By-laws, Rules and Regulations of the Corporation of the President, Directors and Company for Erecting a Permanent Bridge Over the River Schuylkill, at Or Near the City of Philadelphia: To which is Prefixed the Act of the Legislature Authorizing the Incorporation, and the Supplement Thereto ... |
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... and if upon such liquidation , or whenever the whole capital When and stock of
the company shall be nearly expended , ber of shares it shall be found that the
said capital stock is creased . not sufficient to complete the said bridge ,
according ...
... and if upon such liquidation , or whenever the whole capital When and stock of
the company shall be nearly expended , ber of shares it shall be found that the
said capital stock is creased . not sufficient to complete the said bridge ,
according ...
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... of passengers and transportation on and over the same , and carry such
offender or offenders before a Justice of the Peace of the county , or the Mayor or
any Alderman of the city of Philadelphia , to be dealt with according to law . Sec .
III .
... of passengers and transportation on and over the same , and carry such
offender or offenders before a Justice of the Peace of the county , or the Mayor or
any Alderman of the city of Philadelphia , to be dealt with according to law . Sec .
III .
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AT a general meeting of the stockholders of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge
Company , holden at the State House in the city of Philadelphia , on the 8th day
June , 1798 , pursuant to notice given according to law ; CHARLES BIDDLE , Esq
...
AT a general meeting of the stockholders of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge
Company , holden at the State House in the city of Philadelphia , on the 8th day
June , 1798 , pursuant to notice given according to law ; CHARLES BIDDLE , Esq
...
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According to Law . I. Persons , carriages or cattle , of whatsoever descrirtion ,
passing over the bridge , must keep to the right . Offences against this rule , by
wilfully obstructing the passage , will subject the drivers of carriages to back out ,
and ...
According to Law . I. Persons , carriages or cattle , of whatsoever descrirtion ,
passing over the bridge , must keep to the right . Offences against this rule , by
wilfully obstructing the passage , will subject the drivers of carriages to back out ,
and ...
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Such suspicious persons , after being warned and directed to depart , may be
apprehended as the law directs , and carried before a Justice of Peace of the
county , or the Mayor or any Alderman of the city , to be dealt with according to
law .
Such suspicious persons , after being warned and directed to depart , may be
apprehended as the law directs , and carried before a Justice of Peace of the
county , or the Mayor or any Alderman of the city , to be dealt with according to
law .
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Page 8 - ... assignee holding any certificate, having first caused the assignment to be entered in a book of the company to be kept for...
Page 19 - ... the names of the subscribers, and the number of shares subscribed by or apportioned to each subscriber, to the governor of this commonwealth, and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for the governor, by letters patent under his hand and the seal of the state, to create and erect the subscribers, and...
Page 17 - ... may be sued for and recovered before any justice of the peace in the county where the offense shall be committed, at the instance of any person, in the name of the people of the State of Illinois as plaintiff.
Page 23 - Successors, in fee simple or for any less estate all such lands, tenements hereditaments and estate real and personal as shall be Necessary and convenient to them in the prosecution of their works, and the Same, to sell and dispose of at pleasure, and of suing and being sued and of doing all' and every other Matter, and thing which a Corporation or body politic, May or can lawfully do.
Page 12 - ... to increase the number of shares to such extent as shall be deemed sufficient to accomplish the work, and to demand and receive the...
Page 5 - ... such subscriptions and other incidental charges, and the remainder shall be paid over to the treasurer of the corporation, as soon as the same shall be organized and the officers chosen as hereinafter mentioned.
Page 7 - ... the first notice, at which time and place the said subscribers shall proceed to organize the said corporation, and shall choose, by a majority of votes of the said subscribers...
Page 23 - Snyder, governor of the said commonwealth, do by these presents, which I have caused to be made patent, and sealed with the great seal of the state, create and erect all and every of the subscribers...
Page 14 - ... and when the tolls shall exceed fifteen per cent, nett annual profit; the excess shall compose a fund for the redemption of the bridge, so as to render it free, save that there shall always be a small toll, or other revenue, for keeping it in repair; this excess shall be laid out in bridge stock, or other productive funds, and the dividends, or annual product, shall be also ad,ded to this fund; and all private donations for freeing the bridge shall also be received and invested in like manner;...
Page 13 - in such manner as to injure, stop, or interrupt the navigation of the said river, by boats, rafts or other vessels.
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| Title | By-laws, Rules and Regulations of the Corporation of the President, Directors and Company for Erecting a Permanent Bridge Over the River Schuylkill, at Or Near the City of Philadelphia: To which is Prefixed the Act of the Legislature Authorizing the Incorporation, and the Supplement Thereto ... |
| Author | Schuylkill Permanent Bridge Company |
| Publisher | W. Fry, 1822 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 40 pages |
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