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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 278. 1866. 293 Benjamian Gratz, C. E. Warren, Lazarus W. Powell, John Mason Corpomtors. Brown, Joshua Speed, of Kentucky; Solon Thatcher, Jacob Stotter, William B. Edwards, James G. Blunt, Robert McBratney, of Kansas; Harrison Hagaus, James Cook, Robert Crangle, Benjamin H. Smith, of West Virginia; Lorenzo Sherwood, A. J. Hamilton, of Texas; William Gilpin, Henry C. Leach, of Colorado; Pbinneas Banning, Timothy G. Phelps, William B. Carr, Edward F. Beale, Fred. F. Lowe, Benj. B. Redding, B. W. Hathaway, Leonidas Haskell, Frederick Billings, of Califbrnia; W. S. Ladd, J. R. Moores, Walter Monteith, John Kelly, B. F. Dowell, of Oregon; James L. Johnson, Henry Connelly, Franciscus Perea, of New Mexico; J. H. Mills, A. P. K. Safford, E. S. Davis, of Nevada; King S. Woolsey, William H. Hardy, Coles Bashford of Arizona; Henry D. Cooke, of the District of Columbia; and all such other persons who shall or may be associated with them, and their successors, are hereby created and erected into a body corporate and politic, in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of the “Atlantic and Pacific Railroad N¤{¤¤ of wl'- Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall P°m"°°*&°‘ be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal. And said corporation is hereby author— Seal. _ ized and empowered to lay out, locate, and construct, furnish, maintain, mg°§gg;*:;'g*;d and enjoy, a continuous railroad and telegraph line, with the appurtenan- ,,,,,,5,;,,.,,,,, ,.,,,1_ 088, namely: Beginning at or near the town of Springfield, in the State road and teleof Missouri, thence to the western boundary line of said State, and thence g"},l:£,l:$‘8ud by the most eligible railroad route as shall be determined by said com- mum, pany to a point on the Canadian River, thence to the town of Albuquerque, on the River Del Norte, and thence, by way of the Agua Frio, or other suitable pass, to the head-waters of the Colorado Chiquito, and thence, along the thirty-fifih parallel of latitude, as near as may be found most suitable for a railway route, to the Colorado River, at such point as may be be selected by said company for crossing; thence by the most practicable and eligible route, to the Pacific. The said company shall have B¤'*T¤<>h Gimthe right to construct a branch from the point. at which the road strikes z35d,?,:;,?" the Canadian River eastwardly, along the most suitable route as selected, Arkansas. i to a point in the western boundary line of Arkansas, at or near the town of Van Buren. And the said company is hereby vested with all the Powers and powers, privileges, and immunities necessary to carry into effect the pur- P’“"l°g°’· poses of this act, as herein set forth. The capital stock of said company Capital stock. shall consist of one million shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall in all respects be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable in such manner as the laws ofsaid corporation shall provide. The persons P¤¤‘S<>¤S b?fo1'¤ hcreinbefore named are hereby appointed commissioners, and shall be Qg;’;gd0°}p(§;:£f°d called the board of commissioners of the “Atlantic and Pacific Railroad missioners. Company," and fifteen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of Quorum_ business. The first meeting of said board of commissioners shall be held First ¤fl€9tl¤S at the Turner Hall, in the city of Saint Louis, on the first day of October, g;;;;?"' anno Doinini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, or at such time within three months thereafter as any ten commissioners herein named from Missouri shall appoint, notice of which shall be given by them to the other com- Notice, missioners by publishing said notice in at least one daily newspaper in the cities of Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Memphis, and Nashville, once a week for at least four weeks previous to the day of meeting. Said board shall organize by the choice from its number of a Organization president, vice·president, secretary, and treasurer, and they shall require ggilgzigd md from said treasurer such bonds as may be deemed proper, and may from T,.,,,,;,,,,,,. ,0 time to time increase the amount thereof, as they may deem proper. give bonds. The secretary shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties, Secretary to and such oath shall be entered upon the records of the company, signed be ¤W°1'¤· by him, and the oath verified thereon. The president and secretary of