Furposes for which compa. up may enter on lands, &e. ested in the said bridge; who, upon such application, is hereby authorized and directed to appoint three discreet and disinterested freeholders of this state, who, after being duly sworn or affirmed before any justice of the peace of said state, faithfully and impartially to perform the duties enjoined upon them herein, shall proceed to view and examine said ground and premises, and the lands and property so needed by said company for the purposes aforesaid, and shall, according to the best of their skill and judgment, ascertain and estimate the injury and damage that will be sustained by the owner of such lands, or other property, so necessary to be taken as aforesaid, and shall fix and determine the value thereof, and report what sum shall be paid by such company therefor; which report shall be made in writing, under their hands and seals, or under the hands and seals of any two of them, and shall be accompanied with a map describing the metes and bounds of said land, and a minute description of the property so taken and valued; which report and map shall be filed in the clerk's office of the Supreme Court of this state; and if confirmed by the said Supreme Court, shall be and remain of record and conclusive upon the said parties respectively, their heirs, successors and assigns forever; and the said company having paid the said sum or sums of money so awarded by the said report, together with the fees of said commissioners, at the rate of two dollars each for every day employed in the said business, and their necessary expenses, shall be entitled to have and to hold to them and their successors and assigns forever, the said lands, tenements, and estate, as fully and effectually as if the same had been granted to them by the respective owners thereof; and it shall and may be lawful thereupon, and not before, for the said corporation to enter upon said lands and real estate, and use, occupy, possess and enjoy the same, as fully and entirely as may be necessary for the erection and completion of their said bridge, and all the appurtenances thereto properly belonging. Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors aforesaid, their superintendants, agents, artists and workmen, to enter upon all lands and enclosures, near to the place where said bridge is to be built, and to examine the ground for the purpose of obtaining stone, gravel, or sand, necessary for the building of said bridge; and it shall and may be lawful for the said company, their superintendents, agents, or any other person in their employ, to enter on said ground with wagons, carts, sleds or sleighs, or beasts of burden, or draught of any kind whatsoever, first giving notice to the owner or owners of said land, so to be entered upon, doing as Mode of ap little damage as possible, and repairing any breaches of fences they may make, and first making amends for any damages that praising damages. may be done, which damages shall be ascertained by the par- ment of no Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the said company shall keep fair and just accounts of all money received by them from Annual state, the said commissioners, and stockholders, and of the amount of counts to be all profits derived to said company from the forfeiture of the submitted, stock, and also of all money by them expended in the erection of said bridge, and other appurtenances, and shall, at least once in each year, submit such accounts to a general meeting of the stockholders, until the said bridge shall be fully completed, and all the costs, charges and expenses incurred in its erection shall be fully paid and discharged, and the aggregate amount of all such expenditures shall be fully ascertained. Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That when a good and complete Property of bridge is built over the said river Delaware, at Lumberville, as bridge vested aforesaid, the property of the said bridge, with all and singular, in company, the toll houses and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, shall be, and hereby is, fully and absolutely vested in the said company, and their successors and assigns, forever; and the said company may have, demand, take and receive, and if need be, sue for and recover, from travellers and others, passing over and upon said bridge, the rates of toll here inserted. For every coach, landeau, chariot, phaeton, or other pleasureable carriage, with four wheels, drawn by four horses, the sum of sixty cents. For the same kind of carriage, with two horses, the sum of forty cents. For every wagon, with four horses, the sum of fifiy cents. Rates of telle, Proviso. Proviso. For every carriage of the same description, drawn by two horses, the sum of fifty cents. For every chaise, riding chair, sulkey, cart, or other two wheel carriage, or a sleigh, or sled, with two horses, the sum of thirty-one and a fourth cents. For the same. with, one horse, the sum of fifteen cents. For a single horse and rider, the sum of ten cents. For every led or driven horse, or mule, the sum of five cents. For every foot passenger, the sum of one cent. For every head of horned cattle, the sum of three cents. For every sheep or swine, the sum of half a cent. Provided, that all persons going to and returning from funerals, persons going to and returning from meeting or church, children going to and returning from school, and persons going to and returning from military trainings, shall pass free of toll: provid ed also, that in fixing the toll of ali carriages to be drawn wholly by oxen, or partly by horses and partly by oxen, two oxen shall be estimated equal to one horse, and the said company shall so construct the said bridge as in no wise to injure, stop or interrupt the navigation of the said river, or prevent boats or rafis from passing, or persons from fording the said river. Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons, shall wilfully cut, destroy, break or remove from off the said Penalty for in. bridge, or any part thereof, any piece or pieces of timber, plank juring bridge. Or planks, stone or stones, chain or chains, bolt or bolts, or any other materials whatsover belonging to said bridge, or otherwise wilfully or maliciously damage the same, he, she, or they so of fending, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, over and above the damages done to the said bridge, the sum of thirty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Penalty for exacting unlawful tolls. Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That if the said company, their successors or assigns, or any person or persons who shall have at any time the possession, ownership, or management of the said bridge, shall demand or collect any greater rates or prices, for toll, for passing over said bridge, than those which are hereinbefore fixed and specified, or shall neglect at any time to keep the said bridge in good repair, he, she, or they, so offending, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of thirty dollars, one third thereof, for the use of the poor of the township of Kingwood, in the county of Hunterdon, one third thereof for the use of the poor of the county of Bucks, in the state of Pennsylvania, and one third thereof, to the person who shall sue for the same; provided, that no suit or action shall be brought, unless within thirty days after such offence or offences shall be committed. ferries or fish eries injured. Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have power to agree with any owner or owners of ferries or Compensation shad fisheries, that may be injured by the erection of the said to owners of bridge, and to compensate them for any damages they may sustain thereby; and if they cannot agree with such owner or owners; then and in such case the said damages shall be ascertained and paid, in the manner provided for in the ninth section of this act; provided, that no person shall receive any compensation for ferrying at any ferry which shall have been purchased, and paid for by the said company, after the said bridge shall have been completed. Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the said company shall also keep a just and true account of all, and every, the money received by their collectors of tolls for crossing the said bridge, and shall make and declare a dividend of the profits and income thereof, among all the stockholders of the said company, deucting first therefrom, all contingent costs and charges, and such proportion of said income as may be deemed necesssary for a growing fund, to provide against the decay, and for rebuilding and repaising the said bridge; and shall on the first Monday in May and November in each and every year, publish the dividend to be made of the said clear profits thereof, and of the time and place when and where the same shall be paid, and shall cause the same to be paip accordingly. Dividends to be made. Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act con- Exclusive pri tained, shall be so construed, as to authorize the said corpora- vileges. tion, to exrrcise any banking privileges, or to issue any notes in the form of bank notes, or to do any other act or thing than to erect a bridge over the river Delaware, with suitable toll houses at the place designated in this act. Sec. 17, And be it enacted, That the Legislature of this state, Act may be may for proper cause, at any time hereafter, alter, modify, amend altered or res or repeal this charter. Passed, February 12, 1836. pealed. AN ACT to incorporate the Medford Rail Road and Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As sembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Edward Hilyard, Edward Thomas, Benjamin Shreve, jr., Samuel B. Finch, Jesse Richards, Nicholas Sooy, and David Cole, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated for the purpose, shall be, and hereby are made, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The MedStyle of incor. ford Rail Road and Transportation Company," and by that name they, their successors and assigns shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, and shall have power to make and use a common seal, and the same at pleasure to alter, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any lands, tenements, goods and chattels whatsoever necessary or expedient to the objects of this incorporation. poration. Powers. Amount of Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said sapital stock. company shall be seventy-five thousand dollars, with liberty for the company to increase the same to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, which shall be deemed personal property and transferrable in such manner as the said corporation shall by their by-laws direct; Provided always that no part of the said capital stock of the said company shall be employed for banking or other purposes incompatible with the objects for which this act is passed. Proviso. Books of subscription for stock to be opened. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the above named persons, or a majority of them, may open books to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, at such time or times and place or places as they or a majority of them may think proper; and after one-half or more of the stock shall be subscribed, and five dollars paid on each share, shall give notice for a meeting of the stockholders to choose nine directors, which election shall be made at the time and place apmode of elec. pointed, by such stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, in person or by lawful proxy, each share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote for every share not exceeding twenty, and one vote for every five shares above twenty and not exceeding one hundred, and one vote for every twenty Time and tion of first directors. |