Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-04-02

measure, for oil logs put into said
stream; the company may at their
option demand In advance tho pay
ment Of said toll or security for the
Same, and in oil cases where they do
so, the persons from whom such do
mand is made shall bo considered and
treated rs trespassers II they use or
attempt TO use said stream without
first paying o security to the satisiac-
ton of the company tho toll 80 de-
manded.
SIC. 7. That tho said company may
require from tho persons using said
stream o statement of the amount OF
logs put in tho stream to be floatcd
down, and the said persons are here
by required, within ten days after
such demand, to furnish such state.
ment. On failure to furnish said
statement, or upon said statement
when furnished being shown to be
wilfully Wrong, II shal! bc lawful for
the company TO recover three times
the amount Of tolls authorized by this
act for the actual amount Of lumber
put in the stream.
SEC, 8. That tho said company shall
have the right to make contracts for
tho driving or delivery of saw logs or
RATS Of sawed logs, lumber or square
timber, from any point within the
limits Of their charter to Lock Haven
or Cranes island, and shall have lien
on the logs, timber or lumber so driv-
en- and delivered, until the price as
sgreed upon shall be fully paid, and
may advertise and collect the same by
public sale, after thirty days from tho
time the logs, timber or lumbor have
been delivered.
SEC O. That the said company shall
have power to sue for and recover
tolls and price for driving logs or run
ming RATS, as authorized by this act,
as debts Of like amount are now re-
coverable by law.
SEC. 10. That in oil Judgments ron.
dered for tolls, or price for driving
logs, or running RATS, under this act.
the defendant shall not be entitled TO
the benefit of the act of the ninth of
April, ono thousand eight hundred
and forthy-nine. (The $500 law. ED
REpUBLIcAN).
SEC. IL. That any person or per.
sons wilfully obstructing in any man.
ner said stream or river, after the
same shall have been opened, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
and imprisoned at the discretion Of
the court. ..Ut
SEC. II. All tolls for the usc Of the
navigation shall be payable, If no de-
mand for the same be made in I'D
vance 10 tho tcasurcr of the company,
within ten days after the lumber shall
have started in said stream, and on
failure TO make such payment, the
party in default shall pay tho tolls
with fifty per cent. added thereto, and
tho logs so Aoated shall be subject to
specific lien for said tolls, which said
lien shall not be divcstcd by any sale
thereof until the tolls be paid, except
a judicial sale, and said lien may bo
enforced either by retention of posses.
sion or repleion of logs, wherever and
whenever they may be found Pro
ri,ied, That no RATED square timber,
RATED lumber, or boards, shall be
chargeable with tolls for passing down
the said stream. and prorided, That
the above lien shall govern oil con-
tracts for driving logs or running RATS
Of lumber or square timber down said
stream.
SIC. 10. That the said company
shall be required to file bond in the
court of common pleas of each said
county, TO bcapproved by said court, in
asum sufficient to indemnify all persons
holding property on said stream for
any loss they may sustain by reason
OF said improymcnts.