Receipts of sale how applied. as near as practicable a description of such freight or baggage, the place and time when left, together with the name of the owner of the freight or baggage, or person to whom consigned, if the same be known. All moneys arising from the sale of freight or baggage as aforesaid, after deducting therefrom charges and expenses for transportation, storage, advertising, commissions for selling the property, and any amount previously paid for advances on such freight or baggage, shall be held by the said company in trust for reclamation by the persons entitled or who may become entitled to receive the same; Shall keep rec. and the said company shall keep books of record of all such sales as aforesaid, containing copies of such notices, proofs of advertisements and posting, affidavit of sale, with the amount for which each parcel was sold, the total amount of charges against such parcel, and the amount held in trust for the owner, which book shall be open to inspection by claimants at the principal office of the said company. ord of sale. Of life insurance powers. How liable. May change name. SEC. 12. The said corporation shall also have power to make insurance on lives, to grant and purchase annuities, to make any other contingent contract, involving the interest of money and the duration of life, to receive moneys in trust, to accumulate the same at such rate of interest as may be obtained or agreed on, or to allow such interest thereon as may be agreed on, to accept and execute all such trusts of every description as may be committed to them by any person or persons whatsoever, or as may be transferred to them by order of any court or judge. No bond or other collateral security shall be required from the said company when appointed guardian or receiver; but all investments of moneys received by the said company in either of such characters shall be at the sole risk of the said corporation, and for all losses of such money the capital stock property and effects of the said corporation shall be absolutely liable. SEC. 13. The said company may at any time change its name, provided such change is directed by a majority of the directors thereof at a meeting duly convened, and is approved by the president thereof, and provided such change be also approved by a vote of the next regular meeting of the stockholders of the said company, or by a meeting of such stockholders duly convened for that purpose, whereupon the said corporation shall do business by its new name, and plead and be impleaded thereby; and all the provisions of this act shall apply to the said corporation after such change of name, as if such new name had originally been inserted in this act, instead of the name by which it is above designated; and such change shall not affect any rights legal or equitable in favor or against the said corporation. Notice of change of name shall be Notice of change published for at least four weeks in two newspapers published at the place where the principal office of the company is at the time located, and in such other papers as the president may direct. SEC. 14. This act shall take effect immediately. GUSTAVUS A. COLTON, W. W. UPDEGRAFF, Approved February 27, 1860. S. MEDARY, Governor. President of the Council. of name. CHAPTER CXLV. AN ACT to incorporate the Rocky Mountain Express Company. SECTION 1. That Benjamin Slater, Clark Chambers, Horace Corporators. G. Smith, H. H. Lockwood, J. Clark, Arthur T. Fullerton, Edwin Moore, William Grigsby, Jackson Selover, William J. Preston, and William Young, their associates, and successors be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and made with succession, by the name of the Rocky Name and Mountain Express Company, and by that name may be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, within all the courts of law and equity, may have a corporate seal, and are hereby vested with all the powers necessary to carry into effect the objects and purposes of this corporation. powers, SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be one of stock. hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and which shall be taken and held as personal property, and transferable in a manner prescribed by the by-laws of said company; each share shall entitle the holder to one vote, which he may cast in person or by proxy. SEC. 3. The said company shall be managed by a board of directors. of directors, one of whom shall be president, which board Object of incor poration. Officers. May employ. Open bocks. Amount of debt. Banking. shall consist of five members, to be elected by the stockholders; the majority of the corporators named in the first section of this act shall be the first board of directors, and shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified; the said board shall pass all needful rules and regulations for their government not inconsistent with this charter or in contravention of the laws and constitution of this territory or of the United States. SEC. 4. The object of and the business of the company shall be to carry on the business of transporting freight and passengers, and doing a general express business, from any point in Kansas to any point in the Rocky Mountains, commonly called Pike's Peak Gold Region, with the further privilege of purchasing lands, mining, and establishing stations, ranches, and laying out towns or working mining claims, and also disposing of the same, at any time they may see fit. ་ SEC. 5. The officers of said company shall [be] a president and secretary, and such others as may be prescribed by the by-laws of the company. SEC. 6. The directors shall have power to appoint and employ all such officers, agents, superintendents, and laborers as they may deem necessary to carry on said business. SEC. 7. Books for subscription of stock shall be opened at the office of the company, also such other places as may be directed by the corporation or board of directors, and shall be kept open for such length of time, and subscription shall be made under the rules, as said corporators or board may prescribe. SEC. 8. The said company shall not go in debt more than the actual amount paid in stock of said company, and shall not be made liable for any debts contracted previous to this organization. SEC. 9. The said company shall in nowise engage in banking. SEC. 10. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. GUSTAVUS A. COLTON, Speaker of House of Representatives. W. W. UPDEGRAFF, Approved February 27, 1860. S. MEDARY, Governor. President of the Council. FERRIES. CHAPTER CXLVI. AN ACT to authorize Robert C. Bishop to keep a Ferry across Kansas river. Location and SECTION 1. That Robert C. Bishop be and is hereby authorized to keep a Ferry across Kansas river, and shall have the exclusive right of landing within the corporate limits of the city of Lecompton, and one mile below the extent. eastern limit of said city on the south bank of the river, and within one mile from and below the west bank of the mouth of Grasshopper river, on the north bank of said Kansas river. SEC. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with Repealed. the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its AN ACT to establish a ferry across the Kansas river at the town of Desoto. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SECTION 1. That J. A. Triley, G. W. Hutchinson, B. W. Woodward, A. D. Searl, Henry Campbell, Jas. P. Legate, E. S. Lowman, Paul R. Brooks and Warren Kimball, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body poli tic and corporate, by the name and style of the "Desoto Ferry Corporate name Company," and by that name shall be competent to make contracts, and to sue and be sued in all matters whether in and powers. Location of ferry. Forfeiture Of boats. How to construe Tolls. law or equity, in all the courts of Kansas territory. The said company are hereby authorized to have and use a common seal, and create or alter the same at pleasure, and to make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this act, or the aws of the territory, that may be necessary for the management of the affairs of said company. SF. 2. That the said company are required within six mouths from the date of this act, to have or establish a good and sufficient ferry for crossing the Kansas river, at a point on said river called Desoto, in Johnson county, Kansas territory; and in case the said company neglect to provide such ferry within the time herein mentioned, then the rights and privileges conferred upon said company by this act shall be forfeited. SEC. 3. That the said company are required to provide a suitable and convenient boat, with necessary appurtenances, for ferrying at all times; Provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to make the said company liable upon the bond hereinafter mentioned, in consequence of a refusal to ferry whenever it is extremely hazardous or difficult to make the crossing. SEC. 4. That the rates of ferriage shall be as follows: not to exceed for a man and horse, fifty cents; for one horse and carriage or wagon, seventy-five cents; for two horses and carriage or wagon, one dollar; for four horses and carriage or wagon, one dollar and twenty-five cents; Provided, the said company may by by-laws provide an addition to the above rates of not to exceed fifty per cent.; in cases when the working of the ferry aforesaid, shall be attended with extraordinary labor or expense, it shall be the duty of the said company to Failure to post post or cause to be posted, notice of the above rates at the place of ferrying as soon as the company shall have commenced operations under this act, and shall not demand or collect ferriage until such notice is posted. Extra tolls. rates. Execute bond. SEC. 5. That the said company shall, before exercising any of the privileges conferred by this act, execute to the Territory of Kansas a bond with sureties in the sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by the judge of probate of the county in which said ferry is located, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed by this act, and such bond, after being so approved, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of such county. Any party aggrieved by the |