Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 May 1820 — Page 5

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, Leslature of Illinois. fiX JMjT to incorporate the Embarras . Tirrrike Commm.

Sec. t Be it exacted by the people of

t!ie sfdltiof Illinois represented in the general asl'J)'u, That for the purpose of ma-

l:in al Iirnpike road from the place known

How Banks, on the hmbarras nvluford count, to Gilford's sign .lie western bank of the Wabasdi

;pposite Y:ncenne, a l umpire

iy shall be. and hertby ismcorpora

as the

er in

j) st i liver,

led byjthe name and sty le ot the Etabarras

Tummc Company, whoce capital tock &hallfjt exceed one hundred and fifty thou-

svr wt.dlars, to be divided into shares ol

' liars each; which company, wnen

capahr m law to purchase, have, hold, en-

ed. r.s is herein alter directed, snail

dy corporate and politic, and by

imp iu:.v sue and be sued, shall oe

agents, clerks and workmen, as shall be1 necessary for executing the business of said corporation. Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors shall be and are herebv authorised to mark out and desig-

nate a road not more than one nunurcu and fifty feet wide from the river Embar-

ras, at the betore named point to me bam

si-m post on the W abash river, opposite

Vincenne9, and then proceed to contract with the proprietors of the lard for per

mission to construct the said road, and

use the earth therefor, within the limits

designated; and if they cannot agree, or

if there should be any lands owned ny

persons incapable of contracting, the pres

ident and directors may apply to the commissioners' court of the county, through

which the road passes, to appoint three

(discreet freeholders of the county, but no

up on each gate in some conspicuous place

where it may easily be read, a printed list of the rates of toll which may be lawfully

demanded.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the

said corporation shall cause mile stones or

posts to be erected and maintained, and

shall also erect guide posts at the intersec

tion of all pubnc roads, leading into or

from said turnpike road on which shall he incribed the name of the town or public

place to which it leads; and if any person shall wilfully cut down or deface such mile stone or post, or shall wilfully break or throw down anv of the said gates or turn

pikes, or shall dig rp, or spoil any part of

aid road or any thing thereunto belonging, or shall forcibly pass either of the said gates without having first paid the legal tolls; such person shall forfeit and pay for

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land. tenements, and heiediirmenis,gouus,

chat' s and effects, of everv kind wnatev

the ?aid corporation shall be and hereby is authorized to make a canal by the side of said road, either the whole length of it, or such part as they may deem practicable and useful, upon which they may erect gates, and demand such rates of toll as the county commissioners shall from time to lime allow to the corporation, to be received and demanded an is pointed out by this net. The same principles that are prescri

bed for the road as far as they are applicable, shall be adopted in the construction, management, keeping in repair, and open ing of gates, and in fine, in all respects whatever of the canal hereby authorized to be opened. Sec. 15. He it further enacted, That Henry Dubois, John Jirockelhauk, John, Dunlap, John D. Hay and William Spencer, are hereby appointed commissi! ners to receive subscriptions and open books-, at such places as .they may deem most prop-

J'roi'idfd alu-ayst that nothing in this

so construed as t'j

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every such offence or injury the sum of

of the immediate neighborhood of the road, I twenty-live dollars, to be recovered by the

to estimate the separate damage to each j said corporation in an action of debt, be-! er: Proviued i:tua;s, hirli saidifnrp anv iustice. of the neace of the county ! act contained shall be

aim o ci y ti aih vi ium.i vr , v i j - - , - - - . road may pass. The said court is herebv! where the offender '.May be found, or may ; permit and authorize the saul corporation y l - . . . "i ! i 1 ; r octaV.lit.li m uct nr norniit f llii prirtffi

required to make such appointment: anu nave property ; ami u aoy person sm,,,... vM ,. .....

turn out oi ine sam roau anu pas ny ui 'i t w. ailf. ...... ... the gates and again enter upon such roatl'. whatever, nor shall they, by virtue ot sucm. to avoid the payment f the toll, he sh dl chatei of incorperation establish auy bauk-

tho rnmmisisionprs. when annointed, shall

y i i ' give notice of the time and place of meet ing, whence they shall proceed to exam

ine' the ground, and shall make out on j forfeit to the corporation fivcdollars to be j ing institution whatever.

oath, the separate damasre to eacn tract ot

land, and make a full statement thereof in writing, and deliver the same in ten

evceeuins: in iie wioue, mc

of fy thousand dollars: Trovided, that sucl.J state as well real as personal, shall he rlttssary to fulfil the end of the corpora'ii' , G. Be it further enacted, Tnat the ir'i! Initoi:! :Ucv annointed commission-

L "rnivii!ff Q!ilJrrintioiis. shall fur- davs thereafter, to the clerk of the com

TiishV.emselves with a book or books, which missioner's court for the county wherein

sha'lhe kept open two years, unless the, the land lies, who shall record anu cart-n-ho's of the stuck or enough thereof to ef-; fully preserve the sane ; for which service, feet che object, shall he sooner subscribed ; . the clerk shall he allowed the fees of reandmch person, at the time of subscribing, corder of the county, and the valuers shall phalf piy to the commissioners or their; be allowed three dollars each per day, tor a-eti, two per cent, upon each share he. the time they shall be necessarily employ -rnavBubsct ihe, and the residue of the stock ed in making ths valuation. As soon there-

!,.vuM n enrhmannerast lenresmeni alter, as tne nresuieut ana uirecuus men

iJtnrasrriliP Vmvtded however, that the pay to each owner of the laud over which

Vn.iil.nV and directors shall at no time the road passes, the sum awarded to him

mnm ihun twentv-fiva ner cent, of, as aforesaid, they mav proceed to construct

whish call, notice skall be given in some the said turnpike road m the manner nerenevsaoerl bavin circulation in the neigh- inafter directed, without any let or bin-

borhood where said road is to be made j drance trom the owners oi tne lanu uuougo an(' if upon sue!, call and notice the sub- which it may pass. servers shall fail to pay or any one of them, Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the if... i oi,,u f.A.-fVh mlm'tpvpr mnopv nrpsident. direct ns and company, shall

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recovered in like manner.

Sec. 9. Bp it further enacted. That if

any toll gatherer shall unreasonably delay

er hinder anv traveller or passenger, or

shall demand m:ire toll than by this act is established, he shall forfeit and pay to the

nerson iniured or attempted to be injured,

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the sum ot rive dollars, to be recovered asjai mx pt-r itui. . -i l x i! . l r r I I 11 K .....,!.!., ntYnrni

in tne last secino, ;uiu ii ;.c miui. uc iuijimc .

to pay it, the corporation shall be held liable therefor. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, Thai the shares in Biid cot pot ation shall be deemed and considered to be personal es

tate, and be transferable in such manner

as the president and directors mav direct

Sec. 11. Be it further enacted. That

the president and directors shaiJ Keep a

fhis act to be and remain in force from

and after its passage.

MONEY CHEAP. Proposals were a few days since ma do by the mayor, for a loan to thv city of

Philadelphia, of $':0,000 for twenty ye.irs,

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The following bids

,2r2,800 at 1

54,700 at 2 10,000 at 2 15,000 at 2 3-10 20,000 at 2 J 20,000 at 3

! percent, alovc par.

th

foi

a.s of

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v or he"mav have actually paid in; which cause a road to be laid out not less than

iture shall be for the bencht ot the cor- three rods wide, twenty-eight leet oi wmcn, .,;,, shall be based with stone, gravel, ground,

n' ej it farther enacted. That wood, or other hard substance, well com-

in'"-ive. notice of tlie amount, and of the tin

oon as one lourtn oi me wiwits iiuiunci uc iuu, rtuu m ou.ww. M- B f , r . . '. ,, i r

be subscribed, the corn-ins- secure a good foundation, and the same roaa ami tiaif ... jwy.n.g u, aim uicj a..a. r

4,000 nt 4

The facts here disclosed only corroborate

the truth of what we have ol ton nseited.

just and lair account of fill their proceed- that money would be "plenty enough, it in rS, and of all monies received or to be there were objects to give it ci,n!aticn.

received by the several collections of toll, "lien liie circulation was nee, money was and shall make and declare semi-annually generally regarded as worth eight ptr cent.

dividends of the clear profits and income see now by tne prices onertu tor

arising to the stockholders of the said cor- loan, and especially by the rates at which pot ation, on the first Monday in April and the United States foeks are dispod of, fni.o.. .C ..nu .it.,! .'Di-'i -ri- nml vhnll that it is worth less than six. JSilcs.

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pay The following is given as the price ot

iiiitie . ....... - , - i ii i 7 i v! i ,i ir. cno it -.er old in'l v provisions at ni. iir.ena iunties,.AJ.eacri; ners shall, by advertisement in the news- shall be faced with gravel or broken stone, , it ,n0l . 1 uml (ll(

nuhlUhed in the neighborhood, ot ot a depth not less than nine incnes, m j ...... tr.w-,-, .- , , irr 1 ,,ei i . , SFroaS" Ivin, a; leasUhirtv days notice such mLiur as to secure a firm and even tl.said corpontionhal not coincce very Ud; ponces 6, per bushel ; bu.tcr,

shall

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where surface, rising in the middle bv a gradual their operations within two years after the Js. per lb. cheese, 3s. ' vJ mj f . 1 i II.. i. . . i 1

c I- .torkhoblers shall meet to choose by arch; and where other roa.ls shall inter-" passage ot this act, ana s:.au not wiuim fi r r rcctmWthe concerns of the sect it, it shall be so constructed, that car-. five years theteafler complete the same, Gnor.Gr.xnwN, (S. C ) April 10 A mv Z on f, r me yVar: and every sue- riages may conveniently pass over the this act shall he i.ul . void and of none ,f- dgncmtural Prize north ,rn.ig (u p m ation tm oi e yp.i J turnnike road I feet, and nil rights derived from it shall be- V e are informed by a gentlemen from ccdms election shal he held o.i toe same tun.pike toa . come f irfciied Statesbur-, that fourteen or more meml, .r 0ri, cnroiMMrpi"" year, fun ess it Sec. 0. i id be if further enacted, l nat; comt i.n h iau. "n, , 4 . u .c . liy ot i.eh sucuttn. J'. v J .kii i , it Hp it further e nacted. That b-rs of the Claremont Agncultur u Society.

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, whenever ccnvplaint ehail be made to any oi ci mat neignuurnoou, e asreru io miu,

i VilC commissioners um u.av iiciuuuli uv. iv-h, y ii""" v li . .i ... i i w .i . i- -ri. i...

hinnniitied to ms'.ect turnnike roads, that rurcu anu cuitivatea at pleasure wj."

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m. who shall open the ballots in pre- to the person administering the government (1H!h tnrkhnlders. and declare the of the state for the time being, who shall

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highest number id thereupon forthwith appoint three discreet

.l,.,n Ko S'onc'nv.it so. on the urxtuav ; at so soon us me pre

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lip first and all other elections tor directors, have completed nvc miles oi tne saiu rodu

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...pI!,,!:! n-pspnt. shall nominate commencing at the aoasn river, u sua

f,rre of their nun. her ti be judges ot the be lawlul tor them to give notice uiereoi

lecticsn

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duly elecved. ana inereunno. ntuiumriB iu nv mv. oamv. . v.-. cr'ihi a certificate thereof, and make re-'him in writing whether such part of the urn to the predd;Mit and directors at the; said road is completed in a workman-like ,rt rir-tin- after uf.h election, that oacb; manner, according to the true intent and ....lvt..xw,w!vill hsvo ..r.a vote for each mean'mg of this act, and if the report be in

rw0' dr-ll io!d to t!i number of ten, the affirmative, then it shall he the duty of "r'd one vol- in addition for each five, the person administering the goernment ,v,-cs he mav hold over ten. And if suh of this state, and he is hereby required to

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Bt! inn-'d election, it shall be lawful toj n.it the said president, directors and com

t' l.i ,ni,i..tmn mi :i n v oi h e r (1 a v. of which! pany, to make and erect so many g

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the road hereby authorised to be made, or ier producing the most net corn to Hie acre.

auy part of it is out of repair, it shall be (as a reward for his superior tirmmg) is the dutv of the commissioner to whom to receive the produce of every ether r.cre. such complaint is made, to repair to such The land to be planted must be high land part of said road, and to view the same and have been cleared nt least five year?, and if such commissioner shall be of opin- A committee of five members were appoint4? : : ,,f ..nAni Uan ho chrU nA in nnnrovp nf the land, to superintend

ion mav. ii is uui ui iiuju. fc-ivii in v-v. . - i . . . .i . i ii. . . .

rive notice in writing of such defect to tie

the gathering and inf-asurivg the corn, and to report to the Society ct its meeting in

bold ai election on any other dav. oi wmcn pauy, u mc anu ncn u ...... j bo

t ,.1 .liroptnrsms "ivp tuciM ana turnpikes acrtssa ine um roau, rt- un

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, ,;.... mi! until nch election, he neceary to collect the duties ana row

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!J .,,t;.li.t .ir.il ilireclors in office, shall

'7 continue to manage the concerns of the convM-atioiu and five directors shall he a ... ' ,il riviMn if trr.ns,:cf insr tilC bu-

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f the corporation ; and any act ol

j a majority so rart. shall be binding on the , corporation. And after every such election, the directors shall, immediately after liaving met, proceed to elect by ballot, one their number -or president: and the

;,l iirotidiMif- nml directors mav, from

e to time, meet at such place as they v find expedient and direct, f r Thev shall have power to make sue! tv laws, rules and regulation, not repug

it to the constitution atnl laws of the

t -i ife or of th hnited States, as they may

di'cn necessary for the well ordering o I the alfairs of said corporation, in case o 1 vTcancv of the ofiiee of director, the resi

v of the directors mav fill the vacancy

v::til the next annual election st the tits . C i I . . I-.... -K.j.i.i 1 1 i r o r 1 1 1 1- 5 'I hi

lil'VltUg ' 1 lilt ll C llllI'vU IIUHUin. i' ro:nmi-ioners lor receiving subscriptions rh ill deliver over tluir subscription books And all the money received by them on C jc'i subscriptions, to the president and directors of s:ii J corporation, who mav continue to tcce.ve subscriptions, until the whole n-nuuut of .--tuck is subscribed, and Ciiftll have pywer t apneiut such ofiicers.

hereinafter granted and allowed, from all

lersons travelling on and using the same. Sec. 7 Be it further enacted, That as

soon as the president and directors thai I

obtain the license, as in the toregoing sec

tion, it shall and may be lawful lor the presidentand directors to appoint toll-gath-ercrs, to collect and receive ot and from

all persons using the said road, the follow

ing rattfs ol toll, viz. : ror man and nor.se,

twenty-five cents : for a four horse waggon

loaded, aud horses and driver, two dollars

for same, not loaded, one dollar and tweu

tv-five cents: for all four horse carriages

one dollar and fifty cents: for pleasure

carriages, with two horses, one dollar ; for

one hcrse carriage, seventy-live cents : single horses and cattle per head, twelve and a half cents : sheep and hogs pfr head, four cents: footmen, six and a fourth cents: children under seven years not chargeable. And it shall be lawful for any toll githerer

to stop and delay anv person from going

on said road, until he shall pay to him the toll proper! v chargeable to him ; and when

any person shall pay to the toll gatocrer

! the toll chargeable to him, the toll irtlier-

cr shall give him a ticket, authorzing him

to pass on said road from one river to the other respectively, toll free : and the president a ad directors shall cau?. to be icpt

Tiorsnn attending the irate nearest to fhc to report

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place in the county so out ot repair, tor tne iau, wnen we win uo uuit; n:....

which such commissioner may be appoint- reaucrs oi me suo.ii.1 j!, ed. and shall, in his discretion order at the net product of each acre.

gates on said road to 1 e thrown open, and such gates shall thereafter be immediately! )iv'? APnl 6'

thrown open and shall remain open, and; 111 , , "i". r . .. . . . . r- . a f?l. 1:11 4lir. T'.riH r V I1?-T:P

n n t .M i . i pinaniieii lor nassinir tue ine uiu w iviij..v. i.. -

same until a certificate shall be obtained, on Imports and Tonnage has at length pas-

from

coun;

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-ate-keeper or keepers shall not immedi- ting ot more than nine tiour, uuj ui.i was :i r.. rooo-.v.Mrr n nnfira fnr the nur- lastnidit ordered to be engrossed and read

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nose aforesaid, open such gate or gates and a third time uy ueciaeu voie, aim ij ui

keep them open until permission isooiam- uuuic at , i"". . . , . ed as afore;vd to shut them, or if he or ther amendment, in the House m which they shall hinder or delay any person or crigiuaUd. persons in passing on and using said road, ' !,r shall ileitiand toll therefor before per-. Lancaster, (Pa.) April .1. mission to shut the gates shall be obtained Fxhermtn s Luck.-- e are informed,

aforesaid, the pate keeper so offending, that oa naay last, yuu line mm wyrn ill for every such offence forfeit and pay caught at one haul at one ot the fisheries,

until a certificate shall be obtained, on Imports and tonnage has at .engin pasthe commissioner aforesaid in such sed, in the House of Representatives, that ty that such road is in repair, tnd au- ordeal which usually tries conclimveiy the zino- the i'atcs to be shut ; and if such sense of the House. After a laborious Fitf O . ..... ! a- . C lt. ' V.,,- l, n lull ir.io

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shall

the sum cf two dollars, tobe recovered be- at Jlr. Jonn u ioisiH.anu, m u,4uC-

ore a justice of the peace by the party in- haana, near lUiauietown.

lured, and the commissioners aforesaid,.

shall (or all strvices peitormeu unuer u , , ;r - V rt

act, be ent tied to two dollar per uay lor on luursuaj iom , t..c -

every day they may be employed therein, nauwers w.is wuru ai-r.n n ..i - ... which shall be paid by the toll-gatherer of tant from thr place A coroners mt

tho gate nearest the nlacevhere sucn scr- was nau ovci ior uw.,.u.u ytu'

vicra shall be performed, out of the monies ed, that he came to ms acaia uy cuum -collected at such gate, and the toll-gather- own throat - erof sucli gate is hereby made liable for Clocks end nCTi.-Vomen, wno are the payment thereof: 'Provided always, given to chattering, have been compared to that every s ich comrr'aint to the commis- clocks. 1- onteneile bemg aKed w oat dxlicners shall be made, in writing, and set ference there was betwePn a cl -cl: ar.d a forth what part of said road is out of repair, woman, replied, 'A clock serves ta powt ec. 14. Be it further c:ic:lcd. That out the hours, and r woman to rcar.c us for.