The Empire County argus., 1854-10-07
TPublic, No. al
ANACT to incorporate the Georgetown C;osl;ebt (o,

10 incorporate tho Georgetown ght Companv
1e M emaea 9y e Senae and House of Representatives
That David English; Robert L. Dodge Ricbard Cr,,;I'
shank, William NJ. Fitzhugh, Richard Petit W;lliam
and their present and future associates are berebv d
ed to be body polite and corporate by the name nn
style OF he Georgetown Gaslight Company and by the
same name shall have perpetual succession and shall h
able to sue and be sued plead and bo mpeacd in olI
courts ofaw and equity in the District of Columbia and
elsewhere to make and have common seal and the ssI
to break alter and renew at pleasure to ordain and
sh bylaws, ordinances and regulations and penorol t
do every act and thing necessary to carry into ct h
act or TO promote the objects and design of this
ton. e
Sec 2. And Jea further enacted That the copita stock
of this corporation shall not exceed hundred and ffv
thousand dollars that share in the same shall be trent
five dollars and books of subscription to the said co;I
stock or to such portions thereof, from time to time
may by tho directors, for the time being be deemed nron
er and necessary shall be opened by the appointment or
under the direction of tho directors hereasr named sub
shall be prescribed and the stock of the said shall
be deemed personal p, property.
and conducted by and under the direction of presidn
and seven directors being stockholders that the said d.
rccors shall be elected on the first Monday June in the
year eighteen hundred and fyour and the same day
on each succeeding year thereafter and shall hold their Of
fees for one year from the day of their election and until
other directors shall be elected in their place that snch
election shall be held in Georgetown aforesaid at such
time and place majority of the directors for the time
beng snail appoint ana notice of such time and place of
newspapers printed and published in the said town. at least
fourteen days before the day holding such an election
ana every such election shall be by ballot and by such of
the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose either
person or by proxy and each sockhoder shall be entitled
to one vote each share of the stock which he or she may
have held and may continue hold in his or her own
name for at least fourteen days before the time of voting
and the persons having the greatest number of votes shall
be the directors and ifi shall happen that or
persons shall have equal number of votes the directors
in Office at the time of such election shall by plurality of
votes given by ballot determine which ofhe persons so
having equal number of shall be director or rec-
tors so as to complete the whole number be chosen
and the directors chosen SHALL as may be there
AFTER proceed TO elect by ballot of their number
or one OF the shareholders to be president and when
ever any vacancy shall happen in the said board of pres
dent and directors the same shall be filled up by the
manning directors by plurality of votes until the next an
nua election Procidt al,r1s That the president of the
said company and at least six of the directors shall be u-
habtants Of the said town.
SEC T. 5'M de turtder cnGCek, That David English,
Robert r. Dodge, Richard Crikshank William NJ. Eitz-
hugh Richard Petit, VIM. f. Seymour. Adolphus H.
Piekre, and William Bucknell shall be the first directors
OF the said company the first named of whom shall be their
president and shall hold their offices until the first Mon
day in June in the year eighteen hundred and fifty y-four
and until Others are chosen in their places.
SEC. s. And be further cnactci That in case it shall
happen at any time that election for directors shall
take place on the day appointed by this act for that pur
posc the said corporation shall not for that cause for
any non-use be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall and
may be lawful to hold election for directors any
day, in such shall be provided for by the by
laws of the said corporation.
SEC. 6. And be further enacted That it shall and may
be lawful for the directors majority ofthem to require
payment othe subscriptions to the capital stock of the said
corporation mt such times and in such proportions they
majority of them shall deem fit under the penalty of
fcreitng any all previous payment payments thereon
Prordd notice of the nsalmcn required to be paid shall
have been published at least fourteen days in
of the newspapers printed and published in the said town,
before the day appointed for the payment thereof
SEC. T. Ad belt further cnacted That the president and
directors shall have full power and authority to manuac
ture make and sell gas to be made of coal oil tar pitch
turpenne other materials and to be used for the pur
pose of lighting the city of Georgetown, the streets
thereof and any buildings manufactures, houses there
in contained and situate and to lay pipes for the purpose
of conducting gas in any of the Streets ancs alleys of
the said city, Pr0rded howevr That the said company
shall conduct the manufacture of not to nure pr
vate property create nuisance and that the said pipes
shall be laid subject to such conditions, and in compliance
with such regulations, the corporation of Georgetown,
further, That the right to erect and put up any buildings,
works. apparatus for the manufacture og gas shall be
subject to such terms conditions restrictions and regua
tions the said corporation of Georgetown may, from mo
to time prescribe or direct.
SEC. s. Ind be further enaed, That if any person
acts whatsoever whereby the works of the said company
any pipe, conduit, plug, cock reservoir, any
gne machine or structure, any matter thing apper
ed injured destroyed the person persons offending
shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation double the
amount of the damage sustained by of such eence
or injury to be recovered in the of said corporation,
with costs of suit in any action of debt the
be brought In in any court having soganee thereof
act shall be construed to prevent any persons
incorporated company hereafter to be created for that
purpose from engaging in and pursuing the business spec
fed the seventh section of this act and that shall be
lawful for Congress- at any time hereafter to amend alter
or repeal this act
SEC. 10. And be further enacted That nothing in this
act contained shall be construed to authorize the said
Georgetown GBsght Company to make ISSUE or put in
circulation any BILL draft check, order promssory note
change ticket anything else promising agreeing
pay money intended to circulate money the tenden
cy OF which shall be to circulate money currency and
the violation of any of the provisions this section
shall be forfeiture of the charter hereby given and shall
subject each of the directors voting for the same to fine
of fifty dollars.
SEC. H. Amd further enacted That each of the stock
holders in the Georgetown Gasgh Company shall be held
liable in his her individual capacity for all the debts and
liabilities of the said company however contracted in
crred to be recovered by suit other debts ahhies
before the court tribunal having jurisdiction of the
Sec. IL. And be- further enacd, That all right gram
ted to the Washington Gasght Company by act ent-
tied san act to amend act entitled An act incorpo
rate the Washington Gaslight Company, approved July
eight eighteen hundred and forty eight approved August
second eighteen hundred and ftytwo to lay gas mains
pipes in the city of Georgetown, be and the here
by repealed
Approved 2oth July, 1854.
[Public No.. ~.
AN ACT regulating the time holding the sessions of tho
district and circuit courts of the United Stues In tho
eastern district of louisiana.
BE enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives.
OF the United States of AnericG Congress assembled,
That there shall hereafter be annually only three stated
sessions of the district of the United States for the
eastern district of louisiana which shall be held at New
Orleans on the third Mondays of November February and
May Propded That the judge of said court shall be and
he hereby author zed to adjourn any stated session
any time times previous to the next stated session sad