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An Act to incorporate the town of Parkville. 1848-1849 244 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0095 and id is 1 raw text is: 244 oo uOAWu. § 8. Said company shall have power and authority to carry on the business of mining, smelting and manufacturigg in the counties of Frank. lin, Jefferson, Washington and Crawford, and for that purpose may ac- quire, hold, use and transfer and enjoy real and personal estate in said counties, and may erect buildings, machinery and other improvements and use the same in its business, and may sink shafts, erect steam en- gines, mills, furnaces, bloomeries, foundries and other establishments ne- cessary or useful in mining, smelting and manufacturing ores, metals and minerals; and may construct roads, causeways and railroads in connec- tion with their works, and may do such other lawful acts as may be ne- cessary and proper to carry on said business successfully and prosper- ously. § 9. Dividends of the profits of said company shall be declared anuu- ally, but the directors may reserve a portion of the profits as a contingent fund to meet losses and expenditures, and the capital stock of said com- pany shall never be impaired by such dividends. § 10. If any election of directors of said company shall not be held at the appointed time, an election shall be held at some other time to be designated by the directors. § 11. Said company shall go into operation within one year after the passage of this act of incorporation, shall continue in full force for twenty-five years. Approved March 12, 1849. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Parkville. § 1. Town incorporated. 7. Sidewalks to be paved and repaired. 2. Board of trustees; powers of. 8. Failure to pay tax levied. 3. Oatlf to be taken; stated meetings, &c. 9. Fines, forfeitures, &c.; how recoverable. 4. Duty of board of trustees. 10. Annual statement to be made. 5. Election to be held. i1. Judges of first election; how appointed. 6. Assessor, treasurer, &c., to be appointed. 12. Reserved right to repeal, amend,&c. Be it enacted by the General.dssembly of the State of Missouri, asfollows: § i. The inhabitants of the district of country known by the name of Parkville, lying wilhin the following !imits, to wit: all that portion of the north.east quarter of section 35, in township No. 51, north of range 34 west, that lies on the north bank of the Mlissouri river, and bounded as follows: commencing at the mouth of While Alloe branch, running a northerly course up the west side of said branch to the north east corner of A. Hyro- nimus' brickyard tract, 95 feet north of township plai; Ihence running due west 95 feet north of Seven th street, past the west boundary of the aforesaid quarter section to the Spring branch, west of said town plit; thence south down the meanderings of said branch to the Missouri river; thence down said river to the place of beginning, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the iirne and style of 'The it,hubitants of' the town of Parkville, and by that name the inhabitants of said town, and their successors, shall be known in law, have continual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be

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