The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-09-08


Sec. 7. Be it further sMsrted, DC That no
rail road plank road, nor canal shall be con-
structed through the street Of any incorpo-
rated city or town without the consent of
the Municipal council thereof and such con-
sent once obtained shall rot be withdrawn
during the term Of the character.
Sec. 8. BE it further enacted &C., That no
stakeholder in any corporation organized
under this act shall ever be held liable or
responsible in any manner for the contracts
or faults of such corporation in any further
sum than the amount of any unpaid balance
due to the company on the shares owned
by such stakeholder, nor shall any mere in
formality in organization have the effect Of
rendering character null or of exposing a
stakeholder to any liability beyoiind the
amount Of his stock provided the provisions
Of this act have been substantially completed
with
See Q. BE further enacfed &c That in
all cases when rail roads plank roads or
canals shall cross any high way the corpo-
ration shall so construct said works as not
to hinder impede or obstruct the safe and
convenient use of such highway and in all
cases where rail roads plank roads or canals
shall be constructed or dug across any plan
tation or land in cultivation or that may
be cultivated the corporation shall so con-
ssruct said work as not to hinder impede or
obstruct the drainage of said land nor shall
any privilege herein granted pc SO con-
structed as to authorize or EMPOWER am
corporation to hinder or impede or offer
any obstruction to the draiaage Of any lands
through which any rail plank road or
canal may be constructed after the con-
structo of said work and if any rail road
or plank road shall in its course cross any
tide waters or navigabe rivers or streams
the company may, erect for the sole and
exclusive use Of such rail road or plank
road the bridges required for crossing but
such bridges shall be SO CONSTRUCTED as not to
obstruct or necessarily impede the naviga-
ton OF SAID waters or streams.
Sec. TO- BE II Further enacted &c That the
provisions OF the act entitled IAN act to
provide for the organization of corporations
in this State approved sixteenth of March
eighteen hundred and forty eight shall not
be SO construed as to apply to any corpora
tons established under this act
JOHN l.. KING.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
J. B. PLAUCHE,
Lieut.. Governor and President Of the Senate
Approved March 18th, 1852.
JOSEPH WALKER
Governor of the State of Louisiana
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OUTRAGEOUS ,CRUELTY.-Quick
Retri6utt0n. Some time last week.
one Matthew Rayner, who resides in
the vicinity of Raleigh, in this county,
had one Of his negro men to run away.
lie apprehended him in this city, and
took him home, The next day he
commenced his cruel and fiend-like
punishment, and, after inhicting upon
him hundreds of lashes, concluded by
cutting off both Of the negro ears close
to his head The shocking facts
spread through the ncigliborhood, and |
news was some way conveyed to Ray
ner that warrant had been issued.
for his apprehension. Upon hearing
this he immediately left the county,
and arrived at the residence of Mr..
Beard, in Upton county, where he
died the next day, aud was buried at
his residence on Sunday last.-Mem-
phts Eng.
QUEER MARRIAGE RELATION
sHlP.-We have been informed by an
intelligent gentleman residing in West
ern Virginia, that there resides near
him a man about thirty years of age,
whose matrimonial history is as follows:
When he was child his father died.
His mother soon married a very young
man and died. when our hero mar
RED his step mother Wash. News.
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DECREASE IN THE POPULATION OF
ENGLAND.-lt is shown by the return
Of the Register Of Births. Marriages
md Deaths, for the months of May.
June and July, that emigration is GER
tainly diminishing the population Of
the return shows that the
leaths have been 100,8l3 The en-
grafton returns give i25, 112. Total
decrease 225, 1925. The births were
1853, 1876. Decrease in population in
lhree months 66,7S9.
Aew A6pertlsements.
FIELDING MUSSELMAN
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in ali kinds !