AN ACT To incorporate the Portage County Plank Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Lyman Hine, Samuel Strawder, and Adam V. Horr, of Shalersville, William Coolman, W. Frazer, Charles Lawrence, and Samuel B. Stebbins, of Ravenna, Asher D. Gurley, Joshua T. Catlin, and Otis Reed, of Rootstown, and David P. Elmore, James Collins, and Justin Belding, of Randolph, in the county of Portage, and their associates, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate, under the name of "The Portage County Plank Road Company," for the purpose of constructing a plank road from Shalersville, in the county of Portage, to Ravenna, in said county, and from Ravenna to Randolph, in said county. SEC. 2. Said company shall have all the rights, privileges and powers defined in the act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies, passed January 7, 1817, and the several acts amendatory thereto. SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and said company may enlarge the same, if they see cause, to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 4. Said company shall have authority to construct said road of plank, not less than eight feet in width, the plank to be not less than two and one half inches in thickness, firmly bedded upon the ground, and also resting upon sleepers imbedded in the ground so as to be even with the surface of the bed of the road. SEC. 5. That whenever it shall be necessary, in the construction of said road, to use, intersect, or cross any other road or highway lying in or across the route of said road, it shall be lawful for said company to construct their road along or across the same; but said company in so doing shall make, place, and keep such road or highway, thus intersected, crossed or used, in such condition as not to impair its former usefulness; and such road or highway, so taken and used by said company, while they continue to use and occupy the same, shall be under their exclusive direction, control and management. SEC. 6. Said company shall have the right to place a half toll gate upon said road as soon as five miles of said road shall be completed, and to increase said toll gates as fast as said road shall be further completed, adding one half toll gate for every five miles, or one full toll gate for every ten miles, and no more. SEC. 7. The Directors of said company shall have authority to establish and fix the rates of toll chargeable at each of said gates; provided, the rates of toll so by them established, shall in no case exceed the rates of toll chargeable by law upon the Maumee and Western Reserve Road. SEC. 8. The said corporation shall have authority to construct and locate branches of said road from the main route to other towns or places in said county of Portage, which branches shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of this act. 3-L. L. SEC. 9. The stockholders of said company shall meet in Ravenna, on the first Monday of June, annually, and then and there elect nine directors, who shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. SEC. 10. The owner of each share of twenty-five dollars, shall have one vote for each share so holden, in all meetings of the stockholders, which vote may be given by himself, or by proxy. SEC. 11. The directors may organize for the transaction of business by the election of a President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and may make such by-laws, for the government of the company, as they shall think proper ; provided, that such by-laws are not inconsistent with the constitution and Jaws of the United States, or of this State, or contrary to the provisions of this act. SEC. 12. That the proviso to section five in the act entitled an act to incorporate the Franklin Mills Plank Road Company, bearing date March 7th, 1850, be, and the same is hereby repealed, but the same may at any time hereafter be re-enacted. SEC. 13. The capital stock and property of said company shall be subject to such tax as now is or may be provided by law, and said company shall be subject to any general law now or hereafter in force, for the regulation of turnpike or plank road companies, and at any time after twenty years the Legislature shall have power to change the rates of toll on said road. BENJAMIN F. LEITER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. March 22, 1850. Speaker of the Senate. AN ACT To incorporate the Columbus and Sunbury Turnpike or Plank Road Company. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That William Trevitt, Christian Heyl, Peter Agler, James Park, George W. Agler, John Dill, Peter Hurlocker, Timothy Lee, W. G. Edmonson, John Curtiss, E. Washburn, Stillman Tucker, and their associates, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Columbus and Sunbury Turnpike or Plank Road Company, for the purpose of constructing a turnpike or plank road from Columbus, in Franklin county, to Sunbury, in Delaware county, with the privilege of extending the same to Mt. Vernon, in Knox county, or such part of it as they may from time to time think proper to make. They may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and may establish such by-laws and regulations as they may from time to time deem necessary. SEC. 2. Said road to commence at Columbus, cross Alum creek at or near C. Heyl's; thence on a line of State road, or any other road, by way of Central College and Galena, on to Sunbury. SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company may be extended to seventy-five thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. SEC. 4. The persons named in the first section, or any five of them, shall be commissioners to receive subscriptions, call meetings and organize said company. SEC. 5. That when one hundred and fifty shares shall be subscribed, the commissioners shall call a meeting of the stockholders, by giving notice of the time and place of the meeting at least twenty days, in one or more newspapers published in Columbus, which meeting shall elect five directors, and adopt such by-laws as they may deem proper, transact all other necessary business, and adjourn from time to time. SEC. 6. That the stockholders may vote in person, or by proxy; each stockholder entitled to one vote for each share he or she may own. SEC. 7. The affairs of the company shall be governed by five directors, who are to be chosen annually, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall have power to fill vacancies in their own board until others are elected and qualified, to appoint a clerk and treasurer, and all other necessary agents. SEC. 8. The directors, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath or affimation to perform their duties faithfully and honestly; they shall choose one of their number president, and shall fix the amount of any instalment to be paid. SEC. 9. Said company shall be governed by and entitled to all the benefits of the provisions of an act entitled, “An act to provide for the regulation of turnpike companies," passed January 7th, 1817, and the several acts amendatory thereto, unless otherwise provided for in this act. SEC. 10. That said road shall be covered with gravel at least eight inches thick, or plank; if plank, they are to be eight feet long and three inches thick, and said road not more than sixty feet wide. SEC. 11. When five miles of said road are finished, the company may erect gates thereon, and establish rates of toll which shall not exceed the amount charged on the road from Columbus to Portsmouth. SEC. 12. Said company may contract debts to the amount of their responsible stock, and no more. SEC. 13. Said company may intersect the Columbus and Johnstown turnpike at any point they may think practicable. SEC. 14. At any time after twenty years from the time tolls may be collected on said road, the Legislature may change the rates of toll, and the counties through which said road may pass, shall have a right after such time to purchase said road in such manner as may be prescribed by law; said company shall be subject to the provisions of any general law hereafter enacted, regulating the mode of assessing damages for materials taken, or the right of way. The capital stock and property of said company shall be subject to such tax as may be now or hereafter provided by law. SEC. 15. This act to take effect from and after its passage. BENJAMIN F. LEITER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. March 20, 1850. AN ACT To incorporate certain plank road and turnpike companies therein named. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That Otway Curry, C. S. Hamilton, P. B. Cole, Charles W. B. Allison, Bill Welch, Cyprian Lee, of Union county, Hosea Williams, Sherman Finch, William M. Warner, of Delaware county, and such other persons as shall become associated with them by subscribing to the capital stock of "the Marysville Central Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be, and they are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "the Marysville and Delaware Plank Road Company," for the purpose of, and with power with [to] construct a road of gravel, stone or plank, or such other materials as the directors of said corporation may direct, from Delaware to Marysville, and with power to construct any or such part of said road as said company may from time to time deem prudent or proper. SEC. 2. That James L. Johnson, Hiram Huikill, Joseph Brown, Cyrus Martin, of Logan county, and such other persons as shall become associated with them by subscribing to the capital stock of the "Belle Centre Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be and they are constituted and declared a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, by the name and style of " the Belle Centre plank road company," for the purpose of and with power to construct a road of gravel, stone, plank, or such material as the directors of said corporation may direct, from Marysville in Union county, by way of or near Belle Centre in Logan county, to such point either in the county of Allen, Auglaize or Shelby, as said directors may determine, and with power to construct any or such part of said road as said company may from time to time deem prudent or proper. SEC. 3. That Usher P. Leighton, E. G. Spelmen, Andrew Dodds, J. S. Ballentine, William Turney, of Hardin county, Otway Curry, C. S. Hamilton, Charles W. B. Allison, Cyprian Lee, B. P. Cole, of Union county, and such other persons as shall become associated with them by subscribing to the capital stock of "the Kenton Central Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "the Kenton Central Plank Road Company," for the purpose of, and with power to construct a road of gravel, stone, plank, or such other materials as the directors of said corporation may direct, from Marysville in Union county, by way of Kenton in Hardin county, to such point on the Indiana State line, as said directors may determine, and with power to construct any or such part of said road as said company may from time to time deem prudent or proper. SEC. 4. That Usher P. Leighton, Andrew Dodds, William Turney, J. S. Ballentine, Elijah T. Stevens, Charles W. Stephenson, of Hardin county, James H. Goodman, William L. Hendricks, T. J. Anderson, of Marion county, and such other persons as shall become associated with them by subscribing to the capital stock of "the Marion and Kenton Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "the Marion and Kenton Plank Road Company," for the purpose of, and with power to construct a road of gravel, stone, plank, or such other materials as the directors of said corporation may direct, from Marion in Marion county, by way of Kenton in Hardin, county, to such point on the Indiana State line as said directors may determine, and with power to construct any or such part of said road as said company may from time to time deem prudent or proper. SEC. 5. That James McDonald, James M. Glover, James M. Fuson, Benjamin Ginn, George Wilson, Houston Crocket, Robert Crocket, of Logan county, and such other persons as shall become associated with them by subscribing to the capital stock of the West Liberty Central Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "the West Liberty central plank road company," for the purpose of, and with the power to construct a road of gravel, stone, plank, or such other material as the directors of said company may direct, from such place or places in Union county, by way of West Liberty in Logan county, to such point in Shelby and Miami county, as said directors may determine, and with power to construct any, or such part of said road as said company may, from time to time, deem prudent or proper. SEC. 6. That Isaac S. Gardner, Noah Z. McColloch, Andrew Gardner, jr., Ebenezer Z. Reed, Anthony Casad, Ezra Bennett, Aaron Hartley, Samuel B. Taylor, Benjamin Stanton, Walter Sticer, Robert Patterson, William G. Kennedy, of Logan county, and such other persons as shall become associated with them, by subscribing to the capital stock of "the Bellefontaine Central Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "the Bellefontaine Central Plank road Company," for the purpose of, and with the power to construct a road of gravel, stone, plank, or such other materials as the directors of said corporation may direct, from such place or places in Union county, by way of Bellefontaine in Logan county, to such point on the Indiana state line, as said directors may determine, and with power to construct any or such part of said road as said company may from time to time, deem prudent or proper. SEC. 7. That Arnold Harris, Ambrose Spencer, A. B. Taylor, D. Adams, Christopher Rinehart, John Tapping, Edson T. Stickney, J. P. Shoemaker, Jesse Stem, George Ransburgh, and William Raymond, and such other persons as shall become associated with them by subscribing to the capital stock of "The Green Creek Plank Road Company," hereby incorporated, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "The Green Creek Plank Road Company," for the purpose of, and with power to construct a road of gravel, stone, plank, or such other materials as the directors of said corporation may direct, from Fremont, in Sandusky county, by way of Samuel Works' and John Moore's mills, to Republic, in Seneca county, and with power to construct any or such part of said road as said Company may, from time to time, deem prudent or proper. SEC. 8. That Robert Patterson, Isaac S. Gardner, Samuel Harrod, of Logan county, Henry Nagle, Uriah S. Henshaw, Allen P. Delong, of Hardin county, Hamilton Davison, James Cunningham, of Allen county, |