The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-02-17
THE OMNIBUS BILL.

in some cases, our readers will agree WIN US
that altogether it provides quite enough;
AN ACT to amend IN act passed llth fco-
ruarv, 1852, entitled an act to establish
system Of Internal improvements IN l'ls
State.
SEC. !. BE- il caac,cd6y The General .3ssfm-
hin of the .Staie Of Tennessee, That the bonds
of the State shall issue TO the companies
mentioned in the first and tenth and nlne-
tecn,h sections of the act which this Is IN
tended TO amend, and also TO the 'Edge'Ieid
and Kentucky Railroad Company" "Ceniral
Sou,hern Railroad Company" 'knoXv'l!c
and Charleston Railroad Company "AlSsis'
sinpi. Central and Tennessee Railroad Com
rany,' "Knoxvilc and Kentucky Railroad
Gonpany." "Tenncsstc, Western and Charles.
ton Railroad COMPANY" and 'Cincinna,i,
Cumberland Gap and Charleston Railroad
Company" upon the terms and conditions
mentioned in the act which this is intended
TO amend, but to the extent OF ten thousand
dollars (instcad of eight thousand) per mile.
prOrileL that the aid of the State shall be
extended to the South Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky Railroad Company, in lieu of
the knoxville and Charleston Railroad Com
panv. to the extent Of tity-iiyc miles and no
more. in the event the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company of South Carolina shall adopt the
charter Of said South Carolina, Tennessee
and kentucky Railroad Company, and obi.
ratc themselves in such manner rs shall be
satisfactory TO the Governor, not to stop the
construction of the said road at n junction
with The East Tennessee and Georgia rail-
road. but to build said ~oad to South West
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and Ken.ucky raifrn.d Company, before it
shall receive the aid herein provided, shall
bring itself within the general provisions in
all respects of the act which this is intended
to amend. But should the Blue Ridge rail.
road Company not adopt such charter and
enter into the obligations aforesaid, then the
provisions Of this act and that which it is in
tended to amend shall. apply in all things to
the Knoxville and Charleston railroad Com
pany.
SIC 2. BE ii Curiler enacted That bonds
of the State shall issue to the companies
mentioned in the first section OF this act and
the tenth and nineteenth sections of that
which this is intended to amend, for each
bridge that said companies, or either of them,
may have to build in East, Middle, and West
Tennessee across the Clinch, lIolston. Big
IIatclic. Tennessee and Cumberland rivers,
for the maximum sum that bonds are provid.
ed to he issued to said East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad Company, by an act passed
February iih, 1852, entitled san act to aid in
the completion of the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad, and upon the terms and
conditions mentioned in said act, Except the
second section and also in the fifth and sixth
sections Of an act passed February Goth, 1862,
entitled IAN act 10 charter the Chattanooga,
Blue Spring and Cleveland Railroad Compa-
ny, and for other purposes" and said bonds
to be Issue! under this section shall be in
cludcd in the aggregate amount of stock
raised by said Companies in the same manner,
that the three hundred thousand dollars of
bonds loaned to the East Tennessee and Viz
gina Railroad Company under an act passed
January 18th, 1852, to enable said Company
to build bridges, are provided TO be included
in the aggregate amount Of stock to be raised
BIZ the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
Company.
SIC. 3. Be il further enacted, That the
Office of commissioner of roads, be filled by
the appointment Of the Governor, that the
incumbent shall hold his Office for two years,
and shall receive nm annual salary Of two
Thousand dollars. II slall be his duty to en-
anime into the couditoG of railroad oompa-
mics applying for the bonds of the State, and
10 report on oath to the Governor the condi-
ton OF said roads and the companies owning
them; cnluiring into and reporting all the
facts necessary to be reported upon under
this act and that which this is to amend. lie
shall further supcrintcnd and supervise the
interest of the state, in all the railroads and
turnpike roads OF this State, and whenever he
may deem it necessary, 80 report 10 the Gov
crnor any facts he may believe TO be of i'm
purtancc 10 said ntcrestS-thc said commits.
soncr in making his Investigations shall have
the power to administer oaihs, and send for
persons and papers; and may, if in the opinion
of the Governor it should be Necessary and
proper, apply to the courts for aid to protect
said interests: and it shall not be lawful for
the Governor to is,uG such bonds TO any rail
road company until he shall be satisfied they
have complied with the law.
SIC. L. Be Il enacted, That if any officer,
agent or servant Of any railroad company re-
cciyinr the bonds of the State, shall appro.
pirate said bonds or the money arising from
the sale thereof, or any portion Of either, to
any other use than that prescribed in the net
person or persons 50 offending shall be deem
ed guilty of Il felony, and upon conviction
shall undergo confinement in the pcnitcntiarv
for II period not less than five nor more than
fifteen years.
Src 3. BE- it enacted, That no road en-
braccd in this act shall be entitled to its pro-
visions, unless it shall within four years grade
one section of thirty miles.
SIC. 6. b. Il cnar'td, That the Governor
shall endorse and guarantee the bonds of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Cumpa-
ny to an amount not exceeding six hundred
and fifty Thousand dollars, and the State shall
thcrcupon, by virtue of this act, be invested
with u lien upon the entire road of said COM
pany, with all its equipments, fixtures, &C..
and shall have the same remedies for cnforc.
! ing said lien rs are given by previous acts OF
the General Assembly directing m endorse
mcnt of the bonds of said company.
The provisions of this act shall extend tt
all railroad companies mentioned in the afurc
said act, passed nth February, 1852, who's,
charters, routes or names have been or ma,
/ hereafter be changed, and if any two or NOR,
/ OF said companies shall he consolidated, the,
or the consolidated company shall still be en-
| titled to the provisions of this act.
SEc. I. BE- il FURTHER enacted, That III,
'Mi,,issippi, Central and Tennessee Railroad
Company" shall be entitled to the provision,
of this act from Jackson, Tennessee, to the
| Tennessee River, for any extension of said
road, which said company may make from
Jackson by way Of Huntingdon in the dircc.
ton of Nashville.
And yrorM.d further, That nothing in this
act shall be so construed TO extend the time
for the completion Of the first section of the
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