Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-22
OFFIoIAL.


LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passsd at tie FIRST lSessiOn of the TAirty
eighth CongreSs. nd
49, (PuB1Ic-Eo 40l 5a 500 81 !.
An act to incorporate the Union GIsIight Company
ofthe 4 iatIict Of Columbia.
Be It enaettdby the eensts and Houso Of Repre.
ssutAtiSes Of the United States Of America IN Con.
gress assembled, That EaIles J. RoWen. william
ELMER, tlIsm Bates, Robert ", Militant, Andrew
u. Kinney, William Il. Baldwin, z. D. Gilman, D..
Q. Feiney, 3. p. hroWn, John Green, and GamaIIel
Gay and their associates and AssIEns be and they
~ hereby created 4 body corporate, under the
name of HTha Union GaSl Rht COMPANY of me DIS.
tric! Of Columbia" with authority 10 mahuTAcTure
and sell gas, be made Of coal, zinc oil, tar pitch
peat, tuEpentpe, or other material, and to DO used
in lighting the city Of Washington and the etreekS
thereof, and buildings, manufactures houses
therein HtuatSd and TO lay 1aihs and pipes for the
purpose OF conducting gas In any Of the aveRues,
Streets lanes, or alleys ofthe said city: Provided
however, That the said company shall so conduct
the manufacture, and Icy said mains and pipes, as
not to create nuisance iRiurs either private or
public property: And provided, further, That the
said mains and pipes SHALL be laid subject to such
conditions aud In compliance with such regulations
IS may DO prescribed y the municipal authorities
Of the citv Of Washington; and the right to erect
and e!tabllsh any buildings, sPpSrIt3s, or machtn
such regulations and restrictions a. may be from
time 70 time prescribed by the Gaid municipal aI-
Sec q And DO It further enacted, That the capital
stock Of tile said company shsl no. be lea thani.e
hundred Thousand, nor more than one million dol.
lars aud that the said stock shall be divided into
shares Of one hundred dollars each, and shall be
deemed persorA property md be transferable in
direct.
Soc. s. Atdbs 1t further enacted, That within ak
days afer this act Is approved by the President Of
the United stAteS, the corPora'Ors named In the
first section, meloFity ofthem, or, nany refuse
or neglect to act, then majority Of the Others,
shall cause to the capital slOuk
Of said company to be opened and hept open In
some convenient place In tue city Of Washfngt u,
from nine o'clock In the forenoon TIL three O'clock
In the afternoon, for period of not less than three
days and IS much longer al the said eorporators
shall prescribe and the said coTpOrators s61ll give
public notice OF the time and place OF opening said
books OF subscriptions by advertisement there
Of In the daily newspspeTS pubIished In the |
iai stock OF said company shall be held to be stock
holders: Provided That every subscriber shall nav
~ the time of subscribing twenty i've per csntum
ofthe amount subscribed by him TO the treasurer |
who shal be appointed by the said c,rporators 10
and void.
Gee, 4. And be It forther enacted, That when the
minimum amount Of tho cRpitaI stock of said com
pAny, prescribed In the second section shAl have
been subscribed, and twenty five, or centum thereof
paid as Aforesaid, the SAID corporator maj jrty
Of them, and in any refuse to act th5n ma |
Jority ofthe Others, shall. within fifteen days there
after, call the 6rat meeting Of the stockholders of
said cOmpAn' to be held OF some vsnient place
in the city Of Washington for the election Of drtc.
tons, OF the time aud place whereof notice shall be
given for at least five days In ut least two dairy
newspapers published In the city of Washington, or
by written notice thereof signed W one or more OF
said corporatOEs, and personally served on each
and In all meetings Of the
each share shall entis t1s holder to one vote TO be
given either In person or by proxy.
SEQ. 8. And be It further enacted, That the gov.
ernment and direction Of the AfArS OF the company
shall be vested in the board of directors aomposed
ofBeVen members, who shall be Btockholder5 and /
who thall hold their once TOR the term o. one YEAR
and until Otherg arc duly elected and quaInsd to
take their places as dlrectorsi and the saId drec-
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Of the board who shall also be president Ofthecom-
pNuy and mRinrity Of tho board shall constitute a
treasurer, no shall give bond with sueisnt Srrety
10 said in Buch the I'D Director NAV
require, for discharge his tIus In Gaze
OF vacancy in the board Of dtrectoER By DEATH res
iguaton, removal, refusal to set, or otherwise The
vacancy oocAsioued thereby shall be filled by the
other dIreotoTU r---
Sec. 6. And be It further enacted, That tbara
shall be annual meeting Of the stockholders for
the election to be held nUeh time and
said company in their bylGNs shah prescribe aud
the dtrectars shallmako annual art In writing
OF their proceedings to the stockholders -
Sec. T. And be It further enacted, That the direc-
tors shall have full power to make all such BYLAW
as they Ehall deem necessary for the regulation |
management, and disposition of the stock eFects 1
and property OF the said company, and for the nro.
per execution Of the business Of the company 20 a.
the same shall not be contrary to this charter TO
Of the city ofWaShington.
Sec 8. And be It further enacted, That nothinsi In
said company issue any nste token device. sefiS
or other eVideHco oFdebt TO be used as curteney
Sec % And DO 1t iurthyr enacted, That Il any per
son persons shall wilfully destroy or 10 SnyTiSe
lnlure the mains, pipes, sppAratuBi or other WoTka
property OF appnrtenances b. longing and used b
said company In misunderstanding gas or in fFnIshinS
tue same consumers thereof, the perHon or per.
sons 50 Offending shil for ETerI such ofience Tor,
dollars, and shall, I'm addition to said peuaity re-
main Liable TO eaid company for npy losS or damage
oecasloued by the offence.
Sec. 10. And he fuFther That a..
company "a hereby incorporated upon the express
conditions that It sha fora sh gas to all the con-
illuminating power thaut6at y hch IL now fuFnish
cd BY tho IVA hlngton GAsiIght COmpanyr and a
aeoat not eTeeedlnB two dollaIs and nifty eerIs per
thousand cubic teeI; ana a failure to comply with
charter. $3.50 '. aus
SEQ. II. And be It further enacted, That the said
comp any ahal not be auth riEed 70 stl gas until II
shall have produoed to tho Mayor Of the civ Of
Washington and to the SeeretSry Of the IHteTIoE
'atiSlactory evidence that It. has laid down. in a
proper and workmaulike MANNER In the ayenneS
and streets OF the said cy gas mains ofAu average
not les than twenty hVe miles; nor shall the sAd
company connect its gas mains with the pipes sup.
longing to tho United States, or sell Ras MIN n
shall have produced to the Secretary OF The Interior
sati1AGtory evidence that It has erected and IN OBJ
erattvh good and substAnt al works and holders q
p1oie o. manufacturing aud storing Quantity of
gas OF he quality Aforesaid, sufficient to utpIV the
SS q n tlEes required IN the 6pitoI
company shall have compiled with the re0uIrementS
and conditions in this section prescribed within to
years from tn pas8aG0 Of this act the S act 6hHiI
De nul and void: Provided, however. TINT sSSd
company shan have the privilege az any time vim.
In tds said two years. OF iiRhtinF With fbS - Ios
uiaGtured by It some QUO street tiistanre NOT exc
cseding one mile. +-lT -
Sec 10, And be It further enacted. That each Of
the stockholders In the 'tUnion GGslIEht Companys
o. the Distrfet Of Columbia ahal be held liable In
ha or her Individual capacity for all the debts and
lh9lhtie9 o. lde said company, however eontrncte1
fJsln A.n.t.
Jurisdiction Of the case, - s''s
Sec. Is. And be Il further enacted That this pck
may At any time Boz altered, amended, or repealed
oy the Congress Of the Omitted States. = -
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