THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 197. 1854. 811 crossing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, said bridge and milroad shall be so constructed as not to injure or obstruct the use or navigation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: And provided further, That this act shall not prevent Congress from giving like privileges to any other railroad company or any other person. Sue. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Alexandria and.Washington Construction Railroad Company are hereby authorized to establish depots in the cities and location of Of \V¤shington and Georgetown at such points as the corporate authorities d€P°*5**¤%l thereof may respectively approve, and to lay a railroad track or tracks to and such point or points within said cities, and through and along such styeets Georgetoxvn. and avenues, except the Pennsylvania Avenue, of said cities, as may be respectively approved of by the corporate authorities of said cities, and to make all necessary turnouts ; the said railroad company being subject to such terms, conditions, restrictions, and taxation, and to such rules and regulations, relative to the construction, repairs, and working of their road, within the cities of Washington and Georgetown, as the corporate authorities of said cities may from time to time respectively prescribe, so fur as- it may lay within their respective limits: Provided, no higher rate Taxation. of taxation shall be imposed upon said railroad company than is prescribed by the respective charters of said cities; and said railroad company shall keep an office within the city of Washington or Georgetown, and shall Ohiee to be have power to sue and be sued, to make contracts, and to purchase and §°P“ “‘ Wash' hold lands so far as ma be ueeessar for corr inv on the o erations of lgmum George- Y Y y o P town. the company, and the service of process on the president or any director Process. of said company, or on the chief clerk in attendance at the oiliee of the company, shall entitle any party complaining to proceed against said company Powers. as authorized under the laws of the District of Columbia to proceed against chartered companies within its limits. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Baltimore and Ohio _ Railroad Company be, and it is hereby authorized to construct and extend WE5f§]“*“°“ Of . . . Zion the Wvsisliington branch of said road, according to such route as may be branch of the most convenient, through the said District to some point on the Potomac B¤lFi¤><>¤> Md River, opposite to or near the city of Alexandria, in Virginia, for the pur- Ohm R' R' pose of forming a connection with the said river and the lines of railroads running south, subject to the provisions of its present charter; and the said company are hereby authorized to locate, construct, and operate the sztid extension, hereby authorized, through such parts of the city of Washiiigton, or public reservations, as the corporate authorities thereof, or the President of the United States, respectively, may consent to ; and also to build a bridge or bridges over the Eastern branch of the Potomac River, at some point above the navy—yzu*d: Provided, however, That the Same shall not obstruct the navigation thereof'. And said company shall pwd50s_ have power to locate and establish depots, and erect the necessary buildings thereon, and also to erect such wharves or piers into said river as may be necessary, provided the same shall not obstruct the navigation thereof: Provided, further, That the said Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company be subject to the same conditions and restrictions in extending their road through any parts of the city of Washington, as are prescribed for the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company: Provided, however, That this section shall remain suspended for two years,from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and if at the end of that time, the Alexandria and \Vashington Railroad Company shall not have completed a railroad to Alexandria, and have the same in good running order, in pursuance of the requirements of the preceding sections of this bill, then the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company shall have the privilege of extending their road by either of the routes ziuthorxaed by this act: And provided further, That if said Baltimore 3I1'd·Ol1l0 Railroad Company shall not have executed so much of the provisions of this act
