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the Boulingrin, after having passed through
a tunnel. of 2,796 metres. M. Mellet had
proposed, before the engineers of the Poms-
et-Chausees,'a line to Rouen, which like
the preceding, would pass by Gisors and
Charleval, but which from that point would
follow the valley of the Andelle, and after-
wards run along the Seine to Rouen.——
Lastly, Messrs. Polonceau and Bellange,
propose a line quite different from the form-
er two, which would keep on the left bank
of the Seine, and after passing by Poissy,
Mamas, and Vernon, would pass the river
at two points, Criquebceuf and Oissel, and
arrive at Rouen in the Place de St. Sever.
After having quitted Rotten, where it would
again cross the Seine, the railroad would

AI)VO'CATE7 on INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

take the valley of Deville, as far nearly as
Houlme, where it would divide into two
parts; the one would proceed to the valley
of Arques, near Rosay, in order to reach
Dieppe; the other would rejoin the Seine
at Duclair, by the valley of Austraberthe,
and would then follow the right bank of the
river to Havre. Lines not less different
from each other, have been presented for
the railroad from Paris to Orleans. A first,
by the valleys of the Seine and the Essone;
a second by the valley of the Seine, la Ferte~
Aleps, Artenay, and Gidy; a third by the

_ commenced.

valleys of the Seine, the Orge, and the lie-
narde, Anton, and Toury; and a fourth by
Versailles, St. Hubert, the wood of Ram
bouillet, the hamlet of Thcrinillc, the for-

 

ests of Ivelines and Souch amp, and Artenay.

As to the Lille railroad, two lines haverbeen J ‘

surveyed by M. Vallee, chief engineer of
the Ponts et Chausses, the one by Amiens,

and the other by St. Quentia, with branches i '

to Valenciennes, Boulogne, and Calais. We
may add that other lines less extended are
in contemplation- The iron railroad from
Alais to Beaucaire is on the point of being
A grant of permission for
another, from Cette to Montpellier,has been
applied for. The projected road from Bourg
to Lyons, as laid down by M. I-Iageau, is

about to be again taken into consideration.
it is also said that at road from Elbeuf to
Louviers is about to be undertaken, a part
of the funds peing already subscribed.” .___

‘ANAo

TO ‘INCORPORATE TI-IE NEW.-YORK AND ALBANY RAILROAD
ooirPApr. i

T

T/I6 People of the State of Nata-Yoi"7c, representccl in‘. Senate
and flsscinbly, do enact as follows :

. §l. Nicholas Fish, Elisha Tibbits, Samuel Swartwout, Ben-
Janiirrwright, William C. Redfield, James B. Murray, William
M.P,rice, David 1). Field, Alexander E. Hosack, Henry I-lone,
Samuel G. Witeeler, Campbell P. \Vhite, Jesse Oakley, lsaiah
Townsend, John '1‘. Norton, John P. Cushman, \Villiani Aikin,
Abraham P. Holdridge, James Vanderpoel, Joel Benton, Albro
Aikin, Robert Sedgwick, Charles Henry Hall, John Townsend,
Benjamin Knower, Abraham Bockee, Townsend McCoun, John
Hone, Cornelius Harsen, Lynde Catlin and Gideon Lee, with
such other persons as shall associate with them for that pur.
pose, are constituted abody politic and corporate by the‘ name of
“ ’I‘he New-York and Albany Railroad Company,” with power
to construct a sinrrle, double, or treble railroad or way betwixt
the cities'ofNew'. ork and Albany, commencing on the island

of New-York where the Fourth avenue terminatesat the Har- ‘

laetn river, and passing through the counties of Vhlestcliester,
Putnam, Dutchess. Columbia and Rcnsselaer, and ending at
some point on the said river Hudson, opposite or near the city of
Albany, with power to continue and extend the same to the city
of Troy ; and with power also to construct a branch or branches
to the easternllimiits of each or any county or counties, ‘within
this State, into which the said Railroad may enter, where such
branchyot: branches shall be necessary to connect said main road
Wltlltlny Railroad ‘already or hereafter to be constructed in either
of 'thé‘States of Massachusetts or Connecticut, to transport, take
andcarry property and persons upon the same, by the power
and force of steam, of animals, or of any mechanical or other
power, or of any combination of them, for the term of fifty years
from the passage of this act, and the whole of the said road shall
be made within this State.

.§2'.i If the corporation hereby created, shall not, within three
years from the passage of this act, commence the construction of
said Railroad or way, and spend at least the sum of two hun-
dred thousand dollars thereon, and shall not, within ten years
from the passage of this act, construct, finish and put in opera.
tion, the said single, double or treble Railroad or ways, then the
right of the said corporation shall be null and void: and ifa suf-
ficient amount ofthe stock ofthe said company shall be subscribed
within the county of Rensselaer to construct and continue
the Railroad ,fi-orn_.the, villagenofflrreenbusli to the compact’ part
of the cityof Tif'_c'),'y‘,“t,liet1 the said company shall construct and

continue said‘ Rai'lirbad‘fl"_ro'ftlie”s'a'id city*"bfi“"'T.roy,’lw”ithin‘fouei*""

years after said arnountof stock shall be subscribed therefor.

§ 3. The capital stock of the said company shall be three mil-
lions of dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred
dollars each, and shall be deemed personal property, and trans~
fei-able in such manner as the said corporation shall by by—1aws
direct. « ‘ ‘ '

§4. Daniel Le Roy, Walker Todd, Enos Hopkins, Thomas
Taber, £2nd., Cornelius Harsen, James B. Murry, Jess Smith,
William Jay, J John Townsend, ‘John T‘. Norton, ‘Benjamin
Knower, Townsend McCoun, Gideon Tucker, William Aikin,
Abraham P. Holdridge, Rufus Reed, Albro Aikin, Elisha Tib-
bits, Samuel Swartwout, John Hone. Lynde Catlin. John L0-
zier, Gideon Lee, John Snyder, Augustus Treniain, Walter: Cun—
ningham, and Elias Pattilsori shall he comniisaiciter_s; the duty
at rt/lictin it strait lie, within the period:  zresrtiittitttaattfit the

Passed April 17, 1832. t -

passing of this act, at some suitable place in the cities of New-
York, Albanyand Troy, and in the town of Amenia, in the,
county of Dutchess, to open books to receive -subscriptions to
the capitalstock of the said corporation; and twenty days pub-

* licinotice shall be given by-the said commissioners *of the time '-

and place of the opening of such books in one of the public news; %
papers in each of the said cities, and in» the countyof Dutchess ;‘ -'

‘ and as soon as the same shallbe subscribed, to give a like no-

tice for a meeting of the stockholders at such time and place as
the said {commissioners shall appoint, to choose seventeen di- J
rectors; and such election shall be then andtthcre made by such
of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in
person or by lawful proxy]; each share of thecapital stock en-
titling a stockholder to one vote; and the said commissioners
shall be inspectors of the first election of directors of the said
corporation, and shall certify, under their hands, the names of
those duly elected, and deliver over the subscription books to
the said directors, and the. time and place of holding the first
meeting of directors shall be fixed by the said commissioners;
and the said directors shall have power to appoint an engineer,
and to cause such examinations and surveys for the said Rail-
road to be made, as may be necessary to the selection by them .
of the most advantageous line, or lines for the location of the i
road; and the said directors shall, «after such» «erramina.tien‘s-wand-
surveys shall be made, select, and by certificates under their
hands and seals, designate the line, course or way which they
may deem most advantageous for the said Railroad; one of
which certificates shall be filed in the office of the Register of
the city of New~Yorlr, and one in the office of the clerk of each '
of the counties through which the said road shall pass; which
line, course or way so selected and certified shall be deemed the
line, course or way, on which the said corporation shall con-
struct, erect, build or make their single, double, treble Railroad
or ways, as hereinafter mentioned, the expenses of all which‘
surveys and examinations, and all manner of incidental expen-- , ‘
ses relating thereto, shall be paid for by the said corporation.

§ 5. If within three days after opening the subscription books
as aforesaid, a sum exceeding three millions of dollars shall be
subscribed, the commissioners shall proceed to apporeion the
stock among the subscribers, and shall complete the apportion-
ment within sixty days after the opening of said subscription,
and if the full amount of capital be not subscribed within three
days as aforesaid, then it shall be the duty of the commission-
crs to open the subscription books from time to time, until the
whole amount shall have been subscribed. The commissioners
shall receive no subscription unless five dollars on each share: ’
subscribed be paid at the time time of subscription. . 

§6. The said directors to be chosen at such meeiing, or at.
such annual election, shall, as soon as may be, after every elect-iv
:tion‘,a choose out of their*own number. one President, and one“,

,:o_th.~e?r pcrsonxtof -be Vice%President:;1. and. in case of-. Lille‘.-'Cl6-8:th9' res-t..g_,
» . tstgnation 3bB"é‘nGE*‘i:0f:.tb8’.‘.EIs%id§nt, the-Vice.Presiden“t.‘tshstl1= t

preside until the next annual election thereafter,‘-mr='until ~an.. <:
other President shall be chosen ; and in case of the death or re-
signation of the President or Vice—President, or of any director, a
such vacancy or vaeincies may be filled for the remainder of then.
vear by the board ofdirectors; and in case of the absenceof. the.:;
President and Vice-President, the boardzofdirectfors shall hm;
power to appoint‘ a. President pro tempore,.who -sh-all havei and ii»
exercise such powers and functions as the b'yi.law‘sV.of tl1e;Sfi1jdT‘
corporation may provide; A . c  it . '
§7. In case it should at any time happen that an election of "
directors shall not be made on any day, when pursuant to this ,
act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not,
for that cause, he tlsemed to be dissolved; but such election may
he lteitl  titty othrir ttirstt tiritlztziaistr stars thrraattrr= ’*