The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-05-20
An Act

An Act
TO AMEND AN ACT, ENTITLED GAN ACT TO
INCORPORATE THE MISSISSIPPI BOON COMPANY"
AND AN ACT AMENDATORY THERETO
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assemby of the Ter
rtory Of Minnesota:
SECTION l. That the sixth section Of the act en-
titled an act to incorporate the 6 Mississippi Boom
Company" shall be SO amended as to read as iol.
lows, viz
"SEc 6. The President, Directors, Secretary
and other officers, may he elected or APPOINTED ny
the stockholders, or Il majority in value oil SAID
stockholders, in such manner, and at such t'mes' ana
shall hold their respective Offices Tor such terms as
the bylaws Of said Company shall direct: Pror!dod'
That the President shall be chosen from the Direc-
tors Of said COMPANY
SEC. 2. The second section Of the act, entitled
an to amend an act entitled act to incorporate
the Mississippi Boom Company. shall be SO amended
as to read follows, viz
''SEC. 2. The said Boom Company shall be and
are hereby authorized and empowered to construct
maintain, and keep boom or booms upon the Mis-
sisspp river, such points between the Falls OF ST.
Anthony ESQ called) and the town OF 81. Paul, $50
called,) as they may select in which boom or boons
all logs or hewn timber coming down said river be-
tween the tenth day after the ice is out OF the RIVER
and the first day Of October in each year, shall he
gathered by said Company, and such logs or TIMER
shall he retained in such boom, by said Company
for longer period than thirty days, unless otherwise
agreed by and between the owner OF such logs or
timber aud the said Boom Company; and the SAID
Boom Company shall be held accountable for all ne
gect to keep said boom in good order and repair,
and for all damages which may accrue by failure
SO to do Prorided, That this act shall not be SO
construed as to make the said Boom Company liable
Tor logs running by in consequence OF the breaking
away vi IA boom bOOms above the Falls oil st. An
thony: Ard provided, also, That this shall not be
so construed as to prevent any person or company,
from erecting hanging any side or sheer boom to
collect their own logs or timber, at any. point not
less than one mile above the upper part of the BOOM
of said Company, or one half mile below the lower
or main boom of said Company"
SEC. g. The third section of the said act entitled
an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate
the Mississippi Boom Company, shall he SO amended
as to read as follows:
dollars; in shares of one hundred dollars each; and
the Board of Directors shall have power at any time
whenever majority in value Of stockholders shall
deem the same advisable to increase the number OF
shares to any amount, not exceeding in the whole
twenty five thousand dollars; and each stakeholder
shall be Individually liable for the debts Of said Com
pany to the amount Of stock each may own.
SEC. 4. The fourth section Of the said act to
amend an act entitled act to incorporate the Mis-
sssippi Boom Company, shall he SO amended as to
read us follows, viz:
"SEC. 4. The said company shall sort out the
logs and timber, according to their several marks,
and shall raft the out Of said boom temporarily,
with lines and wedges, or with binders, and IN such
quantity together the said company shall select,
sufficiently to the lower mill at st. Paul,
and shall deliver the same to the several owners
thereof at near the foot of said boom; Provided,
That the SAID Boom Company shall not he obliged to
retain any logs timbers at the foot OF sad Boom,
for longer period than three days after notice h rs
been given to the owners OF such logs or
timber, his their agents, that such logs or tim
Der ready Tor delivery; aud Provided also, that
the SAID company may raft IN strings or IN rats Tor
running down the Mississippi, the logs other tim
Der belonging to any person or persons, for such COM
pensatOm may be agreed upon by the parties, and
if the RATS strings : RATED are not taken away
within three days of the time when the owner or
owners shall have been notified that said RATS or
strings ready for delivery, thea the said conn any
may carefully drop the said RATS string and make
the same fast at some point below the Boom, at the
expense and isk of the owner or owners oil the SAID
RATS or strings.'
SEC. 5. The eighth section Of the said act to
amend act entitled act to incorporate the Mis-
si>Srpi Boom Company shall be SO amended as to
read as follows, viz:
"SEC. All logs other timber passing through
said Boom shall be scaled by competent person,
to be selected by the said company, when there is no
authorized surveyor of lumber in office in the county
counties in which said Bonn is or may BE- located,
and computed according to the Pine scale now used
and known the St. CroX Pine Scale or such other
scale as may be provided by law, and the charges
made ncco: ding to said scale, and the said Boom
Company shall have power and hereby authorized
to logs of each mark, sutlrient to cover the
amount of boomage, scaling and rafting due on such
mark computing said logs scaled at highest cash
market price at said boom per thousand feet, to be
scaled to the said Boom Company on delivery of each
raft string of logs RATED permanently by said Boom
Company, each and every Saturday for logs de-
livercd in lines and wedges, otherwise temporarily
ralted provided by this act and said logs scaled
to the said Boom Company shall be Immediately
marked with the mark of said Company and shall be-
come the property of said Company, and said Com
pany may also charge and collect cents additional
Boomage all logs retained winter in said
Boom at the request of the owner or owners Of said
logs or timl en-"
N. G. ID. TAYLOR.
Speaker House of Rep.
S. Il. OLMsTEAD,
Prcsd't Of the Council.
Approved March 4, 1854,
W. A. GORMAN.
Secretary's Office, St. Paul, March 80, 1854.
hereby certify the foregoing to be correct copy
of the original act on file in this office.
l. TRAVIS ROssER,
Scc'y of Minnesota Terry.
Whittier, speaking of heaven SAYS that VIC natu-
rally enough transfer to idea of heaven whatever
we love and reverence earth Thher the Cath
Ollie carries on his fancy, the imposing rites and time
honored solennitics of his worship. There the
Methodist sees his love feasts and camp meetings in
the groves, and by the still waters and green pastures
of the Blessed Abodes. The Quaker, in the still
ness Of his self-cOmmuning, remembers there was a
silence in Heaven. The Chmchman, listening to
the solemn chant of vocal music or The deem tones Of