CHAPTER CCLIV.

An act to vacate an alley in the town of Bloomington.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 5, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the alley on township line dividing township seven, range one west, and township eight, range 2 west, and lying and being situate between fractional in-lots known by numbers 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, and seminary in-lots known by numbers 74, 73, 24, 25, 34, 35 and 48, in the town of Bloomington, in the county of Monroe, in the State of Indiana, be and the same is hereby vacated.

SEC. 2. That the ground where said alley is, shall be attached to the lots or ground bordering on said alley, and all right and title thereto, shall vest in the person or persons and their heirs and assigns forever, owning the property on each side thereof, in equal proportion, according to the length or breadth of said lots or ground, as the same may border on said alley.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CCLV.

An act to incorporate the Peru and Andersontown Plank Road Company.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 4, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That William S. White, Matthew Fenimore, George C. Smith, Jacob C. Miller, James M. Defrees, George S. Fenimore and John A. Graham of Miami county, and their successors in office duly elected, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Peru and Andersontown Plank Road Company, and by such name and style, shall be capable in law and equity, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any and all courts whatever, to make, use or adopt

a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure, and shall be able to make all contracts necessary to the objects of said company, and to make and enforce all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations; and shall have and possess all the power of a body politic and corporate necessary for the purposes of constructing a plank road or turnpike road, from Peru in Miami county, by the way of Santa Fe on the Peru and Andersontown State road to the county line of said county, with power to construct a branch thereof from Santa Fe in the direction of Marion, on such ground as may be selected by said company.

SEC. 2. That all the rights, benefits and privileges conferred on the Peru and Rochester turnkike company, by the act to incorporate the same, approved January 15, 1849, be and the same are hereby conferred on the Peru and Andersontown Plank Road Company, and the charter of said Peru and Rochester Turnpike Company, so far as the same is not inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby declared the charter of this company: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall in anywise affect, change or modify the provisions of the charter of the said Peru and Rochester Turnpike Company, and nothing herein shall be so construed as to affect any of the rights of said company.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CCLVI.

An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Terre Haute Draw Bridge Company," approved January 13, 1845.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 8, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That section sixth of an act entitled, "an act to incorporate the Terre Haute Draw Bridge Company," approved January 13, 1845, be and the same is hereby so amended, that hereafter, it shall be lawful for the stockholders of said company, commencing with the first election after the passage of this act, to elect three directors, instead of five, as in said section provided, one of their number as president, one qualified person as secretary, and one qualified person

as treasurer, for the management of the business of said company; it shall not be required that the secretary and the treasurer, as aforesaid shall be stockholders of said company, and it shall be the duty of the directors to give due notice to the stockholders, by publication in some newspaper printed in Terre Haute, or otherwise, of any election for directors as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. This act to be in force from and after its passage, and so much of the sixth section of said act, as comes in conflict with this act, be and the same is hereby repealed.

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CHAPTER CCLVII.

An act authorizing Cyrus Taber and Allen Hamilton to build a dam across the Wabash River, in Cass county.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 11, 1851.)

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That Cyrus Taber and Allen Hamilton, or in case of the death of either of them, the survivor of them, be and they are hereby authorized to construct and maintain a mill dam across the Wabash river in Cass county, at or near where the section line between sections thirty-one and thirty-two, in township twentyseven north, of range two east, crosses said river: Provided, however, That they shall construct in said dam, a slope sufficient to admit the passage of rafts, boats and other craft over said dam without injury.

SEC. 2. The provision of this act shall extend to the heirs, devisees and assignees of the said Cyrus Taber and Allen Hamilton. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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CHAPTER CCLVIII.

An act to incorporate the Pittsborough and Crawfordsville Plank Road Company.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 6, 1851.}

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That A. Alexander, R. K. Carter, James Green, A. Long, and David Watson, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books at suitable places in the State of Indiana, for subscriptions to the capital stock of a company for the construction of a plank road from Pittsborough, in Hendricks county, by the way of Jamestown, in Boone county, to Crawfordsville, in Montgomery county, to be called the Pittsborough and Crawfordsville Plank Road Company, at any time within two years from and after the passage of this act: Provided, That said commissioners or any three of them, shall give twenty days' notice of the time and place of opening said books, by publishing in one or more of the newspapers published nearest the contemplated line of said road.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That said company in their organization, and in all other things shall be governed by the provisions of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Indianapolis and Brownsburgh Plank Road Company," approved January 18, 1850: Provided, That the said company shall not be authorized, and is hereby prohibited from erecting or establishing any gate within one mile of the corporate limits of said town of Crawfordsville. SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CHAPTER CCLIX.

An act to amend an act entitled "an act to declare certain water courses in the counties of Perry and Spencer, public highways, and for other purposes," approved January 17, 1850.

[APPROVED FEBRUARY 4, 1851.]

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the main fork of Anderson river, be and the same is hereby declared navigable to the county line dividing the counties of Perry and Dubois, and the middle fork is, also hereby declared navigable up to where the road leading from Huffman's mill to Fredonia crosses said fork.

SEC. 2. That the county boards of the counties of Perry and Spencer, shall at their June term of each year, lay off said stream into suitable districts, including all the inhabitants within two miles of the margin of said streams on each side thereof, and appoint at said term suitable persons as supervisors of said districts, whose duty it shall be to call out all persons liable to work on roads, within said districts, one day at least before the first day of October in each year, to work upon said highway above declared, in removing obstructions and otherwise clearing out the same.

SEC. 3. The said supervisors shall be furnished with lists of their hands in the same manner, and make their reports to the same authority, and at the same time, and be subject to all the liabilities and benefits, and they and the hands in said districts shall be governed by the same laws, where the same do not conflict with this act, which govern and regulate the conduct and duties of supervisors of highways in said counties respectively: Provided,

SEC. 4. That where mill dams are already constructed across said streams, or may hereafter be constructed, the same shall not be molested or removed, if the proprietors thereof will construct good and sufficient slopes for the descent of boats over the same; and that where said dams are already constructed, the proprietors thereof shall have one year from and after the taking effect of this act, to alter and construct their dams in accordance with this act: And provided further, That it shall not be necessary for any slope to be constructed in or upon any dam which is not of the height of five feet.

SEC. 5. That the laws in force in said counties respectively, in relation to the obstruction of public roads, are hereby declared applicable to this highway, and this act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and publication in the Indiana Journal and State Sentinel.