Chapter 342. To authorize the extension of the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, of the District of Columbia
153 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-29/chapter-342-2707798·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 342.— An Act To authorize the extension of the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, of the District of Columbia. February 27, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia.Metropolitan Railroad Company to extend its lines. 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 underground electric railroad from the intersection of Connecticut and Florida avenues northward along Columbia road to a point on the west *Proviso*.Stock issue.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.