Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-06
Acts of tho Legislature.
An Act to incorporate the Sassafras Ga
Turnpike Company


| OF Representatives,, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That L. ~ Garvin, John Price.
and D. ~. Ea9loy, Jr., and such other persons
as they may associate with them, be and thew
are hereby authorised and empowered to Law
out, construct, and keep in repair, turnpike
road, commencing at Pendlnton village, in
/ Tue District OF Anderson, and running from
thence by the most direct practicable route to
| some point on the Meth Carolina line, in the
| direction of, and at or near the Sassafros
zap; and for the purpose of establishing the
said rond, the said L. N. Garvin, John Price
j. ~. Easlcy, and their associates, success,
sors and assigns shall be, and they are here
| by declared to be body corporate and polite.
| by the name and style of the "Sassafras Gan
Turnpike Company" and shall have success
sion OF officers and members, to be appointed
according to the bylaws and regulations the
said Company may establish
III. That the capital stock of the said Com
phny shall be twelve thousand dollars. in
shares OF twenty-five dollars each. to be snh.
scribcd III books opened for that purpose,
under the direction of the corIorators herein
before named, or majority ofthem, on such
days, by such persons, and at such places, as
they appoint; and when the sum of three
| thousand dollars shall be subscribed a meet
ing of the Stockholders shall be called by the
above named corporators, and the Company
may be organized by those representing a
majority of stock, each share cntitling the
fowner to one vote.
Ill. That tho said corporation shall have
power to make all such rules, regulations.
ana bylaws, not repugnant to the laws ofthe
and, as they may dccm cXpeuiv-I ebo n Lo /
able and capable in law, to purchase, take,
hold and enjoy, and the same to alieu at will
Eany estate, real or personal, not exceeding in
value double the amount of their capital
stock, and by tho name aforesaid. may sue
and be sued in any Court of Law or Equity
i'll this State; may have common seal and
corporate existence for the term oftwcnty-one
years, (unless their charter be forfeited by
law from the completion of said road.
Nv. That the said Company shall be allow
ed two years from the ratification of this Act
to organise and commence the construction
of the road hereby authorised and FIVE years
from the commencement of the work to COM
plcte the Same.
V. That it shall and may be lawful for the
said company to erect one or moro toll-gatcs
c. tl,a o%ii isa.in" "ftnlr, aud may take and
receive, as n toll for passing the So ia turnpike,
n sum not to exceed the followh,& rates, to
wit: For every four-whcel carriage drawn
by two or moro horses, seventy ccnts for
every buggy or other one-horsc carriage, fifty
cents; for every wagon drawn by six horses
eighty cents; for every wagon drawn by five
horses, seventy cents ; for every wagon drawn
by four horses, sixty cents for every wagon
drawn by three horses, fifty cents; for every
wagon drawn by two horses, forty cents; for
every wagon drawn by one horse thirty cents
for every cart or other vehicle than above,
twenty conts; for every passenger ON horse
back, ten cents for every loose horse or mule,
three cents per head; for every head of cattle
and hogs, two cents for every head of sheep
or goats, one cont; Provided, That for pass
ing over any part of said road less than it's
whole length, the rates of toll shall be DrO
ratt to the sums charged for passing over the
whole road.
VI. That if any person shall wlfully
destroy, injurc or obstruct, the said road,
or any part thereof, such person shall be
liable to pay treble damages to the Compa-
ny, to be recovered by action of debt in any
court of record in this State having iuris-
diction, and shall also be liable to indict-
mcnti in the Court of Sessions, as for OBJ
structing q public highway, and be punish
ed by fine and imprisonment, in the discre-
ton of the Court
VII, That the said Company may COM
bine and unite their road with the road of
any other Company at the line of the State
of North Carolina, on such terms and con-
ditions as the said Companies may agree
upon.
VIII That for failure to keep the said
road in proper repair, after the,samc shall
have been completed, the said Company
shall be liable to forfeiture Of the charter
herein granted. x s@Aa
TX. Thatall questions concerning the
right of way for said Turnpike road, where
the Qompany3and the land owners cannot
agree touching the same; shall be determin-
cd in the same manner as is provided by the
tenth section of an Act, entitled 'fAnE ( Act
to authorise the formation Of the Greenville
and Columbia RAILROAD Company ratified
on the fifteenth day of December in the
year of our lord one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-fye, for determining ques-
tions of right of way for said railroad In
all cases of appeal from assessments by Com
missioners, full costs shall be awarded, and
the Collection thereof enforced as in cases
Of trespass on the case.
NOZZLE, Ala, Jan. 26, l858,ezAn cnthusi-
actic meeting of tho sympathizers with Gen.
Walker was holden in this city lastnightS--
| Speeches wore made by Gen. Walker, Par4
son BsYwalow and others. Gcii, Walkerdc-
Iclared That the reason Of tho Goyerhmept's s
sopp " ton to bis expedition was his refusal
to go to Mexico to incite war there, with q
/ yiew to tAe acquisition of territory Ecsolus
! tions ayere passed by the meeting denounc-
Eing the actionof tho Government and de-
kmanding that Commodore Peulding should
undergo . trial. 81
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