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SEC. 1l9. All ActS ana plltS vi .iActs
passed i'll relation toI
Lhe incorporation of the town OF Branch
vile be, and they are hereby, repealed.
TOWN OF REIDvILLE.
SEC 30. That the charter of the town
of Rcidville, in the County of Spartan
burg be, and the samc is hereby, renew
cd and extended for the term OF fourteen
years, with the same powers that is CON-
1crrcd by this Act OIL the town OF Ora
hams.
SEC 121. This Act shall be deemed a
public Act, and continue in force for tho
term of twenty years, and until thc-end
of the session Of the Legislature there
after.
Approved the 9th day of March, y. D.
1871.
AN ACT to Promote the Consolidation
Of the Grccn@Ne and Columbia RttiL-
road Cbmpdny, and the Blue lfidyc
Railroad Company. =.
SETON !. Be it enacted by the Sem
ate and House of Representative Of the
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same:
That the Act entitled can Act to
amend the charter Of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company"
passed by the General Assembly of
this State on the Goth day Of Decem-
bcr 1853, bc, and the same is hereby,
rc-cnactcd, with the following amend
mcnts or alterations
Sec 2. That for the purpose Of OK
tending or building or constructing
q abroad from GreenviIlc, all Of the
provisions Of Sections nine, ten, eleven
and twelve of an Act entitled can
Act to authorize the formation of
the Grcenvillc and Columbia Railroad
Company" passed on the 10Th day of
December, in tho year 1915, be, and
the same are hereby. re-enacted, with
the following amendments or altera-
tions:
SEC. 3. That the Grecnvile and
Columbia Railroad Company is au'
thorizcd, so far as practicable, 10 pur,
chase, connect or unite with any con
Meeting Railroad or Railroads, and
especially to extend Railroad commu.
nication to Knoxville, Tennessee, and
to AshviIle, in North Carolina: Pro,
p;ded, That, if the Greenville and Co.
lumbia Railroad Company shall fail
to construct and finish the said Rail.
road, including. such other Railroad
or Railroads as it may unite with OF
acquire, to the line between this State
and North Carolina, and Tennessee
within five years from the final pas
sage of this Act, the right to further
construct said Railroad to Knoxville
and to Ashvilc shall cease, and tho
time limited therefor is hereby cN
tended five years from the final pas
sage of this Act; but this Limitation
shall not impair nor affect any rights
or any Railroad or Railroads acquired
united with, or contracted, so far 81
acquired, united with or constructed
at the end Of the time hereby limited
nor shall anything contained in thi
Act impair or limit. the right o
:, privilege to consolidate Or unite will
any Railroad or Railroads under an.
general Railroad law or laws. Tha
The said GrecnviIlc and Columbi
Railroad Company shall have tn
power to construct aud build, upo
the most practicable route, a brancI
.of tie road, from some point on tn
line Of their road. at or East of Andci
son Court House, and West OF SaIud
River. TO Aiken CT Hamburg, all
there connect with any Railroad in
corporatcd under the laws of thi
State; and also shall have the powe
to construct and build. upon the mos
practicable route, a branch of thei
road from Abbeville Court llonse f
the Savannah River, in the direction
Of Washington. Ga; also, that tn
said Company shall have the power t
contract and build, upon the mos
practicable route, a Railroad trou
Spartanburg Court House to the Mort
Carolina line, in the direction OF Asht
vile. or Rutherford. North Carolina.
SEC. 1. That in view of the consol
dation of the Grccnvilc and Columbl
Railroad Company and the Blu
Ridge Railroad Company. tho actio
of the said Blue Ridge Railroad Com
. pany in making the bonds aforesaid
and of the Comptroller General of tn
State in endorsing the same, an,
thereby plcdging the faith and fand
of the State to the payment of sal
bonds, is hereby ratified and cor
frmcd; and that the making and exc
cution by said Blue Ridge 'Railroa
Company and said other Companic
Of the mortgage aforesaid to Henr
Clews, Henry Gonrdin and George 5
Cameron, to secure the payment c
the bonds aforesaid, is also ratified am
confirmed, and said mortgage is de
cIarcd TO be lien prior to that Q
. the State, on all property described il
said mortgage, and on the entire lin
of the road aforesaid, and on all tn
properties Of said several Companies
or which they, Or either of them
may hereafter acquire but nothln!
! in this Act contained shall DO con
strucd to Jivcst the State of its llc'
on the estate and property of the sal'
several Rail Companies, or Of cithe
of them, for its endorsement OF tn
bonds aforesaid, hut said lien is post
poned to and declared to be suhjcc
and subordinate to that Of the mort
gage, hcrcinbctorc mentioned, to Hen
Try Clcws. Henry Gourdin and Georg'
S. Cameron, Trustees.
SEC. 5. That all other statutory Of
other liens or lien, cncumhranccs OF
cncumbrance, equities or equity, ex