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Timestamp: 2019-10-21 23:59:02
Document Index: 280850078

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 20', '§ 21', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 20', '§ 21', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13']

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244 LAWS  OF
§ 7.    The fifteenth section shall be- amended by striking out the words—«0j
three hundred thousand dollars"—where they occur therein.
§ 8. The twentieth and twenty-first sections shall be so amended as to read
§ 20. "The company shall have authority to do all things necessary to effect
the true intent and meaning of the provisions of this charter, and to purchase and
sell coal, wood, lime.and stone, for the use of the citizens of St. Louis and its
vicinity; they may also purchase, hold, or lease any lands in one or more parcels,
not exceeding six hundred acres in all, containing stone, coals, or other minerals,
and may use the same, .and its products of every kind, in such manner as may be
most advantageous to the company."
§ 21. "They may erect lime kilns, and manufacture lime on said lands, and
construct thereon such manufactory or other buildings and works, as may be best
suited to develop the resources of the same; or they may otherwise use said lands,
as they may think proper. The company may, at any time during the existence
of this charter, construct from their kilns, collieries or quarries, or other works
thereof, to their depots, or works in the city of St. Louis or its vicinity, such road,
railway or canal, as may be best suited to the conveyance of passengers and
goods, or the transportation of their coal, wood, lime, stone, or any other material
or produce thereon; to effect which, they shall have full power and authority to
enter upon and use, under provisions of law, any lands or waters necessary for the
construction thereof; and they may examine, survey and locate the roost eligible
route for such road, railway or canal, or for such branches along the same, or at
the terminat'ons thereof, as they may deem necessary, or convenience require."
§ 9. The thirtieth section shall be amended by adding at the end thereof, the
words—"from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and forty."
§ 10. The twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, and thirty-first sections of the said
charter shall be amended by striking out the words—"one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-eight," wherever they occur, and inserting instead thereof, the words,
"one thousand eight hundred and forty."
§ 11. The corporation of the city of St. Louis, and other corporations and
companies, are hereby authorized and empowered to subscribe for any number
of shares of stock in this company, and to provide for the payment of the same, as
may be agreed upon with the board of directors or their agent, and they may
vote in their corporate capacities by such representatives as they may prescribe
by their regulations, ordinances or by-laws, and the votes of all such representatives shall be given as those of any other stockholder, subject however to the
regulations of the company in all respects not inconsistent with the true intent
and meaning of this section.
§ 12. The board of directors are hereby authorized to receive, from any
company, corporation, or individual subscribing for stock in this company, any
bonds, notes or other securities, in payment of, or as security for stock purchased
or subscribed, and upon such terms as may be agreed upon; or in such manner,
on such conditions, and ir. such instalments, as they may think to the interest of
the company; and they may receive on deposit or loan, and upon such terms as the
parties interested may agree upon, any funds, the temporary or permanent use
of which may be offered them, and the use of which may be beneficial to the
§ 13. The corporation of the city of St. Loais, and the board of directors of
the St. Louis gaslight company, may contract for and m?ke regulations relating
to the lighting of said city with gas, in such manner as may be agreed upon, and
they may make generally such contracts in relation to the business of the company, as may be beneficial to them and the public. They may also contract for the
management of the city water works, or any part of the same, or for merging the
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Transcript 244 LAWS OF § 7. The fifteenth section shall be- amended by striking out the words—«0j three hundred thousand dollars"—where they occur therein. § 8. The twentieth and twenty-first sections shall be so amended as to read as follows: § 20. "The company shall have authority to do all things necessary to effect the true intent and meaning of the provisions of this charter, and to purchase and sell coal, wood, lime.and stone, for the use of the citizens of St. Louis and its vicinity; they may also purchase, hold, or lease any lands in one or more parcels, not exceeding six hundred acres in all, containing stone, coals, or other minerals, and may use the same, .and its products of every kind, in such manner as may be most advantageous to the company." § 21. "They may erect lime kilns, and manufacture lime on said lands, and construct thereon such manufactory or other buildings and works, as may be best suited to develop the resources of the same; or they may otherwise use said lands, as they may think proper. The company may, at any time during the existence of this charter, construct from their kilns, collieries or quarries, or other works thereof, to their depots, or works in the city of St. Louis or its vicinity, such road, railway or canal, as may be best suited to the conveyance of passengers and goods, or the transportation of their coal, wood, lime, stone, or any other material or produce thereon; to effect which, they shall have full power and authority to enter upon and use, under provisions of law, any lands or waters necessary for the construction thereof; and they may examine, survey and locate the roost eligible route for such road, railway or canal, or for such branches along the same, or at the terminat'ons thereof, as they may deem necessary, or convenience require." § 9. The thirtieth section shall be amended by adding at the end thereof, the words—"from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty." § 10. The twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, and thirty-first sections of the said charter shall be amended by striking out the words—"one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight," wherever they occur, and inserting instead thereof, the words, "one thousand eight hundred and forty." § 11. The corporation of the city of St. Louis, and other corporations and companies, are hereby authorized and empowered to subscribe for any number of shares of stock in this company, and to provide for the payment of the same, as may be agreed upon with the board of directors or their agent, and they may vote in their corporate capacities by such representatives as they may prescribe by their regulations, ordinances or by-laws, and the votes of all such representatives shall be given as those of any other stockholder, subject however to the regulations of the company in all respects not inconsistent with the true intent and meaning of this section. § 12. The board of directors are hereby authorized to receive, from any company, corporation, or individual subscribing for stock in this company, any bonds, notes or other securities, in payment of, or as security for stock purchased or subscribed, and upon such terms as may be agreed upon; or in such manner, on such conditions, and ir. such instalments, as they may think to the interest of the company; and they may receive on deposit or loan, and upon such terms as the parties interested may agree upon, any funds, the temporary or permanent use of which may be offered them, and the use of which may be beneficial to the company. § 13. The corporation of the city of St. Loais, and the board of directors of the St. Louis gaslight company, may contract for and m?ke regulations relating to the lighting of said city with gas, in such manner as may be agreed upon, and they may make generally such contracts in relation to the business of the company, as may be beneficial to them and the public. They may also contract for the management of the city water works, or any part of the same, or for merging the