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 PART II. 
 
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 ininimi of Canada, in the order in which they 
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 The People of tlio Stttto of Now York, reprei^eutea liii 
 
 Senate jviul Astieml>ly, do ciuict a>i fitUown: ■ " ^ 
 
 Sec. I. Allpoi-rtoim wIiohIuiH become Htockhohleiv purBii- " * 
 
 ant to this A<;t wliull be and they are liereliy incorporated a • 
 body corporate, by the name of The International Hritl^e 
 
 Company, M'ith power to aft*ol'iato with any «tli^*»' r^-'^'^^^Sjcomptny mcor. 
 company, associfttion'or corporation in Canachi, fyr thc,con- porBied. 
 Btiniction, maintainln<^ a Urid<ii;e acrosn tlio Nia<,'ftra Uiver, 
 from the City of Ihitfahj ttrfc^onio poM near FoH Ki'ie, in 
 Canadt^', BO iiH not nuiterially to impede the navi«^ation of 
 saidrii-er; saidbridj^e to be eonstructiid in two draw>*, one 
 across Bhick Rock barbor, and the other^jxcrorts the main 
 
 cliannel of the river. j ; . . 
 
 Seo. II. of the Act passed Apnl 17th, iyDr7, was 
 amended April 10, 1858, so ks to readi as follows : 
 
 "The draws of said bridj'o shall tie of ample width to nn.ige to b« m 
 
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 give free and unobstructed passage to all steamboats and owtruct navh{« 
 dthcr vessels navigatiiig> said river/ or 'Lake Erie; they 
 shall be at all times tended and mo^'cd, at the expense of 
 said Company, so as not to hinder d^v. delay the passage oi* 
 any steaml)oat or vessel. From suijidowu to sunrise, <lu4iing '^:, 
 
 the season of lake navigation, suitniblo lights shall be main- 
 tained upon said bridge, to guide all such vessels or steam- 
 boats approaching or passing said draws, and shall, at all 
 
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 times, k^ep in readiness one orniorc steamboats or steam 
 
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gteara iupi Ac, 
 to tow ve»»el» 
 through tU« 
 draws. 
 
 Company liable 
 for (laniage to 
 
 CiipUtil 4 Sharw 
 
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 Notice tequlrcd 
 befDre erecting 
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 Board of Direc 
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 tuK8 suitable for towing sncli vessels tlirongli such draws, 
 ami shall tow all said vessels through said draw, wlien- 
 cver requested to do so by the officers of said vessels on 
 their regular passage up and down the river or harbor, 
 withouf charge. And said Company shall be liable to 
 pay owners of any steamboat or vessel, or the cargoes, 
 thereof, all damages which they may sustain by reason ot 
 any neglect of the provisions of this section. ^ 
 
 Sec hi. The capital stock of said company shall be one^ 
 million of dollars, with thd privilege of increasing tlie same 
 to two millions, io be divided into shares of one hundred 
 dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property. At 
 ■least three montlis before any steps shall bo taken m erect- 
 in.^ the piers for the said, bridge, the Directors herem pro- 
 vided for shall cause to be published in at least two public 
 newi^papers in eacli of the counties of Erie; and Ni(^ra, 
 two of which shall be printed in Buffalo, one at the village 
 ot Tonawanda, and one at the village of Niagara Falls, a 
 notice in which shall be stated the particular location^ ot 
 the brido-o, with reference to known land marks, tllc number 
 of its piers, the l^gth and breadtli of its piers, and the 
 distances between them, the width in the clear of the draw 
 openigs respectively, tlie entire length of the structure 
 frotri land to land, and its height above the water at ordi- 
 nary stages. Two copies of tins notice, the facts of winch . 
 to be verified by the oath of the Engineer, signed by th^ 
 President and Secretary of the Company, and aclmowletlged^ 
 by them before an officer empowered to take the proot ot 
 deeds, shall be made out and severally fikd in the Clerks 
 voffic^^f-^i^Jpunties of Erie and Niagara. 
 
 Sec IV. The stock, property, saffairs and concerns of 
 said company or corporation, shall be managed by a Board 
 of nine Directoi-s, who shall be eaiih stockholders ot said 
 corporation, and shall be annually <;hosep, after the. first 
 election;on the jirst Monday in Jtily. of eacli year; said 
 
 election 
 a major 
 notice s 
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 ocation of 
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 iers of said | 
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 L year; said > 
 
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 election to be held at such place in tli6 city of IJnftaKv •*« 
 
 a majority of the DirectoJ-s shall appohit, of which due 
 
 notice shall be given as shall be hereafter <lirectcd. The AnnuM Meeting, 
 
 Directors shall, at their first meetiiigat^er such, election, 
 
 appoint from their uumber a President, Vice President, 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, who may 1k5 rcrpiired to give 
 
 security according to the by-laws of said corporation. 
 
 Skc. V. Tlie Directors may require from stockholders, 
 payment of all sums of money by them subso4-il)ed, at such caiuf'-c """'*• 
 tinies and in such proptn-tions as may be deemed proper, 
 under the penalty of forieiture of their respective shares, vv — 
 and all payments thereon, first giving thirty days previous 
 notice of sucli call, in one or more newspapers printed in 
 said city of Buffalo. ^ 
 
 Seo.VI. George Palijier,!, George B. Babcbclv, Theodore 
 D. Barton, Ilcnry Martiii,;;Elbridge G. Spaulding, John ^ 
 (Sanson, Frederick V: StiiVcfts, Fayette Bumsey, James G. commissions^ 
 
 ' Iloyt, Charles A. Milliken, bf the city of Buffalo ; James 
 S. JjWadsworth, of Genesco; Alrick Ilubbcll, of ITtica; 
 
 I Bufus II. King, of Albany, Shcppard ICnapp and Thomas 
 
 I „ , . -J^ T^ T ^.. 1 11 1 /^ • • ; Commissioners 
 
 ' AV Gale, ot Kew 1 ork City, shall be Commissioners, who to meet liiTues- 
 
 i ' ., ^ . . 1 1 day in May and 
 
 r shall co-operate with CommisSionei'S wlio are or may be ap- open uooiis, *c„ 
 pointed under a charter for the like purposes, by the 
 Canadian Parliament. Said Commissioners shall, on the 
 first Tuesday in May next, or a$ soon thei-eafter as amnjoi^ 
 ity of said CommisSionei'S shall appoint, meet at some suit- 
 able place in the City of Buffalo, to open the books and 
 receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said cori>or- 
 ation ; they may adjourn said meaat^ng^to any' place in the . ' 
 County of #lrie, wdien they may again open the books, after 
 having kept them open through the business hours of the 
 day, on the first meeting, but no adjournment shall befora ^ ■ 
 less time than one week. Public notice shall be given of the ; V^ i^ 
 first meeting, ten days, and of each subsequent meeting, 
 six days, in one or more newspa"^ rs in the city of Buffalo. 
 
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 Thchookswto opened by one or more of the Commi*- 
 ihc DopkB, Avncu 1 j^ tlu-onjrh the bus mess hours 
 
 5£^VS:A*-Xr:,tr'^:r':C^^n-o a fi.U opportunity 
 
 '"""•'"'•: I ll^in^ "1.0.1 to tl,o capital stock of saia com. 
 
 .: ^ 12m sLall 1.0 paid to said Go,u,„issionc,. attending ■ 
 
 ■ at tlic time of making' sucl.Buliscnpt.on._ 
 
 Sro VII. Any ndli'oad corporation wl.Osei-oadno^v has,« 
 ,un,..,i » ...... .,.,„■ i',c,-caftcr Invvc a terminus at, or shall rnn its trams to 
 
 SraU*. "^^^^.y^^ liuftalo, or any poin\ near EortEno 
 
 aiul take Stock. Ol HOIU bfH^^i vnj ' aIAv, «Vi*fli onv r^^ifl 
 
 , ^ aforesaid, or shall rnn its tran.s m connceUV- « 'J »"y "«« 
 
 ,.vi„c 9 ,ch tcnninus, or upon ,«-hich trams\are .^r sl,oll ho 
 
 „n "; or from said city of Bnfialo atorUd, or any 
 
 . : point nonr Fort Erie aforesaid, may «iU. f V^^"' "i^";" 
 
 Uons owni,.K a majority, of its .stock, loa.l " <='«jl. » 
 
 ■ ho corporation horehy created, or may suh^rihe to and 
 
 hecOn.c the owner of the stock thereof, in l.ke^nanner and 
 
 with like rights as individuals. 
 
 Section VIII of the Act passed April 1.7th, I'SoT.wasso 
 amended April 10th;i83S, as to V-_ead as follows^ . 
 
 "The said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall 
 
 n.eot on the first Tuesday of July next, or assoonlthereafter 
 
 - ,(s a majority of said Commissioners shall appo.n , at therr 
 
 > first place of meeting, and if the whole of tUccaikal stock 
 
 'sliall not have hccn snbscribed, said C«nnnissi«nA-s so at- 
 
 . r tending at such meeting may adjourn Iron, thuc Uo tune, 
 
 c«mmi.*„m .,i thev may deem proper, and open the boons ioMurtnci 
 
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 in»y adjourn 
 from thtie to 
 time ; Auy ili. 
 tribute s.tock. 
 
 siibsciptibn ; and if more tlian tlie wbolc stock shall Imve 
 
 [>'l)ortion 
 advan- 
 
 bW subscribed, shall distribute the same and a 
 itiamong the subscribers as they shall deem inx)s^ 
 • tieous /to the corporation, and after closing the Ix^ks, they 
 shall gi4 ten days' notice in two pul^lic newspai>er8 pub- 
 S^'lJlrlSr.li^hed in the city of Buffiilo, of a meeting j^f |he stock- 
 bolders to choose Directors. The said Commissioners, or 
 
 Buch oi 
 
 tion, ai 
 
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 holderi 
 
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 all have 
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 litfsioners, or 
 
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 Buch of them as shall attend, shall preside at the tirst elec 
 
 tion, and such election shall be inmle at the time and phicc ' 
 
 appointedby the Conuuissioners in their uotices,by such of . 
 
 the stockholders as shall be present in person or by ])ro.\y. 
 
 At the first and all 8Ubse(pient elections each of the stocU- 
 
 holderB shall be entitled to one voty on each share ot stock tj,,r,y day* ,„• 
 
 whichtheyshallrcspcc;)tivuly hold, and which shall have 
 
 stood in their names' at least thirty days prior to the date of 
 any such election, and the said Coniiin>^sioners so presidinj;,^ : 
 
 shall under their hands certity the names of the Directors ? 
 
 so elected, and deliver over the sidjscription money; books -J ,- 
 
 and papers to thc^aidBlrectors. Tlie time and place of the 
 first meeting^of the Board of Directors, shall be fixed by 
 the Commissioners. The Board of Directors, or a majority 
 of tiiem, shall, after having jiublishe^l a notice far fifteen 
 days in two daily papers in the city of Buffido, of their in- ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ 
 tcntion to locate said Bridge, select, and by t^icir certificate ^,"'{,«;«d';i»«='''"'" 
 shall designate the site^of said bridge and the approaches 
 thereto, and shall make two certificates thereof, one of 
 which shall be filed in the Clerk's office in the County of 
 Erie, and the other to be filed with the Secretary of tli€ said ^ 
 corporation, which ai>proaches and site shall be considered 
 the approaches to ami site of said bridge^ on which the said 
 company may construct said bridge, and improve and pei-- 
 fect such approaches, as are hereafter mentioned. -And the 
 said Directors shall have power to cause such examination j 
 and surveys to be made, as may benccessary,'intheir judg-• 
 ment, fortliesele6tibn asaforesaidof the most advantageous 
 site of said bridge, and the a veimcs and approaches leading 
 to and from the same. And for such purpose the DirectW 
 of the corporation hereby created shall have power to ap- 
 point an Engineer, Agents or Officers,;who are authorized 'v 
 to enter upon the lands or waters of any persons for such 
 purpose, but-subject to proper responsibility Ibr all damages 1 — _^, 
 
 which they may do thereto 
 
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 may bt: necei 
 iarjr 
 
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 Sec. IX. The said corporation is jicreby empowered to 
 
 ■purchase, receive and hold such real cwtutc on either Bide 
 
 of tlie said Niagara river, as may be necessary and eon. 
 
 Company to hold „„„:„. *. • • i- i • i , . '' 
 
 i^earesuu that venient in acconiphshmg tlie object fur Avhicli this charter 
 .^^^^^^^^^ ¥id"iayj by their snrveyors and en^i^ineers, enter 
 upon such sites and locations, and take possession of the 
 same. All such sites, and locations as shall be entered 
 ,upon as aforesaid, shall, except donations, ])e purchased of 
 the owner, or owners, at a price to 1)g mutually agreed 
 
 , upon. In cases of disagreement of tlic price to be paid for 
 any such land on the east side of said river, or any other 
 cause which sliall prevent acquisition by mutual agrcejncnt, 
 the said Directors may presenttheir petition to one of the' 
 Justices of the Supremo Court of the Eighth Judicial Pis- 
 trict, setting forth the ncce^ity of such hinds for the site of 
 said bridge, toll-houses, gat6s, or for the accommodation ol 
 the officersor agents of said company, in the execution and 
 
 . discharge oftheir duties, and of tiicatten>pt and failure to 
 piU'chase the same, and the residence of the owner or occu- 
 pant, or agent representing the same, a^id tlie reasons why'thc 
 purchase cannot bo made, and the said Justice shall direct 
 such notice to the owner or reprcscntativi} of such land as 
 he shall deem reasonablcjof the tunc and place of hearing 
 the parties, and upon proof of the due service of such notice^ 
 and upon the hearing, the said Justice shall apjwint three 
 
 competent freeholders of the said County oJErie, to appraise 
 said lands. The said appraisei-s, after ^i^ notice to the 
 owner, occupant or agent, or in case 0/ his, her or their ab- 
 
 " sence, leaving a written notice at the jisual place of residence 
 of such owner, agent or occupant,/ with some person of 
 siutable age and discretion, shall a^^praise said lands, and 
 award to the owner or o^vners thcrebf what they shall deem 
 to bo the full value of tlie same, anldshair make their ap- 
 praisement without delay, under thfeir own hands and seals, 
 and report the same to the said Justice, with an accurate 
 
 . '- ■ ^ • • ■ ' ■ • 
 
 Arbitration 
 clause. 
 
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 JIf 
 
 f cr(?di 
 ? the 3 
 
 use. 
 
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 jwcrod to 
 itiier side 
 
 Jiiul coil' 
 is charter 
 lers, enter 
 w of the 
 3 entered 
 cliased of 
 ly ag-recd 
 
 paid for 
 my other 
 jrecjnent, 
 Jc of the 
 cial Pis- 
 ic site of 
 lation oi 
 itioii and 
 ailurc to 
 • or occii- 
 fwhy[thc 
 II direct 
 
 land as 
 
 liearinjT 
 h notice, 
 nt three 
 appraise 
 e to the 
 heir ah- 
 csidcncc 
 3rson of 
 ids, and 
 xll deem 
 lieir ap- 
 id seals, 
 icciirate 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 and fuU dc8cri(>tioh of the lands dpsignatcd, The said 
 appraisers shall] )C authorized tomatce personal examination, 
 to administer oaths and to take testimony. The said Jus- 
 tice shall examine the report, may hear the parties, if de- 
 sired, and may increase or diminisli tke damages, if he shall 
 be satisiied that injustice has been done. Upon proof .tt> 
 Buch Justice, within twenty days after such determination 
 of the payment to the owner or owners, or of havinj; 
 deposited to his credit, iit such bank as said Justice sliall 
 have directed, the amount of the value of such lajndsj^, find. " 
 the paymcn t of the expenses of the application and ippraisal , ^ 
 the said Justice shall make jin order pat-ticulai-ly describing " 
 thelandsand thcpaymentofthemoney andexpenseSjj^nd the - 
 facts necessary to tile compliance with this section, and whci^ 
 the order shall be recorded in the office of thoClerk of the 
 County of Eric, the said corporation shall be possessed of ^^ 
 the lands tlius ordered, and may enter uppii and take pos- 
 session of the same, andniay. use and improve the same as 
 may be deemed most useful to said coi*}>6ration. .' 
 
 ' Sec. X,, In case any marriedw'oman, infant, idiot, or 
 insane pei*son, non-resident, or person w:hose residence is . 
 unknownv shall be interested in such lands, the said Justice 
 shall appoint some competent and disinterested person to < 
 
 appear before said appraisers, arid act for and in their behalf. 
 
 Sec.* XI. The Directors of the corporation shall have directors to, 
 power to make all reasonable by-laws and rules, consistent™*"®''^*'"* 
 
 with general laws for the government of the Company and . 
 
 its officers and agents. 
 
 %• 
 
 Sicj XII. All the stockholders under this Act , shall be 
 X t severally and individually liable to an amount equal to the stockholders to 
 ^^ amount of capital stock held by them respectively, to the^^JJ^^i^o^the"'" 
 ^ ct^ditors of sucli Company, for all the debts contracted by^*°*'" 
 .1 the Board of Directors or agents of such Company, for its .; 
 
 ■; use, until the whole amount of the capital stock of said 
 
;-.y 
 
 Parsons not to. 
 obstruct world. 
 
 Company is pftid in, and fl/cerlificatothoreaf filed in tlie 
 
 pftioo of tlie Clerk of the • bounty of Erie. Of tlio -Avhole 
 
 capiial stock subscrihcd, o/vo-Iuilf ishall be paid in witlun two 
 
 yeiirrt, and tlic onerjuiir wlthin'tlirte years from the time of 
 
 the incorporation of said.^ompan>. If the Directors of said 
 
 corporation BliaJl oohtraci debts for tlic Company exceeding 
 
 • in tlie arrgregntc tlie ampunt of the capital stoqk, they shall 
 
 priniarily bo personally l/ablb for such excess, and the stock- 
 
 / ■ hohlersshall be secondf^ily liable ibr such excess, in the 
 
 . : '■ V ^^tio of their' respeetiN'e/shards ofitock, ■; ^ 
 
 lirSi;?''"- Skc. XIII. The saidjcorporati^n shall possess the general 
 
 iarchapV.r'' powers and be subject fo the general liabilities prescribed 
 
 Si: ^,j;:::^r'!7 ^'y^^'^^- -^l^t-»th eh.vi>ter of thelfirst part of 
 
 / Spc. XIV. If any person slntU wilfiilly- do, or caiise to bb 
 done, any act or acts whatever, whereby, said bridge its ^ 
 . . I'glits, stations, works,. machinery, fixtures or other am)ur- 
 
 tenances thereto or any part thei-eoi; or any work or approach 
 appertaining thereto, shall 1^ obstructed, impaired, weak^ 
 ened, destroyed 6r injured, tlib person so oflending shall 
 . -^ ■ forfeit to said corporation treble- damages sustained by 
 : . means of such oflfence or injuiy, to l)e recovered in tlic . 
 name of the corporation, with costs of suit, by actioil of 
 
 , (lebt, and Shan, moreovei-, be guilty of a inisderiieanor, and 
 be punislied by fine or imprisonmdnt, or both, % any court 
 having cognizance of the offence. 
 
 Brwge for the ^^'^' ^^' ^^'"^ ''""^^^ '"^ be Constructed as weU for the 
 rrrfar^^ ^^^^p of persons on foot and in carriages and otherwise as 
 .„H ........ for the passage of railroad trains; but all such railroad 
 
 Companies as are mentioned or referred to in the seyerith 
 section of this act, shaU have and be entitled to the same 
 and equal rights and privileges in the passage ofsaidbridge 
 and in ^e use of : the machinery and fixtures ther^f- 
 and ol all the apprQacJies thereto. 
 
 \l 
 
 -*^ 
 
 the fo 
 sengci 
 five c( 
 horse 
 eiiiiitc 
 tiifiUj 
 snyti ( 
 and t^ 
 and t 
 Buqh < 
 head ; 
 per 111 
 half ( 
 
 Seg 
 admit 
 inay c 
 sucli t 
 I propel 
 
 4 ^ot iii 
 
 5 to tiie 
 I appro 
 I and tl 
 
 ■-Iv may t 
 ;^ the sa 
 ^ railroi 
 
 ;'"1- passaj 
 .comp( 
 
 Sec 
 i witho 
 
 ■f 
 
 I 
 
led in the 
 tlie -whole 
 within two 
 Jiotimc of 
 tors of said 
 exceeding 
 thc^ shall 
 tl»G stock- 
 5SS, in the 
 
 ho general 
 prescribed 
 5t part of 
 
 Jiuse to be 
 >*'i<lge, its 
 er appur- 
 approach 
 3d, weak- 
 ling shall 
 ained by 
 3d in the 
 actioil of 
 moi', and 
 my coni't 
 
 sU for the 
 
 erwise as 
 
 railroad 
 
 seventh 
 
 he same 
 
 d bridge, ; 
 
 thereof. 
 
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 r Seo. XVI. Whenever the said bridge shall be completed 
 for the passage of ordinary tcanis and carriages, the said toJii. 
 Cumpany ina^y erect toll-gatet^, fixnitesi of foil, and nuike 
 such erection ;a8 '.the Director.^ may deem expedient to 
 fniard the entraliec on saiid.bridgej' but no greater tolls than 
 the follo\vung slinll bo charged, ' viz : Fur, ever^ foot pas- 
 senger entering upon or passing, over said bridge, twenty- ■ 
 iive cents; for every 'horstiandVidcr, fifty cents; lor eveiy V . 
 horse ami single carriage, sixty c^nta, and ail addition of' 
 cigiitccn and tliree-fonrtli cents tor eveiy passenger ac- 
 tually traveling in such carriage ; all dthcr passengers, the 
 sujja of twenty-five cents cacli ; for each double carriage 
 and two horses^ one dollar, and the Bame rates for passengers, . ' 
 
 and twenty-five cents for each, atlditional horse attached to ' . - 
 suqh carriage ; for sheep passing, one and a half cents x>er' " / 
 
 head ; for swine two cents each ; iRprncat cattle, six cdnts ^ . 
 
 per head ; for each harso, in droves or in. cars, twelve and a 
 iialf cents. ■ . . • 
 
 Sec. XVII. Whenever said bridge is so completed as to oate» ana sy- 
 adrait of the free passage of railroad trains, the said Company ifgroririligl *" 
 inay erect such gates and itxtnres to guard the entrance of 
 sucli trains lipon the bridge as the said Directors may deem 
 proper, and niay makt! such by-laws, rules iand regulations, . 
 not inconsistent with the provisions of this aet, in relation 
 to the use of said bridge, its machinery, appurtenances and 
 approaches, by railroad conijianies, their trains and carriages, 
 and the compensation to bo paid therefor, as said Directors 
 may think proper ; but no discrimination sliall be made by 
 the said Directors, in favour of or against any oho or more . 
 railroad companies, in relation to the approaches or the 
 passage of said bridge^ or the use of its niachinory, or the 
 compensation therefor. \ 
 
 Sec. XVIII. If any person shall force or attempt to force ^'/*fiJ^^J"K*» 
 any gate or guard of said bridge, or the ai)proachc3 thereto, 
 without having paid the cstabliBhed toll ny compensation ' 
 
If ■ 
 
 If-' 
 
 Ir 
 
 a 
 t 
 
 . for passing tlio saroe, bucIi peraon shall forfeit and pay to 
 said Company ^vo times the amount of bucU toll or com- 
 pensation, to bo recovered in the manner aforesaid. ^ 
 Sec. XIX. The said Company sliall havo power to erect 
 »cofferUami.,4c.coflfer dams and such other works in Ulaek Itock harbor 
 y and the Niagara river as may bo necessary for tho construc- 
 " ■\ tion of such bridge, provided tho navigation of said harbor 
 \ and river shall not be unnecessarily obstructed orniaterially 
 impeded by such works, and it shall bo tho duty of said 
 ^ — r--V company to put up and maintain, in the night time, during 
 , tlio scason'bf lako navigation, a good and snlHcient light 
 at^ eacli end of any coffer dam which may bo erected by 
 ^said company; said -light to bo placed at least live feet 
 : above said dam ; and also Buch buoy, during both day and 
 , "»«ht, as may be ncc«(ssary for tlio guide of persons navi- 
 guting said river andl^rbok V 
 
 Skc. XX. The corporrttioiX hereby created sliall have 
 1)0 wer to use any of the sti;jbet8, squares, lanes or alleys of the 
 city of ]5uffcilt), or lands in said city, owned by the people 
 of the Statp of New York, for the erection of siich bridgo 
 and tlic works or approaches thei'eto appertaining, provided 
 the consent of the Common CounciLof the said city of Buf- 
 falo shall first be olitained. ' \ 
 
 i Sec. XXI. If the said bridge be not commeiiced within 
 five years, and completed w'ithin ten years, said corporation 
 shaUlrom thenceforth cease. I 
 
 Sec. XXIT. This act shall take effect: immediately. 
 
 Power to uie 
 BtreetH, Ac. 
 
 LiqitaUon. 
 
 ■i 
 
 ■■ .■■•y^ 
 
.#'' 
 
 imd pay to 
 ;oll or coiii- 
 iuid. 
 
 AVer to erect 
 lock harbor 
 lio construc- 
 
 eaid harbor 
 rinatcrhiUj 
 lutj of said 
 ;imc, during 
 Kvient h'ght 
 
 erected by 
 8t iivc ibet 
 >tli day and 
 jrsons navi- 
 
 shall have 
 alleys of the 
 the people 
 such bridge 
 g, provided 
 cityofBuf- 
 
 ced within 
 corporation 
 
 ately. 
 
 AN ACT (o authorise the CUtj of /ittj'alo to (juarantce 
 >^ttio payment of interest on. moneys e.v/K'nded in the eon- 
 'struetion of a Bridge over thd Niofjara river^ and to 
 raise the funds necessary for the payntent thereof 
 
 Passei) Ai'KiL 17th, 185!^. 
 
 The PcopU; of tb(5 State of Now York, represented in 
 Senate and Assembly, <lo enact as follows : 
 
 , Siic. I. The Common Council of the city of IbiHahi arc 
 hereby authorized, by a vote of two-thirds of tlio members r r^^ 
 
 elected thereto, to guurantcc, as hereiiuifter provided, »» councii m*y 
 annual interest on such an amount of the capital stock off^'^f^*}"'"'" 
 the international liridge Company, incorporated l»y an 
 act of the legislature of the State of New York, passed 
 April 17, 1857, and of the International Bridge Company, 
 incorporated by a statute ot the l*rovincc of Canada, 
 passed in the twentieth yeaiv of the reign of Her Majesty, 
 Queen Victoria, and in fell© third session of the iifth Par- 
 liament of said Province,3^rtnd the royal assent givea by 
 Her Majesty, in council, on the twenty-seventh day of 
 August, eighteen hundred and iifty -seven, as shall be neces- 
 sary and Bufticient to constinict and complete a bridge across 
 the Niagara river, at the said city of Buflalo, and to defray 
 the expenses of suitable approaches, fixture's and other ex- 
 penses provioled for by the said acts ; the figgrcgatc amount ■ 
 of said capital stock so authorised to be guaranteed, shall not 
 exceed the sum of two millions live hundred thousand dol- 
 lars; the rate of intei'cst during the construction of said 
 bridge, its appvoaclies, Hxturcs and appurtenaiicc , shall 
 not exceed four per cent, per annum, nor shall such rate of 
 interest bcjo guaranteed for a longer term than three years, \ 
 
 fi'om the^^TOHiencement of such construction. 
 
 Sec. n. The Common Council may, by a contract with 
 the said companies, designate the day when the work shall bet^n,' 
 be commenced, or . be deemed to have been commenced, 
 
 Day for work' to 
 
 .1 
 
years, from tlio eo.mnonccm „t > \ , ""' <" ""'«<' 
 i.r.„„„.ta said citv to ,>„„ "I"'"""""™' "'<"-0"f, tlio liability of tlio 
 tom.M..i., ""' <^"y to jmy said interest slmll ceiso i.ntn ,i 
 
 Bliall Iio com]ilctcd. "" "oaso nntil tho eaiiie 
 
 • - shall 1.0 a„thori.od and on , V,. i "" '''"""•"" Council 
 
 M«c„„.,.»tofiirthernf.rooand«>nl, t,v!,i ,, '. . *"""" '""O, to 
 
 ei-l<™'' tho said hrid..c h, ' , :""■■"'' '^^""•l''-"""-. tl."t Won ■ . 
 
 amount agreed , , '^^ "^ "l'P'**«'<''l«S, fixtures i.iirl o ...> . 
 
 ».»». »"' "''•O'- W"i*V«l..dn,o e,,n, do.c. ^n ' „1 'r ''" 
 
 .;, - 'V,llg„amn,ee and pay a,t, nln.ua. iXlr^ 
 
 , 81X per cent. i)er annnm in n v ' ' ^'^'<*^'^'<J'nS 
 
 equal to «.o aetna^Aua i ;'^ *t '::7' ™"' "'-l-m-c. 
 construction of tho B.n;,l ,, •* ' '•<""1"C""-''' "' tho 
 
 ' . 'wo™monflvo^:sr^„:;":ijir#-^ 
 
 exceQdingfifloenvoa«nft I '''■''' ""'/" term „„t 
 
 »na,..itio.,s,to„ohi-\:^l~^^ 
 
 'i' 
 
 
IT 
 
 i" iutcrest tic- 
 '8 of money, 
 ^tion of gai<r 
 *itioii of suit- 
 hikI |ui)incnt 
 "■CO montliB, 
 ^>iin actunlly 
 t^l« construc- 
 t"(il coinplo- 
 m from tJio 
 
 ode of jiscor- 
 
 lioComiriim 
 fee irio-ntlifi. 
 
 »d all other 
 to be done, 
 'fi of throe 
 lity of the 
 tJio same 
 
 •n tlio 1)1 c- 
 '» Council 
 3 time, to 
 ^hat wlien 
 I'ttMiances, 
 • "so, tliey 
 
 •A'cee(h"nfr 
 ho ai,'rced 
 i>'npanios 
 es in tho 
 sum of 
 term not 
 h bridge 
 'mnents 
 Jnlrol of 
 
 ■ . - t, 
 
 iho bridge, ond toueblnj^ tho cxi)cndituri' of tlio oonn)aiiie», 
 
 as umy bo decnied iidvirtiiblo for tlie iiidomnlty of tho city, , , 
 
 land upon tho iij^rcemeiit. of tho comimnicrt faithfully and '5 
 
 UiWy to pcrforni and cxocuto the i)r«>vif*ii>nrt of thirt soction, 
 
 [and upon the guaranty and payment herein mentioned being 
 
 "made, dependent iipon the iVill and laithful executi«»n and 
 
 performance of all and t-inguhir, the conditioww and agree- 
 
 mcnts by the Raid eompaniert, to bu performed and kept, and 
 
 of the faithful execution by them ot the provisions ot thift 6cc- oomni.m roun- 
 
 tioiK During tho period of tbc uforeftttid guaranty, fhccimrK.... 
 
 iQto lh« Illy. 
 
 ■#-^ 
 
 Board of Directorrt ami the ('ommon Council Bhall lix the 
 tollft and charges to be paid ft)r the use of Baid works, ac- toiu ib b» p*id 
 cording to the chartersof wiid eompanicB, which toUft tho 
 said companicB Bhall collect, and bhall, on tlio first Tuesday 
 ill each month, \my over, for tlio solo us 3 of eaid city, the 
 amount so collected, to the Treasurer of tho said city of 
 Buftalo, reserving therefrom only a sum Bufticient to defray 
 the eurrcnt expenses of said bridge, and the ordinary re- 
 pairs actually and necessarily made, tho whole or any part 
 of which may bo fixed by contract between tho parties 
 aforesaid, such payment to bo accompanied by a monthly 
 abstract of receipts and disbursements, verified under oath 
 by the officers of said companies. ' 
 
 Sec. IV. If for any cause not produced by the said city, mterettio ceue 
 
 the said bridge, its approacheB, draws, machinery, fixtures, repiir;' 
 
 or appurtenances, shall, within the term of not exceeding 
 
 fifteen years, become impassable or dangerona, tho said 
 
 guaranty ,„of interest shall cease, and be suspended until 
 
 said bridge, its approaches, draws, machinery, fixtures, or 
 
 , 1 11 1 ^' ■■ 1 i. • 1 • i» Company tort- 
 
 appurtenances shall be put in complete repair, and in a sate pair at own 
 
 condition for use, by the said Companies, and at their own ' 
 
 expense and charges ; and during said suspension of travel 
 
 over, or use of said bridge, the said city shall not bo liable 
 
 to pay any interest on th6 said guaranty. . , 
 
 Sec. Y. The sum necessary for tho payment of the in- 
 
,'^. 
 
 »" 
 
 ■ »■.» 
 
 «ii«..i#/ ' "»'ncMHlo(| III (1,0 nununl (.«(i 
 
 It 
 
 y^ 
 
 
 /•'■ til in A<.f,H|,a||H,. 
 <'<>Mi|.tr.»II,.|., niaWc 
 :«*<•'» yt'iir, aiul |i,viV,| 
 
 '"'•rtiil oit 
 
 r-- bonds of ,,,„„„;;^~^^^^^^ yo„„ ,,:.„ ,,,;, 
 
 «xeoc,li„„ .even 3 .I ,'" ""•"^' '•""'■'»« ■"> inte.v., „„t 
 city, „, „„„ .„ 1,0 enft :;':!;:•';'''''''•, .^" l"'rt ..'• «Hl,l 
 
 Stt-. vr. TI,o Commun C„„„„ii ,,„, . 
 
 powom conferred )■„ .1 '^'"""-", 'wloio e.vorc sina- i|,„ 
 
 •'•— sped.., clee t 'i ir"'""*' "r^""""- "' '«'- « 
 
 ""id city, iW tl ,^^..11" rTr'"'"". '-^ "'" ^•'""•'- »f 
 to aaccrtain v,hotI,e t ' „rl^ /'"« "' "1'"''"' «'<"^'io"". 
 
 ' I'c^onB voting or oLXTr"!,"''-''''''''''"™^^ 
 
 fto clectoiB of said tv foT2 ' 'T "''*""'**^° ™»« to 
 
 . «i>«''e-rg«ncm,oSo:,rr:,:rf'''*T''"'""^^ 
 
 visions of existing laws at ! • "'"^■' ""<*■• "'<' I""- 
 
 F.m«..„.. this Act. The cSmm™ ^unl ,'"» """'■"'" l"""*" "»• 
 
 i^pocto.. of election" •" e^c "1: '•'" r"''" " ""^ *-' "'« 
 
 .,;:;•, be ,«1tte„ or printed thc^S ' F„^ m V"",'''"*''' ^'■»" 
 
 f . "Against aid to the Ndl " l^ ""","'" '""'S"''" ' 
 ^-Ptopen ^the^ceptionX J-:i''- t'Lt , 
 
 I 
 
 -^."■/r"''"' . 
 
 i^^>. 
 
tioII<'i-j riiadi! 
 •» niul Ievio.1 
 
 Hy piir|»<)He« 
 'X'il, ill thoir 
 fJ"<' intorortt 
 
 I 't'ni|K»mi«y 
 
 Hl IHSIIO tll(! 
 
 i'ltcrcsf, nut 
 
 "H of* H.<l{(l 
 
 i''»i].f from 
 rrcd uiulci- 
 
 <''i^«iiff tho 
 " order n 
 cimrter of 
 elect ioiifl, 
 1 ai)provo 
 li election 
 iauner as 
 'Crs; ami 
 > niul tho 
 3 applied 
 '^nnio to 
 1) ut any 
 tlic pro- 
 wsuge of 
 < for the 
 lid citj, 
 eli shalf 
 n'Jdge," 
 liall bo 
 10 cloc- 
 
 :%■. 
 
 10 
 
 !?" 
 
 V 
 
 lull illKtrictf in Raid clt^r,, if at a «pcciftl elfictloli^ from nine 
 j'clock in tlio inornin« until aovoii o^imIc In tilt t'veninjj:, 
 
 m tho day of hucIi clet'tiou; if at a chaitir ofl^niwral 
 jlootion, thon during tho poritxl tlio Uher |^8 n^al^ bo 
 'o\mi at tho Haiiio olocliou. On tho etlto of^ki po%, tho 
 
 depoHitcd ill tho boxo«, in tho iiianiier liow rifjuirid 1^ law 
 in tho election of citjIDtHccrH, and make acortirtwr tliere- 
 of, Btatinjjf the uuinhw oT ballots caht " For JJLto tho 
 bridge," and tho nnmtipr " Against aid to thK^^pdga ; ** 
 and within ^uo dayrt thaireafter, i^mll tile the Haid (^tifiwato 
 in tho oftlco of tho eity dierk. Tho Mayor and c 
 nhall immediately i)rocoo4 to eanvans the ballots th 
 
 
 / 
 
 CtnrM* of v%t#: 
 
 tied and returned, and nw*!^ their eorti^cato, stal 
 wholo number of ballotri "I'^or aid to the bridge,'^ and 
 i "Against aid to tho bri%e,!,' and sign and file Itlie said 
 certificate in tho oftice of tJio city clerk, and report th*£o- 
 Hult of Bald canvaHt) to tho Common Council, at the wmt 
 nicoting thereof. 
 
 qI( 
 
 , Sec. VII. When the Comlon Council ahall order an elec- 
 tion in pureuanco of tho foUegoing section, they shall, at Kntbiing Acito 
 the saine meeting, order and iiroct thirt Act to bo publisliod ''•^'"'"•''•r'!- 
 three dayrt *hi each of tho daily^papers printed Mid published 
 in tho waid city of Buffalo, th© last publication to be mado 
 two dayri before the djiy ai>pohitcd for the holding of sucli ' 
 
 special election. _ ;_l 
 
 Seo. VIIT: This Act shall tjce efiect immediately. 
 
 / 
 
 •"V 
 
-;/... ■■•.: ■ ■" . ■. '.■ ' ■•■■ -i^O:- :: ■■■: 
 
 ^^ ACT to amcn^ an AcLentitled^^A'n Am / • ' ^ 
 porauthe International J^^ ^"^^^ 
 Amil -i^th mr.7 „ J ,j]^^^^P^^yy passed J 
 
 / The People^ of the State of ]SrnAv Ynvt ' 
 
 . l.erol,y ..tended bo as to tad t' "fT'"'"'^^ *''«'~''' « 
 co.,™„.™„, »„,.,., _ '■° "^ •"'•ead aa follows :— , 
 
 »«■"•"•"« ^ ^^- ^*^ '"« «'"<1 Bridge shall nit be common™! •., • 
 five yeara from the flm day of Xfil IT "'''"" 
 
 •liindred and sixty-seven ami T .' ? "'"""""J ^'S'" 
 
 thereafter said c'o ^ 1"',, ff"' .T"''" *™^-- 
 toexist. ' ■ °"^''"'V'^«'n.T«>enceforth.ce^^ 
 
 •; • ^2- This aet Shan take eScet immediately. ; #' •■ 
 
 <7 
 
 '€ 
 
 CHAPTEH 550. 
 
 which shall hereaff^^h. v ' '^"^^ ^ C'awa^a, ^ 
 
 Hie People of the State of New Yc.1 
 Senate and Assembly do enlt n«T if ' """P^^^^^ ^*^ 
 S™. I. It shall and may be la^fi,, fe,,. Corporation 
 
 1 
 
 ■;^ 
 
21 
 
 represented in 
 
 - U- . ^ 
 
 act, to incor- 
 " passted April 
 17 thereof, is 
 
 nonced witliin 
 housand eight 
 I Jin five years 
 "ceforth cpase 
 
 ... *W-' " ■ ■ 
 
 t to incoi^- 
 assed April 
 ion of said 
 'ofoi'dncor- 
 Canada, 0^ 
 h€ taws If 
 
 esen(6d in 
 orporation 
 
 I created by the Act entitled ♦' An Act to incorporate thfl^ 
 International Bridge Company," passed April 17th, l85T|prctto unit*, 
 to unite Iw^ith any other Bridge Company or Corporation . 
 heretofore incorporated- by the laws of the Province of' ' 
 
 Canada, or hereafter to be incorjwratcd by the laws of the' ■ 
 Dominion of Canada, for a similar purpose, and to enter*^ 
 
 .into all required contracts and agreements therewith. 
 
 Sbc. II. . Section thirteen of the said act is hereby amended 
 
 so as to read as follows : » . 
 
 " The said Corporation shall possess the general powers, 
 
 and be subject to the restrictions and liabilities prescribed A«nendraentof 
 
 in title three, of chapter eighteen, of part first of the revised ^*'' 
 
 statutes, so far as the same, are applicable thereto." 
 
 Sec. III. It shall, and may be lawfid for said Corporation 
 t,o consolidate its stock, property, and francliises with the '**''" •""""'« 
 stock, property, and franchises of any Corporation now ex *.' 
 isting under the laws of the late Province of Canada, or 
 hereafter to be ineoi-porated under and by virtue of the " 
 
 laws of the Dominion of Canada, for the purpose of 
 creating and maintaining a bridge across the Niagara river, 
 at or near the village of Fort Erie, in tlie county of Wei' 
 land, to the city of Buffalo ; and which * Corporation shali*^ * 
 be authorized by the laws of the said Dominion of Canada^ 4^ 
 to enter into such consolidation, under the conditions and. 
 provisions, and With the effiict herein provided. ^ i 
 
 Sec, IV. The Directors of the several Corporations pro- 
 posing to consolidate may enter into a joint agreement in Joint agreement 
 duplicate, under the corporate seal of each of said Corpora- "''"''"''" : 
 tions, prescribing the terms and conditions thereof; the • 
 
 modeof carrying the same into effect, the name of the new • 
 Corporation, the numbers and names of the directors and ^ ' 
 officers thereof; and wlio shall be the first directors and 
 officers thereof; and their places of rcsideiice, the "nui^ber vi ::::_:;: 
 of sliarcs of tlic capital stock, the amount or par Value of ^" 
 each share, and the manner of converting the capital stock ^ 
 
 
- > • .* 
 
 other olHcom orJr^^Co^ '•°" '»& direCo^ or 
 
 perfect snch new orcimizstfnn^,.,^^^'" "e^asafyto 
 Corporation,. "'«T""""' ™^ «'« consolidation of said 
 
 w»».>, u I'oI<fere of eMVoS'cor^!'''"-^ 8>>bmitted to the Stoek- 
 
 5aS„. to beheld separated fi^hT "''''' ''"'>''''»8''''''-<'o'-, 
 '"• into consideration. •»^„/"'^f"»^**^^ 
 
 meetings, and the .MS" reof !l n'? """ ^^'^ "^ '«<* 
 
 ^^^ »' P™M notices, SS to I'rft^^'™"'^^"-'"™ 
 
 names, at the time of cwTl, °* .''•'' P*"^^"' in -"-l'^ 
 
 of snch Corp„n.tio„slallsird It/'":' *'""--"P'« ^""=k 
 , ': poratioqs, and delivered to snl" ' '"""'^ "^ ^""l' C«- 
 
 addressed to tl,enf byml-l (/?, '^'"''•'"' '•o^pectively, or 
 
 : ,^«'»<'-.'o the^eoSt J^;;^- »dd..esssha„ 
 
 by a general notice, to be dIkIi i^^ '""'"°' ""d a'^o 
 
 . P-^l-edinthecitiiofK^^ newspaper 
 
 for two successive weelfi A /,""'"'*'""' ^oot, 
 
 holder, such agreement sLllt! "","'"'""«' «'' ^'""k- 
 
 by ballot taken for tl™Uo„ """''?"''''''' *"<• «'« vote 
 
 Tta,..,„„». each share of stock entitlinfM!!.'^ T''"?"'"" ""^ *« «a>nc, 
 
 ▼oU required. „„j •,, ,, '^^^''"S tile Jioldor fJioi-rt/^«* * ' 
 
 and said ballots to be cast in person '■ "'"' ™'^' 
 three-fourths of the votes ofTtT' ! V,^"'°'=-^! "»«• if 
 Corporations shall be fo^ the , ''" .'"^"^'""''^'^ of such 
 : - : ment, then that iac^^haP be ,. • k!;'? °^ *•"''' ■>«••««-- ^ 
 
 .:- duplicates, by the See,::^^^^^^^ 
 
 nnder the corporate seal! there,^, ••,";:':, '^"'•ir'«"«"^. 
 went shall be so a<loptedL tl!l the said ag,.og. 
 
 : ;, *oI4older.of eJ,^f -.^W t ''''':^"™ "'»<=ti"*^6t- the^^^ 
 
 . eatesoftheagrcemel™'^^:"-;;^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 A^».. t.ficates^he«=on, shall be filcdi^''t,"'tffi •*'";. T*"* - 
 f-StLJ-cS.- r^t^y "f/tote «f tl-o State of Zw Tot "..v'"^''''- 
 
 '/ 
 
3 new Corpdra- 
 g, directors or 
 all be elected, 
 n necessary to 
 idation ofsaixl 
 
 ^to tlieStock- 
 Jeting thereof, 
 ^Jngthe same 
 place of such 
 en by written 
 8ou§ in wh^e 
 capital stocfc 
 ofsuchCor- 
 pectivelj, or 
 address shall 
 'ns, and also 
 ^ newsier 
 ►hceaweek, 
 rs of stock- 
 rid the vote 
 f the same, 
 to one vote, 
 ^xj; and if 
 ei'8 of siic]i 
 icli agrec-^ 
 ^cb of said 
 I'PQJ-ations, 
 uiid agroe- 
 ^"gsof the 
 'thedii|)h*- 
 
 said| cer- 
 ■'the Sec- * 
 tlie otiier 
 Dominion 
 
 of Canada; and stiid agreement Bhall from thence be 
 taken and deemed to be the agreement and act of cdn§oli- ' - 
 dation of such Corporations, and a copy of such agree- 
 ;inent so filed, and of the certificates thereon, properly ccr- K»«d«nc,. 
 "tified, shall be evidence of the existence of such new Cor- 
 poration. 
 
 Sac. VI. Upon the making and perfecting of said agree- ^ ^ 
 ment and act of consolidation, as provided in the preceding 
 section, and filing said agreement as in said section pro- 
 vided, the several Corpoi-ations, parties thereto, shall be 
 -deemed and taken to be consolidated, and to Yorm one ~ 
 Corporation by the name in said agreement provided, ' 
 possessing all the rights, privileges and franchises, and 
 subject to all the disabilities and dutiesj of each of such 
 Corporations so consolidated, except as herein provided ;u.w„He, of 
 but nothing in this Act contained shall be Construed as in«oSor»tf 
 any manner impairing any liability agSinst the Corpora- '"^"* ""' 
 tion in the title of this Act mentioned ; but such liability " 
 shall continue against the consolidated Corporation con- 
 templated by this Act. 
 
 Sec. VII. Upon the consummation of such Act of consoli- 
 dation as aforesaid, all and singular the property, real, 
 personal arid mixed, and all rights and interests appurtenant; ^^^~ " 
 thereto, all stock, subscriptions and all other debts due on 
 whatever acco^it, a^d other things in action belonging to 
 such Corporation^, on either of them, shall be taken and 
 deemed-to be transfen-ed to and vested in such new Corpo- 
 ration, without fnrthe/ acf or deed; provided, however 
 that all rights of creditors, and all liens upon the property 
 of either of said Corporations, shall be unimpaired by such i-eg^i pmc.*! . 
 consolidations ; and all debts, liabilities and duties of either *"*'" 
 of said Corporations, shall thenceforth attach to said new 
 Coi^oration, and be enforced against it to the same extent ' 
 as if said debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or ' 
 
 
 ■^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 -:•/■; 
 
attected by such consohdRtion ; but for all tbo purposes of 
 
 B« f to" r I'"«'^<«»g.»««'' Corporation maJbedZc^ 
 Bt.Il to em, or 6aid new Corporation may be substitXl 
 m such action or proceeding in the place thCf 
 
 holTera^i„!v T.™""'"^ «»»»oIWation of the stoelt- 
 ».^lXrCoLty G„,roVtheOr„„ ^Z*^"*'^''' *"™'' »' «'« 
 
 when coufl^ed by the s^:!;^ l^rS'l*'''"' 
 
 ^fTntl frS t ^; tf ^' "'"^^ 
 any depreciation or "p:„;^^^^^^ 
 
 consolidation 'And tE*^^ conseqnence of the said . 
 
 tion, either nay to said Lt^^'^T""" ""y- »' '*^ «'^-'- 
 so fonnd andTwlrded ^/^''^^^^ '''« a,„o„„t of damages 
 
 said stocUioWr -hall hal ^:, "■■ "'" "■""""' '^'"«J' «>« 
 as af^esaid/' LTir th? "" '"" ''°'''^' ^"* ■'"«'^' 
 paid upon such 11 Wirt -r^""""' ''^ "'^ amountso 
 
 holder 111 trereiSrlnsf 'T''' '^r'""' ^""^ ^'o^k- 
 -«.o.de.. Andincase«^:^'^f-:„;t-^"^ 
 
 Arbitration. 
 
ition, hereby 
 
 ► shall refuse 
 >lidated Cor- 
 p after the 
 f thestock- 
 ition to the 
 ict, or the 
 ge of either 
 1 sit therein 
 id Corpora- 
 3timate the 
 lid consoli- 
 )^ of them, 
 and con- 
 10 appraise 
 d thereon, 
 regard to 
 >f the said 
 t its elec- 
 * damages 
 ^hich the 
 li interest 
 nount so 
 3h stock- 
 y him to 
 directors 
 maininsf 
 liall not 
 
 ' ■ ■ '■■','■ ■ '> . . 
 
 pay the amount of said damages, or the amount paid by 
 
 the Btockholder upon the said shares of stock to such stock- JOyC**^,"' n?"- 
 
 holder, with interest within thirty days after the filing of" 
 
 Buch award in the office of the Clerk of the County of Erie, 
 
 the Court, upon the apidication of such stockholders, shqJ-l " 
 
 dn-ect a judgment for the amount of such damages, together 
 
 with interest thereon from the da|e of such award, to be 
 
 entered and docketed agaiuBt such iiew Corporation, which 
 
 shall be collected in the same manner as other judgments 
 
 of said Courts. 
 
 Sec. IX. The capital stock of such new Corporation shall stock ^^^^p^j. 
 be personal property, and no stockholder shall be liable for 
 the payment of any debt or obligation due by said Corpo- VJ 
 
 ration, except as providcd'in the following section : 
 
 Skc. X. AH the stockholders in said new Goi-po^ation u^bmty of 
 
 ,,,- , 1. Stockaolderi aiid 
 
 sliall be severally and individually hable to an amount Directon. 
 equal to the amount of the capital stock held by thbm 
 respectively to the ereditoi-s of such Corporations, until the 
 whole amount of the capital stock shall have been paid |n 
 and a certificate thereof filed in the office of the Clerk Ijf 
 the County of Erie ; but all payments on the capital stoc 
 of the Companies so consolidated shall, for the pui-posp 
 this, section, be deemed payments on the capital of sai( 
 new Corporation/ If the directors of such new CorporationV 
 shall contract ifebts for said Corporatipn, which, with the^ 
 debts assume(J by it by such act of consolidation, at any 
 one time shail exceed the amount of its c^apital stock, they 
 shall be primarily personally liable for such excess, and the 
 stockholders shall be secondarily personally liable for such 
 excess i/ the ratio of their respective shares of stock, j 
 
 SW. XI. The said new Corporation shall have power J»;;Jj»;j|"« 
 frpni tune to time, to borrow such sums of, money as^may 
 be necessary for constructing and completing its bridge, 
 and for 'the acquiring of the necessary real estate for the 
 
P«noDs damag- 
 ing Bridge. 
 
 i ■■ . 26 ■' 
 
 Bite thereof ^nd approaches thereto; and to mortgage its 
 corporate property and frauchises to secure the payment of 
 any debt which shall be contracted 1^ sucM^l:^ 
 ^U^urposes aforesaid . ,,, ,^, ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ 
 
 gagedebt of such Corporation shall not at any time exceed 
 the sum of one million dollars. "o exceea 
 
 Sbo. XII. At all meetings-of the Stockholders of the Cor 
 porat,on named in. the title of this Act, or ofritocT 
 ho ders of such new Corporation, each stockholder sh^ll be 
 entitled to cast one vote ior each share of stock h^ bv 
 him, and to vote either in person or by proxy ^ 
 
 f.^f^' 7^'^P''^'^^'^^"^^^ Sections Fourteen andEii- 
 
 ^id i^ t "^""^ '""'^'' ^"^ all other pr3 
 ' I 111 . °ot inconsistent with the provisions hereol 
 Bhan be and i.main in force with reference to tCa^^ 
 Corporation and any bridge.which shall be ejected b/it 
 
 ' Seg. XIV. This Act'shairtakeefiect immediately. 
 
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 <?■■•.'*■ 
 
 20x11 Vm, GAP. 227. 
 
 jiN ACT to Incorporate the International Bridfje Com- 
 ■ jpany. ... 
 
 WiiEREAB, the coiistruction of fi Bridge across tlio Nia- ; 
 gara Biver, at or near the village of Waterloo, in the Town- 
 Bhip of Bertie, wonld be of great advantage to the public^ 
 and the persons hereinalter named (amongst others) have 
 petitioned for an Act of Incorporation for facilitating that 
 object : Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice 
 and consent of the Legislative Conncil and Assembly of 
 Canada, enacts as follows : 
 
 I. David Christie, John Fraser, John Oldfield j ^^^bert ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^._ 
 It. Barlow, TUios. Mayne Daly, Joseph B. Clement, Allen reou.™. 
 Cleghorn, Alexander Douglas, William. A. Thomson, 
 Midiael II. Fol«y, Angus Morrison, John Wilson, George B. 
 Sonthwick, and all such otiierperson or persons as shall, un- 
 der the provisions of this Act, become subscribers to or pro- 
 prietors in the Company hereby intended to be incotporated, 
 shall be and ai-e hereby united into a Cojnpany, for construct- 
 ing, maintaining,- working and managing a Bridge across 
 tli^ Niaf'ara Uiver, from some point at or near the village ^ 
 of Waterloo, (known as Fort Erie,) in the said Township * 
 ofBertie,totheCitypf Buffalo, according to the rules, 
 ordersanddirectionsof this Act, and shall for that purpose 
 be a body corporate and politic by the name of the f 
 "international Bridge Company," And the said Company ^ 
 sliall bCj and tliey, arc hereby authorized and empowered ' ; 
 from and after the passing of this Act, by themselves, then: v ; 
 : agents, officers, workmen and' servants, to make and «ora- 
 
 r ■ .. ! , 
 
t.mee„„ .,,<,„. alienate and dispo^rtwldT 
 
 -■."#-■ ■■.■■■■.■■ ■ ■'■ 
 
 E?i'f« one h.,„d™d dona. \ath 'wit": &,lt7 "' 
 
 to.nc,j»,se , ho said eapUal stock- 16 one riirl,""" 
 euch shares as aforesaid shall h« «,,rfVi """'i 
 
 -: - -r; vested in the .harehoId:«t^^"^":r'« '"^ hereby 
 : tors ato^^^^^^ 
 
 Mjr •.ttiK)* _ ^"-'"o iflereirom , and the said sharoholdom v,. 
 
 , , held by them respeetively, whensoever they respee X 
 , consider fit, subjeet, however, to the byiawe J«, 'Im 
 . Company to be made by the Direetor« he^Zfte. „„.!,', 
 
 ed, and a», hereinafter provided ■ and tl,„ •> i ™™'"'"- 
 - >eheld J..ona^esta^Lt«^;,^^^^^ 
 
 any portion of the said capital stock h, to hitT.? ^ 
 shareholder shall be liable for the pt™'' t nf ' , ? "" 
 • .obligation dne by the sdd Cor^^^S™ .^^^ '^^ 
 ■• V amonntoftI.osharesl.ei)lbylLi„thesC^ ""1'*^ 
 
 III. At all meetings of the said Corporation, each 8hw 
 holder mayvote by proxy duly appointed in wnW „; • 
 person, and shall !» ™u.i„i !i :. . " "n^'i'ting, or in 
 
 Shareholders 
 
 SC^' P-O". and shall ie entitled i;ror;;^'rSr '" 
 . Wbyliimi„,hi»owni,ame,eri„tLnIn^^ 
 ; , , the person or persons of wliom he may be the hci,^!^T 
 :, ; »• theproperlegal-exeentor, administi^to: orSte^'^ 
 ; '>^'°"'r«°ale°d»rmomJip,.vion,t„t,„davo^^ r 
 
 
 
29 
 
 and all quoitioin propoAod or Huhiuittod t'oi- the coiisidem- 
 tloii of the said nieetin^rt shall ho liiially dotcnaiued hy tho 
 innjority of Bueh votes. 
 
 IV". The peraons horcinheforo named, or tho majority of 
 them, shall cause hoolts ol siihscnption to ho opcnc<l m tlie e<L 
 village, of Waterloo jiforosaid, in tho Town of Hrantford, -. 
 ftud in the City of Toi-onto, for thirty dayt*, atul afterwardt* 
 in riuch other places as they may from time to time api)oint 
 until the meeting of the shareholders hereinafter provided 
 for, for receiving the subscriptions of persong willing to bcj- ^^ -^ 
 come subscribei-s to tho said undertaking, and for thispur-Noikeiobe 
 poa'e it sliall be their duty, and they are hcroby ro(iuircd "''"' 
 to give public notice in one or more newspapers published 
 in the County of Welland, in the Town of Brantford, and 
 in the said City of Toronto, respectively, as they or a nia- 
 jority of them may think proper, of the time and places at 
 which 'such books will be opened and ready for receiving 
 subscriptions as aforesaid, the persons authorized by them 
 to receive subscriptions, and a chartered bank or i)anki# 
 into which the ten per cent. tliereOn is to be paid at the 
 time herehiafter limited for such payment ; and every per- 
 son whose name shall be written iii'BUch books as a sub- | 
 
 scriber to the said undertaking, and shall have paid within ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 
 ten days after the closing of said books into tho bank or ii.mk. f 
 banks aforesaid, or any of tlio branches or agencies thereof, ^ 
 .ten per centum on the amount of stock so subscribed for, 
 to the credit of the said;, Company, shall therolty become a 
 shareholder of the said Company, and shall have tlic same 
 rights and prtvilegps as such as are hereby conferred on the 
 several persons who are herein mentioned b}' name a« mem- 
 bers of the said corporation ; aiid such ten per centum sh;ill 
 not be withdrawn from the said bank or banks or otherwise 
 applied, except for the purposes of the said Comi«iny jv 
 \ipon the dissolution thereof foi' any cause whatsooN'fr"; 
 Provided further, thai if the total amount of subpiM-iptions, 
 
 A . ■ ■ ■ ■■■■ ".' - \ 
 
 % 
 
 ■%. 
 
, . .1 .. / 
 
 80 
 
 ' ,1 J: ^?r'' "^ ''*~^""''^™<' »»•'«% 'I'oUBand dollars or 
 
 \r'JT \r y ^*:>'« P»^evi0U8 notice thereof Hlmll ho 
 
 gne ,n the newspaper, > hereinbefore provided ntl 
 
 Dlr.c.or,cho.en. fourth section ofthiBAcf- flt ivkJnl. '1 ^ "^*™ ^" '''G 
 Volesbyprcy, ' ^^'^^ ^"chfirst, and at evcrv SUbsPfinpnf „« 1 
 
 I 
 
^ ^ 
 
 31 . 
 
 nuinbor of nlmrcs, hIiuH choom niiio pcrsouB tluMi being 
 iharoholderH in tho Raid Corporation,' whicli pcrdonft ro 
 chosen shall Ik? tho Board of I)irecto«J trmahiigo, direct, 
 and carry on tho afVuin* and bu!*»itca« of tho wtid Corpora- 
 tion for ono year next foll^^ing Ruch annual meeting, or 
 i,\intil another Hoard of Pi1recti>r8 shall ho appointed; and 
 particularly bucIi maters and things aft are by thift Act 
 hereinafter dircotcd/and autliorized to bo dtme by such 
 Directors, and as shall, from time to time, bo ordered by 
 RUch annual or other general mcwtimjR of tlio said pharc- 
 holders ; and shall have power to ^ime^nd appoint from 
 the membei-B of tho said Board, a PrcBidont, Vice-l*reHi-o„„,.,, 
 dent, Treasurer, and Secretary : And at any meeting of ''«""*»"• 
 the said Directors duly held, any. seven members of »uch 
 Board shall be a quorum, and may exercise tho powers of 
 th^ said Board ; Provided always, that micIi Breftident, or 
 vice-President in the absence of the President to bo cho»en 
 as aforesaid, in addition to his own vote, shall have a cast- 
 ing vote in case x>{ an equal division of votes, at tho mceir- 
 ines of the aforesaid Directors : Pr'ovided always, that suqIi 
 Board shall, from time to tnae, make reports of their pro-*»poru. 
 ceedings to, and be subject to examination and <;6ntrol of 
 the said general meetings of the shareholders, and shall 
 pay obedience to all such orders and directioii^ ii» and 
 about the premises as shall, frwn time to time, he ordered 
 and directed by the said shareholders at any sucli general 
 meetlojg, such orders and directions not being contrary to • 
 the provisions of this Act or the laws of this Province : / 
 Provided also, that the Directors who are to be chosen at 
 \ the first meeting of thcsaid shareholders shall l)g a Board, 
 N^r the purposes aforesaid, until the said first annual . 
 g^i^eral meeting, and sliall have the like powen^, and oxer- \ 
 cise ail or any of the powers vested by this Act in the said • 
 Boari to be chosen at such first or other general annual 
 meeting: Provided also further, that the incmbcrs ot any — _ 
 
 
 Cor- 
 
 mak* 
 
 y-Jkf- 
 
 •- :^'. 
 
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 -^•^l 
 
 -v- ,.;, 
 
'; .!^/-''-T^'-" ' ■'*■-■■' ^ ^^ \ ' • " ■ ' I- 
 
 d2 
 
 that ,.„^ ,{„el,(Il 4 t tl „ fa r?' "'' "'''; *""^"'"' 
 IWli»h -ubicct oAalA, ^ Company, whether „ 
 
 ^Nilur«lnlio|i| 
 flnt kniiual 
 meeting. 
 
 ■"-ting to ho cllcl a.^,1^ a'KJ;^,^- ""^ ''""''"' 
 Unit ,„n|,„„„. Ai.,l ■' ? . """^ *''P<"'"""">- 
 
 ^^__._^^^_ t.l.Bch now oloct,.,,, !„, made as herembefonr 
 
 "".«ng.t other thin.,.-. """■«"'"« tho «„ne, aiKl 
 
 k 
 
 P ' , u^cuc oi aguiitrt, servant or Mervuiits of Hm . • i 
 ■■■■ ^corporation, as tlicv n.nv i\uA ♦• .- ^*""^' *^* "»« said 
 
 _; ; -ii C«l^.oratlo,^; """""""S™-""'" -orWng Of tho 
 
88 
 
 V 
 
 i1\ 
 
 Thirdly— To choouo ami lUMiuiro tor luul in tlui imme of 
 the Huid (Corporation, the roiiuinltc .^Ito for the conHtruotion mu, of nnd,,. 
 ofthoHftid Hri(lg« and itH aepomloncicH, uiid to <«nter into , 
 the nocoMJiry ^rruiigeincntH uiul uj;r«'(«iiient« for tlio cofi., 
 dtructioii of the wuno, imd during, ui.on,.nnd uftur itH con- ^ •■ 
 
 itructlon tohavotho ciutire nuuuij^einent mid diKposithui 4; 
 thereof, and further to unito with any other Company to .. 
 bo chartered hy tlio IWlo of the Htatc of Now York for a ^, 
 
 lUnilar purpoHc, and to enter into, all refiiiisito contract* - . 
 and ftgrcontcnts the^witlu — — ^ ^^^^ 
 
 Fourtlilv—To order the paynjcnt ..f any Bum of money ^ -^ " 
 thoy may deem neccsftary for the purposew ot tluB Act, 
 
 Fifthly— To contract a loan or loans for or in the namo . 
 of the Baid Corporation; tiot excec«ling in tl.o whole at any Co«»,*.i 'oa.... 
 one time the fium of two hnnd'red thousand doUars, npon 
 Biicli tcrmft or at Buch ra\o of intorcBt Icbb than,- equal to, or 
 greater than the legal rate, as may bo agreed upon, and to 
 pledge and mortgage the real and personal property of the . 
 
 .eaid Corporation for the payment of any Buch loan or in. , 
 terest';' ■' .'•./. ■ *■; .' ; 
 
 Sixthly— To make such ealls of money from the several 
 Bliareholdci-B for the time h^ing, upon the shatcfl Bubscribod ^^^ ^^^ 
 for by them respectively, as the Bald Board ^hall find 
 necessary; and, in the name of the said Corporation, to Bue 
 for recover, and get in all sncli calls, and to citnso xmd 
 declare such shares to be forfeited to the said Corporation Decur.^.h«« 
 in case of non-payment of any Ruch call; and in 8\jch way 
 as they shall sec fit to prescribe by any by-law ; and an 
 action of debt may be brought to recover any money Auo . / 
 on any such call, and it shall 'not be necessary to set forth 
 the special matter in the declaration, but it shall be suf 
 enficit to allege that the defendant is the holder of on^r . , 
 Bhare or more, as the cast^ may be, in the capital stock of 
 t^ie said Corporation, and is indebted to the said Corpora- 
 tioii in the sum to which the call or culls a mount ( a s the 
 
May make Bt- 
 laws. ' 
 
 May hold special 
 meetlngf. 
 
 POMtfon to recover Tirj:!'/""'''''' '" ""> ^-'d C 
 virtue of th,v 4„,_ and it 7:11 r T'.' ""^ndant V 
 snch action, to prove, by a„v„„' ''"/"*''""" to „,i„t„/ 
 »t at t,.o „,„/„,„4;'^'^»^~^^^ that,i,„ defend 
 
 ■» "■« »»mber of «lmres alleged "tit ^ ''■>''»'-«''oIder 
 'vas m«.de, and notiee thereof iL ""^ """ ™ed for 
 
 '7 »o prove the appoi;*™-^^^!'^*"" ■'"*'''' "ocos^ 
 other matter ,vhat8oever; "* ™ Mid Birectom or ahj, ■ 
 Seventblvt-To mato ♦! —''-'■:•: r^--^-^"-^—-:- 
 
 tothepoW^sanddi^fe '•rT'^^''^-'''"-^ "»^r^^^^^^^ 
 B,id Board by this Ae »nT"'' """ """^""^^ "Pon tho 
 
 '« the provisions of this AeUa^T «""?' ™W-' »'w«,k 
 vince; with power to the sad rI; '''''"■' '"^""•« P~- 
 orrevive,a„yofthesJdb^l^^^'».7y> alter, repeal 
 tiekss, that all sueh by-Cs " 1', n f " '^*''^«. "over- 
 w^atio,, alteration or^^3 \fZl °'*'^' "'"' ''"y™''fi 
 d-^allowed at »ny gerieraStofr'^-^ '■^"''^^<' »■• 
 X- The said Board shalflr '' '""^ ""'""'*'^- 
 
 :iI«H=iaI and general n,eeC^^^^ 
 
 > »mi be neeeHsaiy, and Tot^nt'^'f^''^'^''' ^^-'^yev 
 
 thereq„isiKo„„fa7leastZra^i^^ 
 
 the pnblic notice hereinb<.fr,!!.™'-*»<l shall xrfvo 
 
 ■"r s-uch speeial geStt«„:!'"'rf "^ «"« iow4 of 
 
 general „eeting,^r at anV^S^, *"!*»"''''-«•' an„^.al 
 
 that purpose, submit to the eUtT ^ "^ *" ^ «alled for • 
 
 s atement of the affai™ td itf ^ 'J,"'-'- •""> "otailed 
 
 .*'""' whereupon at such m^uri "^ *'"' m'«J Gorpora- 
 
 ■ned and audited ; and, H^yi^! 'T '•""' ^ ««■"- 
 
 stoefc is thereupon to be Lde ,b '' "P"" the eapital 
 
 ms thereby be declared T -'"!""' ^"^^ -' ™«h meet 
 
 .^^^ the absence Of the President and Viee-Pr^^^^ 
 
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 ■'■'■■■';■ • , /■."•/■.■■ .".. ^z ■■. . . 
 
 at any meeting thereof^ it Bliall be in the power ©1^ the Di- 
 rectors present to elect from among themselves a chairman c|u»rm.n pra 
 for the time being, who, in addition to his own vote, shall 
 also, in case of an equal division of votes, have a casting ^ ., 
 rote at such meeting; and, in the event of the death, 
 resignation, continued absence, incapacity or disqualifica- 
 tion ol any member of the said Board, the shareholdei-s 
 Bhall, at a meeting to be called for that purpose, as herein- ' 
 before provided, choose a shareholder instead and m place ^ 
 of such member ;- and.. such shareholder, so chosen, sliall 
 form part of the saiii Board tmtil the then uext annual -;--^^^ 
 
 "election.-. ■"..■-..;■■-■.;■'■■•-.■■■ • " ' .- 
 
 XII The said Corporation is hereby empowered to 
 purdiase, receive and hold sucli real estate, to tlie extent "oid real e.ut., 
 of tenacres inthQ?^iole, as may be necessary and conve- 
 nient in accompliMiing tlie object for which this charter is 
 granted ; and may, by their surveycnrs and engmee^ 
 upon such sites and locations, and take possession M the 
 same • all such sites and locations shall be purchased ot the 
 owner or owners, at a price to be mutually agreed upon ; 
 or in case of disagreement as respects the acquisition of the 
 said lands, the several clauses of " The Kailway Clauses^ ; 
 Consolidation Act,"' with respect to "Lands and their . 
 Valuation," in so far as the same may be applicable to the ^ 
 
 objects of this Act, sliall be incorporatedherewithand form - 
 par0f this Act, as if the same hadbeen expressly set forth 
 
 therein* -:■ ■^^' ^ v;.';- ■-[,■. -"'/r .-— - ;■ -.-.■-:,-■ ^- :-;;-",> ■-.-.,•- ., ■-^.— ■ :■;- 
 XIII The said bridge shall be coi^tructed so as not > 
 materially to obstruct the navigation of the Niagara :Kiyer ; ^,^^ ^, 
 the said bridge shall have two draws, one across Black X\*»Tig. 
 Rock harbor, and the other'^across the main channel pf the"^ 
 river which said draws shall be of ample width to give fre^„,tabie drawi. 
 ~Wid unobstructed passage to aU steamboats and other^^s- „_;_^„ 
 
 ^ selB navigating the said river ; the said draws shairbe at aU, 
 times tended and moved at the expense -of the 4iaid com- , 
 
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 ^Steam tufi. 
 
 Ballway Com* 
 panlea to h&re 
 equal rights. 
 
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 |M 
 
 pany 80 as not to hinder nnnecesBarily tho passage of any 
 steamboats or vessels; Prom sundown ,mtil sunrise, duriue . 
 the season of navigation, suitable lights slmll be maintained 
 upon the sa,d bridge to guide ve^els and steamboats a„. 
 proaoh.ng the draws; and, for assisting the passage of any 
 vessel hrough the said draws, the said eompany shall at aU 
 .mes keep ,„ readiness one or more steamboafs, o st an 
 tugs, s„,table for towing a.e said vessels through the sa 
 dmws, and shall tow all the said vessels through the same^ 
 ^ ^ whenever requested bo t„ do by the offieers of snch vS 
 
 »»-v!?..»"/«''"^te trips, up and down the river o;hX 
 gy.m.„. wuhout charge; and the said company shall be iabe to 
 
 . thereof, all damages which they may sustain by reason of 
 any neglect of the provisions of this section. •^^'^" "' 
 _XIV._The^8»id bridge shall be as well for the passage 
 
 the passage ofrailway trains; andsuch railway co^panes 
 
 .sSdrtr'°™*"°f "' -ftrredto,shi;,haT ra 
 
 be entitled to the sameand equal rights and priviWes in 
 the passage^of the said bridge, andin the use of thf nl 
 ^-T and iixtu,^ thereo,; and of all the api^l 
 
 ^■fiT'~^^^ ■•ailway corporation whose road Iw has or 
 sha I hereafter have, a terminus at, or shall run ilslaS to 
 or from any point at or near the said village of WatlrW 
 „ or the said City of Buffalo, or shall run its" «n:?^t^' 
 nechoi. with any ..ad l„.vi„g such terminus, or upon 
 . . ™'"'='"^'«™ ^"^ <»• shall be run to or from thp ]L,T 
 
 KTSS"' fo-^W, may, with the consent of a m^Xo^tK ? 
 «- ■. >'o>f-fitsstocU.loanitscredittotl,e<^:^:«~ 
 created, or may subscribe to, or become the owner rfthef 
 s oekthcreo^ in like manner and with like rW^^^i^ ' 
 vidualsi and any municipal corporation, ei her Countt " 
 Town; Township or Tillage, benXially afig^b^r ^ 
 
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37 
 
 terested in the said bridge, may also Bubscribe tO) and be- 
 come the owner of snch stock, in the manner and with the 
 rights aforesaid, sulyect to the general provisions of the « 
 Upper Canada Municipal Corporation Acts, •, 
 
 XVI-— Whenever the said bridge is so coniplcted as to 
 admit of the passage of railway trains, the said company 
 may erect such gates and fixtures to guard the entrance of Toii-tatc*. 
 Buch trains upon the bridge, as the said Directors may 
 deem proper, and may inake s-uch by-laws, rules and regu- ^ 
 lations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, iiv^^ ^ - ~^ 
 relation to the use of the said bridge, its machinery, appur- 
 tenances, and approaches by railway companies, their trains 
 and carriages, as the Directors may think proper, but no- 
 discrimination shall be made by the said Directors in lavor 
 of or against any one or more railway companies, in rela- 
 tion to the approaches or the passage of the said bridge, or \^ 
 the use of its machinery. 
 
 XVIL— If any person shall force, or attempt to force, ' ^ 
 
 J ^ ■' violation uf toll 
 
 any gate or guard of the said bridge, or the approaches regulations, 
 thereto, or if any person shall wilfully do, or cause to bp 
 done, any act or acts whatsoever, whereby the said bridge, 
 its lights, stations, works, maohinery, fixtures, or other ; 
 
 appurtenances tliereto, any part thereof, or any work or ' 
 approacii appertaining thereto, shall be obstructed, im- 
 paired, weakened, destroyed or injured, .the person so ~ 
 offending shall forfeit to the said Corporation treble the • • 
 
 damages sustained by means of such ofience or injury, to * ^ 
 
 be recovered in the naine of the said company, with costs 
 of suit, by any proper action C^r that purpose, and shall 
 moreover be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by 
 tine or imprisonment, or both, by any Court or Justice 
 having cognizance of the same. 
 
 ^ XVIII. — The said company shall, tWee moijths before company to 
 any steps are taken in erecting: the piers of the saii^ bridge. 
 
 ~5^ 
 
 give notice. 
 
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 ./I ,;..,■ ;W:\:-i:-:- ■■■■■/■'::,:'■} ■■ ''Si.:';'-' '■' ■::■':'■:'■■'' 
 
 -cause to be published in one of the public new8D»n.» • 
 
 «..M each of the Ctonnties of Lincoln, Welland aTS ! 
 
 K.«^C &. 7'-.. m wlueh shall be stated the particaUr locaHon'o 
 
 tl.o sa,d bridge with reference to known landmarks tw 
 
 number of it, piers, the length and breadth oftp";\^ 
 
 , . . t H, distances between then,' the width in H.e clear oHW 
 
 rawopcmngsreBpcctively, the entire length of .he b id! 
 • . . Irom land to land, and its height above thl water at olcH 
 
 • Tn f ^'•J/ll.'' ""f' "^ 'his, notiee, the feete of wh ch 
 « be verified by tlie oath of the ei^ineer, signed by te 
 
 . . f'^'J«»t«f Secretary of the Company, andacknowledi^d^ 
 l.y hem bet-ore a Magistrate or Notiy P„blicCK« 
 hied m theplHoes of the respecti™ Clerks of £ P^fel of 
 the aaidherembeforo mentioned Counties. ; 
 
 , ,|^^-~"'^ /"''', ^nwny sliaU have power 'to ,rect 
 cofter dams and sueh othei' works in tl>e N abara Kiv'r as 
 ...ay be^necessary for the construction o^ sne&id- l' 
 v.ded tWnavigationof snchriyershall not *u«ne^a?^ 
 o strncted by sneh works^and it sjiall bete duH- ftl 
 u.d Corr^any to pnt „p and maintain in the night°^i,| 
 nnng the season of the navigation, a good andSS 
 
 ^ .gl.t at eacl. end of «„y coffer dam Uil l^be S S 
 by the said Company, the.sai'd light to be placed « W 
 hvo feet above the said dam : and also «„eh hi 
 
 . Ml. day and night,: as m^y te t^t'^%^ 
 
 otpe.^nsnavi^aUi,g,the said: river ;l',.vid:i°:t^^^^ 
 hit before commencing the works of the said brife ^I 
 
 ^jngpossess,an of any itart of the b&ch or laSw 
 
 i^ose snph termsand . JS"! ;;:2:^'^^ 
 tiefore granting permission to commence the worWoS 
 p^session of „ny public pi^per^y ,s ^^^^ 
 
 theyrte be commenced until the plan thereoAralf^s " 
 detads,.bywh„h the public «o„ve„ie„ce tad CfW% 
 
 "7^ 
 
 , Governor aad . 
 Council 4p.' 
 prove plaa of 
 bridge. 
 
of navigation can be alfected, shall have been Bubmitted tp 
 ftiidapproved by the Governor in Council; and the Com- . 
 
 pany shall aljide strictly by the plans so approved, and 
 shall not deviate therefrom except by the ^ express consent 
 of the Governor in Council to stich deviation, 
 
 XX.— The Corporation 'lier6by created shall have power 
 to use atiy of the streets, squares, lanes oj- alleys of tl»e vil-^j^^ u.e.ir»e... 
 lage of Waterloo, in the 'said Township of Bertie, for the 
 erection of the said Bridge and the works and approaches 
 thereto appertaining,provi<iBd the consent of the Municipal 
 
 Council of the said Township of Bertie be lirst obtained. . 
 
 " XXI.-It the saidbridgeshall not be commenced within ^^^^^^^^^^^^^: 
 three years, and completed within six years from the pass- bridg.. . , 
 
 'ing of this Act, the said Corporation shall-fronv tl»encetbrth / 
 
 cease. ^ ."■•.-■%;-'■■ "* ■. ■ -■■ Z',.' •:■:'-■;■■■■, . •. ;. ; ■ 
 
 Xxil— The Interpretation Actshall apply to this Act, ; 
 
 and this Act shall be deemed a Public Act. 
 
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 X 
 
 :'/■/'■/'■-■ ^'- -.22 Yic, CAP. m ■.-■;■: , 
 
 Alf^ ACT to amend the Act to Incorporate the hderna- 
 tionul Bridge Company. 
 
 .^^^^ ^^^ (^^ 
 
 Whekeas, an Act was passed in the 20th year of Her 
 Majesty's reign, intituled « An Act .to incorporate the Iv^" ,^^^.,„„^ ,, ,-• 
 ternational Bridge Company," which it is desirably to <;. 2.7. , 
 amend, and the Board of Provisional Directors have pe- 
 titioned for aiL Act "to amend tlie samQ ; Therefore, ITef % 
 Majesty, &c., enacts ag follows; - N ' / . 
 
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40 
 
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 g^P-or.. «;■ "i^^H^l^^ tj.ea,id Company shall b. on« million 
 Oom,»„r ^^ ^"imlred thousand dollars, divided into fifteen thoi, J! i 
 . Bhares of one hundred dollars each! - , ""°<^ ^'^^and 
 
 Araen)Ii See. ir., 
 
 Tollg ma7.be 
 collected by the 
 Company, but 
 not to exceed 
 certain rate*. 
 
 ««--.;,• ./.^■■,^''«"«';«'- «'" bridge authorized by tlio said A , 
 Biml be completed for the parage of ordina, v «I « ^ 
 camagfes, the said Company may erect to lfl« ."'' 
 
 X«t.. "1 -t rates of ton; anS m'ake S e^ w2 tt "d' 
 
 toll, than the following sl^ bf cln^^d fti^Jf "S™^ 
 - l.a.»n,g over the said bridge, thati ,0 l^^Z lae 
 
 mi} cents , t^r each liorso and sino-le earrifl»« .i^*. ~ . ' 
 «..da,.addieio„of eighteen centra^nrfoSLrra' 
 
 "U eighteen eenl. an^ ZSe r^-^-^--^; ^ 
 imssengei- aetnally travellinff th,.m:„ "* "^nt tor each 
 for each additicfal W ftta^fj'* v"*^-*™ "™'^ ' 
 Bheep, one and a-half Zs period .f "'"'"'«''' *"'• 
 
 each, forneat cattle, six ::rSiro'eh^^^^^^^ 
 droves or in cars,, twelve cents and a-haE " "^ ' '" 
 
 towing vessels throngh t,| draws KbriL'"^^ ^^ 
 and 18 Jiereby repealed. . , """g^, shau b6 
 
 IT. The eighteenth section of the said A^/.i n , * 
 aniMed astore^d as folio,™: ;•■■'* ''?*'^ 
 
 , • « The said Coiiipariy shall, before aav 8te{)9 «^.p Vot i "^^ 
 
 ^- t-'':*-''««-^i--f t'.-aidb;^dge,^£:S'Ss;:; • ; 
 
 ^omjiany need 
 not keep steam 
 
 tUfg. 
 
 tAmenda See 
 
 Xm.,80V., 
 
 C.227. 
 
 Sec. XVlir of 
 toe said act 
 •mehtde^. 
 
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 three times in one of the public newspaper? in each of the Jot'c«,^,„|« 
 Counties of I^incoln, WeDand and Brartt, a notice, in which SiVU^.^^/ '* 
 Bhftll be stated the particular location of. the said, bridge • 
 I jgLith refcreiice to known landmarks, tlie number of its piers, 
 '^tUe length and breadth of its' piers, and the distances be- ■ 
 twcenthemi, the width in the clear of the draw-openings 
 resiiectively; the entire length of the bridge from land to, - 
 
 ' land . and its height above the water ^t ordinary stages ; ^ , 
 . apd * copy of this notice, the fects of which shall be veritied / 
 by the oath of.the Engiheer, signed "^by the President and ^^ ^^ _ . 
 Seciltary of the Comp.any, and acknoMedged by them 
 before a Magistrate or Notary Public, shall be filed m the 
 offices t)f the respective Clerks of tlie. Peace of the said 
 
 * hereinbefore mentioned Counties. . 
 
 V. It shall bo lawful for the said Company to enter into, 
 
 ' any agreement With the Hayor and Coi-poration of the Cit^ ■ 
 of Buffalo, ill the United States of America, foil the pur- company m.y^ 
 pose of obtaining the aid of the Corporation of that city in g-»:;%„t„. 
 the erection of the bridge ; and for sucli purpose tlie sauJ 
 Company may accept any guarantee of interest upon their- 
 expen(«?tire, or any loan of money or otherpecunkry asv 
 
 ' sistance which may be agreed upon by the saaimrtKs, and . • ; 
 
 may give such s^rity tp the said Mayor and Corporation v 
 
 ' as m£^y be agreed upon between them. •. f 
 
 VI. The Directors of the said Company shall^have power ,, / 
 
 to collect and receive all charges subject^, to which goods ov ^^^^- 
 
 commodities may come into their ^ossesfeion; and, on pay-^,rt»ta good., 
 ment 6f sucli back cl^es, shall have,the same lien for tlip 
 
 adount thereof^ upon such goods, or commodities as the • 
 
 pe^ons to wiiom. such charges were originaUy due, had . •, 
 ^updhBucligbPds^rcommpditieswhUe in their possession; .- -. 
 . akd shall and may;havepowCr to do all things whatever , j 
 ; wh^ necessary tt), carry out tlie ob^-.^ 
 
 jects of the Corporation j | , _^ x. r\ 
 
 .VH. This Act sh^ll be deemed a^Publie Act, and" shall pi^bu^ Act, 
 . %e conBtrued a^ one Act with thfe Jict amended by it . . ■ 
 
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 42 
 
 ^N ACT to 
 
 23rd VJCT.; CAP. 113. 
 
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 Pre«inbl« soth 
 Vlot, C«p. 88T. 
 
 Amend* Sec. 
 XXI., 20th VJot. 
 Cft, 287. 
 
 PubUoici: 
 
 amend the Act for 
 /^^^ational Bridge Cmnpani,. ... - 
 
 Pany, the t.mefor commencing the Brid^T&, 
 three . years from-the time when fll . -7 f *^ *" 
 
 force; And whereas the pl T^'^''* came- into 
 
 We prayed for ^^^ 1/ JT "'' ^""^ »f D^e-^tow 
 
 I;y and with the adWce and c»n^T„f^i!^^r.T'^' 
 
 ■ahall be extjnd^ r^r ^^ ♦•"^'"'""'ational Bridge, 
 
 Octohe..ei;K:ni^:n^^":.a'« >"*"' 1'^ °^ 
 and thereby limited for f]v«-,^V 
 
 hundred and Bix<y^ix.-'^ ^^ October, eighteen 
 ^vTKisActflhahbe^d^^^^ 
 
 Preimbi*. 
 
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 fe VrCT, CAP. 19./ ' 
 
 ,? tit ^Assented thth M^^ ia63J 
 
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 48 
 
 
 'enty-Bieven, 
 rJdge/Com- 
 » limited to 
 canje-into 
 ' I^irectOKB 
 'rm, and it 
 'Majesty, 
 
 ^gislative 
 ivs: 
 
 section of 
 l.Bri<Jge, 
 h day of 
 ^©therein 
 d Bridge 
 eighteen 
 ■ ■ '^ . " " 
 
 ing the 
 
 J^earof 
 irteen, ♦ 
 t tional 
 
 Bridge wore rcBpcctivqly oxtonded ; and whoreaB the Pro- 
 viBipnaV Board of Directors have petitioned for a further 
 extensioti^f time, and it is expedient to gr^nt their prayer : 
 Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and 
 consent of tlie LogUlattve Council and A88oral)ly of Canada, 
 
 enacts as follows : v , .t » . a • 
 
 I The timee limited in and by the said Act passed in ^^^^ 
 the twenty-Uiir^^^ear of the reign- of Her Majesty, chap-anra 
 terea one hundrcfl and thirteen, far commencing and com- 
 pleting respectiveW the International Bridge, shall be 
 respectively further extended to the tenth day of October, 
 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the tenth 
 day of October, one thousand eiglit hundred and seventy- 
 
 Amend ^'•■e. 
 Vkt., 
 
 I.- 
 Cap. 
 
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 AfiOTtt VIOt., GAP. 85. 
 
 AJV ACT to amend (he Acts relating (S ih^ IhfdmdHonal 
 
 ^Bridge Company. .. .- [ ,— .^ 
 
 • V • -s<.(^««tfnfe<? ^, i8<A /S^^^mJer, 1^6«.) ' ^ 
 
 Whekkas the International Bridge Comi>anylhave V^'^ 
 
 titioned tcfhave tlie Acts relating to the incorporation of 
 
 that Company amended, by giving the shareholders power, 
 
 i;y resolution, at:their nex» general meeting, torreduce — 
 
 the number of their Directors, to have the quorun^ of the 
 
 Directors for the transaction of business reducedu and to 
 
 authorize the Directors to rote by proxy, and to authorize 
 
 thfe holding of the meetihgs of the ehareholders knd Dk ^ 
 
 rectoi^ respectively, at such place and places hi ^is Pro- 
 
 yince and elsewhere as may be found mcjst convenient, and ) 
 
 for other purposes ; and whereas it is expedient to gi^ant . 
 
 the prayer of tbe said petition : Therefore, Her ^ajesty, 
 
 by and with the advice and consent. «f, the Legislative ' 
 
 and A ft»ftTn1>l y of Canada, enacts as follows ; 
 
 Council. 
 
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hKluring th« 
 uumban of 1)1 
 riotori. 
 
 Quoram. 
 
 - ' 44. •■ ■ - ^ '. . 
 
 :,»ftortlio M resolutfnn ! ? I>:re<.tor« held „c.xt 
 
 of tl,<«e £ldi„g at w] '';"'!' ,■"?«'"«' ''"vo t% absent 
 
 ,'U. i'roinand after tlio T>ii«>imn.„f .1 • » 
 rf the Dir6«to« of the sir^"r ""t '^""' the ,„<,„„„ 
 . of m Board preatntt Zt^nT^ ''""' '"' " '"*"»^ 
 
 Bo-raww.,. ' nr. Aftorthopa33ina/of thk A„t *i t^. 
 
 Company may vote at anymtltt^ t^« 7',°" "' "'« • 
 but, to comtitute a Board me^ 2 f. ''"L^"*-^ ^y P'oxy ; 
 , presentinpereoh. " ""8'""^«J*«^'oram«stbe 
 
 - ■ bieorporationof thoiidCoZ ^^'''"^'"'g'o'l'O 
 
 ' -- "bareholdeA of thTSmnT"^' r'," '""''"''8' »f th« 
 
 • -a. be hew in ^fS'Z'^:^^^^^'^''^ 
 »..,...,„„■/''"*'•« »"'»<■ it, a« 4o Directors lav « v'^'*''''' "^ «'«"- 
 <«■ . ""' cnt, a,^ as they m»iy, from «m„ Tl "^ >"<«' """veni- 
 
 ■notiee It anyL Jfa,' To ,""V" *"""' "'^''^; and the 
 
 in one daily papeif in Tnmnt„ ""« '-«««'?<» ffajrffo, and 
 ■ ^*°fo^theeall^gof3„°rm" "^"'""^ ^^'^■''-"•d 
 
 A!f 
 
rohol(lor« „f 
 3 liiwf'iil Jo,. 
 J» ink proper 
 ictors'of tijo 
 ' ; and from 
 3 number of 
 >9 the nuin- 
 •cli nuiuluM- 
 ' hold next 
 ^^"J8, that 
 ' t% assent 
 *' the 8ub- 
 »rson or by 
 resplution 
 
 quorum 
 
 iflajority 
 
 ything to 
 
 »rrf of the . 
 y proxy ; 
 must bo 
 
 >g to the 
 ' of th.o 
 irectorg^ 
 or else- 
 icTnveni- 
 ind the 
 'urpose, 
 'i?^, and 
 
 he said 
 
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 40 
 
 <C 32-33 yiO., CAP 
 
 ft5. 
 
 A'U- 
 
 AN^ ACT wipepthuj the *^ fnUruatiom4\ Jifi'^H^ 
 
 Vomjyant/ 
 
 » 
 
 Asmited to.22n<l Jum 1 800. 
 
 late 
 
 WhcrctiB an Act wjw pa.-iticd by the .Ticp;irtliituiM 
 rovinco 
 
 of 
 
 CuiiaQ 
 tituled 
 
 a. 
 
 if tho 
 
 in tbo tweiitii'tU year of Her i^^ami.u 
 A/i Actio incorporate ilw In- 
 
 .71 
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 no 
 
 MaJosty'B rciirn, in 
 
 krmtional Bridge Company •, ^' and wheroai* ccrtai 
 Aets U(ivo boon from time to time passed in amcnibncnt Of 
 the Bauio ; and whereas the Intcnuvtional Bridge Co'jh^^'i'y 
 have, by their petition, in effect, reprcsouted that they have 
 heretofore caused surveys to be made lor the location of 
 their Bridge, and- entered into contracts for'tlic construe-; 
 tion thereof; but owing to tiio/'^ilure of the contractor 
 have to make other (irrangements for ^uch oonstruption ; 
 and further, that they find that it may be necessary to vary ^ 
 the location, and to make other changes; and further, that 
 for the purpose of enabling, tTio Company, and a Company 
 lieretofore inc^orporated under.tho laws of the State of New 
 York, one of ^ho United States of America, to obtain the 
 mono^to construct this \vVk,'!t is desirable that the peti- ^ 
 tioners^Vnd such other Corporation, shall ha\^e power to 
 amalgamate, and .by the consoHdation of their stock and 
 franchises, to become O^no Company ; and the petitioners 
 -have therefore prayed that an ^ctmay be passed extend- 
 ing ^he time forithe commencement and completion of the 
 Bridge and works, and to enable the Company to change 
 any location mitde, and to enable them to amalgamate ^or 
 -conBolidate with such other Company as aforesaid, with 
 lU^er to the united Company to mortgage for the purpose 
 /^ aiding in the building and completion of the Bridge ; 
 ' and whereas it is expedient to comply with the prayer of 
 
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 the said petition : 
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 therefore He r Majesty, by and with tii e 
 
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 •di^o and consent of the Seimto aml'llouso of r 
 Octoher, o„o thousand oiirht l.nrwl . ^'''' ''"^^ "^ 
 
 »"ticc» wniirca In- .1,,. i, V. »' »">' ""cl. „cw .it,,, tho 
 
 i»» bcKivon |,efu,-o tho work »lmll I, *' G«„„,,„,^, 
 
 ■ i:^: give, „f «.el> .,„vv loc"rti,^„. w7 co».,„e„ec..l, slmll be 
 
 ; , • ;»r notico,, ,„,a .ij^i^l^"™ ' :"'" ''«, f -"« »f ""y notice 
 
 ■ *l.all„„,, i„ „.,„ r "r^ '"-'^ "■"J""'"' l-ytl,o said statutes 
 
 ^•'.«"«o.;«,> i:rio :H:sf, r;'i'" '' ''■^"^*™' '» 
 
 boliolt: • ; " "' V'^V""'l'a^y V powers in that 
 
 W. ^' "'mil bo lawfiil for tho s4l p ' 
 •"X othor C,„„,,a„y i„,.„r,,o 1^, f ''' ^" "P^''^' "> '""»<= with 
 
 B'oclc, I.r«im>-, „'uu;:2 ':^'^' ■""• «'<»duso, with tho 
 
 "MpMiA existing un<ler the laws „f ». cl ""•'' ^'W'l'O'at'ou now 
 
 «aH or hereafter ,o bl in „"« ^/? "' ^"'^ "^»'* "foro- 
 
 ■ "■« p"n>oso of orectn;'::::;' s!: !::;-''- ^^ '»-«. ^^ 
 
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 tlio NinK»m TOvcr, ftt or new tlH) villftRO of VVt Kvio, in 
 tl,„ (!..ni.ty of W..llun<l, to ii lioint ii. .»• na.r tlwoity ot -^ 
 
 llolVulo, in h«i.l State of Now York, ami which »ain <<>,„- | 
 
 „any shall ho hy tho law- ..f the Stato ..f Now York «u- 
 thorizcUo enter into Kneh unuili-aniatioa or eonw*.l«hon, , ,v, ,. 
 ^miler tho ewulitinns and i-romionK, ami with tho elTcctB ^ , ^ 
 horoinalU'r vrovidoil. . - ■ 
 
 V. TU« BircctoMof tho Intenmtionnl liri(lK« <'''""l'""y>JSS'^Xi( 
 ami of V>ny Corporation imipojini; to «r m.i»ls»t»ttte or -- - -^ 
 c„n«oli<lat.. a» aforwai.l,, nu.y enter i.,to a joint "S'-ce"'™ J -> , ' 
 in .luplieate, nndcr the eor,,ornt« Keal. ol each ot the BauV . . 
 Corporation., for the amalganuttion and eot.«ol.aat,on of 
 tU. said Corporation., pre»erihing the tern>» and con. ht.on, ^ . 
 
 thereof, the niodo of carrying the san-e' n.to eflcct, tho 
 name of tho t.ow Corp,.ratio.,, the un.nhcr and t.an>e» of 
 tho Directors and other oftlcer. thereot, and who rfiall bo 
 tho first Director, and ofBcers thereof, and tl,e.r places of ■, 
 
 residence, the nnn.ber of share, of the capital stock, tho 
 amount or par valne of oaeU share, an.l the manner ol con- 
 vortins tho capital stock of c.ch of the ( ,vpomt,on. .n to 
 ■ that of tho new Corporation, and how, and when, ami for 
 how long Director and other oliicers of^such new Corijo- 
 ration shall ho, elected, and^vhen election, shall he hold . ^, 
 
 vith such other details as tlB? shall <lecn> ..ccossary o p^. ^ ; 
 
 : feet sneU ..ew; organization, and ";° ""-"''J'^"" ij, , .-- 
 : amalgmnation of tho said Corperafons, and the attot: ^ , ., , 
 ,#' management and working tlicreot. , . ' ' , ;, 
 
 ' VI Sncli agreement shall he Fulnnitted to the stock- ,„„„.,.>. 
 
 holdeW of each of the said Corporation., rt^'a tneefng— :;- , 
 thereoi, to bo held separately, for thepurpose "Ma^mg tho :;::.;, 
 
 -~Lne into consideration; notice of the t..ne andp'ace^^_:. 
 . such meetings, and tho ol^ject thcreoi; shaU bo g>ver> 1^ . : ,. 
 
 ' written or pri;tcd hotices, addressed to ^<^ - f ^^ T ' 
 ^ — -. _ ' , >!.„ t ! ,,,^ of rriv I IL' s n c h notic o , tho 
 
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 .- whoso names, at the time of ffiviu 
 
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 m he city of Buffalo, „„ee a lot E ^ '""° ""'' 
 "■eek8. At 8,.el. meetings of etoS/ *"?■ '"'"^'''» 
 elmll be considered, aiJ^a vo.! t W ?^' ™"'' ««'««™ent 
 
 adoption or rejection rthlaa'ertr' *'"'™ ^' *^ 
 
 :^ Mder thereorto one vote Z I, "t ,v "^ ™'''""8 «'» 
 
 -rT-:- person, or I.7 proxy and ^'r /" ^*"°" *» '"'cast i„ 
 
 ■ «'« e'ockh^dl«^f'^^'^f»f*softhevotesofaII 
 
 fled upon each of tlie sairf rt„..l' f*\'*<=' ^''a" be oerti- 
 eaeI.ofs„chCorpoiJL?„nZr^''y «>« See^taiy of 
 
 ofiandifthe said ag^iLfsh! f k"''^™*^ ^'''' *»■•«■ 
 ^ respective meetings ;~L'^^ at tJ,o 
 
 Corporations, one of The dni^r * !" "^ ^'' "^ ^aW 
 . adopted, and'of tl,e sa d cmffi':::?,,"' *'"' "«-»»«« m 
 
 • in the office of the Se!rlf ! '^'■^'"'.' *»'"» AM 
 
 ■ ■"""»" of Canada, a^dK of State of the Do- 
 ^^^-"'•y of Stat . rf^,h'"^"'r ""^o office of the 
 8aid agreement shall from ,1,! , ^''"' ^ork; and 
 to be the agreemen andlc T r)"" ""<> "^^^^ed 
 
 ,• o*^^""-'' other Corporation- and L^^t'""J"'"y'a"a 
 %. V ^o fited. and of tl!e 0^^^^;^!^"^ «"<='' "S-^oment, . 
 
 shall be evidence of the ev L T' P"""?"'"'^ '^'*^^^, * 
 
 : :; V-tion. : ™"'':*''^ ^''''' new Corpora!,^. 
 
 ^;^i... "^an^c:.!?^^ said ag.e^ 
 
 
r«n)oration, Vy the name in tto«greemei.t provided, with 
 ^^TTon J, and ehall pcsesa all the right., powers, ^ ^ 
 
 to and duties of each of such Corporations so consolidated . 
 »ndunited,ex<iept as herein p)X)v,ided. ^ • . - 
 
 •nil. Upon the consummation of such Act of consolida- 
 tion as aforesaid, all and singular thcpropcrty,rcal,per8onal, ; 
 Indmixed and all rights and interest appurtenant hereto, 
 
 Ss"*t'>scription^,.nd other deb.« ^--^*'-^ „.«..., 
 account, and otlier things in action helongmg ^ ^uch Cor „„„„„^ 
 Sons, 6r either of them? shaU he taken and deemedto , . 
 wCsLed to and vested insuch new Corporat.oi,,w.a-., 
 ^tte^heract or deed; provided however tha d^nghto 
 of credit6rs, and all liens upon the property of either of 
 sucttrpo ations shall be unimpaired by 'f^JT^ . 
 tfon and all debts, liabiUties, aiid duties of either of the 
 Scolrations shall thenceforth attadi to the new Cor. 
 Sratirandbe enforced against it to the same extentas 
 •fs"Ss,Uabilitiesandantie»hadbeenincurredoreo,. 
 Irl^edhy t; and provided also, that no aetion^or pro- 
 eS^ega or equitable, by or against ttie said Corpora- 
 to^Widated, or either of them,shall abate orbe 
 XctSbyuchconUdation, hut for all the purposes of 
 
 SS or proceeding, suchCorporation 
 
 tuil to exist, or the new Corporation may be substituted m . 
 
 Buoh action or proceeding in the place thereof. 
 ' IX. The capital stock of such new Corporat«^^^ 
 
 personal property, and no stockholder shaU be liable for •„,. - 
 C^^of^y debt or obligation due by tl« said ; 
 C^i;tion, except as providedin thefoHowing secU^^^ 
 
 X All the stockholders, in the said new Corporation ^^_^_^^^^ 
 shdi be severally and individually liable to an amount «..w«». 
 tZZ the amount of the capital stock held by them re- 
 ^ectively to the creditors of such Corporation, until the . 
 
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 vorpor&tlon. 
 
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 tract debts for the saW ^.r . ^r'''"™"'"' *"" ""n- 
 
 ti.„e shallcLodVo • Itl of ilT vf ""' "' ""^ »»» 
 bo primarily po^ona rrab^o fo/f ''°"'^' "">' *"" 
 stockholders shall be Z.^T i "'' ^'""^' «"• the 
 
 «-^otr;i"SrS'rt^'--^^ 
 
 necessary for constrnnfil 7 ^"^^ of money as mav be 
 
 bat ^ the principal of ttri^;'^<'"V'« P-J^ent thereof ; 
 
 tion^.air„ot at any ^trc??:.""" "' '""^ Corpora! 
 dollars. V ""? *"»« »ceed the sum of one millioft 
 
 '^ow C— ,„„^ cr^Uho^LialUe'"'^^^^^^^ ™* 
 one vote for each share of stock S , "■ '" "^^ 
 either in person or by nrovv A^ ^^ ''"" ™d '» ™te 
 Company^nay also^" ■7^e:tltf « '"^ f "'<' »■" 
 P^xy,s„chpre.ytobehIldT:n'X:''^i^^^^^^^ by 
 
 Bridge Company IhSl „nt ^<">"«' international 
 matio„,*c vLdin hcM "'; ^""^-^It^ation and amalga- 
 
 Intemaiional BrM^^ elf , ^,"""'"" "^'"^"S to the 
 
 CWj,oratio,, to autd:^f,: :^' ^'V- ''' '^'^ 
 
 ^'^^ ^^^^^> except in SO far as tW 
 
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 same BhaU bo varied by, or shaU be inconsistent irith Uns 
 Act, or any thing contained therein. \ .. 
 
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 SECTION i of mMt of the Parlia^riiiit of CamdL 
 
 --- Grand Tntnk RoOwm, Cmnpany of Camda,mdm _^,___^_.__ 
 Buffalo and,Xahe Huron JiaiiwmjCmn^mvj. / - 
 
 II And 'Wie^eaattie present mode of working the Affic 
 
 tro4 the Buffolo and Lake Hamn RaUway W_ «"= , , 
 
 Niai'ara'Eiyei- is inefficient aiKl expensive, and it is it here- 
 
 fo^iirable to secure tUe construction of tlxe Intemitional 
 
 Bridg? across the said river, and tor that puUse the • 
 
 Sd Trunk Kaihvay Company of Canada desir/ powei 
 
 to gnarantee to the International Bridge Companifes, or to 
 
 the United Bridge Companies, a? the case may U, an in- 
 
 Zie in return for the use of the said Bridge/ equal, at 
 
 Zl to the sum it costs the Grand Trunk E^way Com- 
 
 •pWto wk their present traffic acms the saidriv ^ 
 Including the expenses of maintaining the Boats and all the 
 
 works corineeted with their present Ferry: ,„., 
 
 Therefore, it shall l.e lawful for the Grand Tiuri j^^ 
 
 ■ E^lway Company of Canada to enter mto agreeineni^ W 
 with tlie Internatiolial Bridge Company, .neo.-l>orated by jj..^..„...> 
 
 theVrita"«='»t »f "'« 1*'" ^™""''° "'■ - ' ""f ft. 
 witlTthe International Bridge Company, mcorporated by 
 
 L'Laws of the State of New York, or with the s^d 
 Companies united, as authorizeiby.he Statute'passed^V 
 d.eParliamentof the Dominion of Canada, for the pur- 
 T.„se of securing such aiinii»l rent as may be necessary to 
 ^il.X.P^ the cost of the said bridge across the 
 
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 ^,i • ^^«g*f» Eiver, at or nwr Fort Erie in thn P^ •/ ' 
 g«-j.... Ont.ri6,such annualrbnttl boin^S of £ f™"*'^ «' 
 ►orWBf ex> of ■HTni.ir;«~ J . "'^'"6^",^*ou 01 /the present cnW 
 
 •"■" wV^^ and^namtaining fte present Ferry and F^f 
 
 > , Works between Port Urio and ^xhio ^k^^ -r ^ 
 agreed to be piidBhall form part^S^& t:™** """**' 
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 ■ * Vlo cao 66 V-^^^ ^ ^."•''"g""*"'^ Act of 1862,(2S 
 
 \ C"o '^^^^^ction- contained flfiall ' dif«w ^ 
 : V -^^'J^««n th«rrightaanat2iS& f^^V 
 
 ft«r. « to other companies in resTiPpffnfi, ■^■®^f^»^*edt6- railway 
 OompMi^. "" ^ , *"° *" respect to the pasaageof /the Baid-KrM«^- j 
 
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 of H«r \lT^T . - '^^' '» tlie l^th ana 20th -tfeai. 
 
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 tills AGREEMENT, n»di this;"iighteentU dny.of 
 
 I Mfty» in tlie year of our Lord, 1*''*' ="•-'•.•>■ . , 
 Bv »nd between The Intemational-.Ur.Jgo Oampai.y, , 
 ineornoratbd bj- the Uwb ofthe State of.New York, one of (. 
 hlunSd-StaLof An^#a, <^ .tt,e first 1-^, >a«d The, _ 
 tatermttional Bridge Company, incoh^orated bjtheU^ 
 
 I' SlaW,Svar6'ana area^orpoWedforconstrnctm^^^^^ 
 
 • laid two^ CompaniM w<,re bo incorporated for tl.c pnr 
 "*:nd^it^tl,o intention ** J'^»'ly:,'— '^ . 
 Li„taf.i.«,Sv.rUinga^r,a«^;^^^ 
 ftir that i5UrpQ3<5^ and witlk' tiiat inient uiu v.ai 
 
 York on the fourth day 9^May, in .tlieyeavofwl^d. 
 mo'it Av-aB; »W»g^t other tWngs, in eifect provided that . 
 
 
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 liat thft Directors of th« 
 
 . 'Kiver aforMaid; and further, ,...„ »„„ i^,rec.n» „f .u 
 
 ; .aid C„^orati„„, ^fghtent^ into » j„r„~™ Lt 
 
 ■dapLcate. under the corp^ate Leal Of each of the 1^ 
 
 ^ CoTK-ration,, pre.eribi„g the terU „„d conditio^, thoW 
 
 the mode of earrjing the same iito effect, the name of fa 
 
 new CdrporaUon, the. number ank names'of the dLc 1 
 
 ■ iLffl "".*? ""^5 and who shotld belhe first I)iS« ' 
 and officers thereof, a»d their Jlaccs of residence 2 
 nmnberofshares of the capital sV, the amouIT^P ' 
 ™l^rfcach sl^re^ and the mannkf conveiW AeS^ 
 
 ■ tal stock of each of the said Gomlations into t^at of T 
 new Corporation ; and how an/Lcn, and for Con" 
 
 ■ Direetorsof »*« officers of such nlw Corporation sLut^ 
 
 • .And^hereas, inand by a Statutlpassed in the^ession 
 ot the Parliament of the Dominion df Canada' hM^l 
 tbrty-second and thirty^hird years oflcr pret^ t tuS^ 
 -«., and intituled, "Anict resfeinT™ "Stf^ 
 ; "tional Bridge Company," Re polr was given "to Te 
 
 <ate^ their stock, property and flanohises with the ' 
 
 nrst pait in tlie manner, upon th.o tirms, tothe extent 
 nd bj,_th«^,ke means as above-mentioled, wit , ^S 
 t he sa.d pa^es of the fi«t part-the said enactment rf 
 sa.d t^o legislatures being in effect silar and- alTke- 
 jUd whereas the said two Companils, parties hereto 
 ha™ determmed^ to avail themselves oTtl e powers «^„ 
 
 of th« si,d parties hereto respectively iLe agi-ecd upon 
 r a Mbyth e laLofme3;2^^::^^feS:- 
 
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 dollars, •whlcli has been ^b ^ ^^ 
 
 fl,ercon has boon^callod m and p^^^^o c p ^^ ^ ^ , 
 
 ,Uolato P;-"-«^|S' i:ob«ndrodtbo«,a„4aonarsn..»- 
 . thousand dollars, ol W'"" " ^ cent, has boon . . 
 only havo ^««'^^'S^';Sl>USdb«dcavital •■ 
 I called in and paul *^':'''^J''^'"''^^^^i„,,\^,^ ],mircA 
 
 tU,nsanddolto, andjhe^^^^^ ^^^^^^ toll bo ono , ■ 
 
 m ^^aS O^^a doUars^dlvUled 1„«. «a-^ -^-^ 
 I- tu^jBharo^of onolu^dreddoUarseaohv ^^^^^^^ ^ _ ^ 
 
 ■, > ,i.!,a»reementTviftic8soththattbo»aid-Th...t.,.,«. V 
 
 as follows, tliat is to Bay: ...:^: ,:_ ^ . . ,, / 
 
 Wand- second i,arts,upon>.m,^^«^^_.^ Com, . ;■ 
 
 «»" °**"' "^'f^lr^i^ S>o statutes lastly abovo- ^, ;; 
 
 p»nie8 respectively, as P'oy'^f .„ ";,„^_,atcd, and united, if' ' > 
 SUiohod,shalll)oconBOhdated,ainrigamate^^^ ,^ 
 
 V rdshall form-one GompanJ, .nnd^r ^^^^ ,tolk:pro--'-•''"*"•^ 
 : International iJria«^ ,Co;r^^ ^ V 
 
 II. Tl« eapltaVstook f/^"^^, J„<i dollais, and 
 
 £,^^:i^Co^e^ 
 
 vaUe of one hundred dollars eaeh: , ' „id „«« 
 
 & nt That tlvere f^^W^^T J^"^ ^operty and,„^„ „, „ 
 Com-y, -ho shall -»^^;;^t;^'^ J the transae- -- - 
 . aU the affairs of the sa.d Co'TO«»^'^^^„„ ,,,.11 he a 
 , tion of business the majority of, the Btfc , 
 
 qiiorttin : — - — — — — ' ' ' ' — — — — * 
 
 
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 /UAd • ., ' ^''^•y ^' -iv, JarviB, of the town nf q*« * 
 
 «.^ »«... „„ti, tho fim election of KZ of Z ^"'"^ °®^' 
 
 . • the persons duly qualified, who Imr*. fL { ^»"<>t, and 
 of vo|ps, shin be tie DirecWfor ^ * ' ^T''' ^"^^^^ 
 elettt^n shall be h^d: ''^"^^/^'^^^ Period for which said 
 
 QaaiiflMUon of ^^KI^ That the Directors rIi oil «*, t i 
 
 ■ . , , for tho share* on which they n„\lUt 5 '"P""^ 
 . elocfion.,and shall' each hold aT W* « , "° "*■*''« 
 . ■. c?pHaJstoctof th, Company. ''''"''S"'«»°f^ 
 
 V ■ -ch hour and p,ai>etffi^Sf:«<''<'H''' 
 . ■/^'-^^^^Vo^oro.e.h e .e:rl^r^--g; 
 
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 L to bipM«.d by tKortockUoldmatthp meeting to 
 wWcl thi. «Brefcmont Bli.ll bo submitted, «,th vo«xrto 
 1" shUolLsof tbo now Conipany from tnno to tun 
 bv«r%r ch»g6B«»l Maw ».thpy may thmk best. Th^^ 
 firrLoting fov ,tho election of l)ireeto« to bo bcUl o 
 le ff" t VednoBday of October «ext, at such by..- and 
 Jcfl Bbafl bo tod by .aid -by-l^. in tbe ^a„..cr 
 
 .peement, tbo said piroeto^ '^"^'""^".^"""""^.SMiViJ?, 
 ° ■ ' . ».._„:.i^..* «*• Urn Oomuanv, ftiul also a yiy|L ^o. 
 
 ■ tfeS "r'^d,^ «'« ConH.a..y, -^-V aUo . % 
 
 SSon, to be bold asboveinafter vuovHled ; and aft^ 
 ' : f V ^i „f Tlimotoi-s in like mamicv, a I'res.dcnt and 
 
 ^*^^£:n:Xsen..,.P.sballb^.offic^ 
 
 .T .firnoxt election of Directors ; ptov.dod, l.owe or, 
 
 thatT.^ cr/ ftb failure to elect •l>i..etor. at the time 
 
 l.med In tbis agreement, tl.c Dirci.ors for tbe t..ne be...g 
 
 ' 1^1 hi oto.o ™til tboir successors a..e olected, syd. 
 
 • Son to b?held upon regular notice as be^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 tS at U time, as tbo Directom by by-bm ;0r resob, 
 tion AaU pro\«»^n sucli case.: •;,.:- .^^ 
 
 XI TbatioiDirectors^iai npfoint a^^ 
 Treasurer, '''"^ j^J^^^f^, ui,cct^s«ball ffim titee , ^ . 
 
 •l^n^b bc'officers as tl.eV. may tbiuk proper mul . , eccs- 
 : ::JSfl^.»tsoftho saidno^vCo.i,^^^^^^ K 
 
 ' Xn Th6 appointment artidis.ni.sal ol aUoSlCerB »4 
 
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 Appo.„.«.,t Of ^ ^^'^f- The Directom shall also have tho appointment and 
 ^J^jejU of Attorney, Solicitor, and {^un«el tZ 
 
 p...™ .n. 4..-„„f^'*? That t).ol)iroctomf«r tI.oti.no bofng shall haTOftW 
 l'".V^"£:; "^^ . " 'T ■■'-■•"''""«■'» or by-law8 for tho followina .. ur 
 *.. , . p08C8,«.at ., tosay: for .naking call, on tho ..npaid capital 
 
 shall be payablo; for rog.,lating tho transfer rf stock, *Hd 
 -^ for from t^no to ti.no fixi..g. tho place whoro tho Company., 
 
 ^ Qonoral Office, .hall bo kept, a..d whore transfLo 
 stock .nay bo .nado, and for flxi..g the t.>o at which tho 
 transfer, books shall be closed before any election or 
 the dee anng of dividends ; /or, declaring of dividend,- 
 ^ to proT.de for thp filling of v«ancies in th« Bo»rd of 
 
 • DvooLon, by reason of the death, disqualification 
 
 resignation, or refusal to act of any Director elected at anr 
 annual or other meeting of thp%>ockholders ; fo;- the J 
 
 -pomtment of allofIicor.,Mrv8nt.-andartiflcer8of the Com- 
 pany, and for regulating their duties ind fixing tho com'- 
 » pensat.on to bo made, to them ;- for fegnlating the mode of 
 
 ' ^^^,1{^ ""'"''• '"'' *" K"""^"^ "nd special 
 ineet.ngsof the Company, and of the Directors at their " 
 meetings, and for fixing the duties of tho President and - 
 Tice-President of the Company; for fte borrowing „f 
 
 . money, and for that purpose authorizing the affixing if the 
 ..».*»^orpo«te seal of the Company to any mortgage maA>t 
 
 . ; Porauance of the powers given by statute for that purpose ' 
 „ to the Company ; also to provide for tho holding of the 
 
 meehngs for the election of Directors', and the form of 
 no ice to be given in ease from any eaiie the. stockholder, • 
 fail to meet or elect Director, on the day fixed by thi, 
 _^ . . ■ - agreement for the annual meeting • and generally for th^- 
 
 purpose of carryingintoefleet any and every of the power. 
 Of the Company vested in said new Company by virtue 
 o f th e .t at ntoo in tha t toialf, or by this ^reement ; ild 
 
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 60 
 
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 ^nn* iind aiRPOBition (if tho fttoqjc, property, 
 
 liavo the Bamo cflcct ns a ''y "" " i)i„cto™ tramactod 
 b-ne»oftheCompa^.n.^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 by by-lgiw or resolution, aaui **i.n«o-,fl two »""""•' •=""**".• 
 
 "J^ •' ■ ^„ :,v wliii-U tUo Block ot tno earn iw o , ,„^^ „, ,(„», 
 
 XVI. Tl'«t«''«"'"'"»; ' "n^, .„aU be converted if:.;- '■■" 
 
 i„t„ .took «f ««'>"<'* J"^^ J" ;^,„"c5lnpaSKf, Tartier - " 
 
 hereto-, Bhall fn 1'^" »"" ' j jj,,,, i.^ entitled to .eeoive 
 in .aid Comi.ames,or eitUr ot^W ^ __^^^,^^ „,„y 
 
 r'' "'' eSStoluo »:;S c'onn>anic.o. cither of / 
 
 *'"' ^"*: 1 t^rrcr-r^teL Hd „, 4 
 
 ^ the event of the BUtn bo CompanicB, or in j| 
 
 el.arcl>older .ha.,, :^^^Z. .Larc, be entitled 
 the amount «o.P»4»^*^ ^'^„ ,,id new Company; and '■ 
 to one Bhai-o m capital stooK ,,,„.„u„ldcr in the 
 
 • .0 on, in case the sum so pa>d by 1„ together, or either 
 
 I 6aidtwoComp»«!cs,par Ue^toe '^^^^^^^ 
 
 "of them, shall be o^vf^oono '^J^ ^^^^^^^ P«t of • 
 
 : amounts 8o paid by m ^^^^tb^al part, receive a paid 
 
 ,l,edifferehce,^^ ^tock ; bu^ until 
 
 .up share m 6aid^iieW_Company^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ,ucb d if fcrenco ^y^^^^r'^Tllt in rcop c et of an y 
 
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 ca^e 
 
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 lively «„„tl„d t„ paid up ^ J^^/ ■ fr^^:";'"'"'™ '•""pon- 
 tile numbor of ,|,i« J„2 ,!n r ' '"'".''"'"■P™vi.led, 
 
 l.rovi.0,. for .h„ i!!:: Id 1 «„'I t'o T ' """", 1'""'°^ 
 Mid Blmros imdor il,« cJ »P stock to tho»o ontitlod to 
 
 that j„ „,„ki„g ,.,„,, „„„,ixt';hop J ::':;t*' 
 
 who ho d stock in hml, ..♦• ^i n l^v'^^'irs ol thoso 
 
 mi bo added toi: : ""' ''"'"'""f «'' •"""'- ''?"'». 
 
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 ,1 ■ ' ■ ■ - . ^iff ' - ■. . ■ ■ ■ " ;■ 
 
 DlrTclonnohare , ^^^^' That tho DirCCtOrfl 4f BRul tirtw TV.. , 
 
 Sr.pXS.: of tl.o capital Btocfc of tL Sly "" ' .r'"'""'"^ **'"» 
 
 ""• such places, and to soil nn I h7 ^' '"""""■■' »"<' 'n 
 
 think best. Tl at o^t rl TT ^"""'^' "^ "'«^ «''«» 
 
 e,,eDi.eto„j;:[ii::;; :t :ir;L7^^^^ 
 
 not to oxecd ten thousand sharn! 17 , ""• ""«'> 
 
 each, preferential shaest S „;!"• '""•'''"' ''°"''™ 
 
 . case this power is exor^iL. i ''"'"''' "''»". 'o 
 
 and be paid from the not revenue o? T.f^ ^«=^y^^' 
 
 .:, .: p<i.™cetoa,l„tUerstock,,;™dLu„:'„S:''"^^^^ 
 . '"« seven per cent, per annum on .,, " "'"'"""'ewood- 
 
 ,, .md said preferential shCrtl^U^^ t"? "'"^"'^ ^ 
 
 Cou,pun,y shall bo .,; j c^ "po^ 1 T ° '""' "'''' 
 price, and in such manner as trV. T"' "' ™'''' 
 bcios shall think I..,. L. ,,!'.. _"" "'"=?*»" '^^^ «'"= time 
 
 «.shaiithinkhe..r;,:i,:-xsi;r 
 
 •"•1 ih. mra,,,, ''■•'il. iuat this calls unonthKt.,!,] ,.„ ■ , 
 
 ;ir.r'*cupitalstockofthe/e,vCompr.r!.f« '"''':■"' ^ 
 
 iBsucdorsuWM.4 fa^^ ^'"'""'"'"''"^"■"'fe'-eof 
 
 as not pajj 
 
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 "P in lull, shdll be 
 
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 „»y«l,l« ot tho time, ntKl In tho .««imor »«. ... t .0 i-.^ ^, . 
 imT ti. «...! .li'-«et, »...! for "'" ™ll«et""' "' "'" '.»"' '^."'"V / 
 
 by the Jvc. .1 nets m.d «t.t..tc, .olufn.K tJ tho .».. "Ic^ 
 ,.atio,.,.l U,U1«« 0«...imuics m that bchulf; ,.-..;•.*. ulway. 
 
 i„ tho Stato of Now. York, i.. the ii«..ic.- |.,v ,. o<l .u hat • , 
 
 W. If, i.. tho »tat,.to. of tho Stato of N|f V i-vk, ,0 atn.g 
 
 m„„„or FovUlod by tho Btatuto. <'y';<',l»•''.^*' ™ "[ 
 Canada, ii. that hohalf,.oh.tiug to th^I..lon.ut.o..alli.,..lgo 
 
 Company. ? . / n^ . 
 
 *; 
 
 XIX. It U«l.o nK.-o«l that tho Dncdor* .,1 «ud « v b,„„^____.« 
 Co>.,ra„y «haU havo iK,wcr h„l.,, thuo .0 ...no to ta ow .^,. .,A„ ^ 
 B„oh «...« of ...ouoy a^ .n»y ho ..eoo,-i«.,y W tho «,,* ..ot- ^ ^ 
 
 ton and co-nplotiort of i.« B.-ldBe, uu.l f,,.- ,namf.„, nR 
 and oiwinthiB tho Bamc, and tor tho a«,u.iinj; of tho 
 rlsa ll c»ta^y^.- tho sito of »uia «.-id«o*nd tjjo ; ^, 
 
 . "rolcho. thcrctoMto .nortg.c> h* oorporato i-ropcrly v^ , 
 TdUohiso .0 «c"tho paytnontthotoof a,.d tho ...torcst 
 ^hWcon- but tl» principal of tho inortgago debt ot tho 
 said no^ Cou.pm.y Bhall ..ot ..t a.,y ti,>,o o.-ceo«d ''«""■; »jEr,?»Si: 
 ono million dolla.^.. That the U.roctors .nay ....ko .«.d,,.^., 
 Ztgago tb Boouro tho ^...ont of tho Co.npany a bo.,de 
 
 / 
 
 Whcr« Intcreit, 
 
 wHh interest conponB, payablo in such place, a..d at Buoh j..„.,.. p« 
 
 dates both as to principal and interest, as they may think 
 
 ^U or sterling cnrroncy, as the Directors may elect ; 
 Id tm the mortgage may, if it ^f'^^'^^^^ 
 Direeiors, be madelo secure the wholo amo.,nt ol one 
 r million dollars at once, and the Dirccto™ shall .ssue the 
 Ws from time to time as they .nay th...k proper, and a» 
 the requirements of the Company may render neeessary: 
 
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 maybe opent.l ^VA. That the Directors' ma v ^rwA^ „ A. 
 
 — •- England, or in ...e CiH o Nct^Yo A ZTX ? ^T^> 
 
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 Rate at which 
 
 Blmros and bonds, or ci.l.e,., and any rcristlltn ,^ ^ •'" 
 any or ci.l,e,- of eaid office, knllbJalMl ''"" 
 
 XYT Tl ♦ • • • 'I 
 
 KT"^ "^ namTiV.! '"* -'"'"' ^"-^ securities of the said new Com 
 (f.^L . B^^ cents in gold to the ppnnd sterling. ""^^ "^ ^'^' 
 StSl2'o?'r ..fS^"- ^!^* *^^^ several clauses of the several statute. Vvf 
 
 YorkandCanadI thcStatC of J^eW York inrl nf fK^ TT U i ^ "^"-'"V^^^^lteS Of 
 
 shall apply to 11 V. , "" ®' "*^ 'United States nf A »«/^«.% 
 
 new companv and also of tI)p]nfflT>..„ • o^ ^" ^"Ht'S oi America, 
 
 Foirers, 4cf ^" • T "^^ late 1 rovinco of Canada and nf fi.« r^ • 
 
 * . «i fuem, to the extent in the Inei* +«.^ ^ xt 
 
 * ^Actsin the recital fn ^\^. " J" me las rtwo o f the 
 
 . apply, to the said now P„J^ agreement, shall 
 
 aiid.'^and sairlv^„,nrf T'.n ''""'°"'^''"«> •« "fee. 
 
 ^;«o-.p,o.4:;s;:-^^^ 
 
 . , c?nsolidationandamalga,nati„„ ^"""''"""'^'•''''f ' 
 
 ^ - ' ■ ■ > ;>._ ■-, .. ;: tt- .. - ■'■■■. ,■■■ ^■■- ""■■.■.. 
 
 Sa^'-pUil f ^^^V ^'''' '^'P^"'*" Recalling and holdin<r of „„„!■ 
 -«^, .and sp,„.al general meetings of W ^t-SSuU 
 
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 i new Com- 
 sat Britain, 
 nd eighty. 
 
 statutes of 
 I America, 
 le Domin- 
 rties here- 
 ^o of the 
 id, except 
 lent, shall 
 as-afore- 
 tnd enjoy 
 >nipanies, 
 amalga- 
 
 V'eallthe 
 d its ap- 
 I of the 
 w^ select- 
 ts as the 
 for said , 
 
 general 
 3, it is 
 
 agreed that tlie Directors shall cause na|p|ft to he given of 
 the time and place of holding the AniM 5eu9ral Meeting 
 for the election of Directors, andof allgcncral and special 
 meetings, and such notices shall in each case be given in at 
 least one daily paper pfhlished in the City of Buftalo, and 
 in at least one ' daily paper l^ublished in the City of 
 Toronto, in the JProvincfl of Ontario, for at least two weeks 
 before the day of holding any such meeting, and no other 
 publication of such notice shall «be necessary; and at 
 special meetings, the busiiiess Stated in the notice calling 
 the same, shall be the Only business which shall be trans''- . 
 acted at said meeting.^ ' Providec^, however, any meeting of 
 which notice is so gi'veri, may be adjourned from time to " 
 time," as a majority, of the -sharelioldcrs, present in person 
 and by il^roxy, may by vote decide, and no notice of any 
 such adjournment i^eed be given, and at ajl and each and 
 every meeting of stockholders, all questions submitted to 
 the vote of the stoefcholders 'shall be determined by the 
 majority of votei oast in person or by proxy. • 
 
 -•■e 
 
 V 
 
 X^y. fn this agreement the words " shareholder » and agniiicauoi^ 
 stockliolder" shall have the same signification. ' * 
 
 „n^ Y^' :^'^^^f<^^^'^Vi^^^^reby declared and agreed thatEtf.ctofco.firA. 
 upon the safd confirmation of this agreement in the manner S de5i.*rfd"- 
 provided m the said two statutes lastly mentioned in the ; 
 
 recital to thia agreement, the stock ih the said two Com- 
 panies, parties hereto, shall be- united, consolidated and 
 amalgamated, »nd shall no longer Have a separate or dis, 
 tinct existence; for any purpose whatsoever, and shall be • 
 represented by the said new stock, so entered on said new 
 stock books, and shall be in the place and stead thereof: • 
 
 In witness wheW the said parties hereto have hereunto 
 
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