312 CORPORATIONS—BRIDGE—BUILDING. [ART. 23.
1868, ch. 471, sec. 124.
92. No bridge shall be erected on a navigable river, unless
authorized by an act of the general assembly.
Ibid. sec. 135.
93. Before the governor shall issue his warrant authorizing
the collection of tolls, he shall be satisfied, from the report of
five commissioners, to be appointed by him, that the bridge has
been erected and completed in a substantial and proper manner.
Ibid. sec. 126.
94. When any citizen shall allege, in writing, to the circuit
court for any county, that any bridge situate within or partly
within said county is not kept in proper order and repair, the
same proceedings may be had in said court as are hereinafter
provided in cases of turnpike or plank roads alleged not to be in
proper order and repair.
Building or Homestead Associations.
1868, ch. 471, sec. 84.
95. Any homestead or building association, formed under the
provisions of this article, shall have power, in its certificate of in-
corporation, to limit the number of shares which each stockholder
may be allowed to hold; to prescribe the entrance fee to be paid
by each stockholder at the time of subscribing; and to regulate
the instalments to be paid on each share—provided, the same
shall not exceed the sum of one dollar per share per week—and
the times at which the same shall be payable.
Ibid. sec. 85.
96. Any such corporation shall have power to enforce the
payment of all instalments and other dues due to the corporation
from the members or stockholders, by such fines and forfeitures
as the corporation may, from time to time, provide in the by-
laws or articles of association of such corporation.
Ibid. sec. 86.
97. Any person applying for membership, or for stock in any
such corporation, after the end of one month from the time of in-
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