| AN ACT |
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| To authorize the Savannah, Albany & Gulf
Rail Road Company to extend its track to Tybee Island, upon certain
conditions; and to authorize the Central Rail Road and Banking Company
of Georgia to extend its track and transport freight and passengers
over said line to Tybee Island. |
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| Assented to December 11, 1861 |
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| Section 1. Be it enacted,
That the Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road Company, is hereby
authorized to extend its track, from any point at, or in the limits of
the City of Savannah, to Tybee Island; and the said Company shall have
for those purposes, all the rights and powers conferred by its charter
of incorporation, and the Acts amendatory thereto. |
| Section 2. Be it further
enacted, That the capital stock issued for the construction of
said extension, shall be liable to such rates of taxation as may be
fixed, from time to time, for all other like property in this State. |
| Section 3. Be it further
enacted, That in all cases when it shall be necessary to use
private property in the construction of said Rail Road, the Company
shall be liable for the right of way, which shall be ascertained in
accordance with the laws now in force in relation to the same; and
that at the crossings made by the Company, of any way of travel, or of
commerce, whether on land or water, the said Company shall construct
such adequate works as will leave the same free to the unobstructed
enjoyment and use of all persons. |
| Section 4. The General
Assembly of Georgia do further enact, That it shall be lawful for
the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia, and that Company
is hereby authorized and empowered to extend the track of the Central
Rail Road, and to join and unite the same with the track of the said
"The Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road Company," at, in,
or near the City of Savannah; and when the track to Tybee Island shall
be completed, the said "The Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road
Company," shall not make any discrimination or regulation, in its
charges and rates against the said "The Central Rail Road and
Banking Company of Georgia," nor give any preference to its own
transportation, whether freight or passengers, over that of said
Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia; but that all things
sent by the said "The Central Rail Road and Banking Company of
Georgia," shall be transported over the line to Tybee, at the
same rates, and all passengers from the Central Rail Road shall go at
the same rates that shall be charged by the said "The Savannah,
Albany & Gulf Rail Road Company, on things and passengers coming
from the Road of the said Savannah, Albany & Gulf Rail Road
Company. |
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