The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-01-17
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PROVED, January 4th, 1877.
AZ ACT 70 anthorizc snits in certain cases.

SECTION /. BE 1t enacted By tie LegiSIature
| of tie State Of Mississippi, That all receivers
appointed by any court and trustees or assign
ees running operating railroad trains in this
State, carrying either freight or passengers, may
be sued in the several courts of this State in
all matters, ec c0ntrGctee and or deltct0, arts
ing after their appointment, without leave of
| the court appointing or controlling them being
! first had; and such suits may be prosecuted to
| final jud @-ent, and satisfaction may be had out
of any property held by them in their fiduciary
capacity
| SEC. ,. Be 1t FURTHER enacted, That process
may be served on them as provided in section
| (703) seven hundred and three of the Revised
! Code OF 1871, on railroad and telegraph com
panies
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
LIMITATION, January 9th, 1917
act amend the charter of the yesburg Pensacola and
WHEREAS, sections 3 and i of an Act entitled
an Act to amend the charter of the Vicks-
burg Pensacola and Ship Island Railroad
Company, approved April the 18th, 1873.
is in violation of the spirit if not the letter of
section 5, Article 2, of the constitution of this
State, which provides, THAT the credit of the
State shall not be pledged or loaned in aid of
any person, association or corporation, nor
shall the State hereafter become stakeholder
in any corporation or association therefore
SECTION /. Be It enacted By tie legislature
Of the State Of NissisS .ppi, That sections 3 and
of an Act entitled IAN Act to amend the
charter OF the Yicksburg. Pensacola and Ship
Island Railroad Company, approved April the
18th, 1873, be and the same hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. ,. Be 1t further enacted, That in con-
sideration of the withdrawal from said railroad
company, of the valuable rights and privileges
conferred by the sections of their amended
charter, repealed by this act, the State of Mis-
sissippi hereby relinquishes all claim of every
sort which she now holds or owns against said
railroad company by virtue of any loan made
by her to said company in pursuance of an act
entitled IAN Act to amend the charter OF the
Vicksburg, Pensacola and Ship Island Railroad
company, approved April the 18th, 1873" and
the said company Is hereby acquitted and dis |
charged absolutely from any obligation or in
debtedness to the State of Mississippi by rea-
son of said loans, and the State Treasurer is
hereby authorized and required to cancel the
obligation OF the said railroad company now
held by the State, on account of said loan, and
to deliver the same, together with the bonds |
and certificates of stock now held by the State
as collateral security, to the President Of said
railroad company, or to such other person as
may be appointed by him to receive the same:
prorided, That this section shall not become OPP |
erative until a formal REIMBURSEMENT of all |
rights conferred upon said railroad company by /
the sections OF their amended charter of April /
Is, 1873, which are by this act repealed, shall
be made by the Board of Directors of said com
pany under certificate thereof under the oath |
OF the President of said company, which certi-
icate shall include copy of the order made
by, said Board of Directors with reference to
such REIMBURSEMENT, filed with the Secretary of .
State, and unless said railroad company shall (
construct, build, finish and equip said road from
the DOinf RI which il now conplatod aIop oI
the line of survey to the point of crossing, on
the north bank of the Big Black river, designa-
ted by said survey, and also construct good
and substantial bridge across said river, with
such trestle work may be necessary within
twelve months from the passage of this act
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage
APPROVED, January 4th, 1877.