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An Act to incorporate certain villages, societies, and companies, and to renew and amend certain Charters heretofore granted and to establish the principles of which Charters of Incorporation will hereafter be granted. 1841 162 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0336 and id is 1 raw text is: STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1841. feet, il all'the fish dams, hedge.traps, and other devices for catching fish in said Creek. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the sixty-sixth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. ANGUS PATTERSON, President of the Senate. W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. o. 2845. AN ACT TO PREVENT THE OBSTRUCTION TO THE PASSAGE OF FISH UP LYNcH's CREEK. sh Sluices to I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met provided. and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That any person or persons, who now have, or hereafter may erect any fish dam, or fish dams, mill dam or mill dams, hedge or hedges, or other obstruc. tion or obstructions whatsoever, across Lynch's Creek, except the owner or owners of any mill dam or mill dams now thereon erected, shall, after the passing of this Act, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, between the first day of February and first day of May, in every year, provide and keep a passage at least fifteen feet wide, sufficient to let fish freely pass up through such fish dams, mill dams, hedges and othor obstructions across the said creek. nalty. II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That any per. son or persons who shall neglect or refuse to provide and keep such passage as aforesaid, in his, her or their dams, hedges or obstructions as afbresaid, shall be liable to indictment for the same, and on conviction thereof, shall for. fbit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every day he, she or they may be convicted of so neglecting or refusing; one moiety of which amount shall go to the informer, and the other to the commissioners of public buildings for the district in which the said indictment may be found., In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the sixty-sixth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, ANGUS PATTERSON, President of the Senate. W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 'o. 2846. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN VILLAGES, SOCIETIES, AND COMPANIES, AND TO RENEW AND AMEND CERTAIN CHARTERS HERETOFORE GRANTED, AND TO ESTABLISH THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH CHARTERS OF INCORPORA. TION WILL HEREAFTER BE GRANTED. I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from

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