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Timestamp: 2020-06-05 07:40:52
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15', '§ 16', '§ 17']

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262 RAIL   ROADS.
hold an election at such other time and place as they shall appoint—m^'
notice, however, as in this act is directed; and the directors shall have p0Wej!
at any time, when necessary, to elect a president protempore, and all other
officers required by the by-laws of the said company, all of whom shall be
governed by such by-laws and regulations.
§ 12. The said corporation shall have power to purchase, acquire and
hold all and any real or personal estate, which may be necessary to the exe-
cutionand fulfilment ofthe object of their incorporation, and in particular
they shall have power to enter upon, hold, occupy and use all the ground
which shall be in the route, and necessary for the said road, with the consent of the owners of such grounds, and all such donations of land, money
or other property, which shall be made to the said corporation for the pur.
pose of aiding in the construction and completion of said road.
§ 13. The said corporation shall have power, and.is hereby authorized
to erect, construct, build, make and use a single or double raid road, of suitable width and dimensions, together with all necessary buildings, erections
and devices on the line, course, or way designated and appointed by the directors as the course of said road, and shall have power to regulate the time
and manner in which goods, wares and passengers shall be transported, taken
and carried on the same; and to take, exact, charge and receive such tollas>
to them shall seem reasonable for the transportation of all such passengers,
goods, wares-and commodities: Provided, That the said corporation shall
not, in any case, ask or receive more #than twelve and a half cents per mile
for conveying a passenger, nor more than twelve and a half cents per ton
per mile for transporting produce or other commodities: And provided, also,
That if the said company shall at any time fail or refuse to transport immediately any commodity, deposited at a convenient point on said road, in good
order, after the amount due therefor shall have been paid, or tendered to
said company or their agent, the owner may recover double the amount of
said freight, by action of debt, in any court having jurisdiction ofthe same: ,
Provided, That said company shall not be required to transport, at any time,
more than the carriages ordinarily in use will bear.
§ 14. Whenever it shall be necessary for the said rail road to cross any
navigable stream or public highways the said corporation shall be bound to
construct and keep in repair, at their own expense, a free passage for all
traveling or carriage on such stream or highway; and when any individual
owns land on both sides of said road, it shall be the duty of said company to
construct and keep in good repair one causeway for crossing said road with
wagons or otherwise.
§ 15. Any person who shall obstruct, injure or destroy the said road, or
any part thereof, or any building, structure or device belonging to the same,
shall be liable to pay to the said corporation tripple damages for such obstruction, injury or destruction, to be recovered by action on the case, in any
court of competent jurisdiction, and moreover, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to the use of the county where the offence is
committed, to be recovered by indictment.
§ 16. It shallbe lawful for the directory, or a majority of them, to require
payment ofthe sums due by the subscribers to the capital stock, and at sucli
times, in such proportions, and at such places as the said directors shall order, under penalty of forfeiture of all previous payments thereon; but when
payment shall be required, three months notice thereof shallbe given in o»e
or more public newspapers printed in this State.
§ 17. The property and effects of the said corporation shall be free fronj
tax, and at the end of forty years from the passage of this act, the General
Assembly shall have power, and hereby reserve the right to purchase hi
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Transcript 262 RAIL ROADS. hold an election at such other time and place as they shall appoint—m^' notice, however, as in this act is directed; and the directors shall have p0Wej! at any time, when necessary, to elect a president protempore, and all other officers required by the by-laws of the said company, all of whom shall be governed by such by-laws and regulations. § 12. The said corporation shall have power to purchase, acquire and hold all and any real or personal estate, which may be necessary to the exe- cutionand fulfilment ofthe object of their incorporation, and in particular they shall have power to enter upon, hold, occupy and use all the ground which shall be in the route, and necessary for the said road, with the consent of the owners of such grounds, and all such donations of land, money or other property, which shall be made to the said corporation for the pur. pose of aiding in the construction and completion of said road. § 13. The said corporation shall have power, and.is hereby authorized to erect, construct, build, make and use a single or double raid road, of suitable width and dimensions, together with all necessary buildings, erections and devices on the line, course, or way designated and appointed by the directors as the course of said road, and shall have power to regulate the time and manner in which goods, wares and passengers shall be transported, taken and carried on the same; and to take, exact, charge and receive such tollas> to them shall seem reasonable for the transportation of all such passengers, goods, wares-and commodities: Provided, That the said corporation shall not, in any case, ask or receive more #than twelve and a half cents per mile for conveying a passenger, nor more than twelve and a half cents per ton per mile for transporting produce or other commodities: And provided, also, That if the said company shall at any time fail or refuse to transport immediately any commodity, deposited at a convenient point on said road, in good order, after the amount due therefor shall have been paid, or tendered to said company or their agent, the owner may recover double the amount of said freight, by action of debt, in any court having jurisdiction ofthe same: , Provided, That said company shall not be required to transport, at any time, more than the carriages ordinarily in use will bear. § 14. Whenever it shall be necessary for the said rail road to cross any navigable stream or public highways the said corporation shall be bound to construct and keep in repair, at their own expense, a free passage for all traveling or carriage on such stream or highway; and when any individual owns land on both sides of said road, it shall be the duty of said company to construct and keep in good repair one causeway for crossing said road with wagons or otherwise. § 15. Any person who shall obstruct, injure or destroy the said road, or any part thereof, or any building, structure or device belonging to the same, shall be liable to pay to the said corporation tripple damages for such obstruction, injury or destruction, to be recovered by action on the case, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and moreover, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to the use of the county where the offence is committed, to be recovered by indictment. § 16. It shallbe lawful for the directory, or a majority of them, to require payment ofthe sums due by the subscribers to the capital stock, and at sucli times, in such proportions, and at such places as the said directors shall order, under penalty of forfeiture of all previous payments thereon; but when payment shall be required, three months notice thereof shallbe given in o»e or more public newspapers printed in this State. § 17. The property and effects of the said corporation shall be free fronj tax, and at the end of forty years from the passage of this act, the General Assembly shall have power, and hereby reserve the right to purchase hi