, 1864-01-16
FCGET sLUSD AAD CcI UMBiA RIVER
Rlll ROAD CCEPANY.

incorporate the Puget Sound and Columbia
River Railroad Company, passed January
2sth, 1862.
This Act, as amended hy the Legislature now
in session, reads as follows:
Section l. Re ii eadr,e' By Tie Legislative As
SepR!y If the Territory nt Wdstingt,hl. That
Peter J. MOorey. J. B. Webber, Sam'l McCaw
Philip Kcach. John Saltar, George Gallagher
William r. Dcwny, Daniel Collins. Charles
Prosch. lrniy Murrey. Charles Wren, L. X
Rogers, II. L. Ycslcr. Charles Plumber, Chas
c. Terry, Morris II. Frost, q. A. Meigs
Capt Rcnton. NJ. s. Drew, Cyrus Walker, L
s Fowler. Fred. 4. Wilson. {. NJ. Brads aw
W. W. Miller. james Biles. o. B McFadien
& Lancaster. Lewis SOhns, Chas. Holman. Seth
Catlin, II. d. Huntington, Hiram Cochran. S
W. Brown, +. c. Hardy. L. Frdenrich, JOIN
F. Smith. {. Crosby and Z. Jacobs, and al
such persons as shall hereafter become stock
holders in said Company hereby Incorporated
shall be u body polite, by the name and style o
the Puget Sound and Columbia River Rail
road Company" with perpetual succession, and
under the name and style shall be capable o
sueing and bring sued impleading and being
implcadpd. deI.nding and being defended against
in law and equity, in all courts and places what
socver, in like manner und as fully us natural
persons. may make and use common seal, and
alter or renew the same at pleasure, and by their
corporate mime aud style shall be cupable in law
Of contracting aud being contracted with, shall
be and are hereby invested with all the powers
privileges, immunities and franchises, and con.
veying real and personal estate. which nIay be
Ieedul 10 carry into effect fully the purposes and
objects OF this Act.
Sec. 2. The said corporation is hereby author.
lied and empowered to survey, locate, construct
complete, alter, maintain, and operate u railroad
with one or more tracks. or lines Of rails, cOnl.
mencing at Steiacoom, in Pierce county. on
Puget Sound, and running thence via Vancou.
yer, in Clark county, TO point opposite Cello
or the mouth Of Deschutes River, or some other
point in the vicinity Of the upper Columbia
River, by said corporation to be selected and
determined. .
Sec. 3. The capital stock Of said Company
shall consist Of fifteen millions Of dollars and
may be increased to iiny millions Of dollars, ,C
be divided into shares Of one hundred dollars
each. The immediate government and direction
Of said Company shall be vested in thirteen
directors, who shall be chosen by the stockhold.
ers Of said Company in the manner hereinafter
provided. who shall hold their Offices one year
after their election and until others shall be duly
elected and QUALIFIED 10 take their places MS drcc.
tors; and the said directors. majority OF whom
shall form quorum for the transaction Of busi.
ness, shall elect one Of their members to be the
President Of the Company The said board Of
directors shall have power to appoint all neccs.
sary clerks Of business Of said Company.
Sec. 4. The aid Company are hereby author.
lied by their agents, surveyor or engineers, "a
cause such examinations aud surveys 10 be made
OF tue ground and country between oil the nuints
mentioned in the second section Of this act. a
shall be necessary to determine the most advan.
tagrous route for the proper lne or course where
on to construct the said railroad and Il shall he
lawful for the said company to enter upon anil
take possession Of and use all such lands and
real estate as may be necessary 10 the construc.
tion and maintenance Of the said railroad. ia
depots, water stations side tracks machine shops,
engine houses, and buildings. IN apnendaaes ne'
Cessary 10 the construction and working of saiil
railroad: Prorided, That All lands or reaI estate
entered upon, taken possession of. and useI Nv
said Company for the pur osr and accomnioda.
tion Of said railroad, or upon which Inc Aforesaid
railroad shall have been Ioratrd or determined
by the said corporation, shall be paid for by MD
Company in damages, II any be sustained by
the owner or owners thereof by the use al the
sane, for the purposes ol the said railroad. and
all lands entered upon and taken for the use ol
the said corporation, which are not devoted h
said corporation at such prices Us may be mn.
ttaIly agreed upon by said corporntiof, and I'M
owners Of said funds or real estate and. IN case
Of disagreement, the nrice shall be estimated
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