The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-02
JUNE. 9 1869.


+ roads, or the cities of Washington and
+ Georgetown from so altering and improving
such streets and avenues as mag 5e under
their respective authority and control, and
Ia such event it shall be the duty of said
company to change their said railroad 50 as
to conform to such altered grade and pave
ments.
Sec. 6 And be ii further enacted. That
this act nay at any time be altered, amend
ed, or repealed by the Congress of the Uni
ted States.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted That
nothing in this act shatl be so construed as
to authorize said body corporate to issue
any note, token, device, scrip, or other evil
dence of debt, to be used as a curreacy.
Sec. g. Arad be Il further enacted, That the
capital of said stock company shall not be
less than three, nor more than FIVE hundred
thousand dollars, and that the stock shall be
divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and
shall be deemed personal property, trans
ferab'e in such manner as the bylaws of
said company may direct.
See. 9. Ind Be Il further enacted, That the
said company Shall place frsi-class ears on
said railways, with all the modern improve
Hents for the conVenience and comfort of
passengers, and shalErun cars hereon during
tbC as OttCA as GFGfl uNC G4-
cept as to Seventh aud Fourteenth streets,
and on these once in fifteen m nutes each
way, aud until twelve o'clock at night as
often as every half hour; and Ihrous hout
day and night as much Cf ener as public
convenience may require.
Sec. TO- AHd be 10 further enacted That
said company shall procure such passenger
rooms, ticket offices, stables, aud depo;s at
such points as the business of the railroad
and the convenience of the public may re-
quire. And the said company is hereby
authorize ID 10 lay such rails through trans
verse or other s,rset5- as may be necessary
for the exclusive purpose of connecting the
sal stables and depoiS with the main
tracks. And the said company 8 hereby
authorized to purchase or lease such lands
or buildings as may be necessary for the
passenger rooms, ticket offices, stables and
dep0ts above mentioned
Sec. II. And be IL .filrthe- enacted, That
all articles of value that may be inadver--
emily left in any of the cars OF other Vehicl,s
of the sid company, shall be taken to tn. ir
principal depot, and entered in a book ut
record of unclaimed goods, which book
shall be open to the inspection of the public
at all reasonable hours of business
SEC IL And be IT. further enacted. Tuat
President of the United states, Secretary
of War, or Secretary of the Navy, cause to
be transported over said railway any fleight
cars laden with freight for the use of the
United States tee officers causing such
service to be doua shall pay a reasonable
compensation therefor.
SEC. 3 lind be ii further enacted, That
within five days after the passage OF this
act the corporators named in the first SEC
tion, or majority of them, or if any re-
fuse or neglect TO act, then a majority of
the remainder, shall cause books of sub
scription to the capi'al stock Of said COM
pany to be opened and kept open, in some
convenient and accessible place in the city
of Washiugton,z from nine o'clock in the
forenoon till ave O'Clock in the afternoon,
for a period to be fixed by said corporators,
not less 'han two days, and said corpora
tors shall give public notice, by advertise
useut in the daily papers Published in the
clty of Washington, Of the time when and
the place where said books shall be opened,
and subscribers upon said books to the cap
ital stock of the company shall be held TO
be stock holders: Provided, Tia: every sub
scrber shall pay at the lime of subscribing
twenty-five per centum of the amount by
him subscrib ID to the treasurer appointed
by the corporators, or his subscription shall
be null and void. Ii at the end of two
days a larger amount than the capital stock
of said company shall have been subscribed
the books shall be closed. and the said cor
porators named in the 6rst section shall
forthwith proceed to apportion said capital
stock among the subscribers pro rate, and
make pub.ic proclamation of the number of
shares allotted to each, which shall be done
and completed on the same day that the
books are closed Provided, further, That
nothing shall be received in payment Of
the twenty five per centum al the time of
subscribing except money or checks or GER
ti6cates Of deposit endorsed "good by
the president or cashier of some good SOL
vent bank or banks. And wnen the books
of subscription to the capital stock of said
company shall be closed, the corporator5
named in the first section, or a majority of
them, and in case any of them refuse or
neglect to act, then majority of the re-
mainder shall, within twenty days there
after, call the first meeting of the stock
holders of said company, to meet within
ten days thereafter, for the choice of direc-
tors, of which public notice shall be given
for FIVE days in TWO public newspapers, pub
lished daily in the city of Washington, or
by written personal notice to each stock
no der BY the clerk of the corporation; and
and in all meetings of the stockholders each
share shall entitle the holder to one vote,
to be given in person or by proxy.
SEC IA. And be it further enacted, That
tha bhoaafd aAoofd ST directors, seven in number, who
shall be stock holders, and who shall hold
their office for one year aud till others are
duly elected aud qualified TO take their
nlaces as directors: and the said directors
Ia majority of whom, the president being
one, shall be qu,rum) shall elect one OF
their number to be president of the board
who shall also be president OF the company;
and they shall also choose treasurer VINO
shall give bonds with surety to SAID COM
pany, in such sum as the said directors may
rronn;re for the faithful discharge of his
trust. In case of a vacancy 10 the board OF
directors by the death, resignation, or
otberwise. of any director, the vacancy oc-
casioned thereby, shall be filed by the re-
naming directors.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, Thai
the directors shall have full power to make
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