Source: http://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/molaws/id/44823/
Timestamp: 2019-10-20 05:11:56
Document Index: 787681813

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 22', '§ 23', '§ 24', '§ 1', '§ 22', '§ 23', '§ 24', '§ 1']

Previous 286 of 332 Next
288 RAIL   ROADS.
the time and place of meeting of the valuers, and the manner and mode in
which the purchase money shall be paid to the said company or its stockholders, and the length of time which shall be allowed the said company to collect its debts, dispose of its real and personal estate, and otherwise wind up
its concerns. t .
§ 22. If the president and directors shall not begin the said work in two
years after the passage of this act or shall not complete the same within ten
years thereafter, then the interest of the said company in this charter, so far
as respects the unfinished part of the route, shall be forfeited and cease.
§ 23. The judge of the circuit court of any county through which the
said rail road or its branches shall pass, shall have power upon the application of the party interested, to issue a scire facias against the president and
directors, to show cause why the charter of said company shall not be forfeited: Provided, That the said scire facias shall state specifically the cause
or causes which are relied upon for forfeiture: And provided, also, That
either party shall have the right of trial by jury, as in other cases.
§ 24. That in time of threatened invasion or insurrection, or in time of
war, said company shall transport, when required, all troops of the United
States, or of the militia or volunteers of this State, together with all their
arms, ammunition or other munitions of war, the artillery and train, with
such other appurtenances as usually appertain to an army on the march; as
also, all provisions, military stores and munitions, as may be required by this
State or the United States, to be forwarded on said road for the support of
their armies; and the said company shall, in the said cases, allow any locomotives, cars, wagons, or other vehicles, loaded with such troops or munition of war, either belonging to this State or the United States, to the company hereby incorporated, or to any other company incorporated by this
State, to be forwarded with as much despatch as possible on said road, as
shallbe required by the officers of this Stateor of the United States, having
Approved, Jan. 23, 1837.
WASHINGTON AND STE. GENEVIENE RAIL ROAD.
AN ACT, suptementary to an act, entitled, "An act to incorporate a company to make a McAdamized road from the town of Caledonia in
Washington county, to the Mississippi river'' approved March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five.
Company may construct a rail road,
Beginning- and termination of road,
Eoad may be single or double,
Said road shall not obstruct other roads,
Injuring roads, penalty for, 6
Commencement and completion of road, 6
State may purchase road, 1
Powers of company, 8
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State op Missouri, as follows:
§ 1. The company formed under the provisions of the above recited act,
are hereby authorized, instead of a McAdamized road, to construct a rail
road, anything in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding, and the name
and style of the said company, instead of the Washington County Turnpike
Road Company, shall be "The Washington and Ste. Genevieve Rail Road
company," ^ .. . .  - ••*•»
*lpy^:    The said rail road shall begin, as in the aforesaid act is provided
and shall terminate at the bank of the Mississippi river, at a point to be pet
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0288.tif
Transcript 288 RAIL ROADS. the time and place of meeting of the valuers, and the manner and mode in which the purchase money shall be paid to the said company or its stockholders, and the length of time which shall be allowed the said company to collect its debts, dispose of its real and personal estate, and otherwise wind up its concerns. t . § 22. If the president and directors shall not begin the said work in two years after the passage of this act or shall not complete the same within ten years thereafter, then the interest of the said company in this charter, so far as respects the unfinished part of the route, shall be forfeited and cease. § 23. The judge of the circuit court of any county through which the said rail road or its branches shall pass, shall have power upon the application of the party interested, to issue a scire facias against the president and directors, to show cause why the charter of said company shall not be forfeited: Provided, That the said scire facias shall state specifically the cause or causes which are relied upon for forfeiture: And provided, also, That either party shall have the right of trial by jury, as in other cases. § 24. That in time of threatened invasion or insurrection, or in time of war, said company shall transport, when required, all troops of the United States, or of the militia or volunteers of this State, together with all their arms, ammunition or other munitions of war, the artillery and train, with such other appurtenances as usually appertain to an army on the march; as also, all provisions, military stores and munitions, as may be required by this State or the United States, to be forwarded on said road for the support of their armies; and the said company shall, in the said cases, allow any locomotives, cars, wagons, or other vehicles, loaded with such troops or munition of war, either belonging to this State or the United States, to the company hereby incorporated, or to any other company incorporated by this State, to be forwarded with as much despatch as possible on said road, as shallbe required by the officers of this Stateor of the United States, having charge of the same. Approved, Jan. 23, 1837. WASHINGTON AND STE. GENEVIENE RAIL ROAD. AN ACT, suptementary to an act, entitled, "An act to incorporate a company to make a McAdamized road from the town of Caledonia in Washington county, to the Mississippi river'' approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. Company may construct a rail road, Beginning- and termination of road, Eoad may be single or double, Said road shall not obstruct other roads, Section 1 2 3 4 Section Injuring roads, penalty for, 6 Commencement and completion of road, 6 State may purchase road, 1 Powers of company, 8 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State op Missouri, as follows: § 1. The company formed under the provisions of the above recited act, are hereby authorized, instead of a McAdamized road, to construct a rail road, anything in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding, and the name and style of the said company, instead of the Washington County Turnpike Road Company, shall be "The Washington and Ste. Genevieve Rail Road company," ^ .. . . - ••*•» *lpy^: The said rail road shall begin, as in the aforesaid act is provided and shall terminate at the bank of the Mississippi river, at a point to be pet