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lies as aforesaitl, to be by tiu'm preserved as ai'orcsaul; and all stock- 
holders of such additioi^al shates shall and are hereby declared to be, 
from thenceforward, iticorjiorated into tlie said cotnjjany. 
Sue 19 Jvd belt enacted, '!"hat, whenever it sball become necessa- 
ry to subject the lands of any individual to the purposes pcovided for 
in this act, and their consent cannot be obtained, it siiall and may be 
lawful for the company to enter upon such lands, and proceed to the 
execution of such works, as may be requisite, and that the pendency 
of any proceedings in any soil in the nature of a writ of ad riuod dam- 
num, or any other proceedings, sliall not hinder or delay the ])ro* 
gress of the work; and it shall be the duty of every court to i^-ive 
precedence-to controversies which may arise between the company 
created by this act, a!)d the proprietors of land sought to be condemn- 
ed for public uses, and to determine them in preference to all other 
causes. 
Sec. 20. ,9nd be it enacted, That the said canal shall be, and the 
same is hereby divided into two sections, to be denominated sirst and 
second, or eastern and westesn, respectively; that the first or eastern 
section shall begin at the District of Columbia on tide water, and 
terminate at or near the bank of Savage river or creek, which 
empties into the noitit branch of the I'otomac, at the base of the Al- 
legany mountain; that the secojid or western section shall commence 
at the said termination, aiid extend along the valley of Savage ri- 
\eror creek, so far astiic same, or any branch thereof, as may reach 
some convenient point thereon, for connecting the eastern and wes- 
tern w^aters. by a tunnel tlirongh, or an open cut across the dividing 
ridge between t!ie same: and thence, after crossing the said dividing 
ridge, shall proceed to the highest steam-boat navigation of the Ohio 
river, or of some one tributary stream thereof, in such direction as, in 
the opinion of the said President and Directors, shall be best calculated 
for the attainment of the end set forth in the pi-eamble of this act: that 
the said President and Directors shall first construct the eastern section 
aforesaid, out of the capital stock hereinbefore mentioned, and shall 
next proceed to construct, with all possible dispatch, the western sec- 
tion thereof In case tlie said company shall not begin the said 
work within two yeais after the company shall have been formed, 
or if the w^ork, having been so begun, shall not be diligently prose- 
cuted, so that one hundred miles of tlie said canal, with the adequate 
locks and incidental improvements, shall not be completed and in fit 
order for navigation, in tlie term of five years from the commence- 
ment of the work, then ail iisterest of the said company in the navi- 
gation and tolls, shall cease and determine, and their charter shall 
be thereafter taken to be null anil vf)id: and so, in like manner shall the 
said charter be null and void, if the entire eastern section be not 
completed in the term of twelve years from the said commence- 
ment. Ajid should tiie said company fail to begin t!ie western sec- 
tion of the said canal in two years after the time allowed as aforesaid 
for the completion of the eastern section, or Iiaving begun the western 
section shall fail to complete the same in six years after such Ucgin- 
