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An Act to extend the Railroad eastwardly beyond Jackson. 1848 55 (1848)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0233 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER 1.
AN ACT to extend the Railroad eastwardly beyond Jackson.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Appoint-
ment of
State of Mississippi, that the Governor be, and he commis-
is hereby authorised to nominate, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint five
citizens, as commissioners of the southern railroad,
who shall be and are hereby constituted a body
corporate and politic, by the name aforesaid, with
power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
and to do such acts as may be necessary to carry
into effect the powers granted them by this act.
Said commissioners shall hold their offices for the
term of two years, and until their successors shall
be qualified, and in case of vacancy, the Governor
shall appoint.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, that the powers  Powers
which are by law conferred upon the president and transferred
directors of the Jackson and Brandon Railroad and
Bridge Company, and the rights and liabilities of
the said president and directors be, and they are
hereby transferred to, and devolve upon the said
commissioners; and likewise, that all the powers
which by the act to incorporate the Southern Rail-

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