Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-14
Acts of the Legislature.

| An Act to incorporate the Brasstown and Pam
thcr Creek Turnpike Company
l. BE enacted blythe Senate and uouSc of
Representatives, now metand sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority Of the same,
That William S. Grishain, AHel Rol,jrs. Ed.
mund uertlon, Bry Frct@ell and William Sloan
and such other persons as they may associate
with them, be- and they are hereby, authorized
ana empowered to lay out erect and keep in
rrePaiGa. Turnpike Road, in pickcns District, in
this State, commcncingsat the west end of the
Stump lIouse Tunnel, on the Blue Ridge Rail-
road aud from thence pursuing the general di-
recuou of the ChattooGa Ridge to Brasstown,
on Tugaloo River, at the Georgia State line /;
anI for the lurpnEo of establishing said road
the persons hcreinbeforo named, or majority
OF them, and their associates. successors or as
signs, shall be, and they are hereby, created n
body polite or corporate, by the maine and
style OF The BrasstoSu and Pnpthcr Creek
Turnpike Comrany," and shall hnyo succession
OF officers and members, to be an ntcd accnr-
ding to the bylaws and regulations the said
Company may establish that all questions CON
cerninS the right of way for said Turnpike
Road, when the Company and the landowners
cannot agree touching the. same, shall bo do
termnod in the same manner as is provided by
the tenth section of Act, entitled :" a Act
to authorize the formation of the Grccnvil and
Columbia Railroad Company" ra,ifcde on the
btccnth day Of December, in the year of our
'''pl ohc tnOUSonu clBnt nunjreu ana forty ii vc.
ipr determining questions of right of way for
SAID Rallroad. ln all cases Of appeal from as
ScsSmonts by Commissioners, full cost shall be
awarded, and the collection thereof enforced
as is case of trespasscs on the case
III, That the capital stock of said Company
snail he ten thousand dOlrrs, in shares Of one
hundred dollars each to be subscribed in books
opened for that purpose, under the direction of
the corporators, orfa majority of them here.
ihbetorc named on such days, ly such persons
aod at such places as they may appoint; and.
when the sum of four thousand dollars be sub
.scr!bed. meeting of tho stackh lders shall be
called by the above named corporators. and
tle Company may be organized by those rep
rescntnS majority of the stock, each share
emitting thc owner to one vote.
III. That the said corporation shall havc pow
or to make all such rules, regulations and by
laws, not repugnant to-the laws of the land. ns
they may deem cSpedieut; shall be. able and
capable in law, to purchase, take, hold and en-
JOY, and the same to alien at WILL any estate
real or personal, not exceeding in value double
the amount ot their capital stock and lJy tho
name aforesaid, may sue and be sued, in any
Court of Law or Equity in this State; may
have common seal and corporate existence for
the term of twenty-0nc years from the compile.
ton OF said. road (unless their charter be for
fCied by law.) t
~. That the Company herein authorized
shall bc-atloSNcd two years from the ratification
OF this Act, to organize and commence the con-
structlon OF the road herein contemplated, and
five years from the commencement of the work
to complete the same
V. That 1t shall and may be lawful for the
said Company to erect one or mere tollgates for
the collection of toll, and they shall be puthori-
zed to take and receive as a toll for passing the
said turnpike, according to the following rates
For every four wheel carriage drawnby two or
more horses, fifty cents; for every buggy or 9TH
er carriage drawn by one horse, thirty cents
cents for every wagon drawn by Ave horses,
ffty.iive cents; for every wagon drawn by four
horses, fifty cents; for every wagon drawn by
three horses, fortytive cents; for every wagon
dr9V-N by two horses. thirty cents; for every
wagon drawn by oRe horse, thirty cents; for eg-
cry cart or one horse vehicle, other than ms
above, twenty cents for every passenger on
horseback, ten cents for every loose horse or
mule, three cents per head for ovcry head OF
cattle and hogs, two cents, and for every head
OF sheep or goats, one cent.
| VI l'Thatif any person shall wilfplly destroy
injure or obStrtct the said road, or any part
thereof, such persen shall I've liable to piy tire
Bile damages to the said Company, to be recoy
cred by actien of debt in any gourt of Record
in this State having Jurisdiction, and shall also
be liable to Indictment in the Court of Sessions
| MS for the obstruction of public highway. and
punished by fine and Imprisonment at tile dis
cretion OF the Court. h
VII. That for failure to keep the said road
In proper repair afterit the same shall have heen
copleted the said Company shall be liable to q
forfeiture Of the charter herein granted
POSITIVE Notice.