The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1864-12-24
A N A CT
To incorporate the Clarion River Navigation Company

g"tsori OF tie so" That A. l. wicoz hyde George
they are hereby appointed commissioners for purposes hereinafter men
nd that I They The majority them shall & procure open and keep
t ten thousand dollars subscribed longer obe book books
ompany Incorporated pursuance Of actj said subp
promise the Clarion Rvcr navigation company the of ten
O for each and every share of stock set opposite such time and
subscribing the said subscriptions thousand dol
subscribed when snobed
the said commissioners majority hm shall certify the osme the govern
letters patent the subscribers and who
body corporate and polite by the style and title Of the Clarion River
na G sn m S n np%G 5 capable ' sue ad % uo
and mpaG and receive I and dispose all money and property
possible issuing Of said letter. patent
place whereof public notice shall be in least public newspaper the
n least three weeks before the me proceed elect one president and four
tor m % %no hs ] continue to act TOR & one I ysiF & and until i
by the mogors above directed stockholders any them
os pG T r % P 5 siGs% eih S shall ] S oa po po % 0
exceeding that num5or and not exceeding twenty shares no sEoep
S 15 u% duo @ x y 1'Sn tho S @ GG%{ ] 5 him sa o 5 p
said election the said president and managers shall have power make such %
States and Of this state may from time to time be necessary
power river thereof
AND Little Toby creek all bars and other ouctons erect
hu dams regulate all dams scucs that may hereafter
they shall also have o brackets or Otherwise to- control the wa
s said streams str @ for I the purposes & Of n4oon to levy tolls @ not o Exceeding
boards other sawed for every fifty feet noal of
pass down s streams oootod at tbo u e Gson f and
agents employ hands for the purpose carrying prov
this 2e to ceste 1.-THE the nd9s of boats, RATS m at the mouths . Of ,4 said
stones timber and other materials for the erection and repairing Of dams
force against throwing either tributaries slabs,
oas thew also have the nawer T tolls upon @ driven down said
streams not exceeding twenty-five cents hundred logs for every five miles of
SECTION twenty January thousand
companies apply damages arising this
of damages arising under this excepting of abang DAMS and
of abatement dams and schuO action brought for the re-
s damage arising from such bamen may give in evidence the fact
scrroS eighth sections the above rocitod
hsIappy, nuais tat mr1n1 to and from part of this act c
md Just Of all received and expended and the of their
! the stockholders and others interested
That the collector; appointed by said president m and managers
manag shall indicate @ the faithful discharge Of his dus and 0m
for his services sum not exceeding five per cent on all moneys
sfcros That directors shall be appointed by the president and
@ %og % 9 @ @ nn 5 S the 4 as The nn n 1na
and return the collector and also the president and managers
shall other here crafts tits to toll land e in the mouth of
least 6a feet in Wedt6 and any person who shall wl close said ohaOp
dby directions directors, thereby any direct
same closed contrary directors liable
action debt before justice Of The Of this common
convicted shall be committed the Jail the county for tho
ST. sS' da{s T any persons who shall attempt run any raft Or M boa,
09sq rs oos g., y'hSs shs, 9a e.
boat dollar for each log past to m
the and the and to, to he enforced in
person avoiding tolls shall be subject the like penalties
assessed under this shall be lien upon the
upon which they are levied into whosoever hands the may
debt aumpt before justice the
against original his agents. the
whose the may be- and Judgment being recorded
had which tolls be assessed en
tie ownership property have been changed after the
- said suit
SECTION the collectors shall be liable for tho tolls all RATS and
boats shall their Offices and which shall be returned them by the d
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said company may levy and collect tolls
Clarion river from the muh upwards and
shall landing the mouth the cammmodatey upon
the granting the charter
Section dividends arising from the tolls shall