Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-04-14
Acts and Joint Rcsolut,oLs Passed by the
Legislature s. ssioa 1870 and 1871.
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An Act to Promote the Consolidation OF tn
Grcenvillc and Columbia Railroad Compa
ny and tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company
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and House Of Representatives Of the State Of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
cral Assembly, and by the authority of the
snmr, That the Act cnt' led can Act to
amend the charter Of the u.ccnvilo aud Co.
lu'nbia Railroad Company" passed by the
General Assembly Of this State on the ooh
day of December, 1853, be, and the same is
hereby, rcSnactcd, with the follosng amend
mcntS or alterations
SEo. 2. That for tho purpose Of extending,
or building, or constructing a Railroad from
Grccnvillc, all of the provisions Of Sections
8, 10, IL and Il. of an Act cntitlcl can Act
to authorize the formation Of the Grccnviile
and Columbia Railroad Compnny." passed on
the 10Th day Of December, in the ycnr 1913,
he, and same arc hereby, re-cnactcd, with
the following amendments or alterations:
SEC. B. That the Grccnvillc and Columbia
Railroad Company is authorized 50 far as
practcaOlc, to purchase, connect or unite
with any connecting Railroad or Railroads,
and especially to extend Railroad commuica,
ton to Knoxville, Tennessee, and to Ashy!le,
in North Carolina: Propidct1, That if the
GeenvlIe AMI C,'u nbia Railroad Company
shall fail to construct and finish the said Rail
rond, including such other Railroad or Rail.
roads as it may unite with or acquire, to the
line between this State and North Carolina
and Tennessee, within five years from the
final passage Of this Act, the right to further
construct said Railroad to Knoxville, and 70
Ashvillc, shall cease, and the time limited
therefor is hereby extended five years from the
final passage OF this Act; but this Limitation
shall not impairor affect anyrghts, ornny Rail-
road or Railroads acquired, united with or
constructed, SO far as acquired. united with
or constructed, at the end of the time hereby
limited, nor Shall anything contained in this
Act impair o: limit the right or privilege to
consolidate or unite with any Rairoad or
Railroads under any General Railroad law or
laws. That tho said Grccnvillc and Coium.
bla Railroad Company shall have power to
construct and build, upon tho most practca-
bic route; branch of their road, from some
point on tho line Of their road, at or east of
Anderson Court House, and west of Saluda
Nlver, to Aiken or Hamburg, and to connect
with any Railroad Incorporated under the
laws of this State; and, also, have tho pow
or TO construct and build, upon tho most
practicable route, n br,nch of their road from
Abbcville Court House to tho Savannah R,y.
er, in the direction of Washington, Georgia;
also, that the said Company Shall have the
power to construct and build, upon the most
practicable route, Railroad from Spartanburg
Court House to tho North Carolina linc,i the
direction of Ashvillc,or Ruthcrfordton North
Carolina.
SEC. 4. That, in view Of the consolidation
of the Grcenvilo and Columbia Railroad
Company and the Blue Ridge Railroad Com.
pany, tho action Of tho sad Blue Ridge Rail-
road Company in making tho bonds author
lied under tho Act of September Is, 1868, !
and Of tho Comptroller. General of The State
in endorsing tho same, and thereby pledging
the fuith and funds of, the State to tho pay. |
ment of said bonds, aro hereby ratified and
confirmed; and TINT tho making and execu. |
ton by said Buo Ridge Railroad Company
and said other Companies of the mortgage |
aforesaid to Henry Clews, Henry Gonrlin
md George S. Cameron, to secure the, pay.
mcnt of tho bonds aforesaid, is also ratifcd !
md confirmed; and said mortgage is dcclar.
cd to bo lien prior to that OF tho State on