The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-02-17
AN AC IT
TO CHARTER THE WILMINGTON
AND MANCHESTER RAJ II. ROAD

I. Be it enacted, bv the honorable the
Senate and House of Representatives, now
Fme, and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority Of The same, That for the
purpose. 0f establishing a communication
by Rail Road between the States Of South
and Nnrlh Carolina, from Wilmington in
the last mentioned Stale, or from sumo
point near that place, TO Manchester, in
South Carnina,inr TO some point near that
place, the fnrmaiiun Of Il corporate Com
pany is hereby authorized. To he called the
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
Company, which company, when formed,
in compliance with the conditions herein
/. prescribed. shall hnve corporate existence
us hody polite. in Pcrpeluity, in cach Of
the States aforesaid.
H. That the said Company be, and is
hereby authorized To construct II Rail Road
from The tnwn nf Wilmington, ia the State
of North Carolina, or from some puin,
near that place, 10 cnie, the State of South
Carolina. uear the intersection nf tho Stale
, line with the Lumber river. thence by the
most practicable route 10 lhr Grca, Pee Dee
River, at nr near Marr's Bluff, lhcTce by
The most practicable route tn some point
within ten miles S"ulh of the village nt
Darlington, thence by the most practical
bic route tn or near Snmtrrvillc. thence by
the most practicable route I" or Dcnr Man
chester. in Sumter District; that portion ol
the route intermediate between the place s
named. to he determined by the said Com
pany, after the snmc shull hive been form
ed.
Ill. That for the purpose Of raising the
4 the capital stock Of said company. il shall
8 be lawful 10 open books ia the town oI
a II. ,.,CI
Dudley, Alex. McRne, James Owen, d.
berry, iIcn:y Null, Jul,u Mrllac, ST., w
C.. Lord, O. e. Parsley. Z. r. liall, Jno
A. Taylor, Edward Can,wclI, Robert b.
Wood, Richard Bradley and George Il
French; ut Whitrsvilic. in the county n
Columbus, under the direction of Josiah
Maullsby, Joseph Pnwe ell, Alfred Smith
Ric.,n d Wootcn, and w, NJ. Baldwin; a,
Fair Bluff, in said county "f Columbus. IN.
der the direction or Ahsa lnm Powell. AIva
smith, and William Griffin. or any five I"
i them. and at any other place or places in
the Slate Of North CarnliEa, and under
\ the direction Of Commissioners, which may
be designated by ANY five cf the said vii
: minglnn Commissioners; and in the State
i of South Cnrnlina, al Marinn Court House
3 under The direction OF w. w. Halllcr, B
X. Hennegan,3 A. l., Scarborough, VIM
! Evans, >. F. Gibson. &. J. Crawford; n
s Darling gton Court llnusc, under the dircc.
81 ,on Of G. w. Dargan, ]. ID. D.iWiIsnn.J J. p
q Zimmerman, James s. Gibson. George J
81 W. Mccall; NJ SumlerviIle, under The di
Il recli0n Of VIM, Iaynsworlh, NJ. Moses
s. ]. D. Blanding, l.. White, J. Dyson. J. L
81 Manning, s. e. Wilson, J. r. Dennis, s
Mcbride, and J. o. Durant, and al an,
8 place or places in South Carolna, and M
der the direction Of Commissioners, to b,
named and designated by minority Of til,
81 ers, for the purpose IF receiving subscrip
s Lions 10 ali amount nss exceeding fifteen hun
dred thousand dollars, liz shares Of on
|8hundred dolIarseacli; 10 constitute a join
capital stock, for the purpose Of construct
jng and carrying into operation the Raj
RUad above emeniionedund designated. Tha
The lines and places for receiving subscrip
lions, shali be fixed by the North CaroIin
81 and South commissioners herein named
or majority OF said Commissioners i
each Of said States, aud shall be advertise
: for 80 days in a newspaper or newspaper
In each Of said States; undtfe books for re-
= ceiyinr subscription shall be kept open fo
sixty days, al each Of the places wher
,Ley shall he opened. That on each shar
or The stock subscribed. f"r, the subscribe
shali pay to the commissioners who sa
- ,ake the same, the sum of five dollars, !
Aspecie, or the notes ofspecie paying Bank
he said Commissioners giving receir
br certificate for the same. And al tl