Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-22

may require. Aud when damage may arise
from the overlooking OF the waters, uccaSisned
by the works of said company, the sane shall
be assessed and paid IN the same manner,
varying The forms of tie proceedings as tile
nature of The case may require. Rat ia case
OF such condemnation the company shall only
have the right OF using the lands so acquired
for the purpose OF improving and tor the con-
veDient use OF the navigation aforesaid, aud
the other pnrp oses aforesaid, but may a: ANY
time thereafter acquire, 10y purchase, the right
10 use the same toe machinery az aforesaid, or
may at any time dispose OF water power 10 the
proprietor OF the adjoining lands on snch terms
as they may agree upon, not endangcrug the
navigation az aforesaid. And the said compa-
NY shall have the right TO enter Oh lads for
laying oHt their canals, danIs and uther.wDrks,
aud in making examinations as TO the best
mode OF Improvement in like manner as is
allowed 10 turnpike companies by the act
aforesaid. Aud ii the said company should
nave occasion To carry materials Tor their
WORKS throngh the lands of OtheiS or TO depo-
sat such materials on The lands of others OF TO
carry on ANY OF their said works on such lands
a"d cannot Contract with the proptietors OF
suci lands Tor the privileges aforesaid on
TeaSohahie Terms, they may proceed TO assess
Tue v9iue OF such privileges, and acq uire them
az lands may be acquired as aforesaid chang
fnS tue forms OF the proceedings a. occasion
may require And Ia case any controversy
shall arise IN any county or other inferior court
IN relation 10 the matters aforesaid, between
tue SAID company, their servants or agents.
and others, the same Sh all be decided a. soon
may he, having due regard to Justice,
without regard 10 priority OF OtIer matters or
STATS upon the docket; aud IN case OF unreal
sonaDie delay herein IN such court such snt
or controversy shall be removed by certiorari
into the superior court having Jurisdiction
foresaid.
V. And be it enacted That, so soon as the said
WORKS snaii tie completed iu parts OF sections
so as 10 be useful, the same shall forever here.
after be esteemed aud taken as public biriI-
ways Tor the transportation Of all goods, com
mou'ties and produce whatsoever, upon the
payment of such tolls as shall be prescribed
ny law anu The road, canals, locks, dams and
other works, when perfected with all tolls and
otaer pFoh's anu einolnments arising there
from shall he, aud the same are hereby vest
ca III the said company as agents ia trust for
tue commonwealth, aud shall be deemed real
estate transferable Only the hooks OF tie
Saiu company ny the proprietor or proprietors
ms, heT or their agent agents, duly auihori-
SEQ, aud shall be forever exempt from the
payment OF any tax. assessment or imposition
whatsoever.
vi. And be IL enacted. That so soon as the
improvements tor the navigation of the Kama
VIVA river shall he completed a. aforesaid
from Slaughter creek to the Ohio river. the
Salo company shall be entitled 10 demand and
receive, upon boats and commodities passing
the SAID riVer, tolls at the following rates thai
is 10 say On sait two cents per busheI on
bacon Twelve aud IA half ceuis per hundred
weight; on every barrel Of cider or beer
twenty cents on every caSk of iinseed or 9th
81 OIL, ten cents; on every bushel of wheat
peas, Deans, flax or hemp seed one cent aud
hdli on every bushel of Indian corn oats
potatoes or apples. one cent on every barrel
o. pork or ptet, ten cents; on every barrel OF
nonF, SIX aud toHrth cents Oh every hushel
u ln"'an meal, one cent? on every busiie of
NIieu irutt, TWO cents, on every tOu of hemp
potash, bar or manufactured irOG, one doIar
every ton of pig iron or castings torty.fiye
cents every hundred buShes OF lime one
dollar every chaldIOn OF coal, Twenty-Five
cents every hundred barrel slaves or head
Ihs, one cent; every hundred hoop poles one
cent; every hundred cubic feet of plank or
sScantiog, three cents; every hundred cubic
ieet OF other timber, SIX cents; every hundred
hosshead or pipe slaves, two cents; every
empty barrel, one quarter of IA cent on wins
Key, apple and peach brandy or other domes-
nc spirits, My ce"ts per barrel /; OH rum
VINE, Sin abh french brandy or other foreign
Hqhois, three cents per gallon every hundred
weight OF all other commodities or packages
whatsoever, thirty gents; every boat or
vessel other than Canoes not having commo-
dities on board, yieldiag toll of at least one
ool'dr hf'y cents, one dollar ~ fifty cents; and
every canoe, having commodities on board the
Faie OF toll hereIn-before prescribed: Pro-
otded, mat an empty boat, canoe or other yes-
SCI, returning, whose load has already paid
IONS, snail return tOll-free. Which said tolls
shaii 0e PAID al or near the Fsler shoals as
tue tOlIs oil the James River Company are nox
payable anu colectable by law and the said
company shall have all the remedies for re
covering said tolls DIS they now have by law
for collecting and recoverim. ,be,r ,sos 'e"
tolls. 0'' P'S'e"'
And so soou as the said company shall have
opened and improved the road aforesaid i'm
Sect'Ons, such as are specified i'm the act afore
oaI"' ny the gradual expenditure of the said
sum OF one hundred thousand dollars they
shaii he authorised to collect aud receive in
the manner prescribed by tile said act Tolls
on me SAID road, in sections TO the amount of
o'e nan me tolls authorised by tue said act in
relation to turnpike roads and 40 soou ,s th,,
saiu road shall be completed according to tn q
PROVISIONS OF The said act, with the exceptions
a'OitSalu, la SECTIONS. the said company shall
os entitled 10 receive and collect thereon fife
Iuii tolls authorised by the SAID act
ana so soon d~ ile said canals and other
WORKS shall be compile ed, from tide wafer to
we hishest point on James river where coal Is
now raised, The said compan, shall be entitled
20 receive toll of TWO cents per bnsIel on all
coal passing The same or any parf thereof i'm
lieu ot the I'LL which thev are nov entitled TO
receive on coal
And the General Assembly hereby pIedoe
themselves, that az the works aforesaid ON the
1ame' anu JackS0ns rivers, aud in the valleys
OF these rivers, shall progress and shall con
tflpute TO reduce the expense OF trausporta-
non, WpOT down the said rivers or canal, below
uHe average price of transportation uuOu the
ediu rivers, as they haze been tor the three
years iaSi past, they will autIortse the said
company To receive tolls thereon in rnnvcnt
ent sections, TO the amount necpssary twin
the'r other resources specified IN tins act "a
apphcdDIe 10 the pay peDt of interest on mo-
hey 70 ne borrowed by them tor the paw
ment OF the interest on the money expendcd
~ .neh works ; pr0rided, that snch ad,itional
ioii2 sllali not exceed Que third of the saving
In transportation up and down tie said rivers
Whch Wsll acrrne thereby TO those who nse
the sam Improvements, taking the ayeraye
price OF transportation tor three wears jsst paSt
as the basis of The estimates
IL ana ne ~ eHfctfd. That fourteen COM
.alSsiOneis be appointed residing in the COnn-
ttes bordering on tive James river x Jarksnn,s
Of