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An Act to incorporate the Town of Irwinton, in the County of Wilkinson, and to provide for the election of Intendant and Commissioners therefor, and to define their powers and duties, and for other purposes. 1853-1854 253 (1853)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0410 and id is 1 raw text is: PRIVATE AND LOCAL LAWS.-CrrlEs, &c. Purchnse of Augusta Cannl-Irwirlton incorporated. be subject, as proprietors of said Canal, to all the duties and obli- gations imposed on said company by its charter or by its own cor- porate contracts. SEC. VII. And le it furtACr enacted, That it ihall be lawful for the City Council ot Augusta, after they shall have acquired the estate privileges, rigrhts and franchises of the Augusta Canal Com- pany, to transfer ani assign the same to any individual, or associa- tion of individuals, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem best for the interest of the City of Augusta ; and that their assigner or assignees, upon full compliance with the terms of ti aius- Ilarchise, fer and assignment, shall have, possess, and enjoy, as a body poli- w n:ne tic and corporate, under the name and style of the Augusta Canal Company, all and singular the rights and privileges now vested in said company by its charter, or prospectively granted to the said City Council by the aforesaid Act, approved on the nineteenth day of December, 1849, and be subject to all and singular the restric- tions, duties and obligations imposed upon the same by the provi- sions of said charter, and the contracts of said company of the City Council of Augusta in relation thereto, made anterior to such transfer and assignment. S&c. VIII. And be it furthee enacted, That after the City Council of Augusta shall have acquired the estate, privileges and Uul, o franchises of the Augusta Canal Company, and when they are to ' proprietors thereof, it shall not be obligatory upon them or their assigns to manage the affairs and business of said Canal or Canal Company by a board of managers; but that it shall be lawful for them, or their assigns, to manage the same by themselves, or such agent or agents as they may, from time to time, select for that Iur- pose; and they, or their said agent or agents for the time being, shall have the same rights and powers as are by the charter afore- said vested in the board of managers of the Augusta Canal. SEc. IX. And be itfurtiher enacted by the authority of the same, That all Laws and parts of Laws militating against this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, February 7th, 1854. (No. 193.) An Act to incorporate the Town of Irwinton, in the County of Wilkinson, and to provide for tMe election of Intendant and Commi8sioners therfoir, and to defne their yowers and duties, and for other pposes.f SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and Irlztou, after the passing of this Act, the Town of Irwinton, in the County limits extenl- of Wilkinson, be, and the same isherereby incorporated, under the ica. name and style of the Intendant and Commissioners of the Town of Irwinton, and that the corporate limits of said Town shall ex- tend for the distance of seven hundred yards north, east, south and west from the Court House, forming a square: Povided, nve?'- 258

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