The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-21
- MANCHESTER BRIDGE COM


Passed Apr !. Is,s, and amended March 9th, 1891
shall be lawful TO open books OF subscription In the
ow Of Manchester, under the direction OF Holden |
Rhodes, Samuel A. Patt,rsop; William Gray. Tho,
hem, and in the City of Richmond. under the dirrc-
ion Of Richard b. Haxalt. Abraham Warwick. Tho |
mas j. Dean, James NJ. snblett and Benjamin shep- |
pard or any three of them, and In such other places
Under the direction OF such agents or deputies as
majority Of the committeeman appointed &c. lor the
Of raising subscriptions to the amount OF four thou
sand shares shares of twenty-five dollars each, to
constitute joint capital stock for the purpose OF
making bridge across James river, from the town
Of Manchester 20 the City Of Richmond and for pro-
yidng all necessary aad convenient access to
the said bridge from both sides OF the river.
O. The times and places for receiving subscriptions
shall be advertised In one or more newspapers pub
ing the same shall not be closed in less than ten
days. and fit shall appear that more than four thou
sand shares shall have been subscribed Tor 1t shall
be the duty of the said commissioners at Manches-
ter, majority of them, to reduce the number OF
shares subscribed for TO that amount. by striking OF
from the highest subscriptions the requisite number,
until the whole number Of shares shall be reduced
20 four thousand but II the whole amount shall not
be subscribed for within ten days, then the books
mag be closed continued open. or closed and re-
opened without further notice, as majority OF the
first named commissioners at Manchester may judge
expedient. .
8. When one thousand shares shall be subscribed
for In shares aforesaid the subscribers their perso
nal representatives and assigns shall be and they are
hereby declared to be Incorporated into q company,
by the name of the Manchester Bridge Company,
and that shall be capable in law of purchss-
ing holding selling leasing and Conveying estates,
real and personal far shall pertain to the pur
poses herei oafter mentioned and no further; and
shall have perpetual succession ana common seal,
with capacity TO and be sued, and may exercise
all the powers rights and privileges which other
corporate bodies may lawfully do, for the purposes
A. Upon every subscription of stock as aforesaid
there shall be paid at the time of subscribing TO the
said commissioners, or their agents or Deputies the
of nnn dol a nm n9r a
residue thereof shall be paid in such instruments
and at such times as may be required by the presl
dent and directors of said company.
5. The said commissioners or their agents shall
forthwith after the fret el'cto OF president ard d
reSrs OF d an Pay 40 the sa I'll
sident and directors may recover the amount by mo-
ton ten days notice in any court Of competent Iu
risdictun by warrant before justice of the ace
u. When one thousand shares or more OF the said
capital stock shall have been subscribed public no
tice thereof shall be given by any three more of
the commissioners at Manchester, who shall at the
time call general meeting of the subscribers
at such time and place as they name in such notice
!. To constitute any such IN citing, a number Of
persons entitled to Jorty of all the votes which
could be given upon all the shares subscribed shall
sufficient number do not attend on that day. those
who attend may adjourn from time to time until q
meeting shall be form ed.
The subscribers at their general meeting and the
proprietors OF stock at any annual meeting tereat
ter shall elect president and five directors. who
shall continue in office, unless sooner removed
until the next annual meeting ami until their
successors shall be elected; but the said presl-
dent and directors, or any OF them, may at any
time be removed, and the vacancy thereby OCCASION
ed be filled by majority Of the votes given at any
general meeting. The president with any two or
more directors in the event of the absence Of the
president any three or more of the directors shall
constitute board for the transaction OF business In
case OF vacancy in the ollce OF president OF any ~
rector, happening from death. removal, or disahIl
ty. such vacancy may be supplied by the appoint
ment of the board until the next general meeting.
9. The said company are hereby Invested with all
the rights aud powers necessary for the COn5ruc tlon
repair, and maintaining of the bridge aforesaid. and
ais for providing and keeping all ways OF acc. S.
and other works necessary or expedent TO the pro-
per construction Of the said bridge, and TO the accom-
mediation of the public in resOrting to it.
10 The said president and directors shall have
power TO make contracts on behalf of the company,
and TO require from the subscribers from time 10
time such payments on their respective shares as
the president and directors may deem necessary I'M
til the whole subscription shall be paid; to call at
their discretion general meeting of the subscribers
or Stockholders. giving one months notice thereof
in some newspaper published in the CITY OF Rlch-
nond; to appoint toll-gatherer. clerk, and such
other officers as they may require. anu to transact
all the business OF the Company during the intervals
Ct the general meetings of the stockholders The
company may delegate TO the president and direc-
tors whatever other powers they may think fit, and
may at their pleasure limit and restrain the powers
hereby granted
IL. ii any stakeholder shall fail to pay the same
when required If him within mouth after The
same shall have been advertised in one of the news
papers published in the city of Ri hmond, il shall
be lawful for the president and directors to sell by
public auction. and TO convey to the purchaser the
shares OF sucn so idiiing or refusing,
giving months notice of the time and place OF
sale III manner aforesaid, and after retaining the
sum jue and all charges OF sale cut of the proceeds
thereof TO pay the surplus over TO the former owner
his representative; and if the Raid sale shall
produce the sum required, with costs and charges,
then the PRESIDENT and directors may recover the
balance OF the original proprietor his assignee,
the executors administrators OF either of them,
by suit i'll any court OF record having jurisdiction
thereof or by warrant before Justice OF the pit
having like jurisdiction; and any purchaser of the
stock OF the company under such sale shall be sub
ject TO the same rules and regulations rs tue original
proprietor.
IL. The company may increase its capital to five
thousand shares ia such manner as the stockholders
in general mt citing may direct
3 The said president and directors shall have full
power toenter upon all lands and tenemens through
which they may desire to extend their bridge tex
cept the lands used for the purposes of Mayo bridge
or to lay out the ways Of access thereto, and The
works necessarily belonging thereto and 10 lay GU:
the same according to their pleasure, that the
dwelling house yard, garden, curtilage of per-
be invaded without his consent, under the auhO
rty of the said company and they shall have power
to enter into and lay out such contiguous lands as
they may desire to occupy sites for tollhouses
workshops. and other buildings, and for their
sary accommodation: I'T0rtded, That the land so
laid out shall not exceed eighty feet in width and
that the adjoining land unless the president and
directors can agree with the owners the reOf shall
not exceed Onef0urth of an acre in any one parcel
If the president and directors cannot agree with the
owners OF such lands it shall be lawful for them to
apply to the county court of Chesterfield the coun-
" OF Henrico the court OF hustngs of the City of
Richmond, as the one or the other court may have
ton the court shall appoint five discreet and impair
tal freehoders to assess the damages to the owner
from the condemnation of the land for the purposes
aforesaid no appointment, however, shall be made
unless ten days previous notice of the application
shall have been given to the owner of tho land,
his guardian, or committee, if the owner be an in
fanf, or non coa0S GiS or to the husband, if such
owner Be tee cOcert ii such owner, guardian, COM
mittee or husband be found within the said county
or city, or if not so found then such appointment
shall not be made unless notice of the application
shall have been published at least one month next
ttV..y claArE thnf nf
Richmond. A day for the meeting of said free
holders shall be designated in the order appoint
ing them, and any or more OF them attending on
that day may adjourn from time 10 time, until
the business is finished. Of the five freeholders
having duly swern before some justice of the peace
that they will mpartay and justly to the best OF
their ability ascertain the damage that will be sus-
tanned by the proprietor of the land from the
domination thereof TO the use of the company; and
that they will truly certify their proceedings there
in to the court appointing them: Ifor}ed That the
bridge authorized by this act shall not be construct
| ed within fourteen yards above or below Mayo's
bridge without the assent of the owner or owners
| thereof
a. 1t shall be the duty of the said freeholders to
meet on the land proposed TO be condemned and af-
ter viewing the same and hearing such proper tvi-
dence as either party may offer they shall ascertain
according to their bt vt Judgment the damages which
the proprietor thereof will sustain by the condens-
nation thereof to the said company. In performing
this duty they shall consider the proprietor of the
land ~ being the owner OF the whole fee simple in-
tere5t therein they shall take into consideration the
| quantity and quality of the land to be condemned
whether any and what additional fencing will be re-
qured thereby, and all the inconvenience that will
result TO the proprietor the of the said land
| thereby from the condemnation thereof and shall
combine Herewith Just regard for the advantages
which the owner of said land as such will derive
| from the bridge aforesaid.
Is. When the said freeholders shall have agreed on
the amount OF damages, they shall make written
report OF their proceedings under their hands and
seals, IN substance as follows: We
tfeetolders, appointed byaa OlderQf
t1T the pefp9Se 81 dScertafaing the damages that ,rit
| Of ShadtHenDy proprietor Of certain
! lands ia said tohich he Grss;ffent
and directors If The Manchester bridge company pro
pos, to condemn for their use. do hereby GRITTY that e
| met t0gether on the lands Gt1reSaid on the
| day Of the dsU GIDotltrd H.ref,r Ia,
SAID order and that hdring ben ,St duly stc6r1 zoe
proceeded 10 execute the sad oreg and it con trn.fy
| tserectth ,cs do assess The damages Qftte sad
,dsin0pftetor IN fee simple IF Tie said land at
~ dollars. Gtrea uRder our hands and seals