Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-25

Be il ordained by the Board OF Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Clarksville,
That the whole of Chapter Sth, Part Sec
| ond, as follows:
Section /. All the right, title and privil-
| eye to build a wharf within the city limits
| of GAINESVILLE is hereby transferred to John
| II. PostOn, his heirs and assigns, in trust
| for the ClarlSsV lille Wharf Company, their
heirs and assigns, uDon the following ex-
press stipuiatiOns and considerations
/. 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 franklin street,
two hundred and fifty feet down the river,
TO extend intofhe same As far as they may
require so as not tointerfere with nor t0i IN
Jure navigation, nor adjoining property.
?. That said Company shall have all the
rights of this corporation TO regulate the
concerns thereof; to obtain an act of incOr-
poration IL they desire a.. and to fix, estab-
lish and regulate and collect their own
rates of Wharfage, provided they a: no
time exceed the of wharfage usual at
other wharves 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 10 is Intended.
AZ Is hereby stipulated that the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen shall grant said Com
pany asufficient amount either mp or down
the river, upon the same conditions as the
present grant. .-.~
4. For the further protection of capital
and enterprise embarked by said company
said wharf, 50 long as said Com pany shah
keep said wharf in repair, a like grant
shall not be made to any other company
orindiyidual BY the Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Clarksville, and IL any steam
boat or other craft shall, for the purpose OF
evading the wharfage at the aforesaid
wharf. land al any other place within the
corporate limits, the same rate of wharf
age shall be collected from said boat or
other craft for the use of the corporation
of GAINESVILLE as the rate charged at the
wharf of the said Company: but in no case
shall boats OF other crafts be charged wharf,
age when engaged IN delivering wood for
fuel or building material Of any kind.
). II at any time hereafter, The present
Mayorand Aldermen or their SUCCESSOR,
upon payment to the aforesaid John III.
POston, his heirs and assigns for the use OF
the aforesaid Company, proportion 20 the
stock which they may respectively hold,
the amount IN cash which building the
aforesaid wharfcOst said Company together
with six per cent. interest per annum
thereon, then the aforesaid John ii. Poston,
his heirs or assigns, shall re-eonvey and
transfer 70 the aforesaid Mayor and Alder
men, for the use of the City OF ClarkSVtlle.
all the ri ght, title and Interest in and to the
aforesaid wharf, which he has hereby OBJ
tanned from said city authorities, and for
the faithful performance 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 eOndi-
lions. Inc same IL HfreDy repeSleus 10
take effect from and after this date.
Doneat the City Hall, City of Clarksville,
tins 10Th day OF April, Al lS74. III
o. A. LIGON, Mayor.
JSo. O'BRIES. City Recorder.
No. ~.
Be II ordained by Board of Mayor and Al
dermen of the City of Clarksvflle. that see
ton CID eleven, chapter SCH, part the first,
stCharter nd Digest civ Laws" cOlQDflla-
tion Of 1871, as follows:
"Oficers shall be allowed for. each arrest
one dollar 81 , and for e. ell arrest and for
each sworn subpoena served, twenty-five
(25l cents, &c. the same is hereby repeal
ed and all acts or parts OF acts now In force
allowing police officers any perquiSifies
are repealed, to take effect nom
this date.
Done mt the City Hall, city of GAINESVILLE,
this 10th day OF April. a. u. 1874.
q. A. Lyon, Mayor.
JNo. O'BRIEN. City Recorder.
April 18th. lS74-2w.