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MISSOURI. 221
AN ACT to incorporate the Iron Mountain City Steam Ferry company.
5. Stock may be transferred, effect of such transfer.
7. On failure of company to establish or keep in repair the ferry boat, this charter to be void
§ 1. Augustus Jones, President of the Iron Mountain company, his associates, assigns and successors be, and they are hereby ordained, constituted and
declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Iron
being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being de-
may have a common seal, and may change, alter or break the same at their pleasure and, that they and their successors shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and eonveying any estate, real, personal or mixed, for the use of said corporation.
§ 2. Said corporation shall have power to make a constitution and by-laws
ft, § 3. The said corporation shall, on or before the first day of December eighteen hundred and forty, establish and put into operation a good, sufficient, safe,
cents; for each wagon and team, one dollar and twenty-five cents; for each eart
and team seventy-five cents; for each four wheeled pleasure carriage, one dollar and twenty-five cents; and all other articles [in] like proportion.
§ 6. The said corporation hereby established shall be exempt from all licenses and privilege tax for the term of twenty years.
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0556.tif
Transcript MISSOURI. 221 IRON MOUNTAIN CITY STEAM FERRY COMPANY. AN ACT to incorporate the Iron Mountain City Steam Ferry company. Sec. 1. Corporation created, and corporate powers vested. 2. May make by-laws. 3. Company shall before a certain time establish a steam ferry boat. 4. Rates of ferriage established. 5. Stock may be transferred, effect of such transfer. 6. Corporation exempt from tax. 7. On failure of company to establish or keep in repair the ferry boat, this charter to be void Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: § 1. Augustus Jones, President of the Iron Mountain company, his associates, assigns and successors be, and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Iron Mountain City Steam Ferry Company," and that by that name they may have continual succession, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being de- defended in all courts and places whatsoever; that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change, alter or break the same at their pleasure and, that they and their successors shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and eonveying any estate, real, personal or mixed, for the use of said corporation. § 2. Said corporation shall have power to make a constitution and by-laws for the regulation and government of the same: Provided, that nothing in them shall be repugnant to the laws of the land. ft, § 3. The said corporation shall, on or before the first day of December eighteen hundred and forty, establish and put into operation a good, sufficient, safe, secure and substantial steam ferry boat, at the Iron Mountain city on the Mississippi river, and keep the same in operation for the convenience of travellers and others at all times except when delayed by unavoidable accidents, and said corporation shall cause to be posted up in some conspicuous place on said boat a list of the legal rates of ferriage as established and regulated by this charter. § 4. The said corporation shall demand, have and receive the following rates of ferriage, to wit: For each person over twelve years of age, twelve and one half cents; for each horse beast, twelve and one half cents; for each head of cattle, twelve and one half cents; for each sheep or hog, six and one fourth cents; for each wagon and team, one dollar and twenty-five cents; for each eart and team seventy-five cents; for each four wheeled pleasure carriage, one dollar and twenty-five cents; and all other articles [in] like proportion. § 5. The stock or interest in said corporation may be transferred, in part or in whole, by any member of the same; and when so transferred, the party transferring the same ceases to be a member of said company, and the person to whom the same is transferred immediately thereon becomes a member of said corporation to all intents and purposes. § 6. The said corporation hereby established shall be exempt from all licenses and privilege tax for the term of twenty years. § 7. If the said corporation shall fail to establish a good steam ferry boat, at or before the time above specified, or, having established the same, shall fail to keep up the same in good order for transportation, for the space of six months at any one time, or in any way violate this charter, then this act of incorporation to become null and void, and every privilege herein granted cease and determine.