THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 43T

any logs or timber upon said river, and securing the same in the booms of said Corporation, and may establish such rates of charges for boomage
in securing logs or timber, or for floating rafts or boats down said river between the points afore- said, as in its discretion may seem reasonable and proper, and may sue and recover said boomage from the owner or owners of any logs or timber, or boats or rafts secured in said booms, and shall have a lien upon all logs and timber secured in said booms until the boomage therein is paid, and in case the owner of any logs or timber secured in said booms shall neglect or fail to pay said boomage for the space of thirty days after the 'same are se- cured in said booms, then said Corporation or its agents are hereby authorized to sell the same at public auction, after ten days' public notice, and out of the proceeds of said sale to pay all expenses and costs attending said sale, the boomage due on said logs or timber, and the balance to pay over to the owner or owners of said logs or timber upon demand for the same.	Floating rafts
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That no person or persons shall at any time be permitted to encumber the said boom or booms by occupying the same, or any part thereof, with rafts, logs or lumber, without the permission of said Corporation, and if any person or persons shall willfully or mali- ciously injure any of said booms, piers, levees, embankments or other works of said Corporation	Injure.
connected therewith, he shall pay treble damages, to be recovered by an action of trespass brought in the name of said Corporation, before a Justice of the Peace or any of the Courts of the county in which he or they shall reside, or in the county in which the offence was committed, and said person or persons so offending may also be subject to an indictment in the Circuit Court for the county where the offence may be committed, and upon conviction of such offence may be punished by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.	Damages.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the President and Directors of said Corporation, or a majority of them, may agree with the owner or owners of any land or material for the purchase or occupation thereof necessary for the location or erection of	Condemn.