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affidavit of his doings which shall be recorded in

affidavit of his doings, which shall be recorded in
the records of the company.
Scot 5. In case the capital stock of any compa-
ny formed under this act is found to be insufficient
for constructing and operating its road such COM
pany may increase its capital stock from time to
time, to any amount for the purposes aforesaid.
Such increase must be sanctioned by vote in per-
or by proxy of two-thirds in amount Of all the
stockholders of the company, at meeting of said
stockholders called by the directors of the company
for that purpose.
SECT. 6. Every corporation organized under this
act before commencing the construction of its road
shall present to the board of railroad commissioners
petition for approval oflocation, accompanied with
map of the proposed route an appropriate scale,
and with profile of the line on vertical scale of
ten to one compared with the horizontal scale, and
with report and estimate prepared by skllfu en-
gineer from actual survey. The board OF railroad
commissioners shall, presentation of such petit
ton, appoint day for bearing thereon, and the
petitioners shall give such notice thereof as said
board shall deem reasonable and proper, in order
that all persons interested may have an opportunity
road commissioners, after hearing the petition shall
approve the proposed location, and that the public
convenience requires the construction of such road
the corporation may proceed with the construction of
their road; provided, they shall first file with the
clerk of the court of county commissioners ofeach
county through which the road passes plan of the
location of the road defining its courses distances
and boundaries and another copy of the same with
the board of railroad commissioners; but the loca
ton so filed shall not vary, except to avoid expense
of construction, from the route first presented to
said board of commissioners, unless said variation
shall be approved by them. And said location, to-
gether with any variation that be made therein, shall
be filed within two years from the time when the ar
tcles of association filed in the office of secreta
ry of state Provided further, that no railroad shall
be made across tide waters where vessels can nav-
gate without special permission of the legislature
first obtained.
SECT z. If any corporation formed under this act
shall not within three years after its articles of
citation filed and recorded in the office of the
secretary of state begin the construction of its road
and expend thereon ten per cent of the amount of
its capital its corporate existence and power shall
cease.
SECT 8. Every corporation organized under this
act shall within year after any part of their road
has been constructed and opened for operation,
cause to be made map and profile thereof, and of
the land taken obtained for the thereof, and
file the same in the office of the secretary of state
and also like maps of the parts thereof located in
different counties, and file the in the offices for
recording deeds in the county in which such parts of
road shall be. Every such map shall be drawn
scale and paper to be designated by the board of
railroad commissioners, and certified and signed by
the president and engineer of the corporation
Scot 9. Said corporation shall have the right to
establish and collect such tolls for the transportation
of persons and freight its road the directors
shall deem fair and reasonable and have lien on
its freight therefor, but, upon what shall, at any
time be deemed by the railroad commissioners a
sufficient complaint by interested and responsible
parties, that the tolls unreasonaby high, they
may revise and establish them, after due notice and
hearing, for time not exceeding one year. Aud the
commissioners, before directing said hearing shall
give opportunity to the company complained of to
reply to the charge made against it.
SECT 10. The compensation to the railroad com.
missioners shall be five dollars per day for each and
every day while ON actual duty, to be paid by the
state their bills for such services shall be audited
and approved by the governor and council before
being paid. [Approved February %, 1861
Chapter l2I.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred and seven
teen of chapter eighty two of the revised statutes
relating to Division of Accounts
Be 1t enacted, de-, as follows:
Section one hundred and seventeen of chapter
eighty-two is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: