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 Tnr«rni„f«^L f '""'i'^u^* ^^^"^'^^ Assembly of this Province, an Act was passed to 
 Incorporate the undersigned, his associates, and assigns, by the name of «Tmb Saiht John 
 Suspension Bridojb Company," for the purpose of constructing a Suspension Bridge, of Iron Wire 
 across the Fal s of the River Saint John, at Split Rock, near the City Sf Saint John; the Capita of 
 
 5! Sr^T^'f A' J'T^' '^^'^^^ ^°*° ^''"'^ ♦*»°"^^"d «h"«« °^ ^^ «^<=h, with po'wer to S^te 
 the Stock to £40,000, when necessary. » r * *«^ioajo 
 
 an*! fnrTfhl^n„^IlT*'r.-^® Tl^ provisions fot the organization and management of the Comoany, * 
 ««i »v,«?! »?""«l elf t>on of five Directors, ^h holding not less than t>enty shares of sWk 
 ^LI^Ll -""'^ *°. S''^""^ ''°*^ ^" *^^" "*^°'*^^ "f Directors, and on all other questions 
 Sf^?, ?n l^^'^'T °^ ^^^ Company. Power is given to enter upon lands on both sides of the 
 River, to make and complete the necessary erections for the Bridge, and to survey and lay out 
 BrnL^J^/tS*!!!! '^' **"-'*' as also to set up turnpike gates and toll houses at either end of the 
 Sin Sn!^? to demand anu receite to Is, not exceeding the following rates : For every foot passenger 
 
 S5S iih »L'7a*'-T^ °"* '^''""»5 ^"^^"^ *^""^8^ ^'^^^^^ ^y ^'^e ^""e; ^ith one person, tio 
 sh 1 mw; each addmjnal horse, sixpence i each additional person in the^ carriage, two-pence: neat 
 cattle, four-pence 6iifeh; sheep, calves and hog^ haif-penny each. ^ 
 
 tion of the Aiifceaw* completed in three years after the passing of the Act, otherwise the opera- 
 
 r.«r..MT]tf ^ffi •"'?? provides, that the Bridge shall be constructed of iron wire oi^ chains, in all 
 Kl./r K?* ^'^«»^^,»f d quality to render it safe for life and property; and that it shall not 
 be opened for public use until it is certified t« the Lieutenant Governor by a -.mpetent engineer 
 o be appointed by him, that the Bridge is in all respects of sufficient strength and materifls fw 
 the purpose for which it is intended. » r e « maicfittw lor 
 
 declare™^ ^""^ '^ "°* *° """""^ *''*° ^^^'^^ tijitiUIer Majesty's Royal Assent is thereunto had a»d 
 ♦ > So soonKi^ the ^oyal Assentj is decl^fl^is the intention of the Undersigned/under tlie 
 powers and privileges gianted by the Act, to,ccmmence the construction of the Suspension Bridee 
 therein mentioned, and complete the same as soon as possible, of the following dimensions, or Is 
 near thereto as circumstances will admit. , ^ uimcusiuus, ar as 
 
 The length of roadway between the toWers of suspension will be about five hundred feet ; this 
 
 Sfr^? ^T^f ^Zk^" ^'> ^"* ?" ^* ^"^^* ««^^°*y ^««' above high water level in the RiveJ 
 Sf! IA 1^ ^''t '?1°^ Jis roadway, there wiU be an approach of about one hundred feet, making 
 he whole length of he Bridge about seven hundred feet ; the width of the roadway will Caboirt 
 twenty-three feet with a carriage way of fifteen feet in the centre, and a foot way on each side 
 £Sf Wh'"'^"-^- ^^\^''?«t ^"^ ^«/"?P0«e4 by four iron wire cables of noJless thaS five and a 
 Tif S??^a' ^V*"l-*''i*° u® *^"'®'^ ^^^^"^ * »'*"'^*e **>w«'^ at each end, such towers to be not less 
 tioMWe'sfze ^'^^eight above the roadv[ay, resting on sufficient foundations, and of propo^ 
 
 AH the wood work of the Bridge to be qf hacmatac, or o^her wood of the first quality in the 
 coiintry,and all other materials to be of the best quality. The whole wood work to be wel' Sted as 
 
 corrosior"''*'^* "*^^'' ^"'^ "°^ ^""'^ *° ^' ^"^^ P'"P"^^ and coatTd trpreve" 
 
 The Undersigned proposes to construct Om whole Bridge and its approaches, with toll houses 
 
 K'AlT'y Ta' ''"^"^'^f K^' "^"' ^^ ^° *^« satisfaction of the Engineer' rbeappoTed 
 by the Lieutenant Governor for the sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds Ne5 Brunswick currency 
 mduding compensation for land occupied or damaged. This sum of ^620,000 to be divided into 
 I?^«!t*Sf ? H i/^'; ' f P''**.^^*^®*' Jy '^^ Act, payable as follows : One half the amount subscribed 
 by each Shareholder to be paid on the completion of the said Bridge, and on its being certified as 
 ready for public use; and the remaining half of the subscriptions in three, six, nine, and twelve 
 months thereafter, with interest until paid. .%e Bridge and all its appurtenances and privileges 
 to.be then dehvered to the shareholders, free of all claiins. demands ani Ln-jmK,o«Lo"lC;."!S^ 
 and ail toUs received or earned in the meantime to be then accounted for to the Shilreholdera ' 
 
 Saint J^xhn, If. B., I6th IMEay, 1848. 
 
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 WILLWM K ItEYNOtM.