Section 3

Section 3. That the said company shall have full power and authority to construct at the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, on or contiguous to the line of said railroad, such area of ground not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-five acres, wharves, docks and warehouses, with the necessary appurtenances as may be required for the proper accommodation of the freight passing over said road, and to charge and collect storage and wharfage at reasonable and customary rates: Provided however, That other parties desiring to make connections with said railroad shall be at liberty to do so, under such regulations as may be necessary for safety and convenience: Provided further, That all freight and business of whatever kind carried over the Columbia railroad by the Pennsylvania railroad company and destined for the city of Philadelphia, or taken therefrom for westward transportation by said company, shall, whenever requested by the owner or transporter of such freight, be delivered or received in Market street by said company, as heretofore; and any evasion of this proviso shall subject the president and directors, or any other officer or agent assenting thereto, each to a fine of one hundred dollars for every offence, to be recovered as debts of like amount are now recoverable, one-half for the use of the complainant and the other half for the use of the guardians of the poor of said city.