routes. shall be recognized and known as a post route; upon which, also, no be lawful struchigher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the tures and post mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the Rates of toll. rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to the said bridge. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Chi- Chicago, Burcago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company, a corporation whose lington, and road has been completed to the Mississippi River, and connects with a Company may Quincy Railroad railroad on the opposite side thereof, having first obtained authority there- build a railroad for from the States of Illinois and Iowa, to construct a railroad bridge bridge across the Mississippi, if, across said river, upon the same terms, in the same manner, under the &c. same restrictions, and with the same privileges, as is provided for in this act in relation to the bridge at Quincy, Illinois. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a bridge may be constructed at the town of Hannibal, in the State of Missouri, across the Mississippi River, so as to connect the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad with the Pike County and Great Western railroads of Illinois, on the same terms and subject to the same restrictions as contained in this act for the construction of the bridge at Quincy, Illinois. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That a bridge may be constructed across the Mississippi River between Prairie du Chien, in the State of Wisconsin, and North McGregor, in the State of Iowa, with the consent of the legislatures of Wisconsin and Iowa, on the same terms and subject to the same restrictions as are contained in this act for the construction of the bridge at Quincy, Illinois. Bridge may be built across the river at Hannibal, Missouri; between Prai rie du Chien and North McGregor; ton; SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Keokuk and Hamilton between KeoMississippi Bridge Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the kuk and HamilState of Iowa, and the Hancock County Bridge Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, be and are hereby authorized to construct and maintain a bridge over the Mississippi River between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois, of the same character, description, and construction as provided in this act for the bridges at Quincy and Burlington; and the said bridge, in its use and operation, shall be subject to the same restrictions that apply to said bridges at Quincy and Burlington by the terms of this act. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Winona and Saint Peter Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, is hereby authorized to construct and operate a railroad bridge across the Mississippi River between the city of Winona, in the State of Minnesota, and the opposite bank of the said river, in the State of Wisconsin, with the consent of the legislatures of the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin; and said bridge by this section authorized is hereby declared a post route, and subject to all the terms, restrictions, and requirements contained in the foregoing sections of this act. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That a bridge may be constructed and maintained across the Mississippi River, between Dunleith, in the State of Illinois, and Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, with the consent of said States previously given or hereafter acquired, with the same privileges, upon the same terms, and under the same restrictions as are contained in this act for the construction of a bridge at Quincy, Illinois. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That any company authorized by the legislature of Missouri may construct a bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Kansas, upon the same terms and conditions provided for in this act. between Wi nona and opposite bank of river, if, &c.; this bridge made a post road; between Dun leith and Dubuque, if, &c.: at the city of Kansas; between the Louis and East SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the "Saint Louis and Illinois Bridge Company," a corporation organized under an act of the general city of Saint assembly of the State of Missouri, approved February fifth, eighteen Saint Louis. hundred and sixty-four, and an act amendatory of the same, approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and also confirmed Preamble. in its corporate powers under an act of the legislature of the State of Illinois, approved eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or any other bridge company organized under the laws of Missouri and Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, empowered to erect, maintain, and operate a bridge across the Mississippi River, between the city of Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, and the city of East Saint Louis, in the State of Illinois, subject to all the conditions contained in said act of incorporation and amendments thereto, and not inconsistent with the following terms and provisions contained in this act. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said waters, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge touches. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the bridge authorized by the preceeding section to be built shall not be a suspension bridge, or drawbridge, with pivot or other form of draw, but shall be constructed with continuous or unbroken spans, and subject to these conditions: First, that the lowest part of the bridge or bottom chord shall not be less than fifty feet above the city directrix at its greatest span. Second, that it shall have at least one span five hundred feet in the clear, or two spans of three hundred and fifty feet in the clear of abutments. If the two latter spans be used, the one over the main steamboat channel shall be fifty feet above the city directrix, measured to the lowest part of the bridge at the centre of the span. Third, no span over the water at low-water mark, shall be less than two hundred feet in the clear of abutments. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That the right to alter or amend this act, so as to prevent or remove all material obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of bridges, is hereby expressly reserved. APPROVED, July 25, 1866. July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXLVII. An Act to authorize W. J. Sibley and others, Trustees, to sell and convey Lot Number nine, in Square Number Seventy-six, in the City of Washington. Whereas lot number nine, in said square number seventy-six, in the said city of Washington, was conveyed by J. H. M'Blair to W. J. Sibley, Ro. Ricketts, R. W. Bates, R. L. Sanders, Benjamin M'Coy, and G. Spoarder, in trust, to erect thereon a place of worship for the use of the people of color, members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States; and whereas the said trustees have not had the means of erecting such church, and the purpose has been abandoned, and another church, called the Asbury Chapel, has been erected in or near the neighborhood of the said lot, which the said trustees desire to sell, and apply the proceeds to the benefit of the congregation worshipping in said Asbury Chapel, a purpose which the said J. H. M’Blair, as far as he had any interest therein, has approved by his subsequent deed made to the said trustees: therefore, Trustees may nine, square seventy-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said W. J. Sibley, Ro. sell lot number Ricketts, R. W. Bates, R. L. Sanders, Benjamin M'Coy, and G. Spoarder, trustees of the said lot above mentioned, or the survivors of them, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and convey the said lot number nine, in square number seventy-six, in the said city of Washington, for such price as they shall think proper, or to confirm and carry out any contract for sale already made by them with any person, and to convey the same accordingly, freed and discharged of the trust upon which the same was originally conveyed to them, and to apply the proceeds of sale to the benefit of the congregation worshipping in the said Asbury Chapel, as the proper and legal authority thereof may deem expedient, and for no other purpose whatever. f'roceeds of sale, how ap plied. APPROVED, July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXLVIII. — An Act providing for the Appointment of a Commission to examine July 25, 1866. and report upon certain Claims of the State of Iowa. Claims of the State of Iowa for expenses of cer Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to appoint a commissioner, whose duty it shall be to examine and report on or before the first tain volunteers, day of December next upon the claim of the State of Iowa for forage, for troops to defor moneys paic transportation, subsistence, and clothing furnished by said State to certain fend the State, volunteers of said State, who, under the command of Colonels Morledge and for forage and Edwards, and at the request of certain officers commanding troops of be examined.' and barracks, to the United States in the State of Missouri, marched into the State of &c. Missouri to co-operate with the troops of the United States in that State in suppressing the rebellion. Also the claim of the State of Iowa for repayment of certain moneys paid by said State in raising, arming, equipping, paying, and subsisting certain troops of the State maintained by the State on the southern and northwestern borders thereof during the late rebellion, for the purpose of defending the State against attacks by bushwhackers and Indians. And also the claim of said State for compensation for certain forage procured and barracks built by the State on the northwestern border thereof, and turned over by the State to and used by the United States. APPROVED, July 25, 1866. CHAP. CCXLIX. - An Act to incorporate " The National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan July 25, 1866. "The National Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Mrs. Julia B. Grant, Mrs. Ellen E. Sherman, Mrs. H. D. Cooke, Mrs. Margaret Fahnestock, Mrs. Kathleen Carlisle, Miss Charlotte Taylor, Mrs. Jane Speed, Mrs. Mary J. Wells, Mrs. A. C. Harlan, Mrs. Jane L. Smith, Mrs. Mary K. Lewis, Mrs. Jane Farnham, Mrs. Eliza M. Morris, Mrs. Cecelia S. Sher- Soldiers' and man, Mrs. Ellen Boyer, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Howard, Mrs. Kate C. Sailors' Orphan Home" incorpoSprague, Mrs. Elsie B. Nye, Mrs. Annie Rouse, Mrs. Kate L. Plants, rated. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Todd, Mrs. Abby E. Hall, Mrs. J. M. Trumbull, Miss Sarah Wood, Mrs. Jane Anne Pirtle, Miss Elizabeth Howard, and their successors, are constituted a body corporate in the District of Columbia, by the name of the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home, and by that name may sue and be sued in any court of the United States. Trustees. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the persons named in the first section of this act, together with such as may be elected according to the form of the constitution under this act, shall be the first trustees of the corporation; and all vacancies caused by death, resignation or otherwise, in the office of trustee, shall be filled by the board, by ballot, without un- Vacancies, how necessary delay, as may be provided in the constitution and by-laws of filled. the corporation. Powers, &c. of corporation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have power to provide a home for, and to support and educate the destitute orphans of soldiers or sailors who have died in the late war in behalf of the Union of these States, from whatever State or Territory they may have entered the national service, or their orphans may apply to enter the Home, and which is hereby declared to be the object and purpose of said corporation; and to such end, and for such use, the said corporation and personal may take and hold property real or personal to an amount necessary for estate. the support and maintenance of the Home and the orphans partaking of its benefits. Corporation may hold real Board of direc SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the affairs of this corporation shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of not less than tors. seventeen representing the District of Columbia, and of seven each, By-laws. Minor children of certain sol &c.; from the respective States and Territories, to be chosen in such manner as the constitution and by-laws of said corporation shall direct, and that the said directors shall have power to make by-laws prescribing the duties of the officers of said corporation, their term of office, and to make all other rules and regulations for said corporation and the management of its affairs, subject to the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said corporation shall have diers and sailors power to receive under its charge for support and education any minor may be received, child of any such soldier or sailor, if so placed in its charge by its surviving parent or guardian, or, in the absence of either, by any person having the care or custody of such orphan; and while such child remains under its care, and until withdrawn as hereinafter provided, or discharged according to the regulations of said corporation, it shall be subject to the same power and control by said corporation as any father or lawful guardian has by law over or relating to such minor child. shall never be bound out; may be with or guardian. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That no such orphan child shall ever be bound out by said corporation. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the surviving parent or legal drawn by parent guardian of any child placed under charge of said corporation may at any time be by them withdrawn therefrom; and any minor over sixteen years of age, upon his or her own request in writing, shall be discharged therefrom. Minors over sixteen. Minor child so withdrawn, to what extent still to be under the charge of the corporation. Property of corporation to be exempt tax. from Legal settle SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That any minor child so withdrawn or discharged as provided in the preceding section of this act shall nevertheless continue until majority under charge of said corporation to such an extent as that the said corporation shall have the control and management of any moneys which may be due to such minor from the government of the United States by virtue of the services of the fathers of such minor children, paying to such minor child or children only such amount thereof as in the judgment of said corporation shall be necessary and beneficial for such minor. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the property of said corporation, held or occupied by them for the uses and purposes of their incorporation, shall be exempt from all taxes to be levied under the authority of the Congress of the United States, or any municipal corporation within ment not gained the District of Columbia, and no person shall lose or acquire a legal settlement by residence in the Home to be established by said corporation. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That Congress may at any time hereafter repeal, alter, or amend this act. APPROVED, July 25, 1866. or lost by resi dence in the Home, &c. This act may be amended, &c. July 25, 1866. 1863, ch. 110. Vol. xii. p. 805. Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown R. connect with Washington branch of Balti more and Ohio CHAP. CCL.— An Act to amend "An Act to extend the Charter of the Alexandria and 66 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Railroad Company, a corporation lawfully succeedR. Co. may ex- ing to the charter, rights, and privileges of the Alexandria and tend its road to Washington Railroad Company," be, and the same is hereby, authorized to extend said railroad from the track, as the same is now, or may hereafter be, laid through Maryland Avenue, at its intersection with Virginia Avenue, through and along said Virginia Avenue, in an easterly direc tion, to its intersection with D Street south; thence along D Street, and across the Washington canal, to New Jersey Avenue; thence by a curve to the left, of not less than one thousand feet radius, to a point in square number seven hundred and thirty-two; thence by an underground excavation or tunnel, passing under squares number seven hundred and thirty-two, seven hundred and sixty-two, seven hundred and sixty-one, seven hundred and sixty, seven hundred and eighty-seven, seven hun Railroad. Route of ex tension. dred and eighty-six, eight hundred and sixteen, eight hundred and fifteen, eight hundred and thirty-nine, eight hundred and thirty-eight, eight hundred and sixty-six, eight hundred and sixty-five, eight hundred and sixty-four, and the different streets and avenues intervening, to a point in square number eight hundred and ninety-three; thence, by a curve of not less than one thousand feet radius, into Eighth Street east; thence by the most direct and eligible route, to an intersection with the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Provisions of of former act Draw or other SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of sections three and four of the act to which this is an amendment shall be applica- certain sections ble to the extension of said road or tracks as hereby authorized, and that applicable to this it shall be lawful for said company to construct a draw or other bridge extension. across the Washington canal at its intersection with D Street south, of bridge across such plans and dimensions as may be approved by the corporation of canal. Washington, and so as not to interfere with the navigation of said canal. And also to use steam power in the transportation of passengers and freight over said railroad and branches, subject, however, to such re- may be used. strictions and regulations as may be imposed by the corporate authorities of the city of Washington in respect to such portions thereof as may be located in said city. Steam power Steam power may be used for the structure across the Poto SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the consent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, granted for a period of eighteen months from eighteen months the passage of this act, to the Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown to draw cars on Railroad Company, to use steam power in drawing the cars of said company on the structure across the Potomac River erected by said company, mac River and in under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to extend the charter of certain streets in the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company, and for other pur- Washington poses," approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and along the railway now laid by said company, or which may be hereafter laid, under the provisions of the said act, along Maryland Avenue and First Street west, in the city of Washington, to the present depot of the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, subject always, and in all particulars, to such restrictions and regulations concerning the use of said steam power as the corporation of Washington may, by its ordinances, [at] any time impose upon the said railroad company: Pro- Limit to rate vided, That said company shall not propel their engines at a greater rate of speed. of speed than five miles per hour within the corporate limits of Washington city. Company to private property SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said railroad company shall be required to pay any and all damages that may result to pay damages to private property from the extension of said road, and the tunnelling under from extension. the several lots and squares of ground as heretofore provided; and that If owners and company cannot in the event the owner or owners of such property and the said comagree, amount of pany cannot agree as to the amount of such damages, or the value of any damages how to private property so appropriated for the purpose of such extension of said be determined. road, such proceedings shall thereupon be had for the appropriation and assessment of the damages thereof as are authorized and required under the laws now in force in the District of Columbia regulating appropriations and assessment of damages for opening roads, streets, and alleys in said District. That upon the payment to the owner or owners Use, &c. of of the amount of such award of damages, or the lawful tender thereof, lands how acquired. together with the payment of all costs of such proceedings, the said company shall acquire the right to use and occupy for the purposes of said railroad all such lands so appropriated, in such a manner as may be necessary for the proper working and running said road. APPROVED, July 25, 1866. |