Author: Connecticut Massachusetts

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781331993148

Excerpt from The Act Incorporating the President, Directors and Company of the Farmington Canal: The Act Incorporating the Hampshire Hampden Canal Company At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at New Haven, in said State, on the first Wednesday of May, A. D. 1822: Upon the petition of Andrew Hull, Jun. and others, praying for a Canal Incorporation, as per petition on file: Sec. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That a Canal may be constructed, and hereby is established, from the tide waters of the harbor, in the city of New Haven, through this State, to the north line thereof, at Southwick, in the State of Massachusetts, passing through the town of Farmington; and also, from Farmington up the Farmington river, to the north line of the town of Cole-brook, it being the State line, passing through the town of New Hartford. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of constructing, and for ever maintaining said Canal, a Company hereby is incorporated, by the name of The President, Directors and Company of the Farmington Canal; and by that name said corporation shall, for ever, be capable in law and equity, to sue and be sued, defend and be defended, in all courts whatever, to have and use a common seal, such as they shall devise, and the same to change and alter, at pleasure; to make and establish such rules, regulations and by-laws, from time to time, as shall appear necessary, or convenient for the government of said corporation, and for the preservation and due management of said Canal, with the other property which shall, or may belong to said corporation; and the same rules, regulations and by-laws may cause to be duly executed; provided, they are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State; and may annex penalties to the breach thereof, not exceeding ten dollars; and may appoint such officers, and employ such laborers as shall be necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.