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Timestamp: 2019-10-21 04:10:39
Document Index: 541808066

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11']

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200 LAWS   OF
louse a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, also to make by-laws, and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or of this State.
§ 3. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty thousand dollars,
to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and the subscribers of said shares
shall pay the same to the president and directors of said company, at such time
and in such instalments as they may require.
§ 4. The concerns of said company shall be managed by five directors, one
of whom shall be president, and shall hold their office for three years, and until
their successors shall be duly elected, a majority of whom shall constitute aboard
§ 5. The persons named in the first section of this act are hereby appointed
the first directors, who shall serve for two years from the passage of the same,
and are authorized to open books, and receive subscriptions, receive the funds
and transact all other business necessary to be done to carry into effect this act.
They shall likewise have power to designate the time and place of the meeting
of the stockholders for the purpose of electing officers, and shall superintend the
election of the same.
§ 6. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share owned by
him, and the stock of the company shall be assignable under the regulations of
the president and directors of the company.
§ 7. The said persons mentioned in the first section of this act shall have
three years from the passage of the same to complete said bridge, and when completed they shall be entitled to demand and receive the following tolls for passing
For each man, woman, or child of twelve years or upwards, on foot, twelve
and a half cents; for every man and horse, twenty-five cents; for each gig and
horse, sixty-two and half cents; for every wagon and two horses, oxen or mules,
seventy-five cents; for every wagon and four horses, oxen or mules, one dollar;
for every pleasure carriage drawn by two horses, one dollar: for every pleasure
carriage drawn by four horses, one dollar and twenty-five cents; for each head
of cattle five cents; for each sheep or hog, two cents; for each led horse or mule
twelve and a half cents.
§ 8. Said company shall keep the said rates of toll posted publicly at each
end of the bridge on some suitable sign.
§ 9. The county court of either Jefferson or St. Louis county shall,ifthey deem
it to the interest of the county' or the public at large, have power, at the expiration of twelve years after the completion of said bridge, to purchase the same
from the proprietors thereof, for the purpose of making the same a free bridge,
at such time and on such terms as may be fixed by three disinterested valuers,
residents of the county wishing to make such purchase, one of which valuers
shall be appointed by the county court, another by the proprietors of said bridge,
and the third by the two selected.
§ 10. The owner or owners of said bridge shall construct the same, so as
not to interfere with the navigation of said river, by either making a draw therein, or making the same so high as to admit boats to pass under without obstruction, and in the construction of the same shall not interfere with any known and
established ford.
§ 11. If the owner or owners of said bridge shall suffer the same to go to
decay, so as to render it unsafe for passengers, and it shall remain so for three
months and no safe means provided by said company for passing said river du-,
ring the time said bridge shall be out of repair, then, and in that case, every privilege herein granted shall cease and determine.
Identifier LAWS_10th_1838-1839_0200.tif
Transcript 200 LAWS OF louse a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, also to make by-laws, and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or of this State. § 3. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and the subscribers of said shares shall pay the same to the president and directors of said company, at such time and in such instalments as they may require. § 4. The concerns of said company shall be managed by five directors, one of whom shall be president, and shall hold their office for three years, and until their successors shall be duly elected, a majority of whom shall constitute aboard for the transaction of business. § 5. The persons named in the first section of this act are hereby appointed the first directors, who shall serve for two years from the passage of the same, and are authorized to open books, and receive subscriptions, receive the funds and transact all other business necessary to be done to carry into effect this act. They shall likewise have power to designate the time and place of the meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing officers, and shall superintend the election of the same. § 6. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share owned by him, and the stock of the company shall be assignable under the regulations of the president and directors of the company. § 7. The said persons mentioned in the first section of this act shall have three years from the passage of the same to complete said bridge, and when completed they shall be entitled to demand and receive the following tolls for passing the same: For each man, woman, or child of twelve years or upwards, on foot, twelve and a half cents; for every man and horse, twenty-five cents; for each gig and horse, sixty-two and half cents; for every wagon and two horses, oxen or mules, seventy-five cents; for every wagon and four horses, oxen or mules, one dollar; for every pleasure carriage drawn by two horses, one dollar: for every pleasure carriage drawn by four horses, one dollar and twenty-five cents; for each head of cattle five cents; for each sheep or hog, two cents; for each led horse or mule twelve and a half cents. § 8. Said company shall keep the said rates of toll posted publicly at each end of the bridge on some suitable sign. § 9. The county court of either Jefferson or St. Louis county shall,ifthey deem it to the interest of the county' or the public at large, have power, at the expiration of twelve years after the completion of said bridge, to purchase the same from the proprietors thereof, for the purpose of making the same a free bridge, at such time and on such terms as may be fixed by three disinterested valuers, residents of the county wishing to make such purchase, one of which valuers shall be appointed by the county court, another by the proprietors of said bridge, and the third by the two selected. § 10. The owner or owners of said bridge shall construct the same, so as not to interfere with the navigation of said river, by either making a draw therein, or making the same so high as to admit boats to pass under without obstruction, and in the construction of the same shall not interfere with any known and established ford. § 11. If the owner or owners of said bridge shall suffer the same to go to decay, so as to render it unsafe for passengers, and it shall remain so for three months and no safe means provided by said company for passing said river du-, ring the time said bridge shall be out of repair, then, and in that case, every privilege herein granted shall cease and determine. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, Feb. 13, 1839.