Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-06
Act OF incorporation.

| NV W ''So' Po' cNiS'h
| Following is the full text Of the bin
! introduced in the Legislature by Rep
| roScntnliYp Greenwood and which is
! now I'm the hands of The committee on
| legal affairs. 1t is expected that the
mistake of referring it to this COM
mittee " III be rcctjiicd Oh Monday anG
that it viii br tlrn referred TO the
| committee on railroads and expresses.
VGrrc "A lr;,rinE win b" assigned 1t
| ~ IN earlier datr than that MED by
| tho Conlnittrc Un legal affairs, Which
| WAS Tuesday, March :.
Section IL. E, richards, a. j..
| Henderson, J, +. Whorff and Joseph C.
| Holman uf Pennington, Me. Frank H.
Livingstone of Boston. Mass, w. j.
| fitzpatrick Of SacU. Me, Levi I. Will
lihms Of Augusta Mo. DR. Hcbcr
bishop of Boston, Mass, and Weston
Lewis of Gardiner Me, their assoei-
ntcE, successors and assigns are here
hy made u body corporate Under tn"
name of the Pennington Il Augusta
| Railway Go. with all the rights, pow
lrrs ami privileges incident to corpora
ton, with authority to construct, MAIN
tain and operate IL electricity. animal
or ANY other, power street railway
with convenient single or double
tracks, side tracks, or turnouts, with
Ian necessary or convenient lines of
poles, wires. appliances. appurte-
nanccs or conduits commencing at souit
convenient point in the town of Farm
ington in the county of Franklin and
extending in and through said Farm
ington. and through Pennington Falls.
So called, and New Sharon in said
Franklin county, and through the
towns of Vienna, Mt. Vernon, Read
field, Manchester and the city of Au-
Susta in tn" county Of KcnncbcC, all
in the State Of Maine to a railroad
station, hotel, or some point at or near
Il place Of public convenience upon
the highways and property 10 be fixed
and determined by the municipal Of
ficcrs OF the towns or city after the
right of way has been granted by said
town or towns. or city and aSScnted
to In writing by said corporation. Said
corporation shall, before commencing
the construction of it's road, present
to the railroad commissioners a petit
ti9n for approval of location. defining
its curses, distances and boundaries.
ed route and location as to its streets.
roads and WAYS. of the municipal Of
ficers of the city and town in which
said railroad is to be constructed in
whole or in part and with a report and
estimate prepared by skilful enSin-
eer If the municipal officers upon
written application therefor. neglect
for 80 days to approve route and To-
cation as to streets. roads or ways, or
Il they refuse to approve such To-
cation. or Ii such route and location
approved by them is not accepted by
the corporation, in either case said
corporation may appeal to the next
term of the supreme judicial court to
be held in any county where any part
oc said railroad is located more than
80 days from the expiration Of said 80
days. or from the date of such refusal.
or from the approval of location that
| is not accepted by the corporation. OF
otherwise. as the case may be, eXclud-
| ing the day Of the commencement OF
| the session of said court. The APP
pellant shall serve written notice OF
| such appeal upon said municipal Of
| fiCers IA days at least before the Scs-
sion of said court and shall at til" first
| term file complaint setting forth
substantially the facts of the case. If
| thu apural i then entered and not aft
| trWardS the court shall appoint a
lcolnmjttc, Of three DISTINGUISHED per
sons. ~hp shall be sworn. and if one
| oI them dies. declines or becomes in
| tcresttd The court NAV appoint some
suitable person i'm his place. They
shall give such notice as the court has
ordered. virw tht, proposru route or
routes and location or locations and
make their report at the next term of
court after their apuoiutincnt. dctiu-
| ing wherein the route and location as
! tu streets. roadS or vaNs as determine
cd by them. which. after acccptanco
land entry of iud.mcut thereon. shall
forthwith he certified To the railroad
| commissioners ANA receive =hv them in
| lion of ihr ;,rt,r,yal of the m,nicipal
! officers COSTS MAY. lac taxed and al
I,,,.d az tho ,,,rt ,nay order \ f,il-
nrc IA annral shall NOT bar the cor
n,rutinn from, making. = nov anulica-
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