The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-05-25

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- SEC. 10. Bet further enacted, &C., That
whenever any number of stockholders hold
ing three foErths of the amount OF stoc now
subscribed to said Company, shall ACCEPT the
amendments contained in The preceding Sec
tions o. TINS act, said amendments sballbe
Incorporated into the charter of said Com
pany and take the place Of any of the provi-
sions Of the Preamble to this act thai NAV
be inconsistent herewith; and said Com
pany shall have and enjoy, and may Increase,
all the pqNers, rights and privileges which
other coff fbrate bodies may law naly do. for
the purposes neitioned IN the Preamble to
this act; and may make all such by-laws,N
rules ard regulations not inccnsiste1 1twitn
thslaws of this State OF ofthe United States.
as shall be necessary for well ordering and
conducting the affairs Of the Ccmpany.
Sec IL. BE II further enacted, &C., That
the said Baton Rouge and Clinton Plank
Road Company may and shal have. and are
hereby subrogated to the right of way and
the line of road originally laid out by the
Clinton and Baton Rouge Rail Road Com
pany as provided for, by an Act entitledssAn
Act to incorporate the Baton Rouge, and
Clinton Rail Road Company, approved
March 1ith, 1862 Provided the assent of
majority of the last Board of Directors of
the said Baton Rouge and Clinton Rail Road
Company. be obtained. In case the course
Of said Plank Road should be changed from
the line of the Rail Road at any point. then
the said Plank Road Company shall have
the right to cross any public road by first
obtaining the consent of the Police J;irv of
the Parish in which said Road may be there.
to; and should the line of the road deviate
from the line of said Rail Road or from the
public road, so as to pass through the lands
of individuals, the said Company shall have
lthe right of way through said lands. on pav-
ing to the owners tSof any compensation
that may be agree on between said in
dividuals and said Plank Road Company.
and in the event of any disagreement as to
compensation or of the refusal of said indi-
viduals to allow said road to PASS through
their lands, then the said Company shall
have the right of way through the same. on
paying to the said individuals such amount
as shall be assessed by six disinterested land
owners of the Parish in which said land NAV
be situated, three to be chosen by each par
,ty; the decision Of majority Of said land
owners as to the compensation to be paid,
shall be binding upon the PARTIES; and il,
case they shall be equally divided ss to a.
mount Of said compensation, the said land
holders and appraisers shall choose an um-
,pire, whose concurrence with any three or
more Of the Others shall be binding and in
case of the neglect or refusal of any land
holder to appoint appraisers as herein pro-
vided for, then, and in that case, the Judge
of the District Court, wherein said land
owner resides shall, upon application Of TIC
President and Directors OF said COMPANY.
appoint three appraisers on the part of said
land holder, neglecting or refusing to appoint
parties to represent his interest," as herein
provided for. ua ~ rlI
Sec IL. Be 1t further enacted. &C., That
this act shall take effect from, and after its
passage. .