Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-03-10

lJdmeS barnes, and Elah w Coug Ell =, = / |
: pointed managers oC l came. who shall held |
their Offices until tbe{ successors are duly aP- /
POINTED and organizeintO board IL orI
10. No contract erred into by the board oil
managers. shall h. S;i;Ug mon the Company, |
lonless signed nv a., prss;dent. and counter
signed by the Cork All obligations enI '5 |
Into in behalf Of tho l,nnanv shall bind their
Iioint funds onlv and Iii contain an express
Reservation thai The otbors are not held liable
i'm their individual capeitles en-
H. The board ofbanagers shall nave iul'
nower and autbori,v ihebalf of the company,
70 make all contracts md employ all persons,
necessary 10 ef4sct tho effects of the said com
many. and shall kaon fIr and accurate accounts
Iorall their proceedi6gjwhi they shall exhibit
10 the Stockholders their general meeting
Annually.
u The funds &C The company shall be kept
by Treasurer 70 he alpointed for that purpose
nv the board ef cars. and all monies belong
ing to the company shall be paid over 10 ule
treasurer by the board Of managers Tor wl'cn
his receipt shall be tken and fled ana Inc a.
mount sh i be charged TO him IN book 10 10
kept for that purpos by the board OF manageTS'
And all monies due from the company shau De
paid by the Treasurer. upon the order Of tue
board of managers, which order shall be signed
by the President, andcouutersigued by the CLERK
The books ofthe Treasurer shall at all times be
open to the inspectionof any member OF the com
pany; and at least three months, and ottener Il
required, the said Treasurer shall EXHIBIT
statement of his account TO the inspection OF the
beard Of managers.
l3. So soon as the sid bridge shall be COM
pleted, II shall be Lawful for the said company
to demand and receive the following tolls and
rates for passing the sane; that IS to say; tor
man, horse, mule, or work OK, twelve and a halt
cents; for all riding carriages, wagons, and
carts, twenty-five cent per wheel; Tor every
, head Of neat cattle, sixand quarter cents; and
for every sheep, hog, gat, or lamb, two cents
: and TO more If the cllector of the SAID tolls
I shall demand or receiyi from any person or per
D sons for passing the sid bridge, more than Is
hereby allowed, be shal for every such offence,
forfeit and pay to the pHy grieved, the tolls de-
manded and received, lad five dears, recover
6 able by warrant beforeany justice Of the peace
d within this Commonwealth; and IN case OF ms
inability to pay, the san company shall be liable
J to the like fines, recoverable and appropriated
e IN like manner. And any person or persons
f attempting forcibly to PISS the SAID bridge with
r out paving tolls, or reiHng to pay the same al
f ter having passed. shaIibe liable to the like hines
recoverable IN the like manner, TO the use Of th'
p said company.
. H. When the said Ridge is completed, th'
t board of managers shaI appoint a suitable per
p son to collect and account for the tolls; and at
: ter delrayIng all necessary and proper expenses
f the said board of managers shall, at the end o
D every six months, dechre the dividend due tC
2 each share holder, which shall be paid by thC
d Treasurer upon the order ofJhe board Of mana
% gers.
Is. The shares of stock in the said company
shall be transferable, and transfer shall only be
{ made in the manner winch the board oImanagers
e may prescribe.
/ is. BE it further enacted, That, upon com
= pleung the said bridge from either bank OF She
SAID river to Zaue's Island therein, the said com
pany shall be entitled g. they are hereby author.
lied to demand aGG receive half the tolls hereby
granted.
! II. BE it further enacted, That the said Cor
} poratioa at every gsneHl meeting of the stock
, holders shall have power to make and ordaln all
such bylaws, rules and regulations, not contra
ry 20 the laws and cOnIututon5 Of this State OF
oil the United States, as may be necessary for
the we'll ordering ths Business, officers, and scr
wants thereof.
Is. And be it furthsi enacted, That the arch
, es Of the said bridge Shall be erected so high
above the usual high floods heretofore known in
the SAID river, as, at al times during such high
floods, TO admit the sac passage undeT them OF
all hat-bottOmed bOa8 and RATS, And there
shall be made, from tile abutment next the Vir-
glnia Shore, a draw-Srldge at least forty feet
wide, which the said company shall at all times
attend by their agents or servants, and raise the
same fres from expenoe to navigators so permit
the safe passage Ofalls such craft or vessels at
any time cannot otherwise safely pass. And at
all times during the night good and sufficient
lamps snail bs Ighed and suspended above
each end of the SAID drawbrdge on the upper
side thereof, for the Information of such as may
be passing up or down the river in the night sea-
SON. And if the said company shall fail to com
ply with all the provisions and conditions IN this
section contained, so that any person or persons,
bodies polite or corporate shall sustain damage
thereby. the said corporation shall be liable there
for.rccoyerable by teton FRACTIONS upon the case.
10 And he II fllrher ebacted That n the said