The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-13
SUPREME COURT.
AARON R. STEVENS, AND OTHERS,

undersigned referee in said Judgment named will
sell at public auction, at the front door of the
Court House in the City of Troy, on the 18th day
May, 1892, at o'clock in the afternoon, the prem
Uses property, fran shes and powers in said iudg-
ment mentioned and therein described as follows:
All the franchises and powers conferred upon
the Lebanon Springs Railroad Company by the
following acts of the legislature of the State of
New York. each of which was duly passed upon
the date hereinafter stated. that is to say
'An Act to authorize the Lebanon Springs Rail-
''roao Company to construct an extension Of its
roads into Massachusetts and Vermont, and to
''provide means therefor, passed March sth 1861
and being Chapter 25 Of the laws OF that year.
can Act to amend an Act entitled AN Act to
authorize the Lebanon Springs Railroad Com
"pany to construct an extension of its road into
Massachusetts, and Vermont, and to provide
''means therefor passed March 9Th, 1853" passed
June Path. 1883, and being Chapter 461 of the laws
of that year;
IAN Act to enable certain connecting railroad
'compaI les to aid in the construction Of the Leh
canon Springs Railroad" passed April 18th 1885,
and being Chapter $50 of the laws OF that year;
"An Act to extend the time for the completion
"of the Lebanon Springs Railroad; passed March
23rd, 1857, and being Chapter $50 of the laws of
"An Act to extend the time for tho completion
"ot the Lebanon Springs Railroad" passed April
18th, 1860 and being Chapter 2S5 of the laws of
IAN Act to extend the time for the completion
"of the Lebanon Springs Railroad" passed April
o. 1852 and being Chapter 444 of the laws of that
"An Act 10 amend the charter of the Lebanon
'Springs Railroad Company" passed April 9th,
1854 and being Chapter 145 of the laws of that
IAN Act to authorize any town in the counties
''of Columbia or Rensselaer, 10 aid in the compile
"tion of the Lebanon Springs Railroad" passed
April 4th, 1866, and being Chapter 1913 of the laws
of that year;
IAN Act to extend the time for the completion
"of the Lebanon Springs Railroad" passed Goth
February 1867 and being Chapter 40 Of the laws
| of that year.
And all the powers and franchises of railroad
corporations stated in An act to authorize the
FORMATION of railroad companies aud to regu-
"late the same, 'passed by the Legislature OF New
York April ?, 1850, and the several acts amenda-
| tory thereof nd supplementary thereto and the
| power to purchase, construct and operate the
railroad hereinafter described, extending from
| Chatham Four Corners, in the County Of Colum
| bia, northerly through the Counties of Columbia
| and Rensselaer, to the borders of the State OF
| Vermont, and into that state to the village OF
Bennington. and also the certain other special and
| particular powers and Franchise stated in the
| above acts, and also the following powers and
| franchises to wit:
To exercise all the powers and authorities in re-
| spect to the constructing holding and operating
| the part of said railroad within the state of YER
mont and the mana ging of the business thereof,
| which might be done If that part were within the
| State of New York.
| To create preferred stock at such rate of diyi-
dend, or interest, and with such securities there
| for. as may be deemed eXpedient.
| To extend the road by construction or purchase
into the States of Vermont anG Massachusetts, as
far as is or may be permitted by the authority of
| said States.
To consolidate with any company or companies
| having railroad or the right to build a railroad,
which 1.-THE Lebanon Springs Railroad Com
pany was authorized to construct acquire on
such terms as the partie should agree upon or
the States of Vermont al d Massachusetts should
| require; a4d-
70 consolidate either alone or after consolida-
tion with any company into single corporation,
with any company having railroad, or the right
| to construct a railroad. which, or a portion of
which should be within the State of New York.
| and which should connect with the railroad of
| the Lebanon Springs Railroad Company at its
| terminus, in the same manner as the railroad
companies mentioned in an act entitled''A An act to
| authorize the consolidation of certain railroad
companies, passed by the Legislature of New
| York, April I'd, 1906
To exercise all the powers with respect to the
railroads or portions of railroads which might be
constructed or acquired within the States of Yer
| mont and Massachusetts as may be exercised II
the same were wholly within the State OF New
| York.
To have corporate stock and bonds taken and
owned or guaranteed by any company having or
| beng authorized to construct railroad con-
Meeting with the lines of railroad OF the
said Lebanon Springs Railroad Company, and 10
| have any such company aid by loan OF money
| or credit. and by the raising of means and secur-
| ing any contract for such purpose in any manner
| in which the company so aiding might do for the
construction of its own railroad.
| To change the northern terminus of the railroad
| from the Massachusetts State line as declared in
the articles of association of the LebaCon Springs
| Railroad ompany to any point within the town
of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer,, or the
| town of White Creek, in the County oil Washlns-
| ton. -,
To construct branch to terminus at the
Vermont State line at point of junction with the
| Western Vermont Railroad. now known as the
| Bennington and Rutland Railway.
To construct a branch with a terminus in either
or both of the cities of Albany and Troy,vith the
same effects as if the line had been originally
fixed in the articles of association both as TO the
main line and branches as the same are last above
described, and the termini thereof had been its
original terminus
Also all powers and franchises conferred by the
following acts, which were duly passed by the
Legislature of the State of Vermont, to wit:
IAN act to incorporate the Vermont and New
York Railroad Company" approved November
End. 1865, and being No. 1874 of the laws OF that
year; .,.,-,,,.,. :.
Corporate the Vermont and New York Railroad
"approved November End, 1885," approved No
vember 18th and and being No. 16I of the laws OF
IAN act authorizing the Bennington and Rut'
Gland Railroad Company TO consolidate their ROAD
with the road of the Lebanon Springs Railroad
Company" approved November 2lst 1867, and
being No 1855 of the laws of that year;
An act to enable the Bennington and Rutland
"Kailroad Company TO aid in obtaining neees-
"sary railroad connections, approved March 2Sths
1867, and being No. of tie Special Sessions OF
that year;
And the powers and franchises of railroad cor
poTations under the laws of Vermont ana the
powers and franchise to build, own and operate a
railroad from Bennington to the Vermont State
line being that portion of the railroad hereinaf-
ter described, which is in the State OF vermont,
and to transfer and convey such powers ana iran
chises and any property and to consolidate with
railroad companies.
And also the following described property to
wit:
All and singular the tracks roadway of the
| Lebanon Springs Railroad, from chatham our
Corners, in the County of Columbia, to the east
line ofthe State of New York, in the town OF HOO
sick in the County of Rensselaer,, and All the
LANDS acquired and hereafter to be acquired for
the purpose OF forming said track or roadway;
also the railroad of the said the Lebanon Springs
Railroad Company already built and all the rails
bridges, fences, stations, station-houses. wood
houses buildings and other structures and appur'
tenances thereunto belonging, and also all the
tolls incomes rents issues and profits OF any and
all of the same and all Of the above mentioned
powers and franchises; and also all the rolling
stock. locomotives, tenders, snow plows'scrapers
passenger cars baggage, mail and express cars,
freight, stock and dumping cars, HAT cars ana
cars of every description. All the machine shops
and blacksmith shops. and all the articles used IN
the construction, replacing and repairing OF
roads and cars and in the running OF cars anu
also the Vermont and New York railroad con
structed from the terminus Of the railroad last
above described In the town of Hoosick aforesaid
to the village Of Bennington in the State OF Yer
mont, including all the equipment and all the
above mentioned powers and franchises OF the
said Vermont and New York Railroad Company
belonging to or in Eny wise appertaining TO, OF
which may at any time belong to or appertan tc
have belonged to or appertained to the same OF
either Of of said railroads or companies, as well IN
law as in equity; including also all property OF