ART. 26.] CORPORATIONS.

and repair, when said order of forfeiture may be re-
cinded by the said court.

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117. And if within six months after the date of an
order of the court forfeiting the right of the corporation
to charge tolls, the said road shall not have been put in
good order and repair within the limits of the county
in which said order may have been passed, .the said
road within said county shall be forfeited by the cor-

When road for-
feited.

poration, and shall vest in the county commissioners of
the county, who may cause the same to be put and
kept in good order, and repair, and collect tolls suffi-

To vest in
county com-
missioners.

cient for that purpose, or may transfer the same to
another corporation, in their discretion, in which case
the new corporation shall have the same rights and
franchises, and be subject to the same conditions and
forfeitures, with the original corporation constructing
said road.

FOR THE ERECTION OF BRIDGES.

Transfer to
new corpora-
tion.

118. If any corporation formed under the provi-
sions of this article shall desire to erect any bridge
over any river, creek or stream of water in this state,
or between this and another state, the said corporation

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Bridges how to
be erected

shall first obtain the consent, in writing, of the county
commissioners "of the county in which said bridge may
be proposed to be located: or if said bridge may be
proposed to be erected over a stream dividing two
counties, then it shall obtain the consent, in writing,
of the county commissioners of both said counties, and
the resolution of the said county commissioners giving
said consent shall be recorded amongst the proceedings
of said commissioners, and also in the journal or book
of proceedings of said corporation.

Consent of
county com-
missioners.

119. The corporation may agree with the owners,
for the lands necessary for the abutments of the bridge,
and for roads and ways thereto, and for earth or stone
required in the construction of said bridge and of said
ways; and the rights acquired by agreement shall be
conveyed by deed, duly acknowledged and recorded.

Abutments, &c.