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An Act to amend the Charter of the South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky Railroad Company. 1855-1856 173 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0191 and id is 1 raw text is: 1783 CHAPTER 127. AN ACr to amend the Charter of the South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky Railroad Company. SECrON 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Statc of Tennessce,.That the charter of the South Car- olina, Tennessee, and Kentucky Railroad Company, be amended so as.to allow said Company \he further time of six years for commencing the building of said road; and four years from the time of commencing the work on said road, to complete the same. SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That the further time of two Fayettoine& years be extended to the Fayetteville and Tullahoma Compay. Turnpike Company, to complete said road. SEc. 3. Be it enacted, That the Commissioners of the the State Capitol shall audit the account of the Peni- tentiary, for work done by the convicts for the Capitol, Mtate Capitol from the first of October last, to the first of March, 1856, toereparostate- and pay the Keeper of the prison, the amount of the same when so audited; and thereafter, shall audit the account monthly, and pay the Keeper one-fourth of the value, or amount of the same monthly. SEc. 4. Be it enacted, That the Secretary of State be, and lie is hereby, required to furnishthe County of John- to furnih book-, son, with the seventh and ninth volumes of Yerger's Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court, and eleventh volume of Humphreys, when called on by the Circuit Court Clerk of said County, or his agent, if it can be done without re-pr:inting; and also, the first volume of Yerger, in like manner, to the County of Cocke, and that the Comptroller issue his warrant for a sum of money sufficient to pay for the same, if the Secretary has to -purchase the same, or any part thereof. Snc. 5. Be it further enacted, That Aaron V. Brown, Anthony W. Vanleer, Samuel B. Moore, B. L. Goodrich, Hickman Coun- Belfield S. Carter, and their associates and successors, ty Ion co. be, and they are hereby, incorporated as a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Hickman County Iron Company, for the purpose of working and manu- facturing iron ore, and also for exploring for and pur- chasing.and vending the same; and for such purpose, may erect all necessary buildings, apparatus, and fixtures, for carrying on the same; may purchase slaves and other property; may open and build a turnpike road from Centreville to the Tennessee River, upon which they may erect toll-gates, and receive and demand toll at the same rates as are allowed by law to the Franklin and Columbia Turnpike Company, and be vested with the same privileges, rights, &c., vested by law in said

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