Chapter XI. further to continue in force “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.”Feb. 26, 1834. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March 2, 1831, ch. 85
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Chap. XI.— An Act further to continue in force “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad into and within the District of Columbia.”Feb. 26, 1834. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act of March 2, 1831, ch. 85. Period of construction extended. States of America, in Congress assembled,* That the period limited and allowed to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, within which they are required by the fifth section of the act entitled “An act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, into and within the District of Columbia,” approved second March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to commence the road, and complete one set of tracks, be, and the same is hereby extended, and the said act shall remain in force, and all the rights and privileges thereby granted shall be vested in said company: *Provided,*Proviso.
They shall commence the said lateral road within one year, and complete the same, with one set of tracks, within four years from the passage of this act. Approved, February 26, 1834.