Proviso. at or near Patterson's Factory to either of the above points on the Western North Carolina Rail Road, in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations provided in sections nine and ten of this act: Provided, That if the Road should be made to Icard's Station, the amount necessary to build a bridge across the Catawba River of the sum hereby appropriated is to be used for that purpose. SEC. 14. This act shall take effect from and after its ratification. Ratified the 8th day of February, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER XXXVII. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE JAMESVILLE AND WASHINGTON Corporators. Capital stock. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That J. W. Gaskill, Hiram Miller, Francis Lightfoot, William Lightfoot, Benjamin H. Lightfoot, and such other persons as may be associated with them and their successors, be, and they are hereby created (or enacted) into a body corporate and politic, by the name, style and title of "The Jamesville and Washington Rail Road and Lumber Company," with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to one million dollars whenever the Directors shall deem it expedient, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of purchasing, holding and improving lands in Beaufort, Martin and adjoining Counties, and obtaining therefrom any and all timbers, minerals and other valuable substances, whether by working or opening, leasing or selling privileges to work or mine such lands or any part thereof; to cut and manufacture lumber and ship the same to market; to erect houses and such other buildings or works as may properly appertain to said business; and to use, mortgage, let, sell, lease or work the same, and to dispose of the products of all such lands, mines and works as they may deem proper. SEC. 2. That the said Company shall have power to construct such Rail Roads from the Town of Jamesville to their lands and to the Town of Washington, and such other points as they may need for the full development of their lands, with the privileges usually granted in this Commonwealth to Rail Road Companies. Powers and privileges. To have seal, &c. SEC. 3. That the said Company shall have authority to have and hold a common and corporate seal, and the same to change or annul at pleasure, and by the style and title aforesaid, shall be capable in law of suing and being sued before any Court of this Commonwealth; and may make all needful rules and regulations and by-laws for the well ordering of the business affairs of the Company; and the same to amend or repeal at pleasure: Provided, They shall Proviso. in no wise conflict with or be contrary to the laws of this Commonwealth, or of the United States. SEC. 4. This act shall go into effect from and after its ratification. Ratified the 8th day of February, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER XXXVIII. AN ACT AUTHORIZING PITT COUNTY TO RAISE A SPECIAL TAX FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. pair bridges. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do To rebuild and reenact, The County Commissioners of Pitt County are hereby authorized to levy and collect, during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, a special tax of five To rebuild and repair school houses. thousand dollars for the purpose of rebuilding and repairing the bridges in said County. SEC. 2. The said Commissioners are hereby authorized in the same manner to levy and collect a special tax of two thousand dollars for the purpose of rebuilding and repairing the necessary school houses in said County. SEC. 3. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 8th day of February, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER XXXIX. AN ACT TO PROTECT CERTAIN CITIZENS OF NORTH CAROLINA Preamble. Citizens who can show receipt of Agents not liable to any other persons. WHEREAS, Certain citizens of North Carolina did abandon their lands upon the approach of the United States army; and whereas, said lands were taken in possession by regular authorized agents of the Treasury Department of the United States government and rented to certain loyal citizens, therefore, SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That all citizens who can show by written contracts or receipts in hand, payment of rents of said lands, or can prove by one or more credible witnesses that such lands were occupied by consent of the said Treasury agents, that said citizens referred to in this section shall not be liable to any other person for rent paid the authorized agents of the government, or liable upon any contract made with such authorized agents. SEC. 7. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 8th day of February, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER XL. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FOR SECURING WHEREAS, The Insane Asylum of North Carolina is, to Preamble. a great extent, unprotected against fire; therefore, SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do Appropriation. enact, That the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to build and construct such works and apparatus as, in the opinion of the Board of Supervisors, will effectually protect said Institution from destruction by fire, and the said Board shall have power to make such minor alterations in the construction of the Asylum, and build and provide such works and apparatus as may be necessary for the purpose aforesaid, the cost of the whole not to exceed the amount hereby appropriated, and said Board shall have power to draw from the Public Treasurer whatever part of said moneys may be required to defray the expenses thus incurred. SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 8th day of February, A. D. 1869. CHAPTER XLI. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE BEAUFORT HARBOR STEAM FERRY COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA. SECTION 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do corporators. enact, That Wm. B. Duncan, A. C. Davis, D. J. Rich, D. J. Ramsey, W. H. S. Sweet, J. C. Manson, J. B. Cook, C. PUB. 8.] S. Bell, Wm. A. Moore and J. J. Davis, and such other persons as are, or may be hereafter associated with them for the purpose hereinafter specified, and their successors, be, and the same are hereby created and constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "Beaufort Harbor Steam Ferry Company," and as such body Powers and privi- politic and corporate, and by such name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, shall have succession and a common seal, and may acquire, hold, possess and transfer real and personal property for the necessary purposes of the Company, and may make and adopt all rules, regulations and by-laws for the government of said Company, not inconsistent with the laws of the State or United States. leges. May build boats and transport pas chandise. SEC. 2. That said Company shall have all the rights, sengers and mer powers and privileges which they may deem necessary to build, construct and purchase ferry boats for the transportation of persons, goods, wares and merchandise, or any articles of property whatsoever, to and from any place, situated in Carteret County, North Carolina. Capital stock. Board of Directors. How shares shall vote. Officers, how elected. SEC. 3. That the capital stock of said Company shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of ten dollars each. SEC. 4. That the affairs of the said Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, and until the first election of Directors by the stockholders, the persons hereinbefore named shall be deemed the Board of Directors of said Company. SEC. 5. That in all elections and upon all votes taken in any meeting of the stockholders upon any by-laws or any of the affairs of the Company, each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote, and that any stockholder in said Company may vote by proxy, and proxies may be verified in such manner as the by-laws may prescribe. SEC. 6. That the stockholders of the said Company, a majority of the stock being represented, either in person or by proxy, shall have power to elect all such officers as may be deemed proper for carrying out the objects of the Com |