Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-04-04


dcd, further, That said road shall be
subject TO the provisions OF an @ Act es-
titled AN Act TO declare the manner
by which the lanas, orE2theFIght "f way
ovcr.ithe lands, ot persons Or corpora
tlons, may be taken Tor the cohstrHc'
'ion and uses .ot railways, ,.and n'her
rs +i:tanal 10 10y .n;, m ~.
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SEcT.oy |. BE IL cnuctcd J.y the
,q,ra,o and House of REPRESENTATIVES
Of the safe Of South G..rolna, nos
met and sitting il, Geucra Assembly,
and by the auihority Of The sir,c That
Alfred Williams R5hert ,9inaii<, W.
j. Whippcr, j. Douglass Robertson,
David thomas, n. B. Myers, Fran:is
e. Wilder, james ~ Crofut, George
I Homes, II. j. Maxwell and j. 3 Bas-
comb, and their associates and sncces-
sors, are hereby made and declared a
body polite and corporate in law, I'M
der the .namt; and sty re OF the Beaufort
Manufacturing and Improvement Com:
pany; for The purpose Of extracting
aud manufacturing oil from cotton
seed, and other seeds or grain, and for
the pusposc. of carrying on such other
business connected herewith WITH
capital ofone hundred thouSand dol,
lars, to be divided into one Thousand
shares Of one thousand dollars each.
Sec. l. The said company shall ;'aie
power, from time to tine, to increase
their capital stock to any amount, not
exceeding two hundred and iiitythons,
and dollars, including thelrfresent cap
i.al stock, whenever a majority Of the
stockholders present, .at any general
meeting, shall determine, Hooks may
be opened for the purpose OF o"talning
additional subscribers TO S''gh increased
stock in such manner as The company.
may deem expedicnt; and Whenever
any increase of capital shall be.nadc
as aforesaid, the Prestent Of the com
pany shall make affidavit Of the fact
and lilehihe same in the office Of the
secretary Of state, and make pnblic no
ticc thereof, once week Tor three
weeks conSecntiveiy, m any ncwSpapcr:
published in the iow! Of Beaufort.
wh;ch Shall be legal II. zee 10 all per-
sons dealing with said corporation.
! SEC. 3. That the said company be,
aud is hereby authorized TO lmild Il
wharf. or wharves, in front of any prop
crty owned by said company or which
they may hereafter become possessed
Of in The county of Beaufort, and to
collect wharfage .cn the same, and.to
use, sell or lease the said wharf or
wharves for the use end benefit of said
COMPANY. subject to any laws now ex-
istiHg, or hereafter to be enacted in. re-
lation to said property.
Sec. f. That for the purpose of car
rying the products Of their manatactGrc
to or from any railroad or place Of ship
'menF upon the Island OF Fort loyal:
the sad. company Is hereby vested w'th
all tne rights ana po%erS, privileges
and franchises granted TO the Enter
prise Railroad Company, OF Charles
ton. by the Act Of the Genera! Assem-,
bly, ot the state OF SOUTH Carolina, in
'eorroratirg said Company, approved
March ninth, eighteen hundred and sev,
cnt!y-one; Provided, That the line OF
said road, 50 tar as 1t aalects the town
of Beaufort, shall he fixed and 's'ab;
llshed by the lniendant ana Council
thereof 49,
SEC. o.. That the sai:i company shai'
na'e SUCCESSION "f officers and mem
o>rs' 10 pe eros II according 10 'he
rules ana o%'ia"s mace. AID 70 0c
made, ior !he!r government and 'irec-
lion: and shall have.power and author
ity to make bylaws; not repusnant TO
he law II The land, to make, have
and se use a common ON 20 seal La and Ii. ...3 s9'@e ,
,,lool aud ba ;,,,laoJed in .,.v Courr