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rail roads. 289
more than one mile distant from the mouth of the Riviere a Gabourie in Ste.
(Jenevieve county, and the same shall be located on the nearest and most
practicable route between those two points.
s 3. The said rail road shall be single or double, as the said company
shall deem most expedient, and the same shall be so constructed that in its
progress it shall nowhere rise more than  feet to one mile; and said company are also hereby empowered to erect, make and establish all works,
edifices and devices to said rail road, as may by the said company be deemed
expedient, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of their incorporation; and also, to contract and agree with the owner or owners for the
purchase of any lands which may be necessary for the purpose of erecting
said rail road.
X 4. The said road shallbe so constructed by the said company, as not to
obstruct or impede the free use and passage of any public road or roads,
street or alley, which may cross, or enter at the same, being now laid out, or
hereafter to be laid out; and in all places where the said rail road may cross,
or in anyway interfere with any public road, street or alley, it shall be the
duty of the said company to make, or cause to be made, a good and sufficient
causeway or causeways, to enable all persons or vehicles passing or traveling such public road, street or alley, to cross and pass over or under the said
rail way; which caudeway or causeways shall be made and maintained by the
said company; and if the said company shall refuse or neglect to make such
causeway or causeways, or when made, to keep the same in good repair, they
shall be liable to pay a penalty of ten dollars for every day the same shall be
so neglected or refused to be made or repaired, to be recovered by the overseer of the road district, if a public road, or by the sheriff of the county, if a
street or alley, for the use of the county; and shall, moreover, be liable to
an action or actions, at the suit ofthe party aggrieved thereby; and in all
cases the,service of process upon any officer or agent ofthe said company,
shall be as good and available in law as if served upon the president of the
§ 5. If any person shall wilfully or knowingly break, injure or destroy
the rail road or any part thereof, or any work, edifice or device, or any part
thereof, erected by the said company in pursuance of this act, he shall forfeit
and pay to the said company the actual damage so sustained, to be recovered
with costs, and shall also forfeit to the county in which the offence was committed, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence, to be recovered by indictment.
§ 6. If the said company shall not proceed to carry on the said work
within two years after the passage of this act, or shall not complete the same
as aforesaid, in seven years thereafter; or if, after the completion of the said
road, the said company shall suffer the same to go to decay, and be impassa-
We for the term of two years, then this charter shall become null and void,
and the said road, together with all rights and privileges given by this act,
shall revert to the State.
§ 7. The General Assembly reserves the power to purchase the right of
™e said company, and the said rail road with its appurtenances, at anytime
alter forty years from the passage of this act, at a reasonable price and valuation.
X 8-   All the powers, rights, privileges and immunities granted by the act
Which this is a supplement, not inconsistent with the provisious of this act,
are, and shall be granted and vested in the said Washington and Ste. Genevieve rail road company.
Approved, Dec.  28,1836.
Identifier LAWS_9th_1836-1838_0289.tif
Transcript rail roads. 289 more than one mile distant from the mouth of the Riviere a Gabourie in Ste. (Jenevieve county, and the same shall be located on the nearest and most practicable route between those two points. s 3. The said rail road shall be single or double, as the said company shall deem most expedient, and the same shall be so constructed that in its progress it shall nowhere rise more than feet to one mile; and said company are also hereby empowered to erect, make and establish all works, edifices and devices to said rail road, as may by the said company be deemed expedient, for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of their incorporation; and also, to contract and agree with the owner or owners for the purchase of any lands which may be necessary for the purpose of erecting said rail road. X 4. The said road shallbe so constructed by the said company, as not to obstruct or impede the free use and passage of any public road or roads, street or alley, which may cross, or enter at the same, being now laid out, or hereafter to be laid out; and in all places where the said rail road may cross, or in anyway interfere with any public road, street or alley, it shall be the duty of the said company to make, or cause to be made, a good and sufficient causeway or causeways, to enable all persons or vehicles passing or traveling such public road, street or alley, to cross and pass over or under the said rail way; which caudeway or causeways shall be made and maintained by the said company; and if the said company shall refuse or neglect to make such causeway or causeways, or when made, to keep the same in good repair, they shall be liable to pay a penalty of ten dollars for every day the same shall be so neglected or refused to be made or repaired, to be recovered by the overseer of the road district, if a public road, or by the sheriff of the county, if a street or alley, for the use of the county; and shall, moreover, be liable to an action or actions, at the suit ofthe party aggrieved thereby; and in all cases the,service of process upon any officer or agent ofthe said company, shall be as good and available in law as if served upon the president of the said company. § 5. If any person shall wilfully or knowingly break, injure or destroy the rail road or any part thereof, or any work, edifice or device, or any part thereof, erected by the said company in pursuance of this act, he shall forfeit and pay to the said company the actual damage so sustained, to be recovered with costs, and shall also forfeit to the county in which the offence was committed, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence, to be recovered by indictment. § 6. If the said company shall not proceed to carry on the said work within two years after the passage of this act, or shall not complete the same as aforesaid, in seven years thereafter; or if, after the completion of the said road, the said company shall suffer the same to go to decay, and be impassa- We for the term of two years, then this charter shall become null and void, and the said road, together with all rights and privileges given by this act, shall revert to the State. § 7. The General Assembly reserves the power to purchase the right of ™e said company, and the said rail road with its appurtenances, at anytime alter forty years from the passage of this act, at a reasonable price and valuation. X 8- All the powers, rights, privileges and immunities granted by the act Which this is a supplement, not inconsistent with the provisious of this act, are, and shall be granted and vested in the said Washington and Ste. Genevieve rail road company. Approved, Dec. 28,1836.