The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-07-11

AN ACT to incorporate the Ocean Springs
Bridge Company, in Ocean Springs, Missis-
sippi.
SECrIoS /. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That Parker Earle,
Wm. g.. Schmidt, X. A. Nanclcave, Geo. W.
Davis, F. NJ. Weed, Ncwcomb Clark and John
Keller and their associates, successors and as
signs be and they are created a body polite and
corporate, under the name, style and title of the
Ocean Springs Bridge Company, and by that
name shall have perpetual succession, for the
purpose of building and maintaining a bridge
across the main channel of Fort Bayou, at
Ocean Springs, Jackson county, Mississippi
and for this purpose they may sue and be sued,
plead and be implicated in all the courts of law
and equity, and may have and use a corporate
seal, and may have the power of acquiring,
holding and selling such property, real and
personal as may be necessary or useful in the
building and maintaining such a bridge for the
use and service of the public, and may make
such rules for the conduct of their business as
may not conflict with the provisions of this
Charter and the laws Of Mississippi.
SEC. 2. That the said company shall hold
an annual meeting on the second Tuesday of
February. in Ocean Springs, for the purpose of
electing from among its members a Board of
Directors, consisting of five stockholders in the
company, and who shall hold office for one year
or until their successors are elected that the
said Directors shall elect from among their
number a President, Secretary and Treasurer,
who shall hold Office until their successors are
elected that the capital stock shall be limited
to Ten Thousand Dollars and shall be issued
in shares of Twenty-Five Dollars each, and that
each stakeholder shall be entitled to cast one
vote for each share of stock held by him at all
meetings Of this company that the business
Of said company shall be conducted by the said
Board of Directors that the said company NAV
build a good and safe bridge across the main
hannnl ~ Fort RaH.HH Nr..a Hhn .nl1la wuuI
known as Washington avenue on the south side
of said stream to and connecting with the main
public road running northward therefrom
that the said bridge shall be constructed with
a movable section or draw to be opened for the
passage Of vessels of all kinds requiring il, and
this open section shall give not less than forty
feet Of clear space, and the said company shall
cause said drawbridge to be opened at all rea-
sonable times, upon signal, to accommodate all
vessels desiring to pass through that this
company shall be entitled to charge a reasona-
Bile toll not exceeding ten cents for each pas
sage,of every carriage, wagon or cart drawn
bv one or more horses, mules or cattle, and
five cents for each horseback or foot passenger
or for each animal driven singly or in droves.
SEC. 3. That all persons who shall wilfully
or maliciously injure or destroy any Of the
property Of this company OF shall Interfere
with its legitimate working or shall attempt
10 force a passage over its property without
paving toll according 90 the rules established
thereby shall be guilty Of a misdcmeanor and
shall be- liable, upon conviction, 20 fine or i'm
p%risonment or both, at the discretion Of the
court, and shall be liable for all actual damage
to the property Of said company.
SIC. 4. That this act be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved February Il, 1890.
A true copy Of the original now on file in
this Office. GEO. NJ. G0VAN,
Secretary Of State.