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An Act to incorporate the Town of Mount Hope, in Lawrence county. 1853 365 (1853)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0470 and id is 1 raw text is: 865 1858-'54; SEC. 20. Be t jhrther enac!ed, That when in consitucting said rail road it shall become necessary to cross any water course, or road, or high way, or for the proper and judi- Mayeross water clous location of the rail road, to occupy any portion of any * road or highway, Said company shall so provide that such water courses, or roads, or high ways shall not be obstruct. ed, or their usefulness impaired. Sitc. 21, Be it further enacled, That- said compan shall have the right and power to extend their rail road under the provisions of this act, eastward or south-eastward from the city of Selma, as the company may desire, so that they may form a connection with the Girard and Mobile rail road, or the Montgomery and Pensacola Rail Road, or other rail roads, on such terms as may be agreed on: Provided, That nothing in this section contained shall be so construed as to authorize said company to interfere with the chartered rights or privileges of any company without their consent. Site. 22. he it further ewcted, That if the said rail road roreanarter. shall not be commenced in five years from the passage of this act, and shall not be finished, so far as lies in Alabama, in ten years from the time of commencement thereof, then this act shall be null and void. A PP ROVEi, February 20, 1854. [No. 451.1 AN ACT To incorporate the Town of Mount Hope, in Lawrence county. SECTIoN 1. B it iunactcd y the ,nate and Iluvse of Idp- resentattees )/ the Stae of Alabami in General Assemnbly con- veoad, That the town of Mount Hope, in Lawrence county, in this state be and the same is hereby incorporated by the name and style of the town of Mount Hope, by which name Ne and style, and style said town slall be capable ofsuing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all manner of actions, whether in law or equitY, allowed to other persons; also, of purchasing, holding, using and disposing of real or personal property to the value of one hundred thousand dollars, and in general of doing all acts and things which may be inci- dent to bodies corporate, save and except banking; and the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows, viz: To commence at the centre of the cross roads in said town where the Leighton and Tuscaloosa road crosses the Moul- ton and Russolville road, running one quarter of a mile cast and west, and north and south.

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