Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-06-01
AN ACT.


1887 '0'
Be II enacted by the General Assembly
'hat Tor the purpose of repairing and COM
piell0g the road known as The Free Road
from the town of Siaunton TO some point near
Marlborough, in Bath county, and Tor con-
Struciing new turnpike road by tn, most
practicable and convenien, route from NJ ill.,
borough to the town of owing ton, or to,
some convenient point on the Lexington and.
Covingien turnpike road as may he POUNDS
most expedien,, il shall be law sul 10 open
books tor receiving Subscriptions 10 ihe a
mount of forty thousand dollars, to.hs divid..
ed into shares Of fifty dollars each-Ths
books shall be opened al S,aunion, undey
The iintendence OF J. Ii. Pegion, Bepis-
min Crawford, 'rhos j. Niche, John c.
Sewers and William Kinney, or any three
OF them at Marlborough under the direction
OF John w. Dickinson, Andrew Bratton.
lhos. A. Bell, Ohio Williams ard Josepls
Bell, or any three of them at the house Of
Robert Skeen, in the town of Coy,netou.
under the superintendent Of Rober! Skeen,
George Ii. Payne, DIR. a. NJ. Scott. Sam'S
b. Lowry and Isaac Steele, or any ikfee o.
them and al such other plnces, and under
The direction al such other persons as a ma.
JorIty oil sand commissioners shall select
Be IL further enacted that Vi hen two hnn.,
dFed shares Of SAID stock shall have been Sub.
sCriDed, The subscribers, their executions a,f-
minisiratoTs and assigns shall be, ard ffIeV
are hereby Incorporated into COMPANY by
the name & style of The Stanton & Coyine-.
ton Turnpike Company subject 10 the proyi.
SiOns oil an act SMILED ian ACT prescrjbin,,
certain general regulations for The incorpos
ration OF turnpike Companies" ProYid
That The SAID Company shall he al liberty II
nPREn
summer or side road 10 their said turnn;k q,
nor shall they be compelled to make fbs
same more Than twenty-five feet WIDE and
IN dihlcuIt places not more than eighteen
ieet wiue, as The engineer may direct Ard
provided moreover, that the tolls TO be de-
nanded on thai portion Of the said road
which has been constructed under the pro-
visions OF The act of Assembly authorizing
The construction Of The tree road from SiaunS
Ton 10 The Warm Springs, shall not exceed
one hall OF the usual rates of toll allowed by
law. and provided moreover, that The oyn-
erS oil land through which thai part of said
ROAD wbIch Us between Stanton and hlillbo>
rough passes, who have heretofore yOluniari>
~ and without consideratio relinqu:she all
claim for damages by reason of the location
and construction of so much of said road "a
lies between Siaunion and Marlborough.
shall be, and they are hereby authorized.
during their natural lives, to use said road
by themselves and their families, and their
beasts OF burden and vehicles laden with
their own produce or property, free Of all
charge or toll Whatsoever.
BE il further enacted, tLat whenever ono
hundred and twenty shares Of said stock shalt
have been subscribed by individuals, il shall
be the duty Of The Board of Public Works
ana they are hereby required, upon The APP
Piication Of any FIVE Of said CommissioneIs
TO have surveyed and located, at grade no
where exceeding four degrees, if the same
be practicable, the best route for thai oar, Of
said road which is between Millborourb and
CoyIngton, and 10 have d report and estimate
OF the cost Of said road
IN, Ibis act shall he in force from its passage.
The foregoing is true copy from the O.
GEORGE W. MUNFoRD. uD.