Laws Relating to Railroads ...1870 |
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Page 201
... [ Act of June 3 , 1856-11 U. S. Statutes at Large , 21. ] AN ACT making a Grant of alternate Sections of the Public ... Congress assembled , That there be , and hereby is , granted to the State of Michigan , to aid in the construction of ...
... [ Act of June 3 , 1856-11 U. S. Statutes at Large , 21. ] AN ACT making a Grant of alternate Sections of the Public ... Congress assembled , That there be , and hereby is , granted to the State of Michigan , to aid in the construction of ...
Page 202
... act of Congress , or in any other manner , by compe- tent authority , for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement , or for or for any other purpose whatso- ever , be and the same are hereby reserved to the United ...
... act of Congress , or in any other manner , by compe- tent authority , for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement , or for or for any other purpose whatso- ever , be and the same are hereby reserved to the United ...
Page 204
... act of Congress entitled " an act mak- ing a grant of alternate sections of land to the State of -Michigan to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State , and for other purposes , approved June third ( 3 ) , eighteen ...
... act of Congress entitled " an act mak- ing a grant of alternate sections of land to the State of -Michigan to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State , and for other purposes , approved June third ( 3 ) , eighteen ...
Page 205
... act of Congress relating thereto , and the direction of the board of control hereby appointed ; in like manner all the lands , franchises , rights , powers and privileges as are or may be granted and conferred , in pursuance of said act ...
... act of Congress relating thereto , and the direction of the board of control hereby appointed ; in like manner all the lands , franchises , rights , powers and privileges as are or may be granted and conferred , in pursuance of said act ...
Page 206
... act of Congress , to aid in the construction of a rail- road from Marquette to Ontonagon , are hereby vested fully and completely in the Marquette and Ontonagon Railway Company . All and each of the several railroad companies mentioned ...
... act of Congress , to aid in the construction of a rail- road from Marquette to Ontonagon , are hereby vested fully and completely in the Marquette and Ontonagon Railway Company . All and each of the several railroad companies mentioned ...
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act entitled act of Congress act shall take ACT to authorize aforesaid Allegan county Amboy amended amount approved February approved June third Approved March articles of association assessed valuation capital stock centum certified city of Lansing city or township clerk commissioners common council construction corporation county of Livingston Court creditors deemed delivered Directors dollars duty eighteen hundred electors Enabling Act entitled An act evidences of debt exceeding February 14 filed franchises Grand Haven Grand Rapids grants of land hundred and fifty-six Ingham county interest lands granted Lansing and Traverse liable manner Marquette and Ontonagon meeting or meetings Michigan enact notice paid pany par value person petition pledge their credit Port Huron proceedings rail Receivers road scire facias stockholders supervisor take immediate effect thereof thereto tion township board township or city Traverse Bay Railroad treasurer twenty continuous miles village vote
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Page 41 - ... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 201 - State to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections, or parts of sections, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption have attached as aforesaid...
Page 38 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 7 - The trustees of such company shall have power to make such prudential by-laws as they shall deem proper for the management and disposition of the stock and business affairs of such company, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and prescribing the duties of officers, artificers, and servants that may be employed ; for the appointment of all officers, and for carrying on all kinds of business within the objects and purposes of such company.
Page 206 - State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 201 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads.
Page 19 - Code, and shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of...
Page 8 - ... service performed for such company, but shall not be liable to an action therefor before an execution shall be returned unsatisfied in whole or in part against the corporation, and the amount due on such execution shall be the amount recoverable with costs against such stockholder. Before such laborer or servant shall charge such stockholders for such thirty days...
Page 45 - Such railroad company shall make an entry of the balance of the proceeds of the sale, if any, of each parcel of freight owned by or consigned to the same person, as near as can be ascertained, and at any time within five years thereafter shall refund any surplus so retained to the owner of such freight, his heirs or assigns, on satisfactory proof of such ownership.
Page 26 - Until such fences and cattle-guards shall be duly made, the corporation and its agents shall be liable for all damages which shall be done, by their agents or engines...