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

A BILL


BILL @
To Incorporate the Transit Railroad Company.
Be enacted by the Legislative Ass.by Of the Territory
sEc.I That Charles W. Borup Henry D. HUI, orn Smith,
Aeram NJ Frdey, Lorenzo D. Smith, j. Hilbert, Henry a.
Siby, Andrew b. Hodges, Henry me-
Aenty, o. NJ Lord David Omst Benjamin Thompson, W. a.
D. Clinon and ain such persons
holders In the hereby shall Dc ana are
Railroad Company, and by and under that
name and style shah DC s ana ana Ien n sIeu
aud in equity, in any and all courts and places
a seal, and alter the at
and BY their corpora ane and style shall be capable
purchase % grant, devise otherwise and of holding and
all such estate and property and personal
be necessary convenient into effect the objects and
purposes OF this act and Of the said corporation.
The said corporatcn hereby authorized and empower
ed and hereby declared that the objects and there
OF to locate, Construct completes maintain and
operate, and at their pleasure to alter the n thereof
changing the eastern terminus, Railroad with one
tracks or lines rails, from the village Winona, in the co-
wiuona, Territory Minnesota, by the
feasible ST. Paul. point
the Minnesota River, thence nteect Railroad that
hereafter be constructed nom Lake Superior or the Mississippi
River towards tbs Territory of Washington together with
all stations, depots, engines
other apputenances and furniture Railroad And the
said company also authorized and empowered TO extend IN IKE
such Railroad its junction with the Minnesota
River to such point they deem pope on the line which
be adopted and established by the Minnesota Western
such they deem the ue which may be
adopted and established by the said Lake Superior, Pngets
rr OF he IN K,a bIi nor hs asst Of the meridian of
the mouth Of the Blue Earth River.
3. The capital stock the corporation hereby created
shall be five millions of dollars and shall be divided into shares
each, such
the BY its regulations bylaws shall
prescribe, said while
there shall be assessed thereon unpaid; and
the directors the said corporation with the consent
the holders OF majority OF the stock thereo the
ta stock her of to such
thereto not exceeding twenty millions OF dollars The shares
increase stock shall be the transferable
the same manner as the shares OF tho original stock.
The said corporation shah have the right upon
and approximate to its and control for the
ceeng two hundred feet width throughout its entire length
take possession Of and singular lands
timber and materials of and kind for the
akng the survey and of said aroa and of all
and for the the said Railroad and all
bridges depots stations and other things
convenient the the full and
ton threo and of all its appendases and
All such lands with the limits said Railroad
and which may belong to this Territory hereafter be
acquired thereby by the in which said line
Is hereby to the said for such purposes to
be by them held and possessed long the shall be
been reserved hereaf
ter eservet granted for the schools Al, be included
therefor such not less than dollar
fix, which shall be Governor thereof,
belong to the school fund of said Territory State
The said corporation take and hold for the said
of them such additional mag requ-
site or convenient but unless lands taken the
corporation for any of said proposes shall be purchased
voluntar by the thereof pro-
The thereof, compensation shall
aScertained and determined in the o owing:
whih the lands proposed taken shall
situate having urisd competent eneran adudcate
reasonabie crtsiuv and ,ccuracv M nm @ ~ Win Win
the lands proposed taken,
and setting forth the every owner,
trancer other rson he same or anv MARI there
Of the by legal
fectng the and by view inquiry
touching thereof praying appointing Of
certain and determine the
owner or owners respectively aud to all enats inoumbrancers
and others interested for the taking nuousy
land or real estate copy OF such petition with notice OF
the time and place when
to the court shall be served
tn ren as owne otherwise
az eds zen uay previous TO the time designated in such
notice 70" the presentation Of such Petition
mace ny ueveng such copy OF the petition and notice to
each of the named therein,
rto in Of the absence person. leaving
copy of petition and notice his her place
urehend the Object ther "r which sa be ~ eo
with to deliver for
whom it is thus eft at the earliest opportunity.
dents this territory upon cannot be made
IN the manner above prescribed, notice stating briefly
the petition, description lands proposed to be
taken, and the time and place the presenting the petition
the court and directed to such pesons pub
d in the newspaper published nearest the location such
lans and in published the
OF the territory state in which the shall
in each week six successive weeks
isnaed for presenting such petition The
petition shall be presented shall make APP
peht Oh commissioners to ascertain aud determine the
compensation to be paid to persons
By AFFIDAVIT and the court, of
service of the petition and notice in the
prescribed but do the appearance
parties or upon such prof of service in the absence
or parties The court may the application the said
corporation or of owner Interested
cause, adjourn the proceedings time, may
given any party whose
be affected thereby. When the proof
satisfactory that all parties interested any parcel
have been duly served with the petit the
herein prescribed, and of the
trest or estate Of each ana the
may make order to be recorded in the APP
pointing three dsineresed competent
ascertain and determine the paid by the said
corporation toeach Of ssch persons
eres estate in such parcel parcels
the time and place Of the first meeting such
The said corporation shall delay and deliver
to each Of such commissioners
he said shall enter the discharge their
duties, they shall take an that
they will faithfully and imparay, and without fear favor,
as to ascertain and detsmne
to be paid by the Transit Railroad Company (here
the the property for
lands interest in lands be taken copa-
n.y. Such oath may be taken before
law administer Whenever the paco OF any commits.
soer shall become vacant the court
the parties he prescribe, like orders supply
place by the person such Commission
erwho shall be in like copy order APP
pointing h ana take the ike OATH The commissioners shall
meet at the time anG place specified in appointing
he ana IN The order supplying any vacancy in such commits
SION When met and all present they proceed to the
ing OF the proofs aud OF the parties present
sohdoy notified by the company TO be present. authorized
administer them, and before max
ing report tn SHALL parry
10 be made, the they
10 determine. the commissioners the the
the convenience the parties NAV
qure adjourn IRON time place. as may in
their Judgment be most conducive to the purposes
vessatons. No proceedings by the said commits
ones unless OF them be except ADJOURN
question submitted to til, may be decided
by majority, and by majority valid The
said commissioners shall keep minutes 10 writing
proceedings in which they shall place of
their lettings and aournmen OF parties appear
Ing before them in person by Attorney the
testimony of witnesses before them and
all disputed questions which shall be them and
their decisions thereon In estimating damages
lions to be paid to any claimants TO lands
50 proposed 10 be ake the sad commissioners shall take