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Printers to the State, 1853
 

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Page 176 - ... and the directors of the company may confer on any holder of any bond issued for money borrowed as aforesaid, the right to convert the principal due or owing thereon into stock of said company, at any time not exceeding ten years from the date of the bond, under such regulations as the directors may see fit to adopt.
Page 168 - ... upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars nor less than ten dollars, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months.
Page 152 - General, all of whom shall keep their offices in person at the seat of government, and hold their offices for the term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the general assembly may provide by law for the establishment of the office of Commissioner of State Lands.
Page 76 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all State courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 136 - And be it enacted, That wherever, in the construction of said road or roads, it shall be necessary to cross or intersect any established road or way, it shall be the duty of the...
Page 133 - ... where some part of the land or right of way is situated ; and the said Commissioners, before they act, shall severally take an oath before some Justice of the Peace, faithfully and impartially to discharge the duty assigned them in making the said valuation ; the Commissioners shall take into consideration the loss or damage which may...
Page 186 - The directors, of whom seven, including the president, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper touching the disposition and management of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the...
Page 183 - State, in such route as shall be deemed most expedient ; and to transport, take, and carry property and persons upon said railroad or way by the power and force of steam, of animals, or of any mechanical or other power, or of any combination of them which said company may choose to apply.
Page 135 - ... such person or persons, so offending, shall be liable to be indicted therefor, and on conviction, shall be imprisoned not more than six, nor less than one month, and pay a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than twenty dollars, at the discretion of the court...
Page 175 - ... shall deem proper, under the penalty of forfeiting the shares of stock subscribed for, and all previous...

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