they may fix and appoint, of which election thirty days notice shall be given in a newspaper published in the City of Kansas.

§ 4. The said Company shall have the same power to condemn and acquire title to lands necessary for the construction of said bridge and for the approaches to it from public highways, and the same power to take materials from lands in the neighborhood for the construction thereof, compensating the owners thereof, and the proceedings therein shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided in the Act to authorize the formation of railroad associations and to regulate the same, approved December 13, 1855, and the said Company shall also have the right to protect the banks of the river above and below the bridge, so far as may be necessary to keep the channel within the openings of the bridge for the passage of vessels, and for that purpose to acquire, condemn, and take lands and materials in the manner aforesaid.

§ 5. The said bridge shall be constructed so as not to prevent the passage of steamboats or other vessels in the navigation of said river, and said bridge may be built so as to admit a railroad track for the passage of cars and trains, as well as for a common wagon way, and for a foot passenger way. It shall be properly attended and managed, so as to afford safe and easy passage for all persons and property, and every railroad train drawn by steam power shall, on approaching said bridge, stop its speed and come to a stand-still on the bank before entering upon the passage of the bridge.

§ 6. When said bridge is completed the said Company shall be entitled to demand and receive tolls for crossing the same, and to fix the rates of toll, of which a schedule shall be kept conspicuously posted at each end of the bridge, which rates shall be as follows, and shall never exceed the same, to wit: For each foot passenger, five cents; for every person on horseback, twenty cents; for every gig, buggy, or other travelling carriage, drawn by one animal, forty cents; for every cart or wagon drawn by one animal, forty cents; for every wagon or cart drawn by two animals, sixty cents; for every cart or wagon drawn by three animals, eighty cents; for every cart or wagon drawn by four animals, one hundred cents; for every cart or wagon drawn by more than four animals, ten cents extra for each animal; for every pleasure carriage drawn by two animals, sixty cents; for every pleasure carriage drawn by four animals or more, one hundred cents; for each head of cattle, horses, mules, or other working animal, ten cents; for each head of sheep or swine, three cents; and said bridge company may permit any railroad company to extend their railroad track over said bridge upon such terms as may be agreed upon by said bridge company and such railroad companies.

§ 7. The corporation hereby created shall be exempt from the operation of sections six, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen and twenty, of article one of "An Act concerning Corporations," approved November 23, 1855.

$ 8. For the purposes of taxation, all property owned by this corporation shall be taken

and deemed as personal property, in the shape of stock in the hands of stockholders, and the same shall be assessed and taxed as stock only.

§ 9. All acts and parts of acts whatsoever, inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

§ 10. This act shall be taken as a public act, and shall be in force from and after its passage.

Approved February 20, 1865.

APPENDIX C.

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE KANSAS CITY, GALVESTON, AND LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD COMPANY," APPROVED FEBRUARY 9, 1857.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

SEC. 1. That any deed of trust thereafter to be made and executed by said Railroad Company, now known as the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad Company, to secure the payment of bonds sold or to be sold by it to procure money for the completion of its road and appurtenances, shall be a valid lien upon all property described in said deed of trust, and upon the entire line of said road and its appurtenances and franchises, although the said property might not have been obtained or said road completed at the time of the execution of said mortgage or deed of trust; and the said bonds to be issued thereunder may bear such rate of interest, and be sold for such price, as may be deemed expedient by the Board of Directors of said Company, and it shall be competent and lawful for the said Company to make and enter into such contract with the trustees in such deed of trust as will secure the just and true application of all moneys raised under it, and of all other funds of the Company, to the work of construction of said railroad, and to secure the same under said deed of trust as a security for the payment of said bonds.

SEC. 2. It shall be lawful and competent for said Company to make such arrangement with any other railroad company to furnish equipments, and to run and manage its railroad, as it may deem expedient and find necessary, or to lease the same, or to consolidate it with any other company upon such terms as may be deemed just and proper.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of adding to the safety of its bonded debt, it shall be competent and lawful for the holders of its bonds to vote at all elections of the Company, and to be represented at all meetings of the stockholders, and vote either in person or by proxy. The holder of each one hundred dollars of such bonds shall be entitled to the same vote and representation as the holders of each one hundred dollars of stock of said Company; and it shall be competent and lawful for said Company to provide for a registration of such bonds in such manner that they may be made payable to order, and the circulation restricted at the pleasure of each holder; and such rules and regulations shall be made by the said Board of Directors as will accomplish this object, and to secure the safety of said bonds as may thus be possible against theft or other losses thereof.

SEC. 4. The said Railroad Company shall have the same authority, rights and powers as are conferred upon the Kansas City Bridge Company, incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of Feb. 20, 1865, and may, in connection with its railroad bridge, erect a bridge for the passage of teams, carriages, and foot passengers, and shall have the same right and authority to receive compensation therefor as are granted to the said Kansas City Bridge Company; and all railroad companies whose roads shall terminate at or near such bridge on either side of the Missouri River, or which shall construct a branch road to such bridge, shall have the right to run their cars and engines on and over such bridge, at such times and on such terms as may be agreed on between the companies, respectively; and if such companies shall not agree on such terms, then on such terms as shall be prescribed by the Governor of this State.

SEC. 5. The North Missouri Railroad Company shall have the privilege of laying their track over the right of way of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad Company, where it passes the bluff at Randolph, on the Missouri River, and thence to a point on said river opposite to the City of Kansas, upon condition that the said Company shall not lay their track within nine feet of or in any manner so as to interfere with the Kansas City and Cameron railroad track as at present located; nor shall it cross the said track until within half a mile of the railroad bridge now in course of construction at the City of Kansas, unless the two companies otherwise agree; and in case the North Missouri Railroad Company do not construct and terminate their road at the City of Kansas, they shall pay the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad Company a just valuation of the right of way aforesaid, which value, if not mutually agreed to, shall be determined by three railroad experts, each company to select one, and the two so chosen to select the third; or in case the two companies shall agree to the joint use of the track of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad, from their eastern intersection to the City of Kansas, but shall disagree as to the annual compensation to be paid the said Kansas City and Cameron Railroad Company for the use of their track, then the amount to be so paid by the North Missouri Railroad Company shall be determined by three railroad experts, to be chosen as provided, in case of disagreement as to right of way.

This Act to take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.

Approved March 11, 1867.

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