United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/2nd Session/Resolution 1
I. Whereas the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company have found it impracticable to make the railroad through the grounds belonging to the United States at Harper’s Ferry, agreeably to the exact tenor of the joint resolution passed for their benefit at the last session of Congress,
Road to be completed under the approval of the President.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to complete said railroad, as now located through said grounds, on paying the value of any improvements injured by the road, or giving authority to replace them in other positions, should they be deemed by the President of sufficient important to be paid or removed:Proviso. Provided, however, That the road shall be constructed in such place, as far as it passes through the public grounds at Harper’s Ferry, as may be approved by the President.
Approved, January 27, 1835.