Chapter CCL. *to amend “Act to extend the Charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad,” passed March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.*July 25, 1866.1863, ch. 110
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CHAP. CCL.— An Act *to amend “Act to extend the Charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad,” passed March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.*July 25, 1866.1863, ch. 110.Vol. xii. p. 805. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown R. R. Co. may extend its road to connect with Washington branch of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.Route of extension.That the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Railroad Company, a corporation lawfully succeeding to the charter, rights, and privileges of the “Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company,” be, and the same is hereby, authorized to extend said railroad from the track, as the same is now, or may hereafter be, laid through Maryland Avenue, at its intersection with Virginia Avenue, through and along said Virginia Avenue, in an easterly direction, to its intersection with D Street south; thence along D Street, and across the Washington canal, to New Jersey Avenue; thence by a curve to the left, of not less than one thousand feet radius, to a point in square number seven hundred and thirty-two; thence by an underground excavation or tunnel, passing under squares number seven hundred and thirty-two, seven hundred and sixty-two, seven hundred and sixty-one, seven hundred and sixty, seven hundred and eighty-seven, seven hun-THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 250. 1866. 249dred and eighty-six, eight hundred and sixteen, eight hundred and fifteen, eight hundred and thirty-nine, eight hundred and thirty-eight, eight hundred and sixty-six, eight hundred and sixty-five, eight hundred and sixty-four, and the different streets and avenues intervening, to a point in square number eight hundred and ninety-three; thence, by a curve of not less than one thousand feet radius, into Eighth Street east; thence by the most direct and eligible route, to an intersection with the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, Provisions of certain sections of former act applicable to this extension.Draw or other bridge across canal.That the provisions of sections three and four of the act to which this is an amendment shall be applicable to the extension of said road or tracks as hereby authorized, and that it shall be lawful For said company to construct a draw or other bridge across the Washington canal at its intersection with D Street south, of such plans and dimensions as may be approved by the corporation of Washington, and so as not to interfere withSteam power may be used. the navigation of said canal.
And also to use steam power in the transportation of passengers and freight over said railroad and branches, subject, however, to such restrictions and regulations as may be imposed by the corporate authorities of the city of Washington in respect to such portions thereof as may be located in said city. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, Steam power may be used for eighteen months to draw cars on the structure across the Potomac River and in certain streets in Washington.That the consent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, granted for a period of eighteen months from the passage of this act, to the Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown Railroad Company, to use steam power in drawing the cars of said company oil the structure across the Potomac River erected by said company, under the provisions of the act entitled “An act to extend the charter of the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, and for other purposes,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and along the railway now laid by said company, or which may be hereafter laid, under the provisions of the said act, along Maryland Avenue and First Street west, in the city of Washington, to the present depot of the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, subject always, and in all particulars, to such restrictions and regulations concerning the use of said steam power as the corporation of Washington may, by its ordinances, [at] any time impose upon the said railroadLimit to rate of speed. company: *Provided,* That said company shall not propel their engines at a greater rate of speed than five miles per hour within the corporate limits of Washington city.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, Company to pay damages to private property from extension.If owners and company cannot agree, amount of damages how to be determined.That the said railroad company shall be required to pay any and all damages that may result to private property from the extension of said road, and the tunnelling under the several lots and squares of ground as heretofore provided; and that in the event the owner or owners of such property and the said company cannot agree as to the amount of such damages, or the value of any private property so appropriated for the purpose of such extension of said road, such proceedings ball thereupon be had for the appropriation and assessment of the damages thereof as are authorized and required under the laws now in force in the District of Columbia regulating appropriations and assessment of damages for openingUse. &c. of lands how acquired. roads, streets, and alleys in said District.
That upon the payment to the owner or owners of the amount of such award of damages, or the lawful tender thereof, together with the payment of all costs of such proceeding, the said company shall acquire the right to u.-C and occupy for the purposes of said railroad all such lands so appropriated, in such a manner as may be necessary tor the proper working and running said road. Approved, July 25, 1866.