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AN ACT to Incorporate the Continenta
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the authority of the same:
That William NJ. Hall, Ethan A
Hall and Charles Thurman, and al
those who shall become stockholders
III the company hereby Incorporated
shall be body polite and corporate
by the name Of the Continental Tcle,
graph Company, and by that name
Shall have perpetual successlon,, and
may have and use common seal, anu
may sue and be sued, in any court OF
competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 2. Such corporation is author
lied to construct lines of telegraph
along, upon, across, over. under and
beside of the Grcenvillc and Colum-
bia Railroad, and any Of the public
roads and highways, and under and
across any waters within the limits OF
this State, or SO much or so many OF
either Of the foregoing as may be
deemed. eSpedient, by establishing
suitable officers and the erection OF
the necessary cords or wires and fix,
turcs, including posts, piers or abut'
ments for sustaining the cords OF
wires Of such lines: Prorided, The
same shall not be so constructed as &c
incommode the public uso Of said
roads or highways, or injuriously in,
terrupt the navigation of said waters
and also to construct a line or lines OF
telegraph, and to establish offices, and
Greet such necessary cords or wires
and fixtures, including the posts, piers
or abutments, as and for the purposes
aforesaid, and keep, hold and maintain
the necessary offices upon, through or
over any other land, subject to the
right of the owner or owners thereof
to full compensation for the same, to
be agreed upon by said owner OF
owners and the said corporation. OF
to be fixed or determined as herein
after provided; and the said corpora
ton may, in like manner, and with
like manner, and with like power
construct lines Of telegraph to such
place or places without this State as
the Board of Directors may elect
Sec. g. Such corporation shall have
full power to purchase, lease, receive,
hold and convey real estate, or any
interest therein, and may, in addition
thereto, use such real estate, or any
interest therein, as may be necessary
for the convenient transaction Of the
business, and for effectually carrying
on the operations of said corporation
and may appoint such directors, Off
GERS and agents, and make such pru-
dental rules, regulations and ty-laws
as may be necessary in the transac.
tion Of it's business, not inconsistent
with the Constitution Of this State or
of the United States.
SEC. 4. IF any owner or owners of
any land taken or used, or likely to be
taken or used, by said corporation.
shall consider himself aggrieved, or
likely so to bo, or damaged thereby,
or shall refuse to accept the compen-
sation therefor, it shall be the duty of
the Circuit Court, 10 be held in the
county within which said lands are,
on the application of such owner or
owners, or of such corporation, by pc.
tition, stating the facts in relation
hereto and on such notice to the op-
posite party as such court shall pre-
scribe, to appoint three dis!ntercsted
persons as commissioners, who shall
severally take and subscribe, an oath
before any person authorized to adj
minister oaths, faithfully and impair
TALLY to perform tho duties required
of them by this act; and it shall be
the duty of said Commissioners, or a
majority Of them, to make just and
equitable assessment or appraisement
of all the loss or damage sustained
which is likely to be sustained, by
reason of any land, or interest therein
taken or used, or likely to be taken OF
used, for said Offices, lines, posts, piers
or abutments, and the erection and
operation of said telegraph lines; and
such assessment or appraisal shall. III
any proper case or cases, determine
the annual rent or compensation to be
paid by said company for such use, OF
in lieu thereof, a sum in gross IS the
compensation for allowing the fix.
lures belonging to such association
permanently to continue, and the
same to be repaired, improved and
renewed or removed, from time to
time, as such corporation shall re-
quire, duplicates of which said assess
mont or appraisement shall be re-
duced to writing and signed D. said
commissioners, or majority Of thcta;
one copy of which shall be delivered
to the party alleged to be injured, cr
likely so to be, and the other to the
President of said corporation: on de-
mand, in case any damage shall be ad-
justed to the person alleged to be in
jurcd or damaged, Or likely SO to be,
the corporation shall pay the amount
thereof, with costs Ct appraisal,
with said costs shall be liquidatcd and
ascertained in said award and said
commissioners shall each receive, for
their services, two dollars for each
day they are actually employed in
making said appraise:nent and upon
payment of such award the right,
titled, interest or property described
in said assessment or spportionment,
shall become and be vested in and be
the property of such corporation.
SEC. 5. The capital stock Of such
corporation shall be fifty thousand
dollars, to be divided into two thou
sand shares of twenty-five dollars
each, which may be increased, from
time to time, to such an amount as
and whenever majority of the per-
sons first above named shall deter.
nina and fn. the innraasnd stock in