CHAP. CLXXVII. An ACT to authorize the commissioners therein named, to obstruct and stop up two communications or passages of water, between Rehoboth-bay and Indian-river, called the Thoroughfare and BridgeGut. PRIVATE ACT. CHAP. CLXXVIII. "An act vesting in Thomas Boulder, the title to a certain parcel of land therein mentioned, for a term of years, in trust, for Mary Bantam, an infant.” A supplement to the act, entitled, PRIVATE ACT. CHA P. CLXXIX. An ACT to divorce Susanna Stilly, from the bed and board of her husband, John Stilly. PRIVATE ACT. CHAP. CLXXVII. 1812 СНАР. CLXXX. 1812 4 vol. chap. 135. p. 352. Preamble. How far the Kennet turnpike company may extend the turnpike road, from the bo rough line into the borough of Wilmington. CHAP. CLXXX. A supplement to an act, entitled, "An act to incorporate a company for making a turnpike road from the borough of Wilmington to the line between this State and Pennsylvania, at or near the house now occupied by Charles Twaddle." W HEREAS it is represented to this General Assembly, that the turnpike road authorized to be laid out by the act, to which this is a supplement, would better answer the purposes for which the same was intended, if it were extended from the line of said borough, to Market-street in the same; and it appearing, that the burgesses and borough council of the borough of Wilmington, by an ordinance, passed the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, have, under certain limi tations therein contained, declared and expressed their assent to the same, so far as any rights or privileges heretofore granted to the said corporati on by law, are in any degree affected thereby. NOW be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That the Wilmington and Kennett turnpike company, are hereby authorized to lay out and make or extend the said turnpike road from the borough line, at the place where the said road is now laid out, and made along the Kennett road, until it shall intersect Chesnut-street, and thence along Chesnut to Market-street, all in said borough, in the same manner as if it were originally contained within the limits of the road authorized by the said act; and the same rights, privileges, immunities and tolls, are hereby granted; and the same conditions, provisions, restrictions and penalties are hereby imposed to, and upon the said company, and all manner of persons, as are granted or imposed in relation to the other parts of the said road; (and the said act is hereby extended to the said road,) within the said borough, in like manner as if the said act were here set forth: Provided, That the said Proviso. road be made conformably to the ground plan of elevation and descent of the streets, as established by law: Provided always nevertheless, That, nothing Further proviso. herein contained, shall give to the said company, any right or controul, or power over said Kennett road and Chesnut-street within said borough, further than from the middle of said road and street, to a line to be drawn on each side of said road and street at the distance of twelve feet from each side thereof, respectively, as they are now established, nor erect any toll-gate within the said borough, nor prevent the borough council from erecting such common sewers, gutters and water-pipes, as they may deem necessary, or from carrying the same under or across the said road; the said council doing as little injury as possible, to the rights of the said company, and repairing the same without delay, upon pain of being subjected to the like penalties and forfeitures as are provided by the original act, to which this is a supplement, in other like cases; nor to prevent any person or persons from paving in front of their lands, or the said council from paving any street or streets, to join the turnpike road of the said company, the said persons or council, doing no injury to the rights of the said company, and complying with the established curvature of said road, and leaving suitable gut. ters for the conveyance of water from said road." CHAP. CLXXXI. An ACT to authorize the administrators of Samuel Howell, to make a deed to George Temple, for a house and lot in Camden. PRIVATE ACT. CHAP. CLXXXII. p. 196. 1812 CHAP. CLXXXII. 4 Vol. chap 64. A Supplement to an act, entitled, "An act to incorporate a company for making a turnpike road from the borough of Wilmington, to the line be tween this State, and Pennsylvania, or to communicate with the artificial road contemplated from the Gap to Newport. Preamble. How far the Wilmington turnpike company, may extend the turn W HEREAS it is represented to this General Assembly, that the turnpike road authorized to be laid out by the act to which this is a supplement, would better answer the purposes for which the same was intended, if it were extended from the line of said borough to Market-street in the same, and it appearing that the burgesses and borough council of the borough of Wilmington, by an ordinance, passed the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, have, under certain limitations therein contained, declared and expressed their assent to the same, so far as any rights or privileges heretofore granted to the said corporation, by law, are in any degree, affected thereby. NOW be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That the Wilmington turnpike company are hereby authorized to lay out and make, or extend the said turnpike road from the borough pike road from line, at the place where the said road is now laid out the borough line and made, along the Lancaster road and Front-street, into the borough of Wilmington. until it shall intersect Market-street in the said borough, in the same manner as if it were originally contained within the limits of the road authorized by the said act; and the same rights, privileges, immu. nities and tolls, are hereby granted; and the same conditions, provisions, restrictions and penalties, are hereby imposed to and upon the said company, and all manner of persons, as are granted or imposed in СНАР. CLXXXIII 1812 relation to the other parts of the said road; and the said act is hereby extended to the said road, within the said borough, in like manner as if the said act were here set forth: Provided, That the said road be Proviso. made conformably to the ground-plan of elevation and descent of the streets, as established by law: Provided nevertheless, That nothing herein contain- Further proviso. ed, shall give to the said company any right or controul over said Lancaster road and Front-street, within said borough, further than from the middle of said road and street, to a line to be drawn on each side of said road and street, at the distance of twelve feet from each side thereof, respectively, as they are now established, nor erect any toll-gate within the said borough, nor prevent the borough council from erecting such common sewers, gutters and water-pipes, as they may deem necessary, or from carrying the same under or across the said road, the said council doing as little injury as possible to the rights of said company, and repairing the same without delay, upon pain of being subjected to like penalties and forfeitures as are provided by the original act to which this is a supplement, in other like cases, nor to prevent any person or persons from paving in front of their lands, or the said council from paving any street or streets to join the turnpike road of the said company, the said persons or council doing no injury to the rights of the said company, and complying with the established curvatures of said road, and having suitable gutters for the conveyance of water from said road. CHA P. CLXXXIII. An ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Georgetown school, in George-town, Sussex county. SECTION 1. George-town E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the school incorpoState of Delaware, in General Assembly met, That rated. |