The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-11
PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS.

lfarViadi Tia, James H. Eowl4nd, Thomas {. Bond
james A. DAVIS, Robert 4 E9nd.ycl', Henry zane
Joseph Mathews. Rayua X. Ha"lcy, L0Am l. Mourc
Jesse Il. limos A. l., jarrett, ichard Grlaon, a. T.
McComhs, and Robert Fowler, together With su'h
other person, as may become associated with them
in tho manner hereinafter specified, be and they are
hereby created q body polite and co polH.c, under
the name OF the Cecil aDd Harto'd Counties boom
Company, and ~ thst name shaii nave PeFp[ idH
succession, ana may sue and he sued make ana use
common seal, and ld''fai! bylaws necessary iu'
the management Of the ati.irs Of said corporation,
the regulation of its stock the CI.5 for ino.nn"u'H
thereon, not rcpugnan, to the laws OF this state Of
al tho lniled STATES.
SEC 2 And /. u cl4c'td Tina; the capital stock OF
the said rorporat"nS hall he one hundred thousand
dollars with the privilege OF increasing IN" same T."
five hundred thousand dollars ii its business aha
81 require, divided into shares OF one hundred dol
lars each 10 obtain which tho persons above named
hall be colnniss toner's, and for that purpose th"l
OF majority of them, such person or persons ~
they OF 4 majority OF them shall appoint shall open
books of subscription in the city OF Baltimore ami
upon day, notice Of the time and place of sub.
~'rbing by I'd ,crtiscirent published in newspaper
no." papers in Baltimore city, Cecil and Hartford
counties Respectively said books 10 hc kept open Tor
At least day~, and for such longer time as THO
said "onnI,s nuerS OF majority o. t'l"n may think
proper, and IS upon closing the SAID DOORS there
SMALL he found to hnyn b@el subscribed more than
one thousand tharr- the sSii commissioners shall
reduce the rub,criptiyrs to one thousand share in
such manner h, tlcr usr deem equ table and upon
losing ihe hi"s or the nduhtn'gn OF u,'' 0uoar!iir
tons the sand commissioners ora majority Of them
>hd! Civ" ten days notice by adv'Iurencn' IN the
intnh"r aforesaid OF the tiine aud pls"c ct mrctn3
he held Icy the atockholdera =" the election Of
president and managers ami !hc orGeD, zanon Of tho
corporation; pTotdtd that n shah not tr uer' athry
thu Organization OF sail corporation, that The
whole amount of one thousand -Iar"s shall be suh.
-riibed Mt the closing Of H." bcohs: Dut lAAt the
meeting for the eicc lion of President and maNarorR
shall be held and the organization take plHre, and
th2 corporation proceed TO ne exercise OF the In"'
trS hereby rrcd on it, ii two hundred and tjitJ
shares shall be found to have been subscribed and
paid in at tho closing Of tn" books Fs aforesaid and
The t4r,. rtI,.Ja hereby au.ld.i1oa , Tgesl,rn.
md nanagsf7'nIay rom time !" t;Hc 81 their re1-
urc rc-oys TN" said books unil the entire capital
shall lie subsrribod and for the purrosc Of carry Ing
OH til" business Of the sat corporation. there shat,
he elected by INC stockholders President and five
Hanagcr- Who shnll have ri! thu powers Of the said
corporation: tho first election to be held at til" time
designated by The said co!n!nissioners, md all sui.
~cuucnt elections ,lic frs. Monday in N0rtnber
in each ycag 81 which elccurl, tic stockholders
may in person OF by proxy; in Of fl'rt"
"itrc stwil hu'i over until liz" election takes
Src. J. I,,iS It o"qr's5 That the said corporation
shan have III" power of constructing md naiurin-
ine on tho river NisqucNnunn. between tie Pcuu-y
,.nia lin" and the hcad O. 4oop navigation, su"h
hn hooIns, with piers, nlay hc NECESSARY Tor
TIA" purpose Of stopping and SECURING logs lf1e-'-,
s!HrS, bo:rds and othcr lumber floating On the said
river and also the Erecting, CONSTRUCTING and mau
tanning Of sueh side or branch b""rn~ may he
necessary for the purpose; lT"Fi9fi that such iii"
ar branch hooms shall not extend in thu main cnan.
ael OF the river beyond the point where the water j.
Eject in depth at common low ii c ori l'r"rida I
sot hat no boom shall be riicted Ha to inter-
int the navigation of said river, and the -ide or
AM II blooms above rlcptio Toned may no constructed
ldior:tc,i at any place between the point ahnre
,sipn fpI the main boom or b""ne .nn l'lnci
o end swan creeks py0riicI, there shah hr n"
1orn constructed from Coory'7 Point .ni Point
onc"rI on il.e west ,de Of the river across The
'erry channel hc,Tccn Fort Deposit in Cecil coIIu.
5, apd Lapidur in Hartford county. sind troGr tho
1ary laud tauni 10 Pisces or hrcp Water Point On
hes'si sid" of me- river; "o'@l"f 'hat 10 public
ien,n,i for the ,.c Of said company nor shall it ho
awfill for said company, by the erection uso Of
my room or bohr,, or any works anpurtcnsnt
hcrrto "r ny the accumulation Of lpps, asa, srgrA
moth"r h!mt"r to "totrurt many manner any Chau
ngs m. hnd oi yrJriied f.rtttr that no boom or
looms, pies or piers, OF any fixtures appertanlns
heret", shall be 50 constructed CT u+e'i do in any
sisc to impede or obsruct the navigation OF tho
5usuuchrun river, or any Of Its tributaries, tn
nfrnsn or lnHio IN any manner The rights and
mr fishery or, -hore property, either ON the main
and or islaudj any other property real or per.
lonal; and tia; said company shall ho .hI" for and
q Ill damages, direct or consequential. that may
sc done to rri'tte property by rctson Vi the erection
inantaiIa,rr Dr. use Of said boom or booms pier or
& pier, any work. appurcnIn thereto; raid uaIn.
age. /" be determined aud nsrertined by iurt Of
q "ondcmnatiun provided IN section four, which
81 SAID Jury Shall hu Summoned 10 ascertain and assess
d the amount OF damages at the irStauc" Of either
Il the boom company, OF tn" Owner Of tbs property
claimed 10 J., blurred Or dcpreciatd in yaGG and IN
al. cases whore PRIV owners Of property f.,linp
themselves agSiicYcd ~ injured In fhclr props rty
may demand and require lHrt to Il" summoned to.
ASCERTAIN ia" damage or injury t. property cAjIn
-. 10 be- injured. and whore the amount 30 asAr-srl
10y the jury Is in amount thH same or l"as ha that
'rcnn '"rt OF tta county "Ith!h which the property
lies shall determine which OF the parties shall pay
all thc cost, attendant on IN" snlmohhE u the Jury
and tho pcrioflnancc Of tho auies entrusted them
sand boom or booins shall be 80 constructed {"
permit the safe passage OF RATS and boats through
The same. when required in the navigation Of said
rivrr and shall be the duty OF tn" said corporation
the open spans that may De l"it for that
purpose be carefully guarded and watched 80 ~
10 catch and secure all logs, masts, spars timber
boards other lumber that may hc adrif on said
river and The said corporation shall from tiinn to
nj nd as ~
boards and other lumber can he secured faithfully
deliver tho SAM to the owner OF owners thereof at
mouth of main boom, in boom pockets furnished by
the owner of said logs ar other lumber when called
for. upon payment Of the hoVmaso hereinafter pro.
ydcd and no person shall BE- permitted to "ncin
her said boom or hoom~, or any Of them, by occupy
ing the part thereof with RATS either of
logs, boards other lumber without the permission
Of the sad corporation: Tor the collecting looming
and delivering Of the logs, boards or other lumber
adrift on the said river rs aforesaid, there shall be
allowed boomagc Of twenty-five cents for ali logs
and timber, nasts md spais twenty feet and under
length, and Atty cents each tor al over +wenty
feet long for which hoomag", and other expenses,
should there bn any, the said corporation shall have
a lion upon the materials hoomed well a. right
Of action NJ law against the thereof; and all
logs or other lumber that may bo secured in the said
n boom and rated thercron shal be counted by dt"
interested parties and II any logs boards or other
u lumber be doomed and secured aforesaid, and no
y person shall appear to claim the same and pay tho
shooma.e thereon within fifteen days thoreaiter, ii
-ha be Lawful for the said corporation after adver.
Using the ssn1cin each Of the counties Of Hartford
n and Cecil for successive weeks, describing the
thereon, II any ill'fc II no owner appears
10 claim the same aud pay the homage, to dispose
Of the at public auction for c-sh and the said
CORPORATION shall keep an accurate record ana dc.
Scription of the property sold aud shall hold the
proceeds Of such Sale after deduc,nS the booinsgo
u and expenses for the owner OF the property sold,
for one year, after which if no owner has appeared
and received the money in the interval onofourth
nfthc proceeds pay be retained by the company and
3 The remainder Pad IN tho Treasury for tho use Of
4 the school Fund and when logs, boards or other
lumber are doomed aud occurred, which have 10
marks by which they bo identified, the same
may DO sold public auction, in tho 'naaper aore:
fad and the proceeds may be retained by the SAID
Incorporation; ant all persons sendinS logs or lumber
s<t auy kind doSt the said river to be hoomod in the
boom OF said corporation, shall previously transmit
by mail 10 he opes Of ths sai1 corPor4ition At r@rt
tend 10 use and the quantity to be sent by them
Respectively, so 70 enable the said corporation TO
sidoptify and secure tho same, uodora penalty Of
tfty dollars, which shall be lien upon tho logs or
other lumber OF the person ueglcctnG Il, forward
a statement Of the marks and quantity aforesaid, aud
n shall be the duty Of the party sending logs other
Number down the said river to be doomed, to diyo
of the boom will permit and should he fail TO do so,