Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-22

and Walpole and Westminster 1t is also
provided that the Connecticut River Pow
cr company shall never seek to acquire
any lands or other property north Of the
railroad station In Brattleboro now or
hereafter owned for necessary railroad
purposes by the Connecticut River and
Vermont Valley railroad companies; or
which may be required for the double
tracking of the railroad between Brattle-
boro and Bellows Falls.
Sec. 9. Section II of said chapter 500
oi the Laws. Of 1908 is hereby amended so as
to read follows:
'lf said corporation shall not before De-
cember ], 1908, commence the construction of
a dam under said charter, then this act shall
be void. And If the construction of the dam
opposite the town of Vernon, Vermont, is not
commenced by December J. 1908, and COM
pieted within hve years from that time, all
rights to erect dam south OF Brattleboro
under the provisions OF this charter shall cease.
But any delay in construction thereof caused
by an Injunction shall not be included in such
hve years 1t IS hereby provided that the
power house used for the development and
generation OF electricity shall be located in
the town Of Hinsdale. but il it shall be found
that said power house, not, with reason-
ab'e safety and reasonable cost, be built in
the town OF Uinsdale, the corporation may
apply TO the selectmen Of Hinsdae, who shall
nave the power to consent that said power
house may be built in Vernon, Vermont, and,
upon the consent OF said selectmen in writing
being obtained, the foregoing limitation upon
applicable. II said selectmen do not so
consent, the corporation may appeal from
their decision to the Superior Court for the
county OF Cheshire, and said court may hear
the parties in open court and may decide the
question whether said power house, under the
foregoing conditions as TO safety and reason
able cost shall be built in Hnsdale or may be
built in Vernon, Vermont. If the selectmen
do so consent any twenty-five voters in said
iiinsdale may Join in like appeal from their
decision to the Superior Court. II it shall be
finally determined in accordance with the pro-
visions hereof that said power house may be
built in Vernon, Vermont, the corporationq
shall, within two years after said final decis-
ron, pay to the town OF Hinsdale the sum Of
nifty thousand dollars in compensation for the
sustain by reason OF the. power house not
being built within the limits Of said town
"Sec. 7. Section Of said chapter 300 Of
the Laws Of 1908 IS hereby amended so as
to read follows:
"'Sec. :. The capital stock Of this cor
Poration shall be two hundred thousand dol
lars which may be increased by a majority
vote OF its stockholders TO any sum not TO
exceed two million dollars Said capital stock
shall be divided into shares Of one hundred
dollars each
sec. s. II this corporation or any cor
poration with which it may merge or con-
Solidate. provided in section 10 OF chapter
500 OF the Laws OF 1908. shall desire to con-
struet dam at any point below the mouth
OF the Nshuelot river for the purpose of stor-
/ ing water to control tn flow OF the river, il
shall have the right so to do and il it shall
/ procure and exercise the right to construct a
4 dam across the Connecticut river at any point
/ in the state of Massachusetts, it shall have the
/ right OF howage in the state Of New Hamp-
shire subject 10 the conditions and limitations
/ as provided in sections ?, J, and OF said
/ chapter 800 Of the Laws Of 1908, as amended
i by this act, except that il shall have no right
/ TO raise the water by any dam authorized by
! this section al the mouth Of the Ashuelot river,
either at low, medium high water, and
/ shall have right to take therefor any land
! now owned or hereafter acquired by the Con-
sary railroad purposes And il shall have no
rights under this section until it shall have
/ built dam under this charter opposite the
/ town Of Vernon, Vermont, north OF the mouth
( OF the Ashuelot river
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect from
/ It's passage