88 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 140, 141. 1868. meeting of the stockholders, {Ol' choice of directors, to be bolden at such time and place, under such conditions, and upon such notice as the said Repgt to Con- company in their by-laws may prescribe ; slid said <g;€OlLOI‘S shall annu- 8'”°“» °· ally make a report, in writing, of their omgs to ugress an to the stockholders. Cihyorcounty Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the mayor, council of said £°§"*‘ my :° t city, and the levy court of said county, and the several officers of these ,,£,,°?°g:;,,;,;g$, corporations, and the said corporations, are hereby prohibited from doing &<=-<>fm¤1w¤y- any act or thing to hinder, delay, or obstruct the construction or opera,. t' of `d all ·a as herein authorized. h C°‘iE‘P“”Y *°,. 10g1c. jndwbewtfurther enacted, That the said company shall have ,g;,::;_“S° ° at all times the free and uninterrupted use of the road-way. And if any P<>¤¤l§y for person or persons shall wilfully and unnecessarily obstruct or impede the °b“m°""g’ &°‘ passage or destroy the cars, depot-stations, or any other property belonging to said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall for— felt and pay for each such 0H'ence the sum of ten dollars to said company, to be recovered and disposed of as other fines and penalties in said city S t t b or county; and shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, in any ml °. ° loss or dama e occasioned b his her or their act, as aforesaid- but no b . » g Y = · . . . * . digg? m sixty suit shall be brought unless commenced within sixty days after such offence shall have been committed. R¤llW¤y *<>_l>¢ Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That unless said corporation shall f;‘§l,¥::°3,;;’Yh' make and complete their said railway or railways between Pennsylvania _ ’ Avenue and Boundary Street within eight months after the company shall b°‘5°’l3”· °°"° have been organized, then this acl: shall be null and void, and no rights Iwhatsoever shall be acquired under it; and that the remainder ot" said road shall be completed within four years to its proposed terminus in the county of lVnshin~l:0n. C¤l<>¥‘ ;¤<>¤ W Sec. 19. And be ttfurther enacted, That there shall be no regulations Q:g_"d° "°’" excluding any person from any car on account of color. b_#n¤11vtgd¤n1lne~ Sue. 20. Amt be it further enacted, That each of the stockholders in ‘" ° “*°° ‘ the “Connecticut Avenue and Park Railway Company " shall be individhc gm unlly lmblo for all the debt[s] and l1ab1l1t1es ot smd company to an _ amount equal to the amount of stock held by such stockholder. S°;5*;l;°!*;£$,, Sue. 21. And it fmcther enacted, That it shall be the duty of said and ,,,,,1,,,, ,.m_ company, when said road is completedlbetween Pennsylvania Avenue and Boundary Street, to have prepared tickets for passengers on their cars, and to keep them at their office for sale by the package at the rate of ten P _ _ f for fifty cents, and twenty for one dollar. , ’:°"‘“‘°'“ ° Sec. 22. And be it further enacted That all the provisions of the act lglsigsrgdwmh- incorporating the W3Blllllg[0H and (georgetown Railroad Company, re- G¤<>l`l€°§#>W¤ quiring reports of expenditures, earnings, and otherwise, shall be applica- R. R. bo. as to . . . . Om to blu to the company herem incorporated, which shall make reports as m wv ¤m>ly . . tn12g: roildh smd act required. `.P‘· · Sec. 23. And be it further enacted That all acts and arts of acts Vl.’1..8. . . ‘.’ . p .. ligqigugg 88 heretofore passed, whxch are inconsistent with any of the provisions of °l¤¤¤¤- this act, are, for the purposes of this act, hereby repealed, so far as the sume are inconsistent herewith. Armzovmv, July 13, 1868. _·}_;lll);_l·1?_5 1868· CHAP. CXLI. -—·An Act to inccrporatecthe National IIotel Ownpany, uy" Wushizzgton tty. l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United t°lNg;*:S)’gn§l*;l_ States of America in Congress assembled, Than George H. Calvert, R. D0,,,,,,,,;.,.];,, C. W€1glltlna¤,JumeS C. McGuire, Zcph English, George H. Calvert, wvusnlnguon, D. jr., and Clmrles B. Calvert, their associates, successors, and assigns, are °• hereby created u body corpomle and politic by the name of the National Hotel Company, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia,
