Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-07-12
LAWS OF MICHIGAN.
AN ACT TO incorporate the Detroit, Plymouth
and Ann Arbor Turnpike or Timber Road
Company.
DY AUruoRIEY,


AN ACT TO incorporate the Detroit, Plymouth
and Ann Arbor Turnpike or Timber Road
| Company.
Sec. i. BE ii enacted By the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the State of
Michigan, That ID. c. McKinstry, C. Ten
Eyck, James Bucklin, John Kellogg, Eli.
ger Bennett, Darius Blackman, Jonathan
Shearer, Eseck Pray and Dan w. Kellogg,
and such persons as may be associated with
them for the purpose Of constructing turn
pike or timbered road from the city Of De.
troit, in the county Of Wayne, to the village
OF Ann Arbor in the county Of Washtenaw,
and their successors and assigns, for the
period OF thirty years after the approval of
this act, be and are hereby ordained, con.
| stituted and declared to be body polite
and corporate, under the name of the De.
troit, Plymouth and Ann Arbor Turnpike
or Timbered Road Company; and by
that name they and their successors, for the
period aforesaid, shall and may have sue.
cession, and shah be persons in law capable
of suing and being sued, pleading and be.
| ingimpleaded, answering and being answer.
ed unto, defending and being defended, in
all courts and places whatever, and in all
manner of actions, suits, complaints, mat.
| tiers and causes whatsoever, and that they
| and their successors may have common
seal ; and that they and their successors, by
the name aforesaid, shall in law be capable
of purchasing and holding any lands, tene.
mems, Entertainments and real and personal
estate whatsoever: Prooided, That it shall
be necessary for the construction, preser.
walton, and repair of said road, or the cree.
ton of toll.gates and all toll .houses thereon.
! Sec. 2. The capital stock of said compa.
ny shall be one hundred thousand dollars,
to consist of and be divided into two thou.
sand shares, Of fifty dollars each.
Sec. 3. For conducting the business Of
said company, which shall be the construo-
| ton of the said turnpike or timbered road
from the City of Detroit, in Wayne county,
to the village of Ann Arbor in the county
Of Washtenaw, there shall be nine directors,
one Of whom they shall annually elect their
| president who shall hold their offices for
| one year or until others shall be appointed
| in their stead. That David c. McKinstry,
Conrad Ten Eyck, James BuckIin, John
| Kellogg, Elizer Bennett, Darius Backman,
Jonathan Shearer, Eseck Pray and Dan
w. Kellogg be the first directors, and that
David c. McKinstry, be the president for
the present year. That the election of di.
rectors shall be held on the first Monday
of January, at such time and place as the
| directors shall determine, a notice thereof
being first given by publication in some
newspaper, printed in the counties of Wayne
and Washtenaw, at which meeting each
stockholder may vote by person or proxy,
each share being entitled to one vote: Pro.
uided, That this corporation shall not be-
deernedto be dissolved byreason that the an.
nual election IS not held at the time above
mentioned.
See. 4. The president and directors Of
said company shall be and they are hereby
invested with all the privileges and powers
necessary for the location, construction and
keeping in repair said turnpike or timber
road, not exceeding one hundred feet in
width; and the said president and directors or
their agents, or those with whom they may
contract for making said turnpike road, OF
any part Of it, may enter Upon and use any
land which may be wanted for the site Of
said road, or any other purpose which is
necessary in the construction or repair of
said road, so soon as the amount Of com.
pensation therefor, is asccrtained and ten.
dered, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. B. If said company shall not within
two years from the passage of this act com.
plete the road from Detroit to Ten Eyck's,
and shall not within three years complete
said road from Detroit to Plymouth, and
shall not within four years complete the
whole Of said road in a good workmanlike
manner, constructing the same of good
hewn timber where the aluvial nature of
the soil renders it impracticable to construct
a good earth road, then this act shall be null
and void.
Sec. 6. The president and directors Of
said company may agree with the owner or
owners ofany land, for earth, gravel, tim
Der, stone, or other materials, or any arti-
Giles whatsoever, which may be wanted in
the construction or repair Of said road, for
the purchase and occupation of the same,
and if such materials, not previously taken
or appropriated by the proprietors thereof,
10 any particular use, as may be necessary
for the construction or repair of said road,
be found on any unimproved land adjoin.
ing or near the same, and if the parties can.
not agree, or if the owner or owners of any
of them be feme covert under age, non
compos mentis, or out ofthe county in which
the property wanted may be, application
may be made to any justice Of the peace Of
said county, who shall thereupon issue his
warrants, directed to the sheriff Of said
county, or, IL the sheriff be interested, to
some dsinterested person, requiring him to
summon twelve freeholders in the county,
not any way interested in the matter or re.
lated to the parties, to meet on or near tho
property or materials to be valued, on a
day named in said warrant, not less than
five nor more than ten days after issuing
the same; and if at the said time and place,
any OF the persons summoned do not at
tend, the said sheriff or summoner shall
Immediately summon as many as may be
necessary with the persons in attendance, as
Jurors to furnish PANEL of twelve jurors |;
and from them each party,his,her, or theira-
gent or attorney, orif either be not present
In person, or by agent,the sheriff or summon.
er for him, her or them, may strike off three
Jurors and the remainder shall act as jury
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