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Proceedings of the Senate, 1878
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1878.] OF THE SENATE. 887

for the Company, and such valuation, when paid or tendered
to the owner or owners of the property, his, her or their le-
gal representatives shall entitle the said Company to the es-
tate and interest in the same, thus valued, as if it had been
legally conveyed by the owner or owners of the same, and the
valuation, if not received when tendered, may at any time
thereafter be received, without costs, from the said Compa-
ny, by the owner or owners of his, her or their legal repre-
sentatives.

Which was rejected, by yeas and nays, as follows :

AFFIRMATIVE.
Messrs. Bannon, Miller,

Dennis, Stump—5.
Ford,

NEGATIVE.

Messrs. President, Joyce,

Freeman, Lancaster,
Garey, Newcomer,
Gorman, Steiner,
Hill, Welfley—11.
Humphreys,

Mr. Bannon submitted the following amendment:

SEC. And be it enacted, That the said President and Di-
rectors shall have power to purchase with the funds of the
Company, and place and use on any Railroad constructed by
them under this Act, all machines, vehicles, or carriages of
any description whatever, which they may deem proper for
the purposes of transportation on the said road; and they
shall have power to charge for tolls upon, and the transpor-
tation of persons, goods, produce, merchandize or property
of any description transported by them on said Railroad or
Railroads, any sum not exceeding the following rates, that is
to say: on all goods or merchandise, or property transported
on said road or roads, not exceeding eight cents per ton for
both tolls and transportation, for every mile the same may
be transported, and for passengers not exceeding four cents
per mile for each passenger; and it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons, or for any corporate body to travel
upon or use the roads of the said Company, or to transport
any persons, merchandise or property of any description up-
on or along the road or roads of the said Company without
the license or permission of the President and Directors of
the said Company.

Which was rejected by yeas and nays, as follows:

 

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