E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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or persons incorporated, or authorised by any law
of this State, it shall be lawful for the said president
and directors or a majority of them, and they are hereby
authorised to contract and agree with any other such
corporation or persons for the right to use such road or
bridge, or for the transfer of any of the corporate or
other rights or privileges of such corporations or persons,
to the said company hereby incorporated, and
every such other corporation and persons incorporated
by or acting under any law of this State is, and are
hereby authorised to make such agreement, contract or
transfer by and through the agency of the persons
authorised by their respective acts of incorporation, to
exercise their corporate powers, or by such persons as
by any law of this State are entrusted with the direction
and management of such rail road, turnpike road or
bridge, or any of the rights or privileges aforesaid, and
every contract, agreement or transfer made in pursuance
of the power and authority hereby granted, when
executed by the several parties under their respective
corporate seals or otherwise legally authenticated, shall
vest in the company hereby incorporated, all such road,
part of a road, rights and privileges and the right to use
and enjoy the same as fully, to all intents and purposes,
as they now are or might be used and exercised by
the corporations or persons to whom the same are now
vested.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted,
That whenever in the
construction of said road or roads, it shall be necessary
to cross or intersect any established road or way, either
public or private, it shall be the duty of the president
and directors of said company, so to construct the said
road across such established road or way as not to
impede the passage or transportation of persons or property
along the same, or when it shall be necessary
to pass through the land of any individual, it shall also
be their duty to provide for such individual proper and
necessary wagon ways across said road or roads, from
one part of his land to the other.
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To provide
wagon ways.
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SEC. 10. And be it enacted,
That the said president
and directors or a majority of them, shall have power to
purchase with the funds of said company, and to place on
any rail road constructed by them under this act, all
machines, wagons, vehicles or carriages of any description
whatsoever, which they may deem necessary and
proper, and they shall have power to charge for tolls
upon, and the transportation of persons, goods, produce,
merchandise or property of any kind whatsoever, transported
by them along said rail way, any sum not exceeding
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Power to purchase
machines,
&c.
Tolls.
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