Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-09-21
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long, of Hardin county, Hamilton Dawson,
James Cunningham, of Allen county and such
other persons as shall become associated with
them by subscribing to the capital stock of
the Bellefontaine, Lima and Spencer Plank
road company" hereby Incorporated, be, and
they are hereby constituted and declared a
body polite and corporate, with perpetual sue
cession, by the name and style Of the sThe
Bellefontaine, Lima and Spencer plank road
company" for the purpose Of, aud with pow
er to construct road of gravel, stone, plank,
or such other materials as the directors Of said
corporation may direct from Bellefontaine, in
Logan county, by way of Huntsy;leand Round
Head, to Lima in Allen county, and thence
OF Spencer, in said county, andwith power
to construct any or such part of said road as
said company may from time to time deem
prudent or proper.
Sec. 8. That Charles Mount, Nimrod John
son, Evan B. Jones, Washington Mark, and
Samuel E. Browne, and such other persons as
shall become associated with them by sabserib-
ing to the copital stock of "the Section Ten
and Wiltshire plank road company. hereby
incorporated, be, and they are hereby consti-
tuted and declared q body polite and corpo-
rate, with perpetual succession, by the name
and style of "the Section Ten and Wiltshire
plank road company" for the purpose Of and
with power TO construct aroad of gravelstone
plank, or such other materials az the directors
of said corporation may direct, from Section
Ten, in Van Vert county, to Wiltshire, IN said
county, and with power to construct any or
such part of said road as said company may
from time to time deem prudent or proper
Sec. 10. That William Thomas, Shelly Tay-
lor, Thompson Dickson, John Dickson, Robert
Ellis, Richard Dillon, William Smith, John w.
Piper, of Logan county, and such other per-
sons as shall become associated with them by
subscribing to the capital stock Of "the West
vile, Logansville and St Johns Plank Road
company" hereby incorporated, be, and they
are hereby constituted and declared body
polite and corporate, with perpetual success
sion, by the name and style of .'the Westyille,
Logansvile and St Johns plank road compa-
n.y." for the purpose and with the peEerto
construct road of gravel, stone, plank, OF such
other material as the directors Of said compa-
ny may direct, from the town of WestYille, in
Champagne county, by way of Logansyille, IN
Logan county, to ST Johns, in AugIaize county,
and with power to construct any ot such part
of said road as said company may from time
to time deem prudent or proper.
Sec IL That James B. w Haynes, VIII
liam Hamilton, c. S. Hamilton, p. B. Cole, Al
exander MeAlisteF, and a. Candy, of Union
county, and such ether persons as shall be-
come associated with them By subscribing 10
the capital stock Of sithe Redwood plank Tond
company" hereby Incorporated, be, and they
are hereby constituted and declared body
polite and corporate. with perpetual succession,
by the name and style of athe RfiehWood
plank road company" for the purpose Of and
with power to construct road of gravel stone,
plank, or such other materials as the directors
of said company may direct, from MarysyiIIe,
IN Union county to Redwood, IN said county,
thence to such point in Marion county as said
dirdcters may determine, and with power to
construct any or such part of said road as said
company may from time to time deem pru-
dent or proper.
Sec. H. That the persons named 10 the
several foregoing sections Of this act OF any
three of them, shall be commissioners to re-
ceive subscriptions, and do and perform all
necessary acts to organize said several compa-
nies; and they are hereby authorized and em-
powered to cause books to be opened at such
times and places as majority Of them acting,
shall think proper: to receive subscriptions to
the capital stock of said several companies;
the commissioners may, if they think proper.
require ten per centum of the amount Of such
subscription to be paid at the time of subscrib-
ing, and each subscriber shall be bound from
time to time, to pay such installmeHts on his,
her, or their stock, as the directors may re-
quire, provided that not more than twenty per
centum shall bereqnired 10 be paid at any
one time.
Sec 13 That when one hundred shares shall
be subscribed to the capital stock Of any Of
said several companies, the commissioners Of
such company shall call meeting Of the sub
scribers, BY causing notice of the time and
place of such meeting, to be published for
twenty days preceding the time Of holding
such meeting, in one OF more newspapers and
and at such time and place. those present shall
proceed to elect directors, and adopt such by
laws for the government of such corporation
as shall be lawful, and as they shall deem ex-
pedient; the stockholders toyote either in per
son or by proxy, each stockholder being enti-
tied to one vote for each share of stock hemaY
hold in said company.
Sec IA. That the several companies afore+
said, are hereby respectively authorized and
empowered to have and receive. purchase and
possess, enjoy and retain lands. rents, goods.
chatles and effects of any kind, and TO any
amount necessary to carry into effect the OBJ
iects of the several corporations aforesaid, and
the same to use, sell alien and dispose of at
pleasure; to sue and be sued, defend and be
defended in all courts having competent juris.
diction; to have and use common seal. and
to alter the same at pleasure; 10 ordain and
establish such rules, regulations and bylaws,
as may be necessary for the well being Of said
not inconsistent with the consti-
tuition and laws of the United States and Of
this state; to locate the several roads By each
of said companies, authorized as aforesaid, to
be constructed either upon any other public
road or highway OF elsewhere, and do all 9th.
er acts necessary or proper to carry into effect
the objects of said several corporations.
SEC. Is. The capital stock of each Of said
several companies may be extended to. five
hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares
of twenty five dollars each, transferable in en-
tire shares in sisch manner as shall be prescri-