authorizing or permitting said company to 
 use their conduits or cables or electrical conductors of any 
 character whatever for the purpose of electric lighting 
 or power, except such as may be necessary for the lighting 
 and propelling of the cars and other machinery of such 
 road and the power house of said company, or other prop- 
 erty owned or acquired by said company adjacent to the 
 lines of the road and necessary for the operation of said 
 road: Provided, hmoefi^er. That the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia are herebv authorized to permit 
 street milway companies using the underground electric 
 system to construct conduits not exceeding five blocks m 
 length to connect their existing conduits for the purpose 
 of conveying electric current to be used for street railway 
 purposes^ onlv: And provided further. That before per- 
 mits shall be Issued to begin such work all taxes and spe- 
 cial assessments due and unpaid to the District of Columbia, 
 and all indebtedness due the employees for labor, or due 
 others for coal, feed, horseshoes, and other supplies, 
 contracted for bv the receiver of the said Eckington and 
 Soldiers' Home *Railway, duly appointed by the court, 
 and used on behalf and for the benefit of said company, 
 during such receivership, and to be approved by the court 
 appointing such receiver, shall first be paid: Provided, 
 That in case of any lines purchased or leased by said 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, such 
 lines within the city of Washington shall be fully eqmpped 
 with said underground electric system within twelve 
 months from the completion of such purchase or lease, and 
 the North Capitol street branch shall be completed with 
 the underground system to the Soldiers' Home within 
 twelve months from the opening and grading of said street. 
 Sec. 3. That the route of the Eckington and Soldiers 
 Home Railway Company shall be as at present, with the 
 following changes, to wit: Between the intersections of 
 T and Third streets northeast and R and Second streets 
 northeast one ti-ack shall be abandoned, and in lieu thereof 
 a single track shall be constructed between the same 
 points on T and Second streets northeast; between the 
 intersections of Eckington place and Florida avenue and 
 New York avenue and First street northeast both tracks 
 shall be abandoned, and in lieu thereof a double track shall 
 be constructed between these two points, crossing Florida 
 avenue and on First street; between the intersections of 
 New York avenue and Fifth street and Fifth street and G 
 street northwest, the roadway shall be widened to a width 
 of forty -five feet, one-half at the expense of said company, 
 and one-half at the expense of any District of Columbia 
 appropriation available for such work; a single track be- 
 tween First and C streets and Fourth and D streets north- 
 
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 east shall be abandoned, and in lieu thereof a single track 
 shall, be constructed on D and First streets northeast, 
 between these points: Provided further, That the aban- 
 doned tracks shall be removed, and the single tracks, with 
 all the necessary switches, turn-outs, and so forth, shall 
 be located subject to the approval of the Commissioners 
 of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company is hereby authorized to issus its capital 
 stock and its bonds to an aggregate amount sufficient to 
 cover the cost of the property and franchises whose pur- 
 chase or lease is herein provided for and the cost of the 
 construction, equipment, and reequipment of the railway 
 lines now owned by the said Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company or hereafter to be acquired by said 
 company, and to secure said bonds by mortgage or deed 
 of trust of any part or all of its propertv and franchises, 
 as now owned or hereafter to be acquired under the pro- 
 visions of this Act or otherwise: Provided, That such 
 stock and bonds shall be issued to such an amount and 
 upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the majority 
 stockholders of such company: And provided further, 
 Ihat the issue of such bonds and stock shall not in the 
 aggregate exceed the amount necessary for effecting any 
 such purchase, lease, or acquisition and for the construc- 
 tion, reconstruction, and equipment aforesaid, and the 
 total outstanding bonds and stock shall in no event exceed 
 the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars per 
 mile of single track. 
 
 Sec. 5. That within sixty days from the date of the 
 approval of this Act the Eckington and Soldiers' Home 
 Railway Company shall deposit five thousand dollars with 
 the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia to 
 guarantee the construction, equipment, and reequipment 
 ot its lines, as authorized and prescribed by this Act. If 
 said sum is not so deposited, then this Act shall be void. 
 If said sum is so deposited and the said lines are not recon- 
 structed, equipped, and reequipped as herein provided for 
 then said sum of five thousand dollars shall be forfeited to 
 the District of Columbia, and this Act shall be void. 
 Sec. 6. That the power to institute condemnation pro- 
 
 Power to con 
 demn extended 
 
 r 1 ;. AT* 1 , J ^ icBuiutioii lo exiena tne 
 
 charter ot the Maryland and Washington Railway Com- 
 pany," approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred 
 and ninety-tour, be, and the same is hereby, continued in 
 force one year from the passage of this Act. 
 
 Sec. 7. Tliat on and after twelve months from the pas- 
 sage of this Act the Eckington and Soldiers' Home ifail- 
 way Company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in 
 addition to all other taxes now required to be paid by the 
 said Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railwav Company the 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 159 
 
 sum of fifty dollars for each and every day thereafter until 
 said road shall be completed. 
 
 Sec. 8. That nothing herein shall be construed to relieve 
 any of the corporations herein mentioned from any just 
 liability nor to in any manner affect any valid subsisting 
 claim of any creditor against said corporations, or either 
 of them. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway ^,^^^^1"' 
 Company is hereby authorized to change its name to City "^ ^*^' 
 
 and Suburban Railway of Washington by a majority vote of 
 its stockholders, such change to become operative when a 
 certificate of the action of the stockholders shall have been 
 recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia; such certificate to be signed by the 
 president, attested by the secretary, and the corporate seal 
 to be attached thereto. 
 
 Sec. 10. That Congress reserves the right to alter, 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 27, 1898. 
 
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METKOPOLITAN RAILEOAD COl^inr (EOTEACINO TOT COH^ 
 KTUPTTrTIT AVEKUE AKD PAEK RAILWAY COMPASy, la* 
 S?S SlLROAD COM?AKY, AHD THE BOTJNDAEY AKD 811- 
 VEE SPEINGS EAILWAY COMPANY). 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the "Metropolitan Railroad Company" in *e_^3^i^ 
 ^ District of Columbia. stats. 13, p. SM. 
 
 Be it emHed hy the Senate and Hmme of Representative Metropolitan 
 of the UnUed States of America ^nGo1^rmassmM ^^T^L^X- 
 
 Alexander R. Shepherd, Richard W allach, Lewis O^phane, e^ 'tended). 
 Samuel P. Brown, Nathaniel Wilson, franklin Tenney, 
 Matthew G. Emery, Samuel Fowler, John Little J. O. 
 McKelden Savles J. Bowen, John H. Semmes, D. O. i^or- 
 fey WUlkm W. Rapley, Wm. G. Moore, Thomas Lewis, 
 JoL B. Keasby, and cLrles H. Nichols, and their asso- 
 ciates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body 
 corporate, under the name of the "Metropolitan Raihoad 
 Company " with authority to construct and lay down a 
 
 att^^ck milway, with the "f^^^Py . fS^rict of 
 turn-outs, in the city of Washington in the Dis-t^'ct »* 
 Columbia through and along the following avenue ad 
 
 streets: Commencing at the Fn«tlon«f f^,«V^,tt*u„T alon^'' 
 New Jersey avenue, at the north side of the Capitol , along 
 The east side of New Jersey avenue to D street north 
 along D street north, and along C street north and Ind ana 
 avenue to the intersection of D street north ^>th Indiana 
 avenue; along Indiana avenue, D street north and Louis- 
 iana avenue to Fifth street west; along Fifth street west 
 to F street north; along F street north to Fourteenth street 
 west- along Fourteenth street west to I street north; along 
 ntr^et no?th, across Pennsylvania avenue, to the junction 
 of New Hampshire avenue and Twenty-third street west; 
 thence along New Hampshire avenue to the Circle. Also, 
 a double or^single tracl. branch railway, commencing at 
 ?heTntersection of D street north and New Jersey avenue; 
 along New Jersey avenue to Massachusetts avenue; along 
 Massachusetts avenue to H street "orth; along H street 
 north to Seventeenth street west, intersecting the double- 
 track road. Also, a double or single track ro^'if.'^om the 
 intersection of Fifteenth street west and I street north 
 connecting with the double-track road at Fifteenth street 
 westra ong I street north to New York avenue; along 
 New Yorkivenue to Ninth street west; along Ninth street 
 west to the Washington canal; with the Pnvilege of extend- 
 ing the said branch road at any time flong.N?°tn street 
 wist to M street north, along M street north to Twelfth 
 
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 161 
 

 
 License 
 cars. 
 
 Constmctioii, 
 
 162 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 street west, and along Twelfth street west to the Wash- 
 ington canal and Maryland avenue to the Potomac river, 
 Motive wer^^*^ ^^® Tight to run public Carriages thereon drawn by 
 (chaV^)5'^^'^<^^se power, receiving therefor a rate of fare not exceed- 
 Fare. ing five cents per passenger, for any distance between the 
 
 termini of either of the said main railway, or between the 
 termini of either of said branch railways, or between either 
 Subject to mu- *®r°^i"us of said main railway and the terminus of either of 
 nicipai reguia-said branch railways: Provided^ That the use and main- 
 ^^^'^^^ tenance of the said road shall be subject to the municipal 
 
 regulations of the city of Washington within its corporate 
 limits. 
 Taxation. ^^^ gjjc. 2. And he it further enacted, That the said roads 
 shall be deemed real estate, and they, together with other 
 real property and personal property of said body corporate, 
 shall be liable to taxation, as other real estate and personal 
 property, and to license for their vehicles or cars in the 
 cities aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided, and that 
 all other corporations in the District of Columbia hereto- 
 fore organized for like purposes shall be subject to pay 
 license, as provided in this section. 
 
 Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That the said railway 
 shall be laid in the centre of the avenues and streets, 
 (excepting New Jersey avenue, and there it shall be laid 
 as hereinbefore provided for,) as near as may be, without 
 interfering with or passing over the water or gas pipes, 
 in the most approved manner adapted for street rail- 
 ways, with rails of the most approved patterns, to be 
 determined by the Secretary of the Interior, laid upon 
 an even surface with the pavement of the streets; and the 
 space between the two tracks shall not be less than four 
 feet, nor more than six feet; and the carriages shall not be 
 less than six feet in width, the gtiage [gauge] to correspond 
 with that of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
 ^ Sec. 4. Andheit further enacted. That the said corpora- 
 tion hereby created shall be bound to keep said tracks, and 
 for the space of two feet beyond the outer rail thereof, and 
 also the space between the tracks, at all times well paved 
 and in good order, without expense to the United States 
 or to the city of Washington. 
 
 Sec. 5. And he it further e^iacted, That nothing in this 
 cr^ H«*^* ®^^^^ prevent the Government at any time, at their 
 
 cim^4°^^ ^option, from altering the grade or otherwise improving all 
 avenues and streets occupied by said road, or the city of 
 Washington from so altering or improving such streets 
 and avenues and the sewerage thereof as may be under 
 their respective authority and control; and in such event 
 it shall be the duty of said company to change their said 
 railroad so as to conform to such grade and pavement. 
 
 Sec. 6. And he it further enacted. That this act may at 
 any time be altered, amended, or repealed by the Congress 
 of the United States. 
 
 Paving. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 ff See act of Congress, approved Aug. 2, 1894. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 163 
 
 Sec. 7. And he it further enacted. That nothing in this 
 act shall be so construed as to authorize said body corpo- 
 rate to issue any note, token, device, scrip, or other evi- 
 dence of debt to be used as a currency. 
 
 Sec. 8. Andheit further enacted. That the capital stock 
 of said company shall not be less than two nor more than 
 five hundred thousand dollars, and that the stock shall 
 be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be 
 deemed personal property, transferable in such manner as 
 the by-laws of said company may direct. 
 
 Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, That the said company 
 shall place first-class cars on said railways, with all the 
 modern improvements for the convenience and comfort of 
 pasi^engers, and shall run cars thereon during the day as 
 often as every four minutes on the route from the Capitol, 
 via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot and depart- 
 ments, to the Circle; and on the other routes once in fifteen 
 minutes each way, and until twelve o'clock at night as often 
 as every half hour; and throughout the day and night as 
 much of tener as public convenience may require. 
 
 Sec. 10. Arid be it further enacted, Th2ii a^Adi company 
 shall procure such passenger rooms, ticket oflSces, stables, 
 and depots at such points as the business of the railroad 
 and the convenience of the public may require. And the 
 said company is hereby authorized to lay such rails through 
 transverse or other streets as may be necessary for the 
 exclusive purpose of connecting the said stables and depots 
 with the main tracks. And the said company is hereby 
 authorized to purchase or lease such lands or buildings as 
 may be necessary for the passenger rooms, ticket offices, 
 stables, and depots above mentioned. 
 
 Sec. 11. And he it further enacted. That all articles of 
 value that may be inadvertently left in any of the cars or 
 other vehicles of the said company shall be taken to their 
 principal depot and entered in a book of record of unclaimed 
 goods, which book shall be open to the inspection of the 
 public at all reasonable hours of business. 
 
 Sec. 12. And he it further enacted. That, within five days 
 after the passage of this act, the corporators named in the 
 first section, or a majority of them, or if any refuse or neg- 
 lect to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall cause 
 books of subscription to the capital stock of said company 
 to be opened and kept open, in some convenient and accessi- 
 ble place in the city of Washington, from nine o'clock in 
 the forenoon till five o'clock in the afternoon, for a period 
 to be fixed by said corporators, not less than two days, 
 (unless the whole stock shall be sooner subscribed for,) 
 and said corporators shall give public notice, by advertise- 
 ment in the daily papers published in the city of Washing- 
 ton, of the time when and the place where said books shall 
 be opened. And subscribers upon said books to the capital 
 stock of the company shall be held to be stockholders: Pro- 
 vided, That every subscriber shall pay at the time of sub- 
 scribing twenty-five per centum of the amount by him 
 
 May not issue 
 notes, etc., as 
 currency. 
 
 Capital stock. 
 
 Cais. 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 Passenger 
 rooms, etc. 
 
 Connection 
 with depots and 
 stables. 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
 Books of sub- 
 scription to be 
 opened. 
 
 M 
 
 Subscribers 
 shall be stock- 
 holders. 
 
164 LAWS BELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Payment at 
 time of subscrib- 
 ing. 
 
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 Limit of sub- 
 scripuon. 
 
 First meeting 
 
 Directors. 
 
 
 Officers. 
 
 11 
 
 By-lawa 
 
 Annual meet- 
 ing. 
 
 Free use of 
 roadway. 
 
 subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, 
 or his subscription shall be null and void:'^ Provided further, 
 That nothing shall be received in payment of the' twenty- 
 five per centum at the time of subscribing except money: 
 Provided further. That no person shall be allowed to sub- 
 scribe for more than fifteen thousand dollars. And when 
 the books of subscription to the capital stock of. said com- 
 pany shall be closed, the corporators named in the first 
 section, or a majority of them, and in case any of them re- 
 fuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, 
 shall, withm twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting 
 of the stockholders of said company to meet within ten days 
 thereafter for the choice of directors, of which public notice 
 shall be given for five days in two public newspapers pub- 
 lished daily in the city of Washington, or by written personal 
 notice to each stockholder by the clerk of the corporation. 
 And in all meetings of the stockholders each share shall 
 entitle the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by 
 proxy. 
 
 Sec. 13. And he it further enacted, That the government 
 and direction of the affairs of the company shall be vested 
 in the board of directors, seven in number, who shall be 
 stockholders, and who shall hold their office for one year, 
 and till others are duly elected and qualified to take their 
 places as directors. And the said directors (a majority of 
 whom, the president being one, shall be a quorum) shall 
 elect one of their number to be president of the board, who 
 shall also be president of the company; and they shall also 
 choose a treasurer, who shall give bonds with surety to said 
 company, in such sum as the said directors may require, for 
 the faithful discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy 
 in the board of directors by the death, resignation, or oth- 
 erwise, of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall 
 be filled by the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 14. A7id he it further enacted. That the directors 
 shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, 
 rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper, 
 touchingthedispositionanJmanagementof the stock, prop- 
 erty, estate, and effects of the company, notcontraiy to the 
 charter, or to the laws of the United States and the ordi- 
 nances of the city of Washington: Pr<mded, That there 
 shall be no regulation excluding any person from any car 
 on account of color. 
 
 Sec. 15. Andhe it further enacted. That there shall be an 
 annual meeting of the stockholders, for choice of directors, 
 to be holden at such time and place, under such conditions, 
 and upon such notice, as the said company in their by-laws 
 may prescribe; and said directors shall annually make a 
 report in writing of their doings to the stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 16. And he it further enacted. That the said com- 
 pany shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted 
 use of the roadway. And if any person or persons shall 
 willfully and unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage 
 on or over said railway, or any part thereof, or shall injure 
 
 Liability of 
 stockholders. 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 165 
 
 or destroy the cars, depot stations, or any property belong- 
 ing to said railway company, the person or persons so 
 offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the 
 sum of five dollars, to be recovered and disposed of as 
 other fines and penalties in said cities, and shall remain 
 liable, in addition to said penalt}^ for any loss or damage 
 occasioned by his, her, or their act, as aforesaid; but no 
 suit shall be brought unless commenced within sixty days 
 
 after such offence shall have been committed. 
 Sec. 17. ^/i6?J^?:?5/^/ri5A^/'6yi«cj{6C?, That unless said cor- j^^^J'^e for buiid- 
 
 poration shall make and complete their said railways 
 between the Capitol and Seventeenth street west within 
 four months after the company shall have been organized, 
 and the railwa3"s on the other routes herein described within 
 one year after the com.pany shall have been organized, 
 then this act shall be null and void, and no rights what- 
 ever shall be acquired under it. 
 
 Sec. 18. And he it further enacted. That all acts and^i^^f^P^^i^^g 
 parts of acts heretofore passed which are inconsistent with 
 an}' of the provisions of this act, [are], for the purposes 
 of this act, hereby repealed, so far as the same are incon- 
 sistent therewith. 
 
 Sec. 19. Andhe it further enacted. That each of the stock- 
 holders in the Metropolitan Railroad Company shall be 
 individually liable for all the debts and liabilities of said 
 compan}^ to an amount equal to the amount of stock held 
 by such stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 20. Andhe further enacted. That the said railroad j^l^^^je^c^ 
 compan}^ shall keep in good repair and in clean condition clean, 
 the flagstones or cross-walks leading to, upon, and over 
 their tracks at the crossings of the several streets, which 
 intersect their railroad, removing therefrom snow and ice, 
 as well as mud, dirt, or other annoyance; and shall fur- 
 ther, whenever necessary to render such crossings dry and 
 convenient, raise or deviate the same sufiSciently for that 
 purpose, and shall adjust the adjoining pavement so as to 
 make it convenient for carriages to pass said crossings. 
 
 Sec. 21 . And he it further enacted,^ That for each and every ciSig^cJoss^ 
 violation of the foregoing provisions the said company ings. 
 shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five dollars and 
 not more than one hundred dollars, which may be recov- 
 ered, with costs of suit, on complaint of any person 
 aggreived, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the 
 District of Columbia. Such action may be prosecuted in 
 the name of the city of Washington, and one- half of the 
 penalties recovered shall be for the use of the city of Wash- 
 ington, and the other half for the use of the complainant: 
 Provided, however. That any party complainant shall, before 
 commencing such action, file with the Clerk of the Supreme 
 Court of the District of Columbia a bond to be approved 
 by the clerk of the said court, with at least one surety, to 
 be approved by said clerk, and in a penalty of one hundred 
 dollars, conditioned that the complainant shall well and 
 truly save harmless, and indemnify the said city against 
 
 
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 Annual report. 
 
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 Cost of road. 
 
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 166 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 the payment of all costs and charges which shall be recov- 
 ered against said city by reason of the failure of the com- 
 plainant to prosecute or maintain his said complaint. 
 
 Sec. 22. Andhe it further enacted. That the said railroad 
 company shall, by the fifteenth day of January, after the 
 completion of said road, and annually on or before that day 
 thereafter, transmit to Congress a full report of the affairs, 
 business, and condition of the said company for the year 
 terminating December thirty-one preceding such report, 
 and such report shall be signed and sworn to by the presi- 
 dent and treasurer of the company, or by a majority of 
 the directors, and shall specify the following items: First, 
 Capital stock fixed by charter. Second, Capital stock sub- 
 scribed and actually paid in in cash. Third, Dividends 
 made to stockholders on the capital stock of the company 
 and when made. Fourth, Total capital stock at the termi- 
 nation of the previous year. Fifth, Funded debt of the 
 company, and in what way secured. Sixth, Floating debt 
 of the company. Seventh, Total indebtedness of the com- 
 pany exclusive of capital. Cost of road. Eighth, Total 
 cost of rails, chains, spikes, and other iron used in con- 
 struction. Ninth, Total cost of ties, stringers, and other 
 wood or timber used in construction. Tenth, Cost of pav- 
 ing-stone, gravel, and other material used in construction 
 not above enumerated. Eleventh, Cost of labor in the 
 construction of the road. Twelfth, Cost of engineering 
 and salaries paid to oflScers and agents of the company, and 
 discount of interest paid on loans. Thirteenth, Amount ex- 
 of equipment, pended in repairs of road. Cost of equipment. Fourteenth, 
 Number and cost of cars. Fifteenth, Number of horses or 
 mules used in the service of the road, and cost. Sixteenth, 
 Cost of harness and other appointments. Seventeenth, Cost 
 of tools and fixtures, including furniture of oflices. Eight- 
 eenth, Cost of real estate and improvements thereon bv 
 Characteristics, the company . Characteristics. Nineteenth,Total length Jf 
 roads, measured at single track, including switches and turn- 
 outs. Twentieth, Weight and character of rail. Twenty- 
 first, Number of passengers carried during the year. 
 Twenty-second, Average number of passengers per'trip. 
 ncome. Income of road. Twenty-third, Total receipts from passen- 
 gers. Twenty-fourth, Total recipts from other sources, and 
 what sources. Expenses of operation and maintenance of 
 road. Twenty -fifth. Amount of salaries paid to officers of 
 the company. Twenty-sixth, Amount paid to employees, 
 with the number each of clerks, conductors, drivers, station- 
 keepers, and laborers. Twenty-seventh, Amount paid for 
 taxes of all kinds, and insurance. Twenty-eighth, Amount 
 paid for reconstruction of and repairs to track, turn-outs, 
 Miscellaneous, and other structures. Miscellanenous. Twenty-ninth, 
 Amount of dividends paid during the preceding*^year in 
 cash, and dividends in stock to stockholders and percent- 
 age of each. Thirtieth, Increase of capital stock, if any, 
 during the year. Thirty-first, Number of persons killed or 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 167 
 
 seriously injured on the road during the previous year, and 
 the causes thereof. 
 
 Sec. 23. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the 
 duty of said company, when said road is completed, to have 
 prepared tickets for passage on their cars, and to keep 
 them at their office for sale by the package of twenty-five 
 or over at the rate of twenty -five for the dollar. 
 
 Approved, July 1, 1864. 
 
 Sale of ticketa 
 
 AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Metro- March 3, 1865. 
 politan Railroad Company in the District of Columbia.'* stats. 13, p. 536. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled That R.^®*c??chirte^ 
 an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the Metropolitan amended. 
 Railroad Company in the District of Columbia," approved 
 July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same 
 hereby is, amended as hereinafter set forth, namely, that 
 the first section be, and hereby is, amended by striking out 
 all after the words ''along H street north to Seventeenth 
 street west, intersecting the double-track road," and insert- 
 ing: also a double or single-track railway, commencing at Routechanged. 
 the intersection of D street north and Four-and-a-half 
 street west, along Four-and-a-half street west to the gate 
 of the Arsenal; also a double or single-track branch railway 
 commencing at the intersection of Ninth street west and 
 the Washington canal, along Ninth street west to M street 
 north, along M street north to Twelfth street west, along 
 Twelfth street west to the Washington canal and Mary- 
 land avenue to the Potomac River; also a double or single- 
 track branch railway, commencing at the intersection of 
 Massachusetts avenue and H street north, along Massachu- 
 setts avenue to K street north, along K street north to the 
 Circle, with the privilege of extending the said branch road 
 at any time along K street north to Rock creek, across the 
 bridge over Rock creek to Water street, Georgetown, along 
 Water street in Georgetown to Green street, along Green 
 street to Gay street, and along Gay street and First street 
 to Fayette street, Georgetown, with the privilege of extend- 
 ing at any time the road now in operation from Seventeenth 
 street west to the Capitol, from the present terminus of 
 said road on A street north, along A street north to first 
 street east, along first street east to East Capitol street, 
 along East Capitol street to Ninth street east, along Ninth 
 street east to L street south, with the right to run public 
 carriages thereon, drawn by horse power, receiving therefor 
 a rate^f fare not exceeding eight cents per passenger, for 
 any distance between the termini of either of said main 
 railways or between the termini of said branch railways 
 or between either terminus of said main railway, and the 
 terminus of either of said branch railways: Provided^ That ^i^^^^f^y** ™J;: 
 the use and maintenance of the said road shall be subject SSf 
 
 Rates of fare. 
 
1 
 
 Stock 
 creased. 
 
 in 
 
 Payment. 
 
 168 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 to the municipal regulations of the city of Washington 
 within its corporate limits. 
 
 Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That section eight be, 
 and hereby is, amended by striking out the words ''five 
 hundred thousand dollars," and inserting the words "one 
 million dollars:" Provided^ That the directors of said 
 Metropolitan Railroad Company shall have power to require 
 the subscribers to the capital stock to pay the amount by 
 them respectively subscribed at such time, and such man- 
 ner, and in such instalments, as they may deem proper; 
 and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any 
 instalments, as required by a resolution of the board of 
 directors, after reasonable notice of the same, the said 
 
 deS!"^ "^^^ "" board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest 
 bidder, so many shares of said stock as shall pay said 
 instalments, (and the highest bidder shall be taken to be 
 the person who offers to purchase the least number of 
 shares for the assessment due,) under such general regula- 
 tions as may be adopted in the by-laws of said corporation, 
 or may sue for and collect the same in any court of compe- 
 tent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 3. Andhe it further enacted^ That section seventeen 
 be, and hereby is, so amended as to allow the said corpora- 
 tion three years from the date of the approval of this act 
 in which to complete the railways herein described and 
 those described in the act to which this is an amendment. 
 Sec. 4. Andheit farther enacted. That the twenty-second 
 section be, and hereby is, amended by striking out the 
 words " at the rate of twenty -five for one dollar," and 
 inserting the words '' at the rate of sixteen for one dollar." 
 
 jMiusion from Sec. 5. And he it further enacted. That the provision pro- 
 
 hibiting any exclusion from any car on account of color, 
 
 already applicable to the Metropolitan Railroad, is hereby 
 
 extended to every other railroad in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Approved March 3, 1865. 
 
 Time for com 
 pletlon. 
 
 Tickets. 
 
 I 
 
 Jan. 30, 1865. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Metro- 
 Stats. 13, p. 426. politan Railroad Company in the District of Columbia," approved 
 July 1, 1864. 
 
 Beit enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives 
 ui(S^ "^ofthe United States of America in Congress assmthled, That 
 section 17 of the act to incorporate the Metropolitan Rail- 
 road Company of the District of Columbia, approved July 
 1, 1864, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to ex- 
 pi^Vn'"??:*®^^ ^^^ ti^^ for the completion of their railroad line, 
 tended. except that part thereof between Seventeenth street and 
 
 the Capitol, for one year from the passage of this act: 
 Provided, hawevet^ That the line from Seventeenth street 
 and the Capitol be completed, equipped, and running within 
 thirty days from the passage of this act. 
 Approved January 30, 1866. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 169 
 
 AN ACT Extending the time for the completion of certain street rail- March 2. 1867. 
 
 way s. Stats. 14, p. 440. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Rouse of Repr^mtatwes 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Ihat^M^etropoiuan 
 section seventeen of the act to incorporate the Metropolitan 
 Railroad Company, in the District of Columbia, approved 
 Julv 1, 1S64, be, and the same is hereby, still further 
 amended so as to extend the time for the completion of pT^^f^^«'««5; 
 their railroad line, except that part thereof between bev- tended, 
 enteenth street and the Capitol, for three years from the 
 first day of January, 1866. 
 
 Approved March 2, 1867. 
 
 AN ACT Relating to the Metropolitan Railroad Company. March 3, 1869. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejpresentat^es ^^^^' ^^' P;^* 
 of the United States of America in Congress assenfahUd,jy^^t ^l^}^^""^^^"^ 
 the Metropolitan Railroad Company, in the District of Co- 
 lumbia, be, and is hereby, allowed five years from and pTime^^or com- 
 after the passage of this act for the completion of its lines tended, 
 of street railways, authorized by the acts of July first, 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and March third, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-five, anything contained in said act or 
 any other acts to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 Approved March 3, 1869. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Connecticut Avenue and Park Railway July 13. 1868. 
 Company, in the District of Columbia. stats. 15, p. 85. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives ^^^ ^^^ ^^ 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 1 hat Park Railway 
 Augustus B. Stoughton, John Little, John L. Kidwe ^^J^^^^^^'^p^' 
 George H. Plant, LeRoy Tuttle, G. W. Hopkins, R. M. Hall, ^J^^^^^ ^r 
 and their associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, r. co.) 
 created a body corporate, under the name of the Connecti- 
 cut Avenue and Park Railway Company, with authority to 
 construct and lay down a single or double track railway, 
 with the necessary switches and turnouts, in the city of 
 Washington, in the District of Columbia, through and 
 along the following avenues, streets, and highways: Com- 
 mencing at the intersection of Seventeenth street west 
 and Pennsylvania avenue; along the west side of Seven- 
 teenth street to its intersection with H street north; thence 
 along Seventeenth street west to its intersection with Con- 
 necticut avenue; thence along said avenue to Boundary 
 street. Also, from the intersection of Boundary street 
 and Connecticut avenue; along the county road from such 
 intersection; thence on any road opened, or which mav 
 hereafter be opened, west of the Fourteenth-street road, 
 to within or through the proposed public park, or to the 
 county line of Washington County, with the right to run 
 public carriages thereon drawn by horse power, receiving 
 
 Route. 
 
v.: 
 
 Taxation. 
 
 License 
 cars. 
 
 for. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 1/ 
 
 It 
 
 170 LAWS RELATING TO STKEET-RAILWAY FEAKCHISES. 
 
 tl^fnJ h:«^*' °* **'■'' "Jf e'^ceeding six cents a passenger 
 mfliorifvfi»^'"tK''u'^"^ ™?^-" ^'^»<^^, That shoulf a 
 thehfflr«lf1 *'^''R'^^'■^'° ^'*^*'*' «*'''* '•"^'J' «ftei- reaching 
 iiV^ .^''*"*?- °^ .Boundary street and Connecticut avenue 
 instead of continuing from said intersection up the county 
 road now opened may be constructed along Boundary street 
 in the direction of Meridian Hill to any county road opened 
 
 wes't and"?.;^ ^'''f''' '"'T'''^^ ^^' ^' sfxt3treet 
 west and thence along said county road by the most prac- 
 ticable route to the terminus neaV, at, infor throulrthe 
 proposed park, as hereinbefore provided 
 
 bEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That said road shall be 
 deemed real estate, and, together with other real and per! 
 sonal property of said body corporate, shall be liable to 
 taxation as other real estate a„5 personal property and 
 to license for their vehicles or cars'^in the city a^nd county 
 aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided ' 
 
 <.V.,n *V> ^"i 4**^ \H. further enacted. That the said railway 
 shall be laid m the centers of the avenue and street^ b 
 the city (excepting Seventeenth street; there it shall be 
 laid as hereinbefore provided for,) as nekr as may be with! 
 put interfering with or passing over the water or gas pipes 
 m the most approved manner adapted for street railways! 
 with rails of the most approved pattern, to be determined 
 by the Secretary of the Interior, [aid upon an even surface 
 with the pavement of the streets or avenues; and the sp^e 
 tetween the two tmcks, when two are laid, shall not be 
 
 (See footnote S ft be"[e '!«" ' " 'T f^"" ^^5 '^^\ ''"'^ »»»« ^^'^^S^ 
 
 fojgaoge.) snail not be less than six feet m width, the muw to corre 
 spond with that of the Baltimore and Ohio Bt^A. Tha 
 the railway m the county shall be laid in such manner L 
 wil least interfere with the ordinary travel of the roads on 
 which the said track shall be laid. " 
 
 Sec. 4. And he it further enacted. That the said corpora- 
 tion hereby created shall be bound to keep said traX and 
 for a space of two feet beyond the outer rail thereof' and 
 also the space between the tracks, at all times well paved 
 and in good order, without expense to the United sK 
 the city or county of Washington. ' 
 
 teEc. 5. And he it further enacted. That nothing in this 
 act shall prevent the Government at any time at thei? 
 option from altering the grades or otherwise improving 
 all avenues and streets occupied by said road, or the citf 
 of Washington from so altering or improving such streete 
 and avenue-s and the sewerage thereof, as may be under 
 
 t XauTthJH.7'''T"^v?"^ ''""*'"'' *"d '» -'h "ent 
 it shall be the duty of said company to change their said 
 
 railway so as to conform to such grade and pa'Vement. 
 bEO. 6. And he tt further enacted. That this act may be" 
 
 ^ o, notes 'f ^^ uTtedSs'""^"'^'^' '' ''^'''^ ''^ *•"« C-^-- 
 ?o^^S™°^'.. f^-,1\-^^^^^^fi^fi^- enacted. That nothing in this 
 -orbidden. act shaU be so construed a« to authorize said bod> corpo! 
 
 Paving. 
 
 Orade may be 
 changed. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 171 
 
 rate to issue any note, token, device, scrip, or other evi- 
 dence of debt to' be used as currency. 
 
 Sec. 8. And he it further enacted. That the capital stock 
 of said company shall be not less than fifty thousand dol- 
 lars, nor more' than two hundred thousand dollars, and 
 that the stock shall be divided into shares of twenty-five 
 dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property, trans- 
 ferable in such manner as the by-laws of said company 
 
 may direct. 
 
 Sec. 9. And he it furthet^ enacted, ThdXth^^diiacom^^wy 
 
 shall place first-class cars on said railway, with all the 
 
 modern improvements for the convenience and comfort of 
 
 passengers, and shall run cars thereon during the day as 
 
 often as every ten minutes, between Pennsylvania Avenue 
 
 and Boundary Street, and through the day and night on 
 
 the entire road, or such portions as may be completed, as 
 
 often as the public convenience may require. 
 
 Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That the said company 
 shall procure such passenger rooms, ticket offices, stebles, 
 and depots, at such points as the business of the railroad 
 and the convenience of the public may require. And said 
 company is hereby authorized to lay such rails through 
 transverse or other streets as may be necessary for the 
 exclusive purpose of connecting the said stables and depots 
 with the main tracks. And the said company is hereby 
 authorized to purchase or lease such lands or buildings as 
 may be necessary for the passenger rooms, ticket offices, 
 stables, and depots above mentioned. 
 
 Sec. 11. A7id he it further enacted. That all articles of 
 value that may be inadvertently left in any of the cars or 
 vehicles of the said company shall be taken to their prin- 
 cipal depot, and entered in a book of record of unclaimed 
 goods, which said book shall be open to the inspection of 
 the public at all reasonable hours of business. 
 
 Sec. 12. Ajid he it further enacted. That within thirty 
 days after the passage of this act the corporators named 
 in the first section, or a majority of them, or, if any re- 
 fuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, 
 shall cause books of subscription to the capital stock of 
 said company to be opened and kept open, in some conve- 
 nient and accessible place in the city of Washington, from 
 nine o'clock in the forenoon until three o'clock in the 
 afternoon, for a period, to be fixed by said corporators, 
 not less than two days, and said corporators shall give 
 public notice, by advertisement in the daily papers pub- 
 lished in the city of Washington, of the time when and 
 the place where said books shall be opened; and subscribers 
 upon said books to the capital stocik of the company shall 
 be held to be stockholders: Provided, That no one indi- 
 vidual shall be allowed to subscribe for more than one 
 hundred shares of said stock: Provided, further. That 
 every subscriber shall pay at the time of subscribing 
 twenty-five percentum of the amount by him subscribed to 
 
 Capital stock. 
 
 Cars. 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 Passenger 
 rooms, etc. 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
 Books of snb- 
 scription to be 
 opened. 
 
 Subscribers to 
 be stockholders. 
 
 Payments. 
 

 172 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 tbe treasurer appointed by the corporators, or his subscrip- 
 tion shall be null and void. If, at the end of two days, a 
 larger amount than the capital stock of said company shall 
 have been subscribed, the books shall be closed, and the 
 said corporators named in the lirst section shall forthwith 
 proceed to apportion said capital stock amone the sub- 
 scribers pro rata, and make public proclamation of the 
 number of shares allotted to each, which shall be done and 
 completed on the same day the books are closed: Provided, 
 /urtAer Th'dt nothing shall be received in pavment of the 
 twenty-fivfe per centum at the time of subscribing except 
 money. And when the books of subscription to the capi- 
 tal stock of said company shall be closed, the corporators 
 named m the first section, or a majority of them, and, in 
 case any of them refuse or neglect to act, then a maioritv 
 nm meetings , remainder shall, within ten days thereafter, call the 
 ofstSdSidf«°^6rst meeting of the stockholders of said company to meet 
 within ten days thereafter for the choice of directors of 
 which public notice shall be given for five days in two 
 public newspapers published daily in the city of Washing- 
 ton or by written or printed personal notice to each stock- 
 holder by the clerk of the corporation. And in all meetings 
 of stockholders each share shall entitle the holder to oSe 
 vote, to be given in person or by proxy. 
 Sec. IZ.Andheitfurthei^mdcted, That the government 
 
 Director.. f ""^ ^^^''^f'' ?K ^^^^ ""^'^^^^ ^^ ^^^ company shall be vested 
 "'^ in a board of directors, seven in number, who shall be 
 stockholders, and who shall hold their oflSce for one vear 
 and until others are duly elected and qualified to take'^their 
 places as directors. And the said directors (a majority of 
 Officers. ZCT' \ P/;^pd^"t being one, shall be a quorum) shall 
 elect one of their number to be president of the board, who 
 shall also be president of the company; and they shall also 
 choose a treasurer, who shall give bonds with surety to said 
 company in such sum as the said directors may require, for 
 the faithful discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy 
 m the board of directors, by the death, resignation, or 
 otherwise of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby 
 «y-l»wi ® c ^ *^^ remaining directors. ^ 
 
 1. n u ^"^'/n"^ ^^ it further enacted. That the directors 
 shall have full power to make and prescribe such bv-laws 
 rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and 
 proper, touching the disposition and management of the 
 Stock, property, estate, and effects of the company, not 
 contrary to the charter, or to the laws of the United States 
 and the ordinances of the city and count v of Washington: 
 Provided, That the directors of said corporation shall have 
 power to require the subscribers to the capital stock to 
 pay the amount by them respectively subscribed at such 
 time, after the first instalment, in such manner and in such 
 amounts as they may deem proper; and if any stockholder 
 shall refuse or neglect to pay any instalments, as required 
 by a resolution of the board of directors, after reasonable 
 notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. l73 
 
 public auction, to the highest bidder, so many shares of 
 said stock as shall pay said instalments, (and the highest 
 bidder shall be taken to be the person who offers to pur- 
 chase the least number of shares for the assessment due,) 
 under such general regulations as may be adopted in the 
 by-laws of said corporation, or may sue for or collect the 
 same in any court of competent jurisdiction. , „ , 
 
 Sec. 15. And he it further enacted. That there shall be 
 an annual meeting of the stockholders, for choice of direc- 
 tors, to be holden at such time and place, under such con- 
 ditions, and upon such notice, as the said company in their 
 by-laws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually 
 make a report, in writing, of their doings to Congress 
 and the stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 16. And he it further enacted, That the mayor, 
 council of said city, and the levy court of said county, and 
 the several officers of these corporations, and the said cor- 
 porations, are hereby prohibited from doing any act or 
 thing to hinder, delay, or obstruct the construction or 
 operations of said railway, as herein authorized. 
 
 Sec. 17. And he it furthei^ enacted. That the said com- 
 pany shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted use 
 of the roadway. And if any person or persons shall wil- 
 fully and unnecessarilv obstruct or impede the passage or 
 destroy the cars, depot stations, or any other property 
 belonging to said railway company, the person or persons 
 so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offence the 
 sum of ten dollars to said company, to be recovered and 
 disposed of as other fines and penalties in said city or 
 county; and shall remain liable, in addition to said pen- 
 alty, for any loss or damage occasioned by his, her, or 
 their act, as aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought unless 
 commenced within sixty days after such offence shall have 
 
 been committed. 
 
 Sec. 18. Andhe it further enacted. That unless said cor- 
 poration shall make and comi)lete their said railway or 
 railways between Pennsylvania avenue and Boundary 
 street within eight months after the company shall have 
 been organized, then this act shall be null and void, and no 
 rio-hts whatsoever shall be acquired under it; and that the 
 remainder of said road shall be completed within four years 
 to its proposed terminus in the county of Washington. 
 
 Sec. 19. Andhe it further enacted. That there shall be no 
 regulations excluding any person from any car on account 
 
 Sec. 20. And he it further enacted. That each of the 
 stockholders in the Connecticut Avenue and Park Rail- 
 road Company shall be individually liable for all the debt 
 and liabilities of said company to an amount equal to the 
 amount of stock held by such stockholder. , „ ^ ,, 
 
 Sec. 21. Aiid he it further enacted. That it shall be the 
 duty of said company, when said road is completed be- 
 tween Pennsylvania avenue and Boundary street, to have 
 prepared tickets for passengers on their cars, and to keep 
 
 stock in ar- 
 rears. 
 
 Annual meet- 
 ing. 
 
 Report 
 
 Construction 
 and operation of 
 road not to be 
 hindered. 
 
 Free use of 
 roadway. 
 
 Time for com- 
 pletion. 
 
 Exclusion from 
 
 cars. 
 
 Liability ol 
 stockholders. 
 
 Ticketa. 
 

 * 
 
 11 
 
 174 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 them at their office for sale by the package, at the rate of 
 ProvHons of c ^^ ^^"^^ ^"^ twent\- for one dollar. 
 
 chartirif Wash- . ^^^' 22. And he it further enacted^ That all the provi- 
 Geo'4?tSwn^ro"a^?.^^"« <^/ ^^^^ ^ct incorporating the Washington and 
 made applicable trcorgetown Kailroad Company, requiring reports of ex- 
 penditures, earnings, and otherwise, shall be applicable to 
 the company herein incorporated, which shall make reports 
 as in said act required. 
 ciauL^^*^'"*^ Sec. 23. And he it further enacted, That all acts and 
 parts Of acts heretofore passed, which are inconsistent 
 with any of the provisions of this act, are, for the pur- 
 poses of this act, hereby repealed, so far as the same are 
 inconsistent herewith. 
 Passed the House of Representatives May 8th, 1868. 
 Attest: Edwakd M'Pherson, Clerk, 
 
 By Clinton Lloyd, Chief Clerk 
 
 Passed as here written, with the exception of an amend- 
 ment inakmg the gauge of the road same as the Washing- 
 ton and Georgetown instead of the Baltimore and Ohio 
 Kailroad, as first drawn. 
 
 Approved, July 13, 1868. 
 
 Jan. 19, 1872. 
 
 Union Kailroad Company. 
 
 Union Raiirn«H /> f^ ^{^^ctedhy the Legislative Assemhly of the District of 
 cSSlTnf 'f Oolumhia, ThatLe YisClephane, Hallet Rilbourn, Matthew 
 
 poiitanR.R. Co.) Henry A Willard, A. P. Brown, Riley A. Shinn, Samuel 
 fowler, Poulus Thysun, Thomas Lewis, John C. Parker, 
 Robert C. Hevvett, P. M. Plowman, H. O. Hoyt, and H. T. 
 Wisewell, and their associates and assigns, are created 
 a body corporate, under the name of the '' Union Railroad 
 Company with authority to construct and lav down a 
 single or double-track railway, with the necessary switches 
 and turnouts, in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, 
 Route(ainend- ?" ^^^ ^'®^™* 5^ Columbia, through and along the follow- 
 «>•) ing avenues and streets: Commencing at the junction of 
 
 -fifteenth street and New York avenue, along Fifteenth 
 .street to I street; along I street to Connecticut avenue: 
 along Connecticut avenue to P street; along P street to and 
 over the bridge crossing Rock creek at P street to West 
 street, Georgetown; along West street to High street, and 
 alongHigh street to Second, Third, or Fourth street; along 
 becond, Third, or fourth street to Fayette or Warren 
 street, with the privilege of passing through West street 
 to Montgomery street, through Montgomery street to Stod- 
 dard street, through Stoddard street to High street; alonor 
 High street to Second, Third, or Fourth street; alon| 
 becond, Third, or Fourth street to Fayette; along Fayette 
 
 Fare. 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 175 
 
 street to its intersection with High street; along High 
 street to the northern boundary-line of Georgetown; also 
 with the privilege of connecting with the Metropolitan Rail- 
 road (by consent of said Railroad Company) at the corner 
 of Seventeenth and H streets, and running up Seventeenth 
 to Connecticut avenue; also a branch road, to be con- 
 structed and run at the same time and in the same manner 
 as the main road, commencing at the intersection of Nine- 
 teenth street west and P street north, and running along 
 said P street to Seventh street west; with the privilege of 
 extending said branch road along P street to North Capi- 
 tol street; along North Capitol street and the road leading 
 therefrom to Glenwood Cemetery. And in case the com- 
 pany incorporated by this bill connect their road, hereby 
 authorized, with the Metropolitan Railroad at Seventeenth 
 and H streets, they shall not be compelled by any provi- 
 sions of this Charter to construct that portion of the road 
 hereby authorized between the intersection of Connecticut 
 avenue and Seventeenth street, and New York avenue and 
 Fifteenth street; with the right to run public carriages on 
 the road hereby authorized, drawn by horse power, re- 
 ceiving therefor a rate of fare not exceeding five cents per 
 passenger for any distance between the terminus of said 
 railroad: Provided, That but a single track be laid on Fif- 
 teenth street, between I street and Pennsylvania avenue. 
 Sec. 2. And he it further enacted. That the said road 
 shall be deemed real estate, and, together with the other 
 real estate and personal property ot said company, shall 
 be liable to taxation as other real estate and personal 
 property, and subject to license for their vehicles or cars 
 in the cities aforesaid the same as other railroad companies 
 heretofore organized for like purposes are. 
 
 Seo. 3. And he it further enacted, That the railway shall 
 be laid in the center of the avenues and streets, unless 
 otherwise directed bv the Board of Public Works, and 
 said company shall conform to the grade of the streets and 
 avenues in laying rails thereon. 
 
 Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That the company 
 shall be bound to use the flat rail, similar to the one now 
 used on Pennsylvania Avenue, to keep the streets between 
 and for two feet on either side of its tracks paved and in 
 good order, without expense to the District of Columbia, 
 subiect to the approval of the Board of Public Works; and 
 nothing in this act shall prevent the grade of any street or 
 avenue from being altered by the government of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia at any time, and, in the event of a change 
 of grade, the said railroad company shall change their 
 track to conform therewith, at the expense of said company. 
 Sec. 5. And he it further enacted. That this act may be 
 altered or amended by the Legislature of the District of 
 Columbia at any time, and the said company is not author- 
 ized to issue any note, token, device, or scrip, or other 
 evidence of debt to be used as currency. 
 
 Taxation. 
 
 License for 
 cars. 
 
 Conftruction. 
 
 Rails. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
Cars. 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 rooms 
 
 176 LAW& BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ®'°**- • Sec. 6. And he it further enacted^ That the capital stock 
 
 of said company shall not be less than fifty thousand dol- 
 lars, nor more than one hundred thousand dollars, and shall 
 be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be 
 deemed personal property, transferable in such manner as 
 the by-laws of said company may direct. 
 
 Sec. 7. A nd he it further enacted^ That the company shall 
 place first-class cars on said railway for the convenience 
 and comfort of passengers, and shall run cars thereon dur- 
 ing day hours as often as every ten minutes, and during 
 night hours, until twelve o'clock, as often as twenty minutes, 
 «m8%te''*^"*P^ ^^^^ *^® company shall procure such passenger rooms, 
 ticket offices, stables, and depots, at such points as the 
 business of the railroad and the convenience of the public 
 may require; and the company is hereby authorized to lay 
 such rails through transverse or other streets, not exceed- 
 ing two squares, as may be necessary for the exclusive pur- 
 
 ^^^nectingpose of connecting the said stables and depots with the 
 mam tracks, and the said company is hereby authorized to 
 purchase or lease such lands or buildings as may be neces- 
 ^ry for the passenger rooms, ticket offices, stables, and 
 depots above mentioned. 
 
 • By-laws. ^ec. a And he it further enacted. That the directors 
 
 shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-law, 
 rule, and regulation as they shall deem needful and proper 
 touching the disposition and management of the stock, 
 property, estate, and effects of the companv not contrary 
 to the charter, or to the laws of the United States and the 
 
 fr^^^'*^'' ordinances of the District of Columbia: Provided, That 
 there shall be no regulation excluding any person from any 
 car on account of color. 
 
 8cri?tton. ^^ Sec. 9. Andhe it further enacted. That the incorporators 
 of said road shall, within thirty days after the passage of 
 this act, meet and organize, and open and keep open for 
 two weeks books of subscription, at some place made 
 known by advertisement in at least one daily paper pub- 
 lished in the District of Columbia, to the capital stock of 
 said company; and the said company shall organize and 
 complete the line of said road within one year from the 
 passage of this act. 
 
 Approved. January 19, 1872. 
 
 
 [Obsolete.] 
 
 Jan. 19, 1872. AN ACT To incorporate the Boundary and Silver Spring Eailwav 
 
 Company of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Legislative Assemhly of the District of 
 ^^e^^ilt f^^^'^^^f ' That Wm. Bell, EnosRay, Sr., C. Osborn, Abner 
 Railway Com- Shoemaker, Thcodore Lay, F. Rohrer, B. T. Swart J Ford 
 ^Tab^^b'^by Thompson, Lewis Clephane, J. C. Lewis, William Thomp- 
 MetKjpoiitan R. SOU M. Blair Jno. B. Clagett, J . H. McChesney , D. B. Car- 
 penter, M. G. Emery, Jno. Saul, O. O. Howard, G. W. 
 
 Route. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 177 
 
 Balloch, Simon Wolf, P. May, John Angerman, John 
 Baker Smith, Richard Wallach, S. L. Phillips, John Van 
 Riswick, A. B. Olin, Charles Stewart, Henry Glick, John 
 Widmeyer, L. H. Hall, Charles Eble, Edward Engles, 
 Casper Kneesi, Frederick Hughes, George Walker, Hugo 
 Kandler, Ernest Schmidt, Christian Xander, G. Gussler, 
 Louis Byers, George Killian, A. Spooks, Jacob Hasner, 
 Charles Ruppert, Joseph Flynn, Edward Fordan, V. S. 
 Moulton, D. P. Hickling, Ira Hopkins, and S. H. Wil- 
 liams, and their associates and assigns, be, and they 
 are hereby, created a body corporate, under the name of 
 the Boundary and Silver Spring Railway Company, with 
 authority to construct and lay down a single or double- 
 track railway, with the necessary switches and turnouts, 
 in the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, 
 along the following highway: Commencing at the point of 
 intersection of Boundary street of Washington city and 
 Rockville Turnpike, the same being a continuation of 
 Seventh street west in the city of Washington, in said 
 District; thence running northerly along the said highway 
 to its intersection of boundary line of the District of Co- 
 lumbia and the State of Maryland, with the right to run 
 public carriages or cars, to be drawn either by steam, 
 dummv engines, or horse-power, receiving therefor a rate 
 of fare not exceeding five cents a passenger for transpor- 
 tation to Rock Creek Church road, ten cents a passenger 
 for transportation to Brightwood, and fifteen cents a pas- 
 senger for transportation to the boundar}' of the District 
 of Columbia: Provided, That steam power shall not be 
 used on the said railway entering the city boundary. 
 
 Sec. 2. And he it further enacted. That the said railway 
 shall be constructed in such manner as will least interfere 
 with the ordinary travel of said road, and subject to the 
 approval of the Board of Public Works for said District; 
 and the said corporation shall be bound to keep said track, 
 and for the space of two feet beyond the outer rail thereof, 
 and also the space between the tracks, well graveled or 
 paved, and in good order, without expense to the District 
 of Columbia, so as not to impede the general travel on said 
 road by vehicles or otherwise. 
 
 Sec' 3. And he it further enacted, That nothing in this 
 act shall prevent the proper authorities from altering the 
 grade or otherwise improving said highway, and in such 
 event it shall be the duty of said company to change their 
 said railway so as to conform to such grade; and if at any 
 time such grade shall be changed for the benefit of said 
 railway company any expenses that may be incurred by 
 property -holders affected by such change of grade shall be 
 borne by the said railway company. 
 
 Sec. 4. And he it further enacted. That this act may at 
 any time be altered, amended, or repealed by the Legisla- 
 tive Assembly of the District of Columbia, or by the Con- 
 gress of the United States. 
 
 16400—05 12 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Change of 
 grade. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
178 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-BAIL WAY FBANCHISES. 
 
 Stock. Sbc, 5. And he it further enacted^ That the capital stock 
 
 of said company shall not be less than fifty thousand dol- 
 lars, or more than two hundred thousand dollars, and the 
 stock shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars 
 each, and shall be deemed personal property, transferable in 
 such manner as the by-laws of said company may direct, 
 rooms! etef ^^^ S^c. 6. And he it further enacted^ That the said company 
 shall provide such passenger rooms, ticket oflSce, stables, 
 and depots as the business of the railroad and the con- 
 venience of the public may require; and said company is 
 authorized to lay such rails through such other roads as 
 may be necessary for the exclusive purpose of connecting 
 ' • the said stables and depots with the main track; and the 
 said company is hereby authorized to purchase or lease 
 such lands or buildings as may be necessary for the 
 purpose aforesaid. 
 
 BcriJtSi ** to^"^ ^^^' '^' ^^^ ^^ ^^ further enacted. That within two months 
 opened. after the passage of this act the corporators named in the 
 
 first section, or a majority of them, or, if any refuse to act, 
 then a majority of the remainder, shall cause books of sub- 
 scription to the capital stock of said company to be opened, 
 and kept open, in some convenient and accessible place or 
 places m the city of Washington, for the period of (to be 
 fixed by said corporation) not less than two weeks; and 
 said corporation shall give public notice, by advertisement 
 in not less than two daily papers published in the city of 
 Washington, of the time when and the place where said 
 books shall be opened, and subscribers upon said books to 
 the capital stock of the company shall be held to be stock- 
 holders: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay at the 
 time of such subscribing twenty-five per centum of the 
 amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by 
 the corporators, or his subscription shall be null and void. 
 If, at the end of two weeks, a larger amount than the capi- 
 tal stock of said company shall have been subscribed, the 
 books shall be closed, and the said corporators named in 
 the first section shall forthwith proceed to apportion said 
 capital stock among the subscribers pi'o rata^ and make 
 public proclamation of the number of shares allotted to 
 each, wnich shall be done and completed on the same day 
 the books are closed : Provided^ further^ That nothing shall 
 be received in paj^ment of the twenty-five per centum, at 
 the time of subscribing, except money. And when the 
 books of subscription of the capital stock of said company 
 shall be closed, the corporators named in the first sec- 
 tion, or a majority of them, 7nay [and] in case any of them 
 refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder 
 of^S;kh™wira^ ®^^^^' within ten days thereafter, call the first meeting 
 of the stockholders of the company, to meet within ten 
 days thereafter, for the choice of seven directors, of which 
 public notice shall be given for five days, in not less than 
 two public newspapers published in the city of Washington. 
 And in all meetings of stockholders each share shall entitle 
 the holder to one vote, to be given in person or by proxy. 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STBEET-EAILWAY FBANCH1SE8. 179 
 
 Officers. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Sec. 8. And he it further enacted. That the government ^^^^^'^^^^^'^t 
 and direction of the affairs of the company shall be vested 
 in a board of directors, seven in number, who shall be stock- 
 holders, and who shall hold their office for one year, and 
 until others are duly elected and qualified to take their 
 places as directors. And the said directors, a majority of 
 them, the president being one, shall constitute a quorum, 
 shall elect one of their number to be president of the board, 
 who shall also be president of the company; and they shall 
 also choose a treasurer, who shall file bonds with security 
 to said company, in such sum as the said directors may 
 require, for the faithful discharge of their trust. In case 
 of a vacancy in the board of directors by death, resignation, 
 or otherwise, of any director, the vacancy occasioned 
 thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors. 
 
 Sec. 9. Andhe it further enacted, That the directors shall 
 have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, 
 and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper 
 respecting the disposition and management of the stock, 
 property, estate, and effects of the company, not contrary 
 to this charter and the laws: Provided, That the directors 
 of said corporation shall have power to require the subscrib- 
 ers to th© capital stock to pay the amount by them respec- 
 tively subscribed at such time, (after the first instalment,) 
 in such manner and in such amounts as they may deem 
 proper; and if any stockholder shall refuse or neglect to 
 pay any instalments, as required by a resolution of the board 
 of directors, after thirty days' notice of the same, the said 
 board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest 
 bidder, so many shares of his said stock as shall pay said 
 instalment, and the highest bidder shall be taken to be the 
 person who offers to purchase the least number of shares 
 for the assessment due, under such general regulations as 
 may be adopted in the by-laws of said corporation, or said 
 body corporate may sue and collect the same f roni any de- 
 linquent subscriber in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 10. Andheit farther enacted. That there shall be an .^Annual meet- 
 annual meeting of the stockholders for choice of directors, 
 to be holden at such time and place, under such conditions, 
 and upon such notice as the said company in their by-laws 
 may prescribe; and said directors shall annually make a 
 report in writing of their doings to the Legislative Assem- 
 bly of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 11. ^^^J6^^Y/'^r?5A6'?v?iacif€6?, That the said company ,JJ^Jy;»«« °' 
 shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted use of 
 their roadway: Provided, That one-half the said road shall 
 be completed within one year from the passage of this act, 
 and the entire road complete within two years, in default 
 of which this act shall be made null and void. rw.,„H««f«.m 
 
 Sec. 12. And he it further enacted,That no person shall Exclusion irom 
 be prohibited the right of travel on any part of said road, 
 or ejected from the cars thereof, for any other cause than 
 that of being drunk, disorderly, unclean, contagiously dis- 
 eased, refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply 
 with the general regulations of the company. 
 
 cars. 
 
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 180 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Btikhoide^^^^SEC. 13. And he it further enacted. That each stock- 
 holder in said company shall be liable individually for all 
 the debts and liabilities of said company to an amount 
 Ri ht to ex-^^^*^ ^^ ^^ amount of stock held by said^^stockholders. 
 
 tend^road ° ^^" , Sec. 14. And he it furtJi^ enacted. That, should a ma- 
 jority of the stockholders so elect, at any time within two 
 years after the passage of this act, (provided for in sec- 
 tion above,) the said company shall have the right to 
 extend said road, either with single or double track, with 
 the necessary switches and turn-outs, along the Rock 
 Creek Church road, until it intersects with the Fourteenth 
 Street road; thence southerly to Boundary Street; also 
 along the new county road which intersects Fourteenth 
 Street or Piney Branch road at or near Brown Springs; 
 thence along Fourteenth Street road to anjd along Bound- 
 ary Street. 
 
 Approved, January 19, 1872. 
 
 (Signed) H. D. Cook, Gov. 
 
 Chas. S. Hulse, 
 Speaker H. of Delegates. 
 
 Wm. Stickney, 
 President of the Council. 
 
 May 18. 1872. Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, 1873. 
 
 Stats. 17, p. 84. 
 
 Met. R. R. Co. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the Washington and Georgetown Railroad 
 
 Company and the Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and 
 
 JcL'^from ca^J.^*^^^ ^^'^ ^^"^^"^^ required to remove their tracks, respec- 
 
 itoi Grounds, tivcly, from the Capitol grounds, as hereby established, 
 
 and to run the same as they may he directed, from time to 
 
 time, by the officer in charge of the public buildings and 
 
 grounds, as the grading and filling up of said grounds may 
 
 render necessary. That a commission, consisting of the 
 
 Secretary of the Interior, the chief engineer of the armv, 
 
 and the officer in charge of public building and grounJs, 
 
 is hereby authorized and directed to examine and report 
 
 to Congress, prior to the second Monday of December next, 
 
 a plan by which the locomotive railroad track in front of 
 
 western entrance of the Capitol shall be removed, with due 
 
 regard to the rights of all parties concerned, and by which 
 
 proper connections with other railroads may be made. 
 
 * * * * * 
 
 Approved, May 8, 1872. 
 
 March 3, 1875. 
 
 Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, 1876. 
 Stats. 18. p. 385. * ♦ * and further, that the Washington and GcorgB- 
 Met. R. R. Co. town and the Metropolitan Railway Companies are directed 
 
 fckffrom cao^ ^^ ^^^® "P ^"^^^ portious of their tracks as may come in the 
 ^ way of the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and relay 
 the same as may be directed by the officers in charge of 
 the improvements of the Capitol Grounds. * * * 
 Approved, March 3, 1875. 
 
 tracks from Cap 
 Itol Grounds 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES 181 
 
 District appropriation bill, 1891. 
 
 * * * * .* . 
 
 Sec. 3. That anv street railroad company in the District 
 of Columbia authorized to run cars drawn by horses, which 
 has changed or may change its motive power on aiiy of its 
 lines now constructed, to cable or electricity, or change its 
 rails in accordance with the provisions of law, shall have 
 the right to issue and sell, at the market price thereof, 
 stock of said company t6 an amount necessary to cover the 
 cost of making said changes, the cost of said changes and 
 the amount of said stock sold, together with the price p-r 
 share, to be fully set forth, under the oath of the President 
 of said Company, and filed with the Commissioners of the 
 District. And anv company availing itse f of the privileges 
 herein granted shall within two years, wholly dispense 
 with horses as motive power on all portions of its line and 
 substitute therefor the power provided for in the act making 
 appropriations for the expenses of the District of Colum- 
 bia, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty- 
 nine, or pneumatic or other modern motive power which 
 shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia, but nothing in this act contained shall in anywise 
 authorize the use of overhead appliances: Provided., That 
 if any such company operating a line or lines of street rail- 
 road from Georgetown or West Washington to and beyond 
 the Capitol grounds shall fail to substitute for horse power 
 the power herein provided for on all its lines within two 
 years from the date of this act, such company shall forfeit 
 its corporate franchise. 
 Approved, August 6, 1890. 
 
 August 6. 1890. 
 Stat««.26,p.310, 
 
 Met. R. R. Co. 
 
 Change of mo- 
 tive power. 
 
 Increase of 
 stock. 
 
 Horses to be 
 dispensed with. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 No overhead 
 wires. 
 
 Forfeiture 
 clause. 
 
 Time (extend- 
 ed). 
 
 Deficiency act, 1891. 
 
 March 3, 1891. 
 Stats. 26, p. 870. 
 
 And the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District ^et. r. r. co. 
 of Columbia shall pay to the District of Columbia within 
 eighteen months from the approval of this act the full 
 amount of the judgment that was rendered against the said 
 company by the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia at the suit of the said district, in cause numbered 
 twenty-two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight, at law, 
 on the dockets of said court, with the costs of said cause 
 and interest on said amount from the date said judgment .^5|ySf^°* « 
 was rendered until paid, and that upon the failure of the 
 said company so to pay said amount, costs, and interest 
 within the time aforesaid the charter of said company 
 shall become forfeit, and all its rights, privileges, and 
 franchises as a body corporate shall cease and determine. 
 ***** 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1891. 
 

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 182 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 July 22, 1892. 
 
 Joint resolution. 
 
 New carp 
 
 Stats. 27, p. 399. rt j j r 
 
 Mesolyed by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
 Met. R. R. Co. ^^^ United IStates of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 f oV^chang?^ fb^ ti"^6 within which th^ street railroad companies avail- 
 motive power, ing themselves of the privileges granted by the act making 
 appropriations to provide for the government of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, and approved August sixth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety, so far as it extends to the Metropoli- 
 tan Railroad, is hereby extended for one year from the 
 date of the passage of this act: Provided, That so fast as 
 the cars now building are equipped with storage batteries 
 Cars shall ^^ ^^^J ^^^^l j^® placed on the road: And provided further, 
 kept" in * good That pending the change the present equipment of the 
 condition. road shall be put, and kept and maintained in good condi- 
 tion; and any failure to comply with any of the foregoing 
 requirements as to equipment shall rencler the said Metro- 
 politan Railway Company liable to a fine of not exceeding 
 twenty-five dollars for each day so in default, to be recov- 
 ered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as 
 other tines are recovered in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 2. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend or 
 repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, July 22, 1892. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 July 28, 1892. 
 Stats. 27, p. 290. 
 
 Deficiency bill, 1892. 
 
 re^llred ■ t^' ^rt ^^^"^ ^^^ Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby 
 Erid e^vlrR^Jk^^^"^^^^ ^^ repair the bridge across Rock Creek at r 
 creel!^^^"^ "^ street, in the District of Columbia, at a cost of not exceed- 
 ing fifteen thousand dollars. Said repairs to make the 
 bridge sufliciently strong to allow the passage of storage- 
 battery cars of the said company, and to be made under 
 the direction of the Engineer Commissioner of the District 
 of Columbia, and in accordance with plans and specifica- 
 tions prepared by him. 
 
 ♦ * » ♦ » 
 
 Approved, July 28, 1892. 
 
 August 2, 1894. AN ACT To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to change 
 stats. 28, p. 217. ^^ motive power for the propulsion of the cars of said company. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 
 charter^'amend^ ^f^^^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
 
 ed. the Metropolitan Railroad Company, incorporated under 
 
 the Act of Congress approved the first day of July, anno 
 
 Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same 
 
 provK." ^'^ *^ ^s hereby, required to cease to use on its lines running east 
 
 and west each and every closed car that has been in use on 
 
 any of its lines for three years or more, and shall substitute 
 
 therefor new cars of the most approved pattern. Failuie 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 183 
 
 to comply with the provisions of this section within ninety 
 days from the approval of this Act shall subject the said 
 companv to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each and every 
 day during which the company neglects or refuses to make 
 the substitution of new cars as herein specified, which fine 
 may be recovered by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company tive *XS ™i2: 
 be, and the same is hereby, authorized, empowered, andquirei 
 required to equip and operate the lines of its cars upon 
 and along all the streets and avenues of the cities of Wash- 
 ington and Georgetown, within the District of Columbia, 
 where the lines of its road or any part thereof are now laid 
 and operated, and as hereinafter provided, with an under- 
 ground electric system for propulsion of such cars: Pro- 
 vided, That the change to an underground system shall be 
 completed upon its north and south line within one year 
 and upon its east and west line within two years after the 
 approval of this Act: Provided there shall be completed ^Extension of 
 an extension thereof on East Capitol street from Ninth 
 street east to Fifteenth street east, around both sides of 
 Lincoln Square, and also. an extension from Ninth street 
 west northwesterly on Florida avenue to Tenth street west. 
 And in default of such completions all Acts or parts of 
 Acts chartering or extending the said road are hereby 
 lealed. 
 
 Time. 
 
 re 
 
 Bonds. 
 
 Case of D. C. vs. 
 Met. Co. referred 
 
 ...EC. 3. That the said company is hereby authorized and 
 empowered to issue its bonds, secured by a mortgage on its 
 franchises and other property, to such amount as may be 
 necessary to pay the cost of the work to be done and of the 
 materials required and the expenses incident to the change 
 to be made as provided in this Act, but not in excess of 
 such cost. And said bonds shall not be sold or disposed 
 of at less than their face or par value. 
 
 Sec. 4. That a transcript of the record of the case of the ^^^ ^^ ^^,^,,^ 
 District of Columbia against the Metropolitan Railroad to court of ap- 
 Company of the District of Columbia, at law Numbered ^^^ 
 Twenty -two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight, in the 
 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, together with 
 the original papers and record entries therein, duly certi- 
 fied, shall, by appropriate orders duly entered of record, be 
 transferred and delivered to the Court of Appeals of the 
 District of Columbia, which said Court of Appeals is hereby 
 vested with original authority and jurisdiction to hear and 
 determine said case without a jury upon the pleas and 
 issues and proofs therein other than the pleas and issues 
 relating to the statute of limitation or plea of failure of 
 notice to said company of any act required of it, and to de- 
 termine from and upon said record and pleadings and proofs 
 therein contained, and such other proof in the course of 
 said hearing as said court may determine to be necessary in 
 order to dispose of the case upon its merits, what, if any, 
 indebtedness is due to the District of Columbia from the 
 said railroad company in respect of the cause of action 
 

 
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 184 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 •stated in the declamtions filed in said case, assuming that 
 due and proper notice has been given to said company of 
 all acts reauired in the premises, and to enter judgment 
 agamst said company in favor of the District of Columbia 
 for any sum or sums of money that said Court of Appeals 
 shall hnd due from said company in respect of said cause 
 ot action, for the amount of which said judgment execu- 
 tion may issue out of said court, and said judgment shall 
 immediately become a lien upon all the property of said 
 company, to be enforced in the manner now provided by 
 law for the enforcement of other liens, and shall be paid 
 withm ninety days from the date thereof: Provided, That 
 unless said company shall file in said Court of Appeals its 
 consent m writing to the aforesaid transfer of the said 
 ^se, and also a waiver of all its rights and defenses under 
 the statute of limitation and from want of notice as here- 
 inbefore provided for, and also a waiver of all rights, bene- 
 hts, advantages, and defenses that it has or may have by 
 reason of the decision and judgment of the Supreme Court 
 ot the United States made and entered in said case within 
 thirty days after the approval of this Act, then all rights 
 granted to said company by this Act shall cease and be 
 determined: Provided, That the judgment of the said Court 
 of Appeals shall be final and that there shall be no appeal 
 t\i^^^\Yom'. And provided further. That the cost of said 
 transfer and of the hearing of said ca^e in the Court of 
 
 Transfer ar- ^?P^^^1 ^H?;" ^^ ?^^^^^' ^^^^ r^^X^O^^ Company. 
 
 rangementswith^ ^EC. 5. ihat the Metropolitan Railroad Comoanv is 
 conneaxng lines hereby authorized and required immediately to nmke 
 reciprocal transfer arrangements with street railroad com- 
 panies whose lines now connect with its lines, and to fur- ' 
 nish such facilities therefor as the public convenience may 
 require. Upon the completion of the underground electric 
 system provided for in this Act the said Metropolitan Rail- 
 road Company is hereby further authorized and required to 
 trackil!^'^'*^6n*^^intoreciprocaltrackagearrangementswit 
 
 roads. Ihe schedules and compensation shall be mutually 
 agreed upon between the said Metropolitan Railroad Com- 
 pany and the companies with whose lines its lines connect- 
 and m any case of failure to reach such mutual agreement 
 the matters m dispute shall be determined by the supreme 
 court of the District of Columbia, upon petition filed by 
 either party: Provided, That every street railway company 
 in the District of Columbia whose lines connect, or whose 
 lines may hereafter connect, with the lines of any other street 
 railway company, is hereby subjected to the same require- 
 ments as to transfers and trackage arrangements, and upon 
 ^TIC^^^.^^"^^' as in this section provided in the case 
 of the Metropobtan Railroad Company and the lines con- 
 necting therewith. 
 ^Tax on horse Sec. 6. That ou and after one year from the approval of 
 this Act the Metropolitan Railway Company shall pay to 
 the District of Columbia, in addition to all other taxes now 
 required to be paid by said company, an annual tax of ^\^ 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 185 
 
 hundred dollars for each and every car operated by horses 
 on that portion of its lines known as the Ninth Street line; 
 and on and after two years from the approval of this Act 
 the said railway company shall pay, in addition to all other 
 taxes now required to be paid by said company, an annual 
 tax of five hundred dollars for each and every car operated 
 by horses on any line owned or controlled by the said com- 
 pany. . li. J Amendment. 
 
 Sec. 7. That Congress reserves the power to alter, amend, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, August 2, 1894. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1895. 
 Stats. 28, p. 682. 
 
 Commissioners 
 D. C. to locate 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Com- 
 pany of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresentatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ^^^t ^^fvSZcT, 
 the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the charter amend- 
 District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, amended Extension of 
 so as to authorize and require the said company to lay '^^^^ ^^^y^^- 
 down from the intersection of Four-and-a-half and L 
 streets, southwest, along Four-and-a-half street to P street 
 south, a single track of underground electric road for the 
 propulsion of its cars, thence west along P street with said 
 single track to Water street, thence northwesterly along 
 Water street >yith said single track to L street, thence east 
 along L street with said single track to its double tracks at 
 the intersection of Four-and-a-half and L streets, south- 
 west, and thence north by said company's double tracks as 
 now located into its depot on Seventh street extended. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Colum 
 bia shall locate the said track on Four-and-a-half, P, Water, t''^^^^ 
 and L streets so as best to subserve the public convenience, 
 and may in their discretion locate the same on Water street 
 for such distance as they may deem best on the east track 
 of the Belt Line Railway Company, so that the two com- 
 panies may mutually and profitably use the space of street ^^ ^^ ^^ 
 occupied by the said east track. The said Belt Line Rail- Beit Ry. % Met. 
 way Company and the Metropolitan Railroad Company shall ^^ • 
 each have the right to apply to the supreme court of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia to fix a just and equitable compensation 
 for any rights which may be affected by this law, and said 
 court shall have power to issue execution to enforce its 
 
 judgment. . Extension of 
 
 Sec. 3. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company is route in oeorge- 
 hereby authorized and required to lay down and continue town, 
 its underground electric construction of single track from 
 the intersection of P and Thirty -fifth streets, northwest, 
 thence running west along P street to Thirty-sixth street, 
 thence south on Thirty-sixth street to Prospect avenue, 
 thence east on Prospect avenue to Thirty-fifth street, thence 
 north on Thirty-fifth street to O street, thence east con- 
 tinuing its route as now located. 
 
Ill 
 
 186 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Number of di- 
 rectors In- 
 creased. 
 
 tickets. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the number of directors of said company 
 shall be mcreased from seven to nine members. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the Brightwood Railway Company, the 
 Kock Creek Railway Company, and the Georgetown and 
 Tennallytown Railroad Company be, and they are hereby 
 sai^of coupon respectively, authorized and required to sell four coupon 
 tickets for twenty-five cents, good for one continuous ride 
 m the District of Columbia over the lines of said companies 
 respectively, and the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad 
 Company, and the said suburban roads shall redeem the 
 tickets collected by the Metropolitan Railroad Company, at 
 the rate of two and one-half cents for each coupon ticket 
 presented by the said Metropolitan Railroad Company. 
 Any of the aforesaid railroad companies which shall refuse 
 to make sale of tickets or to accept tickets so sold as herein 
 provided for, shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars for 
 each such violation, to be recovered in the police court 
 (^ the District of Columbia as other fines are recovered: 
 Provided, That the proceeding for the collection of such 
 penalty shall be commenced within thirty days from the 
 date of the alleged refusal. The supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia shall have, and it is hereby given 
 authority and jurisdiction to enforce the requirements and 
 provisions of this section in respect of the sale of tickets 
 on the petition of either of the aforesaid railroad compa- 
 e/atfor wu^ P^f or any citizen of the District of Columbia. And power 
 Eock creek Ry. IS hereby given to the Metropolitan Railroad Company and 
 the Rock Creek Railway Company to contract with each 
 other for the purchase, sale, lease, or joint operation of the 
 line of said Rock Creek Railway Company on Florida ave- 
 nue and U street, or any part thereof. 
 
 Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect in thirty days 
 after its passage. 
 
 Approved, February 26, 1895. 
 
 Feb. 27. 1897. AN ACT To authorize the extension of the lines of the Metropolitan 
 
 Kailroad Company, of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United states of Americain Congress assemUed, That 
 the Metropolitan Railroad Company be, and it is hereby 
 authorized and required within six months from the date 
 of the approval of this Act to extend the lines of its under- 
 ground electric railroad from the intersection of Connecti- 
 ex^lSSS!*'"^''j^"*^n^.^l«rida avenues northward along Columbia road 
 to a i)omt on the west line of Eighteenth street extended: 
 Provided That the said company is hereby authorized to 
 issue and sell such an amount of its capital stock as will 
 at the market value thereof, cover the cost of construction 
 and equipment of the extension herein provided for. 
 Approved, February 27, 1897. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 187 
 
 AN ACT Authorizing and requiring the Metropolitan Railroad Com- Ji^ee. im 
 pany to extend its lines on old Sixteenth street. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District of 
 Columbia be, and the same is hereby, authorized and 
 required to extend by double tracks the lines of its under- 
 ground electric railroad from its present terminus at the 
 intersection of Eighteenth street and Columbia road east- 
 erly along Columbia road to the present Sixteenth sti-eet ^^f ^^^^^"entS 
 northwest, thence north along Sixteenth street to Fark street. 
 street: Provided, That no cars shall be switched m the bwxtcMng. 
 streets after the expiration of two years from the passage 
 
 ^ Sec! 2.''That before such extension shall be constructed ^Columbia road 
 Columbia road shall be widened to a width of one hun- 
 dred feet, the present Sixteenth street shall be widened 
 to a width of eighty-five feet from Columbia road to Park 
 street, and in such widening the building restriction line 
 on the eastern side of said street shall be taken as far as 
 practicable to form the eastern side of said street when 
 widened; and also sufficient land shall be acquired at the 
 northwesterly corner of Columbia road and Sixteenth 
 street so as to allow the street-railway tracks to be laid 
 wholly without the roadway of Sixteenth street as extended 
 according to the highway extension plans; all in accord- ^^^^ 
 ance with plans to be prepared by the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia; and the said Commissioners ^commj^io^^^^ 
 shall institute in the supreme court of the District ot to extend six- 
 Columbia, sitting as a district court, by petition, particu- Sf^ ^. ^ 
 larly describing the lands to be taken, a proceeding in 
 rem to condemn the land that may be necessary for the 
 extension of Columbia road and the present Sixteenth 
 street as herein provided, with a width of one hundred 
 feet: Provided, That the said Commissioners are author- 
 ized and empowered to locate the lines of the railroad of 
 said company within the area so to be acquired as afore- 
 said: And movided further, That the operation of the ^oper^tion^.^of 
 cars of the Metropolitan Railroad within the ^aP^ol Grounds^^to^^.be 
 grounds shall be under the control of the Architect or tae tenaent of capi- 
 Capitol: And provided further. That no tracks shall betoi^^ ^^^^^^ ^„ 
 laid on any portion of the roadway of Sixteenth street asne^^ sixteenth 
 extended according to the highway extension plans. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the extensions of the lines of the Metro- 
 politan Railroad Company herein provided for shall be 
 completed and put in operation within one year f ronri the ^^ijme of com- 
 date of the widening of said highways as herein provided, 
 and said Company shall deposit with the collector of taxes Deposits. 
 of the District of Columbia such sums as are necessary t6 
 pay the cost of inspection of said work. 
 
 Sec. 4. That of the amount found to be due and awarded 
 as damages for and in respect of the land condemned for Damages. 
 the extension of Columbia road and the present Sixteenth 
 
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 188 LAWS RELATING TO STREKT-RATLWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Portion to be 
 paid by railroad 
 company. 
 
 Assessment of 
 benefits. 
 
 Commissioners 
 given power to 
 reject award. 
 
 Condemnation 
 proceedings. 
 
 street, as herein provided, such proportional amounts 
 thereof as the ]ury hereinafter provided shall determine 
 shall be assessed by said jury as benfits, and to the extent 
 of such benefits, against respectively the Metropolitan 
 street Kailroad Company, and collected as special assess- 
 ments are collected, and against those pieces or parcels of 
 land on each side of said Columbia road and the present 
 Sixteenth street northwest along those portions of said 
 streets that are to be widened, and also on any or all pieces 
 or parcels of land which will be benefited by the extension 
 of said Columbia road and the present Sixteenth street 
 northwest as said jury mav find said pieces or parcels of 
 land will be benefited; and in determining the amounts to 
 be assessed against said pieces or parcels of land the jury 
 shall take into consideration the respective situations of 
 such pieces or parcels of land and the benefits they may 
 severally receive from the extension of Columbia road as 
 aforesaid: Provided, That if the aggregate amount of the 
 benefits to be assessed against those pieces or parcels of 
 land on each side of said Columbia road and the present 
 Sixteenth street northwest along those portions of said 
 streets that are to be widened, and also on any or all pieces 
 or parcels of land which will be benefited by the extension 
 of said Columbia road and the present Sixteenth street 
 northwest as said jury may find said pieces or parcels of 
 Jand will be benefited, as determined by said jury pursu- 
 ant to the provisions hereof, is less than one-half of the 
 amount of the damages awarded for and in respect of the 
 land condemned, the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia may in their discretion, within thirtvdays after 
 the tiling of said award, reject the award and "^assessment 
 of said jury, and all proceedings hereunder shall be null 
 and void. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said court shall cause public notice of 
 not less than ten days to be given of the filing of said pro- 
 ceedings, by advertisement in such manner as the court 
 shall prescribe, which notice shall warn all persons having 
 any interest m the proceedings to attend court at a day 
 to be named in said notice and to continue in attendance 
 until the court shall have made its final order ratifying 
 and confirming the award of damages and assessment of 
 benefats of the jury; and in addition to such public notice 
 said court, whenever in its judgment it is practicable to 
 do so, may cause a copy of said notice to be served bv 
 the marshal of the District of Columbia, or his deputies 
 upon such owners of the land to be condemned as may be 
 found by said marshal, or his deputies, within the District 
 of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 6. That after the return of the marshal and the 
 hling of proof of publication of the notice provided for 
 m the preceding section, said court shall cause a jury of 
 seven judicious, disinterested men, not related to any per- 
 son interested m the proceedings, and not in the service 
 or employment of the District of Columbia or of the 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 189 
 
 United States, to be summoned by the marshal of the 
 District of Columbia, to which jurors said court shall 
 administer an oath or affirmation that they are not inter- 
 ested in any manner in the land to be condemned nor are condemnation 
 in any way related to the parties interested therein, and p'^^^'^*^*^- 
 that they will, without favor or partiality, to the best of 
 their judgment, assess the damages each owner of land 
 taken may sustain bv reason of the extension of said street 
 and the condemnation of lands for the purposes of such 
 extension, and assess the benefits resulting therefrom as 
 hereinbefore provided. The court, before accepting the 
 jury, shall hear any objections that may be made to any 
 member thereof, and shall have full power to decide upon 
 all such objections, and to excuse any juror or cause any 
 vacancy in the jury, when empaneled, to be filled; and 
 after said jury shall have been organized and shall have 
 viewed the premises, said jury shall proceed, in the pres- 
 ence of the court, if the court shall so direct, or otherwise 
 as the court may direct, to hear and receive such evidence 
 as may be offered or submitted on behalf of the District 
 of Columbia and by any person or persons haying any 
 interest in the proceedings for the extension of said street. 
 When the hearing is concluded the jury, or a majority of 
 them, shall return to said court, in writing, its verdict of 
 the amount to be found due and payable as damages sus- 
 tained by reason of the extension of said street under the 
 provisions thereof, and of the pieces or parcels of land 
 benefited by such extension and the amount of the assess- 
 ment for such benefits against the same. 
 
 Sec. 7. That if the use of a part only of any piece or 
 parcel of ground shall be condemned, the jury, in deter- 
 mining its value, shall not take into consideration any 
 benefits that may accrue to the remainder thereof from 
 the extension of said street or highway, but such benefits 
 shall be considered in determining what assessment shall 
 be made on or against such part of such piece or parcel of 
 land as may not be taken as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the court shall have power to hear and 
 determine any objections which may be filed to said verdict 
 or award, and to set aside and vacate the same, in whole 
 or in part, when satisfied that it is unjust or unreasonable, 
 and in such event a new jury shall be summoned, who shall 
 
 Eroceed to assess the damages or benefits, as the case may 
 e, in respect of the land as to which the verdict may be 
 vacated, as in the case of the first jury: Provided, That if 
 vacated in part, the residue of the verdict and award as to 
 the land condemned or assessed shall not be affected tjiereby: 
 And provided further, That the exceptions or objections 
 to the verdict and award shall be filed within thirty days 
 after the return of such verdict and award. 
 
 Sec. 9. That when the verdict of such jury shall have 
 been finally ratified and confirmed by the court, as herein 
 provided, the amounts of money awarded and adjudged 
 
190 
 
 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Lien. 
 
 V|; 
 
 .to be payable for lands taken under the provisions hereof 
 shall be paid to the owners of said land by the Treasurer 
 ot the United States, ex officio commissioner of the sinking 
 fund of the District of Columbia, upon the warrant of the 
 Commissioners of said District, out of the revenues of the 
 District of Columbia; and a sufficient sum to pav the 
 amounts of said judgments and awards is hereby appro- 
 priated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. 
 
 feEc. 10. That when confirmed by the court the several 
 assessments herein provided to be made shall severally be 
 a hen upon the lana assessed, and shall be collected as 
 special improvement taxes in the District of Columbia 
 and shall be payable in four equal annual installments! 
 with interest at the rate of four per centum per annum 
 f roih the date of confirmation until paid. That said court 
 may allow amendments in form or substance in any peti- 
 tion, process, record, or proceeding, or in the description 
 of property proposed to be taken, or of property assessed 
 tor benefits whenever such amendments will not interfere 
 with the substantial rights of the parties interested, and 
 any such amendment may be made after as well as before 
 the order or judgment confirming the verdict or award 
 aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 11 That each juror shall receive as compensation 
 the sum of ^ve dollars per day for his services during the 
 time he shall be actually engaged in such services under 
 the provisions hereof. 
 Appropriation. Sec. 12. That the sum of three hundred dollars is hereby 
 appropriated, out of the revenues of the District of Colum- 
 bia, to provide the necessary funds for the costs and ex- 
 penses of the condemnation proceedings taken pursuant 
 nereco. 
 
 Sec. 13. That no appeal by any interested party from 
 the decision of the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia confarmmg the assessment or assessments for benefits 
 or damages herein provided for, nor any other proceedings 
 at law or in equity by such party against the confirmation 
 of such assessment or assessments, shall delay or prevent 
 the payment of the award to others in respect to the prop- 
 ^^}y J^^^^^^^^^ nor the widening of such streets: Pro- 
 vided however, That upon the final determination of said 
 appeal or other proceeding at law or in equity the amount 
 found to be due and payable as damages sustained by reason 
 of the widening of the streets under the provisions hereof 
 shall be paid as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 Sec. 14. That Congress reserves the right to alter 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 6, 1900. 
 
 Appeal. 
 
 Route. 
 
 i 
 
 WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MOUNT VEENON ELECTEIC 
 
 EAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To authorize the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon August 23. 1894. 
 Electric Railway Company to extend its line of road into and within 28 d 494 
 
 the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. ou* . , f- 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Rouse of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assernUed That ^lYx'fSdSf *and 
 the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Mount^vejnon 
 Railway Company, a body incorporated under the laws ot company, ex- 
 the State of Virginia, be, and is hereby, authorized to con- tension of tracks 
 struct and lay down a double-track street railway, except 
 as hereinafter provided, with the necessary switches, turn- 
 outs, and other mechanical devices, the number and location 
 of which shall be approved by the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia, said street railway to be constructed 
 and laid down through and along the following routes: 
 
 Commencing on B street, between Seventh and Eighth 
 streets northwest, at a point to be designated by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia, thence westward 
 along B street to Thirteen-and-a-half street, thence north- 
 ward on Thirteen-and-ahalf street to E street by single 
 track, thence westward on E street to Fourteenth street 
 on a single track, thence southward on Fourteenth street 
 using the tracks of the Belt Line Street Railway, to the 
 Potomac River, thence across the Potomac River by a 
 suitable ferry or transfer barge to the Virginia shore, with 
 the privilege of a double track on B street from Thirteen- 
 and-a-half street, connecting with the Belt Line Street 
 Railway tracks at Fourteenth street. 
 
 And said company is authorized to construct its road 
 across the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad at or near 
 the long bridge, under such regulations as may be pre- 
 scribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 And the said Washington, Alexandria and Mount Ver- 
 non Electric Railway Company is hereby authorized and 
 empowered to construct and maintain, after acquiring title 
 to the same, at the foot of Fourteenth street, a necessary 
 landing and slip for the operation of a ferryboat or transfer Ferry dips and 
 steamer, said landing and slip to be constructed on plans «* • 
 approved by the Secretary of War, and for the purpose of 
 connection to use an overhead wire for a distance of not 
 exceeding four hundred feet, commencing at the extreme 
 southern end of the slip. 
 
 And said company is also authorized and empowered to 
 construct, maintain, and operate, subject to the supervi- 
 
 191 
 
 Crossings. 
 
streets. 
 
 Route on coun- 
 try road. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 192 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ,sion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, a 
 double-end steamboat or transfer barge for the transfer of 
 its cars, with all the modern improvements for the safety 
 and protection of its passengers: Provided, That the said 
 company be authorized to condemn for its use for said 
 landing and slip, as provided for in this Act, a space not 
 exceeding one hundred and fifty by two hundred feet. 
 Widening of Sec. 2 That whenever the roadway of any street occu- 
 pied by the said railway company is widened, one-half of 
 the cost of widening and improvement of such widened 
 part shall be charged to the said railway company, and 
 collected from said company in the same manner as the 
 cost ot laying or repairing pavements lying between the 
 exterior rails of the tracks of street railways, and for a 
 distance of two feet from and exterior to such track or 
 tracks on each side thereof, is collectible under the provi- 
 sions of section ^\q of the Act entitled ''An Act providing 
 a permanent form of government for the District of 
 Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and 
 seventy-eight." 
 
 Sec. 3. That when the route described coincides with 
 that of a country road of less width than sixty-six feet, the 
 railway shall be constructed entirely outside the road. 
 
 bEC. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a 
 substantial and durable manner; and all rails, electrical and 
 naechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, 
 ^^:l V^\ approved pattern, and subject to the approval 
 ot the District Commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep 
 the space between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior 
 thereto m such condition as the Commissioners of the 
 Uistrict of Columbia or their successors may direct and 
 whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or 
 repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall 
 bear all the expense of improving the spaces above de- 
 scribed, bhould the said corporation fail to comply with 
 the orders of the Commissioners the work shall be done 
 by the proper officials of the District of Columbia and the 
 amounts due from said corporation shall be collected as 
 provided by section ^yq of the Act entitled ''An Act pro- 
 viding a permanent form of government for the District 
 ot Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred 
 and seventy-eight." But no overhead wires shall be used 
 or constructed except as hereinbefore provided nor shall 
 steam power be used within the limits of the city of 
 Washington: Provided, That the tracks of said road shall 
 not be used for the transportation of any cars other than 
 those used for the transportation of passengers on street 
 railways. 
 
 ^ ^f%^,\ That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia at any time, at its option, from alterino- 
 the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied bv 
 said railroad, or from altering and improving streets, ave- 
 
 Paving, 
 
 Ch anpe 
 grades, etc. 
 
 of 
 
 Trenches. 
 
 Deposit fo: 
 water mains. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 193 
 
 nues, and highways, and the sewerage thereof; in such 
 event it shall be the duty of said company at once to change 
 its said railway and the pavement so as to conform to such 
 crrades and improvements as may have been established. 
 ° Sec 7. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, 
 its successors or assigns, having first obtained the permis- 
 sion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to 
 make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations 
 in any of said streets or places where said company may 
 have the right to construct and operate its road, and place in 
 such trenches and excavations all needful and convenient 
 devices and machinery for operating said railroad in the 
 same manner and by the means herein provided, but shall 
 forthwith restore the streets to a like good condition as 
 they were before. But whenever such trenches or excava- 
 tions shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, 
 or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the 
 kind which has been ordered by the Commissioners, then 
 the expense necessary to change such underground con- 
 struction shall be borne by the said railroad company. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the said company shall, before commencmg 
 work on said railroad on such street, deposit with the 
 Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Wl b- 
 ington Aqueduct such sum as the Secretary of War may 
 consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may be 
 incurred by the United States in connection with the in- 
 spection of the work of construction of said railroad on such 
 street, and in making good any damages done by said com- 
 pany, or its works, or by any of its contracting agents, to 
 any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in completing, 
 as the Secretary of War may consider necessary, any of the 
 work that the said company may neglect or refuse to com- 
 plete, and that the Secretary of War may consider neces- 
 sary for the safety of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and 
 the said company shall also deposit as aforesaid such further 
 sums for said purposes at such times as the Secretary of 
 War may consider necessary: Provided, That the said sum 
 shall be "disbursed like other moneys appropriated for the 
 Washington Aqueduct, and that whatever shall remain of 
 said deposits at the end of one year after the completion 
 of said railroad in such street shall be returned to said com- 
 pany on the order of the Secretary of War, with an account 
 of its disbursement in detail: And provided also. That dis- 
 bursements of said deposits shall, except in cases of enaer- 
 gency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War. 
 The exercise of the rights by this Act granted are to termi- 
 nate at the pleasure of the S^ecretary of War in case of per- 
 sistent neglect by said company, or by its successors, to 
 make the deposits, or to comply with any of the conditions, 
 requirements, and regulations aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 9. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, 
 its successors or assigns, to erect and maintain, upon pri- 
 vate grounds, at such convenient and suitable points along 
 
 16400—05 13 
 
 etc 
 
 Engine faousef^ 
 
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 Motive power. 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 
 194 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 , its lines as may seem most desirable to the board of direct- 
 ors of the said corporation and subject to the approval of 
 the said Commissioners, an engine house or houses, boiler 
 house, and all other buildings necessary for the successful 
 operation of a street railway. 
 menTand ""cSml ^^^' ^^' ^^at the said railroad shall be commenced within 
 pietion. ^^^y^l *"^ completed within two years from the passage 
 
 or mis xxct). 
 
 Sec. 11- That the said company shall run street railway 
 cars propelled by underground cable or underground elec- 
 tric power: Provided, That for the purpose of making a 
 continuous connection over the route herein before described 
 and designated the said company shall have the right to 
 cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be alon^ 
 coinciding the designated route: Provided, That whenever the fore- 
 going route or routes may coincide with the route or routes 
 of any duly mcorprated street-railway company in the 
 District of Columbia the tracks shall be used by both com- 
 panies, which are hereby authorized and empowered to use 
 such tracks m common, upon such fair and equitable terms 
 . . as may be agreed upon by said companies ; and in the event 
 the 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, which shall imme(fiatelv 
 provide for proper notice to and hearing of all parties 
 interested, and shall have power to determine the terms 
 and conditions upon which and the regulations under which 
 the companv hereby incorporated shall be entitled so to use 
 and enjoy the track of such other street railway companv 
 and the amount and manner of compensation to be paid 
 therefor: And provided further, That neither of the com- 
 panies using such track in common shall be permitted to 
 make the track so used in common the depot or general 
 stopping place to await passengers, but shall onlv be 
 entitled to use the same for ordinary passage of its cars 
 with the ordinar;^ halts for taking up and dropping off 
 passengers: Provided, That this shall not apply to or inter- 
 fere with any station already established on any existing 
 lines; that said corporation is authorized and empowered 
 to propel its cars over the line of any other road or roads 
 which may be in the alignment with and upon such streets 
 as may be covered by the route or routes as prescribed in 
 this Act, in accordance with the conditions hereinbefore 
 contained; and that this corporation shall construct and 
 repair such portions of its road as may be upon the line or 
 routes of any other road thus used; and in case of anv 
 disagreement with any company whose line of road is thus 
 used, such disagreement may be summarily determined 
 upon the apphcation of either road to any court in said 
 p a 8 8 e n e r ^ ^ ^'^^^ having Competent jurisdiction. 
 houseland tains' p^c. 12. That the Said company shall furnish and main- 
 fer stataons. tain passenger houses and transfer stations as required bv 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia but no such 
 
 Speed. 
 
 Removal of ice 
 and snow. 
 
 Articles left in 
 cars. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 195 
 
 passenger house or transfer station shall be built upon the 
 public streets or sidewalks or upon public property and 
 shall place first-class cars on said railway with all the mod- 
 ern improvements for the convenience, comfort, and safety 
 of passengers, and shall run cars as often as the public con- 
 venience may require in accordance with a time-table 
 approved bv the Commissioners of the District of Coluna- 
 bia. Every failure to comply with the conditions of this 
 section shall render the said corporation liable to a fine of 
 fifty dollars for each day said failure occurs, to be recov- 
 ered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of 
 the Commissioners of said District. 
 
 Sec. 13. That the Commissioners of the District of Co- 
 lumbia may make such regulations as to rate of speed, mode 
 of use of tracks, and removal of ice and snow as in their 
 judgment the interest and convenience of the public may 
 require. Should the servants or agents of said company 
 willfully or negligently violate such an ordinance or regu- 
 lation as aforesaid shall be liable to the District of Colum- 
 bia for a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 14. That all articles of value that mav be inadvert- 
 ently left in any of the cars or other vehicles of the said 
 company shall be taken to its principal depot and entered 
 in a book of record of unclaimed goods, which book shall 
 be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable 
 hours of business. 
 
 Sec. 15. That said company shall, on or before the 
 fifteenth of February of each year, make a report to Con- 
 gress, through the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, 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 within the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, 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 gen- 
 eral 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 within ten 
 days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a for- 
 feiture of the privileges and rights hereby granted to said 
 company, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to 
 cause to be instituted proper judicial proceedings therefor; 
 and said company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in 
 lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, including 
 cars and motive power, each year, four per centum of its 
 gross earnings in the District of Columbia, 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 fran- 
 chise and property of said company, both real and personal, 
 to a sufficient amount may be seized and sold in satisfac- 
 tion thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other 
 property for taxes ; and said per centum of its gross earnings 
 
 Annual report 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 F 
 
Eare. 
 
 Free use 
 roadway. 
 
 of 
 
 196 LAWS BELATING TO 8TREET-EAILWAY FEANCHI8E8. 
 
 shall be in lieu of all other assessments of personal taxes 
 upon its property used solely and exclusively in the opera- 
 tion and management of said railway. Its real estate shall 
 be taxed as other real estate in the District of Columbia: 
 Provided^ That its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 Sec. 16. That said company shall receive a rate of fare 
 not exceeding five cents per passenger, including transpor- 
 tation to the Virginia shore; and the said company may 
 make arrangements with all existing railway companies in 
 the District of Columbia for the interchange of tickets in 
 payment of fare on its road: Provided, That within the 
 limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold 
 for twenty -five cents. 
 
 Sec. 17. That the said company shall have at all 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 obstructor impede 
 the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle 
 or vehicles, or otherwise, or in any manner molest or inter- 
 fere with passengers or operatives while in transit, or de- 
 stroy or injure the cars of said railway, or depots, stations, 
 or other property belonging to the said railway company, 
 the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for 
 each such offense not less than twenty- five nor more than 
 one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and 
 I)enalties in said District, and shall remain liable, in addi- 
 tion 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. 
 
 Sec. 18. That the said 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 construct, at its own cost, its said 
 road across such other railways, under the supervision and 
 control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: 
 Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of such 
 other railways in such construction, 
 ^jection from gjjc. 19. That no person shall be prohibited the right to 
 travel on any part of said road or ejected from the cars by 
 the company's employees for any other cause than that of 
 being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or refus- 
 ing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the 
 lawful general regulations of the company. 
 
 Sec. 20. 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 fifty feet in width, may be instituted under the 
 provisions of chapter eleven. Revised Statutes, relating to 
 the District of Columbia: Provided, That any property 
 owner shall have the right of trial by jury in any such issue. 
 Sec. 21. That all plans relating to the location and con- 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 Condemnation 
 proceedings. 
 
 Plans. 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 197 
 
 struction of said railway shall be subject to the approval 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their 
 successors, and all work shall at all times be subject to 
 their supervision. The said corporation shall from time to 
 time deposit with the collector of taxes, District of Co- 
 lumbia, such amounts as may be deemed necessary by said 
 Commissioners to cover the cost of inspection, supervision, 
 pavement, and repairs. 
 
 Sec. 22. That the tracks and ferry of said company jj^y^^ly* be 
 within the District of Columbia shall be deemed and taken ujeci by Fails 
 to be a public highway, to the extent that they may betomacRaUwayr 
 freely used for the passage of cars by the Falls Church and 
 Potomac Railway Company from such point as said com- 
 pany may connect with the Washington, Alexandria and 
 Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, and may run 
 its cars to the eastern terminus of said latter-named com- 
 pany's road. And the cars of said Falls Church and Poto- 
 mac Railway Company shall be propelled over the said 
 line, from said junction to said eastern terminus, by the 
 motive power of said Washington, Alexandria and Mount 
 Vernon Electric Railway Company, and the said Falls 
 Church and Potomac Railway Company shall have the 
 right to collect fares on its said cars as fully as if operat- 
 ing that portion of the line in its own right. But said 
 Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall make 
 just compensation for the use of said track, ferry, and 
 motive power; and in case any dispute should arise con- 
 cerning such compensation or manner of use any party in 
 interest may apply to the supreme court of the District of 
 Columbia, which court is hereby empowered to fix the 
 amount to be paid for such use and motive power and the 
 mode in which such use may be enjoyed: Provided, That 
 the limitations, requirements, and restrictions imposed by 
 this Act upon the Washington, Alexandria and Mount 
 Vernon Electric Railway Company shall apply to the Falls 
 Church and Potomac Railway Company J and the said 
 Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall be 
 subject, in case of any violation of the limitations, require- 
 ments, and restrictions aforesaid, to the same fines, penal- 
 ties, and forfeiture of the privileges and rights herein 
 granted as the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon 
 Electric Railway Company is subject to. 
 
 Sec. 23. That should the Washington, Alexandria and un^n R^r^i' 
 Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company fail or refuse to ^on- 
 construct a double-track street railway on the Virginia 
 side of the Potomac River to the Arlington Reservation and 
 provide accommodations for the necessary travel from the 
 city of Washington to Arlington within one year from the 
 approval of this Act, then all the rights, powers, privileges, 
 and franchises conferred upon said company by this Act 
 within the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia shall be, 
 and the same are hereby, forfeited. 
 
 Sec. 24. That all the conditions, requirements, and obli- et?.^" ha i? "be 
 gations imposed by the terms of this Act upon the Wash- compued with. 
 
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 198 LAWS RELATING TO STEEET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway 
 Company shall be complied with by any and all the suc- 
 Amendmen ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ assiffns of said company. 
 
 ®°^ Sec. 25. That this Act may at any time be altered, 
 amended, or repealed by the Congress of the United States. 
 Approved, August 23, 1894. 
 
 ^^•^•^^- ^^ ^CT Granting the right of way through the Arlington reservation 
 
 stats. 28, p. 693 
 
 for electric railway purposes. 
 
 w h Ai ^ f ttenacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 and Mt'.' vera?n Of the United States of America in Coiigress assembled, That 
 
 fiVh't o?*wa?S*^-i /°^^°' Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric 
 through Ariing- Kailway Company, a body incorporated under the laws of 
 ton Reservation, the State of Virginia, be, and is hereby, authorized to con- 
 struct and thereafter maintain and operate its electric rail- 
 road across the lower and eastern portion of the grounds 
 of the United States Government known as the Arlington 
 «*>"^- reservation, in the State of Virginia, opposite the city of 
 
 Washmgton, said line to be east of and contiguous to the 
 nver road, except that said line running northerly may be 
 diverted from said river road easterly at a point not more 
 than twenty rods southerly from the intersection of the 
 river road with the northerly line of said reservation : Pro- 
 mded,Th&t this diversion shall not exceed twenty rods from 
 said river road easterly; and for such purpose said com- 
 pany IS hereby granted a right of way fifty feet in width, 
 T* ^"?i^^^^^ slopes, through the grounds aforesaid. And 
 the said company shall repair at its own expense, in a man- 
 ner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, any damage, 
 injury, or displacement that may be done to roads, foot- 
 ways, bridges, or fences upon or through the Government 
 lands referred to in this Act by the construction or opera- 
 tion of the said electric railway company, and shall erect 
 such sheds or other shelter for the comfort and convenience 
 of passengers and at such points as the Secretary of War 
 by's^ofwaJ'^ ?*^all direct: Provided, That said line or route shall be sub- 
 ject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and when 
 such ri^ht of way shall cease to be used for the purpose 
 aforesaid, the same shall revert to the United States Gov- 
 ernment. And said road shall be commenced within one 
 year from the date of the passage of this Act and finished 
 power. «*«»°»withm three years: And provided fir t her, Th&t nothing m 
 ^is Act shall allow the use of steam power: And provided 
 further. That the said railway company shall not cross, 
 enter, touch upon, or be granted any right whatsoever upon 
 t^at part of the Government land set aside and known as 
 the Arlington National Cemetery. And that material for 
 *^e building, grading, or ballasting of said electric railway 
 shall not be obtained from, nor shall the trees be disturbed 
 on, the Arlington reservation: And provided further. That 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STBEET-RAILWAY FBANCHIRES. 199 
 
 the tracks of said conapany may be freely used for the pas- 
 sage of cars by the Falls Church and Potomac Railway 
 Company from such point as said company may connect 
 with the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Elec- 
 tric Railway Company. And the cars of said Falls Church 
 and Potomac Railway Company shall be propelled over the 
 said line, from its junction therewith, by the motive power 
 of said Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric 
 Railway Company; and the said Falls Church and Poto- 
 mac Railway Company shall have the right to collect fares 
 on its cars as fully as if operating that portion of the line 
 in its own right. But said Falls Church and Potomac Rail- 
 way Company shall make just compensation for the use of 
 said track and motive power; and in case any dispute 
 should arise concerning such compensation or manner of 
 use, any party in interest may apply to the supreme court 
 of the District of Columbia, which court is hereby empow- 
 ered to ^^ the amount to be paid for such use and motive 
 power and the mode in which such use may be enjoyed: 
 Provided, That the limitations, requirements, and restric- 
 tions imposed by this Act upon the Washington, Alexan- 
 dria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company shall 
 apply to the Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company. 
 And the said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company 
 shall be subject, in case of any violations of the limitations, 
 requirement, and restrictions aforesaid, to the same fine, 
 penalties, and forfeiture of the privileges and rights herein 
 granted as the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon 
 Electric Railway Company is subject to: Provided, That 
 no cars owned or used by any steam railroad company shall 
 be drawn over the tracks of this road lying within the 
 reservation, and that the sidings and turn-outs within the 
 reservation shall not be used for the assembling or storage 
 of cars, except for the purpose of the accommodation and 
 transportation of passengers on the same day. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act 
 is reserved to Congress. 
 
 Approved, December 8, 1894. 
 
 Tracks may be 
 used by Falls 
 Church and Po- 
 tomac Ry. 
 
 Terms of use. 
 
 Limitations, 
 etc.. to apply to 
 Falls Church and 
 Potomac Rail- 
 way. 
 
 Repeal. 
 Amendment. 
 
 Extract from Public— No. 146, approved June 6, 1902. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he^^ji^.^g 
 is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire by purchase, 
 condemnation, or otherwise, for a sum not exceeding five 
 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the joint use of the 
 United States and the District of Columbia, for the erec- 
 tion thereon of a municipal building for said District, 
 square two hundred and fifty-five in the city of Washing- 
 ton, District of Columbia, and that portion of E street 
 lying between said square and Pennsylvania avenue is 
 Hereby appropriated and made a part of said square tor 
 the purpose of erecting thereon the municipal building, 
 
 Municipa 1 
 
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 200 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 to^gf??uSand the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are 
 f^mS'va^''of ^^^^^y authorized to change the route of the Washington, 
 tracks from E Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Electric Railway in such 
 **^^- a manner as to cause said portion of E street to be vacated 
 
 by the tracks of said company, and jurisdiction is hereby 
 conferred upon the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia upon petition of said company to inquire into, hear, 
 and determine the amount of the actual cost and expense 
 to the company for the removal of its tracks from E street 
 by reason of the provisions herein contained, and to enter 
 judgment against the United States and the District of 
 Columbia jointly, in such sum as may be so ascertained as 
 aforesaid, and either party shall have the right of appeal 
 from such judgment as in other cases: Provided, That if 
 the Secretary of the Treasury shall be compelled or 
 obliged to institute condemnation proceedings in order to 
 acquire said site, such proceedings shall be m accordance 
 with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved 
 August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing 
 a site for the enlargement of the Government Printing 
 OflSce. (United States Statutes at Large, volume twenty- 
 six, chapter eight hundred and thirty-seven.) 
 
 WASHINGTON AND ARLINGTON EAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 [Obsolete.] 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway Com- 
 pany of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1891. 
 
 Stats. 26, p. 789. 
 
 Be it enacted ly the Smate and House of Representatwes 
 of the United States of Amet^ica in Congress assembled, ihat 
 W. H. Randle, D. C. Forney, J. S. Lawrence, Beriah Wil- 
 kins C. G. Lee, James L. Barbour, and their associates and 
 assigns, be, and thev are hereby, created a body corporate 
 under the name of the Washington and Arlington Kailway 
 Company of the District of Columbia, with authority to 
 construct and lav down a single or double track railway, 
 with necessary swit<jhes, turn-outs, and other mechanical 
 devices for operating the same, by horse, cable, compressed 
 air or other power to be approved by the Commissioners ot 
 the District of Columbia, or electric power for carrying 
 passengers, parcels, milk, and truck, by the following route, 
 namely : Beginning on Sixth street near B street northwest; 
 along B street and Virginia avenue northwest to Twenty- 
 sixth street; along Twenty-sixth street to M street; along 
 M street and Canal road to a point on the Potomac Kiver 
 at or near the point known as "The Three Sisters," where 
 the said company is hereby authorized to construct and 
 maintam a bridge across the Potomac River on such plans as 
 the Secretary of War may approve; and from thence by, on, 
 and over such lines as may be selected by the said company, 
 with the approval of the Secretary of War, to the northwest 
 entrance of the Arlington Cemetery, and thence through the 
 Arlington estate outside of the cemetery grounds to the south 
 orwestlinethereof, in theStateof Virginia: Provided, Ihat 
 said road shall cross the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on a 
 bridge that shall be so constructed as not to interfere with 
 the use of the bed or towpath of the canal as a waterway, 
 or as a railway, and in a manner satisfactory to the becre- 
 tary of War: Provided, That said company shall not oper- 
 ate any part of its line by electric power with overhead 
 wires within the city limits: Provided-, That should any 
 part of the track herein authorized occupy the same street 
 or avenue with portions of any other duly incorporated 
 street railway in the District of Columbia but one set of 
 tracks shall be used; and the relative conditions of use and 
 of chartered rights may be adjusted upon terms to be mutu- 
 ally agreed upon between the companies, or, in the case of 
 disagreement, by the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia on petition filed therein by either party, and on such 
 reasonable uotice to the other party as the court may order: 
 
 201 
 
 Washington 
 and Arlington 
 Railway Com- 
 pany incorpo- 
 rated. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 Route. 
 
 May bridge 
 Potomac at 
 Three Sisters. 
 
 Overhead wires. 
 
 Coinciding 
 tracks. 
 
202 
 
 LAWS BELATING TO 8TREET-BAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 ; 
 
 f^' 
 
 And jyrovided. That no work shall be done on said road in 
 the District of Columbia, until the plans and specifications 
 
 Plans of brideeu%u^P^^P^?.^^ bridge on the Potomac Kiver at or near 
 to be approvfd J-"® Three Sisters" shall have been approved by the See- 
 by Sec. o^ War. retary of War, and the construction of said bridge actually 
 commenced: And provided, That so much of said line as 
 may he within the State of Virginia shall first receive the 
 approval of tbe proper authorities of said State. And 
 said company is hereby authorized to run its said railway 
 through the United States reservation known as Fort Meyer 
 and such other land of the United States in the State of 
 Virginia, excepting the Arlington Cemeterv Grounds, as 
 may be necessary to construct the railway between the 
 points named in this bill: only if the Secretary of War 
 shall deem the same promotive of the public . interest and 
 always subject to such conditions and regulations as the 
 Secretary of War may from time to time impose, 
 bridl"^*' «\^Sec. 2. That the railway hereby authorized and lying in 
 the District of Columbia and on the bridge shall be con- 
 structed by said company of good material, and in a sub- 
 stantial manner, with grooved rails of the best pattern, and 
 jointapprovai. of a suitable gauge —all to be approved by the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of 
 
 DteSct'' ^^-^ ^"^ \ *n J?.'°*^^?-, ^^^ *^^^^ ^^ said railwav, so far as the same 
 shall lie withm the District of Columbia, and the space 
 between the same and for two feet adjacent to the outer 
 mils thereof, shall be at all times kept by said company well 
 i-aving. paved and m good order to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
 
 sioners of the District of Columbia; and it shall be lawful 
 for said company to make all needful and convenient 
 trenches and excavations in any streets or spaces 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 Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia, and subject to the 
 other provisions of this act; 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 pla<?e 
 
 ^ aiginehouses, or placcs whcre the same may be located, an engine house 
 or houses, boiler house or houses, and other buildings neces- 
 san^ for the successful operation of said road. 
 "■"^ Sec. 3. That the said company may receive a rate of fare 
 
 not exceeding five cents for each passenger for one continu- 
 ous ride over the route aforesaid or any part thereof, 
 between the termini of said railroad, and shall sell tickets 
 at the rate of six for twenty-five cents. Said company 
 
 Annual reDort "' '''' '''' "^^^^^ ^"^^ fifteenth day of eJanuary of each 
 
 Annual report, year, report to Congress the names of all the stockholders 
 
 thereof and the amount of stock held by each , together with 
 
 LAWS BELATINO TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 203 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 Capital stock 
 
 a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures from 
 different sources and on whatever account for the preced- 
 ing year ending December thirty-first, which report shall 
 be verified by the affidavit of the president and secretary 
 of said company ; and said company shall pay to the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, in lieu of taxes on personal property for 
 the next ensuing fiscal year, four per centum of its gross 
 earnings upon traffic for the preceding year, which amount 
 shall be paid to the collector 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 
 franchise and property of said company, both real and per- 
 sonal, to a sufficient amount may be seized and sold in 
 satisfaction thereof in the same manner as is or may be 
 provided by law for the sale of other property for taxes, 
 and said per centum of its gross earnings shall be in lieu 
 of any and all other assessments upon its personal property 
 in the District of Columbia, used solely and exclusively in 
 the operation and management of said railway; but its real 
 estate in said District shall be taxed as other real estate 
 therein: Provided, That its tracks shall not be considered 
 real estate for the purpose of taxation. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the capital stock of said company shall be 
 fifty thousand dollars, and may be increased to three him- 
 dred thousand dollars by order of a majority of the stock- 
 holders at a general meeting, in shares of one hundred 
 dollars each. Said company shall require the subscribers subscription 
 to its capital stock to pay in cash to the treasurer, ap- 
 pointed by the corporators hereinbefore named, the amounts 
 severally subscribed by them as follows, to wit: Ten per 
 centum at the time of subscribing and the balance at such 
 times and in such amounts as the board of directors of said 
 company may require; and no subscription shall be deemed 
 valid unless ten per centum thereof shall be paid at the 
 time of subscription, as hereinbefore provided; and if any 
 stockholder shall refuse or neglect to pay any installment 
 or installments as aforesaid, or as required by the resolution 
 of the board of directors, said board may sell at public 
 auction to the highest bidder so many shares of the stock 
 of such defaulting stockholder as shall be necessary to 
 pay said installments, under such general regulations as 
 may be adopted by the by-laws of said company, and for 
 the purposes of such sale the highest bidder shall be 
 deemed and taken to be the person who shall offer to pur- 
 chase the least number of shares for the assessments due; 
 but no stock shall be sold at such sale for less than the 
 total assessments due and payable at the time thereof; or 
 said company may sue and collect from any delinquent 
 subscriber, in any court of competent jurisdiction, the 
 amount of the assessments at any time due and payable 
 in accordance herewith, and bonds may be issued in amount 
 not exceeding fifty per cent, of the stock subscribed and 
 paid for: Provided^ That the entire issue of stock and bonds 
 shall not exceed the actual cost of constructing and equip- 
 
 4 
 
 M 
 
 Maximum 
 bond and stock 
 issue. 
 
 I 
 

 Can. 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 
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 204 LAWS RELATING TO STBEET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 •pingthe road, including the bridge; andprovided, aho, that 
 the total amount of bonds issued shall not exceed double 
 the amount ot the Mid-up stock; and every certificate of 
 stock issued shall show the amount paid on same, to be 
 the"<i mortgage or deed of trust upon the property of 
 
 it^^^A ^'■1^^''^ said company shall place first-class cars on 
 Its said railway, with all modern improvements, for the con- 
 vemence and comfort of passengers, and shall run cars 
 thereon as often as the public convenience may require and 
 according to a schedule to be made from time to time bv 
 said company and approved by the Commissioners of thi 
 District of Columbia, but no steam cars, locomotives or 
 passenger or other cars for steam railways shall ever be run 
 
 ^"""'-ryZiALr"^ ^^ '"^^ '^V^Y '■> the District of Columbia. 
 Und. baid company may buy land on which to construct passen- 
 
 ger-rooms, ticket-offices, workshops, depots, and bu^ldin^s 
 as may be necessary, and as the business of said railway and 
 the convenience of the public may require, at such points 
 
 ote nJ'^% ''I ,™Y ^ .approved by the'Commissloners 
 of the District of Columbia, as to so much of its railway as 
 , BjectMen, '^^.^'thin the Said D strict, and the Secretary of War as 
 «^ ^Kif /r*'"'?^': °' said railway. No person shall be pro- 
 hibited from riding on the cars of said company or elected 
 
 tKir Y *^? «TP*y '? *""Pl°y«e« for anv^otherS 
 W^vT ^^ th <^'«0''4eriy, or contagiously diseased, or 
 £ mv f ht l°* T?'*"^ or indecent language, or for refusing 
 to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful 
 
 «ription. ,,y^^- ?; That within thirty days after the approval of 
 
 this act the corporators above named, or a majority of them 
 or If any refuse or -neglect to act, then a majority of the 
 remainder, shall cause books of subscription to the capital 
 stock of said company to be opened, and kept open, in some 
 f^^r^^"* ^f accessible place in the District of Columbia 
 fiom nine o clock m the forenoon until five o'clock in the 
 afternoon for a period to be fixed by said corporators not 
 
 cffw. -K ^T ^^1 ^""'.*?^ the whole stock shall be sooner 
 subscribed for), the said corporators shall give notice, bv 
 
 m the city of Washington, District of Columbia, o/the time 
 
 manner, and the place where said books shall be opened' 
 
 and subscribers upon said books to the capital st^k of 
 
 Papnent, on^ '^T^i''^ shall be held to be stockholders therein- 
 
 ^^yment, » n /vWe<^, Ac^^«., That every subscriber shall pay at the 
 
 tune of subscnption ten per centum of the amount by him 
 
 subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the coi-porators 
 
 afore^id, or his subscription Xll be null and voCTnl 
 
 provided furt/>^r. That nothing shall be received in pay 
 
 ^/t°i IT -f ^IJ^/ ''^"*'"" .aforesaid except lawful money 
 of the United States or certified checKs of anv establishpH 
 J^lS^.k Of national bank. And when the books of subSdS the 
 capital stock of said company shall be closed the corpora- 
 tors aforesaid, or a majority of them, and in case any of 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 205 
 
 ore. 
 
 Officers. 
 
 them refuse or neglect to act, a majority of the remainder, 
 shall, within twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting 
 of the stockholders of said company to meet ten days there- 
 after for the choice of directors, of which meeting notice 
 shall be given by advertisement three times in two public 
 newspapers published daily in the city of Washington 
 aforesaid, and by written personal notice to be mailed to 
 the address of each stockholder by the treasurer aforesaid; 
 and in any meeting of stockholders each share shall entitle 
 the holder to one vote, which may be given either in per- 
 son or by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the government and direction of the affairs Board of direct, 
 of said company shall be vested in a board of directors, 
 not less than five nor more than nine in number, who shall 
 be stockholders of record and who shall hold oflSce for one 
 year, and until their successors are duly elected and quali- 
 fied, and the said directors (a majority of whom shall be 
 a quorum) shall elect one of their number to be president 
 of said company, and shall also elect a vice-president, sec- 
 retary, and treasurer, the last named of whom shall give a 
 bond, with surety, to said company in such sum as said 
 directors may require, for the faithful discharge of his trust. 
 In case of vacancy in the board of directors by death, 
 resignation, or otherwise of any director, the vacancy occa- 
 sioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors, 
 or in such other manner as the by-laws of said company Bylaws 
 may prescribe. The directors of said company shall have 
 power to make, prescribe, amend, and alter such by-laws, 
 rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and 
 proper touching the management of said company, and the 
 disposition and management of its stock, property, estate, 
 and effects. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the principal office of said company shall ac^"*'^^^ **'" 
 always be situated m the District of Columbia, and the 
 books and papers relating to the business of said company 
 shall be kept thereat, open at all times to the inspection of 
 the stockholders. The meetings of the stockholders, and 
 directors of said company shall be held at said office, and 
 there shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders for . Annual meet- 
 choice of directors to be held at such time, under such con- *°** 
 ditions, and upon such notice as the said company shall 
 by its by-laws prescribe, and said directors shall hold 
 such meetings as may by said by-laws be prescribed, and 
 shall annually make a report, in writing, of their doings to 
 the stockholders and to the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia. The book in which transfers of stock shall 
 be recorded shall be closed for the purpose of such trans- 
 fer thirty days before the annual election as respects said 
 election, and for the purpose of paying dividends at such 
 lawful and reasonable times before the payment thereof as 
 the by-laws of said company may prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 9. That said company shall commence the construc- 
 tion of its said railway within twelve months from the*" competion. 
 approval of this act, and said railway shall be built its 
 
 Annual report 
 
 Commencement 
 
 I 
 
206 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO 8TEEET-BALLWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 207 
 
 
 entire distance, with switches and turn-outs, and with cars 
 running thereon for the accommodation of passengers 
 within three years from the date of such approval; other- 
 wise this act shall be null and void. 
 a^fb?idgTb^ ^^\ 1^- That the tracks of said companv on the bridge 
 othercompanies. and the approaches to said bridge may be freely used 
 for the passage of cars with motive power of the kind 
 described by this act belonging to any individual or cor- 
 - poration legally authorized thereto, upon making just com- 
 pensation for such use, and in case any dispute shall arise 
 concerning such compensation or manner of use any party 
 in interest may apply to the Supreme Court of the District 
 of Columbia, which court is hereby empowered to fix the 
 amount to be paid for such use and the mode in which 
 such use may be enjoyed. 
 CJonstruction. Sec. 11. That if the corporation cannot agree with the 
 owner for the purchase, use, or occupation of land, gravel, 
 earth, timber, or other material required for the construc- 
 tion, enlargement, or repair of any of its works, or if the 
 Acquisition of ^^ner be a married woman, infant, non compos mentis, or 
 lend. out of the District, the said corporation may apply to the 
 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia, at any general 
 or special term thereof, and said court after reasonable 
 public notice and hearing shall proceed with the condem- 
 
 condemnation ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ property for the use aforesaid. 
 proceeJS^* ^°" J^^^' ^^' That for the purpose of ascertaining the value 
 of any land or property so condemned the said court may 
 direct the marshal and the marshal shall accordingly sum- 
 mon eighteen disinterested men, not related to either party; 
 and if any of them refuse to attend he may then summon 
 or call others immediately to make up the number of eight- 
 een. Each party shall have the right, in person or by attor- 
 ney or agent, if present at the time, to strike off three, and 
 the marshal shall strike off such as shall not be so stricken 
 . off by the parties, until the number shall be reduced to 
 twelve, who shall be a jury. 
 Oath. etc. Sec. 13. That the marshal shall then administer an oath 
 
 or affirmation to every person of the jury that he will 
 impartially and to the best of his skill and judgment value 
 the land or other property required by the corporation, and 
 also, if the same be land required for the construction of 
 the said railroad or work, the damage which the owner will 
 
 inquisitionand^T^'"' '^u^?i^' ^^ ^^^ f^^i^g of the land for such use. 
 
 report. Alie ]ury shall accordingly inquire of such value and dam- 
 
 age, and make report thereof in writing, to be signed by 
 them all, and setting forth in case of land the boundaries 
 of the land and the estate, interest, or use to be taken by 
 the corporation. Such inquisition and report shall be 
 returned by the marshal to the clerk of the circuit court of 
 the District of Columbia. 
 
 to^i^"SSiJ^\ S^^- 1^- That such inauisition and report shall be con- 
 Urmed by such court unless good cause be shown to the 
 contrary, and when confirmed shall be recorded by the 
 clerk of said court; but for cause the court may set it aside 
 
 Retom. 
 
 and order another inquisition, or more than one from tin^^ ^a7b?2^ere?L 
 to time, to be conducted in like manner as the first and 
 with like effect, until an inquisition and report shall be con- 
 firmed by the court. Upon such confirmation of the first 
 or any subsequent inquisition and report and upon pay- Payment 
 ment or tender of the amount fixed in the inquisition to be 
 paid by the corporation, either to the owner or in court, as 
 the court shall order, the said corporation shall be entitled 
 to the property acc^ording to the nature of such condemna- 
 tion and appropriation for the uses mentioned in this act. p^^^^^j^^^ ^^ 
 
 Sec. 15. That said railway shall be constructed in such water pipes. 
 a manner as not to injure or endanger any of the pipes, 
 fixtures, or apparatus of the water works supplying the 
 District of Columbia, or any part thereof, and the opera- 
 tions of said company shall always be subject to the con- 
 trol and direction, in this respect, 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 whenev^er necessary for the protection 
 or repair of such water works, or in respect of any increase 
 thereof or additions thereto. If in the course of construc- 
 tion of said railway, or at any time thereafter, it shall be 
 deemed by the Secretary of War necessary for the better 
 protection of such water pipes, fixtures, or apparatus, or 
 for other water pipes, fixtures or apparatus that may be 
 laid or applied, to raise or otherwise fix or adjust any ave- 
 nue, street, road, alley or public place containing or to con- 
 tain such pipes, or to otherwise adjust the same so as to 
 produce absolute security for all such pipes and apparatus 
 existing or to be laid or arranged at any point or points on 
 or contiguous to the line of said i-ailway, such changes in 
 grade and otherwise, or works, as shall be deemed neces- 
 sary by the Secretary of War shall be made, done and 
 performed by and at the expense of said railway company, 
 and its successors and assigns, to the satisfaction of the 
 Secretary of War; and the remainder of width of any avenue, 
 street, alley, road, or other public place, at all such points 
 or places, shall be raised, adjusted, repaved and put in con- 
 dition, safe for all such pipes and apparatus, and in a man- 
 ner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, and in conformity 
 to any order of the Secretary of War in the matter, and 
 at the expense of said company, and its successors and 
 assigns. Any structure, work in or change in the condition 
 of any such avenue, street, road, alley or public place, not 
 made in conformity with the provisions in this act contained, 
 shall be unlawful. 
 
 Sec. 16. That Congress hereby reserves to itself the right 
 at any and all times to alter, amend, or repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, February 28, 1891. 
 
 V 
 
 Changes of 
 grade, etc. 
 
 Amendment 
 
 ^^' 
 
208 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 March 2, 1891. JOINT RESOLUTION Correcting an error in an enrolled bill. 
 
 stats. 
 1114. 
 
 26, p 
 
 Whereas the act to incorporate the Washington and Ar- 
 lington Railway Company, as enrolled, fails to express 
 the intent of the two houses as manifested by the adop- 
 tion of the report of the conference committee on the 
 amendments between the two houses thereon: Now, 
 therefore, for the purpose of correcting said error and 
 for no other purpose, 
 
 Resolved hy the Senate and Rouse of Eepresmtatives of 
 A^fin^nRy^^^ ^^^'^^^ St(^i^^^ of America in Congress assemUed, That 
 ^Error in char- w ^^?? f our of the act entitled ''An act to incorporate the 
 ter corrected. Washmgton and Arlington Railway Company of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia " be, and same is hereby, amended so that 
 the last sentence of said section aft^r the words " in accord- 
 >v. A^^^^ herewith" shall read as follows: "And bonds to be 
 andST^e secured by mortgage or deed of trust upon the property of 
 the company may be issued to the amount of five hundred 
 thousand dollars: Provided, That the entire issue of stock 
 and bonds shall not exceed the actual cost of constructing 
 and equipping the road, including the bridge: And pro- 
 mded also. That the total amount of bonds issued shall not 
 exceed double the amount of paid up stock, and every 
 certificate of stock shall show the amount paid on the same. 
 Approved, March 2, 1891. 
 
 WASHINGTON AND GETTYSBURG RAILWAY CO. 
 
 March 3. 1899. AN ACT to authorize the Washington and Gettysburg Railway Com- 
 pany, of Maryland, to extend its line of road into and within tne 
 Distnet of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
 the Washington and Gettysburg Railway Company, a cor- 
 poration duly incorpoi-ated under the laws of the State of 
 Maryland, is hereby authorized to construct a city and 
 suburban division of said railway in the District of Colum- 
 bia, with single or double tracks, equip and operate the 
 same for the carrying of passengers, parcels, milk, garden 
 truck, and other small freight, with the necessary switches, 
 turn-outs, buildings, and necessary mechanical devices, 
 along the following-named route: • 
 
 ROUTE. 
 
 Beginning at the boimdary line of the District of Colum- 
 bia at the intersection of said boundary line with Four- 
 teenth street northeast extended, as shown on the proposed 
 plans of street extensions; thence by double track south on 
 said Fourteenth street for a distance of eight hundred and 
 fifty feet; thence in a westerly direction to Thirteenth 
 street northeast extended, as shown on the plans of street 
 extensions; thence south on Thirteenth street to the uorth 
 
 Route. 
 
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 line of Bunker Hill road; thence along the north side of 
 said road, and wholl}^ outside the limits thereof, to Twelfth 
 street, Brookland; thence south by single track on Twelfth 
 and Duncan streets to Rhode Island avenue; thence in a 
 southwesterly direction on Rhode Island avenue to Tenth 
 street; thence north on Tenth and Wallace streets to and 
 across Bunker Hill road to the north side thereof; thence 
 along said road and wholly outside thereof to Twelfth 
 street, connecting with the double tracks at that point: 
 Provided, That no freight cars or passenger cars shall be 
 switched in the public streets of the District of Columbia, 
 and that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 are hereby empowered to make and to enforce all proper 
 regulations in regard to handling cars at terminal points. 
 
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 Switching. 
 
 COINCIDING ROUTE. 
 
 Sec. 2. That where this route coincides with an existing 
 street railway, one set of ti'acks shall be used in common, 
 upon terms mutually agreed upon, or, in case of disagree- 
 ment, upon terms determined by the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia, which is authorized and directed to 
 give hearing to the interested parties and to fix the terms 
 of joint trackage. Payments for the use of the tracks 
 shall be made monthly, in advance; default in such pay- 
 ments shall suspend the right of the company to use the 
 tracks until such payment is made; that the motive power 
 shall be cable, electric, compressed air, or other mechan- 
 ical power, other than steam locomotive power; and wher- 
 ever the trolley system is used, a return wire, similar in 
 capacity, situation, and insulation to the feed wire, shall 
 be provided for the current, and each car shall be provided 
 with a double trolley; and no dynamo furnishing power 
 to the road, or any portion thereof, shall have either of its 
 poles connected to the earth. 
 
 PLANS. 
 
 Sec. 3. That all plans of location and construction shall 
 be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 EXCAVATIONS. 
 
 Sec. 4. That excavations in the highways shall be made 
 only under permits from the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, and subject to regulations prescribed by 
 them. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said railway and its appurtenances 
 shall be constructed in a substantial and durable manner, 
 subject to inspection by the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia. All changes to existing structures in public 
 space shall be made at the expense of the company. 
 
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 Coinciding 
 route. 
 
 Plana. 
 
 Excavationa 
 
 Construction 
 
210 LAWS RELATING TO STBEET-EAILW A Y FRANCHISES. 
 
 DEPOSITS. 
 
 Deposits. 
 
 cent 
 
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 Sec. 6. That the said company shall deposit such sums 
 as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may 
 require, to cover the cost of District inspection and the cost 
 of changes to public works in the streets. 
 
 CABE OF ROADWAY. 
 
 iStUTraJks?*'., ^^9: '^- T^a* ^^^ company shall keep the space between 
 Its rails and tracks and two feet exterior thereto in good 
 condition, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia. The pavement of these spaces shall 
 be at least as good as that of the contiguous roadway. 
 The proper authorities shall have the right to make changes 
 of grade and other improvements which they may deem 
 necessary; and when any nigh way occupied by the com- 
 pany is improved, the company shall bear the entire expense 
 of improving said spaces to correspond with the remainder 
 of the roadway. The requirements of this section shall 
 be enforceable under the provisions of section five of the 
 Act providing a permanent form of government for the 
 District of Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy-eight. 
 
 GUARANTEE DEPOSIT. 
 
 ^^^oranteed de- Sec. 8. That within sixty days from the approval of 
 this Act the company shall deposit one thousand dollars 
 with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia, to 
 guarantee the construction of its railway within the pre- 
 scribed time. If this sum is not so deposited this charter 
 shall be void. If the sum is so deposited and the road is 
 not m operation as herein prescribed, said one thousand 
 dollars shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia and 
 this charter shall be void. 
 
 CaxB. 
 
 Time-table. 
 
 speeci. 
 
 CARS. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the cars shall be first-class and shall be 
 kept in good condition, to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 TIME-TABLE. 
 
 Sec. 10. That the cars shall be run as often as the public 
 convenience requires, on a time-table satisfactory to the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia and approved 
 by them. 
 
 SPEED. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the speed of cars shall be subject to the 
 police regulations of the District of Columbia. 
 
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 EJECTMENT FROM CARS. 
 
 211 
 
 Sec. 12. That persons drunk, disorderly, contagiously Ejectment 
 diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare may be ejected ^^ **"* 
 from the cars by the officers in charge thereof. 
 
 ARTICLES LEFT IN CARS. 
 
 Sec. 13. That as far as possible articles left in cars shall LoBtarticiei. 
 be cared for by the company, to the end that they may be 
 returned to the rightful owner. 
 
 FARE. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the rate of fare which may be charged Fare, 
 for the transportation of passengers over the lines of said 
 company within the District of Columbia shall not exceed 
 five cents per passenger, and six tickets shall be sold for 
 twenty-five cents: Provided^ how&i)er^ That the said Wash- 
 ington and Gettysburg Railway Company, the Maryland 
 and Washington Railway Company, and the Eckington and 
 Soldiers' Home Railway Company are hereby required to 
 issue free transfers, so that for the payment of one fare a 
 passenger on any one of the roads shall have the privilege 
 of a continuous ride over the lines of the other two or 
 either of them. 
 
 BUILDINGS. 
 
 Sec. 15. That the company is authorized to erect and Buiidingi. 
 maintain the buildings necessary to the operation of its 
 road, subject to the building regulations of the District of 
 Columbia. The company shall erect and maintain passen- 
 ger rooms and transfer stations as req^uired by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. All passenger 
 rooms and transfer stations shall be Drovided with such 
 conveniences for the public as said Commissioners may 
 direct. 
 
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 LAND. 
 
 Sec. 16. That the company is authorized to acquire, by ^4^^°^**®™**** 
 purchase or condemnation, the necessary land for its au- 
 thorized right of way and to issue its bonds or other evi- Bonds, 
 dences of debt, secured by mortgage or deed of trust on 
 its properties and franchises: Provided, That the total 
 issue of said bonds shall not in the aggregate exceed the 
 amount necessary for the construction and equipment of 
 said railroad, and before any bond or trust deea shall be 
 executed the amount of bonds necessary to be issued shall Limit of issae. 
 be ascertained and fixed b}'^ the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia; and for this purpose said Commissioners 
 are hereby authorized to subpoena and examine witnesses 
 and take such testimony as may be necessary to enable 
 them to make such determination and fix the amount of 
 
Taxes. 
 
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 212 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 issue: And provided further^ That an appeal may be taken 
 from the decision of said Commissioners to the supreme 
 court of the District of Columbia; and all bonds issued in 
 excess of the amount authorized by said Commissioners or 
 said court, or in violation of the provision of this Act, 
 shall be null and void. 
 
 TAXES. 
 
 Sec. 17. That said road shall annually pay a franchise 
 tax to the tax collector of the District of Columbia of five- 
 eighths of one per centum of the entire gross earnings of 
 such company; that there shall be levied and collected in 
 addition to such franchise tax, upon all the real estate of 
 said company, a tax in the same manner and to the same 
 extent as upon all other real estate of the District of 
 Columbia; and in addition to said taxes shall pay an annual 
 tax of two per centum on their entire gross earnings within 
 the District of Columbia. 
 
 CHANGES IN GRADES. 
 
 Sec. 18. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering 
 the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by 
 said railway or from altering and improving streets, ave- 
 nues, highways, and the sewerage thereof; and said com- 
 pany shall change its railway construction and pavements 
 so as to conform to such grades and improvements as may 
 have been or may be established. 
 
 TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES. 
 
 telephone lines. Sec. 19. That said company is also authorized to con- 
 struct and operate, for its own use only, telegraph and 
 telephone lines along its railway, as herein provided for, 
 subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
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 Changes 
 grades. 
 
 In 
 
 Completion. 
 
 To be r^u- 
 lated by Com- 
 missioners. 
 
 COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION. 
 
 Sec. 20. That the construction of the said extension on 
 the lines of the said railway company within the District 
 of Columbia shall be commenced within one year of the 
 passage of this Act and be completed and cars running 
 thereupon for passenger traflSc within two years from the 
 passage of this Act, in default of which this Act shall be 
 void and of no effect in so far as the said line shall not 
 be so completed. 
 
 COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 Sec. 21. That the construction, adoption of motive 
 power, erection of buildings, regulation of schedule and 
 sped of running, shall be at all times under the supervi- 
 sion and control of the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 PENALTIES. 
 
 Sec. 22. That each and every violation of the require- 
 ments of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of from 
 twenty-five to one thousand dollars, in the discretion of 
 the court, such fines to be collectible in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction as other fines and penalties are collected 
 m the District of Columbia. 
 
 amendment; repeal. 
 
 Sec. 23. That Congress reserves the right to alter, 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, March 3, 1899. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the time within which certain street March i, 1901. 
 railroads in the District of Columbia may be constructed. '■ '• 
 
 Resolved hy tlve Senate and House of Representatives of 
 the United States of Am^erica in Congress a^sembled^ That 
 the time within which the Washington and Gettysburg Time extended. 
 Railway Company, of Maryland, is allowed to extend its 
 lines into and within the District of Columbia be, and the 
 same is hereby, extended for two years from and after the 
 passage of this resolution. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the time within which the Columbia Rail- coiumbiaRaii- 
 way is authorized to construct an extension of its lines ^*^' 
 from the intersection of Watts Creek and Anacostia road 
 along the Anacostia road to its intersection with the east- 
 ern boundary line of the District of Columbia be, and the 
 same is hereby, extended for two years from the passage 
 of this resolution: Provided^ That said branch of said 
 railway shall be constructed in or along said Anacostia 
 road in accordance with plans to be approved by the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Approved, March 1, 1901. 
 
 AN ACT Requiring the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Com- July i, 1902. 
 pany to extend its Eleventh street line, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives p^^^^^f"** 
 of the United States of America in Congress a^senmMed^ That Railroad com- 
 the Anacostia and rotomac River Ilailroad Company, of ^^^' 
 the District of Columbia, be, and it hereby is, authorized 
 and required to construct the necessary tracks and to make 
 the necessary connections for the purpose of operating its 
 cars by the underground electric system, such as is now in 
 use on its ElevenSi street line, over and along the follow- 
 ing route, namely: Beginning at the northern terminus of 
 its Eleventh street line at Eleventh street and Florida 
 avenue north, by double track, along Eleventh street to 
 Lydecker avenue: Provided^ That until the line of railroad 
 

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 on Eleventh street is further extended, cars may be 
 switched on Eleventh street between Whitney and Ly decker 
 avenues: And provided further^ That until provision is 
 made for a further extension of the line of the Metropoli- 
 tan Railroad Conapany on Old Sixteenth street cars may 
 be switched on Old Sixteenth street between Grant and 
 Park streets. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the extension herein authorized shall be 
 completed and the cars operated thereon within two years 
 from the date of the issuance of a permit by the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the extension herein provided for shall be 
 constructed in accordance with plans satisfactory to the 
 CoDDunissioners of the District of Columbia and approved 
 by them. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said Anacostia and Potomac River Rail- 
 road Company shall have over and respecting the route 
 herein provided for the same rights, powers, and privileges 
 it has, or hereafter may have, by law over and respecting 
 its other routes, and be subject in respect thereto to all the 
 other provisions of its charter and of law. 
 
 anYoett^fbtSS r. ^f^ V^' ^^^ .*,^® ^^^ ^'^^^^"^ which the Washington and 
 Rwj. time ex- ijettysburg Railway Company shall construct its line 
 tended. within the District of Columbia is extended two years from 
 
 March first, nineteen hundred and three. 
 Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to amend, alter, 
 
 or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, July 1, 1902. 
 
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 May 7, 1898. 
 
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 WASHINGTON AND GLEN ECHO R. E. CO. 
 
 AN ACT To authorize the Washington and Glen Echo Railroad Com- 
 pany to obtain a right of way and construct tracks into the District 
 of Columbia six hundred feet. 
 
 Be it enacted ly the Semite and Rmise of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 the Washington and Glen Echo Railroad Company, a cor- 
 poration organized under the laws of the State of Mary- 
 land and operating a street railway in said State, the eastern 
 terminus being at or near the northern boundary of the 
 District of Columbia in Chevy Chase, be, and said corpo- 
 ration is hereby, authorized and empowered to obtain a 
 right of way and construct its road and lay double tracks 
 
 DiT?n?t*^S?*cS^*^®^®^° ^"^^ ^^^ District of Columbia a distance of six 
 lumbia. hundred feet, and no farther, from the point in the bound- 
 
 ary line of the District where said railway extended crosses 
 the boundary line of the District and from said point to a 
 point on the west line of Connecticut avenue extended, on 
 a route to be approved by the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, said corporation to have full power and 
 authority to operate cars upon said road for the purpose 
 of its traffic; said corporation to use electric motive power 
 
 in propelling its cars: Provided^ That no fares shall be y^^.^ 
 charged or collected within the District of Columbia; 
 And provided further^ That unless the extension herein Forfeiture. 
 provided for shall be completed within six months from 
 the date of the approval of this Act, then this Act shall be 
 null and void: And provided further^ That the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia shall have the power t^^SX'l^i" 
 to make and to enforce all reasonable and usual regulations tions. 
 for the operation and maintenance of that portion of the 
 lines within the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 2. That Congress reserves the right to alter, 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, May 7, 1898. 
 
 WASHINGTON AND UNIVERSITY RAILROAD. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Washington and University Railroad July 8, 1898. 
 Company of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 J. D. Croissant, Frederick C. Kennedy, A. O. Humphrey, and *^unrvlreit? 
 David D. Stone, John J. Flynn, V. K. Nash, and Charles Railroad. 
 S. Lord, and their associates, successors, and assigns, 
 are hereby created a body corporate under the name of 
 the Washington and University Railroad Company of the 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 ROUTE. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the company is authorized to construct and i^oute. 
 operate a street railway for carrying passengers along the 
 following-named route: Beginning at or near the intersec- 
 tion of tne Tennallytown road and Quincy street; thence 
 westerly on Quincy street to Forty -fourth street; 
 northerly on Forty-fourth street to Vallejo street: 
 westerly on Vallejo street to Forty-seventh street: 
 northerly on Forty-seventh street to Flint street; 
 west on Flint street to Boundary avenue; thence southerly 
 on Boundary avenue to Forty -eighth street; thence south- 
 erly on Forty-eighth street to Brandy wine street; thence 
 easterly on Brandywine street to Forty-seventh street, as 
 shown upon the plans of the third section of highway 
 extensions: Provided^ That where this route lies within the 
 lines of a proposed highway the company shall acquire a 
 right of way not less than thirty feet wide in the center 
 thereof, and all rights of way acquired within the lines of 
 proposed highways shall be dedicated to the use of the 
 public before a permit is issued for the construction of a 
 railroad therein. 
 
 MOTIVE POWER. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the motive power shall be electricity, and m°"^« p**^«'- 
 if the trolley system is used a return wire of equal capacity 
 to the feed wire, and similarly insulated, must oe provided, 
 
 thence 
 thence 
 thence 
 thence 
 
216 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 "and each car shall be equipped with a double trolley. No 
 portion of the electrical circuit shall, under any circum- 
 stances, be allowed to pass through the earth, and neither 
 Eole of any dynamo furnishing power to the line shall 
 e grounded. 
 
 PLANS. 
 
 Plans 
 
 Sec. 4. That all plans of location and construction shall 
 be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 EXCAVATIONS. 
 
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 Excavations. 
 
 Sec. 5. That excavations in the highways shall be made 
 under permits from the Commissioners, and subject to 
 regulations prescribed by them. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION. 
 
 Constniction. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the railway and its appurtenances shall be 
 constructed in a substantial and durable manner. Such 
 construction shall at all times be subject to District inspec- 
 tion. All changes to existing structures in public space 
 shall be made at the expense of the company. 
 
 Deposits. 
 
 DEPOSITS. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the company shall deposit such sums as 
 the Commissioners may require to cover the cost of Dis- 
 trict inspection and the cost of changes to public works in 
 the streets. 
 
 CARE OF ROADWAY. 
 
 wayf^ ®' ™*^" Sec. 8. That the company shall keep the space between 
 its rails and tracks and two feet exterior thereto in good 
 condition, to the satisfaction of the (commissioners; and 
 said spaces shall be kept in such condition that vehicles can 
 readily and easily pass from one side of the tracks to the 
 other. The pavement of these spaces shall be at least as 
 good as that of the contiguous roadway. The proper 
 authorities shall have the right to make changes of grade 
 and other improvements which they may deem necessary; 
 and when any highway occupied by the company is im- 
 proved the company shall bear the entire expense of im- 
 proving said spaces to correspond with the remainder of 
 the roadway. The requirements of this section shall be 
 enforceable under the provisions of section five of the Act 
 providing a permanent form of government for the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hun- 
 dred and seventy- eight. 
 
 COMPLETION. 
 
 Completion. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the road shall be in operation for its entire 
 length within the District of Columbia within two years 
 from the approval of this Act. 
 
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 GUARANTEE DEPOSIT. 
 
 Sec. 10. That within sixty days from the approval of this Gjiarantee de- 
 Act the company shall deposit one thousand aollars with ^ 
 the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia to guar- 
 antee the construction of its railway within the prescribed 
 time. If this sum is not so deposited this charter shall be 
 void. If the sum is so deposited and the road is not in 
 operation as herein prescribed said one thousand dollars 
 shall be forfeited to the District of Columbia and this 
 charter shall be void. 
 
 CARS. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the cars shall be first class, and shall be ca«. 
 kept in good condition, to the satisfaction of the Commis- 
 sioners. 
 
 timeT-table. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the cars shall be run as often as the public Time-taWa 
 convenience requires, on a time-table satisfactory to the 
 Commissioners and approved by them. 
 
 SPEED. 
 
 Sec. 13. That the speed of cars shall be subject to the speed, 
 police regulations of the District of Columbia. 
 
 EJECTMENT FROM CARS. 
 
 Sec. 14. That persons drunk, disorderly, contagiously j^j^^"'®'** 
 diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare may be ejected 
 from the cars by the officers in charge thereof. 
 
 ARTICLES LEFT IN CARS. 
 
 Sec. 15. That as far as possible articles left in cars shall ^^"^^^ *®" ^ 
 be cared for by the company, to the end that they may be 
 restored to the rightful owner. 
 
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 FARE. 
 
 Sec. 16. That the rate of fare within the District of 
 Columbia shall not exceed five cents per passenger, and 
 six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents. 
 
 BUILDINGS. 
 
 Sec. 17. That the company is authorized to erect and 
 maintain the buildings necessary to the operation of its 
 road, subject to the building regulations of the District of 
 Columbia. The company shall erect and maintain passen- 
 ger rooms and transfer stations as required by the Com- 
 missioners, and proper conveniences for the public shall 
 be provided at such rooms and stations. 
 
 Fare. 
 
 Buildings. 
 
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 LAND. 
 
 Land. 
 
 OTgani2aiion. 
 
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 Sec. 18. That the company is authorized to acquire, by 
 purchase or condemnation, the necessary land for its 
 authorized right of way. 
 
 ORGANIZATION. 
 
 Sec. 19. That the corporators shall open books of sub- 
 scription to the capital stock of the company within three 
 months from the approval of this Act, of which previous 
 notice shall be ^iven every day for one week W advertise- 
 ment in a newspaper published in the city of Washington. 
 The corporators herem named shall be individually liable 
 for moneys received for subscriptions to the capital stock 
 
 Erior to the organization of the company by the stock- 
 olders. Within si;x months from the approval of this 
 . Act the company shall be organized by the stockholders, 
 for which purpose the corporators shall call a meeting of 
 the stockholders, notifying them of the purpose, time, and 
 place of such meeting by a letter mailed to each, and giv- 
 ing additional notice, by advertisement in a newspaper 
 published in the city of Washington, every day for one 
 week previous to such meeting; and thereafter the stock- 
 holders shall meet at least once a year, and such notice 
 shall be given of each meeting. Each share of paid-up 
 stock shall entitle the holder to one vote. The stock- 
 holders are empowered to elect a president, a treasurer, a 
 secretary, a board of directors, and other officers, and to 
 make by-laws and regulations for the government of the 
 company. 
 
 CAPITAL STOCK. 
 
 Capital stock. Sec. 20. That the company is authorized to issue bonds 
 and capital stock, said stock to be in shares of ten dollars 
 each: Provided^ however^ That the total issue of said bonds 
 and stock shall not in the aggregate exceed the amount 
 necessary for the cost of construction and equipment of 
 its railway and buildings; and before any bonds or stock 
 shall be issued the amount thereof shall be ascertained and 
 fixed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; 
 and for this purpose said Commissioners are hereby au- 
 thorized to subpoena and examine witnesses and take such 
 testimony as may be necessarv to enable them to make 
 such determination and fix the amount of issue: And 
 provided further^ That an appeal may be taken from 
 the decision of said Commissioners to the supreme court 
 of the District of Columbia. And all bonds or stock 
 issued in excess of the amount authorized by said Com- 
 missioners or said court, or in violation of the provisions 
 of this Act, shall be null and void. Stock sold by the 
 company shall be fully paid for before delivery to pur- 
 chaser. Stockholders shall be individually liable to the 
 extent of the value of the stock held by them. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 219 
 
 TAXES. 
 
 Sec. 21. That the Washington and University Railroad Taxes. 
 Company shall annually pay to the District of Columbia a 
 franchise tax of five-eighths of one per centum of the 
 entire gross earnings of such company, and a personal tax 
 of two per centum per annum on the entire gross earnings 
 of said company. There shall also be levied and collected 
 upon all of the real estate of said company a tax in the 
 same manner and to the same extent as upon all other real 
 estate in the District of Columbia; said taxes shall be due 
 and payable, subject to the same penalties on arrears, and 
 collectible in the same manner as other taxes in the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 penalties. 
 
 Sec. 22. That each and every violation of the require- Penalties, 
 ments of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of from 
 twenty-five to one thousand dollars, in the discretion of 
 the court; such fines to be collectible in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction as other fines and penalties are collected 
 in the District of Columbia. 
 
 amendment; repeal. 
 
 Sec. 28. That Congress reserves the right to alter, ^^1^°*^°^^^^' 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, July 8, 1898. 
 
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 an act To amend the Act of Congress approved July eighth, eighteen March 8. 1899. 
 hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An Act to incorporate the 
 Washington and University Railroad Company of the Distnct of 
 Columbia." 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and Home of Rejpresentatwes 
 of the United States of America in Congress assetnUed, That 
 section two of the Act of Congress approved July eighth, 
 eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, entitled ''An Act to 
 incorporate the Washington and University Railroad 
 Company of the District of Columbia," be, and the same 
 is hereby, amended so as to read and be as follows: 
 
 "Sec. 2. That the company is authorized to construct Amended route. 
 and operate a street railway for carrying passengers along 
 the following-named route: Beginning at or near the in- 
 tersection of Wisconsin avenue or the Tenallj^town road 
 with Trenton street; thence westerly on Trenton street to 
 Forty-fourth street; thence northerly on Forty-fourth 
 street to Vallejo street; thence westerly on Vallejo street 
 to Forty-seventh street; thence northerly on Forty -seventh 
 street to Flint street; thence west on Flint street to 
 Boundary avenue; thence southerly on Boundary avenue 
 to Forty-eighth street; thence southerly on Forty-eighth 
 street to Brandy wine street; thence easterly on Brandy- 
 wine street to Forty-seventh street, as shown upon the 
 
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 ?lans of the third section of highway extensions: Provided, 
 'hat where this route lies within the lines of a proposed 
 Right of way. highway the company shall acquire a right of way not less 
 than thirty feet wide in the center thereof, and all rights 
 of way acquired within the lines of proposed highways 
 Dedication, ghall be dedicated to the use of the public before a permit 
 is issued for the construction of a railroad therein. 
 Approved, March 3, 1899. 
 
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 WASHINGTON, WOODSIDE AND FOEEST GLEN BAIL- 
 WAY AND POWER COMPANY. 
 
 June 29. 1898. ^j^ ^CT Relating to the Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Rail 
 way and Power Company, of Montgomery County, Maryland. 
 
 Be it e7iacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 the Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and 
 Power Company, of Montgomery County, Maryland, a 
 corporation created, organized, and existing under and by 
 virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland, shall have 
 Brightwood the right to run its vehicles over the tracks of the Bright- 
 Kaiiway. wood Railway Company, and to use the power of that com- 
 
 pany for propelling its cars, or to furnish power to that 
 company for that purpose, upon such terms and conditions 
 as ma}^ be mutually agreed upon; and in case said com- 
 panies are unable to agree in regard thereto, either com- 
 pany may apply by petition to the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia, and after reasonable notice thereof 
 to the other party said court shall, upon hearing and 
 investigation being had, have full power to adjudicate and 
 finally determine tne terms and conditions upon which the 
 Connecting joint use of Said power and tracks shall be enjoyed; and 
 the said companies are each hereby severally authorized 
 to enter into any agreement with each other as may be 
 necessary to insure a continuity of traflSc over the tracks 
 of said companies and under the management of either of 
 said companies: Provided^ That nothing contained herein 
 shall operate to relieve the Brightwood Railway Company 
 of any of its charter obligations, limitations, requirements, 
 and restrictions, all of which shall remain in full force and 
 effect, and shall be binding in all respects upon any com- 
 pany operating cars upon the route of said Brightwood 
 Railway Company. 
 
 Sec. 2. That Congress reserves the right to amend or 
 repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 29, 1898 
 
 routes, 
 
 WASHINGTON AND GREAT FALLS ELECTEIC RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Rail- July 29, 1892. 
 
 way Company. stats. 27, p. 326. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, inat^nd Great Fails 
 W. C. Codd, and James F. Morrison, of the Stete of Mary- ^le^tneRaiiway 
 land and James L. Barbour, James Robbms, bmith i:'ettit, porated (amend- 
 John G. Slater, Edwin Baltzley, Edward Baltzley, J. P. ^>- 
 Clark, Simson De. F. Jennings, and Edward B. Gottrell, 
 of the District of Columbia, and their associates and suc- 
 cessors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, m 
 fact and in law, by the name of the Washington and Great 
 Falls Electric Railway Company, and by that name shall 
 have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be 
 sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended m 
 all courts of law and equity, and may make and have a 
 common seal, and alter the same at their pleasure; and the 
 said corporation is hereby authorized to locate, construct, 
 equip, maintain, and operate a continuous line of single or 
 double ti-ack railway, and all necessary sidings, stations, 
 switches, turn-outs, and other devices, and to operate the 
 same by electricity through and along the f ollowmg named 
 streets, avenues, and roads, to wit: Beginning at a point Route (repeal- 
 to be located by the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia, west of the north end of the Aqueduct Bridge, 
 and running thence west over the Canal road on an ele- 
 vated railway of iron colums [«^c] and beams, with wood 
 cross-ties and guards, to be built so as not to interfere with 
 the use of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and so as to pre- 
 serve to the public the full use of the Canal road. The 
 said company shall submit the plans of said elevated rail- 
 way to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for 
 their approval, and no work shall be done on said railway 
 by said company before such approval in writing. In 
 respect of everything that may pertain to the strength of 
 the structure and to the safety and convenience of the 
 public the construction and operating of said elevated 
 railway shall at all times be subject to the control and 
 approval of the said Commissioners, and the said company 
 shall make good to the District of Columbia all damages 
 done by it or by its contracting agents to the Canal road 
 and other roads belonging to the District of Colmnbia, and 
 shall also make good to the District of Columbia all the 
 costs of inspection of the company's work by the au- 
 
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 222 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 thorized agents of the said District. In respect of every- 
 thing that may pertain to the safety of the United States 
 
 Water mains, water mains in the Canal road, the plans, the construc- 
 tion, and the operating of said elevated railway shall 
 be subject to the control and approval of the Secretary of 
 War. For the safety of travel on said Canal road, and before 
 commencing to run its cars on said elevated railway, and 
 subject to the inspection and approval of the Commission- 
 ers of the District of Columbia, the said company shall, at its 
 roa!i??re" Sedf ^^^ expense, construct a substantial masonry wall between 
 ^^ said Canal road and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 
 throughout the entire distance on said road occupied by 
 said elevated railway; and the said company also at its 
 own expense and witnin the same time and subject to the 
 same approval and acceptance, shall pave the said portion 
 of said road with granite blocks or vitrified brick in the 
 
 Boute. best manner. From the Canal road the route of said rail- 
 
 way is to run westerly along the top of the bluff on the 
 north side of the Canal road, and outside and south of the 
 southern boundary of the land of the Washington Aque- 
 duct pertaining to the distributing reservoir, to a point on 
 said boundary not more than six hundred feet from the 
 western boundary of said land; thence across said land 
 but at no point less than two hundred feet from the outer 
 crest of the dam of said reservoir, to said western bound- 
 ary; thence westwardly on a route exterior to and on the 
 south side of the land of the United States pertaining to 
 the Conduit road to the land of the said aqueduct pertein- 
 ing to the receiving reservoir; thence through said land to 
 a point on the land of said aqueduct near the westerly foot 
 of Delecarlia Hill; thence westwardly on a route exterior to 
 and on the south side of the land of the United States per- 
 taining to the Conduit road to Cabin John Creek, return- 
 ing thence along the same line, by return tracks to the 
 place of beginning, with the privilege of constructing a 
 branch line, with a single or double track, from the Con- 
 duit road lands south to Chain Bridge, on land to be ac- 
 
 waj^dia^f be^"- <l^i^'^^ ^y *^^ Corporation: Provided^ That there shall be 
 aiiei to Conduit but One railway parallel to and near the Conduit road and 
 "** * there shall never be more than one double track on or over 
 
 the Canal road, and all acts or parts of acts granting the 
 use of the surface of the Canal road, or any part thereof, for 
 laying railway tracks thereon and operating cars thereon are 
 hereby repealed; and wherever the route specified in this 
 trw;ki°*^**^*°^^^^ is parallel with or coincides with the route of any other 
 railway the two companies shall maintain and use but one 
 set of double tracks, and any violation of this provision by 
 the said Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Com- 
 pany shall operate as a repeal of this charter; and matters of 
 dispute between the companies respecting railways parallel 
 to the Conduit road, and affecting the same, whether in the 
 District of Columbia or in Maryland shall be referred to 
 and determined by the Secretary of War and matter in 
 dispute between the companies respecting railways on the 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 223 
 
 Canal road shall be determined upon the application of 
 either road to any court in the District of Columbia having 
 competent jurisdiction. The inner rail of said Washing- je^j^m c^ntS 
 ton and Great Falls railway shall not at any place on the of conduit road. 
 line of said railway be less than one hundred feet from the 
 middle of the paved portion of the Conduit road. Wherever ^q^JSict iJSdf 
 the said railway shall run over or across any of the lands 
 of the United States or any of the accessory works of the 
 Washington Aqueduct as provided in this act, it shall be 
 done only on such lines, in such manner, and on such con- 
 ditions as shall be approved by the Secretary of War and 
 accepted by said company, and no works shall be done on 
 said railway on any of said lands until after such approval 
 and acceptance in writing. No steam car?, locomotives, or 
 passenger or other cars for steam railways shall ever be run 
 over the tracks of said railway within the District of Colum- 
 bia or on said lands. So much of said railway as may be 
 in the State of Maryland must first have the approval of 
 the authorities of said State. Said company shall, before 
 commencing work on said railway, deposit with the Treas- Deposit 
 urer of the United States to the credit of the Washington 
 Aqueduct the sum of five thousand dollars, to defiay all 
 the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in 
 connection with the inspection of the company's work on 
 the lands of the United States and any of the company's 
 work that may affect the interests of the United States, 
 and in making good any damages done by said company or 
 its works to any work or land or other property of the U nited 
 States, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may 
 deem necessary, any of the company's work that the s lid 
 company may neglect or refuse to complete and that the 
 Secretary of War may consider necessary for the safety 
 of the Washington Aqueduct and the works pertaining 
 thereto, including its telephone line, or for the proper drain- 
 age of the United States lands, its reservoirs and other 
 works, or for the proper use and orderly appearance of the 
 Conduit road; and the said company and its successors 
 shall also deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said 
 purposes and at such times as the Secretary of War shall 
 direct. The said moneys shall be disbursed like other 
 moneys appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and 
 whatever shall remain of said deposits after the comple- 
 tion of the work for which they may be obtained shall be 
 returned to said company with an account of their dis- 
 bursement in detail. The disbursements of said deposits 
 shall, except in case of emergency, be made only on the 
 order of the Secretary of War. During the construction and 
 after the completion of said railway its agents and servants, 
 when on the public land of the U nited States, shall be subject 
 to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe. 
 The provisions of this act, as far as applicable shall apply 
 to any extension of this railway in the State of Maryland 
 that may be granted by the authorities of said State; and 
 the said Washington and Great Falls Railway may cross 
 
 Disbursement. 
 
Construction. 
 
 Gauge. 
 
 Fftying. 
 
 224 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 , the projection of the United States land at a point on the 
 south side of the Conduit ]coad just west of the distribut- 
 ing reservoir, and the provisions of section fifteen of the 
 act of Congress approved February twenty-eight, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety-one, entitled '* An act to incorporate 
 the Washington and Arlington Railway Company, of the 
 District of Columbia," shall control and govern all the 
 privileges granted by this act to the Washington and Great 
 Falls Electric Railway Company, and said section shall be 
 held to include the Washington Aqueduct and its tunnels 
 and all other works connected therewith. Said Washington 
 and Great Falls Railway shall everywhere be constructed 
 m a neat and substantial manner, of good material, subject 
 for such parts of the line as are within the jurisdiction of the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to the supervi- 
 sion and approval of said Commissioners, and, for such parts 
 of the line as are in any jurisdiction outside of the District 
 of Columbia, to the supervision and approval of the proper 
 authorities of such jurisdiction; the gauge of the track to 
 be the same as that of the Washington and Georgetown 
 Railway; and the said Washington and Great Falls Rail- 
 way Company shall where its tracks run on or across any 
 street or road which is under the jurisdiction of the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia, or across any other 
 road outside the District of Columbia, pave the same between 
 the rails and sets of rails and two feet outside thereof with 
 such material and in such manner as shall be approved by 
 such proper authorities, as the case may require, and shall 
 keep the same in repir at its own expense; and if the said 
 corporation shall fail to make any necessary repairs within 
 ten days after notice has been given by said authorities 
 the repairs shall be made by said authorities and the cost 
 thereof, except as hereinbefore provided, if not paid volun- 
 tarily, shall be recovered by them before any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction; and the amount of such repairs shall 
 be a hen upon all property of said company from the time 
 the same are made until paid bv the company. That the 
 said corporation shall operateMts said road by electric 
 power, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized to 
 erect and maintain such poles and aerial lines as may 
 be necessary for the proper conduct of said power; such 
 lines to be built in the most perfect and substantial man- 
 ner. Provided^ That in order to prevent any danger or dam- 
 ^e to the United States telephone line between the Great 
 w u- Potomac and Washington, belonging to the 
 
 Washington Aqueduct, or to its instruments, from the elec- 
 tric wires of said railway company, the said company shall, 
 at all times and at its own expense remove, change, and 
 protect said telephone line in such manner as may be 
 directed by the Secretary of War. The said corporation 
 shall, before operating said railway, erect and maintain 
 subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, at its own 
 expense, a neat, well-painted, and substantial fencie, four 
 
 Poles 
 wires. 
 
 Fence. 
 
 Lights. 
 
 Mains. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 225 
 
 feet in height, on each side of its tracks, through the lands 
 of the United States, and also at such places along the 
 Conduit road as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, 
 with suitable openings and crossings for "^roadways, and at 
 such places as the Secretarv of W^r shall consider to be 
 required for the safety of the use of said roadways. That 
 the said corporation shall, at its own expense, maintain 
 electric lights along the entire length of its railway during 
 the hours after nightfall that its cars shall run, and at 
 least until twelve o'clock and thirty minutes antemeridian, 
 which lights shall be located so as to light all roads on 
 and across which it shall pass, and shall be placed at such 
 points along the proposed road as the Secretary of War 
 shall direct, and shall also light Chain Bridge in the same 
 manner and during the same hours. No claim for dam- 
 ages shall ever be made by said company or its successors 
 m consequence of the exercise of any of the rights of the 
 United States under this act. (The construction of said 
 railway on any street where there are or may be any 
 mains, fixtures, or apparatus pertaining to the Washing- 
 ton Aqueduct shall be subject to such conditions as mav 
 be approved by the Secretary of War, which conditions 
 must be obtained and be accepted in writing by said com- 
 pany before commencing any work on such street, and the 
 operations of said company in respect of the safety of such 
 mains, fixtures, 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 pub- 
 lic authority to interrupt the construction or use of said 
 railway, whenever necessary for the protection or repair ^j 
 of such mains, fixtures, or apparatus.) Eflicient signals ^ 
 py ffong or bell shall be made by every car before and dur- 
 ing the crossing of the Conduit road. The rate of speed 
 at which the cars may 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 exceed ten 
 cents each way per passenger, and this amount may be 
 divided into divisions of five cents each. The work of .. , ,. 
 construction and the operating of said railway by said ancTSpewtloi? 
 company on the lands of the 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 the deposits or to comply with any of the condi- 
 tions, requirements, and regulations aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be stock. 
 fiftv thousand dollars-, divided into shares of one hundred 
 dollars 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 necessarv 
 to the operation of said road. The said company shall 
 
 16400—05 15 
 
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 Speed. 
 
 Construction 
 
226 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 default 
 
 Payments. require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash, 
 to the treasurer appointed by the incorporators, the amounts 
 severally 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 direct- 
 ors 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 subscrip- 
 tion to be paid at such times and in such amounts as the 
 board of directors may require, as hereinbefore pro- 
 
 ^^ieof8tockin^,j^jg^j. g^pjj -f ^jjy stockholder shall refuse or neglect to 
 
 pay any installments as aforesaid, as required by the board 
 of directors, after thirty days' notice in writing, the said 
 board of directors may sell at public auction, to tne highest 
 bidder, so many shares of his stock as will pay the install- 
 ments; and the person who shall offer to take the least 
 number of shares for the assessments due shall be taken as 
 the highest bidder, under such general regulations as may 
 be provided in the by-laws of the company, but no stock 
 shall be sold for less than the total assessments due and 
 payable; or the company may sue and collect the same from 
 a delinquent subscriber in anj^ court of competent jurisdic- 
 tion. No certificate of stock shall be issued until the par 
 
 ^^l^eJc"^®^ value thereof has been fully paid up. The company may 
 buy, lease, or construct such passenger rooms, ticket oflSces, 
 depots, workshops, and buildings as may be necessary, at 
 such points, not on the land of the United States, along the 
 lines as the business of the railway and the convenience of 
 the public may require, and connect its tracks therewith; all 
 of the above subject to the approval of the proper authori- 
 ties. W henever one-fourth of the capital stock of the com- 
 pany so subscribed shall have been paid in, bonds may be 
 issued, in the discretion of the board of directors, to an 
 amount not exceeding the balance of the stock unpaid, which 
 bonds may be secured by mortgage of its franchise and prop- 
 erty, real and personal: Provided^ That the moneys raised 
 on said bonds shall be used and expended only for the com- 
 pletion and improvement of said road and the equipment 
 thereof. But this section is subject to the provision that 
 said corporation shall not have or issue any greater num- 
 ber of shares of stock than the nominal value of such shares 
 shall equal the actual and necessary cost of the construc- 
 tion and equipment of such railroad, which sum shall first 
 be ascertained and authorized upon petition therefor to the 
 . Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, under such 
 rules and regulations as the chief justice and judges thereof 
 shall prescribe efficient to limit the stock of such corpo- 
 ration in the aggregate to the actual and necessary cost 
 
 ?rtg^i. * " ^ thereof. That if it shall be desired by such corporation to 
 issue bonds upon its said property, secured by mortgage or 
 otherwise, upon petition therefor to said court, setting forth 
 the necessity thereof and the amount of stock issued and 
 outstanding, it may and shall be lawful for such court, or 
 the chief justice or justices thereof, as the case may be, or 
 
 Bonds. 
 
 mortgages. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 227 
 
 one of them, upon public notice, to be prescribed by the 
 rules of the court, to permit the issuance of such bonds and 
 mortgage if desired: Provided, howeve7\ that an amount of 
 stock equal to the bonds so issued shall be first canceled 
 and adjudged annulled: Provided, That if in the course of 
 the construction and equipment of such railroads it should 
 appear that the amount of stock authorized as provided 
 herein should not be sufficient for the purposes desired, the 
 said Court may upon further petition and hearing authorize 
 the issuing of such further stock as in its judgment may 
 be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this act: 
 And jjrovided further, that such stock and bonds may be 
 issued as the work progresses. 
 
 Sec. 3. That within thirty days after the passage of this Meeting of cor- 
 act the corporators named in the first section, or a majority ^'*^°''- 
 of them, or if any of them refuse or neglect to act, then the 
 majority of the remainder, shall cause books of subscription subscription to 
 to the capital stock of said company to be opened and kept"'^^" 
 open m some convenient place in the District of Columbia 
 from ten o'clock in the f orenoonuntilf ouro'clockin the after- 
 noon, for a period to be fixed by the corporators, not less 
 than two days, unless the whole stock shall be sooner sub- 
 scribed; and the said corporators shall give public notice 
 by advertisement in one or more of thedaily papers published 
 in the city of Washington, of the time when and place where 
 the said books shall be opened; and the subscribers upon 
 said books to the capital stock of the said company shall be 
 held to be stockholders: Provided, That every subscriber Payments, 
 shall pay, at the time of subscribing, fifty per centum of the 
 amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the 
 corporators, or his subscription shall be void; and when the 
 books of subscription to the capital stock of said company 
 shall be closed the corporators, and, in case any of them 
 refuse or neglect to act, then a majority of the remainder, 
 shall within twenty days thereafter, call the first meeting Meeting of 
 ot the stockholders of said company to meet within ten ^^^^^^^^^ers. 
 days thereafter, for the choice of directors, of which said 
 meeting notice shall be given in a daily newspaper pub- 
 lished in the city of Washington and by written notice 
 mailed to each stockholder, and each stockholder shall be 
 entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in his 
 name on the books of the company, which vote may be cast 
 in person or by proxy: Provided, That it shall be unlawful f«SS^^"^***°" 
 for the company hereby incorporated to consolidate with '*'^'^''^°- 
 any other railroad company now in existence, or which may 
 hereafter be chartered, whose route shall be substantially 
 the same as the route herein provided for; and any such 
 consolidation shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this 
 charter. If the charter or f i-anchise herein granted be sold 
 or transferred to any company or person before the road 
 shall have been fully constructed, such sale or transfer shall 
 of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the government and direction of the affairs i^irectow. 
 of the company shall be vested in the board of directors 
 which shall consist of seven members, who shall be stock- 
 
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 Officers. 
 
 By-laws. 
 
 Free use 
 roadway. 
 
 228 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 hx)lders of record and shall hold their oflSce for one year 
 and until others are duly elected and qualified, and the said 
 directors (a majority of whom shall be a quorum) shall elect 
 one of their number to be president of the company, and they 
 shall also choose a vice-president, a secretary, and a treas- 
 urer, each of whom shall give bond, with surety, to the com- 
 panv, in such sum as the directors may require, for the 
 faithful discharge of his trust. In case of a vacancy in the 
 board of directors from any cause such vacancy shall be 
 filled by the remaining directors. The directors shall have 
 power to make such rules, regulations, and by-laws as they 
 may deem needful and proper for the management of the 
 stock, property, estate, and effects of the company not con- 
 trary to the charter or the laws or ordinances in force in 
 
 ^^nnuai meet- ^he District of Columbia. There shall be an annual meet- 
 ing of the stockholders for the choice of directors, to be 
 held at such time and place and under such conditions 
 and upon such notice as the said company in its by-laws 
 may prescribe, and the said directors shall annually make 
 a report, in writing, of their doings to the stockHolders. 
 Said company shall have at all times, except as otherwise 
 of provided, a free and uninterrupted use of the railway, and 
 if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously or 
 unnecessarily obstruct or impede the passage of cars on 
 the railway with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in 
 any manner molest or interfeie with passengers or opera- 
 tors while in transit, or destroy or injure the cars of said 
 railway, or depot, or stations, or other of the property be- 
 longing to the said railway, the person or persons so offend- 
 ing shall forfeit and pay for each offense not less than 
 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recov- 
 . ered as other tines and penalties are recovered in the juris- 
 diction in which the offense may be committed; and shall 
 be liable in addition to said penalty for any loss or damage 
 occasioned to said company by his or her or their acts as 
 aforesaid, to be recovered by said company for its use before 
 any court of competent jurisdiction. No person shall be 
 prohibited the right to travel on the cars of the said road or 
 be ejected therefrom by the company for any other cause 
 than being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or 
 for the use of obscene language, or refusing to pay the 
 legal fares exacted, or to comply with the lawful regula- 
 tions of the company. The said company shall have the 
 right of way across all duly authorized railways within the 
 limits of the lines granted by this act, and is hereby au- 
 thorized to construct its said road across such other rail- 
 ways: Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of 
 such other railway in such construction nor shall it cross 
 any steam railroad at grade: And provided also. That the 
 said Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway, and 
 all railways crossed by it shall be subject to such provi- 
 sions and regulations for the safety of passengers at said 
 crossings as the proper authorities may prescribe. Theprin- 
 
 Principal office, eipal office of said company shall be situated in the city of 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 229 
 
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 Condemnation 
 proceedings. 
 
 Washington, and all books and papers belonging to the 
 business of said company shall be kept thereat and open 
 at all times to the inspection of the stockholders. The 
 book in which transfers of the stock are entered and re- 
 corded shall be closed, for the purpose of such transfers, 
 thirty daj^s before the annual meeting. i . 
 
 Sec. 5. That for the purpose of locating, constructing, Necessary land, 
 maintaining, and operating the stations, tracks, railroads, 
 shops, and other structures or buildings herein provided 
 for, said company is hereby authorized and empowered to 
 take, acquire, and hold in fee simple the land necessary for 
 such purposes; but before proceeding so to do the said com- 
 pany shall first obtain the assent of the owner or owners 
 of said land, and if such owner or ov/ners shall be absent 
 from the said city of Washington, or the District of Colum- 
 bia, or shall refuse to give such assent on such terms as such 
 company shall approve, or by reason of infancy, coverture, 
 or insanity, or any other cause, shall be legally incapable of 
 giving such assent, it shall be lawful for said company to 
 make application, in writing, to the Supreme Court of the 
 District of Columbia, or a ]udge thereof, for the appoint- 
 ment of three commissioners to estimate the damages which 
 the owner or owners of the land or other property sought 
 to be taken shall sustain by the taking thereof by the said 
 company. Said application shall describe the land or other 
 propertj^ sought to be taken, and give the name or names 
 of the owners thereof, as far as the same may be known to 
 said company; and said supreme court of the District of 
 Columbia, or a judge thereof, shall thereupon appoint three 
 discreet and disinterested freeholders of said District of 
 Columbia, none of whom shall be residents or owners of 
 property upon or adjoining the line of said railroad, or inter- 
 ested therein, or related to any person interested in said 
 land or a stockholder in said company ; and before said com- 
 missioners shall act the clerk of said court shall administer 
 an oath or affirmation to each of them that he will justly 
 and impartially estimate the compensation that the owner 
 or owners of such lands or other property will be entitled 
 to by reason of the taking of the same by the company, 
 and the said supreme court of the District of Columbia, 
 or a judge thereof, shall appoint a time not less than ten 
 nor more than twenty days after due notice to the parties 
 in interest, which notice shall be given in the form required 
 by the order of said supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia, or a judge thereof, appointing said commissioners, and 
 said commissioners shall proceed to estimate, after viewing 
 the premises, the value of the land so proposed to be taken 
 by said company, and the damages, if any, to the residue 
 of the tract so taken or occupied, or to be taken or occu- 
 pied, or the material so used or taken away, as the case 
 may be, having due regard to and making just allowance 
 for the advantages which may have resulted, or which may 
 seem likely to result, to the owner or owners of said land 
 or materials in consequence of the making or opening of 
 
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 LAWS RELATING TO STKEET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 said railroad and of the construction of the works con- 
 nected therewith, and after having made a fair and iust 
 comparison of said advantages and disadvantages thev 
 shall estimate and determine whether any, and, if any what 
 amount of damages have been or may be sustained, and to 
 whom payable, and make report in writing signed by them 
 or a majority of them, and file the same with the clerk of the 
 supreme court of the District of Columbia; and if any dam- 
 ages be awarded and the report be confirmed by the said 
 court, judgment shall be entered thereon, and if the amount 
 thereof be not paid within thirty days after the entry of 
 such judgment execution may issue thereon as in the case 
 ot other judgments of said court for the sum so awarded, 
 and the cost and expenses incurred shall be defrayed bv 
 the said lailroad company, and each of said commissioners 
 shall be entitled to ten dollars per day for every day neces- 
 sarily employed in the performance of the duties herein 
 prescribed, to be paid by such railroad company. Said 
 return ot said commissioners shall be confirmed by said 
 court or a judge thereof, at any time after the expiration 
 
 !? -L^ P'^"^ ^""^ ^^^^^' ^^^ ^at^ of the filing of said 
 report with the clerk of said court, unless an appeal from 
 said award shall be taken and perfected as hereinafter 
 provided; and either party may appeal to the said court 
 within ten days from and after the return of the said award 
 to said court by filing notice of such appeal with the clerk 
 of said court, and upon said appeal the case shall be dock- 
 eted in said court m the ordinary form, in which the com- 
 pany shall be plaintiff and the other parties shall be defend- 
 ants, and shall be tried by a jury, if either party shall require 
 the same, according to the ordinary course of trial bv jurv 
 in said court. Should said company desire to take posses- 
 sion of the land and property mentioned in its said appli- 
 cation prior to the determination of the appeal, it shall have 
 the right so to do upon filing with the clerk of said court a 
 bond in the penal sum of double the amount of said award 
 conditioned to pay such judgment as may be given bv said 
 court upon the trial of the appeal. The sureties on said 
 bond and the form thereof shall be approved by said court. 
 In case the j udgment rendered by the court upon said appeal, 
 either with or without a trial by jury, shall be for a sum 
 less than the amount awarded by the commissioners afore- 
 said, then the costs shall be paid by the parties defendant: 
 m case the judgment shall be for a greater sum than the 
 amount awarded by the commissioners, then the costs shall 
 be paid by the company, and judgment for costs shall be 
 rendered accordingly. Upon payment of the judgment ren- 
 dered by said court, either upon the confirmation of the 
 award or upon trial of the appeal, or upon tender of such 
 payment, the company shall be entitled to all the rights 
 interests, and estate of the parties to the proceeding to the 
 same extent as if the same had been legally conveyed bv 
 them m fee simple to said company, unless the said com- 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 231 
 
 pany shall within ten days after the rendition of said judg- 
 ment disclaim the taking of said property, which shall be 
 done in writing and filed in said case. An appeal shall lie 
 from the judgment of said court to the supreme court in 
 general term or to the Supreme Court of the United States, 
 as now allowed b}^ law in other cases, an«d the said company 
 shall be, and is herebj'^ authorized and empowered to con- 
 struct, operate, and maintain said tracks, and in addition 
 thereto tracks to and into the yards and stations aforesaid, 
 and any of them in connection with the tracks or any of 
 them hereinbefore authorized or prescribed. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the work on said road shall commence commence- 
 
 • xu* £ J jfj. J.V- £ Ai_ • J. 1 ment and com- 
 
 withm one year irom and after the passage of this act, and p i e t ion (re- 
 shall be complete its entire distance, and have cars running p^»^^)- 
 thereon for the accommodation of the public within two 
 years from the passage of this act; otherwise this charter 
 shall be null and void. 
 
 Sec. T. That said railway company shall, on or before Annual report 
 the fifteenth of January of each year, make a report to 
 Congress of the names of all the stockholders therein and 
 the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed 
 statement of the bonded and other indebtedness and the 
 receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on 
 whatever account, for the preceding year ending December 
 the thirty -first, which report shall be verified T)y affidavit 
 of the president and secretary of said company; and if 
 said report is not made at the time specified, or within ten 
 days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners 
 to cause to be instituted judicial proceedings to forfeit this 
 charter; and said company shall pay to the District of 
 Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, 
 including cars and motive power, eadi year four per centum 
 of its gross earnings, whicn 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 proper t}" of said 
 company, both real and personal, to a sufficient amount, 
 may be seized and sold in satisfaction thereof, as now pro- 
 vided 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 manage- 
 ment of said railway. Its real estate shall be taxed as 
 other real estate in the District: Provided^ That its tracks 
 and elevated railway structure shall not be taxed as real 
 estate. 
 
 Sec. 8. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or 
 repeal this act. 
 
 Approved, July 29, 1892. 
 
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 232 LAWS BELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 August 23. 1894. AN ACT To amend an act entitled '*An act to incorporate the Wash- 
 stats. 28, p. 492. ington and Great Falls Electric Railway." 
 
 and^G^^ ValS ^^ ^^ enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejpresentatwes 
 Electric Ry. Co. ofthe United States of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 ' the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to incorporate the 
 Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company," 
 approved July twenty -ninth, anno Domini eighteen hun- 
 dred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended 
 by striking out all that part of the first section of said Act 
 commencing with the word ''beginning," in line seventeen, 
 and ending with the words "is to run," in line forty-nine, 
 and inserting in lieu therof the following: 
 
 Beginning at a passenger station to be erected and main- 
 tained on the square bounded by Prospect, Thirty-fifth', M, 
 and Thirty-sixth streets, northwest, as hereinafter provided 
 for; thence westerly along Prospect street to or near Thirty- 
 eighth street northwest; thence westerly and northerly on 
 land to be acquired, except at street crossings, by said com- 
 pany to aijd across the Foxhall road; thence 
 
 At the end of Section one add: Every car shall be brought 
 to a full stop before crossing the Foxhall 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 cars operated on said road, and to require of the 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 accommo- 
 date the public; the said Commissioners shall also have the 
 power to make such regulations as to the rate of speed. 
 Removal of ice *^® ^^^ ^^ tracks, the removal of ice and snow from off the 
 and snow. tracks, as the public interests may require; failure to com- 
 ply with any such requirement or regulation, or failure to 
 stop cars before crossing the Foxhall road, shall subject 
 the company to a fine of fifty dollars for each such failure, 
 which fine may be recovered in any court of competent 
 jurisdiction. 
 
 in^tende?^"^' . ^^^' ^- ^^^* Section six of said charter be, and the same 
 is hereby, repealed: Provided, Jumecer^ That the said road 
 shall be completed to the boundary of the District of Colum- 
 bia and have cars running thereon regularly for the accom- 
 modation of the public within twelve months and to Cabin 
 John Creek within eighteen months after the passage of 
 this Act; otherwise this Act shall be null and void. 
 tio^Teaf iqui: ^^^- ^- That in order to accommodate the street railway 
 duct Bridge. traflSc that may converge at or hear the Aqueduct bridge, 
 under authority granted or to be granted by Congress, a 
 passenger station is hereby authorized. Such station shall 
 nave ample provision for the safe, convenient, and com- 
 fortable transfer of passengers to and from the cars of the 
 street railways using the same. All plans for such station , 
 and its necessary approaches shall be subject to the written ' 
 approval of the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia. The said Commissioners shall have the power to set- 
 tle any differences which may arise between the companies 
 
 Schedule. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 238 
 
 using the said station as to compensation or rentals or as 
 to the necessary regulations for the control of said station. 
 The said passenger station shall be constructed and main- 
 tained as a union passenger station, for the use of street 
 railways only, by the Washington and Georgetown Rail- 
 way Company. Said station shall be located on land 
 already owned or hereafter to be acquired by the aforesaid 
 company, which land shall be bounded on the north by 
 Prospect street, on the east by a line drawn not less than 
 one hundred and twenty feet west of the west line of 
 Thirty-fifth street, on the south by M street, and on the 
 west by Thirty-sixth street northwest. Within one year 
 from the approval of this Act the said Washington and 
 Georgetown Railway Company shall complete the said 
 station and shall extend its tracks on M street northwest 
 to a point not less than one hundred and twenty feet west 
 of Thirty-fifth street, and thence into said station; and 
 thereafter the said company shall cease entirely to switch 
 cars on M street northwest. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the street railway companies mentioned in ^^^^ge o^f wa- 
 this Act, and hereafter all street railway companies in the ^^ "^^°^^' ^ 
 District of Columbia, respectively, shall bear all the ex- 
 penses that may be incurred by the United States in making 
 and inspecting such changes to the water mains, fixtures, 
 or apparatus of the Washington Aqueduct as may be ren- 
 dered necessary by the construction or extension of such 
 several roads; and the Secretary of War is hereby author- 
 ized and directed to make all regulations to carry into 
 effect the provisions of this section. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the Act to amend the charter of the Eck- ^^^^^^^ 
 ington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, approved Railway. 
 July fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby 
 amended by striking out in Section one, beginning in line 
 six with the words, "Beginning at the intersection of" to 
 and including the words ' ' point of beginning " in line twenty- 
 nine, and inserting in place thereof the following: 
 
 Beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G streets ^^ch a n g e oi 
 northwest, east along G street to New Jersey avenue and "" 
 First street: thence south along First street northwest to 
 C street northwest; thence east along C street (around the 
 south side of Stanton Square by single track) to Fifteenth 
 street northeast; thence north on Fifteenth street to D street 
 northeast; thence west on D street to Fourth street north- 
 east; thence south on Fourth street to C street northeast; 
 thence west on C street to New Jersey avenue; thence 
 north on New Jersey avenue to D vstreet northwest; thence 
 west on D street to Fir^t street, and to the point of begin- 
 ning; also beginning at the intersection of G street north- 
 west and New Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey 
 avenue to and along G street to North Capitol street, thence 
 north on North Capitol street to New York avenue, con- 
 necting with the main line and the North Capitol street 
 branch; also beginning at the intersection of G and Fifth 
 streets northwest; thence south on Fifth street to Louisi- 
 
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 234 LAWS RELATING TO STREPJT-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 • ana avenue, thence along Louisiana avenue to Sixth street 
 west; thence south along Sixth street to B street northwest; 
 thence west on B street (over its own tracks for such a dis- 
 tance as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
 shall determine) to a point to be located by the said Dis- 
 trict Commissioners near the east curb line of Seventh 
 street northwest, and returning by the same route to Fifth 
 street northwest. 
 
 Also by inserting in Section two after the word "hun- 
 dred" the words, '^and fifty." 
 
 Also by inserting in Section three, as amended, after the 
 words "two years" the words, "and three months." 
 
 Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right at any time to 
 alter, amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, August 23, 1894. 
 
 Amendment. 
 
 ed. 
 
 Route extend 
 
 June 3. 1896. AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Washing- 
 ton and Great Falls Electric Railway Company." 
 
 gJS?f^is EtJc"*- ■ ^^ ^^ enacted hy the Senate and House of Bepresmtatives 
 \Vh iVx ^""^^/^^ United States of America in Congress assembled. That 
 amended). the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Washington 
 and Great Falls Electric Railway Company," approved July 
 twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and the 
 amendment thereto approved August twenty-third, eight- 
 een hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same are hereby, 
 amended as follows: 
 
 Section one shall be amended to read as follows, com- 
 mencing with the word "beginning," in line seventeen: 
 
 ' ' Beginning at a passenger station to be erected and main- 
 tamed on the square bounded by Prospect, Thirty -fifth, M, 
 and Thirty-sixth streets northwest, as hereinafter provided 
 for; thence westerly along Prospect street to or near Thirty- 
 eighth street northwest; thence westerly and northerly on 
 land to be acquired, except at street crossings, by said com- 
 pany, to and across the Foxhall road; thence westerly along 
 the top of the bluff on the north side of the Canal road, and 
 outside and south of the southern boundary of the land of 
 the Washington Aqueduct pertaining to the distributing 
 reservoir, to a point on said boundary not more than six 
 hundred feet from the western boundary of said land; thence 
 across said land, but at no point less than two hundred feet 
 from the outer crest of the dam of said reservoir, to said 
 western boundary; thence westwardly on a route exterior 
 to and on the south side of the land of the United States 
 pertaining to the Conduit road to the land of the said aque- 
 duct pertaining to the receiving reservoir; thence through 
 said land to a point on the land of said aqueduct near the 
 westerly foot of Dalecarlia Hill; thence westwardly on a 
 route exterior to and on the south side of the land of 
 the United States pertaining to the Conduit road, except 
 in the vicinity of Washington Aqueduct boundary stone 
 numbered thirty-one, as hereinafter described, to Cabin 
 
 routes. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 235 
 
 John Creek, returning thence along the same line, by return 
 tracks to the place of beginning, with the privilege of con- 
 structing a branch line, with a single or double track, 
 from the Conduit road lands south to Chain Bridge, and a 
 branch line north, beginning and connecting at a point on 
 its main line, about oppositis said Chain Bridge; thence 
 running northerly on land to be acquired by said cor- 
 poration to the Conduit road; thence across the Conduit 
 road at right angles and on the grade of this road; thence 
 northerly on land to be acquired by said corporation, ex- 
 cept across and along streets, where necessary, to a point 
 on the Georgetown and Tenallytown Railway at or near Branch to Ten- 
 the junction of the Loughboro road with the River road. "* ^^^ "** " 
 Also, beginning and connecting on Thirty-seventh street 
 northwest at its junction with Prospect avenue; thence 
 north along Thirty-seventh street one hundred and twenty 
 feet; thence easterly on land to be acquired by said corpo- 
 ration two hundred and forty feet; thence southerly on land 
 to be acquired by said coi*poration one hundred and twenty 
 feet to Prospect avenue and to connect with its present 
 tracks: Provided, That there shall be but one railway par- 
 allel to and near the Conduit road; and whenever the route 
 specified in this Act is parallel with or coincides with the^ coincidinjt 
 route of any other railway the two companies shall main- 
 tain and use but one set of double tracks, and any viola- 
 tion of this provision by the said Washington and Great 
 Falls Electric Railway Company shall operate as a repeal of 
 this charter; and matters of dispute between the companies 
 respecting railways parallel to the Conduit road, and affect- 
 ing the same, in the District of Columbia shall be referred 
 to and determined by the Secretary of War; and matters 
 in dispute between the companies respectin g railways on 
 the Canal road shall be determined upon the application of 
 either road to any court in the District of Columbia having 
 competent jurisdiction. The inner rail of said Washington tralj^! 
 and Great Falls Railway shall iiot, at any place on the line 
 of said railway, be less than one hundred feet from the 
 middle of the paved portion of the Conduit road, except in 
 the county of Montgomery, in the State of Maryland, in 
 which count}^ said inner rail shall not be less than fiftj^ feet 
 from the middle of the paved portion of the Conduit road; 
 and the said railroad may cross, under such conditions as the 
 Secretary of W ar ma}^ impose, the lands of the United States 
 at Chatauqua, between Washington Aqueduct boundary 
 stone numbered thirtv-one and a planted stone south thirty- 
 six degrees fort3^-three minutes west, and distant two hun- 
 dred and six and five -tenths feet from Washington Aque- 
 duct boundary stone numbered sixty-seven, at which place 
 the inner rail of the tracks shall be not less than sixty-five 
 feet from the middle of the paved portion of the Conduit May contract 
 road: Provided, however, That said Washington and Great JS^e^^.^^^^^^'^^ 
 Falls Electric Railway Company, being authorized thereto 
 by a vote of the majority of its stockholders of record, may 
 contract with any street railway company in the State of 
 
 I 
 
 
 Location of 
 
Bonds 
 stock. 
 
 286 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Maryland or the District of CoJumbia, owning or operating 
 a connecting or intersecting line, for the joint management, 
 lease, or purchase of such line or lines, and operate the 
 same in connection and as an extension with its present 
 line, and in case of such contract may provide the means 
 necessary by an increase of its capital stock not to exceed 
 the actual consideration paid or the actual cost of the nec- 
 essary construction, completion, equipment, and mainte- 
 nance thereof. And for the purpose aforesaid said company 
 a^^is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds to 
 aid in paying for such construction, completion, motive 
 power, equipment, and maintenance aforesaid and to se- 
 cure the said bonds by mortgage or deed of trust of its 
 right of way and all its property and franchise of whatso- 
 ever kind, whether real, personal, or mixed, on the whole 
 of said line, its extensions, and branches, and connections, 
 the stock and bonds authorized to be issued and nego- 
 tiated by said company, to the amount of six hundred and 
 fifty thousand dollars, under the decree of the supreme 
 court of the District of Columbia being hereby confirmed. 
 Wherever the said railway shall run over or across any of 
 the lands of the United 'States or any of the accessory 
 works of the Washington Aqueduct, as provided in this 
 Act, it shall be done only on such lines, in such manner, 
 and on such conditions as shall be approved by the Secre- 
 tary of War and accepted by said company, and no work 
 shall be done on said railway on any of said lands until 
 :p5)hibifed'' after such approval and acceptance in writing. No steam 
 cars, locomotives, or passenger or other cars for steam rail- 
 ways shall ever be run over the tracks of said railway 
 withm the District of Columbia or on said lands. Said 
 company shall, before commencing work on said railway 
 deposit with the Treasurer of the United States to the 
 credit of the Washington Aqueduct the sum of five thou- 
 sand dollars, or such other sum as the Secretary of War may 
 deem proper, to defray all the expenses that may be in- 
 curred by the United States in connection with the inspec- 
 tion of the company's work on the lands of the United 
 States and any of the company's work that may aflfect 
 Damages to ^^ interests of the United States, and in making good 
 property of uni- any damages done bv said company or its works to any 
 ted states. ^ork or land or other property of the United States, and 
 in completing, as the Secretary of War may deem neces- 
 sary, any of the company's work that the said company 
 may neglect or refuse to complete and that the Secretary 
 of War may consider necessary for the safety of the Wash- 
 ington Aqueduct and the works pertaining thereto, includ- 
 ing Its telephone line, or for the proper drainage of the 
 United States lands, its reservoirs, and other works, or for 
 the proper use and orderly appearance of the Conduit 
 road; and the said company and its successors shall also 
 deposit as aforesaid such further sums for said purposes and 
 at such times as the Secretary of War shall direct. The 
 said moneys shall be disbursed like other moneys appro- 
 priated for the Washington Aqueduct, and whatever shall 
 
 s 
 
 etc 
 
 Deposit. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 237 
 
 remain of said deposits after the completion of the work 
 for which they may be obtained shall be returned to said 
 company with an account of their disbursement in detail. 
 The disbursements of said deposits shall, except in case of 
 emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of 
 War. During the construction and after the completion 
 of said railway, its agents and servants, when on the public 
 land of the United States, shall be subject to such regula- 
 tions as the Secretary of War may prescribe. The provi- 
 sions of this Act, as far as applicable, shall apply to any 
 extension of this railway in the State of Maryland that may 
 be granted by said State; and the provisions of section fif- 
 teen of the Act of Congress approved February twenty- 
 eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act 
 to incorporate the Washington and Arlington Railway 
 Company, of the District of Columbia," shall control and 
 govern all the privileges granted by this Act to the Wash- 
 ington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company, and said 
 section shall be held to include the Washington Aqueduct 
 and its tunnels and all other works connected therewith. 
 Said Washington and Great Falls Railway shall everywhere 
 be constructed in a neat and substantial manner, of good 
 material, subject, for such parts of the line as are within 
 the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia, to the supervision and approval of said Commis- 
 sioners, and for such parts of the line as are in any juris- 
 diction outside of the District of Columbia, to the super- 
 vision and approval of the proper authorities of such 
 jurisdiction; the gauge of the track to be the same as that 
 of the Washington and Georgetown Railway; and the 
 said Washington and Great Falls Railway Company shall, 
 where its tracks run on or across any street or road which 
 is under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, or across the Conduit road or any road 
 outside of the District of Columbia, pave the same between 
 the rails and sets of rails and two feet outside thereof, with 
 such material and in such manner as shall be approved by 
 such proper authorities, as the case may require, and shall 
 keep the same in repair at its own expense; and if the said 
 corporation shall fail to make any necessary repairs within 
 ten days after notice has been given by said authorities, 
 the repairs shall be made by said authorities and the cost 
 thereof, except as hereinbefore provided, if not paid volun- 
 tarily, shall be recovered by them before any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction; and the amount of such repairs shall 
 be a lien upon all property of said company from the time 
 the same are made until paid by the company. That the 
 said corporation shall operate its said road by electric 
 power, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized to erect 
 and maintain such poles and aerial lines as may be neces- 
 sary for the proper conduct of said power; such lines to be 
 built in the most perfect and substantial manner: Provided, 
 That in order to prevent any danger or damage to the United sSepK^iine.' 
 States telephone line between the Great Falls of the Poto- 
 mac and Washington, belonging to the Washington Aque- 
 
 Crossings. 
 
 Paving. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
288 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 duct, or to its instruments, from the electric wires of said 
 railway company, the said company shall, at all times and 
 at its own expense remove, change, and protect said tele- 
 phone line in such manner as may be directed by the Sec- 
 fenc^e**^ "^ct retary of War. The said corporation shall erect and main- 
 tain, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, at its 
 own expense, a neat, well-painted, and substantial fence, 
 four feet in height, on each side of its tracks, through the 
 lands of the United States, and also at such places along the 
 Conduit road as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, 
 with suitable cattle guards, openings, and crossings for road- 
 ways, and at such places as the Secretary of War shall con- 
 ^^^®^* *^ ^® required for the safety of the use of said roadways. 
 ^ «• " That the said coipo ration shall, at its own expense, main- 
 
 tarn electric lights during the hours after nightfall that its 
 cars shall run, and at least until twelve o'clock antemerid- 
 ian, 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 
 crossing over the Conduit road shall be made to conform 
 construction ^.f^ changes of grade of this road. The construction of 
 over water «aia railway on any street where there are or may be any 
 mains, etc. mains, fixtures, or apparatus pertaining to the Washington 
 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 oper- 
 ations of said company in respect of the safety of such mains, 
 fixtures, or apparatus shall alwavs 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 author- 
 ity to interrupt the construction or use of said railway, 
 whenever necessary for the protection or repair of such 
 ^^mams, fixtures, or apparatus. Efficient signals, by gong 
 or bell, shall be made by every car before and during the 
 crossing of the Conduit road, and, if the Secretary of War 
 speed at cr««-K?" ^^^"^ ueccssary and shall so direct, every car shall, 
 ings. before crossing this road, be brought to a full stop. The 
 
 rate of speed at which the cars may 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 
 exceed ten cents each way per passenger, and this amount 
 may be divided into divisions of five cents each. The work 
 of construction and the operating of said railway by said 
 company on the lands of the United States shall be subject 
 to such regulations as the Secretarv 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. 
 
 Signals 
 crossings. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 239 
 
 ''Every car shall be brought to a full stop before cross- haKd^ ^*''" 
 ing the Foxhall road. It shall 'be the duty of the Commis- 
 sioners of the District of Columbia to inspect, or cause to 
 be inspected, from time to time, the cars operated on said 
 road, and to require of said company that all cars and sta- cars, 
 tions shall be of the first class, and shall be maintained m 
 good condition, and that cars shall be run according to 
 schedules which shall accommodate the public; the said schedule. 
 Commissioners shall also have the power to make such 
 regulations as to the rate of speed, the use of tmcks, the Jpged.^'^ of 
 removal of ice and snow from oft' the tracks, as the public 
 interests may require; failure to comply with any such 
 requirement or regulation, 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 fine may be recovered in any court of competent 
 jurisdiction." 
 Section two shall be amended to read as follows: 
 ''Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall capital stock. 
 be six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into 
 shares of one hundred dollars 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 require the subscribers to the capi- 
 tal stock to pay in cash, to the treasurer appointed by the how paid in. 
 incorporators, the amounts severally subscribed by them, 
 as follows, to wit: Fifty per centum at the time of subscrib- 
 ing 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 thereoi 
 shall be paid at the time of subscribing; the remainder 
 of said subscription to be paid at such times and in such 
 amounts as the board of directors may require, as herein- 
 before provided; and if any stockholder shall refuse or sa^e^^deim 
 neglect to pay any installments as aforesaid, as requiretl 
 by the board of directors, after thirty days' notice in writ- 
 ing, the said board of directors may sell at public auction, 
 to the highest bidder, so many shares of his stock as will 
 pay the installments; and the person who shall offer to take 
 the least number of shares for the assessments due shall be 
 taken as the highest bidder, under such general regulations 
 as may be provided in the by-laws of the company, but no 
 stock shall be sold for less than the total assessments due 
 and payable; or the company may sue and collect the same 
 from a delinquent subscriber in any court of competent 
 jurisdiction. No certificate of stock shall be issued until 
 the par value thereof has been fully paid up. The company 
 may buy, lease, or construct such passenger rooms, ticket 
 offices, depots, workshops, and buildings as may be neces- Buildings. 
 sary, at such points, not on the land of the United States, 
 along the lines as the business of the railway and the con- 
 venience of the public may require, and connect its tracks 
 
 — — ■ 
 
 =sa 
 
Bonds. 
 
 240 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 therewith; all of the above subject to the approval of the 
 proper authorities. Whenever one-fourth of the capital 
 stock of the company so subscribed shall have been paid 
 in, bonds may be i}«;sued, in the discretion of the board of 
 directors, to an amount not exceeding the balance of the 
 stock unpaid, which bonds may be secured by mortgage of 
 its franchises and property, real and personal: Provided^ 
 That the moneys mised on said bonds shall be used and 
 expended only for the completion and improvement of said 
 road and the equipment thereof. But this section is sub- 
 ject to the provision that said <.'orporation shall not have or 
 issue any greater number of shares of stock than the nom- 
 inal value of such shares shall equal the actual and neces- 
 sary cost of the construction and equipment of such rail- 
 road: Provided^ however^ That an amount of stock equal to 
 the bonds so issued shall be first canceled and adjudged 
 annulled: And jwovided further^ That such stock and bonds 
 may be issued as the work progresses." • 
 
 Section three shall be amended to read as follows: 
 ''Sec. 3. That within thirty days after the passage of 
 this Act the corporators named in the first section, or a 
 majority of them, or if any of them refuse or neglect to 
 act, then the majority of the remainder, shall cause books 
 of subscription to the capital stock of said company to be 
 opened and kept open in some convenient place in the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, from ten o'clock in the forenoon until 
 four o'clock in the afternoon, for a period to be fixed by the 
 corporators, not less than two days, unless the whole stock 
 shall be sooner subscribed; and the said corporators shall 
 give public notice, by advertisement in one or more of the 
 daily papers published in the city of Washington, of the 
 time when and place where the said books shall be opened; 
 
 Subscription and the subscribers upon said books to the capital stock 
 of the said company shall be held to be stockholders: 
 Provided^ That every subscriber shall pay at the time of 
 subscribing, fif tv per centum of the amount by him sub- 
 scribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or 
 his subscription shall be void; and when the books of sub- 
 scription to the capital stock of said company shall be closed, 
 the corporators, and, in case any of them refuse or neglect 
 to act, then a majority of the remainder, shall, within twenty 
 
 Meetmgof cor- days thereafter, call the first meeting of the stockholders of 
 ^^^ ^^^' said company to meet within ten days thereafter, for the 
 
 choice of directors, of which said meeting notice shall be 
 given in a daily newspaper published in the city of Wash- 
 ington and by written notice mailed to each stockholder, 
 and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each 
 share of stock standing in his name on the books of the 
 company, which vote may be cast in person or by proxy." 
 
 Repeal. Sec. 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with 
 
 the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Amendment, Sec. 3. Congrcss reserves the right to alter, amend, or 
 repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 3, 1896. 
 
 etc, 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 241 
 
 WASHINGTON RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. J^^^^^^- 
 
 «AN ACT Relating to certain railway corporations owning or operat- 
 ing street railways in the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted lyy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 oftheUnitedStaies of America in Congress as^^^^l^(i^^^l^ .^^t^X^^ 
 the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company, the of respective 
 Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia, ^^o^t^^- 
 the Capital Railway Company, the City and Suburban 
 Railway Company, the Columbia Railway Company, the 
 Georgetown and Tenallytown Railway Company, the Met- 
 ropolitan Railroad Company of the District of Columbia, 
 and the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway 
 Company may, under the authority of this Act, and the 
 Washington and Rockville Railway Company, the Wash- 
 ington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power 
 Company, and the Washington and Glen Echo Railroad 
 Company may also, if not inconsistent with the laws of 
 Maryland, from time to time, by their respective boards 
 of directors, enter into (contracts with each other, or with 
 any of the others, for the use of their respective roads or 
 routes, o:; any part thereof. No such contract shall take 
 effect until the same shall have been approved by the 
 written consent of the owners of record of at least three- 
 fourths of the capital stock of each corporation, or by the 
 vote of the owners of three-fourths of such capital stock 
 represented at a special meeting called and held as pre- 
 scribed Dy law: Provided, That in case any corporation 
 enters into any such contract it is hereby authorized to ^*™« 
 change its corporate name to any other corporate name not 
 then lawf ull V used by an v existing corporation incorporated 
 or organized in the said District. Such change may be made 
 by a certificate signed and acknowledged by a majority of 
 the directors of such corporation and tiled with the recorder 
 of deeds for the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Washington and Great Falls Electric 
 Railway Company may acquire and hold stock in any street 
 railway corporation specifically named above with which it 
 is authorized by the terms of this Act to enter into a con- 
 tract for the use of its road or route, and may provide for 
 payment for the same by issuing additional amounts of its 
 own capital stock in such classes and with such preferences 
 as it may determine, or by issuing its bonds, secured by 
 mortgage or deed of trust upon its right of way, property, 
 and franchises, or other obligations, or by issuing both*>o»d« 
 such stock ^nd bonds or other obligations to an amount not 
 exceeding the amounts of the actual consideration paid or 
 payable for the stock so acquired, and may also issue fur- 
 ther amounts of its stock or bonds or other obligations not 
 
 a By deed dated February 4, 1902, the Washington and Great Falls 
 Electric Railway Company acquired the Columbia Railway Company 
 and the Metropolitan Railway Company and changed its own name to 
 the Washington Railway and Electric Company by virtue of this act, 
 
 16400—05 16 
 
 1r« 
 
 V 
 
 Change of 
 
 stock and 
 
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 242 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 It 
 
 exceeding the amounts of the actual consideration paid, or 
 to be paid, for any equipment or extensions of any such 
 road or route or for electric power therefor: Provided^ 
 Capital stock. That the capital stock of said company shall at no time 
 exceed fifteen million dollars. Whenever the said Wash- 
 ington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company shall 
 have acquired a majority of all the stock issued by any such 
 corporation, it shall have power to guarantee the bonds or 
 other obligations of such corporation and to purchase such 
 bonds or other obligations. The Washington and Great 
 Falls Electric Railway Company may also agree with any 
 corporation specifically named above with which it is 
 autnorized by this Act to enter into a contract for the use 
 of its road or route for the purchase of the estate, property, 
 rights, and franchises of such other corporation, and for 
 payment for the same in cash or in the stock or bonds or 
 other obligations of said Washington and Great Falls 
 Electric Railwa}^ Company, to be issued in the manner and 
 subject to the limitation hereinbefore provided; and each 
 such corporation is hereby empowered, with the consent in 
 writing of the owners of three-fourths of its capital stock, 
 to enter into such contract of purchase and sale through its 
 board of directors. 
 
 Upon the execution of such contract of purchase and the 
 payment or delivery of the consideration therein agreed 
 upon the estate, property, rights, and franchises of the 
 corporation selling the same shall vest in and be held 
 and enjoyed by the Washington and Great Falls Electric 
 Railway Company as fully and entirely, without change or 
 diminution, as the same were before held and enjoyed by 
 the company selling the same, and shall be managed and 
 controlled by the board of directors of the said W^ashington 
 and Great Falls Electric Railway Company in its corporate 
 name or in such other name as it shall adopt by the filing of 
 a certificate as hereinbefore authorized : Provided, That the 
 existing liabilities of the selling corporation and the rights 
 of its creditors shall not be affected thereby: And pi^ovided 
 further^ That no action or proceeding to which any corpora- 
 tion whose estate, property, rights, and franchises shall be 
 acquired as herein provided is a party shall abate in conse- 
 quence thereof, but the same may be continued in the name 
 of the party by or against which the same was begun, unless 
 the court shall order the said Washington and Great Falls 
 Electric Railwa}^ Company to be substituted in its place. 
 Approval of The approval of stockholders herein provided for may 
 
 stockiioiders. |^^ given by the consent in writing of the owners of record 
 of mree-fourths of the capital stock of each company, or by 
 the vote of the owners of three-fourths of the capital stock 
 of each company, represented at a special meeting called 
 and held as prescribed by the by-laws of the respective 
 Certificate to Companies or by law. W^henever a certificate shall be filed 
 
 TOrdCT'^oFdeerts' ^^^^ ^^^ recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, 
 signed and acknowledged by a majority of the board of 
 directors of each of the corporations to be affected thereby, 
 showing that a contract of purchase and sale has been 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 243 
 
 made and approved as herein provided, such certificate 
 shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein set 
 forth. Upon the filing of such certificate a notice shall 
 be mailed to each stockholder of record in such corpora- 
 tions, setting forth the time when and place where such 
 certificate was filed, and if within thirty days after the 
 mailing of such notice any stockholder of any of the com- 
 panies affected thereby shall give notice in writing to the 
 said Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Com- 
 pany that he dissents from such contract, it shall be the 
 duty of the said company, within sixty days after the 
 filing of such certificate, to institute a proceeding for the 
 appraisement of the shares of such dissenting stockholder. 
 If any stockholder shall omit to give such notice of 
 dissent, he shall be deemed to have assented to such con- 
 tract. Said proceeding for appraisement may be begun Appraisement 
 by filing with the supreme court of the said District 
 a petition praying for the appointment of three per- 
 sons to appraise the value of such stock. The court shall 
 thereupon appoint three such appraisers and designate the 
 time and place of their first meeting. The court may fill 
 any vacancy in the board of appraisers occurring by 
 refusal or neglect to serve or otherwise. The appraisers 
 shall meet at the time and place designated, and after 
 being sworn honestly and faithfully to discharge their 
 duties, shall appraise such stock at its full value, without 
 regard to any appreciation or depreciation thereof in con- 
 sequence of such conti*act of purchase and sale; and said 
 award, when confirmed by the court, shall be final and 
 conclusive on all parties. The charges and expenses of 
 the appraisers shall be paid by the said Washington and 
 Great Falls Electric Railway Company. If the person 
 entitled to receive the amount of the award shall refuse to 
 accept the same, or if for any reason it shall not be pos- 
 sible to make payment of the amount of the award to such 
 person entitled to receive the same, without unreasonable 
 delay, the court may direct the same to be deposited in 
 court. When the said company shall have paid or depos- 
 ited in court the amount fixed by the appraisers as the 
 value of the shares of the dissenting stockholder, such 
 stockholder shall cease to have any interest in said ap- 
 praised stock or in the property or franchises represented 
 thereby, and the said Washington and Great Falls Electric 
 Railway Company shall receive back from the corporation 
 whose estate, rights, property, and franchises it has ac- 
 quired, that portion of the consideration for such sale, or 
 of the proceeds thereof, which otherwise would have been 
 distributed to such dissenting stockholder. If such pay- 
 ment or deposit is not made within thirty days from the 
 confirmation of the appraisal, the amount of the award, 
 with interest from the date of confirmation, shali be a 
 judgment against the said W^ashington and Great Falls 
 Electric Railway Company, and may be entered, docketed, 
 and collected as other judgments in said court are b}^ law 
 
244 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 collectible. If the said company shall omit to institute 
 the proceeding hereinbefore required, within the time 
 hereby limited, the stockholder giving such notice may 
 institute such proceeding by a proper petition on his own 
 behalf or, at the election of such stockholder, the estate, 
 rights, property, and franchises of the selling corporation 
 shall revest in such corporation, and the consideration 
 received therefor shall be repaid to the said Washington 
 and Great Falls Electric Railway Company. 
 
 All obligations imposed by law upon the Washington 
 and Great Falls Electric Railway Company in respect to 
 the time and mode of constructing its railway, or the 
 motive power to be employed, or the speed or frequency 
 at which cars are to be run, or in respect to any other 
 matter affecting the interests of the United States, or of 
 the general public, or the people of the said District, ex- 
 cept as such obligations are expressly modified or repealed 
 by this Act, shall continue to be applicable to the road 
 or route now belonging to said corporation, and shall be 
 confined thereto: Provided, That the Washington and 
 Great Falls Electric Railway Company, on the purchase 
 of the property or franchises of any or all of said railroad 
 companies as in this bill authorized, shall be empowered 
 to charge over the said route or routes thus acquired the 
 rates of fare now authorized by law to be charged thereon 
 by the respective companies owning or operating the 
 same, and no more: And provided further. That the right 
 or privilege granted by section one of the Act approved 
 July^ twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, 
 entitled ''An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great 
 Falls Electric Railway Company," by which said company 
 is authorized to charge a fare of ten cents per passenger 
 for transportation over the line of railway authorized and 
 described by said Act, be, and the same hereby is, amended 
 so as to limit the rate of fare on said line of railway to 
 five cents per passenger, and said Washington and Great 
 Falls Electric Railway Company is hereby required to sell 
 tickets at the rate of 'six for twenty -five cents, each good 
 for the transportation of one passenger over the whole or 
 any part of its said line of railway authorized and described 
 by said Act within the District of Columbia. 
 
 All obligations imposed by law upon any corporation 
 hose road or route is acquired in accordance with the 
 rovisions of this Act, except as the same may be ex- 
 pressly modified or repealed by this Act, shall continue to 
 be applicable to such acquired road or route and shall be 
 confined thereto, and such road or route shall be acquired 
 subject to such obligations and with all the rights and 
 powers possessed by the selling corporation. 
 Electric Power Sec. 3. That the Washington and Great Falls Electric 
 Companies. Railway Company may acquire and hold shares of the 
 capital stock or other securities of any company supplying 
 or under contract to supply electric power in the operation 
 of its railway to it or to/ any of the corporations whose 
 
 Fare. 
 
 Existing char- 
 ters of consti 
 ent roads. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 245 
 
 Shares of stock or whose property and franchises it is 
 authorized to acquire under this Act; and as a part of any 
 contract for the supply, of said power the said Washington 
 and Great Falls Electric Railway Company may exchange 
 its stock and securities for the stock and securities of any 
 such electric power company, and may guarantee the 
 securities of any such power company, but in no event 
 shall said railway corporation be authorized to receive a 
 transfer of the property or franchises ot such electric 
 
 ^""sec TC'the Washington and Great Falls Electric i^i'-torB. 
 Railway Company is hereby authorized from time to time 
 to make such changes in the number of its directors as its 
 bv-laws may provide, and also to limit and regulate in its 
 by-laws the times and conditions of the examination of 
 its books and records by stockholders: Proytdfd, ihat the 
 stock and transfer books shall at all times, during business 
 hours, be open to the inspection of stockholders. 
 
 Sec 5. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with 
 the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the power to alter, 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 
 Approved, June 5, 1900. 
 
WASHINGTON AND MARLBORO ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY. 
 
 AN ACT To authorize the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway -^%^^'^^ 
 Company, of Maryland, to extend its line of road into and withm 28, stats. p. 717. 
 the District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepresentaUves 
 of the United States of Ammca in CongreM assembled, inat^ Washington 
 the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company, Elect ric^Rwy. 
 incorporated by an act of the general assembly ot Maryland, authorized u. ex- 
 entitled ''An Act to incorporate the Washington and Marl- tend.,i-of 'c^ 
 boro Electric Railway Company," and so forth, approved lumWa. 
 on the eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and nmety, 
 is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a street 
 railway, with the necessary switches, turn-outs, and other 
 mechanical devices, in the District of Columbia, and run 
 cars thereon through and along the f ollowmg routes: 
 
 Bec^inning at and on the southeasterly boundary hne ot R«ute. 
 the District of Columbia where the line of railway of said 
 company within the State of Maryland shall reach the same, 
 and running thence by Suitland road, Bowen road, and 
 Branch avenue, or other practicable route which may be 
 approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia, to connect with Pennsylvania avenue extended; thence 
 by and with said avenue to and across the tracks ot the 
 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Railroad avenue; thence 
 along Railroad avenue to Naylor road and by the same to 
 the Anacostia River; thence across the Anacostia River by ^^^^;^^ 
 a steel or iron truss bridge resting on masonry piers built 
 parallel to the direction of the current, with pile or other 
 secure and approved foundations, and with spans not less 
 than those of the Pennsylvania avenue bridge, and with a 
 wide drawspan over the channel. The plans of said bridge 
 shall be approved in writing by the Secretary of War, and 
 the bridge shall be built by said company over and above 
 the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in such 
 manner and at such height as not to interfere with the use 
 of said railroad; and thence to the intersection of Pennsyl- 
 vania avenue and Fifteenth street southeast by a route to 
 be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia ; thence north on Fifteenth street east, to Florida avenue ; 
 thence northwesterly on Florida avenue to Seventh street ^^^ 
 northwest; also, when the proposed extension of Pennsyl- route 
 vania avenue shall have been completed to Bowen road, 
 then the route of said railroad may be extended from the 
 intersection of Branch avenue therewith to Bowen road, 
 and by further practicable route as may be approved by the 
 
 247 
 
 Plan of bridge. 
 
 Extension o! 
 
248 
 
 LAW8 RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 sion 
 
 Widening 
 streets. 
 
 try road. 
 
 Construction. 
 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the boundary 
 line of the said District at or near the Suitland road: Pro- 
 Timefotexten- ^ided^ That such extension of the road shall be made within 
 one year after the opening of Pennsylvania avenue to the 
 Bowen road. These routes may be modified or extended 
 at the will of Congress, and the said railway company shall 
 comply with such modifications or extensions, 
 of Sec. 2. That whenever the roadway of any street occu- 
 pied by the said railwa}^ company is widened, one-half of 
 the cost of widening and improvement of such widened 
 pai't shall be charged to the said railway company and col- 
 lected from said company in the same manner as the cost 
 of laying or repairing pavements lying between the exte- 
 rior rails of the tracks of street railways, and for a dis- 
 tance of two feet from and exterior to such track or tracks 
 on each side thereof is collectible under the provisions of 
 section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act providing a perma- 
 nent form of government for the District of Columbia," 
 approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy- 
 eight. 
 Route in coun- Sec. 3. That whcu the route described coincides with that 
 of a country road of less width than sixty-six feet the rail- 
 way shall be constructed entirely outside the road. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a 
 substantial and durable manner; and all rails, electrical 
 and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, 
 shall be of approved pattern. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep 
 the space between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior 
 thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia or their successors may direct, and when- 
 ever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired 
 or otherwise improved the said corporation shall bear all the 
 expense of improving the spaces above described. Should 
 the said corporation fail to comply with the orders of the 
 Commissioners, the work shall be done by the proper offi- 
 cials of the District of Columbia and the amounts due from 
 said corporation shall be collected as provided by section 
 five of the Act entitled ''An Act providing a permanent 
 form of government for the District of Columbia, "approved 
 June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. 
 
 Sec. 6. That if the said railway be operated by overhead 
 wires the corporation shall furnish and maintain such lights 
 along its line as the Commissioners of the District of Colum- 
 bia may direct, without cost to the District of Columbia; 
 but no overhead wires shall be constructed or used within 
 the limits of the city of Washington. 
 
 Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering the 
 grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by said 
 railway, or from altering and improving streets, avenues, 
 and highways, and the sewerage thereof. In such event it 
 shall be the duty of said compan}^ to change its said rail- 
 
 Pavingr 
 
 Lights. 
 
 Change 
 grade, etc. 
 
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 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 249 
 
 way and the pavement so as to conform to such grades and 
 improvements as may have been established. 
 
 Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, Trenche8,etc 
 its successors or assigns, to make all needful and convenient 
 trenches and excavations in any of said streets or'places 
 where said companv may have the right to construct and 
 operate its road, and place in such trenches and excava- 
 tions all needful and convenient devices and machinery tor 
 operating said railroad in the same manner and by the 
 means aforesaid. But whenever such trenches or excava- 
 tions shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or water pipes, or 
 any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind, 
 then the expense necessary to change such underground 
 constructions shall be borne by the said railroad company. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the said company shall, before commencing Deposit^ f^ 
 work on said railroad on such street, deposit with the ^^t«^"^^- 
 Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Wash- 
 ington Aqueduct such sum as the Secretary of War may 
 consider necessary to defray all the expenses that may be 
 incurred by the United States in connection with the 
 inspection of the work of construction of said railroad on 
 such street, and in making good any damages done by said 
 company, or its works, or by any of its contracting agents, 
 to any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in com- 
 pleting, as the Secretary of War may consider necessary, 
 any of the work that the said company may neglect or 
 refuse to complete, and that the Secretary of War may con- 
 sider necessary for the safety of said mains, fixtures, or 
 apparatus; and the said company shall also deposit as 
 aforesaid such further sums for said purposes at such times 
 as the Secretary of War may consider necessary : Provided^ 
 That the said *^sum shall be disbursed like other moneys 
 appropriated for the Washington Aqueduct, and that 
 whatever shall remain of said deposits at the end of one 
 vear after the completion of said railroad in such street 
 shall be returned to said company on the order of the Sec- 
 retary of War, with an account of its disbursement in 
 detail: Andjn^ovided also, That disbursements of said de- 
 posits shall, except in cases of emergency, be made only 
 on the order of the Secretary of War. . __ ^. 
 
 Sec. 10. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation ^^Engine houses, 
 its successors or assigns, to erect and maintain, at such 
 convenient and suitable points along its lines as may seem 
 most desirable to the board of directors of the said cor- 
 poration, and subject to the approval of the said Commis- 
 sioners, an engine house or houses, boiler house, and all 
 other buildings necessary for the successful operation of a 
 cable-motor, electric, pneumatic, or other railroad. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the line of the said railway company shall c^^^^^f.^.ent 
 be commenced within one year and completed within two 
 years from the passage of this Act. 
 
 Sec. 12. That the said company may run public carriages Motive power. 
 propelled by cable, electric, or other mechanical power; but 
 
250 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 routes, 
 
 nothing in this Act shall allow the use of steam power in 
 
 Crossings. locomotives : Provided further^ That for the purpose of mak- 
 ing a continuous connection, the said company shall have 
 the right to cross all streets, avenues and highwa.ys that 
 
 Coinciding ^^^^ \^^ deemed necessary for this purpose : Provided^ That 
 whenever the foregoing route or routes may coincide with 
 the route or routes of any duly incorporated street railway 
 company in the District "of Columbia, the tracks shall be 
 used by both companies, which are hereby authorized and 
 empowered to use such tracks in common, upon such fair 
 and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said com- 
 panies; and in the event the said companies fail to agree 
 upon equitable terms either of said companies may apply 
 by petition to the supreme court of the District of Colum- 
 bia, which shall immediately provide for proper notice to 
 and hearing of all parties interested, and shall have power 
 to determine the terms and conditions upon which, and 
 the regulations under which, the company hereby incor- 
 porated shall be entitled so to use and enjo}^ the track of 
 such other street railway company, and the amount and 
 manner of compensation to be paid therefor: Andjyrovided 
 further^ That neither of the companies using such track in 
 common shall be permitted to make the track so used in 
 common the depot or general stopping place to await pas- 
 sengers, but shall only be entitled to use the same for the 
 ordinary passage of its cars, with the ordinary halts for 
 taking up and dropping off passengers: Provided^ That this 
 shall not apply to or interfere with any station already 
 established on any existing lines; that said corporation is 
 authorized and empowered to propel its cars over the line 
 of any other road or roads which may be in the alignment 
 with and upon such streets as may be covered by the route 
 or routes as prescribed in this Act, in accordance with the 
 conditions hereinbefore contained; and that this corpora- 
 tion shall construct and repair such portions of its road as 
 may be upon the line or routes of any other road thus used; 
 and in case of any disagreement with any company whose 
 line of road is thus used, such disagreement may be sum- 
 marily determined upon the application of either road to 
 any court in said District having competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Passenger Sec. 13. That the Said company shall furnish and main- 
 tain passenger houses as required by the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia, and shall place first-class cars on 
 said railway with all the modern improvements for the 
 convenience, comfort, and safety of passengers, and shall 
 run cars as often as the public convenience may require. 
 
 Time-table, according to a time-table approved by the Commissioners 
 of the District of Columbia. Every failure to comply 
 with the conditions of this section shall render the said 
 corporation liable to a fine of fifty dollars, to be recovered 
 in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the 
 Commissioners of said District. 
 
 Speed. Sec. 14. That the Commissioners of the District of 
 
 Columbia may make such regulations as to rate of speed, 
 
 houses. 
 Can. 
 
 LAWS RELATING T(» STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 251 
 
 1 /• • J «T oo in Removal of ice 
 
 mode of use of tracks, and removal of ice '^n^ snow as in^„a™„„, 
 their iudgment the interest and convenience of the pubhc 
 mav reqmre. Should the servants or agents of said com- 
 rnnv willfully or negligentlv violate such An ordinance or 
 Hat on sa^id com|any shall be liable to the District ot 
 
 '(^iLbia for a penally not ^^ ^'"^thlt ^al'eladvel t- A«.e.. ... . 
 
 Sec 15. That all articles ot value that may be inaaveii ^^ 
 
 entlvleft in any of the cars or other vehicles ot the said com- 
 mnv shall be biken to its principal depot and entered in a 
 Kk of record of unclaimed goo(fs, which book s lall be open 
 to the inspection of the public at all reasonable hours ot 
 
 business. , „ v „*„,.„ fh<» «i-ot Annual re- 
 
 Sec 16. That said company shall, on or befoie the tirstp„rt. 
 of February of each year, make a report t» y>ngre8s 
 trough the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of 
 ihe nfmes of all the stockholders therein and the ainount 
 of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement ot 
 ?LreLipts ani expenditures, from whatever source a^^^^^^^ 
 whatever account, for the preceding year ending Decembei 
 the thirty-first, and such other facts as may be required by 
 any genei-al law of the District of Columbia, which report 
 shall be verified by the affidavit of the president and seci-e- 
 tervof said company, and, if said report is not made at the 
 dmespecifiedorwithin ten daysthereafter,suchta.luresl^ll 
 of itself operate as a forfeiture of the privileges and r.ghis 
 herein granted, andit shallbetheduty of the Commissioners 
 to causi to be instituted proper judic al ^of .e^'ng^ ^^f '^- ,„„ 
 for; and said company sUll pay to the District of Colum- Taxes 
 bia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, includ- 
 ing cars and motive power, each year, tour per centum ot 
 i?s gross earnings within the District of Columbia which 
 amountshall bepayable to thecoUector of taxes at the times 
 and in the manner that other taxes are now due and myable, 
 and subiect to the same penalties on arrears; and the tran- 
 chiseand property of said company, both real and personal, 
 to a sufficint amount may be seized and sold in satisfaction 
 thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other prop- 
 erty for taxes; and said per centum ot its gross earnmgs 
 shall be in lieu of all other assessments of personal taxes 
 upon its property used solely and ^xclusnely in the opera^ 
 tion and management of said railway: Provided, 1 hat the 
 payment of the said four per centum of ite gross earnings 
 shall not be required during the period ot five years after 
 the commencement of the operation ot said milway, orany 
 part thereof. Its real estate shall be taxed as other real 
 estate in the District of Columbia: Proridsd further, Ih&t 
 its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate. 
 
 Sec. 1Y. That said company may receive a rat« ot tare 
 not exceeding five cents per passenger; and the said com- 
 nanv may mtke arrangements with all existing railway 
 Sa^es in the Distrkt of Columbia for the interchange 
 of tickets in payment of fare on its roads: P,mv-<fe^, That 
 within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets 
 shall be sold for twenty -five cents. 
 
cars. 
 
 252 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 oadwa"''^ "^ Sec. 18. That the said company shall have at all times 
 '^*^' the free and uninterrupted use of the roadway, and if any 
 
 person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlaw- 
 fully obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said rail- 
 way company with a vehicle or vehicles, or otherwise, or in 
 any manner molest or interfere with passengers or opera- 
 tives 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 offend- 
 ing shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than 
 twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recov- 
 ered as other tines 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. 
 Crossings. jj^gc. 19. That the said 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 construct its said road across 
 such other railways: Provided, That it shall not interrupt 
 the travel of such other railways in such construction. 
 Ejection from Sec. 20. That no pcrsou shall be prohibited the right to 
 *"■ travel on any part of said road or ejected from the cars by 
 
 the company's employees for any other cause than that of 
 being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or refus- 
 ing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the 
 lawful general regulations of the company. 
 Condemnation "^yjc, 21. That in the cvcut 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 to 
 pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the 
 company of so much of said land as may be required, not 
 exceeding fifty feet in width, may be instituted in the usual 
 way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, 
 under such rules and regulations as said court may pre- 
 scribe for such purposes. 
 Guaranty de- ggc. 22. That the Said railway company shall deposit 
 
 ^^^' with the collector of taxes. District of Columbia, the sum 
 
 of one thousand dollars, within sixty days from the pas- 
 sage of this Act, as a guaranty that it will commence and 
 complete its road within the time herein limited. Should 
 the said railway company fail to commence or complete the 
 construction of its road within the limit of time prescribed 
 by this Act, said sum of one thousand dollars shall be 
 forfeited by the said railway company, and shall be depos- 
 ited by the collector of taxes with the United States Treas- 
 urer to the credit of the United States and the District of 
 Columbia, in equal parts. 
 Plans. gEc. 23. That all plans relating to the location and con- 
 
 struction of said railway shall be subject to the approval 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their 
 successors, and all work shall at all times be subject to 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 253 
 
 Deposits with 
 
 their suoervision. The said corporation shall, from time „^,Ye"c tor of 
 to timTdeposit with the collector of taxes, District of «xe,. 
 a.lumb a, «uch amounts ^ may be deemed necessary by 
 sdd Commissioners to cover the cost of inspection, super- 
 
 vision, pavement, and repairs. _ ,. conditions 
 
 Rfo 24 That all the conditions, requirements, and obli- rtaubecompiied 
 Mtk-ns imposed by the terms of this Act upon the Wash- »>*. 
 Sn aTMailboro Electric Railway Company shall be 
 complied with by any and all the- successors t« and assigns 
 
 of said Company. , . , „u^,.^r^ Amendment. 
 
 Sec. 25. that this Act may at any time be altered^ repeal, 
 anfended, or repealed by the Congress ot the Umted 
 States. 
 
 Approved, March 2, 1895. 
 
 April 3, 1900. 
 
 AN ACT to amend the charter of the East Washington Heights 
 
 Traction Kailroad Company. 
 
 Be it enmted hy tU Senate and Hmse ^f ^^P^%fJ^4^^. 
 of the United States of Anu^nea^n Congress asmnhled. That 
 the charter of the East Washington Heights Traction Rail- 
 ro^ Company, of the District of Columbia, be and the 
 same is hfrebv, amended so as to authorize and pemit 
 ^safd comiia'ny to lay down its tracks and opemte ,^ 
 cars from its present authorized terminus at the we^tei n 
 approach to t^e Penn.sylvania Avenue Bridge as provided 
 ?n section one of the Act of incorporation; thence north 
 on Sevinth'^street east to East Capitol street; thence 
 west on East Capitol street to Fifteenth street east, con- 
 acting with thi Metropolitan Railway; also from the 
 ntersfction of Minnesota avenue and Harrison street 
 ihence westerly on Harrison street to Pierce street; thence 
 sSK on pierce street to Jackson street; thence west- 
 eX along Ja«k.son street to Monroe street; also north- 
 ward on llinnesota avenue as. laid down on the highway- 
 extension plans, to connect with the Columbia Railway at 
 Bennfng, over a route and at a point acceptabe to and 
 approvfd by the Commissioners of the Districtof Columbia. 
 "^C 2 That the time within which the East Washing- 
 ton Heights Traction Railroad Company is required to 
 TomS and put in operation its railway be, and the same 
 is hereby, extended for the terniof two years from the 
 eighteenth dav of June, nineteen hundred: ^'"^'^f '^' T'?'^* 
 if Within two years f'om the date of the pa^^^^ 
 Act the Washington and Marlboro Railroad Company snau ^^^ M„iboro 
 buUd its Hues into and within the District of Columbia, Bauroad. 
 then said company shall have the right to use such of the 
 routes in this .A.ct provided for as may coincide with the 
 route provided for 'in the charter of the said Washington 
 and Marlboro Railroad Company. „„„„j 
 
 Sec. 3. That Congress reserves the right to altei , amena, 
 or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, April 30, 190O. 
 
 :( 
 
\t 
 
 Great 
 Old 
 Railroad. 
 
 254 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 AN ACT To provide for laying a single electric street-railway track 
 across the Aqueduct Bridge, in the District of Columbia, and for 
 other purposes. 
 
 £e it enacted by the Seriate and House of Rej/t^esentatives 
 of the United States of Arnerica in Congrem aA<8einhled^ That 
 upon deposit of the amounts hereinafter stated by the Great 
 -at Falls and Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Compan} , a corporation 
 oad™^"^**"of the State of Virginia, the Commissioners of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to 
 change or rebuild, according to such plans as they may 
 g A a u e d u c t approve, the superstructure of the Aqueduct Bridge across 
 the Potomac River so as to permit the placing thereon of 
 a single electric street-railway track for tne accommodation 
 of electric street cars operating and to operate across said 
 bridge. 
 
 Sec. 2. That within thirty days after the approval of 
 this Act the said Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad 
 Deposit. Company shall deposit with the collector of taxes of the 
 
 District of Columbia the sum of one thousand dollars, and 
 the said company shall, j^ef ore the work provided for in the 
 first section hereof shall be begun, deposit with said col- 
 lector the additional sum of twenty -four thousand dollars, 
 the aggregate amount of said sums being the estimated 
 cost of such change or alteration in said bridge necessary 
 for the purpose of accommodating such electric street-rail- 
 way traffic across same: Provided^ That if the sum of 
 twenty -five thousand dollars shall not have been deposited 
 by said railroad company within three months after the 
 .^ passage of this Act the said company shall forfeit to the 
 
 said District of Columbia the said sum of one thousand 
 dollars, hereinbefore required to be deposited, and all 
 rights under this Act: Provided further., That if the said 
 Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company shall 
 fail to make said deposit of one thousand dollars within 
 the said thirty days or the sum of twenty -five thousand 
 dollars within the said ninety days, then that all rights of 
 the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company 
 under this Act shall be forfeited. In which event, the 
 Arto|ii°\*nd Washington, Arlington and Falls Church Railway Com- 
 Faiis churchpany may, within ten days from the default made b}- the 
 Railway Co. ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ qj^ Dominion Railroad Company, make 
 
 the said deposit or deposits, and have and enjoy all the 
 rights, privileges and franchises granted by this Act to 
 the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company. 
 
 Sec. 3. That within sixty days after the sum of twenty- 
 five thousand dollars shall have been deposited by said 
 company, as hereinbefore required, the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia shall, as promptly as possible, pro- 
 work of Chang- ^®®^ with the work of changing or rebuilding the super- 
 ing bridge. structure of the said Aqueduct Bridge, charging the cost of 
 said work to said deposit, and shall continue same until 
 said work is completed: Prmnded., That if said sum is 
 found at any time during the prosecution of said work to 
 be insufficient to complete the same, in the opinion of said 
 
 LAW8 RELATING TO 
 
 STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 255 
 
 Additional de- 
 
 Commissioners, the Great Falls and Old Dominion ^\\- ,^ 
 road Company shall deposit with the collector of taxes of 
 said District such additional-sum or sums, "ot to exceed 
 ten thousand dollars, as the Commissioners ot the District 
 of Columbia may deem necessary. . . 
 
 Sec. 4. That within ninety days alter the completion ot 
 the work of changing or rebuilding said bridge or during 
 the progress of said work, as may be directed by the said 
 Commissioners, the Great Falls and Old Dominion Rail- 
 road Company is hereby authorized and directed, under 
 such regulations and upon such plans as may be approved 
 by saKmmissioners, to lay upon said bridge and across ^;^r^acu aorc« 
 M street and in Thirty-sixth street to such point south ot 
 Prospect street, in tlie city of Washington, as may he 
 approved by said Commissioners, a single electric-railway 
 track, with necessary switches .and turn-outs; that the 
 said Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company is 
 hereby authorized to connect its tracks to be constructed 
 over its right of wav in Alexandria County, Virginia, with 
 the track hereby authorized to be constmcted upon the 
 said Aqueduct Bridge and to operate its «J}-s thereon ^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 Sec 5 That any other electric street-railway companj eomjanies to u* 
 desiring to use said track for the purpose of crossing said .rack, 
 bridge and securing connection into the city ot Wash 
 ington may be permM>d to do so by the Commissioners ot 
 the District of Columbia upon satisfying said Commission- 
 ers that it has refunded to said Great ta Is and Old 
 Dominion Railroad Company such proportional part of the 
 sum deposited by said company, as herein required, as 
 may be agreed upon between said companies as a tair and , 
 equitable compensation for said privilege, and in the event 
 that the said companies shall fail to agree upon the amount 
 to be so refunded, either or any of them mav apply by 
 petition to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, 
 which shall immediately provide for proper notice to and 
 hearing of all parties interested, and shall have power to 
 determine the amount to be so refunded tor the use of said 
 
 track. . ^^'^^ ^'A i-nxnXc Maintenanceof 
 
 Sec 6. That the company or companies using saia tracK^^j^^^ 
 shall at all times keep the bridge floor and the pavement 
 between the rails of said track and tor a distance of two 
 feet outside thereof in repair to the satisfaction ot said 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and in the 
 event that the said railway company or companies neglect 
 or refuse to keep said floor and pavement in repair to the 
 satisfaction of said Commissioners, the Commissionei-s are 
 hereby authorized to make such repairs and collect the 
 cost of the same from such railroad company or companies 
 in such manner as is now provided by law m cases where 
 street pavements adjacent to street- railway tracks are 
 repaired by said District; and if the cost of said repairs is 
 not paid by said railroad company or companies within 
 ninety davs from the rendition of bills tor the same the 
 said Commissioners are hereby authorized to prevent the 
 
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256 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Commissioners operation of said cars by the exercise of their police 
 to exercise police ^^^jj^ J,- ^.^ until such time as said bills are paid. 
 
 Sec. 7. That no car shall be operated upon said bridge 
 by steam power, nor shall any company operating- steam 
 
 Cars. cars within such distance from the south end of the said 
 
 bridge as to interfere with vehicle traffic thereon be per- 
 mitted to operate electric street cars upon said bridge. 
 
 Sec. 8. That the Commissioners of the District of 
 Columbia are hereby authorized to permit the cars of said 
 railroad company or companies using said track across 
 said bridge and in M and Thirty-sixth streets to be oper- 
 
 Power. ated by the underground electric system or by overhead 
 
 trolly, as they may deem desirable; and in case the over- 
 head trolly is used each car shall be equipped with a double 
 trolley, and a return wire shall be provided for the electric 
 current equal in capacity to the feed system upon this 
 portion of the line and similarly situated, and no pole of 
 any dynamo furnishing power for the operation of said 
 cars shall be in any manner connected with the earth. 
 
 Commissioners g^c. 9. That the operation of the cars upon the track 
 iuo'iS cL^rs?Sc: herein authorized shall be mider the direction and control 
 of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, who 
 are hereby authorized to make such regulations in regard 
 to speed, character, and weight of cars, time of operation, 
 and fare to be charged as they may deem necessary or 
 desirable; and any company violating any regulations of 
 said Commissioners made under the authority of this sec- 
 
 Penaity. tion shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty -five 
 dollars for each and every offense, to be recovered in any 
 . court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of said Com- 
 missioners, and in default of the payment of such tine the 
 Commissioners are hereby authorized to exercise their 
 police authority to prevent the operation of the cars of 
 the company so defaulting. 
 
 Sec 10. That Congress reserves the right to alter, 
 amend, or repeal this Act. 
 Approved, January 29, 1903. 
 
 STREET RAILWAY LAWS OF A GENERAL NATURE. 
 
 Sundry civil act, 1873. 
 
 ♦ * and all railroads are hereby prohibited on the 
 I street ajid K street fronts of Farragut, Scott [changed to 
 McPherson square March 3, 1875. See U . b. btats. 18, p. 
 3911 and Franklin squares; and no further street railroads 
 shall be laid down in the city of Washington without the 
 consent of Congress. * * * 
 Approved, June 10, 1872. 
 
 June 10. 1872. 
 Stats. 17, p. 360. 
 
 Railroads pro- 
 hibited on I and 
 K street fronts 
 of Farragut, 
 McPherson, and 
 Franklin squares 
 
 No further 
 roads shall be 
 laid without the 
 consent of Con- 
 gress. 
 
 Extra^te from an act providing a permanent form of government for , "J"^"'^^ ■ 
 
 the District of Columbia. stats. 20, p. 106 
 
 « « ♦ * * 
 
 The cost of laying down said pavements, sewers, and uJ^^J^^s c''hj;S^ 
 other works or of repairing the same shall be paid for m jbie to stjee t «^^ 
 the following proportions and manner, to wit: When any 
 street or avenue through which a street railway runs shall 
 be paved, such railway company shall bear all of the expense 
 for that portion of the work lying between the exterior rails 
 of the tracks of such roads, and for a distance of two feet 
 from and exterior to such track or tracks on each side 
 thereof , and of keeping the same in repair. how tracks 
 
 But the said railway companies having conformed to the ghSS^e paved, 
 grades established bv the Commissioners may use such 
 cobblestone or Belgian blocks for paving their tracks or 
 the space between their tracks as the Commissioners may 
 
 The United States shall pay one-half of the cost of all pay^'hlff ?rSi 
 work done under the provisions of this section, except that costs^under .ec^ 
 done by the railway companies, which payment shall be done by^uroad 
 credited as part of the fifty per centum which the United --i-°- 
 States contributes toward the expenses of the District ot 
 
 Columbia for that year. , , xi o .. ^ 4-u^ Paid on war- 
 
 And all payments shall be made by the Secretary ot the ^^^^^ ^f commis 
 Treasury on the warrant or order of the Commissioners of s«>ners b>^^ 
 the District of Columbia, or a majority thereof, in such 
 amounts and at such times as they may deem safe and 
 proper in view of the progress of the work. Districtopave 
 
 That if any street railway company shall neglect or re-^^^^.^^ ^^ street 
 fuse to perform the work required by this act, said pave- -^^^JJ^^^^^^^p*" 
 ment shall be laid between the tracks and extenor thereto 
 . of such railway by the District of Columbia, 
 
 16400-05 17 
 
 257 
 
258 LAWS RELATING TO 8TEEET-EAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Commissioners 
 may issue certifi- 
 cates of indebt- 
 edness against 
 their property, 
 etc. 
 
 Certificates not 
 paid property 
 sold. 
 
 Duties of rail- 
 road companies 
 where tracks in- 
 tersect. 
 
 And if such company shall fail or refuse to pay the sum 
 due from them in respect of the work done by or under the 
 orders of the proper officials of said District, in such case 
 of the neglect or refusal of such railway company to per- 
 form the work required as aforesaid the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia shall issue certificates of indebt- 
 edness against the property, real or personal, of such rail- 
 way company, which certificates shall bear interest at the 
 rate of ten per centum per annum until paid, and which, 
 until they are paid, shall remain and be a lien upon the 
 property on or against which they are issued, together 
 with the franchise of said company. 
 
 And if the said certificates are not paid within one year 
 the said Commissioners of the District of Columbia may 
 proceed to sell the property against which they are issued 
 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount 
 due, such sale to be first duly advertised daily for one week 
 in some newspaper published in the city of Washington, 
 and to be at public auction to the highest bidder. 
 
 When street railways cross any street or avenue the 
 pavement between the tracks of such railway shall con- 
 form to the pavement used upon such street or avenue, 
 and the companies owning these intersecting railroads 
 shall pay for such pavements in the same manner and 
 roportion as required of other railway companies under 
 the provisions of this section. 
 
 • * ♦ * * 
 
 « 
 
 Approved, June 11, 1878. 
 
 March 2, 1889. District of Columbia appropriation act, 1890. 
 
 stats. 25, p. 797. * * * * * 
 
 Street carsmay That any company authorized by law to run cars pro- 
 triciTor^cabiS'pelled by horses in the District of Columbia is hereby au- 
 thorized to substitute for horses electric power by storage 
 or independent electrical batteries or underground wire, or 
 underground cables moved by steam power, on the whole 
 or any portion of its roadway, with authority to purchase 
 and use any terminal grounds and facilities necessary for 
 the purpose; and any such street railway electing to sub 
 stitute such power on any part of its tracks or road-beds 
 on the streets of the District of Columbia shall, before 
 doing so, cause such part of its road-beds to be laid with a 
 
 Grooved rails, flat grooved rail, and made level with the service of the 
 streets upon each side of said tracks or road-beds, so that 
 no obstruction shall be presented to vehicles passing over 
 
 provison. said tracks: Provided^ That in the event said companies 
 or either of them shall fail for the period of two years 
 from the passage of this act to exercise the powers and 
 privileges hereinbefore given, such companies are hereby 
 required to cause said rails and road-beds to be relaid 
 
 Groovedraiisto with the flat groovcd rail hereinbefore mentioned, so as 
 t^o ?'ea«.'^"^''' to be level with the surface of the streets upon each 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STEEET-KAILWAY FRANCHISES. 259 
 
 side of said tracks or road-beds and the cost of making 
 the changes hereinbefore required shall be paid by the 
 corporations or persons owning or operating said street 
 railroads, and if, after being notified by the Commissioners 
 of the District of Columbia in writing to comply with the 
 terms of this act, the said corporations or either of them 
 shall not within ninety days thereafter begin the work 
 required and complete the same within a reasonable time, 
 not more than twelve months from the expiration of said 
 period of ninety days it shall be the duty of the Commis- ^^om mi s^o^n 
 sioners to cause the necessary changes in said rails and road- the change on 
 beds to be made as soon as practicable; and shall issue ^1^^^^^^^ ^^ ^°°'' 
 certificates of indebtedness against the property, real or 
 personal, of such railway company, which certificates shall ^^irtificatj ^of 
 bear interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum until cost. 
 paid, and which, until they are paid, shall remain and be a 
 lien upon the property on or against which they are issued, 
 together with the franchise of said company; and if the 
 certificates are not paid within one year the said Commis- 
 sioners of this District of Columbia may proceed to sell ^^saie of prop- 
 the property against which they were issued, or so much 
 thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, such 
 sale to be first duly advertised daily for one week in some 
 newspaper published in the city of Washington, and to be 
 sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Pi^ovided 
 further^ That after the passage of this act no other rail 
 than that herein mentioned shall be laid by any street rail- ^^^ S^fhSJl 
 way company in the streets of Washington and George- after. 
 town, and all companies granted franchises or extensions 
 by the Fiftieth Congress shall have extension of one year's 
 time within which to lay their tracks. So much of the 
 charters of the street railway companies of the District of 
 Columbia as is inconsistent with this section is hereby 
 repealed. Provided further. That the foregoing require- 
 ments as to motive power, rails and road-beds shall not 
 apply to street railroads outside the city of Georgetown ^^^ ^ ^.^^^^ 
 and the Boundary limits of the city of Washington: «?«<^outswl^t?t>^im^- 
 Provided, That the authority hereinbefore granted in each its. 
 and every particular shall be exercised onl}^ with the ap- Approval of 
 proval of the Commissioners of said District of Columbia, <^«°^^^°^"'^- 
 expressed by resolution of said board. 
 
 * 
 
 Approved, March 2, 1889. 
 
 District of Columbia appropriation act, 1891. 
 ♦ * * * ♦ 
 
 August 6, 1890. 
 Stats. 26, p. 310. 
 street railroad 
 
 Sec. 3. That any street railroad company in the District companies 
 of Columbia authorized to run cars drawn by horses, which changing motive 
 has changed or may change its motive power on any of its ^^^'^' 
 lines now constructed, to cable or electricity, or change its 
 rails in accordance with the provisions of law, shall ^^ve ^^ m a y^ i ss u^e 
 the right to issue and sell, at the market price thereof, stock cost. 
 
260 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Sales at market Qf gai(j company to an amount necessary to cover the cost 
 ^"^^' of making said changes, the cost of said changes and the 
 
 amount of said stock sold, together with the price per share, 
 mfm to be fifed ^^ ^® ^^^^y ^^^ forth, Under the oath of the President of said 
 Company, and tiled with the Commissioners of the District. 
 Companies ac- And any Company availing itself of the privileges herein 
 mS^st^ dYspenS granted shall within two years, wholly dispense with horses 
 tw? ea?s^^^ ^° ^^ motive power on all portions of its line and substitute 
 Power to be therefor the power provided for in the act making appro- 
 substituted, priations for the expenses of the government of the District 
 of Columbia, approved March second, eighteen hundred 
 and eighty-nine, or pneumatic or other modern motive 
 Approval of power which shall be approved by the Commissioners of 
 ?e*'q'SSS.'''''"' the District of Columbia, but nothing in this act contained 
 ^es ^^^'^^^^^ shall in any wise authorize the use of overhead appliances: 
 Proviso. Provided^ That if ajiy such company operating a line or 
 
 lines of street railroad from Georgetown or West Wash- 
 Forfeiture of ington to and beyond the Capitol grounds shall fail to sub- 
 ure°to compiy^*^' stitutc f or horsc power the power herein provided for on 
 . all its lines within two years from the date of this act, 
 such company shall forfeit its corporate franchises. 
 
 Approved, August 6, 1890. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 261 
 
 July 22. 1892 . JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the time in which certain street rail- 
 Stats. 27, p. 399. roads compelled by act of Congress, approved August sixth eighteen 
 
 hundred and ninety, to change their motive power from horse power 
 
 to mechanical power, for one year. 
 
 Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of 
 in''^whfc!f Metrl? ^^^^ United States of America in Congress assembled^ That 
 poiitan Railroad the time within which the street railroad companies avail- 
 modve^weV^^ iug themsclvcs of the privileges granted by the act making 
 appropriations to provide for the government of the Dis- 
 trict of Columbia, and approved August sixth, eighteen 
 hundred and ninety, so far as it extends to the Metropoli- 
 tan Railroad, is hereby extended for one year from the date 
 of the passage of this act: Provided^ That so fast as the 
 • cars now building are equipped with storage batteries they 
 nSin^cSnV^^^^^ be placed ou the road: And provided further^ That 
 pen ingc °^^- pg^^jjjjg ^j^g change the present equipment of the road 
 shall be put, kept and maintained in good condition; and 
 any failure to comply with any of the foregoing require- 
 ments as to equipment shall render the said Metropolitan 
 Penalty. Railway Company liable to a fine of not exceeding twenty- 
 five dollars for each day so in default, to be recovered by 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as other 
 fines are recovered in the District of Columbia. 
 Amendment. " gec. 2. Congrcss rescrvcs the right to alter, amend or 
 repeal this act." 
 Approved, July 22, 1892. 
 
 AN ACT To prohibit the use of " one horse " cars within the limits of July 29. 1892. 
 the city of Washington after the first day of January, eighteen stats.27,p.334. 
 hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United States of America in Congress assemUed^ Thatp^Jf^-^^ *^*" 
 after the first da}^ of January, eighteed hundred and ninety- 
 three, it shall be unlawful for any street railway company 
 owning or operating any line of street railway within the ' 
 limits of the city of Washington, or the greater part of 
 which lines lies within said city limits, to use upon such road 
 any ' ' one horse " cars. After said date, all cars used within 
 the said limits shall, if drawn by horse power, be of the 
 size and style known as ''two horse cars," and each car 
 shaJl be in the charge of a conductor, and such conductor 
 shall not act as a driver: Provided this act shall not apply x^f^^^x^'^t 
 to any companj^ operating street railways outside the limits tied sections. 
 of the city of Washington or through unimproved and 
 sparsely settled sections of the same, until such time as 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall deem 
 necessary for the public needs. Any railroad company penalty, 
 violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to a 
 fine of twenty -five dollars per day for each car, and for 
 every day it may be so operated, to be recoverable by action 
 instituted in the name of the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction within 
 the district, and all fines collected on such account shall, 
 when collected, be paid into the Treasury for the use of the 
 District of Columbia, It is hereby made the duty of the Enforcement. 
 Commissioners of said District to see that this act is 
 strictly enforced. 
 
 Approved, July 29, 1892. ^ 
 
 III 
 
 AN ACT to provide for the sale of new tickets by the street railway May 25, 1894. 
 companies of the District of Columbia. stats. 28 p 78. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejyresentatives 
 of the United States of Atnerica in Congress assemUed^Thsit ^^^^^^^^^^'^ 
 after thirty days from the passage of this Act, each street panies shaii use 
 railway and street herdic transportation company in the ^^^^^^ ^"' **^*^^- 
 District of Columbia shall issue its own tickets, and sell no 
 tickets issued by any other company. Such tickets shall 
 be printed and sold in sheets of six tickets each, and after 
 having been once used shall be canceled by the company 
 which issued the same: Provided^ That all street-railway jj^^™P^^J!^^^f^} 
 companies and herdic transportation companies doing busi- era tickets, 
 ness in the District of Columbia, shall receive and exchange 
 tickets with each other, and said companies shall make 
 monthly settlements with each other, and shall redeem in 
 money any tickets in excess of the number of tickets 
 exchanged. 
 
 Sec. 2. That any street railway or street herdic trans- Pe^»i*y- 
 
 f)ortation company doing business in the District of Co- 
 umbia which shall violate the provisions of this act shall 
 
 4 
 
262 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 be liable to a fine of not to exceed ten dollars for each 
 offense, to be recovered in any court of competent juris- 
 diction. 
 
 Approved, May 25, 1894. 
 
 Metropolitan 
 Railroad re- 
 quired to enter 
 into reciprocal 
 transfer and 
 trackage ar- 
 rangements with 
 other roads. 
 
 August 2, 1894. AN ACT To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to change 
 Stats. 28, p- 2 17 its motive power for the propulsion of the cars of said company, 
 (amended). *. » ♦ 
 
 Sec. 5. That the Metropolitan Railroad Company is 
 hereby authorized and required immediately to make recip- 
 rocal transfer arrangements with street railroad companies 
 whose lines now connect with its lines, and to furnish 
 such facilities therefor as the public convenience may 
 require. Upon the completion of the underground elec- 
 tric system provided for in this Act the said Metropolitan 
 Railroad Company is hereby further authorized and re- 
 quired to enter into reciprocal trackage arrangements with 
 connecting roads. The schedules and compensation shall 
 be mutually agreed upon between the said Metropolitan 
 Railroad Company and the companies with whose lines its 
 lines connect; and in any case of failure to reach such 
 Tiutual agreement, the matters in dispute shall be deter- 
 mined by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, 
 upon petition filed by either party: Provided, That every 
 street railway company in the District of Columbia whose 
 lines connect, or whose lines may hereafter connect, with 
 the lines of any other street railway company, is hereby 
 subjected to the same requirements as to transfers and 
 trackage arrangements, and upon similar conditions, as in 
 this section provided in the case of the Metropolitan Rail- 
 road Company and the lines connecting therewith. 
 * * * * . * 
 
 Approved, August 2, 1894. 
 
 Connecting 
 street railways in 
 D. C. subjected 
 to same require- 
 ments. 
 
 June 11, 1896. District of Columbia appropriation act, approved June 11, 1896. 
 
 Repairs Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For cur- 
 rent work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, thirtv 
 thousand dollars. And this appropriation shall be avail- 
 able for repairing the pavements of street railways when 
 necessary; the amounts thus expended shall be collected 
 from such railroad company as provided by section live of 
 "An Act providing a permanent form of government for the 
 District of Columbia," approved June eleventh, eighteen 
 hundred and seventy -eight, and shall be deposited to the 
 credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year m which 
 they are collected: Provided, That the fifth section of the 
 Reciprocal ^^.|. ^^ Congress approved August second, eighteen hundred 
 mngemente. ^"and nincty-four, relating to reciprocal trackage arrange- 
 ments by the Metropolitan and other railroad companies. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 263 
 
 be, and the same is hereby amended by adding the follow- , . , ., 
 ing thereto: Provided, That any suburban street railroad ^/^^J\,*f3^^S 
 company in the District of Colmnbia intersecting or con-overurbanroe^-. 
 necting with any urban street railroad may have such 
 reasonable number of its trail cars drawn by such urban 
 railroad company, over the route of such urban railroad for 
 the transportation of through passengers, as shall not, in the 
 judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, 
 be to the undue detriment of such urban railroad company. 
 The schedule, kind, and number of cars to be drawn, com- 
 pensation therefor, and all other matters relating thereto 
 in the event of said railroad companies being unable to 
 agree between themselves shall, from time to time, on peti- 
 tion of either railroad company, be* decided by said supreme 
 
 court: Provided furthe)\ That in no event shall any rail- faS: 
 road company be entitled under said law providing for 
 trackage arrangements or under the provisions of this Act 
 to collect fares except from such passengers as board the 
 cars upon their own line: Provided further. That this pro- ^^^^^^^^ ^^ 
 vision shall not be construed to aifect rights heretofore or contracts, 
 acquired either by contract or under any order of court 
 made under authority of law. 
 
 AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Capital May 28. 1896. 
 Railway Company," approved March second, eighteen hundred and 
 ninety-five. 
 
 ***** 
 
 Sec. 3. That the Capital Railway Company, the Metro- Free traMfera 
 politan Railroad Companv, and the Capital traction Com- J^JfnTe ca^- 
 pany are hereby required to issue free transfers at the point tai^R^iiw^a>;^d 
 of intersection of their respective lines, so that for the pay- tion and Metro- 
 ment of one fare a passenger on either road shall have theg?^^'' ^^''"^p.*' 
 privilege of riding over the lines of both. 
 
 AN ACT To amend the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company 
 
 of the District of Columbia. 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 February 26, 
 1895. 
 
 Stats. 28, p. 682. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the Brightwood Railway Company, the ^{i«^^i;ji\°^^ 
 Rock Creek Railway Company, and the Georgetown and fer tickets 
 Tennallytown Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, 
 respectively, authorized and required to sell four couj)on 
 tickets for twenty -five cents, good for one continuous ride 
 in the District of Columbia over the lines of said compa- 
 nies, respectively, and the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad 
 Company, and the said suburban roads shall redeem the 
 tickets collected by the Metropolitan Railroad Company, 
 at the rate of two and one-half cents for each coupon 
 ticket presented by the said Metropolitan Railroad Com- 
 pany. Any of the aforesaid railroad companies which 
 shall refuse to make sale of tickets or to accept tickets so 
 sold as herein provided for, shall be liable to a fine of fifty 
 
264 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 Penalty: dollai's f OP each such violation, to be recovered in the police 
 court of the District of Columbia as other fines are recov- 
 ered: Provided, That the proceeding for the collection of 
 such penalty shall be commenced within thirty days from 
 the date of the alleged refusal. The supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia shall have, and it is hereby given, 
 authority and jurisdiction to enforce the requirements and 
 provisions of this section in respect of the sale of tickets 
 on the petition of either of the aforesaid railroad compa- 
 nies or any citizen of the District of Columbia. And power 
 
 Power of lease is hereby given to the Metropolitan Railroad Company and 
 
 or sale, etc. ^^^ Ro(k Creek Railway Company to contract with each 
 
 other for the purchase,, sale, lease, or joint operation of 
 
 the line of said Rock Creek Railway Company on Florida 
 
 avenue and U street, or any part thereof. 
 
 Act to take Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect in thirty days 
 
 eflfect March ^8, j«i •- 
 
 1895. after its passage. 
 
 Approved, February 26, 1895. 
 
 Augnst 7, 1894. 
 Stats. 28, p. 250. 
 
 Street railways 
 shall equip cars 
 with fenders. 
 
 Commissioners 
 shall decide on 
 design of fender. 
 
 Companies not 
 relieved from 
 liability. 
 
 District of Columbia appropriation act, 1895. 
 ♦ * * ♦ * 
 
 That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, 
 and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to make 
 and to enforce all reasonable regulations in respect to re- 
 quiring street cars operated by other means than horse 
 power in the District of Columbia to be provided with 
 proper fenders for the protection of the lives and Umbs of 
 all persons within the District of Columbia. Such power 
 and authority shall extend to the adoption by the said 
 Commissioners of any fender or fenders deemed by them 
 to be superior to the fenders now in use as the fender or 
 fenders which shall be used on cars operated within the 
 said District: Provided, That nothing contained in this Act 
 shall operate to relieve any street railway company from 
 
 liability for accidents on its lines. 
 
 ***** 
 
 Approved, August T, 1894. 
 
 August 23, 1894. 
 I Stats. 28, p. 492. 
 
 Street railway 
 passengerstation 
 authorized near 
 AqueductBridge 
 
 Plans to be ap- 
 proved by Com- 
 missioners Dis- 
 trict of Columbia. 
 
 AN ACT To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Wash- 
 ington and Great Falls Electric Railway." 
 ***** 
 Sec. 3. That in order to accommodate the street railway 
 traflac that may converge at or near the Aqueduct bridge, 
 under authority granted or to be granted by Congress, a 
 passenger station is hereby authorized. Such station shall 
 have ample provision for the safe, convenient, and com- 
 fortable transfer of passengers to and from the cars of the 
 street railways using the same. All plans for such station 
 and its necessary approaches shall be subject to the writ- 
 ten approval of the Commissioners of the District of Co- 
 lumbia. The said Commissioners shall have the power to 
 
 Washington 
 and Georgetown 
 Railroad shall 
 construct and 
 maintainstation. 
 
 Location of sta- 
 tion. 
 
 LAW8 RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 265 
 
 settle any differences which may arise between the coin- 
 panies using the said station as to compensation or rentals 
 or as to the necessary regulations for the control of said 
 station. The said passenger station shall be constructed 
 and maintained as a union passenger station, for the use of 
 street railways only, by the Washington and Georgetown 
 Railway Company. Said station shall be located on land 
 already owned or hereafter to be acquired by the afore- 
 said company, which land shall be bounded on the north 
 by Prospect street, on the east by a line drawn not less 
 than one hundred and twenty feet west of the west line of 
 Thirty -fifth street, on the south by M street, and on the 
 west by Thirty-sixth street northwest. Within one year 
 from the approval of this Act the said Washington and 
 Georgetown Railway Company shall complete the said 
 station and shall extend its tracks on M street northwest 
 to a point not less than one hundred and twenty feet west 
 of Thirty-fifth street, and thence into said station; and 
 thereafter the said company shall cease entirely to switch 
 cars on M street northwest. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the street railway companies mentioned in 
 this Act, and hereafter all street raflway companies in 
 the District of Columbia, respectivelv, shall bear all the 
 expenses that may be incurred by the United States in 
 making and inspecting such changes to the water mains, 
 fixtures, or apparatus of the Washington Aqueduct as may 
 be rendered necessary by the consj;ruction or extension of 
 such several roads; and the Secretary of War is hereby 
 authorized and directed to make all regulations to carry 
 into effect the provisions of this section. 
 
 ♦ ♦ * * * 
 
 Approved, August 23, 1894. 
 
 Washington 
 and (Georgetown 
 Railroad shall 
 extend its tracks 
 on M street. 
 
 Shall notswitch 
 cars in M street. 
 
 Expense of 
 moving water 
 mains, etc., shall 
 be borne by street 
 railways. 
 
 POLICE REGTTLATIONS. 
 
 EXTRACT from Police Regulations of the District of Columbia, 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 » ♦ ♦ ♦ * 
 
 Sec. 15. Street cars within the District of Columbia ^^st^re^c^t^^cars 
 shall have the right of way upon their respective tracks, ng^hto^fwa^an^ 
 except to Vehicles of the Fire, Police, Water and Health j^ved except by 
 Departments, and hospital ambulances, and as other- ^r^«^-mCom- 
 wise provided; and no person shall obstruct or delay 
 the movement thereof, at the lawful rate of speed herein- 
 after designated: Provided, hmvever, that in cases of emer 
 gency, and whenever the public interest or the public 
 safety requires, the Commissioners may order a cessation 
 of the movement of streetcarsor other public vehicles, fora 
 reasonable period of time, upon any street or avenue in said 
 District: Provided, furthet\ that the order for such cessa- 
 tion of street car travel shall be given to the officers of any 
 company operating cars upon such street or avenue; and 
 it shall be unlawful for such street cars to resume movement 
 
 kr 
 
 p 
 
Penalty. 
 
 Minors not al- 
 lowed on plat- 
 forms of certain 
 vehicles. 
 
 Motor cars to 
 have fenders. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 266 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 until the expiration of the time limited in such notice; and 
 the Major and Superintendent of Police shall clear such 
 streets and avenues of all other vehicles for the time des- 
 ignated in said order. Any violation of the provisions of 
 this section shall be punished, on conviction, by a fine of 
 not less than five nor more than forty dollars for each 
 offense. 
 
 Sec. 16. -No minor not being a passenger shall be upon 
 the platform or steps of any railroad car drawn by steam, 
 or of anv omnibus, street car or other vehicle drawn by 
 horse, cable or electric power. 
 
 Sec. 17. Every motor car operated in the District of 
 Columbia shall be fully equipped with front pick-up fend- 
 ers of the Blackistone, Claude, Tobe, or Parmenter pat- 
 tern, and with wheel-guard fenders of the Brightwood 
 automatic, the Blackistone, the Eldridge Snaith, the Tobe, 
 or the Parmenter Improved pattern: Provided, That a,ny 
 street railway company may substitute for the above any 
 other fender or wheel-guard which may hereafter be ap- 
 proved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia: 
 Provided, further^ That the details of construction of such 
 fenders and wheel-guirds be approved by the Engineer 
 Commissioner of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Sec. 18. Any railw ay in the District of Columbia which 
 shall operate any motor car in the District of Columbia 
 not fully equipped with fenders herein adopted or author- 
 ized shall be subject to a fine of twenty -five dollars a day 
 for each and every car not so equipped, and operated by 
 said company. 
 
 Sec. 19. No motorman or conductor shall operate or 
 have in charge any motor car in the District of Columbia 
 that is not fully equipped with fenders of the kind herein 
 adopted or authorized, and any motorman or conductor 
 operating or being in charge of any such car not so 
 equipped shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a 
 fine not to exceed ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 20. Every motor car operated in the District of 
 Columbia must be so constructed or altered that a clear 
 space of fifteen inches in height above the rails is provided 
 between the wheel-guard and the adjacent end of the car, 
 in order to allow the effective action of the wheel-guard. 
 
 Sec. 21. Any railway company failing to comply with 
 the requiremenst of section 20 of this article shall be sub- 
 ject to a fine of five dollars a day for each car not so con- 
 structed or altered, and operated by it. 
 
 Sec. 22. Platforms of street cars shall be guarded by 
 gates of a construction and operation approved by the 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and any com- 
 pan}- failing to comply with the provisions of this section 
 shall be fined not more than forty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 23. The fenders must be kept in thorough working 
 order and in good repair when in use. Any railway com- 
 pany failing to comply with this provision shall be subject 
 to a fine of twenty (follars a day for each and every offense. 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 267 
 
 street 
 
 Motor cars to 
 be constructed so 
 as to allow the 
 effective action 
 of wheel guard. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Platform^ and 
 cars in trains 
 shall be guarded 
 by gates. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Fenders to be 
 kept in working 
 order. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Sec 24 No streetcar shall move at a greater rate of ^^^l^i^ted. 
 speed 'than twelve miles an hour in the city of Washmg- 
 ton, nor at a greater rate of speed than fifteen miles an 
 hour outside of said city: Provided, That this regulation 
 shall not be construed as implying a right m any street 
 railroad company to operate its cars at a rate ot speed m 
 excess of that fixed by its charter. Street cars shall not 
 exceed a rate of speed greater than six miles an hour at 
 street crossings. When it is necessary for street cars to 
 stop at street crossings they shall stop on the near siae^^^^ side of 
 thereof; the front end of the car or tram to rest on a line street, 
 with the curb on the near side of the intersecting street, 
 except where, in the opinion of the Commissioners, the 
 mechanical appliances make it impracticable U) do so: 
 Provided, That in cases where stops are now allowed on 
 both sides of a crossing, such stops may be continued it 
 the railroad companies so desire and that sti^et cars run- 
 ninff alonff the parking through the middle of Pennsylvania pe^^^JyYvania 
 avenue east of the Capitol, sliall be permitted to stop onav^enue south- 
 the far side of the crossings of intersecting streets insteaxl 
 of the near side of such crossings. , ^ ^ _ *«.... «,« 
 
 Street cars shall stop on the signal of the fire apparatus ^^sto^s^^or tire 
 bell before crossing at intersection of streets whene\'er a 
 fire company is about to cross the tracks on which they 
 are running, and whenever any fire apparatus is approach- 
 ing on or across a route on which a street car is moving, 
 and in sight of the motorman or the conductor of such car; 
 also before crossing at the intersection of the common runs 
 of the Fire Department. , , ^ , ^ ^u .of 
 
 On G Street Z^7^6— Second and G streets northwest, 
 Third and G streets northwest, Sixth and G streets north- 
 west, Tenth and G streets northwest. Twelfth and G streets 
 northwest. Thirteenth and G streets northwest, North Cap- 
 itol and C streets northeast. -, i^ 4. i. 
 On F Street Xm^— Connecticut avenue and K street 
 northwest, Connecticut avenue and M street northwest, 
 Fifth and E streets northwest. Sixth and F streets north- 
 west. Tenth and F streets northwest, Twelfth and F streete 
 northwest, Thirteenth and F streets northwest. Twentieth 
 
 and P streets northwest. j tt 4^ ^ 
 
 On H Street Zine—^ew Jersey avenue ajid H street 
 
 northwest. Second and H streets northwest, Third and U 
 
 streets northwest. j t^ i. i. 
 
 On Fourteenth Street Z^W— Fourteenth and K streets 
 northwest. Fourteenth and R streets northwest. 
 
 On Seventh Street Line—Seventh and D streets north- 
 west, Seventh and E streets northwest. Seventh and 1 
 streets northwest, Seventh and M streets northwest, Sev- 
 enth and R streets northwest. ^i, * 
 
 On Ninth Street Zm^-Ninth and D streets northwest. 
 Ninth and E streets northwest, Ninth and I streets north- 
 west. Ninth and M streets northwest. Ninth and R streets 
 northwest. 
 
 w 
 
;itfit*ti 
 
 stops must be 
 made for passen- 
 gers. 
 
 268 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 On Eleventh Street Line — Eleventh and M streets north- 
 west. Eleventh and R streets northwest, Eleventh and I 
 streets northwest. 
 
 On Fourth Street Line — Fourth and M streets north- 
 west, New Jersey avenue and P street northwest. 
 
 On Pennsylvania Avenue Line — Fifth and Pennsylvania 
 avenue southeast. Eighth and Pennsylvania avenue south- 
 east, First and B streets southeast, New Jersey avenue 
 and B street southeast. 
 
 On E Street Line — Tenth and E streets northwest, 
 Twelfth and E streets northwest, Fourteenth and D streets 
 northwest. 
 
 No motorman or conductor shall refuse to stop to take 
 up a passenger, unless all the seats in the car or train are 
 occupied. 
 
 Sec. 25. Wherever street railroads cross each other, all 
 cars or trains bound north or south shall have the right of 
 way over trains or cars bound east or west, and all raotor- 
 men, shall on approaching intersecting crossings stop their 
 cars or trains and see that the way is clear before crossing: 
 Provided^ That the provisions as to the right of way shall 
 not apply where branches of the same street railway cross 
 each other: Provided further^ That the cars and trains of 
 the Capital Traction Company shall have the right of way at 
 the intersection of Thirty-second and M streets northwest. 
 
 Sec. 26. Flagmen shall be stationed at the crossings of 
 all rapid transit street car lines, when in the judgment of 
 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia the public 
 safety requires the same. And from and after the direc- 
 tion of the Commissioners to any street railway company 
 to station a flagman at any such crossing, it shall be unlaw- 
 ful for any motorman to run or operate any motor car 
 over such crossing in the absence of a flagman. 
 
 No street car shall stand upon a street or avenue for a 
 longer period than five minutes unless the way be ob- 
 structed, nor stop so as to obstruct a street crossing or 
 intersecting street; and no street car shall follow a pre- 
 ceding car moving in the same direction at a less interval 
 than one hundred feet, unless coupled thereto. Every 
 street car in motion after sundown shall have two lights, 
 one displayed at each end thereof. 
 
 Sec. 27. Steam railway trains or engines shall not move 
 within the city limits at a greater rate of speed than twelve 
 miles an hour. Motormen of street cars before crossing 
 the tracks of a steam railroad shall bring their cars to a 
 full stop, and not start them again until so directed by the 
 conductor, who shall be satisfied by personal observation 
 that the tracks may be crossed by the car with safety. . 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 269 
 
 At intersecting 
 street-car cross- 
 ings, north and 
 south bound cars 
 to have right of 
 way, and cars 
 must be stopped 
 before crossing 
 intersecting 
 track. 
 
 Flagman at 
 street-car cross- 
 ings. 
 
 Cars not to stop 
 more than 6 
 minutes nor ob- 
 struct crossing. 
 
 Lights. 
 
 Street cars to 
 come to full stop 
 before crossing 
 steam railroad 
 tracks. 
 
 intermediate to the stable or stand of such vehicle or ^^^^^^^^^^, 
 operate such vehicle over a route sumciently aennite w^^ along routes 
 enable the public to ascertain the streets and avenues onm^^^e --ner 
 which such vehicle can be found en route, without a duly 
 issued license therefor, and no such license shall be issued 
 without the approval of the Commissioners of the District 
 of Columbia. Such vehicles shall be so operated as not to 
 affect the health, comfort or quiet of any person beyond 
 that occasioned by ordinary vehicle traffic. The violation 
 of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a 
 ground for the revocation of such license, as well as sub- 
 feet the offending person or corporation to the penalty 
 provided in section thirty-four of this article. All public 
 vehicles for the transportation of passengers, traveling 
 between sunset and sunrise shall display lighted lamps so 
 placed ^s to be visible from the front and both sides thereot. 
 
 * * » ♦ ♦ 
 
 Sec. 33. No person shall expectorate or spit in or upon ^spitting ^in 
 any paved sidewalk or footpath in the District of Colum- hibited. 
 bia, or on any part of any street railway car or other pub- 
 lic vehicle carrving passengers for hire, or in or upon any 
 part of any public building under the control of the Com- 
 missioners of the District of Columbia. Street railway 
 companies, and the proprietors of other public vehicles 
 carrying passengers for hire, shall keep posted conspicu- 
 ously in each and every one of their cars and public 
 vehicles notice forbidding such expectorating or spitting. 
 
 District of Columbia appropriation act, approved August 7, 1894. Aug. 7, 1894. 
 
 And hereafter one-half the cost of the maintenance and ^^8^^^*^^^^^^^^ 
 repair of anv bridge across Rock Creek occupied by thepay.haif^cost^o^ 
 tracks of a street railwav or railways shall be borne by bridges across 
 the said railway company or companies, and shall be col- J^^/{f/ thSr 
 lected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavemente tracks, 
 between the rails and tracks of street railways as provided 
 for in section five of "An Act providing a permanent forna 
 of government for the District of Columbia," approved 
 June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. The 
 amounts thus collected shall be deposited to the credit of 
 the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are 
 collected. 
 
 Sec. 29. No person or corporation shall operate any 
 public vehicle for hire or for the transportation of passen- 
 gers in the District of Columbia with sufficient regularity 
 to enable the public to take passage therein at any point 
 
 Extracts from Public— No. 218, approved July 1, 1902. 
 
 Provided, That street railroad companies shall continue Taxation, 
 to pay the four per centum per annum on their gross 
 receipts and other taxes as provided by existing law, and 
 
270 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 insurance companies shall continue to pay the one and 
 one-half per centum on premium receipts, as provided by 
 section six hundred and fifty of the Code of the District 
 of Columbia. That so much of the Act approved October 
 first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to 
 provide for the incorporation of trust, loan, mortgage, 
 and certain other corporations within the District of Co 
 lumbia " as is inconsistent with the provisions of this section 
 is hereby repealed. 
 
 Public No. 218, approved July 1, 1902. 
 Highway HiGHWAY BRIDGE ACROSS POTOMAC RiVER: SectioH 
 
 pjtomacmver.'tvvelve of the ''Act to provide for eliminating certain 
 
 elevate its tracks, and to enable it to relocate parts of its 
 railroad therein, and for other purposes," approved 
 February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby 
 amended by striking out therefrom the words "two years " 
 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "four years," and 
 the limit of cost for the bridge across the Potomac River 
 therein provided for of five hundred and sixty-eight 
 thousand dollars is hereby increased to nine hundred and 
 ninety-six thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War 
 is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for the 
 construction of said bridge within the said limit of cost. 
 Maintenance. The cost of maintaining in good condition the asphalt 
 paving between the street railway tracks and two feet 
 outside thereof on said bridge shall be paid by the street 
 railway company or companies using the same under such 
 regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Co- 
 Aii street rail- lumbia shall prescribe: Provided, That all street railroads 
 ,ads may cross ^ij^rtered or that may hereafter be chartered by Congress 
 shall have the right to cross said bridge upon terms mutu- 
 ally agreed upon with the Washington, Alexandria and 
 Mount Vernon Railway Company or in case of disagree- 
 ment, upon terms determined by the supreme court of the 
 District of Columbia which is authorized and directed to 
 give hearing to the interested parties and to fix the terms 
 of joint trackage. 
 
 roads 
 bridge 
 
 Underground 
 system. 
 
 Extract from deficiency act, approved March 3, 1899. 
 
 That in the District of Columbia any street railroad 
 company operating its cars in part over the tracks of 
 another company along a route authorized by Congress 
 shall be allowed until October 1, 1899, in which to install 
 an underground electric system, and pending such a 
 change shall preserve all rights now granted by its 
 charter. 
 
 Motive power. 
 
 LAWS* RELATING TO 8TREET-EAILWAY FRANCHISES. 271 
 
 * 
 
 AN ACT To compel street railway companies in the District of Colimi- June 25. 1898. 
 bia to remove abandoned tracks, and for other purposes. « 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Sermte and Home of ReprfmtaUves 
 of the United States of A^nsrica in Concjress assembled. That ^^^*«««««<^ 
 hereafter whenever the track or tracks or any part thereof 
 of any street railway company in the District of Colum- 
 bia shall not have been regularly operated for railway 
 purposes upon a schedule approved by the Commission- 
 ers tor a period of three months, the Commissioners of 
 said District, in their discretion, may thereupon notify 
 such company to remove said unused tracks and to place 
 the street in good condition; and if such conipany shall 
 neglect or refuse to remove said tracks and place the street 
 in good condition within sixty days after such notice, the 
 directors of said company shall be deemed guilty of a nais- 
 demeanor and shall be liable to a tine of ten dollars for P^^^ty. 
 each and every day during which said tracks are permitted 
 to remain upon the street or streets or said roadway shall 
 remain out of repair, which fine shall be recovered in the 
 police court of said District, in the name of said District, 
 as other fines and penalties are now recovered in said court. 
 Sec. 2. That on and after one year from the passage of 
 this Act it shall be unlawful for any street railway com- 
 pany operating its system or parts of its system over any 
 portion of the underground electric lines owned and 
 operated by another street railway company in the city 
 of Washington to continue such operation or to enter into 
 reciprocal trackage relations with any other company, as 
 provided for under existing law, unless its motive power 
 for the propulsion of its cars shall be the same as that of 
 the company whose tracks are used or to be used. For 
 every violation of this Act the company violating it shall 
 be subject to a fine of ten dollars for every car operated 
 in violation of the provisions of this Act, said fine to be 
 collected and applied in the same manner as is provided 
 by existing laws in respect of other fines in the District 
 
 of Columbia. . 
 
 Sec. 3. That all street railway companies within tbe 
 District of Columbia now operating their systems or parts 
 of their systems in the city of Washington by use of the 
 tracks of one or more of such companies, under a recipro- 
 cal trackage agreement, as provided for under existing 
 law, which shall be compelled by reason of the passage of 
 this Act to discontinue the use of the tracks of another 
 company, shall issue free transfers to their patrons from 
 one system to the other at such junctions of their respec- 
 tive lines as may be provided for by the Commissioners of 
 the District of Columbia. , . ^ -^.u 
 
 Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with 
 the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved, June 25, 1898. 
 
 U 
 
 ' 
 
 Free transfers. 
 
 aBeplaced by sections 710, 711, and 712 of Code following. 
 
272 LAWS EELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 District of Columbia appropriation act approved July 18, 1888. 
 
 (25 Stats., 323.) 
 
 wS^ ^^*'^®*^ "^^^ Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall 
 ^' not, after the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hun- 
 
 dred and eighty-eight, permit or authorize any additional 
 telegraph, telephone, electric lighting or other wires to be 
 erected or maintained on or over any of the streets or 
 avenues of the city of Washington. ♦ ♦ * 
 
 From District appropriation act approved July 14, 1892. 
 
 lawsTo^D^riJt Thk whoever, not being a Senator or Representative 
 of Columbia, in Congre'ss, intends to present to Congress a bill for an 
 Act of incorporation, or for an alteration or extension of 
 the charter of a corporation in the District of Columbia, 
 Notice of in- or of any special privileges in said District, shall give no- 
 fMchiteV"; ^"^ tice of such intention by publishing a copy of the bill at 
 least once a week for four successive weeks, in a news- 
 paper published in the District of Columbia, the last of 
 said publications to be made at least fourteen days prior 
 to the presentation of such bill. Such newspaper shall be 
 designated by the person proposing the bill and approved 
 by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Extract from Code of Laws for the District of Columbia. 
 
 Subchapter Nine. 
 STREET RAILWAYS. 
 
 (From the Code.) 
 
 Abandoned 
 tracks. 
 
 Sec. 710. Removal of disused tracks. — Whenever 
 the track or tracks, or any part thereof, of any street rail- 
 way company in the District of Columbia shall not have 
 been regularly operated for railway purposes upon a 
 schedule as required by its charter for a period of three 
 months, the Commissioners of said District, in their dis- 
 cretion, may thereupon notify such company to remove 
 said unused tracks and to place the street in good condi- 
 tion; and if such company shall neglect or refuse to re- 
 move said tracks and place the streets in good condition 
 within sixty days after such notice, the said company shall 
 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to 
 a fine of ten dollars for each and everj^ day during which 
 said tracks are permitted to remain upon the street or 
 streets, or said roadway shall remain out of repair, which 
 fine shall be recovered in the police court of said District, 
 in the name of said District, as other fines and penalties 
 are now recovered in said court. 
 
 Motive power. Sec. 711. UsiNG OTHER COMPANY'S LINES. — It shall be 
 
 unlawful for any street railway company operating its 
 system or parts of its system over any portion of the 
 
 LAWS RELATING TO STREET-RAILWAY FRANCHISES. 
 
 underground electric lines owned and operated by another 
 street railway company in the city of Washington to con- 
 tinue such operation, or to enter into reciprocal trackage re- 
 lations with any other company, as provided for under ex- 
 isting law, unless its motive power for the propulsion of its 
 cars shall be the same as that of. the compan}^ whose tracks 
 are used or to be used. For every violation of this sub- 
 chapter the company A^iolating it shall be subject to a fine 
 of ten dollars for every car operated in violation of the 
 provisions of this subchapter, said fine to be collected and 
 applied in the same manner as is provided by the preced- 
 ing section. 
 
 Sec. 712. Free transfers. — All street railway com- 
 panies within the District of Columbia now operating their 
 systems, or parts of their sj^stems, in the city of Washing- 
 ton by use of the tracks of one or more of such companies, 
 under a reciprocal trackage agreement, as provided for 
 under existing law, which shall be compelled to discontinue 
 the use of the tracks of another compan}^ shall issue free 
 transfers to their patrons from one system to another at 
 such junctions of their respective lines as may be provided 
 for by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 
 
 273 
 
 Free transfers. 
 
 Sec. 846. Malicious injury.— Whoever maliciously ^„^,^„^*^"<*°* 
 
 1 1 • t 1 i> ^ tracKs. 
 
 places an obstruction on or near the track or any steam or 
 street railway, or displaces or injures anything appertain- 
 ing to such track, with intent to endanger the passage of 
 any locomotive or car, shall be imprisoned for not more 
 than ten years. (In effect January 2, 1902.) 
 
 AN ACT For the relocation of certain tracks of street railways in the 
 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
 of the United Staies of America in Congress assemhled^ That 
 whenever the Bunker Hill road or Wisconsin avenue is B»nker hiii 
 improved by the Commissioners of the District of Colum- S%4nue. ^**°*'" 
 bia, the said Commissioners are authorized to permit the 
 street railroad tracks upon said highways to be located in 
 the middle of the roadway, should such location be con- 
 sidered for the best interests of the public. 
 
 Approved, March 1, 1901. 
 
 16400—05- 
 
 -18 
 
INDEX. 
 
 (See Preface.) 
 
 Note.— Index is by pages and by sections of charter. 
 
 Advertising for proposed charters, etc. 
 
 Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company : 
 
 Act approving and sanctioning route— 
 
 1876.'.'.*.'.'!;.'.*.' 
 
 1888 
 
 1890 
 
 1892 .'.'.'.".'I!.'.*.'.".'.'.';.'.* 
 
 Act requiring certain extensions^ 
 
 1900 
 
 1902 -'.".".'.'.*-".*.".*.*.'.*.".*.".*.'.' 
 
 Anacostia Bridge — 
 
 Additional tracks 
 
 Removal of tracks .'.'.'.'..[.. 
 
 Use of .'.[...[ 
 
 Annual report to Congress .'.......['.'.,'..[ 
 
 Bridge, Anacostia — 
 
 Additional tracks 
 
 Removal of tracks '.'.'.'.'.'. 
 
 Bridge, Navy-Yard, use of .....'. 
 
 B street NE. , First to Second, extension'of track 
 
 5im Jn^^?^^ Company, items affecting. {See Capital* Tiiction 
 
 Cars to be of best construction 
 
 Congressional Cemetery extension..!.*!! 
 
 Contracts, may enter into ! 
 
 With Anacostia, Surratts vilie an'd Bmndy wii*e'El^tric"Rw y " * 
 ±.leventn extension to Lydecker avenue ' ' 
 Extensions — 
 
 To Congressional Cemetery 
 
 German Orphan Asylum ! 
 
 Government Hospital for Insane ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
 Plans to be approved 
 
 Uniontown, east of 
 
 D street NW.,Twelfth't*o"Fi'ftee*nth!!!! 
 
 First street NE., E to B streets . . 
 
 Fifteenth street N W. , D to Pennsvl'vania *a"v*enne 
 
 E?e"veiX Y^"^^^ ^^*' '^'^^^^^^ ^ Pennsylvania'ave'nue!!! 
 Fare — 
 
 Rate of, on extension east of Uniontown 
 
 Reduction of 
 
 Tickets, exchange of 
 
 First street NE., E to B streets, extensio'n 
 
 Fifteenth street N W D to Pennsylvania avenuei exte'nsi'o'n * " * * 
 Irerman Orphan Asylum, extension 
 
 Government Hospital for Insane 
 
 ]U>uisiana avenue N W , Twelfth to Pennsylvania 'avenue! !"!""' 
 Metropolitan Railroad, switch on old Sixteenth street 
 
 Navy-yard bndge, use of " 
 
 Pavements, restoring !!!!!!!!!! 
 
 { 
 
 Page. 
 
 Section. 
 
 272 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 . 7 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 241 
 
 2 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 213 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 275 
 
2U 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 277 
 
 '•i, 
 
 6 
 3 
 10 
 4 
 5 
 9 
 
 Anacostiaand Potomac River Railroad Company — Continued. 
 
 Paving l>etween and adjacent to tracks 4 
 
 Plana of extension to be approved < ^^ 
 
 ( 8 
 
 Rail, pattern to be approved < g 
 
 f 8 
 
 Rail to be laid at street level .A g 
 
 Report to Congress annually 7 
 
 Restoring pavements 4 
 
 Routes coinciding, use of tracks < ^q 
 
 Routes, control of 10 
 
 Routes, extension eastof Uniontown 4 
 
 Routes extended, control of 11 
 
 Seventh street E., between M and G streets, authority to lay tracks. 5 
 
 Sixteenth street ( old ) , Metropolitan Railroad to switch 10 
 
 Stockholders, report list of 7 
 
 Taxes, payment on personal property 7 
 
 Tickets, exchange of 9 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 Additional on Anacostia Bridge 
 
 Coinciding, use of < 
 
 Paving adjacent to 
 
 Removal from Anacostia Bridge 
 
 Terms of use 
 
 f 9 
 
 Use of those of other companies < g 
 
 Rails to be approved 6 
 
 Uniontown, extension east of 4 
 
 Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company, consolida- 
 tion authorized 241 
 
 Anacostia, Surrattsville, and Brandywine Electric Railway Company. 
 
 Act authorizing (1905) 13 
 
 Annual report to Commissioners 15 
 
 Congress 16 
 
 Articles left in cars 15 
 
 (' 15 
 
 Cars, rate of speed < ^c 
 
 Changes in grade < ^k 
 
 Completion, time of 13 
 
 Condemnation of land 13 
 
 Contracts with Anacostia and Potomac Railway Company 14 
 
 Deposits < jg 
 
 Excavations, etc., permit required 14 
 
 Fare 15 
 
 Freight 13 
 
 Forfeitures 16 
 
 f 14 
 
 Grade, changes in < ^^ 
 
 Land condemnations 13 
 
 Land dedication 13 
 
 Motive power 14 
 
 Noncompletion, penalty for 16 
 
 Passenger rooms, etc » 15 
 
 Paving between and adjacent to tracks 14 
 
 r 14 
 
 Plans of construction to be approved < -.^ 
 
 Plans of extension to be approved 13 
 
 Poles, telegraph and telephone 15 
 
 Real estate 15 
 
 Removal from cars 15 
 
 Right of way across other lines 16 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 2 
 5 
 3 
 1 
 5 
 1 
 5 
 7 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 6 
 3 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 7 
 7 
 3 
 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 2 
 
 2 
 2 
 4 
 5 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 24 
 12 
 8 
 10 
 7 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 20 
 
 7 
 
 16 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 18 
 14 
 7 
 3 
 5 
 1 
 
 17 
 15 
 11 
 23 
 
 Anacostia, Surrattsville, and Brandywine Electric Railway Company — 
 Continued. 
 
 Route 13 
 
 Small freight ^ 13 
 
 Speed, rate of 15 
 
 Successors 16 
 
 Supervision of construction 16 
 
 Taxes 15 
 
 Time of completion 16 
 
 Timetable 15 
 
 Trackage agreement with Anacostia and Potomac Railway Company . 14 
 
 Tracks, location of 13 
 
 Violation of act, etc., penalty 16 
 
 Anacostia Bridge: 
 
 Plans of Washington and Marlboro Railway Company to be approved 
 
 by Secretary of War 247 
 
 Tracks, additional 6 
 
 Tracks, removal of 5 
 
 Tracks, use of 4 
 
 Washington and Marlboro Railway Company authorized to con- 
 struct an 247 
 
 Plan of 247 
 
 Anacostia road, may be occupied by Columbia Railway Company 89 
 
 Aqueduct Bridge, act permitting rails to be laid 254 . 
 
 Aqueduct lands, route across, by Washington and Great Falls Railway 
 
 Company to be approved by Secretary of War 225 
 
 Arlington Reservation: 
 
 Act granting right of way through 197 
 
 Route of Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway 
 
 Company to be approved by Secretary of War 197 
 
 Tracks to, to be constructed 197 
 
 Baltimore and Washington Transit Company: 
 
 Act authorizing (1896) ! 17 
 
 Annual report to Commissioners 20 
 
 Bond issuance 20 
 
 Brightwood Railway junction with 17 
 
 Cars, rate of speed 21 
 
 f 17 
 
 Commencement and completion of work of construction < on 
 
 Condemnation of land 17 
 
 Deposit guarantee 20 
 
 Deposits required 19 
 
 Excavations, etc., permit required 18 
 
 Fare 19 
 
 Grade changes 19 
 
 Land condemnation 17 
 
 Land dedication 18 
 
 Motive power 18 
 
 Plans of construction to be approved 18 
 
 Rails, pattern to be approved 18 
 
 Spring road, use of 17 
 
 Street widening 19 
 
 Taxes 19 
 
 Trackage arrangements with Brightwood Railway 17 
 
 Trolley, use of 18 
 
 Belt Railway Company (formerly Capitol, North Street and South 
 Washington Railway Company): 
 
 Act incorporating (1875) 23 
 
 Air motor equipment < 05 
 
 Air motor, extending time for installing 35 
 
 Annual meeting 27 
 
 r 27 
 
 Annual report < o^ 
 
 Board of directors 26 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 21 
 
 15 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 23 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 2 
 12 
 3 
 13 
 5 
 5 
 8 
 / 
 
 3 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 4 
 1 
 6 
 9 
 2 
 4 
 
 1 
 I 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 15 
 15 
 10 
 13 
 
278 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 I 
 
 Page. Section 
 Belt Railway Company — Continned. 
 Bonds — 
 
 Issuance of 32 
 
 Issue limited - 33 
 
 Corporation purchasing, authorized to issue 36 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 26 
 
 Capital stock 25 
 
 Assessment collection 26 
 
 Increase of stock or bond issue 32 
 
 Issue of bonds limited 33 
 
 Sale of 26 
 
 Subscription books 25 
 
 Subscription limited 25 
 
 Subscription payment on 25 
 
 Cars— 
 
 Character of 25 
 
 Articles found in 25 
 
 Exclusion from 27 
 
 Obstruction of 27 
 
 Columbia Railway Company, act incorporating, applied 27 
 
 Completion of extension 32 
 
 Construction 24 
 
 To be approved by Commissioners 33 
 
 Time for 27 
 
 Of extension 33 
 
 Currency issue not authorized 25 
 
 Deed of sale to be recorded by purchaser 36 
 
 Electric system (underground) — 
 
 Authorized 31 
 
 To be installed 36 
 
 Excavations authorized 33 
 
 Fare, rate of 34 
 
 Grade changes 24 
 
 Horsepower — 
 
 To cease 31 
 
 Not to be used on extensions 31 
 
 LeDroit Park extension 32 
 
 Liability, not relieved from just 37 
 
 Motive power 23 
 
 Name of The Belt Railway Company authorized (1893) 30 
 
 Officers 26 
 
 Passenger rooms 25 
 
 Purchasers' rights, act defining 35 
 
 Route 23 
 
 Coinciding - 23 
 
 Extension of \ 28 
 
 I 29 
 
 Receiver's indebtedness to be paid 37 
 
 Stock, may increase 32 
 
 Stockholders' liability ^ 27 
 
 Stockholders, meeting of 26 
 
 Street widening, Congress may require 36 
 
 Suit, limitation of 27 
 
 Taxes -. 24 
 
 Taxes, special assessments to be paid 37 
 
 Track arrangements. Commissioners to require changes 36 
 
 Tracks may connect with company buildings 25 
 
 Tracks- 
 Authority for double 32 
 
 Joint use of , 23 
 
 / 24 
 
 Paving adjacent "i 33 
 
 Rights to use - 28 
 
 Water street extension 28 
 
 Water street extension 28 
 
 Bennings Bridge to be constructed by Columbia Railway Company 89 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 14 
 
 8 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 14 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 20 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 17 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 5 
 1 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 1 
 4 
 9 
 2 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 279 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Bennings road, joint use of tracks 91 7 
 
 Boundary and Silver Spring Railway Company (1872) : 
 
 ( Absorbed by Metropolitan Railroad Company ) 
 
 Act incorporating 176 1 
 
 Bridges: 
 
 Anacostia Bridge, construction of, by Washington and Marlboro 
 
 Electric Railway Company authorized 247 1 
 
 Anacostia Bridge plans to be approved by Secretary of War in rela- 
 tion to Washington and Marlboro Railroad Company 247 1 
 
 Anacostia Bridge — 
 
 Additional tracks authorized 6 2 
 
 Plan of 58 1 
 
 Removal of tracks 5 
 
 Use of 4 3 
 
 Aqueduct Bridge, act permitting rail to be laid on 254 1 
 
 Bennings, to be constructed by Columbia Railway Company 89 I 
 
 Chain Bridge, to be lighted by Washington and Great Falls Railway 
 
 Company 225 1 
 
 Connecticut Avenue Bridge over Rock Creek, to be erected by Rock 
 
 Creek Railway Company 74 1 
 
 Eastern Branch Bridge to be constructed by Colimibia Railway Com- 
 pany 89 1 
 
 Highway bridge over Potomac, street railways to have trackage . . . 270 
 
 M Street Bridge, repair of < jg 
 
 Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, East Washington Heights Traction 
 
 Company may cross 109 1 
 
 Potomac River at Three Sisters, Washington and Arlington author- 
 ized to construct 201 1 
 
 Rock Creek, half cost and maintenance over, to be borne by railway 
 
 companies 269 
 
 Washington Aqueduct Bridge over Rock Creek, removal of tracks 
 
 from 65 
 
 Brightwood Railway Company (1888): 
 
 Act incorporating 39 1 
 
 Annual meeting 43 16 
 
 Annual report 40 2 
 
 Baltimore and Washington Transit Company — 
 
 Junction with 17 1 
 
 Trackage arrangements — 17 2 
 
 Bonds — 
 
 May issue 45 3 
 
 Limit of issue 46 3 
 
 Use of proceeds 45 3 
 
 Branch lines authorized 45 1 
 
 By-laws, to be prescribed 43 15 
 
 Capital stock 41 9 
 
 Cars, character of 42 10 
 
 Cars — 
 
 Articles found in ." 42 12 
 
 To be new 45 2 
 
 Schedule of running 44 2 
 
 Schedule of running to be filed with Commissioners 42 10 
 
 Speed of 41 7 
 
 f 41 8 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction - 44 2 
 
 I 45 2 
 
 Government and direction of company 43 14 
 
 Construction of 40 3 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 1 
 
 Crossings, right of way at 43 18 
 
 Depots and passenger rooms 42 11 
 
 District line extension 44 2 
 
 Excavations authorized 40 6 
 
 Fare, rate of < ^ g 
 
 16400—05 19 
 
n 
 
 280 V" INDEX. 
 
 Brightwood Railway Company-Continued. ^^^^ ^^^^^^'"^ 
 
 Grade changes .- .. 
 
 Kenyon street route T? , 
 
 Act requiring trolley abandoned ^ ^ 
 
 Kenyon street extension, authorizing bond issue ^ ^ 
 
 Land, condemnation of ^J f; 
 
 Land for roadway and buildings ^ ^ 
 
 Marshall street route t? i 
 
 Act requiring trolley abandoned --..- ^ J 
 
 Marshall street extension, authority to issue bonds 40 a 
 
 Metropolitan Railroad, coupon tickets to issue 47 a 
 
 Motive power ^^ ^ 
 
 On other tracks ^ t 
 
 Charter amended relative to || ^^ 
 
 Organization vv'-l 42 11 
 
 Passenger rooms and depots - *r . 
 
 Penalty of forfeiture for failure to comply *o * 
 
 Power house to be erected and maintained «A o 
 
 Right of way at crossings ™ f° 
 
 Roadway, free use of Tj ^i 
 
 Route extended - - - - — t? ^ 
 
 Richmond, Marshall, and Kenyon streets 40 i 
 
 Stock — * 41 ft 
 
 Failure to pay assessments j| J 
 
 Paymentsfor r *^ „ 
 
 Payments at time of subscribing ^^ |^ 
 
 Payments to be paid in money J^ j^ 
 
 Stockholders, meeting of T^ ^ 
 
 Takoma Park extension |? 2 
 
 "^^^ r 39 1 
 
 Tracks coinciding \ 46 4 
 
 Tracks coinciding, repairs to ^ J 
 
 Tracks coinciding, terms of use ^ * 
 
 Tracks, compensation for use ^ J 
 
 Tracks, paving adjacent to |JJ * 
 
 Tracks, repairs to Ti „ 
 
 Tickets, coupon *' 2 
 
 To be sold 
 
 Washington and Great Falls Railway Company, may consolidate 
 
 WashingtonrWoodVide' and 'Forest Glen Railway Company, au- 
 
 thority to use tracks of -^ | 
 
 Wires to be underground J^ J 
 
 Wires overhead authorized .----:-,Vi 97q 
 
 Bunker Hill road, tracks to be laid on, in middle ^^^ 
 
 Canal road, wall to be constructed - - - - 
 
 Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company. {Ue 
 
 Belt Railway Company. ) 
 
 Capital Railway Company (1895): ^ 
 
 Act incorporating _ . 2i 
 
 Annual report ^^ ^g 
 
 Annual meeting - _„ 17 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed ^^ 
 
 Capital stock — c - ^g 
 
 Howtobepaid ^* ^g 
 
 ^ Limited ;;::::; 52 13 
 
 Oars - - KA 20 
 
 Cars, articles found in -- 25 
 
 Cars, ejection from ^g 14 
 
 Cars, speed of co 10 
 
 Cars, scheduleof running ^| ^^ 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction | 55 27 
 
 Completion of construction and installing electric system, time ex- ^^ ^ 
 
 tended 241 1 
 
 Contracts, may enter into ^^ ^ 
 
 Construction 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Capital Railway Company — Continued. Pa«e. 
 
 Crossings 51 
 
 Right of way 55 
 
 Damage to pipes by electrolysis 51 
 
 Deposits to be made 56 
 
 Deposits for water mains 51 
 
 Electrolysis damaging pipes 51 
 
 Excavations authorized 50 
 
 Fare, rate of 55 
 
 Ferry (repealed ) > 49 
 
 Ferry slips and ferry 51 
 
 Grade, changes of 50 
 
 Land, condemnation of 56 
 
 Lights to be maintained along line 50 
 
 Motive power < g^ 
 
 Navy-yard Bridge — 
 
 Double overhead trolley system 58 
 
 OflBcers 53 
 
 Organization of company 53 
 
 Passenger houses 52 
 
 Passengers, parcels, milk, and truck, authority to carry 49 
 
 Pipes damaged by electrolysis 51 
 
 Power houses, etc r--- 51 
 
 Right of way at crossings 55 
 
 Roadwav, free use of 55 
 
 Route .- 49 
 
 Route, amended 56 
 
 Route coinciding 51 
 
 Route coinciding, terms and manner of use 51 
 
 Route along country roads 50 
 
 Route, branch to Shepherd's landing 57 
 
 Snow and ice, removal of 52 
 
 Stock, percentage of subscriptions to be paid 53 
 
 Stock, sale of, in case of default 54 
 
 Stockholders to meet 53 
 
 Street widening 49 
 
 Taxes 55 
 
 Transfers, free to Capital Traction Company and Metropolitan Rail- 
 road Company 57 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 Double in city .'. .' 57 
 
 Authority to lay 49 
 
 Location to be approved by Commissioners 56 
 
 Paving adjacent to 50 
 
 Use of 52 
 
 Water mains, deposit for 51 
 
 Capital Traction Company (formerly Washington and Georgetown Rail-^ 
 way Company). (See Washington and Georgetown Railway Company 
 
 281 
 
 Section. 
 12 
 24 
 12 
 28 
 
 9 
 12 
 
 8 
 22 
 
 1 
 12 
 
 7 
 26 
 
 6 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 15 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 10 
 24 
 23 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 14 
 15 
 19 
 15 
 
 2 
 21 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 28 
 5 
 
 14 
 9 
 
 also) 
 
 Authority for formation 
 
 B street NE. , First to Second, extend track 80 
 
 C street NE. , First and Delaware avenue, extend tracks 
 
 C street NW., First and New Jersey avenue, removal of tracks 
 
 Chevy Chase Land Company, may connect with 
 
 Contracts authorized, to contract with or lease connecting lines 
 
 East Washington Heights Traction Company, free transfers to be 
 
 issued 
 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company, may arrange for 
 
 trackage and power 
 
 F street NW., extension from Seventeenth to Twenty-sixth streets. 
 
 Fare, rate of 
 
 Fourteenth street extension 
 
 G street NW., Seventeenth to Twenty-fifth, extension 
 
 G street N W., Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth, extension 
 
 M Street Bridge, repair of 
 
 Pennsylvania avenue, paving of 
 
 59 
 
 1 
 
 80 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 81 
 
 
 77 
 
 
 78 
 
 
 107 
 
 19 
 
 78 
 
 3 
 
 80 
 
 
 69 
 
 
 63 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 80 
 
 
 67 
 
 79 
 
 64 
 
 
282 
 
 HTDEX. 
 
 i 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Capital Traction Company— Continued. ai 19 
 
 Roadway, use of, by United States Government oi ^^ 
 
 Bock Creek Bridge, to build '* ^ 
 
 Rock Creek Railway— 7Q l 
 
 May change name to '^ ^ 
 
 Route, extensions required ^^ . 
 
 Seventh street extension - ?^ J 
 
 Seventeenth street N W. , F to G streets, extension »o 1 
 
 Seventeenth street NW. , G to Pennsylvania avenue, extension .... 80 1 
 
 Square 686, construct tracks adjacent ^ ^ 
 
 Tickets, coupon from Brightwood Railway Company 4 / a 
 
 Transfers — ^ -- ^ 
 
 Free to Capital Railway Company | 263 3 
 
 Free to East Washington Heights Traction Company 107 19 
 
 Coupon, shall sell to Metropolitan Railroad Company at U 
 
 street line ^^ "^ 
 
 Tracks n 
 
 Removal from Capitol grounds --. ^ ^^ 
 
 Extension authorized on Pennsylvania avenue bE »u a 
 
 Paving adjacent to -. ----.- ^ f 
 
 Twenty-fifth street NW. , G to Pennsylvania avenue, extension .... 80 i 
 
 Twenty-sixth street NW., F to Pennsylvania avenue, extension. . . 80 i 
 
 Union transfer station at Aqueduct Bridge, to build 68 6 
 
 Washington and Georgetown Railroad deemed real estate bO ^ 
 
 Capitol grounds, removal of tracks required - • - 64 i^ 
 
 Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company {see 
 
 Belt Rail way Company) ^^ ^ 
 
 Annual meeting 27 15 
 
 Annual report ^q \ 
 
 Act incorporating - ^^ .j- 
 
 By-laws ii ^| 
 
 Completion, time for ^ ^ 
 
 Completion, time of extension for | 30 3 
 
 Cars nrj -tn 
 
 Exclusion from *' J" 
 
 Obstruction of ^' \^ 
 
 Construction, time for ; ^' ^' 
 
 Cook, John F., collector, payment of judgment........ ^0 
 
 Columbia Railway Company, act incorporating, applied ^7 zu 
 
 Directors (^ ^^ 
 
 Extension of line ^' J 
 
 Fare to Bureau of Engraving and Pnnting ^o o 
 
 Fare, 2-cent, repealed ^ ^ 
 
 Judgments, payment of ^ 
 
 Ninth street NW., no new tracks ^^ ^ 
 
 Officers ^l ^^ 
 
 Ohio avenue, may remove tracks ^^ ^ 
 
 Route- o- ^ 
 
 Extension of zi f- 
 
 Extension of, etc | 29 1 
 
 Stockholders' liability .* 27 19 
 
 Suit, limitation of ^J lb 
 
 The Belt Railway Company, change of name to oO 
 
 Tracks— 23 1 
 
 Coinciding | 28 2 
 
 Use of Metropolitan Railway Company, authorized 29 2 
 
 No new on Ninth Street NW 29 2 
 
 Ohio avenue, may remove from ' 28 1 
 
 South of Pennsylvania avenue, use of 28 4 
 
 Certificates of indebtedness may be issued 258 
 
 Not paid, property may be sold - -9| 
 
 For cost ...«.....•..-..••--•....••----••••••**"""*-** *«''o 
 
 Chain Bridgerto be 'lighted by Washington and Great Falls Railroad 
 
 Company 225 1 
 
 INDEX. 283 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Charters, proposed and amendments to be advertised for 272 
 
 Chevy Chase Land Company, Capital Traction Company may connect 
 
 with 77 1 
 
 City and Suburban Railway of Washington: 
 
 Authority to change name 130 9 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 1 
 
 Washington and Great Falls Railway Company, may consolidate . . 241 1 
 
 Code of laws, extract from, relative to street railways 272 
 
 Columbia Railway Company (1870): 
 
 Act incorporating 83 1 
 
 Anacostia road from Watts Creek 89 2 
 
 Time for completion 89 2 
 
 Extending time for constructing 213 2 
 
 Annual meeting 87 16 
 
 Annual report 87 16 
 
 Bennings road, extension authorized on 88 1 
 
 Bonds, authority to issue 90 6 
 
 Bridge over Eastern Branch to be constructed 89 1 
 
 Bridge causeway, authorized to construct 89 1 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 86 16 
 
 Capital stock 85 9 
 
 ( HS\ 1 ^ 
 
 Forfeiture of subscriptions to < og j^ 
 
 Transferable 85 9 
 
 Cars 85 10 
 
 Articles found in 85 12 
 
 Exclusion from 87 20 
 
 License for 84 3 
 
 Columbia Turnpike Road Company, road may be extended along 
 
 property of 83 2 
 
 Completion of construction 87 19 
 
 Construction 84 4 
 
 Contracts may be made with connecting or intercepting lines 91 7 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 1 
 
 Directors 85 13 
 
 Extension eastward authorized 88 1 
 
 Fare, rate of 83 1 
 
 Fare on extensions 89 3 
 
 Grades, may change street 84 6 
 
 Land — 
 
 Authority to acquire 90 6 
 
 Authority to lease 85 11 
 
 Condemnation of 90 5 
 
 Motive power < g^ o 
 
 Notes, etc., not to be issued as currency 85 8 
 
 Officers 86 14 
 
 Passenger rooms 85 11 
 
 Power houses, etc 90 5 
 
 Railway construction not to be hindered 87 17 
 
 Railway not to be obstructed 89 4 
 
 Roadway, obstruction of 87 18 
 
 Route 83 1 
 
 Stockholders — 
 
 Individual liability 88 21 
 
 Meeting 85 13 
 
 , Taxation 84 3 
 
 Tracks, connecting , 85 11 
 
 Tracks, gauge of 84 4 
 
 Tracks, paving of, adjacent to 84 5 
 
 Trolleys, overhead, authorized east of Fifteenth street E 89 1 
 
 Washington and Great Falls Railway Company may consolidate . . 241 1 
 
 Conduit road — 
 
 Railway to run parallel to 222 1 
 
 Conduits for railway purposes 128 2 
 
 Corporations, publication of notice of intent required 272 
 
284 INDEX. 
 
 ^^ . Page. Section. 
 
 Crossings— ^ „„j, „^ 
 
 Flagmen to be stationed ^^ ^^ 
 
 Policemen, authority for ---.----- 
 
 CJolumbia and Maryland Railway Company, authority relative to pur- 
 chase and lease of property by Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railroad 
 Company V ' " " V * " i " j 
 
 Columbia Turnpike Road Company, Columbia Railway may be extended 
 
 along property of ;..... °^ J 
 
 Connecticut avenue, opening of y ••■•,• ; " : ■ " " v' V V * 
 
 Connecticut avenue and Park Railway Company (1868) (absorbed by 
 
 Metropolitan Railroad Company) , act incorporating 169 
 
 Coupon transfer tickets to be sold by certain suburban roads ^o6 & 
 
 District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company (1892), act incorpo- 
 rating... ^ ,Q 
 
 Annual meeting ^Vr ^^ 
 
 Annual report \ lOO 19 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed ^^ ]^ 
 
 Capital stock ^ \^ 
 
 Subscriptions to ^^ ^^ 
 
 Articles found in ^ J^ 
 
 Exclusion from ^"^ f^ 
 
 Nature of -' ^q \1 
 
 Schedule of running ^^ |J 
 
 Speed of II }? 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction »» J ^ 
 
 Consolidation can not be made with other roads 99 1 ^ 
 
 Construction of ^^ ° 
 
 Crossings, right of way at ^^ ^ 
 
 Deposits for changing pipes, etc ^^ » 
 
 Directors, board of ^^ ^4 
 
 Fare, rates of ^^ ^ 
 
 Grades, street to be changed V^ ' 
 
 Land, authority to acquire ^^^ ^^ 
 
 Motive power ^ Z 
 
 Passenger rooms ^ ^^ 
 
 Powerhouses ^^ ^ 
 
 Rails to be approved ^ ^ 
 
 Roadway crossings -- JjJJ ^t. 
 
 Roadway obstructions ^V^ ^^ 
 
 Routes ^ \ 
 
 Approval by Commissioners ^ | 
 
 Countryroads ^ I 
 
 Stockholders' meeting ^ ^^ 
 
 Taxes ^^^ ^ 
 
 Tracks— „> „ 
 
 Coinciding ^^ ^ 
 
 Coinciding, terms for use ^2 a 
 
 Paving of ^ ^ 
 
 Track space, paving ^' ^ 
 
 Water mains, etc, care for ^* ° 
 
 Wires to be underground in city ^^ ^ 
 
 East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company (1898) : 
 
 Act incorporating |j^^ ^ 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed ^^^ ^^ 
 
 Articles found in ^^ Jo 
 
 Exclusion from |^( ff 
 
 Speed of, etc J^^ 11 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction \ 108 26 
 
 / 109 
 
 Completion of, act extending time ^ no 
 
 Construction to be approved j^^ 3 
 
 Corporators to meet }r^^ ^f 
 
 Crossings, right of way at ^"' 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 285 
 
 East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Company— Continued. Pa«e. Section. 
 
 Directors 105 13 
 
 Fare, rates of 1^7 19 
 
 Forfeiture, for failure to comply with conditions 108 27 
 
 Grades, street may be altered lOS 5 
 
 Land, condemnation of 107 23 
 
 Passenger rooms, etc 104 10 
 
 Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, may cross 109 1 
 
 Plans of construction to be approved 108 24 
 
 Power and engine houses 103 7 
 
 Roadway, not to be obstructed 107 20 
 
 Route of ^ 102 1 
 
 Route amended 109 1 
 
 Route on country roads. ^ 102 2 
 
 Route, extension of -- 109 1 
 
 Sale or lease may be made HO 1 
 
 Snow and ice, authority to remove 104 11 
 
 Stockholders, meeting of 106 15 
 
 Taxes to be paid 106 18 
 
 Track space to be paved 102 4 
 
 Tracks coinciding, to be used in common 104 9 
 
 Tracks, authority to lay, across Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge 109 1 
 
 Transfers to be issued free with the Capital Traction Company 107 19 
 
 Washington and Marlboro Railroad Company, right to use tracks. . 109 2 
 
 Wires, overhead, permitted 103 9 
 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company (1888): 
 
 Act incorporating HI 1 
 
 Air-motor equipment 122 1 
 
 Extending time for installing 126 1 
 
 Annual report HI 2 
 
 Annual meeting 115 16 
 
 Assignment or sale, not authorized except 116 19 
 
 Bonds — 
 
 Increase of, authorized 128 3 
 
 Issuance of, authorized -- 123 3 
 
 Issue of, in connection with Maryland and Washington Rail- 
 way Company 129 4 
 
 Limiting issue of 123 3 
 
 Bunker Hill road, tracks on private ground 118 1 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 115 15 
 
 Capital stock 113 9 
 
 f 117 3 
 
 Increase of, authorized | nj 4 
 
 Issue authorized in connection with Maryland and Washington 
 
 Railway Company 129 4 
 
 Cars 114 10 
 
 Articles found in 114 12 
 
 Exclusion from 116 19 
 
 Speed of ". 113 7 
 
 City and Suburban Railway of Washington, authority to change 
 
 name to - 130 9 
 
 Columbia and Maryland Railway Company, authority to purchase 
 
 or lease property of 127 1 
 
 f 113 8 
 
 Commencement and completion of work of construction < jjy 4 
 
 Time extended 120 2 
 
 C and D streets NE. , tracks not required until improvements made. . 120 1 
 
 Conduits, authority of Commissioners to issue permits 128 2 
 
 Conduits, cables or electrical conductors to be used for propelling 
 
 cars only 128 2 
 
 Conduits, relative to use on line of Maryland and Washington Rail- 
 way Company 128 2 
 
 Construction 112 6 
 
 To be approved by Commissioners \ ^25 7 
 
 Crossings, right of way at - 116 18 
 
 Deposit required — -- \ ^29 6 
 
286 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Company— Continued. 
 
 Deposit required to guarantee equipment of Maryland and Wash- 
 ington Railway Company route - 129 
 
 Directors 11^ 
 
 Eighth street NE. extension 123 
 
 Electric system — 
 
 Underground, authorized 12o 
 
 Substitution if air motor fails 122 
 
 Equipment, charter amended relative to ^ 127 
 
 Fare, rates of. 
 
 127 
 117 
 126 
 
 First street route abolished 117 
 
 Grade, changes of 112 
 
 Horse power allowed llj 
 
 Horse power to cease within six months 1^ 
 
 Horse power not to be used on extensions 122 
 
 Motive power, horse power, repealed 119 
 
 Maryland and Washington Railway Company, liability of, contin- 
 ued to 130 
 
 LiabiHty, not relieved of any 130 
 
 Lincoln avenue, removal of tracks 119 
 
 Motive power H^ 
 
 Maryland and Washington Railway Company- 
 Equipment of lines in city 127 
 
 Condem nation proceedings continued in force 127 
 
 Authority relative to property of 127 
 
 Act amending charter and authorizing purchase of 127 
 
 North Capitol Branch- 
 To be operated 122 
 
 To be completed after improvement of street 117 
 
 Overhead wires, authority to use 117 
 
 Organization JJ^ 
 
 Passenger rooms, etc Jl^ 
 
 Penalty for failure to comply with provisions of act 127 
 
 Rails, to be approved 112 
 
 Roadways, free use of JJ^ 
 
 llo 
 
 Route- llg 
 
 Amended |^° 
 
 Branches Ill 
 
 Coinciding 11^ 
 
 Change of ^Yq 
 
 I llo 
 
 I 120 
 Extension of j 12I 
 
 ( 128 
 
 Extension authorized to Thirteenth street NE 120 
 
 Of Maryland and Washington Railway 127 
 
 Completion 127 
 
 Stock, increase of 129 
 
 Taxes 
 
 112 
 
 Taxes and assessments to be paid before permits issued 128 
 
 Taxes to be paid *.-:-- v ' ; 
 
 Taxes to be paid on Washington and Maryland division before per- 
 mits issue 128 
 
 Tracks 
 
 Abandoned, to be removed and single track to be located sub- 
 ject to approval 128 
 
 Paving adjacent to JJ* 
 
 Joint use with Rock Creek Railway Company 117. 
 
 Water mains, etc., to be protected 119 
 
 Wires— 
 
 Overhead, use extended to 1895 |^ 
 
 Overhead, use of, to cease after July 1, 1893 117 
 
 Underground, or cables 1^0 
 
 5 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 11 
 2 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 8 
 8 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 1 
 X 
 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 
 13 
 11 
 3 
 3 
 17 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 2 
 4 
 2 
 2 
 7 
 
 3 
 4 
 3 
 1 
 
 1 
 6 
 1 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 287 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Electrolysis, damage to pipes by ............. 51 12 
 
 Falls Church and Potomac Railway Companv— use of tracks of Washing-1 ^gy 22 
 ton, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway Company authorized..! 
 
 Fares, collection of 263 
 
 Fares, ticket, sale and use universal 263 
 
 Farragut square, tracks prohibited adjacent to 257 
 
 Fenders to be provided 264 
 
 Ferries for street railways. 
 
 4^ 
 
 51 
 
 191 
 
 Flagmen shall be stationed at street crossings 268 
 
 Franklin square, tracks prohibited adjacent to 257 
 
 Foxhair road, cars of Washington and Great Falls Railway to stop 239 
 
 Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company: 
 
 Act incorporating (1888) 133 
 
 Annual meeting 137 
 
 Annual reports 13* 
 
 Bonds — 
 
 Isg^e of 135 
 
 Issue limited 135 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 136 
 
 Capital stock 135 
 
 Subscriptions 135 
 
 Subscription books 136 
 
 Cars 135 
 
 Exclusion from - 137 
 
 Speed of 134 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction 137 
 
 Conduits 133 
 
 Construction 134 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 
 
 Crossings, right of way at 137 
 
 Directors ■• 136 
 
 Excavations ■• 134 
 
 Fare, rate of 134 
 
 High street improvements, shall pay for 138 
 
 Motive power 133 
 
 Passenger rooms 135 
 
 Power house, etc 134 
 
 Roadway, free use of 137 
 
 Route 133 
 
 Route coinciding 133 
 
 Stockholders' meeting 136 
 
 Taxes 134 
 
 Tickets, coupon, to be sold 263 
 
 Tracks- 
 Commissioners to locate 138 
 
 Location of 138 
 
 Paving adjacent to 134 
 
 Georgetown, Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company: 
 
 Act incorporating ( 1888 ) 139 
 
 Annual report { 143 
 
 Bonds, issue of 141 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 142 
 
 Capital stock 140 
 
 Payments on 141 
 
 Cars, obstruction of 142 
 
 Completion, etc 140 
 
 Construction 140 
 
 Directors 142 
 
 Officers 142 
 
 Organization 141 
 
 Power and engine houses 140 
 
 Route 139 
 
 Route coinciding - 139 
 
 Regulations by Commissioners, of the District of Columbia 142 
 
 1 
 12 
 
 1 
 26 
 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 5 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 I 
 3 
 5 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 3 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 
288 
 
 indSx. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 I 
 
 Georgetown Barge, Dock, Elevator and Railway Company — Cont'd. Page. Section. 
 Stockholders- 
 Liability of 143 4 
 
 Meeting of 142 2 
 
 Street obstructions 142 3 
 
 Taxes 143 5 
 
 Tracks, paving of space between 140 1 
 
 Warehouses, etc 139 1 
 
 Water front of streets to remain open 143 6 
 
 Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Company (1903): 
 
 Aqueduct Bridge, authority to lay track 254 1 
 
 Cars — 
 
 ^ .. r i 256 7' 
 
 Operation of j 256 8 
 
 Speed of * 256 9 
 
 Commencement of construction 254 3 
 
 Deposit required 254 2 
 
 Track across Aqueduct Bridge, authority to lay 254 1 
 
 Track to be approved by Commissioners 255 4 
 
 Track, keep in repair - * 255 6 
 
 Track, use of, by other roads to be satisfied 255 5 
 
 Grooved rails, street-railway companies required to lay tracks on 258 
 
 High street, Georgetown and Tenally town Railroad Company to pay for 
 
 improvements 138 
 
 Horses must be dispensed with 260 3 
 
 l^ws: 
 
 General street-railway : 257 
 
 Extract from District of Columbia Code relative to railways 272 
 
 McPherson square, tracks prohibited adjacent to 257 
 
 Maryland and Washington Railway Company: 
 
 Act incorporating (1892) 145 1 
 
 Annual meeting 149 19 
 
 Annual report --- 146 4 
 
 Bonds, issuance of, authorized and limited 152 2 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 149 18 
 
 Capital stock 147 12 
 
 Payment of subscriptions 148 13 
 
 Subscriptions to 148 13 
 
 Cars — 
 
 Articles found in 149 16 
 
 Ejection from - 150 22 
 
 Rateofspeed 147 10 
 
 Commencement and completion | ^55 3 
 
 Act extending time for completion \ ^gg -^ 
 
 Condemnation proceedings 150 24 
 
 Rhode Island avenue NE 150 24 
 
 Extended for one year 158 6 
 
 Consolidation forbidden 149 13 
 
 Construction to be approved . ." 146 5 
 
 Corporators, meeting of 148 13 
 
 Crossings, right of way at | ^50 2I 
 
 Directors of 149 17 
 
 Eckington and Soldiers Home authorized to purchase 156 1 
 
 Equipment 149 14 
 
 Excavations 147 o 
 
 Excavations and trenches 147 o 
 
 Fare, rate of 146 3 
 
 Incorporators' meeting 149 13 
 
 Land, authority relative to lease and purchase of property of Eck- 
 ington and Soldiers Home Railroad Company 156 1 
 
 Motive power 145 2 
 
 Officers 149 17 
 
 Organization of company 148 13 
 
 Passenger rooms 149 15 
 
 289 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 24 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 168 
 169 
 169 
 182 
 185 
 186 
 187 
 
 Maryland and Washington Railway Company— Continued. 
 
 Passenger houses 149 
 
 Power houses - 147 
 
 Rhode Island avenue, extension of 150 
 
 Roadway, free use of 150 
 
 Route of -.-- 145 
 
 To be approved by Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 145 
 
 Extended 1 55 
 
 In city of Washington 155 
 
 Rhode Island avenue, opening of 153 
 
 Dedication of 154 
 
 Appeal from decision of court 153 
 
 Appraisers to be appointed by court 154 
 
 Awards, payment of 154 
 
 Benefits to be considered 150 
 
 Stockholders' meeting -• 148 
 
 Taxes 146 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 Construction of 146 
 
 Grades of 147 
 
 Paving between 146 
 
 Space between 146 
 
 Underground constructions, damage to 152 
 
 Wires, no overhead 155 
 
 Metropolitan Railroad Company ( 1864 ) , act incorporating 161 
 
 Amendments to (1865) 167 
 
 (1865) 
 (1867) 
 (1869 
 (1894 
 1895 
 *1897 
 ;i900) 
 
 Annual meeting 164 
 
 Annual report 166 
 
 Boundary and Silver Spring Railway Company 176 
 
 Bridge across Rock Creek at P street to be repaired 
 
 By-laws to be prescribed 'I ...... . 164 
 
 Capitol grounds, tracks in, under supervision of Architect of Capitol . 187 
 Capital stock — 
 
 Authority to issue 163 
 
 Books of subscription 163 
 
 Increased 168 
 
 Limit of subscription 163 
 
 Payment at subscribing 163 
 
 Sale in default of payment 168 
 
 Cars 163 
 
 Articles left in 163 
 
 Exclusion from 168 
 
 License for 162 
 
 Schedule of running 163 
 
 Tax for use of horse 184 
 
 Columbia road from Florida avenue to Eighteenth street extension. 186 
 
 f 165 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction { 1 69 
 
 I 168 
 
 Completion of change of route, time for 168 
 
 Condemnation proceedings, old Sixteenth street 187 
 
 Connecticut Avenue and Park Railway 169 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 
 
 Construction 162 
 
 Cost of 166 
 
 Crossings — 
 
 Street to be kept clean 165 
 
 Penalty for not cleaning 165 
 
 Depot and stable connections 163 
 
 Deposit for extensions, old Sixteenth street 187 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 6 
 5 
 8 
 3 
 1 
 
 15 
 22 
 
 14 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
290 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 291 
 
 ^ Page. Section. 
 
 Metropolitan Kailroad Company, etc. —Continued. 
 
 Directors |^ Ij 
 
 Increase of .....------•-••----------------*••*"•**""***""** aoo * 
 
 Indebtedness, question of in case of District of Columbia, referred 
 
 to court of appeals - ^°^ * 
 
 Equipment — i 
 
 Fares— ^- „„ 
 
 Sale of tickets , }^l 23 
 
 Rates of \ 167 1 
 
 1 >ljets ^^ ^ 
 
 Franchise forfeited for failure to comply with conditions 260 3 
 
 Georgetown extension, authority for lo5 3 
 
 Grade changes j^f ^ 
 
 Horses to be dispensed with :|o| ^ 
 
 Judgment to be paid j°J 
 
 Motive power J^T o 
 
 Changeof r ]l] % 
 
 Tobeapproved j°J * 
 
 Time extended for change of j^^ J 
 
 Change of authorized 1°^ 2 
 
 Time to change extended -^ J 
 
 J 162 1 
 
 Municipal regulations, subject to "^ i67 l 
 
 Notes, not to issue as currency r--- J^ l 
 
 Officers 164 13 
 
 Passenger rooms f?J j" 
 
 Roadway, free use of ™ ^^ 
 
 Rock Creek Railway, joint operation loo o 
 
 Route 161 1 
 
 Amendment changmg |^/ i 
 
 Amendment extending 1^7 1 
 
 Extending to old Sixteenth street - 187 1 
 
 On old Sixteenth street - 187 Z 
 
 Sale and lease, Florida avenue and U street line, power of 263 & 
 
 Stockholders' meeting J^J J^ 
 
 Stockholders, liability ]^ 1^ 
 
 Taxation - 
 
 Track to be located by Commissioners of the District of Columbia. . 185 2 
 
 Trackage — - 
 
 Reciprocal, to enter into with other roads -^ez o 
 
 Tracks— . 
 
 Paving between j^^ * 
 
 Reciprocal use |°"^ ^ 
 
 Remove from Capitol Grounds 1°^ ^^ 
 
 Use by Rock Creek Railway Company authorized 78 Z 
 
 Terms of use by Rock Creek Railway Company 78 2 
 
 Transfers— „ 
 
 Free to Capital Railway Company zm 6 
 
 Arrangements with connecting lines 184 & 
 
 Reciprocal 262 5 
 
 Coupons from Brightwood Railway Company 18b o 
 
 Tickets, sale of coupon 263 5 
 
 Union Railroad Company --- 174 i 
 
 Washington and Great Falls Railroad Company may consolidate . . 241 i 
 
 Wires, no overhead 181 ^ 
 
 Motive power --'• J^^ 
 
 Change from horse to mechanical , authorized ^o» 
 
 Certain roads required to use mechanical power 259 3 
 
 Approval of Commissioners required 260 3 
 
 To be same for reciprocal trackage 262 o 
 
 Rails, etc., regulations do not apply outside city limits.. 259 
 
 Being changed, stock may be issued 259 3 
 
 Navy- Yard Bridge {see oho Anacostia Bridge), trolley may be used on, 
 
 by Capital Railway Company :-"'^:; ooo \ 
 
 Passenger station to be established near Aqueduct Bridge Z6^ o 
 
 Passengers, st/ops must be made for 268 
 
 I* 
 
 258 
 
 271 
 
 Page. Section 
 
 Paving, street railways to pay for portion between rails and tracks and 
 
 2 feet •xterior thereto ----; ---- 257 
 
 Paving, certificates of indebtedness may be issued against m payment of. 258 
 
 Paving materials may be used - 257 
 
 Paving street intersections to correspond with pavement of street inter- 
 
 sections .,._...•-...-.•--."-.---•--•""•""-••---*"••---" ^oo 
 
 Pennsylvania avenue, repavement of, by Washington and Georgetown 
 
 Railroad Company - - - - - - - - ^ 
 
 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, east of Eighth street, authority to extend 
 
 tracks --.- 80 ] 
 
 Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, authority to lay tracks on, by East Wash- 
 
 ington Heights Traction Company 109 
 
 Pipes, damage to, by electrolysis «1 
 
 Policemen to be stationed at street crossings ^I 
 
 Police regulations relative to street cars 265 
 
 Potomac River at Three Sisters, Washington and Arlington Railway 
 
 authorized to construct bridge 201 
 
 T? Q |1 a • 
 
 Grooved, shall be used on street railways in city limits 
 
 Style of, required 
 
 To be placed in position within two years 
 
 Railroads. ( See Street railroads ) . 
 
 Railways: 
 
 Street, electric underground system, to be installed by October 1, 1899 
 
 Fenders to be provided 264 
 
 Laws 257 
 
 Public work chargeable to 257 
 
 Commissioners to make changes should companies fail to do so 257 
 
 Reciprocal trackage arrangements between railroads authorized 262 
 
 Rhode Island avenue, opening of, by Washington and Maryland Rail- j 150 
 
 way Company I 1^ 
 
 Rock Creek Bridge : 
 
 At Connecticut avenue - 74 
 
 Cost of maintenance and repair to, borne by railroad companies. . . 269 
 
 Rock Creek Railway of the District of Columbia (now Capital Traction): 
 
 Act incorporating 68 
 
 Annual meetings 72 
 
 Annual report 73 
 
 Bonds, authority to issue 74 
 
 Bridge over Rock Creek 74 
 
 / 70 
 
 Capital stock S 75 
 
 j 70 
 Subscriptions S 75 
 
 Books of subscriptions 71 
 
 Sales of delinquent 75 
 
 Payment of subscriptions 71 
 
 Capital stock, method of fixing amount 70 
 
 Cars 71 
 
 Cars, articles found in 74 
 
 Cars, ejection from 73 
 
 Cars, speed of 70 
 
 Charter amended | 77 
 
 Charter, original reaffirmed 76 
 
 Chevy Chase Land Company may connect with 77 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction 70 
 
 Commencement and completion of, extended 75 
 
 Completion, time for, extended 77 
 
 Connecting lines, authorized to connect with 77 
 
 Construction 69 
 
 Contracts can be made for joint use of tracks 78 
 
 Directors 72 
 
 Equipment 71 
 
 ^ , / 69 
 
 Fare, rate of » 79 
 
 Florida avenue and U-street line, power to lease and sell 197 
 
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 3 
 
 24 
 24 
 
 3 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 5 
 3 
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 1 
 5 
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 3 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 3 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 5 
 
292 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 293 
 
 Rock Creek Railway of the District of Columbia— Continued. Page. 
 
 Lands — 
 
 Cost of purchase 76 
 
 Dedication, purchase, and condemnation 76 
 
 Motive power - 70 
 
 Passenger rooms 71 
 
 Power and en^ne houses 70 
 
 Public travel, mterference with 76 
 
 Repairs to 70 
 
 Roadway, free use of 72 
 
 Route — 
 
 Amended 69 
 
 Changed 74 
 
 Repeal of old 75 
 
 Sale or lease, power of 72 
 
 Streets, opening of 78 
 
 Taxes 73 
 
 The Capital Traction Company may change name to 79 
 
 Tracks- 
 Extension of 77 
 
 Paving of 69 
 
 To be kept well paved 74 
 
 To be paved by District of Columbia in case of failure 75 
 
 Paving lien 75 
 
 Use of Metropolitan Railroad 78 
 
 Use jointly with Eckington and Soldiers' Home Railway Com- 
 pany 1 78 
 
 Terms for use of 78 
 
 Width between 78 
 
 Wires, no overhead in city limits 75 
 
 Secretary of War: 
 
 Approve plans of an Anacostia Bridge 247 
 
 Approve route of Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon 
 
 Railway through Arlington 191 
 
 Approve "route across aqueduct lands by Washington and Great 
 
 Falls Railway Company 222 
 
 Approve fence at Washington Aqueduct by Washington and Great 
 
 Falls Railway Company 224 
 
 Approve fence along Conduit road by Washington and Great Falls 
 
 Railway Company 224 
 
 Approve lighting along Conduit road by Washington and Great 
 
 Falls Railway Company 225 
 
 Approve water mains along Conduit road 222 
 
 Approve ferry slips and boat Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Ver- 
 non Electric Railway 191 
 
 Speed of street railway cars 267 
 
 Spring road, use of, by Baltimore and Washington Transit Company. . . 17 
 
 Stock, companies changing motive power, etc. , may increase. . . , 259 
 
 Street cars: 
 
 Children not allowed on platforms '. 266 
 
 Crossings, right of way 268 
 
 Not to be switched in streets - 265 
 
 Of suburban lines may be drawn over connecting city lines 263 
 
 One-horse, prohibited in city limits 261 
 
 Platforms to be protected with gates 266 
 
 Shall have right of way over respective tracks 265 
 
 Speed of 267 
 
 Spitting in prohibited 269 
 
 Stop at intersecting roads 268 
 
 Stop before crossing steam railroad tracks 269 
 
 Stop not more than five minutes, etc 268 
 
 To be in charge of conductor 261 
 
 To display lights after sundown 269 
 
 Wheel guard or fender equipment 266 
 
 Street railroads: 
 
 Certificates of indebtedness msiy be issued against 258 
 
 Change of motive power authorized 259 
 
 Changing motive power may increase amount of stock ...,..,.,.., 259 
 
 Section. 
 
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 4 
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 2 
 1 
 4 
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 3 
 
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 1 
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 4 
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 3 
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 1 
 
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 24 
 
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 3 
 
 16 
 
 25 
 
 3 
 
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 22 
 
 15 
 
 24 
 
 23 
 
 25 
 
 27 
 
 26 
 
 1 
 
 26 
 
 17 
 
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 3 
 3 
 
 Street railroads— Continued. ^^^' Section. 
 
 Code of laws of District of Columbia relative to railways 272 
 
 Crossing policemen authorized 37 3 
 
 Grooved rails in city limits — 258 
 
 Highway bridge over Potomac River, may cross ^ 270 
 
 Malicious injury due to obstruction 273 
 
 Motive power to be same for reciprocal trackage 271 
 
 Pavements at street intersections 258 
 
 Pavements between rails and track, how paid for 257 
 
 Prohibited on I and K streets, front of McPheraon, Farragut, and 
 
 Franklin squares 257 
 
 Shall not be laid without consent of Congress 257 
 
 Suburban, may have trail cars drawn over city lines 263 1 
 
 United States telephone lines, for protection of, by Washington and 
 
 Great Falls Railway Company 237 1 
 
 Tickets— 
 
 To be sold in sheets of six 261 1 
 
 Not to be sold a second time 261 1 
 
 Shall be honored on all lines in District of Columbia 261 1 
 
 Transfer coupon shall be sold by certain suburban lines 263 5 
 
 Metropolitan Railroad Company to honor coupon transfer tick- 
 ets by certain suburban lines 263 3 
 
 Transfers not to be issued where trackage is forbidden 270 2 
 
 Transfer tickets to be issued free where Capital Railway Company 
 connects with Capital Traction and Metropolitan Railroad Com- 
 pany 263 3 
 
 Trackage arrangements forbidden unless motive power is similar. . . 270 2 
 
 Trackage reciprocal only where propelling power is the same 262 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 Abandoned, to be removed 271 1 
 
 Remove from Washington Aqueduct Bridge over Rock Creek. 65 
 
 To be laid on Bunker Hill road and Wiseman avenue 272 
 
 Removal from Capitol grounds by Metropolitan Railroad and 
 
 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company 64 12 
 
 Duties of companies at intersecting 258 
 
 Obstructions to be removed 266 20 
 
 To be paved by District of Columbia when neglected by com- 
 panies 257 
 
 How paved 257 
 
 Relocation in certain streets 272 
 
 Removal of disused 271 
 
 Twenty-sixth and M streets NW., right to lay Washington and 
 
 Georgetown Railroad 65 
 
 To be laid on Wisconsin avenue 272 
 
 Transfer and trackage arrangements, reciprocal, connecting lines 
 
 required to make 262 5 
 
 Transfers, free, to be issued. 271 
 
 Transfer station. ( See Union transfer station. ) 
 
 Taxation on gross receipts, etc 270 
 
 Union transfer station — 
 
 Commissioners of the District of Columbia, shall regulate use of . 68 3 
 
 Land for 68 3 
 
 Union Railroad Company (absorbed by Metropolitan Railroad Com- 
 pany), act incorporating ! 169 1 
 
 Union transfer station 68 3 
 
 United States property, damage to, by Washington and Great Falls Rail- 
 way Company 236 1 
 
 United States not to pay portion of work done for street railways 257 
 
 United States telephone line, for protection, by Washington and Great 
 
 Falls Railway Company 237 1 
 
 Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company: 
 
 Act incorporating (1894) 191 1 
 
 Annual report 195 15 
 
 Cars — 
 
 Articles found in 195 14 
 
 Ejection from 196 19 
 
 Speed of 195 13 
 
 I* 
 
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 I 
 
 J 
 
INDEX. 
 
 295 
 
 294 ^^^^^• 
 
 Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company-Con- ^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 ''"commencement and completion of construction ........----...--- .^ 20 
 
 Condemnation proceedmgs ; _ 192 . ^ 
 
 CJonstruction -;;;; l»i ^^ 
 
 Crossings J !^ -^g 
 
 Rightofwayat ^^^99 6 
 
 E street NW., remove tracks from ::::::::"".'.'------- ]l^ ^^ 
 
 Fare, rate of ..---.- ' " |^^ « 
 
 Ferry slips and boat 1^ ^ 
 
 §»Xterpoto„iiiKiVer;///.......--.-::;;::::::::: | n 
 
 Motive power....- " j^J . 
 
 Passenger rooms, ete. m ^^ 
 
 Plans, to be approved... 193 « 
 
 Power and engine houses 196 17 
 
 Roadway, use of ^^^ 
 
 ChlD^";duetoMunicipalbunding:....^ ^ U 
 
 Coinciding. — - --///.: W^ * 
 
 On country roads m W 
 
 Snow and ice,, removal of -— -; m ^ 
 
 Street, widening of I** 
 
 S^cksll" ■ 197 23 
 
 To Arlington Keservation •-■- 192 o 
 
 ?:;rus^ by FalVsChu'rVh and Potoma. Railway Co-pany.| ^^ 22 
 
 Trenches and excavation '//.'.'''.'. ^^^ ^ 
 
 W.Sn-r aH^^- 00^^^^^ 201 1 
 
 Act incorporatmg (1891) f 20^ ^ 
 
 Annualreport 205 8 
 
 By-laws 4 
 
 Capital stock- 20d * 
 
 Bond and issue 204 o 
 
 Paymenteon ::::::".:". |XI 6 
 
 - Subscription --. ^04 o 
 
 Subscription books -•--- 204 
 
 Ejectment from 204 o 
 
 Coni^^etenlrd-fi^eii^n-ofion^^^^^^^^^^^ | 1 
 
 SZSp^^inS.Vonfinnatiouioberecorded..-^ || JJ 
 
 Construction...... 205 
 
 Directors, board of ^OZ ^ 
 
 Engine houses :".:::::'.''.' 207 15 
 
 Fare, rate of ^"^ .^ 
 
 Grade, changes of ; 20b ii 
 
 Land, acquiring ^04 o 
 
 Land, necessary ;; ^Oi 
 
 Motive power. ;; ^o& 
 
 Office, principal ^"o 
 
 Officers.... ;;;; ^^ g 
 
 Route ; ^q 3 
 
 Stockholders, meeting of ----- 203 ^ 
 
 Taxes 
 
 Washington and Arlington Railway Company— Continued. 
 
 Tracks Page, section. 
 
 Approval necessary 202 2 
 
 Coinciding 201 1 
 
 On bridge 202 2 
 
 And bridge, use of by other companies 206 10 
 
 Paving of 202 1 
 
 Water pipes, protection of 207 15 
 
 Wires overhead not permitted in city limits 201 1 
 
 Washington Aqueduct Bridge over Rock Creek, remove tracks from. . . 65 
 
 Washington, Arlington and Falls Church can acquire rights in default. . 254 2 
 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company (now Capital Traction 
 Company): 
 
 Act incorporating (1862) 59 1 
 
 Annual meeting ^2 lb 
 
 By-laws and rules ^2 lo 
 
 Capital stock ^0 8 
 
 Advertisement as to books of subscription ol 13 
 
 Capital stock— ao iq 
 
 Apportionment of "- *^ 
 
 Books of subscription *. 61 13 
 
 Payment at time of subscription 61 13 
 
 Merged into Capital Traction Company 59 Note. 
 
 Cars— 
 
 Articles found in "^ ii 
 
 First-class, required 61 9 
 
 Schedule of running 61 9 
 
 Completion, time for 63 19 
 
 Fare, additional 63 1 
 
 Fourteenth street extension 63 1 
 
 Grade to be altered when required 60 5 
 
 Horsepower to be used 59 1 
 
 Horses, must dispense with, in two years 67 3 
 
 Judgment to be paid 67 
 
 Lands for depot 61 10 
 
 Motive power changed to cable 59 Note. 
 
 Motive power 66 3 
 
 M Street Bridge over Rock Creek, repair of 67 
 
 M street NW., right to lay tracks 65 
 
 Municipal officers not to obstruct road 63 17 
 
 Notes not to issue as currency 60 7 
 
 Officers and directors 62 14 
 
 Passenger rooms, etc 61 10 
 
 Pennsvlvania avenue — 
 
 Fffteenth street to Rock Creek, appropriation for paving 64 
 
 Paving adjacent to tracks 64 3 
 
 Repavement of 66 3 
 
 Railway, how to be laid 60 3 
 
 Road, use of, subject to municipal regulations 60 I 
 
 Roadway, free use of 63 18 
 
 Route ol 59 1 
 
 Route, extension of - 59 1 
 
 Seventh street extension 63 1 
 
 Stock, may increase, upon change of motive power 66 3 
 
 Stockholders' meeting 62 13 
 
 X axation ..........••••••■•••••••••.••*••*•«•«•••*••••'•••.•... '-'" * 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 Coinciding 66 1 
 
 Between depots and stables 61 10 
 
 Extension of, on Water and P streets S W 65 
 
 Grade of 66 
 
 Use, in common 66 
 
 Use by United States Government 61 12 
 
 Terms of joint use 66 
 
 To be kept in order by company 60 4 
 
 Remove from Capitol grounds 64 12 
 
 Remove from Washington Aqueduct Bridge over Rock Creek. . 65 
 
 16400—05 20 
 
296 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 297 
 
 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company — Continued. 
 Tracks^IIontinuea. 
 
 Twenty -sixth street, right to lay 
 
 Right to lay on Twenty-sixth and M streets 
 
 Union transfer station shall build 
 
 Union transfer station shall extend tracks to 
 
 "Washington and Glen Echo Railroad Company (1898) 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 
 
 Consolidate, with Washington and Great Falls Railway Company 
 
 authorized 
 
 Tracks, right of way to construct 
 
 Washington and Gettysburg Railway Company of Maryland: 
 
 Act authorizing extension of line in District of Columbia (1899)... 
 
 Bonds 
 
 Buildings 
 
 Cars 
 
 Articles found in 
 
 Ejectment from 
 
 Schedule 
 
 Speed of - 
 
 Commencement and completion of work 
 
 Completion, time for 
 
 Completion, extension of time for. 
 
 Construction 
 
 Construction, time extended for, in District of Columbia 
 
 Deposit 
 
 Deposit guarantee - 
 
 Excavations 
 
 Fare, rate of 
 
 Grade changes - 
 
 Land 
 
 Penalty for failure to complete 
 
 Plans, approval 
 
 Roadway, care of 
 
 Route 
 
 Route, coinciding --. 
 
 Supervision and control of, by Commissioners District of Columbia. 
 
 Switching 
 
 Taxes 
 
 Telegraph and telephone lines 
 
 Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company: 
 
 Act incorporating ( 1892) 
 
 Act incorporating amended 1894 
 
 Annual meeting 
 
 Annual report 
 
 Bonds 
 
 Bonds and stock 
 
 Buildings 
 
 By-laws 
 
 By-laws, may make changes in . 
 Canal road, wall 
 
 Capital stock 
 
 Capital stock, subscriptions to 
 
 Capital stock and shares, may acquire, in electric companies supply 
 ing power 
 
 Cars — 
 
 Schedule of running 
 
 Speed of 
 
 Speed of, at crossings 
 
 Stearri, prohibited 
 
 Foxhall road stop 
 
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 Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company — Continued. Page. 
 
 Commencement and completion 231 
 
 Completion, time for, extended 232 
 
 Conduit road 222 
 
 Consolidation 227 
 
 Consolidation with various roads 241 
 
 f 224 
 
 Construction < ^07 
 
 Construction and operation 225 
 
 Construction and operation to be approved by Secretary of War 225 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 
 
 Corporators, meeting of -j ^fi 
 
 Crossings — 
 
 Rightof way at 228 
 
 Paving at 237 
 
 Conduit road, signals to be used at crossings 238 
 
 Charter amended with reference to Union transfer station 232 
 
 Damage to United States property 236 
 
 Deposit required i ^^"^ 
 
 Directors 227 
 
 Disbursement of money 223 
 
 Fare, rates of 244 
 
 Fence at Washington Aqueduct 224 
 
 Fence, shall erect 238 
 
 Land and condemnation proceedings 229 
 
 Lights at Chain Bridge 225 
 
 Lights at intersecting roads 238 
 
 Lighting roadway 225 
 
 Motive power 237 
 
 Office, principal 228 
 
 Passenger rooms 225 
 
 Passenger station at aqueduct bridge 232 
 
 Poles and wires 224 
 
 Rails, location of 222 
 
 Railway parallel to Conduit road 221 
 
 Roadway, free use of 228 
 
 K°»*« {fA 
 
 Route across aqueduct lands 223 
 
 Amended 232 
 
 Extension of 233 
 
 Routes, coinciding 232 
 
 Snow and ice, removal of 232 
 
 Stockholders, meeting 227 
 
 Stock 225 
 
 May acquire and hold, in other roads 241 
 
 Method of operating acquired 242 
 
 Taxes 231 
 
 Telephone line, United States for protection of 237 
 
 Tennallytown Road, branches to 235 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 May connect with other lines 235 
 
 Coinciding 222 
 
 Gauge of 224 
 
 Location of 224 
 
 Pavingof ' 224 
 
 Water mains 222 
 
 Changes of [[[ 232 
 
 Construction of 225 
 
 Protection of 225 
 
 Union tranf er station 68 
 
 Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company: 
 
 Act incorporating (1895) 247 
 
 Anacostia Bridge — 
 
 Building of 247 
 
 Plans to be approved by Secretary of War 247 
 
 Section. 
 
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 3 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
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 4 
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 4 
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 1 
 1 
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 4 
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 I 
 
I 
 
 298 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company — Continued. 
 
 Annual reports 
 
 Bowen Road, extension to 
 
 Page. Section. 
 
 Cars. 
 
 Articles found in 
 
 Ejection from 
 
 Schedule of running --- 
 
 Speed of 
 
 Commencement and completion of construction 
 
 Completion, extension of time for 
 
 Construction of 
 
 Crossings 
 
 Right of way at 
 
 Conditions to be complied with by successors 
 
 Deposit guaranty 
 
 Deposit to be made 
 
 Engine and power houses 
 
 Excavation and trenches 
 
 Fare, rate of 
 
 Grade changes 
 
 Land, condemnation of 
 
 Lighting along line 
 
 Motive power '. 
 
 Passenger rooms 
 
 Plans to be approved by Commissioners 
 
 Roadway, free use of 
 
 Route 
 
 Extension of 
 
 Routes — 
 
 Coinciding 
 
 In country roads 
 
 Snow and ice, removal of 
 
 Street widening 
 
 Taxes 
 
 Tracks — 
 
 Paving adjacent to 
 
 East Washington Heights Traction Company, right to use 
 
 Water mains, deposit for ...- 
 
 Washington and Rockville Railway Company, contracts may enter into 
 
 with 
 
 Washington and University Railroad Company: 
 
 Act incorporating ( 1898) 
 
 Bonds 
 
 Buildings 
 
 Capital stock 
 
 Cars 
 
 Articles found in 
 
 Ejectment from 
 
 Schedule of running 
 
 Speed of 
 
 Completion of work 
 
 Construction of 
 
 Dedication 
 
 Deposits 
 
 Deposit guarantee 
 
 Excavations 
 
 Fare, rate of 
 
 Land, condemnation of 
 
 Motive power 
 
 Organization 
 
 Penalties 
 
 Plans 
 
 Right of way 
 
 Roadway, care of 
 
 Route 
 
 Route, amended 
 
 Taxes 
 
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 251 
 252 
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 260 
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 250 
 
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 219 
 
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 13 
 
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 20 
 
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 24 
 
 22 
 
 33 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
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 18 
 
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 14 
 2 
 
 16 
 
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 2 
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 1 
 
 20 
 
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 9 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
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 Page. Section. 
 
 Washington Railway and Electric Company (name of managing corpo- 
 ration: The Washington Railway and Electric Company is a manag- 
 ing corporation whose principal lines are Metropolitan, Anacostia and 
 Potomac River, Belt, Capital, Columbia, etc. Also has control of 
 certain other lines, as per deed filed in office of recorder of deeds, 
 February 4, 1902, under authority of act of Congress approved June 5, 
 
 1900) 241 1 
 
 Washington, Woodside and Forest Glen Railway and Power Company: 
 
 Relative to using Brightwood tracks 220 1 
 
 Contracts, may enter into 241 1 
 
 Water mains disturbed by street railways shall be moved at expense of 
 
 company 265 4 
 
 Water front at ends of highway to be kept open 143 6 
 
 Wires, not authorized erected or maintained after December 15, 1888.. 272 
 Wisconsin avenue, tracks to be laid in middle 272 3 
 
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