The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-19

The excepted section related TO tAxation.
aud Ss TO this different provision was
made in Mississippi from that in the
| Alabama charter Power was also gives
/ the company TO cross the tracks Of other
railroads in Mississippi, aud some slight
chang were made ia he provision for de-
| posting the smount Of damages assessed
upon he coudt mnation Of properly for the
use ofthe company. Otherwise the charters
Of the company In these two States we're
substantially Identical
On the same day, February 2S, ls4s, the
| legislature OF Tennessee passed IAN act 70
ineorPo' aie the Mobile aud Ohio Railroad
Company aud the Tennessee Central Rail-
road Company" This act began as follows;
Whereas il appears to this general
assembly, from the memorial Of Jonathan
Emanuel. president, and George N. stewart,
Sidney Smith, Moses Waving, Charles La
Baron, and $. .Gufiith Fisher directors Of
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Association.
that a company has been O, ganiHed At
Mobile, in the State Of Alabama, tor The
purpose OF constructing railroad from
Mobile 70 the Tennessee River, snd from
thence 80 a suitasie rsint near the mouth
Of the OHIO River, for which purpose said
board of president and directors have
applied TO this general assembly for the
pa sage OF such law as may be necessary
to authorize tho construction of said road
through the Staie OF Tennessee;
And whereas IL is deemed q matter Of
vital importance 90 this State that direct
commune ,lion by railroad to the Gulf of
Mexico be established. Therefore,
IS q. I. Be Il enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State Of Tennessee, That the
said Jonathan Rmanuel president, and the
said aeorge ~ Stewart, Sidney Smith, Mo-
A 4 n a ~
9Th Fisher. directors, and their associates.
who shall be the stockholders OF said com
pany, and their successors. under he name
aud style Of The Mobile and Ohio railroad
Company, are hereby decla, cd 20 I've body
corporate and polite under the laws Of
Tennessee, with succession for hye hundred
years and n common seal, with capacity
TO have, receive, and enjoy, to them and
their Successors, properly and estate Of
whatsoever nature and quality, aud the
same TO alien, transfer aud dispose OF. so
far as may be necessary TO carry into effect
the main object of this charter, which in
hereby declared to be the construction uss,
and maintenance OF railroad from Mo
bile, in the state Of Alabama, to some point
on the Mississippi or Ohio River, near the
mouth Of the Ohio, passing through the
State Of Tennessee"
Tue remainder Of the act relates 10 the
powers and privileges OF the company 10
| Tennessee.
On the 10Th Of February, lsis. the Gen
eral Assembly Of Kentucky passed an act
10 authorize the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Company TO extend their railroad from the
south boundary line OF the State OF Ken
lucky to the Mississippi or Ohio Rivers"
as follows:
SEo. l. Be II enacted by the General As-
III 49, tI ". ii
That the Mobile and Ohio Rairoad Com
pany, when formed under the act OF the
0eneral Assembly OF the State OF AlAba-
ma, approved February 81, 1913, entitled
An act to incorporate the Mobile and Ohie
Railroad Company, shall be allowed the
privilege OF making any necessary recon.
noisanoe and survey for the purpose Of as-
certainiug the most eligible route for ex-
tending tho Mobile and ohio Railroad te
any point upon The Mississippi or Ohie.
Rivers 10 this State.
SEC. 2 BE IL further enacted, That ~
soon as said route and point shall be ascer-
tanned, the said Mobile and Ohio Rariload
Company shall be allowed the right OF way
for the extension and construction Of their
said railroad from the Tennessee line 10 the
Mississp ppi or Ohio Rivers. aud that they
shall be entitled to all the privilege righta
aud immunities, and subject to nil such re-
strietions, as are granted, made, aud pre-
scribed for the benefit, government, and
direction OF said Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Company within the State Of Alabama By
the act above described"
On the 2Oth Of September, 1860, Congress
passed an "4u act granting the right ef
way and making grant OF land TO the
States Of Illinois, Mississippi, and Alaba-
ma in aid of the construction Of railroad
| from ChicaQO 10 Mobile
This act provided that the said railroad
and branches shall be and remain public
highway for the use Of the government Of
the United States free from toll or other
charges" aud THAT the United States mail
shall tall times be transported on the said
railroad. under the direction Of the Post
Office Department, at such price asCongress
may by Law direct"
These lands we're transferred by Alhba-
ma and Mississippi 10 the Mobile and ohis
Reilroad Company In 1860 and 1851, and in
1869 Congress ratified and confirmed the
grants and extended the time for building
the road.
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