W. P. Lyman, A. W. Puett, G. P. Waldron, B. Wood, H. S. Majority may records how SECT. 14. It shall be lawful for a majority of the persons call meeting of named in this act, or their successors, by giving thirty days' stockholdersnotice, stating the objects, to call a meeting of the stockhold- kept. ers of said company, and the secretary of said company shall certify said call, and record the same, as well as all matters that may be transacted under said call, in a suitable book provided for such purpose. SECT. 15. Said company shall have power to unite its road, in whole or in part, with any other railroad or railroads either in this territory or in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, or Territory of Nebraska, and to grant to any such company or companies, the right to construct, operate, or use this line of road, and to lease its right of way and franchises, together with its equip ments, rolling stock, furniture, and materials used in constructing or operating said road, and authorize such railroad company or companies to complete, finish, use, and operate such line of roads so purchased or leased, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed between the said company or companies, or may consolidate the capital stock with the capital stock of any railroad company or companies with which it shall intersect, and shall have power to place the road of said company and its capital stock so consolidated, under the direction of a board of directors of not less than five persons, who shall be chosen from the stockholders of the company so consolidated, not less than two of which shall have been members and stockholders of the company previous to its consolidation as aforesaid. SECT. 16. Notice shall be published in at least one newspaper printed in the territory, for the election of directors and calls for instalments to be made upon the capital stock, and all meetings of stockholders; all matters intended for the action of stockholders, by the directors or stockholders authorized to call meeetings, shall be published in the notice given for the meeting before which said matters will be brought. May unite with what conditions. other roads on Notices, how given. Highways and SECT. 17. The said corporation shall be bound to repair bridges to be left all public highways or bridges which may be injured in con- in good repair. structing said railroad, and shall restore them, as far as prac Subscribers may pay with erty. ticable, to as good condition as they were before they were injured. SECT. 18. Said company are hereby authorized to take convertible prop- and receive from the several subscribers to said capital stock, money, labor, materials, cars, locomotives, or other articles adapted to the construction or operation of said railroad, or any property that, in the opinion of the board of directors, may be exchanged or converted to such use, and upon receiving full payment in manner aforesaid of such subscription of stock, may issue to such subscriber or subscribers, certificates therefor. When road to be commenced. Act, how construed, and to be public. Take effect, when. SECT. 19. The company shall be allowed fifteen years from the passage of this act for the commencement of said road, and in case at least twenty miles of the same shall not be completed in ten years thereafter, the privileges herein granted shall be forfeited. SECT. 20. This act shall be construed beneficially for all purposes herein specified or intended, and shall be deemed and taken as a public act. SECT 21. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 14, 1862. W. JAYNE, Governor. INCORPORATED TOWNS. Town of Bon Homme. CHAPTER 20. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF BON HOMME. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota: SECTION 1. That so much land as is contained in the northeast quarter of section number thirteen, and the north-east quarter of north-west quarter of section number thirteen, and lots number two, three, and four, in section number thirteen, in township number ninety-three, north of range fifty-nine west, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate, by the name of Bon Homme, and shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and responsibilities usually enjoyed by municipal corporations. council. SECT. 2. That for the good order and government of said The town, town, it shall be lawful, and there shall be established a president, recorder, and three trustees, who shall constitute the town council of said town, and shall be known as "The Town Council of Bon Homme," and any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. same with SECT. 3. Reuben Wallace as president, and Daniel C. Who compose Gifford as recorder, and Edward Gifford, George M. Pinney, what powers. and Jonathan Brown, shall be known and are hereby constituted the town council of said town, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and who shall have full power and authority to make and establish all needful rules and regulations for the government of the said town. SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of the president, with the consent of the town council of said town corporate, to enter so much land within the corporate limits of said town as can be entered under the provisions of the act of congress, entitled "An Act for the relief of citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States, under certain circumstances," approved May 23, 1854. President to enter land. Town council to deed property SECT. 5. It shall be the duty of the town council, as soon as the title to said lands shall be obtained pursuant to the third equitably. section of this act, to ascertain the number of persons entitled, legally or equitably, to lots or squares within said town, and to deed, under the hand of the president and seal of the corporation, to every such person entitled as aforesaid: Provided, Proviso. That any person or persons to whom lots or squares shall be so deeded, shall previously have paid the sum of one dollar for each deed and acknowledgment so required to be made. in council. SECT. 6. If any vacancy should occur in any of the offices, of vacancies of the town council aforesaid, a quorum of said town council, duly assembled, shall at any time fill the vacancy. 3* Take effect, when. SECT. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and approval by the governor. Approved April 10, 1862. W. JAYNE, Governor Town of Elk Point. The town council. Who compose same, with what powers. President to enter land. CHAPTER 21. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF ELK POINT. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of SECTION 1. That so much land as is contained in the south-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section nineteen, township ninety-one, north range forty-nine west; and the south-east one quarter of the north-east one quarter of section twenty-four, township ninety-one, north range fifty west, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate by the name of Elk Point, and shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and responsibilities usually enjoyed by municipal corporations. SECT. 2. That, for the good order and government of said town, it shall be lawful, and there shall be established a president, recorder, and three trustees, who shall constitute the town council of said town, and shall be known as "The Town Council of Elk Point," and any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECT. 3. John R. Wood as president, E. B. Wixson as recorder, and Myron Sheldon, William Adams, and Preston M. Hotchkiss, shall be known and are hereby constituted the town council of said town, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and who shall have full power and authority to make and establish all needful rules and regulations for the government of the said town. SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of the president, with the consent of the town council of said town corporate, to enter so much land within the corporate limits of said town, as can be entered under the provisions of the act of congress, entitled "An Act for the relief of citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States under certain circumstances, approved May 23, 1854. 4 SECT. 5. It shall be the duty of the town council, as soon Town council to deed land as the title to said lands shall be obtained, pursuant to the equitably. council, SECT. 6. If any vacancy should occur in any of the offices of vacancy in of the town council aforesaid, a quorum of said town council, duly assembled, shall at any time fill said vacancy. SECT. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Take effect, when. Approved April 24, 1862. W. JAYNE, Governor. CHAPTER 22. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF RICHLAND. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota: Richland. SECTION 1. That so much land as is contained in the The town of south half of the north-east one quarter of section twentynine, township ninety-two north of range forty-nine west, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate by the name of Richland, and shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and responsibilities usually enjoyed by municipal corporations. cil. SECT. 2. That, for the good order and government of said The town countown, it shall be lawful, and there shall be established a president, recorder, and three trustees, who shall constitute the |