Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-11-12
VERMONT ANDCANADA RAILROAD

NEnHONA AMI SAN MAZDA RAILROAD
1t will interest many of our readers to see
the bill reported Friday last, by the commit
tee on roads, for amending the original act
for incorporating the Vermont and Canada
Railroad Company The bill as introduced by
Senator Butler, for that purpose SENATE Bill
73) has single provision for prolongng the
time for building the connection with the Rut-
land and Burlington railroad at Burlington,
fire years from Oct 3lst. 1858, without any
conditions. The committee had patient
hearing of tho case and (as we understand,
unanimously-Senate and House committees
sitting together) agreed upon the following
report.
To TIE HONORABLE SENATE NOW IN SESSION
The road committee to whom was referred
Senate bill No. 70, report they have consider
ed the same, and recommend the following
am andment
Strike out all after the enacting clause, and
insert the following
AN ACT in addition to and in amendment O, An
act entitled ian act TO incorporate the Vermont
| Der 81, ls45.
II Is hereby ENACTED BY III, Genera! Assembly Of
the State # Vermont, as tolhps:
SEC, !. Section two Of tho charter of the Yer
| mont and Canada Railroad Company, approved
; October 8 A. D. ls45, i, hereby 80 amended that
it shall read as follows
If said company shall not, within Eve years,
| commence the construction Of the road and shall
not, within seventeen years ext after the LIST day
Of October, A D., ls45, complete and put in opera.
ton said road from point in the village of Bur-
hngton most convenient TO connect at said village
IF r1ipnt
| from said village called the Rutland and Bur-
| lington railroad, connecting such southery road
by line Of said Vermont and Canada railroad run
ming from the most convenient point of connection
| in said village of Burlington with said Rutland
and Burlington railroad, to point west Of the
town-house in the town of Colchester, and thence
| to connect with the present track OF the Vermont
and Canada railroad, at the most suitable and pro-
per point in the town Of Milton, thus connecting
said Southern line, as we'll as the Vermont Central
line, by the most convenient and direct route, with
the northern terminus of said Vermont and Canada
railroad. then this corporation shall cease and the
charter thereof be void.
Sec. g. The foregoing amendment Of said char
ter, and the extension Of four years beyond the
time originally given by said charter for the COM
peton Of said road, is granted, upon the express
condition that said company conform to and obey
the following acquisitions and provisions, as well
as the other provisions Of this act namely
That said company shall, within nine months
after the passage of this act, survey and locate
that part Of its line mentioned in section one Of
| this act not already built, according the true
| intent and meaning Of this act, and e1pend in the
| construction thereof, upon such location north Of
! Onion river, fifty thousand dollars, before the
first day Of September, A. D., 1859, and fifty thou
sand dollars more upon said line so located with
in eighteen months from the passage of this act.
That said company shall, within four years from
the 3lst day Of October, A. D., 1858, complete and
put in operation the same, so as to make con-
tinuous line of said road from such point of con-
neeton in the village Of Burlington to the north
| ern terminus 1.-THE Vermont and Canada railroad;
That said road, when so completed, shall be for
ever and operated over said extension, so to
put said Rutland and Burlington railroad upon an
equal footing in respect TO the convenient transmits
| sion of eight and passengers, and the charges
therefor, over and upon said Vermont and Canada
railroad, each way and in connection Herewith
with the Verm ont Central line subject, in case Of
disagreement, TO the decision Of the commissioners
mentioned in the fifteenth section Of the charter Of
the Vermont and Canada railroad company;
That all passengers passing over the said YER
mont and Canada railroad to and from Burling-
ton, and to and from the northern terminus of said
Vermont and Canada railroad, and to and from the
intermediate points. shall be carried over said
tension hereby directed to be located, and over
said Vermont and Canada railroad, without delay
and without change Of cars. except in case Of &C.
! cident other casualty;
| That until said Vermont and Canada railroad
shall connect with said Rutland and Burlington
railroad, as hereinbefore provided, said Vermont
and Canada railroad shall, so far il has here
after may have the legal right, without impairng
any of its present legal rights or obligations or
these which may arise from present obligations,
| give to the said Rutland and Burlington the same
rights, privileges and advantages TO and from Bur
lington, over the Vermont Central railroad to and
from Essex Junction, and thence over the Yer
mont and Canada railroad to and from Rouse's
Point, as is conferred upon said Rutland and Bur
lington line, by the name Of the Champlain and
| Connecticut River Railroad Company, over said
Vermont and Canada by the fifteenth section Of
the act incorporating said Vermont and Canada
railroad company, and in case Of disagreement, all
questions in relation thereto shall DO determined
| by commissioners and the supreme court on their
report according to the provisions of said fifteenth
section.
SEC. 8. If said Vermont and Canada railroad
company shall not by legal vote Of its directors,
duly passed and filed with the secretary of State,
accept this act within thirty days next after the
passage thereof, or If it shall fail to perform and
fulfil all the requirements, conditions and provisos
Of this act, in either case said company shall take
| no benefit of any Of the provisions thereof,
SIC. 4. Any legal proceedings that may be had