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Timestamp: 2020-06-05 11:01:52
Document Index: 125930797

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14']

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their agents, surveyors and engineers, enter upon   such   route, place or  places,
designated as aforesaid,by the said directors as the line, course or way whereon
to enter upon, and take possession of, and use all such lands as may be indispensable for the construction and   maintainance of said  rail road or way, and   the.
accommodation requisite and appertaining to them, and may also receive, hold and
take such voluntary grants, and donations of land and real estate, as shallbe
made to the said corporation to aid in the construction, maintainance and accommodation of said rail   road   or  way; but   all lands or real estate thus entered upon, taken possession of and used by the said corporation, which are not
donations, shall be purchased of the owner or owners at a price to be mutually
agreed upon between them;, in case of  disagreement, the directors of said corporation may present their petition to the circuit judge of the district in which
said lands shall be, situated, setting forth the necessity of such lands for  making
said rail road or ways, with the name   and   residence of the  owner or owners,
and the  reasons why the same cannot be, purchased; whereupon the said judge
' shall appoint three competent and disinterested   persons  to appraise said lands,
and it shall be the duty of the persons so  appointed to appraise said lands and
of the land; and, upon payment  of the amount of said sum, and  the expenses
of said apprascmcnt, the said corporation shall   be possessed of all   the lands-so
appraised for the purposes of said road, and may enter  upon, take  possession,
and use the   same.    If the owner   or owners of" any  lands, which shall be appraised as directed  by this section, cannot be found or is unknown, or, for any
with the  treasurer  of this State, for the  benefit and use of the persons concerned.
may deem necessary, and , from time to time, regulate and receive the toll and
entered in a book for that purpose, and be subject to be examined at all conve-.
nient times by any stockholder in said company.
to be required to construct and complete said rail road, in Government stocks or
in the stock of any incorporated company, or in such real or personal securities,
to the same shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation treble damages, to be recovered, with costs of suit, by an aciiontof debt, in
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Transcript MISSOURI. 237 their agents, surveyors and engineers, enter upon such route, place or places, designated as aforesaid,by the said directors as the line, course or way whereon to construct said rail road or ways; and it shall be lawful for the said corporation to enter upon, and take possession of, and use all such lands as may be indispensable for the construction and maintainance of said rail road or way, and the. accommodation requisite and appertaining to them, and may also receive, hold and take such voluntary grants, and donations of land and real estate, as shallbe made to the said corporation to aid in the construction, maintainance and accommodation of said rail road or way; but all lands or real estate thus entered upon, taken possession of and used by the said corporation, which are not donations, shall be purchased of the owner or owners at a price to be mutually agreed upon between them;, in case of disagreement, the directors of said corporation may present their petition to the circuit judge of the district in which said lands shall be, situated, setting forth the necessity of such lands for making said rail road or ways, with the name and residence of the owner or owners, and the reasons why the same cannot be, purchased; whereupon the said judge ' shall appoint three competent and disinterested persons to appraise said lands, and it shall be the duty of the persons so appointed to appraise said lands and award to the owner or owners thereof, what they shall deem to be the full value of the land; and, upon payment of the amount of said sum, and the expenses of said apprascmcnt, the said corporation shall be possessed of all the lands-so appraised for the purposes of said road, and may enter upon, take possession, and use the same. If the owner or owners of" any lands, which shall be appraised as directed by this section, cannot be found or is unknown, or, for any other cause, payment cannot be made to them, then the same shall be deposited with the treasurer of this State, for the benefit and use of the persons concerned. § 9. It shall be lawful for the said directors to make such by-laws as they may deem necessary, and , from time to time, regulate and receive the toll and charges for the transportation of persons and property on said rail road. § 10. The said directors may require payment of the sums subscribed to the capital stock at such times and places, and in such proportions, and on such conditions, as they shall deem fit under the penalty of the forfeiture of all the previous payments made thereon, by giving thirty days notice in one or more public papers, printed in the county of Marion and the city of St. Louis. § 11. As soon as may be convenient after said directors shall have been elected, they shall, by ballot, elect one of their number as president, and in like manner elect a secretary, who shall exercise such powers and functions as the by-laws of said company shall provide. § 12. The proceedings of the meetings, and acts of said directors shall be entered in a book for that purpose, and be subject to be examined at all conve-. nient times by any stockholder in said company. § 13. The said directors shall and may have power to invest such portion of the capital stock, or other funds of said company, which they may deem not to be required to construct and complete said rail road, in Government stocks or in the stock of any incorporated company, or in such real or personal securities, as they may deem proper. § 14. If any person shall wilfully do, or cause to be done, any act or acts whatsoever, whereby any building, construction or work of the said corporation, or any engine, machine or structure, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same shall be stopped, obstructed, impaired, weakened, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation treble damages, to be recovered, with costs of suit, by an aciiontof debt, in any court having competent jurisdiction; and such person or persons shall also