Charter of Louisville Branch Railroad Company Amended. CHARTER OF LOUISVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD COMPANY No. 228. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Louisville Branch Railroad Company so as to authorize said Company to borrow money necessary for the construction and equipment of said road, and to secure the payment of the same by the issue of first mortgage bonds upon said road, its equipments and franchises. SECTION I. The General Assembly of Georgia do enact, That the Louisville Act of the General Assembly approved August 24, 1872, which charter Act incorporated and chartered the Louisville Branch Railroad amended. Company, in the county of Jefferson, be, and the same is hereby, ation to money, etc. amended by adding thereto the following additional section, to-wit: "That said company be, and the same are hereby, empowered and Authorizing authorized to borrow a sum of money not to exceed fifty thousaid corpor sand ($50,000) dollars, to be used for the construction and equipborrow ment of said railroad; and to secure the payment of said sum of money so borrowed for the purpose aforesaid, said company are hereby further authorized and empowered to issue their bonds in sums of not less than one hundred dollars nor greater than five hundred dollars, and binding therein the road and its equipment, the franchises and all other property owned by said company, said bonds to operate as a first mortgage on said property to secure the prompt payment of said money so borrowed. Lien of bonds. Approved October 8, 1879. Athens R. Co. ATHENS TRANSFER RAILROAD COMPANY INCORPORATED. No. 202. An Act to incorporate the Athens Transfer Railroad Company. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened, That W. B. Thomas, H. H. Carlton, their associates, successors and assigns be, and they are transfer R. hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Athens Transfer Railroad Company, and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State; may have and use a common seal, and the same alter or destroy at pleasure, and purchase, accept, hold or convey any property, real, or personal, or mixed; make contracts, issue bonds, make such by-laws, appoint all necessary Athens Transfer Railroad Company Incorporated. officers, prescribe their duty, and do all lawful acts incident to and connected with the objects of said company, as are necessary for the government and transaction of its business. stock. SEC. II. That the capital stock of said company shall not ex- Capital ceed twenty-five thousand dollars in shares of one hundred dollars each, or such less amount as the officers of said company may determine. SEC. III. That said W. B. Thomas and H. H. Carlton shall be Books may be opened. authorized to open books and procure subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, and that the organization and election of officers of said company shall be perfected as soon as five thousand dollars of said stock are subscribed. railroad. SEC. IV. That said company be authorized to build a railroad, May build a to be propelled either by horse-power or steam-power, from any point within five miles of the city of Athens, or in said city, on the Northeastern Railroad, to a point within ten miles of the city of Athens, or in said city, on the Georgia Railroad: provided, that no connection with the said Northeastern Railroad and Georgia Railroad shall be made, unless the consent of said railroad companies shall be obtained; and this Act shall not interfere with said road, or either of them, extending their tracks so as to form a connection between them, whenever they deem it advisable, and from, and at such points, in or out of the city of Athens, as they may desire, in any legal way: provided, that the charge for conveying passen- Limitation gers shall not exceed fifty cents per capita from one terminus to the other, and not exceeding twenty-five cents between intermediate and rates stations, and that the charges for transferring freight shall not exceed two cents per hundred pounds in quantities of one thousand pounds or over, and not exceeding five cents per hundred on less than one thousand pounds, and not exceeding five cents per hundred on freight for intermediate points: And provided, that no part consent of of said road shall be built without such consent on the part of the city authorcity of Athens, as is required by the Constitution, having been first quired. obtained: provided, further, that the right of regulating the rates and charges is hereby reserved to the State. of passen ger tariff for freight. ities re for right-of SEC. V. That in all cases where a question of damages for Damages right-of-way may arise, and the parties shall be unable to agree, the way, how owner of said land, his agent or attorney, shall select one arbitra- determined. tor and the company another, they to select a third, all of whom shall be disinterested parties, who shall assess the damages to be paid by the railroad company for running said road through said land, reserving the right to either party to appeal to the Superior Court under the laws in force regulating appeals to that Court: provided, that in no case shall the right-of-way embrace more than fifty feet in width on each side of the track of said railroad. priate lands SEC. VI. That said company shall be, and is hereby, authorized May appro to appropriate all lands and materials necessary for the construction and mater of said railroad, and make all contracts necessary therefor, making ials. Right to into city, etc. Charter of Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Company Amended. just and proper compensation for the same, according to the plan above set forth, and to take such other measures, not unlawful in themselves, that may be necessary in building said railroad and carrying out the objects of the same, as far as set forth in this Act. SEC. VII. That said company shall have the right to extend said railroad up into the city of Athens from the terminus at the extend road Northeastern Railroad: provided, that the Mayor and Council of said city shall first consent to the same, upon such terms as shall be agreed upon between said company and said Mayor and Council. SEC. VIII. That the corporators named in this Act shall be exofficio Directors of said road until others shall be elected. Vested franchises not to be SEC. IX. provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as interfering with any franchise now in existence under any other charter, or with dray, wagon, carriage, or omnibus mode of coninterferred veying passengers or freight between the railroad depots of the Northeastern, and Georgia Railroad Companies, or any other railroad depots which may be established hereafter in the corporate limits of the city of Athens, or any intermediate points in said city. Approved October 1, 1879. with. R. Co., charter amended. CHARTER OF LAWRENCEVILLE BRANCH RAILROAD COM- No. 241. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Company, and for other purposes therewith con nected, relating to the formation, organization, constructing and op erating said road, approved February 28, 1877, so as to authorize said Company to issue bonds to aid in the construction of said road, and for other purposes. SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do Louisville enact, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act entitled Branch R. "an Act to incorporate the Lawrenceville Branch Railroad Company, and for other purposes therewith connected," relating to the formation, organization, construction and operating said road, approved February 28, 1877, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: "That said company be, and are hereby, authorized to May issue issue their bonds to an amount not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, and bearing interest not exceeding the rate of seven per cent. per annum, to aid in the construction and equipment of said road; said bonds to be issued in such sums, and falling due at such times, as the Directors may deem best; and the payment thereof may be secured by the creation of a lien, by mortgage, on said bonds. Charter of Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad Amended-Thomasville Railroad Co. Incorporated. road, its equipment and franchise, in the discretion of said Directors." SEC. II. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved October 13, 1879. CHARTER OF CARTERSVILLE AND VAN WERT RAILROAD No. 76. An Act to amend the fifth section of an Act to alter and amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the stockholders of the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad Company etc., approved October 25, 1870, so as to strike from said section the words "And all suits against said Company shall be instituted and tried, at Cartersville, Georgia, in the Courts there to be held of competent jurisdiction." and Van SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the said section of said Act be, and the same is Suits vs. hereby, amended by striking from said section the latter clause of Cartersville the same, which reads as follows: "And all suits against said Wert R. R. Company shall be instituted and tried at Cartersville, Georgia, in the courts there to be held of competent jurisdiction. SEC. II. Be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved August 27, 1879. THOMASVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY INCORPORATED. No. 166. An Act to incorporate the Thomasville Railroad Company, and to grant certain privileges to the same. Co., incor SECTION I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia, do enact, That Augustin H. Hansell, Arthur P. Wright, T. C. Mitchell, H. ThomasJ. McIntyre, John I. Parker, Ellis Young and E. H. Smith, their ville R. R. associates and successors, be created a body corporate to be known porated. as the Thomasville Railroad Company, and by that name to sue and be sued, to have and use a common seal, and to purchase, hold or convey any property real or personal, proper for the purposes of said company. Thomas vilie to Dahlonega Air-Line Railroad Company Incorporated. SEC. II. It is further enacted, That said company shall have power R. R. from and authority to survey, lay-out and construct a railway from Thomasville in Thomas county, to such point on the line between Florida line. this State and Florida as its Directors may deem best, and equip and use the same, with all the rights and privileges and immunities, so far as may be applicable, heretofore granted to the SouthGeorgia and Florida Railroad Company: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as granting any State aid to said company, or any immunity from taxation by the State, but the same shall be subject to any taxes imposed by the Legislature of this State. Proviso. Capital stock, from Directors. SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars, or more than five hundred thousand dollars; and that said company, shall have the privilege and right of constructing, equipping and using a railroad from Thomasville to the Chattahoochee river, at or below Columbus. Georgia, and on the same terms as provided for its road to the Florida line; and in the event of their determining to build such road, then the capital stock of said company may be increased one million of dollars above and in addition to that herein before provided. SEC. IV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Election of whenever as much as twenty five thousand dollars of the capital stock of said company shall have been in good faith subscribed, it shall be lawful for the subscribers of stock to meet and choose a Board of Directors consisting of nine subscribers to said stock, who shall continue to act as such for a period of one year and until their successors are chosen. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and they are hereby, repealed. Approved September 26, 1879. Air-Line R. DAHLONEGA AIR-LINE RAILROAD COMPANY INCORPORATED. No. 189. An Act to incorporate the Dahlonega Air-Line Railroad Company, and for other purposes. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Dahlonega Georgia, That, from and after the passage of this Act, William J. R. Co., in Worley, Joseph H. Banks, Wiley H. Quillian, Charles A. Besser, corporation Walter P. Howell, Joseph W. Woodward, F. W. Lucas, Lamar Cobb, John White, Rufus K. Reeves, J. H. Huggins, and such other persons and corporators as are or may be associated with them, and their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, of. |