Passengerrooms, offices, &c.

Articles of value left in cars to be cared for.

Books of subscription to be opened.

be stockholders.

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 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, ticketoffices, stables, and depots above mentioned.

SEC. 11. And be 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 be 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 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 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 advertisement in the daily papers published in the city of Washington, of the time when and Subscribers to 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: Provided, 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: 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 subscribe for more than fifteen thousand dollars. 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 First meeting. 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 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.

Directors.

Quorum.

Treasurer.

Vacancies.

By-laws.

SEC. 13. And be 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 otherwise, of any director, the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors.

SEC. 14. And be 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 city of Washington: Provided, That there shall be no regulation excluding any person from any car on account of color.

Annual meet

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders, for choice of directors, to be holden at such ing. 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.

Company to

have free use of

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall have at all times the free and uninterrupted use of the roadway. And if any roadway. person or persons shall wilfully and unnecessarily obstruct or impede Penalty for the passage on or over said railway, or any part thereof, or shall obstructing cars. injure or destroy the cars, depot stations, or any property belonging to said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of five dollars to said company, to be recovered and disposed of as other fines and penalties in said cities; 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.

Road to be

completed within what time.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That unless said corporation 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 railways on the other routes herein described within one year after the company shall have been organized, then this act shall Post, p. 426.] be null and void, and no rights whatsoever shall be acquired under it.

SEC. 18. And be 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 purposes of this act, hereby repealed, so far as the same are inconsistent herewith.

[Time extended.

Repealing clause.

Individual

holders.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That each of the stockholders in the Metropolitan Railroad Company shall be individually liable for all liability of stockthe debts and liabilities of said company to an amount equal to the amount of stock held by such stockholder.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That the said railroad company shall keep in good repair and in clean condition the flagstones or crosswalks 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 further, whenever necessary to render such crossings dry and convenient, raise or elevate the same sufficiently for that purpose; and shall adjust the adjoining pavement, so as to make it convenient for carriages to pass said crossings.

Flagstones and cross walks to be kept clean.

Penalty for not keeping crosswalks, &c.,

SEC. 21. And be it farther enacted, That for each and every violation of the foregoing provisions, the said company shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five dollars, and not more than one hundred dollars, which clean.' may be recovered with costs of suit, on complaint of any person aggrieved, 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 Washington, and the other half for the use of the complainant: Provided, Proviso. however, That any party complainant shall, before 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 the payment of all costs and charges which shall be recovered against said city by reason of the failure of the complainant to prosecute or maintain his said complaint.

SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That the said railroad company

to congress.

Annual report 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 Contents of re- 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 president and treasurer of the company, or by a majority of the directors, and shall specify the following items :

port.

Cost of road;

of equipment.

Characteristics.

Income.

Miscellaneous.

First. Capital stock fixed by charter.

Second. Capital stock subscribed 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 termination 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 company 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 paving-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 officers and agents of the company, and discount or interest paid on loans. Thirteenth. Amount expended 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 harnesses and other appointments.

Seventeenth. Cost of tools and fixtures, including furniture of offices. Eighteenth. Cost of real estate and improvements thereon by the company.

Characteristics:

Nineteenth. Total length of road, measured as single track, including switches and turnouts.

Twentieth. Weight and character of rail.

Twenty-first. Number of passengers carried during the year.
Twenty-second. Average number of passengers per trip.

Income of Road:

Twenty-third. Total receipts from passengers.

Twenty-fourth. Total receipts 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, turnouts, and other structures.

Miscellaneous:

Twenty-ninth. Amount of dividends paid during the preceding year, in cash, and dividends in stock to stockholders, and per centage of each.

Thirtieth. Increase of capital stock, if any, during the year.

Thirty-first. Number of persons killed, or seriously injured, on the road during the previous year, and the causes thereof.

SEC. 23. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said company, when said road is completed, to have prepared tickets for pass

age 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.

CHAP. CXCI.

Package tickets.

July 1, 1864.

Potomac ferry

An Act to incorporate the Potomac Ferry Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Henry D. Cooke, John B. Hutchinson, H. C. Fahnestock, Thomas Clyde, and William B. Hatch, company incorporated. and their associates and successors, or a majority of them, are hereby created and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the Potomac Ferry Company.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars, nor more than five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each.

Capital stock

and shares.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said company is authorized Line of vessels between Washand empowered to establish and run a line or lines of vessels, propelled ington and by steam or other power, between the cities of Alexandria and Wash- Alexandria. ington, and other ports in the State of Virginia, on the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, or the tributaries of the same.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said company is also authorized to purchase, hold, and grant such real estate as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act, and to build all necessary docks, wharves, and buildings thereon for their own use; may transport passengers and freight of every description, subject to the rules and regulations and laws of the United States; may sue and be sued; may have a common seal, and generally may have and possess the rights and privileges usually possessed by similar corporations.

Powers and

privileges.

Directors and officers.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of said company shall be managed by such officers as the stockholders in general meeting shall elect, and such agents as may be appointed by the board of directors. The persons named in the first section of this act, or a majority of them, may call a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of organizing First meeting said company, at such time and place as they may determine upon, after advertising the time and place of such meeting for ten days, in one or more newspapers published in the city of Washington. The officers of said company once elected shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the said board of directors may make all necessary rules and by-laws for the transfer of the stock and the general management of the business of said company; and each stockholder in said company shall be individually liable for all claims against the same at the time such claims accrue.

By-laws.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be enforced from Act, when to be the passage thereof.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That congress may at any time hereafter alter, amend, or repeal this act. APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

CHAP. CXCII. An Act authorizing the Levy Court of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, to levy and collect its Portion of the Direct Tax imposed by the Act of Congress of August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.

in force.

Act may be altered or re

pealed.

July 1, 1864.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the levy court of Wash-Levy court may levy and ngton County, in the District of Columbia, is hereby authorized and collect the direct empowered to levy and collect, in the same manner as other county taxes tax. in said county of Washington are levied and collected, a sum sufficient to

1861, ch. 45. Vol. xii. p. 292.

July 1, 1864.

City of Washington may assess, &c., a tax

to pay the direct

pay the county's proportion of the direct tax imposed on the District of Columbia by the act of congress approved August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the expense and cost of collecting the same, and that the aggregate of said direct tax imposed by the act aforesaid shall be dis tributed and apportioned between the cities of Washington and George town, and that part of said county of Washington lying outside the limits of said cities, according to the assessed valuation of property made in the jurisdiction of each by the assessment last prior to the date of the passage of said act of August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

CHAP. CXCIII. An Act to authorize the Corporation of Washington to levy and collect the Direct Tax imposed by Act approved August five, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the corporation of the city of Washington be, and they are hereby, authorized to assess and collect a tax not exceeding the rate of fifteen cents on every one hundred dollars of the value of all real and personal property in said city, and on any and all other subjects of taxation as made and returned by the board of assessors of said city, to enable the said corporation to pay to the government of the United States the tax imposed by act approved August five, eighVol. xii. p. 292. teen hundred and sixty-one: Provided, That any surplus that may accrue from the imposition of the tax as herein provided shall be deposited and applied to the use of the general fund of the said city of Washington. APPROVED, July 1, 1864.

tax.

1861, ch. 45.

Proviso.

July 1, 1864.

California, notice to be given, and surveys, &c., to be open to inspection.

1851, ch. 41.

Vol. ix. p. 633.

Copies to be sent to Washing

ton.

CHAP. CXCIV. - An Act to expedite the Settlement of Titles to Lands in the State of

California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the surveyorWhen plats are general of California shall, in compliance with the thirteenth section of made of private an act entitled "An act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in land claims in the State of California," approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, have caused any private land claim to be surveyed and a plat to be made thereof, he shall give notice that the same has been done by a publication, once a week for four consecutive weeks, in two newspapers, one published in the city of San Francisco, and one published near the land surveyed; and shall retain in his office, for public inspection, the survey and plat until ninety days from the date of the first publication in San Francisco shall have expired; and if no objections are made to said survey, he shall approve the same, and. transmit a copy of the survey and plat thereof to the commissioner of the general land-office at Washington, for his examination and approval; but if objections are made to said survey within the said ninety days, by any party claiming to have an interest in the tract embraced by the survey, or in any part thereof, such objections shall be reduced to writing, stating distinctly the interest of the objector, and signed by him or his attorney, and filed with the surveyorgeneral, together with such affidavits or other proofs as he may produce in support of the objections. At the expiration of said ninety days the surveyor-general shall transmit to the commissioner of the general landoffice at Washington a copy of the survey and plat, and objections, and proofs filed with him in support of the objections, and also of any proofs produced by the claimant and filed with him in support of the survey, together with his opinion thereon; and if the survey and plat are approved by the said commissioner he shall indorse thereon a certificate of his approval. If disapproved by him, or if, in his opinion, the ends of justice would be subserved thereby, he may require a further report from the

Approval or disapproval of commissioner of general landoffice.