Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-18

Be it ordained by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of CIarksviiIe,
That the whole of Chapter sth, Part Sec
ond, as follows;
Section /. An the right, title and priyil-
ege TO build wharf within the city limits
of Clarksville is hereby transferred to John
IL. Poston, his heirs and assigns, in trust
for the GAINESVILLE Wharf Company, their
heirs anu assigns, uDOn the following ex-
press stipulations and considerations:
i. That within twelve months from the
date of this Act the said Company shall
have built for use an extent of wharf from
the southwest corner OF Frankie street,
two hundred and fifty feet down the river
to extend into the same as far as they NAV
require so as not tointerfere with nor to in
Jure navigation, nor adjoining property.
z. Thatsafd Company shall have all the
rights of this corporation to regulate The
concerns thereof; to obtain an act of incor-
poration II they desire IL, and to fix, estab-
hsh ana Regulate and collect their own
rates of wharfage, provided they at no
time exceed the rate of wharfage Usual at
other wharYes of the same sort
3. AT any time hereafter should the above
limits OF said wharf not be sufficient in
extent for the use for which IL Is intended
ii is hereby stipulated that The Board OF
Mayorand Aldermen shall grant said Com
panY a gutncient amount eitheru up or down
the river, upon the same conditions as the
present grant. 1.fl
4. For the further protection of capital
and enterprise embarked by said company
or hereafter expended in huiiding the afore-
said wharf, SO lang AS said Comp any shall
keep said wharf in repair, like grant
shall not be made TO any other Company
or Individual by the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of GAINESVILLE, and If any steam
boat or other craft shall. for the purpose of
evading the wharfage at the aforesaid
wharf, land at any other place within the
corporate limits, the SAME rate of wharf
age shall he collected from said boat or
other craft for the use of the corporation
of Clarksviile as the rate charged at the
wharf o. the said Company. hut in no case
shall boats or other crafts be charged wharf
age when engaged delivering wood foI
fuel or building material OF any kind.
5. IT at any time hereafter. the present
Mayor rand Aldermen or their successors,
upon payment to the aforesaid John II.
Poston, his heirs and assigns for the use of
the aforesaid Company, proportion to the
stock which they may respectively hold,
the amount IN cash which building the
aforesaid wharfeost said Company together
with six per cent. interest per annum
thereon, then the aforesaid John III. PostDn,
his heirs or assigns, shall re-ranyAy aud
transfer to the aforesaid Mayer and Alder
men, fer the Ase Of the City of CiarksYille,
all the right, title and interest in and to the
afo resai id wharf which he has hereby oh.
tanned from said city authorities, and for
the faithful perfnrniance of the conditions
herein contained, the present Mayor and
Aldermen agree TO convey unto SAID John
II. Poston, in trust as aforesaid, by deed
upon the above stipulations and condi-
tons. The same ~ hereby repealed; to !
take effect from and a fter this date. |
Done at the City Hall. City of Clarksville, |
Tins 10th day of April, A. d. 1874,
m G. 4. LIGON, Mayor.
JNo. O'BRIES, City Recorder. Isl. |