Proviso. Annual election of direc tors. Company authorized to erect ferry. ing, shall appoint a director to fill such vacancy until the next annual election; provided always, that no person shall be a director who is not a stockholder, and at least four of the said directors shall be citizens of the state of New Jersey. 5. And be it enacted, That there shall be an annual election of directors held, at some place in the city of Camden, on the second Monday in January next; and that all subsequent annual elections of directors shall be held at such time and place, of which time and place notice shall be given by publishing the same in one of the newspapers printed in said city, at least four weeks previous to the day of such election; and the board of directors shall appoint the judge of such elections; but if it should happen that an election of directors should not be had on the said second Monday in January next, or at the time appointed for the holding of any subsequent annual election, the said company shall not for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved, [but such election shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved], but such election shall be held at such other time and place as the board of directors for the time being shall or may appoint; and the directors for the time being shall continue in office until others shall be elected in their stead; and every board of directors, as soon as conveniently may be after their election, shall appoint from their number a president of said company, who shall be a resident of this State, and serve until the next annual election of directors and another shall be appointed in his stead; that the said president shall preside at all meetings of the board, except in cases of his absence, when any other of the direc tors present may be chosen president pro tempore; and all stated meetings of the board shall be held at such times. and places as the by-laws may ordain; and special meetings may be held by appointment of the board or upon the call of the president. 6. And be it enacted, That the board of directors shall have power to erect a steamboat ferry between Kaighn's Point, in the city of Camden, and Philadelphia, at such place or places as may best serve the public convenience and interest of the said corporation; and for that purpose may purchase or lease real estate, erect wharves, piers, slips, buildings, and all other necessary appendages, and may build or purchase steamboats, vessels, and ferry boats, of such description and dimensions as said board shall order and direct; provided always, that it shall be the duty of the Proviso. said corporation to keep a steamboat or boats running all the year for the accommodation of the public; and they shall not fail or refuse to carry any person or persons across the Delaware river in the day time, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each failure or refusal, to be sued for by the party demanding and refused to be taken across the said river, in any court of record in this state; provided, Proviso. the said forfeiture shall not attach or be recovered when the navigation of the said river is impracticable or imminently dangerous. ferriage. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Rates of said corporation to charge more than the following rates of ferriage or toll, under the penalty of ten dollars for each offence, to be sued for, in any court of competent jurisdiction, by the party aggrieved, to wit, for nine months in the year, as follows: For each passenger, five cents. Single passengers, in wherry, ten cents. For marketing, a barrel to be rated equal to two bushel baskets; tubs, chests, and scow baskets to be rated according to the number of bushels they hold, for each bushel; all articles having contained marketing to return free, if empty, otherwise to pay the usual rates. For a two-horse load, with or without the carriage, not otherwise rated, twenty-five cents. A barrel of salt, plaster, flour, sugar, liquor, &c., eight cents. A hogshead of liquor, sugar, molasses, lime, &c., twentyfive cents. Stove of cast iron, of six or more plates, ten cents. Salt, plaster, grain, clover, and other grass seeds per bushel, two cents. Flour, beef, pork, iron, &c., per hundred weight, three cents. Coffee per bag, chest, large trunk, &c., five cents. Soap, candles, glass, chocolate, &c., per box, three cents. Windsor chairs, per dozen, bureau, bedstead, clock case, &c., ten cents. Lumber, per hundred feet, ten cents. Live calves and fat hogs, per head, five cents. Sheep and store hogs, per head, three cents. Fat cattle, twenty-five cents. Cow and calf, twenty cents. Store cattle, horses, mules, &c., fifteen cents. Sideboard, twenty cents. Desks, secretaries, &c., fifteen cents. Tables, stands, feather beds, mattresses, large chests of tea, five cents. Crate or tierce of earthenware, hamper of bottles, fifteen cents. Fresh shad per hundred, or herrings per thousand, twenty cents. CARRIAGES AND DRIVERS. Every four wheel carriage drawn by four horses, sixty cents. Every four wheel carriage drawn by two horses, thirty cents. Every two wheel carriage drawn by two horses, twenty five cents. Every four wheel carriage drawn by one horse, twenty-five cents. Every two wheel carriage drawn by one horse, twenty cents. Market carriages, with their drivers, including fish wagons, going to or from market, with four wheels, drawn by two horses, thirty cents. Four wheels, drawn by one horse, twenty cents. All passengers in carriages, except driver, to pay the same as other passengers. Carriages of burthen, to include charcoal, tin wagons, ped dlers, &c., with their drivers, two loads, thirty-five cents. Unloaded, twenty-five cents. One horse load, twenty-five cents. Far carrying hay, straw, hemp, flax, and other bulky arti cles, two horse load, fifty cents. Unloaded, thirty cents. One horse load, forty cents. Unloaded, twenty cents. Each additional horse or mule, fifteen cents. Bricks on carriages, ninety cents per thousand, not more than five hundred on two wheels, the empty carriages to return free. Charity schools, with their teachers, to pass free. The above rates to be taken spring, summer, and fall; and the rates of ferriage and freight shall not at any time exceed double these rates. dividends. 8. And be it enacted, That dividends of so much of the Semi-annual profits of the company as shall appear advisable to the board of directors, shall be made and paid to the stockholders semi-annually, at such stated periods as the said board shall determine; and at each annual meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of election, it shall be the duty of the president and directors of the preceding year to exhibit to the stockholders a full and complete statement of the affairs of the company during the past year, and shall produce the books, accounts, and papers of the company, if required to do so by any person or persons being stockholders. injuring 9. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall Penalty for wilfully injure, impair, destroy, or obstruct the wharves, works. slips, bridges, piers, boats, or any of the works, engines, or machines of said company, such person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay to the said company any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court or jury, to be recovered before any justice of the Company may borrow money. Proviso. Limitation. peace of the county of Camden, or alderman of the city of Camden, and shall also be liable to pay double the amount of damages sustained thereby, to be recovered, in an action of trespass, or other proper form of action, in any court of competent jurisdiction. 10. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have power to borrow such sum or sums of money from time to time as shall be necessary to build new boats, or to repair their boats, slips, or buildings, and to secure the payment thereof by the execution and negotiation of any bond or bonds, and secured by mortgage on the said ferry, landings, boats, privileges, franchises, and appurtenances of, and belonging to said ferry company, such bond, or bonds, to draw interest not exceeding eight per cent. per annum; provided always, that the amount of money so borrowed shall at no time exceed the amount subscribed and paid by the stockholders of said company. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall continue in force for thirty years, and shall be deemed and taken as a public act. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 15, 1859. |