The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-19
BE it enacted by the Legislative assembly Of the
Territory of Minnesota :-..-

BE 1t enacted by the Legislative assembly Of the
Territory of Minnesota :f-.,-
SEC. l. That Edward Thompson, Samuel Nc
Phail, James Smith, Edward Bell, Ole Knudson, 7.
b. Twford, w. B. Geer, Benjamin Thompson, John
Looney, Joseph Sovesee, VIM. F. Dunbar, B. Prin-
gle, Jas. Mclean, II. N. Farnham, w. w. Ben
nett, Robert H. Shankland. J. s. McCuen, David
Omsted, Benjamin F. Brown, Joseph P. Hamelin,
II. d. Huff, Thomas Foster, Jacob McCrary, VIM.
Bross and all such persons shall hereafter become
stockholders in the company hereby Incorporated,
shall be and hereby made body polite and cor
porate by the name and style Of s'The Root River
Valley and southern Minnesota Railroad Company
and by and under that name and style shall be eapa-
BILE of suing and being sued, mpleading and being
implicated, defending and being defended against
law and equity, in any and all courts and places
whatsoever as fully as natural persons and the said
corporation may make and use a common seal, and
alter renew the same at pleasure; and by their
corporate name and style shall be capable of contract
ing and being contracted with, and Of acquiring by
purchase, gift, grant, devise, otherwise, and Of
holding and conveying all such estate and property,
real and personal, may be necessary convenient
to carry into effect the objects and purposes of this
act and of the said corporation. . sH
81. The said corporation is hereby authorized
and empowered, and it is hereby declared that the
objects and purposes thereof are to survey, locate,
construct, maintain, use and operate, and at their
pleasure alter the line thereof, without changing
tracks or lines Of rails from the village Of Hokah, in
the coua:y Of Houston and Territory of Minnesota,
westwardy by the most feasible practicable route
to some point between the south bend of the Mime
sofa River and the southern line of the Territory Of
Minnesota; thence westwardly by the most direct
aud practicable route to the Great Bend Of the Mis-.
souri, River, with the privilege of Branch starting
from Hokah and running up the west bank of the
Mississippi River by the way Of Target Lake to Ea-
gle Bluffs, in Wnona county, in the Territory OF Min
nesota, together with all necessary and proper sta
tons, depols turnouts, engines, cars, and other APP
purtenances and furniture of a railroad. And the
said company is also authorized and empowered to
extend the line OF their railroad to such point they
may deem proper on the line which may be adopted
and established by the Lake Superior, Pugets Sound
and Pacific Railroad Company, and the said compa
nv is also authorized and empowered 10 excavate,
construct and complete steamboat canal from the
main channel of the Mississippi River through Tar
get Lake to the feasible point Root River, in
section twenty-eight, (2S) in township one hundred
and four (l04 north, range number four (4) west of
the fifth principal meridian. And to remove al OBJ
structions the free navigation Of Root River from
sad point to the village of Hokah, and said company
may build, construct and operate boats for the
veyance of passengers and freight to and from the
eastern terminus of said railroad.
So The capital stock of the corporation hereby
created shall be five millions of dollars, and shall be
divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall be
transferable in such manner the corporation by its
regulations or bylaws shall prescribe, but share
Of said stock shall be transferred while there shall be
any instalment assessed thereon unpaid, and the d.
rectors of the said corporation may with the consent
Of the holders of majority of the stock thereof, in
crease the capital stock thereof to such sum may
be necessary convenient to carry into effect all the
rights and privileges hereby granted thereto, not ex
ceeding twenty millions OF dollars. The shares OF
any increase Of stock shall be the and transfer
able in the same manner the shares of the original
stock.
rs 4. The said corporation shall have the right OF
way upon and may appropriate to its own use and
control for the purposes OF the said railroad and
nal their appurennces, land not exceeding two hun
dred feet in width, throughout their entire length,
andmay by its engineers, agents and contractors, en-
ter upop take possession of and all and singular
an, lands, streams, timber and materials of any and
every kind, for the purposes oil making the survey
and location Of said railroad and canal, OF all stations
depots, turnouts, and other appurtenances thereto
and for the purpose of constructing the said railroad
and canal, all BRIDGES depots, stations, turnouts and
other things necessary, proper convenient Tor the
same, and the full and protection OF, and OF al
their appendages or appurtenances All SUCH lands
within the limits Of the line of said railroad and Ca
nal which may now belong to this Territory, or here
after be acquired thereby, or by the state 40 which
the said hne may be, is hereby granted to the said
corporation Tor such purposes be by them held and
possessed SO long as the same shall be used for such
purposes and no longer Provided, that in case any
of the lands which have been reserved or shall here
after be reserved or granted for the use of schools
shall be included within the limits Of the said line
the said corporation shall pay therefor such sum- no,
less than one dollar and twenty-five per acre. az
the Governor OF the Territory such state shall fix
which sum shall be paid to such Governor, and shall
belong to the school fund Of such territory state
fI7S s. The said corporation may take and hold TO-
the said purposes or any Of them, such additional
lands as may be requisite convenient therefor; Blu
unless such lands taken by the said corporation 70
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tarily given by the owner or thereof, full an
proper compensation therefor shall be made BY III
d said corporation TO the owner or owners thereo
which compensation shall be ascertained and deter
mined in the manner following:
The said corporation may present to court IN 10
county in which the lands or real estate proposed
be taken shall be situated, having jurisdiction eompe
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