The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-04-01

AN ACT % amend an act entitled an ael 70
incorporate the Canton and jackson Rail
Road Company, approved, LIST February
l84l.
Section l.. Be It enactedIy hs Legislature Of
he Stale ~ Mississippi, That so much Of the
original act, to which this is an amendment,
as requires the assent of the Mississippi Rail
Road Company, to the construction Of said
Road, before said act shall take effect and be
in force, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec 2. Be il further enacted, That the said
Company, or o majority of the commissioners
before is organization, shall have power to
contract with the owners, or legally censtitut-
ed agents of the Vicksburg and Jackson Rail
Road Company, for the rates Of freight and pas
sage on the latter road, of all goods, waues and
merchandise, produce, stock, Rail Road nate
rails and persons, to be transported 10 and from
Vicksburg, from the city OF Jackson or the
junction Of said roads, or to and from Canton
to Jackson, or the junction of said roads, or to
any intermediate point on said Canton and
jackson Rail Road, as well also, as to contract
with said Vicksburg and Jackson Rail Road
Company, in relation to the use Of locomotives
and cars, and the mode and terms of conduc-
ting the transportation on the said road.
Sec. 3@Be il further enacted, That the Rail
Road provided for in ihisuct. and that to which
Etbis is an amendment, may be united with the
N;oE,b,r, opl iooLaNn Pail Dood NJ Innl eon
or at any other point west of Jackson on said
Rail Road TO which the said Company may
deem it expedient to construct the same.
Sec. d.. Be il further enacted, That it shall
not be necessary to the lawful progress and
construction Of said Road, that books shall be
opened for the subscription Of Stock in the
city of Jackson, as provided for in the first
section OF the original act to which this is an
amendment.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the fol-
lowing persons be, and they are hereby APP
poin,ed commissioners, in p ace of all others
heretofore appointed, to open books for the
subscription OF stock, in the town Of Canton,
to-wit: J. ]. Pugh, Robert Love, John Mont
gotnery, Wesley Drane, J. S. PriOhard, E. D..
Ward and VIM. D. Henry, or n majority Of
them; and that they shall have power to fill
vacancies and appoint a Treasurer, to receive
and safely keep all moneys paid in on stock, or
for other purposes; and that they shall take
bond from said Treasurer for the safe keeping
and delivery Of the sam to themselves or their
successors in office.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the fol-
lowing persons are hereby appointed s%uPerin-
t~endents of books, to be opened for subscrip-
ton of stock in the following places, to-wit
in the town eff Camden, John Hargan, A.
Purveance, A. S. Mitchell, Samuel Hamblin,
William Hemingway and Solomon Wilder, or
a majority Of them; in the town of Carthage,
Robert E. Halford, Patrick Sharkey, William
Hall and Turner B. Harris, or a majority OIL
them; in the town of Kosciusko, Silas H.
Clark, Lewis A. Powell, E. II. Saunders and
]. T. McAtee, or a majority Of them; and in
the town of Louisville, James B. MeCleIland
James B. Meeks, John II. Hardy. Geo. Byrum
Robert S. Hudson, E. c.. Gray, or a majority
Of them,
See. I. BE it further enacted, That the sup.
erintendants and commissioners shall open
said books on the first Monday in March next
and keep them open for the space of sz
months, unless the whole amount Of capita
stock be sooner subscribed; and that said su
perintenden;s shall likewise appoint a Treas
urer, and take bond for the faithful perCor
nance of his duties, payable to the commits
sloners aforesaid, and that he shall safely keel
and pay over all moneys received by him Il
said commissioners
Sec. 8. BE 1t further enacted, That the Pres
ident with the consent of a majority of tn,
directors when elected, or said commissioner
before, shall have power to pledge by contract
the revenue of said road, for the purchase o
iron railing, or other materials to be furnishe,
for it's construction.
Sec, 9. BE ii further enacted, That the fur,h
er time Of ten years be given to the commits
%sioners Of the said road for procuring subscrip
tions OF stock; and that this act shall take Ell
f feet from and after its passage.
Sec. 10. Bs it further enacted, That tn
stock subscribed under the provisions of thi
q act, shall be exempted by law from iaxatiO.
for the term of twenty years.
Approved Feb. 7th, l848.
AN ACT supplementary to an act passed
the present session, entitled, an act to amen