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CHAP. 167.
To establish re-
servoirs and pub-
lic fountains, and
grant privilege of
using water, &c.
Penalty for injur-
ing any parts of
said work, &c.
Not to enter into
negotiations on
bills or notes, nor
deal in exchange,
&c.
No subscriptions
to be made by
proxy, &c.
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verted in whole or in part, or in the lands through which such
stream or streams may be intruded to pass after being so diverted;
and the said corporation shall have full power and authority to
make a canal and tunnel, or either of them, for the conveyance of
the said water under and along any public highway, or any street
or streets, lane or lanes, alley or alleys, of the county or town of
Williamsport, and to lay a pipe or pipes in such highway, or in
any of the said streets, lanes or alleys, for the purpose of convey-
ing and distributing the said water, and the said pipes from time
to time to renew and repair, and for those purposes to dig, break
up and open, at their own expense, all or any part of such high-
way, or of such streets and alleys, and of the pavements and foot-
ways thereof, leaving at all times a sufficient passage way for car-
riages, horses and foot passengers, and restoring forthwith to their
former condition all such highways, or all such of the said streets,
lanes and alleys, pavements and footways, as shall from time to
time, and at any time, be so dug, opened or taken up.
11. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have full
power and authority to establish reservoirs and public fountains in
such parts of the streets and squares of the said town as they may
think proper; and to grant to all persons whomsoever, and to all
bodies politic and corporate, the privilege of using the said water
so to be introduced, in such manner, and on such terms and con-
ditions, and in such quantities respectively, as they shall think fit;
and the said water, so to be introduced, together with all the re-
servoirs, pipes, canals and tunnels engines, buildings, and ma-
chines whatsoever, to be by them made and used for the purpose of
introducing, raising, and distributing the said water, to hold to
them, their successors and grantees, as their sole and exclusive pro-
perty.
12. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilful-
ly do, or cause to be done, any act whatsoever whereby the said
works, or any pipe, conduit, canal, water course, mound, plug,
cork, reservoir, dyke, or any engine, machine or structure, or any
matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstruct-
ed, impaired, weakened or injured, or wilfully pollute the said
water by the throwing any dead animals, or other impure substance,
into the same, or by swimming, bathing, or washing therein, the
person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay to the said com-
pany for every such offence, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, to
be recovered by such company, with costs of suit, by action of,
debt, or action on the case, or by a warrant before any magistrate.
13. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the said cor-
poration to enter into any negotiations on bills or notes, nor to deal
in exchange, discount, or other commercial or banking operations;
and dividends of the profits of the stuck shall be annually made,
reserving only, at the discretion of the directors, such proportion
as they, or a majority of stockholders, shall deem sufficient for
maintaining and supporting the works necessary to promote or ob-
tain the objects of this incorporation; and if the said corporation
shall not carry into effect the intentions of this act within five years
from the passage thereof, in that case all the powers hereby vested
in them shall cease and determine.
14. And be it enacted, That no subscriptions for stock shall be
made by proxy, nor by any person resident out of the town of Wil-
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