Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-11-24

proceedings may had at any meeting majority
met they shall by resolution to rsss, this
charters and notify the OF the Territory thereof II
three Of their number AID such other
,Se os u this sn Se
times aud places when and where books FOR receiving such
different different places
time Every person who shall subscribe for stock Of this
two per cent on the amount Of stock sub
81. Whenever hundred thousand dollars shall
been subscribed the stock Of this corporation and two
thereon paid aforesaid, he
person by at such time and the holders of
the stock shall pserbe and proceed to elect twelve
directors the holders each share stock
ing entitled to vote by the holder thereof which shall be
cast by The directors shall elect their
president directors,
preside all the meetings thereof which he shall be
dent who shall preside In the absence of the president The
shall also elect suitable and
All conveyances
made by the shall be signed by the president vice
seal of company They shall also elect treasurer,
shall security the safe keeping and the
of the the directors shall require. At
meeting of the directors shall quorum the
business and all the affairs and business the
said company shall be conducted by under the directions OF
the board OF dectors and they for the
specified IN this act TO make and establish ana p
laws do all things be done and not nconss
tent with the constitution and the the laws OF this
Territory of this act The directors first elected shall by lot
divide their offices
and until their shall be elected aud enter
years. until their shall be elected and their
duties And the third class shall hold their offices three years,
shall elected their
due and there shall be annually elected the manner here
shall years,
shall be elected and enter their dues Vacancies which
may any board directors,
appointment majority the directors office,
shall continue until the next annual cleo
when all vacancies shall he filled by election
The annual election shall be held at the office OF the secretary
persons appointed by shall the
elections and shall the votes and make and
atry notify persons their
SS The board of directors such times they
iEsament Of not less than Ave or more than twenty per 1
thirty days notice thereof, under the
penalty OF forfeiture Of the stock upon which the
made.
9. corporation shall twenty-five
miles of the said Railroad and work thereon within
Ave the time when this act shall take effect and shall
fully complete and equip at least one track from Wnona to the
Minnesota River with suitable and switches and
within ten years of the same time.
purpose constructing using said Rail-
necessary bridges public high
ways and nagbe strea that it be so done as not
ton of navigabe And the said corporation Is
with whose road their Railroad in
tact for the crossing or of such roads ana for the
Every Railroad shall be laid with :he
rail- not less than sixty pounds yard neal aud all
the engines furniture shall be well made, good
matera and of approved form kind equal in quality to
the best equipped an furnished railroads in the United
States.
IL. any person wuly any way
ure spoil or destroy the Railroad any part Of the Railroads
anything appurenant thereto and
vent for its free and of the the
carriages engine erected kept the thereo
such shall be deemed guilty OF misdmeanor and liable
be indicted and punished therefore and he shall also be liable
to thrice the amount Of damages
thereby.
And the death of shall be produced by
wful malicious obstruction injury
the said Railroad engine thereon, the
who shall obSruc the said Railroad engine
thereon, shall be deemed guilty of murder in the first degree
49, Every CONDUCTOR baggage master agent
of The said and who shall engaged in the ticket
Office the said Railroad, shall his
plain badge, which shall indicate his
conductor collector shall demand be entitled receive
toll feighter passenger
control direction in his station, authorized
interfere with baggage freight without
ring such badge
a. Every locomotive engine said Railroad shall be
nished with good and sufficient alarm bell whistles whic
shall fully sounded eighty from every
highway crossing, while The engine, either with without
train shall be passing said
violation of this section the said shall forfeit and
whomsoever shall prosecute for the the dollars
To- This act hereby declared to be public ac and
be amended by subsequent Legislative Assembly, in
not destroying pang the vested rights Of said
corporation.
16. This shall be in its passage.
J. S. NORRIS, Speaker of II. Of r.
WIN. p. MURRAY, Pres't Council.
Approved March Sd, 1855.
W. A. GORMAN.
hereby certify that the above original
on file in my office. J. TRAVIS ROSSER,
Secretary Minnesota