Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-23
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70 RxEND TIE cHXKTiER. or TIE aASkas.sAIs
RIVER VALLEY RAILROAD, COMPANY, AND
FOR OTHER PURPesEs. = 49,
+. Be it enacted By the Senate and House
of Representatives., nov met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and By tie atahority Of
tha same, That the charter Of. the Savannah
River Valley Railroad Company be, and
the same is hereby altered and amended so as
to authorize fhss said company to connect
with the South Carolina Railroad in Angus
ia, and for that purpose to cross The Savan-
nah river at or above Bull Sluice, and 10
combine with any company incorporates
for the same object, by the State Of Georgia /:
Provided, however, that the said company
shall release all State aid heretofore granted;
And prouided further, That the Stockholders
of tue town of Hamburg, aud the corporzs
ton of the town of Hamburg, and alsoy aiiF
other stockholders of said company, Shall
have the privilege, within sixty days from
the first day Of January next, after the Pas.
sage of this Act, to withdraw their stock ia
said company, il they choose so to do Asd,
provided, also, That the retiring stockholders
shall first pay their ratesble proportion d
any expenses incurred by the said company
before they had retired: And provided fur:
ther, That the connection with the South
Carolina Railroad company be lawfully esl
tablished, by steam communication, OF Other
locomotive >ower, and common track and
depot in the city of Augusta.
2. That the company shall be authorized
to construct branch road from some con-
venient point on the main trunk of said
Railroad to Abbeville Court House, and to-
unite at that place with the Abbeville Branch
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad,
and also to build branch from the same
point on the main road, to and across Savan-
nah river, at or near Vienna, 10 the direction
of Washington, Georgia, with full power 10
connect with any railroad now chartered, or
hereafter to be chartered by the State of
Georgia, to extend from Washington, Geor~
eia, to the Savannah river at or near Vienna.
3. That the name and style Of said COM
pany shall be changed to the Savsnnah
Valley Railroad Company.
4. That the exclusive right to build, keep
up aud use the said railroad and its several
branches, and the conveyance and transport
tation thereupon, shall vest and continue in'
the said company for and during the term of
thist4six tbi " XaaEs end 2fs, the lapse Of the
nah Valley Railroad CcmPshS CSsafhe sBSa aud SSsEaR
remain incorporate, and be vested With all
the rights, powers and privileges as to their
own works herein granted and secured, ex.
cept the Legislature may authorize the for.
nation of other companies, and the construc.
ton of other railroads, for the trade and
intercourse contemplated therein; but the
Legislature may renew and extend the ex-
elusive right of said Savannah Valley Rail
road Company upon such terms as may be
prescribed by law and accepted by said
company.
5. That the said Savannah Valley Rail-
road Company shall be and is hereby e1:
empt from the provisions Of the forty.frst
section of an Act entitled can Act to in
corporate certain villages, societies and com:
panies, and to renew and amend certain
charters heretofore granted, and to establish
the principles upon which charters OF fncor;;
poration will hereafter be granted" ratified
the seventeeth day Of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty.one.
6. This Act shall be of no effect uhtIf =
direct communication by steam, Or other 10.
comotive power, and cars and eommou
track and depot between the Georgia Rail
road and the South Carolina Railroad bs
established or secured. -,
7. That the Savannah Valley Railroad
Company have foil power to connect with
the Blue Ridge Railroad. at Anderson; and
nothing in this Act, or in the original charter,
shall prevent any Railroad IN South Caroll'
ma from connecting with the said Savannah
Valley Railroad. And the Directors Of the
said company may reopen the books 10
receive subscriptions to the capital stock at
such times and places as they shall see it.
In the Senate House, the nineteeth day OF
December, in the yeat Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty.fives
and in the eightisth year Of the sovet.
eighty and Independence Of the United
States Of America:
RoBr. F. w. ALtsroN, President Of the
Senate.
JAMES S1MoSs, Speaker House Of Repre-
seinatioes.
MAGAZINE OF DEAfH.-The grounds
belonging to the United States Arsenal at
Baton Rouge, La, embrace an area Of n
miles. In the three magazines there are 3d.
600 pounds of powder, and s, 9,00o, 600 rounds
of cartridges for small arms and cannon.
The storehouses contain $4,000 tndskets,
rifles, carbines, and pistols, $500 sabres,
100 cannons, 100000 cannon balls aud
shells, 10000 pounds canister, and accou.
trements for 10000 men. The total value
OF the lands and buildings with their con-
tents is over 81, ,OO0, 600.
A Coon BlLL.-A gentleman, whose
house was repairing, went one day to see
how the work progressed, and observing a
quantity Of nails lying about, said to the
carpenter: "Why don't you take care of
,beee nails Q thev'n certainly be LOST No. \"