The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-25
The BEacKticE N0Ujg0tiOH and I'M
1rOce2geItt C0HID15Iy.


tioneering for SAMUEL HENRY. An Act
had been passed on the 10Th day of June,
1871, entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Blacllfick Navigation and Improvement
Company" and this man appeared before
the people of Barr township to induce them
to believe that Mr.. HENRY had nothing to
do with the passage of that law, and that
the connection of his name Herewith was
the basest of misrepresentation. Let us
see how far the facts of the case bear out
the assertions of this astute lawyer. The
record viii show that instead of injustice
having been done Mr.. HENRY, the whole
truth, had it been known to the voters of
Barr township, would have induced them
to repudiate him by large majority. We
give herewith the Act passed by Mr.. ROSE
and the Supplement thereto passed by Mr.
HENRY. They tell their own stories:
AN ACT TO incorporate the Black Lick Nav
lEaton and Improvement Company.
SECTION l. Be II enacted by the Senate and
HoaSe OF Representatives Of the COnlDlOnlct dhh
Of PenEs1tcdnid, and it is hereby enacted 6y the
authority Of tie same, That John Stoneback
Edwin h. Martin, John c. Martin, John
y Neal, Josiah Lydic q. Hill Ogden, Rob't
a.
Moorehead, their associates and successors
be ana they are hereby created a BODY of
pohuc and corporate, by the name style and
title of the Black Lick Navigation and I'M
proVement Company, and as such shall have
perpetual succession, and en- 10y all the rights
privileges, franchises and incidents of a
company incorporated by act of April thir-
teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, enti-
Yea An Act to incorporate the Two Lick
Navigation Company
e SECTION 2. That the CaDjtll Of said
Company shall be two thousand dollars, di-
| y1ded into shares of twenty dollars each,
with the privilege of increasing the same,
from time TO time, TO an amount not exceed
ing thirty thousand dollars said increase
and all transfers of stock to be made at such
times and in such manner as the bylaws of
said company may prescribe.
SECTION 8. That the subso ripton to the
capital stock of said company mayb be paid
IN real or personal estate, appropriate to the
business contemplated by this act, at a bona
F6e cash valuation, to be agreed upon by a
majority of the directors OF the said comma
N.Y. and the said corporation NAV issne
bonds, secured by mortgages or otherwise !
to an amount not exceeding the capital |
stock, and sell the same at their market val |
ne, notwithstanding it may be less than
par no bond shall be issued for sum less
than fifty dollars.
SECTION 4. That the president and direc
tors OF the said company shall have the
power to clear and improve Black Lick AUD
Its branches, including the north south and
middle branches, and the Elk Lick branch
all tributaries of the Conemaugh river
from their sources to their mouths for their
Whole lergth; to erect dams and shutes TO
dams already erected, and bracket all dams
that are now erected or that may be erected
hereafter in said streams, 50 that no injury
however is done to the water power or the |
owners thereof, or TO private property along |
the said streams; they shall also have the !
power, by brackets or otherwise, to control |
the waters OF said streams for the purpose
OF navigation, doing no injury however to |
private rights in said streams, so as to float
saw logs, squared timber and railroad ties
on said streams from the sources of the said |
Black Lick and its tributaries to the, Gone /
maugh river aforesaid.
SECTION o. That the said company shall |
be managed and conducted by board of /
hve directors, one of whom shall be Presi- !
dent, and they shall be elected bv ballot i'm |
medlately after the organization of thescoIn- /
pany hereby Incorporated, and ANNUALLY
thereafter at such times and places as the by |
laws may prescrloa; and in all elections of |
the stockholders, each share of stock shall !
eptItie the holder TO one vote; the said com |
pany shall have authority to enact and es- !
tablsh bylaws, prescribing the number of |
duties of each officer, the manner of Hing va
cancies in the board OF directors, to levy tolls
not exceeding the rate of one and one-haIf /
cents per mile per thousand feet for timber |
surface or board measure, for every mile run /
ON said streams, and not exceeding one cent |
per mile for each cross-tie, thirty-fve cents !
Tor each cross-tie run down said stream and |
TO make and prescribe all other needful rules |
and regulations not inconsistent with the |
constitution or laws of this state or the Uni
ted States.
SECTION 6. That the tolls levied undar
TINS act shall be a lien upon the property on |
which they are assessed or levied into what
ever hands the same may come, and may be !
recovered by action of debt or assumpsit |
before any justice of the peace, either against |
the original owner or owners, agent or agents, |
or the person in whose possession the same
snail be, anc judgment being so recovered |
execution may be had on the property upon !
which said tolls have been assessed or are |
a lien, though the ownership may have |
changed hands after the commencement of |
said suit: Pr00tded, That nothing in this |
act shall be so construed as to prevent the |
owner or owners of land lying along said |
stream or streams from erecting and main
tanning any dam or dams for lawful pur-
poses.
Approved April 10th, 1871.
Mr.. HENRY's SUPPLEMENTAL ACT.
A SUPPLEMENT to an Act entitled "An Act
to incorporate the Black Lick Navigation
and Improvement Company" approved
June 10Th 1871.
HolCsesof Representatives. Of the Commonwealth
Of PENNSYLVANIA in General Assembly met and
and 1t IS hereby enacted By the authority Of the
same, That much of section four relates
maugh,' shall read, land all tributaries of
ths Black Lick creek"
SECTION 2. That the said Black Lick Nav
igation and Improvement Company shall
have power to purchase and lease timber
land, to take stumpage purchase timber
delivered on the banks of said streams and
to manufacture lumber.
SECTION 3. That said Company is empow-
cred to erect piers and make such other i'm
provements at convenient points on said |
streams as may be found necessary for the
securing and holding of all timber t1oated in
pursuance of the above act, and that for
timber so secured they shall be entitled to
charge the one-tenth of enc cent per foot, |
board measure
SECTION 4. That so much of section five as
relates to the words, mot exceeding the rate
of one and one-half cents per mile" shall
read, mot to exceed two and one-half cents
per mile
SECTION 5. That all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with the law to which this is a
supplement- and with this suDnlement he |