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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0198 and id is 1 raw text is: 99 85
their board by death, -resignation or othcrwise: Provided, always, that vacancies
the General Assembly shall have power at any time to alter, amend, or
repeal this act, reserving to the said Trustees, and their successors in of-
fice, the right to sull, alien, or dispose of any real or personal estatate
they may possess, and to collect all debts that may be due them at the
time of ucih repeal. Approved, Jan. 8, 1936.
iTNo. 80.] AN ACT
'u :uI loris Jobu landverof MadisonCouly to erect a Miltl am on Flint river in snid County.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Stle of Alabana in General Assembly convened, That the
siaid Jebu Lawler, be andi he is hereby authorised to erect a mill dam
on his own land over said river, at or near Brownsborough in said
county.
SEc. 2. And be itffurther enacted, That said dam shall 'not exceed
five feet in height : Provided, that the said Jehu Lawler shall construct
and keep in repair a good and sufficient lock in said dam, to admit of
such ascending and descending navigation as the river is now suscepti-
ble of. Approved, Jan. 8, 1836.
(No. 81.] AN ACT
To lay and collcet tolls on the Teanesseo Canil.
SEc. T. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Tn. Canal
of the State ofAlabama in General Assembly convened, That with commission.
the consent and authority of the Congress of the United States, first had era ty col.
lect and rega'
and obtained, allowing the State of Alabama to lay and collect tolls on late tho rates
the Tennessee Canal, around the Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee rive :of toll.
the following shall be the provisions of the law on that subject :
1st. The board of Tennessee Canal Commissioners shall have power
to collect tolls on the Tennessee Canal and regulate the rates of the same,
subject, however, to the following iestriction : the rates of toll shall be
so regulated, in the discretion of the Commissioners, as to restrict the ag-
gregate amount of tolls in any one year to the sum necessary to keep the
work in good repair and to defray all'necessary contingent expenses.
-nd. The board of Tennessee.Canal uommissioners shall have power
to appoint collectors of tolls and all other oflicers and agents necessary
for the use and operation of the Tennessee Canal, and to allow them
such compensation as they may deem just and reasonable.
3rd. Said board of Commissioners shall make annual reports to tho
Legislature : first, of the rates of toll by them assessed : second, of the
aggregate sum collected from tolls during the year : third, of the amount
disbursed in repairs and contingent expenses, specifying each item of ex'
pense : fourth, of the surplus remaining on hand, if any, of the amotin.
received from tolls and not expended : fifth, of the general condition of'
the Caiil, and such matters and things, as in the judgment of the board,
appertain to its usefilness and prosperity.
SFc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the board ofTennessee Ca- commission,.
nal Commissioners are hereby invested with all powers, necessary and ap
proper, to enable them to perform the duties assigned them by this act; tora,.omeer
and all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act, be, andagentsim
and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, Jan. 8,1836. m
[No. 82.1 AN AC''
To emancipate a certain slave therein named.
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