CHAPTER XV. SALINE SMELTING AND SALT MANUFACTURING COMPANY. AN ACT to Incorporate the "Saline Smelting and Salt Manufacturing Company." Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of porators. SEC. 1. That Cha's. D. Miller, David L. Westover, Fred. Names of corCurtis and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted pany. a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "the SEC. 2. Said company shall have a capital stock of ten thou- Capital stock. convey real privileges SEC. 3. The right and privilege is hereby granted to said Rights and company for the period of twenty-one years, to build and main- granted. tain a dam across the Saline river, at or within one mile of Magnolia Rapids, and to take so much of the water out of said river, as shall be necessary for the use of said manufacturing company, and to convey the same to any buildings, aprons, or machinery of said company. of real estate &c. SEC. 4. All deeds for the conveyance of the real estate of said of conveyance company, shall be signed by such officer as the said company shall designate, and when so signed, shall be deemed a good and sufficient execution and authentication of said deeds in all Courts. SEC. 5. The said stock shall be deemed personal property. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. G. W. DEITZLER, Speaker of House of Representatives. C. W. BABCOCK, President of the Council. Approved February 9, 1858. J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor. Stock deemed personal property. Names of corporators. Powers of company. Objects of corporation. May make constitution and by-laws. Proviso. Membership. AN ACT to Incorporate the "Stubbs." Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SEC. 1. That Joseph Cracklin, A. Cutler, Geo. F. Earle, John G. Crocker, Caleb S. Pratt, A. Gunther and A. D. Searl, their associates and successors, shall be, and are hereby incorporated, and made a body politic by the name and style of the "Stubbs," and by that name and style, they and their successors and assigns shall have continual succession, shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended, answering and being answered, in any court of this Territory or of the United States; and they and their successors may have a common seal, and may make and alter the same at pleasure, and they and their successors as a body corporate, by the aforesaid name and style, shall be competent and capable of purchasing and receiving by donation, gift, grant or devise, holding, mortgaging and conveying any property or estate whatsoever, real, personal or mixed, not to exceed six hundred and forty acres, or lease, rent, or improve the same, in such manner as shall be necessary to promote the objects of said corporation. SEC. 2. The objects of said corporation shall be, to act as a volunteer military company, under the laws of the Territory. SEC. 3. That said corporation shall have the power to ordain a constitution and by-laws for the government of the members thereof, and to alter or amend the same at pleasure; Provided, that nothing in such constitution or by-laws, shall be repugnant to the laws of the Territory. SEC. 4. That any person may be a member of this corporation who shall be elected by the members of said company, and may continue such membership by complying with the laws and constitution thereof. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Signed,] G. W. DEITZLER, Speaker of House of Representatives. President of the Council. Approved February 9, 1858. J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor. CHAPTER XVII. BRIDGE ACROSS THE LITTLE ARKANSAS. AN ACT authorizing E. F. Gregory and others, to Build a Bridge. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SEO. 1. From and after the passage of this Act, the sole and exclusive privilege, is hereby granted to E. F. Gregory and his associates, and their assigns, for the period of twenty-one years, to build, erect, and construct, a bridge across the Little Arkansas river, where the Santa Fe road from Westport in Missouri, to Santa Fe crosses the same; Provided, that said bridge shall be completed within one year. Sole and exlege to build a clusive privi bridge, granted Bridge to be pair &c. SEC. 2. Said company shall at all times maintain a good and kept in good resufficient bridge, at said point, and [keep] the same repaired, and at all times held in readiness for the accommodation of the traveling public, and no other person or persons whatsoever, shall be permitted to build or maintain a bridge or ferry within four miles of said crossing, within said term of years. SEC. 3. Said company are hereby authorized to demand and Rates of toll. receive, the following rates of toll, until otherwise established by law, to wit: For every wagon or other vehicle, fifty cents; for every animal attached thereto, ten cents; for every loose or drove head of horses, cattle, mules or jacks, ten cents; for every head of swine, sheep and goats, and for every person, five cents; and no more. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Privileges granted &c. Authorized to ny. Capital stock. CHAPTER XVIII. BLUE RIVER BRIDGE COMPANY. AN ACT to Incorporate the Blue River Bridge Company. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SECTION 1. That the right and privilege of building and maintaining a bridge across the Big Blue river, at or within five miles of the city of Manhattan, is hereby granted, for the period of twenty-one years, to Henry E. Bartlet, Stephen S. Boyle, Gabriel S. Mead, Platt Townsend, and James S. McLaurey, or their successors or assigns, or such persons as may be associated with them for that purpose. SEC. 2. Said Henry E. Bartlet, and the other persons named form a compa- in the foregoing section, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to form a company, to be known as the Blue River Bridge Company, the capital stock of which shall be seventy-five thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall have power to prescribe by-laws for the regulation of Powers of cor- said company, receive and collect subscriptions to such capital stock, establish and collect tolls for crossing said bridge, sue and be sued, hold and convey real estate, so much as may be necessary for the construction of said bridge, and do all other acts and things, and exercise all the rights and privileges generally appertaining to such corporations. poration. Rates of toll. Must be built in three years; SEC. 3. The rates of toll on said bridge, shall not exceed the average rates on the several ferries across said river, established by law, nor shall said bridge be so constructed as to prevent the navigation of said river by steamboats. SEC. 4. Unless this bridge be built within three years, this act shall be void. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. [Signed,] G. W. DEITZLER, Speaker of House of Representatives. C. W. BABCOCK, President of the Council. Approved February 9, 1858. J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor. CHAPTER XIX. COTTONWOOD BRIDGE COMPANY. AN ACT to Incorporate the Cottonwood Bridge Company. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: granted to SECTION 1. That the exclusive right and privilege of building and Exclusive right maintaining a bridge across the Cottonwood river, at or within whom. five miles of the town of Emporia, is hereby granted, for the term of fifteen years, to Solomon C. Brown, Curtiss Hiatt, Robert Logan, C. C. Slocum, E. P. Bancroft and P. B. Plumb, or their assigns, or such persons as may be associated with them for that purpose. form a company SEC. 2. That said Solomon C. Brown, and the other persons Authorized to named in the foregoing section, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to form a company, to be known as the Cottonwood Bridge Company, the capital stock of which shall be ten Capital stock. thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and shall have power to prescribe by-laws for the regulation of May prescribe said company, receive and collect subscriptions to such capital by-laws &c. stock, establish and collect tolls for crossing said bridge, sue and be sued, hold and convey real estate, so much as may be necessary for the construction of said bridge, and do all other acts and things, and exercise all the rights and privileges generally appertaining to corporations. SEC. 3. That the rates of toll on said bridge shall be deter- Ofrates of toll. mined by said company, and shall not be unreasonable. missioners may when. SEC. 4. That if at any time after the construction of said County combridge, the county commissioners, or the proper authorities of the purchase bridge county, in which said bridge shall be built, shall desire to purchase the same for the county, that the company shall sell the bridge to said commissioners for a reasonable sum, to be agreed upon by the parties. three years. SEC. 5. That unless this bridge be built within three years, To be built in [this Act shall be void.] This Act to take effect, and be in force from and after its |