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AN ACT

Authorizing A. G. Turner, Benj. F. Green, D. W. Cummings and R. W. Button to establish and maintain a Toll Road from Boise City to Owyhee Mines and build all necessary Ferries on the line of said road.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho as follows:

SECTION 1. That A. G. Turner. Benj. F. Green, D. W. Cummings and R. W. Button be and they are hereby authorized to construct a wagon road over the most accessible route from a town known as Boice city, in Boise county, Idaho territory, to Ruby city, Owyhee county and territory as aforesaid, and to construct ferries over intervening water courses between said points; and to have exclusive privilege for two miles above, and two miles below the points so selected for ferries, for the period of ten years.

SEC. 2. The said A. G. Turner, Benj. F. Green, D. W. Cummings and R. W. Button, shall within ten months from and after the passage of this act, cause said route to be opened for the accommodation of the traveling public with the necessary ferries to make travel convenient, safe, and expeditious between said points of beginning and termination, otherwise this charter is null and void.

SEC. 3. It shall be lawful for said A. G. Turner, Benj. F. Green, D. W. Cummings and R. W. Button, to collect the following tolls including travel over said route and ferriage fees.

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SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the governor.

APPROVED, January 29th, 1864.

AN ACT

Granting to Jacob Meeks and John P. Gibson, the exclusive right to maintain a ferry across the Snake or Lewis river, at any place below the mouth of Blackfoot river within five miles of the same.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. That the exclusive right to maintain and operate a ferry across the waters of Lewis or Snake river, at any and. every point within two miles below the mouth of Blackfoot river, is hereby granted to Jacob Meeks and John P. Gibson and their associates and successors, for the term of ten years, with the privilege and subject to the conditions prescribed by this act.

SEC. 2. So long, not exceeding ten years, as the said Jacob

Meeks and John P. Gibson, their associates and successors shall maintain and operate a good, safe and sufficient ferry boat, to be run in the proper season, by a rope stretched across said river of sufficient size, and blocks upon the same of strength sufficient to sustain, in all ordinary stages of water, the pressure of the current of the said stream or river, they shall be authorized to collect the following rates of toll, viz: For each wagon carrying two thousand pounds or under, four dollars, for each additional one thousand pounds one dollar, for mules or cattle seventy-five cents for each head.

SEC. 3. The said Jacob Meeks and John P. Gibson shall be bound to have the said boat in readiness to cross wagons over said Snake or Lewis river, at the said location, as above specified, on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year, and to maintain the same in readiness to cross wagons and cattle over the same, until the water in said stream shall be so low that it can be forded with safety, after which, they shall not be bound to have the same in readiness until the fifteenth day of April of the ensuing year.

SEC. 4. The said Jacob Meeks and John P. Gibson shall be held and obligated, within the time specified in the preceding section, to keep a good and competent ferryman or ferrymen, as shall be needed, who shall transport wagons and stock across said river, promptly both by night and day, whenever it is safe to cross said river in the night, under penalty of damages sustained by their neglect, or refusal, and the forfeiture of this charter.

SEC. 5. The county commissioners shall have power to decrease the foregoing ferry rates, after two years, upon the petition of twenty-five bona fide citizens, but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the Legislature from altering or amending the foregoing ferry rates after the passage of this act, but the said Jacob Meeks and his associates shall not infringe upon prior rights of any person or persons who may have established a ferry upon said river at the place herein mentioned.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the governor.

APPROVED. January 28th, 1864.

AN ACT

To Incorporate the Wright Ditch Company.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows:

SECTION 1. That William Wright, Thomas Wright, and John Wright, their associates or assigns, are hereby declared a body corporate, under the name of the Wright Ditch Company, for ten years from the passage of this act.

SEC. 2. Said company shall have the power to take seven hundred inches, miner's measurement, of the waters of Moore's creek, at a point on said creek about six miles above Bannock city, Boise county, and build a ditch, flumes, and other necessary conductors, of sufficient capacity to carry said water from said point along the said Moore's creek, and the hills adjacent thereto, thence along the hills up Elk creek to, and across Gold Hill, and thence to such other point in the third mining district in said Boise county, as said water can be led and used to advantage.

SEC. 3. Said company is hereby granted the right of way for said ditch, flumes, and other necessary conductors, together with a sufficient space on either side of said ditch, flumes, or conductors, to protect the same along the line of said ditch, from said point on Moore's creek to, and across said Gold Hill, said company may also build and maintain such reservoirs, as may be necessary for said ditch.

SEC. 4. Said company may at any time within two years, enlarge said ditch to the capacity of twelve hundred inches, and may turn that amount of water in said ditch when so enlarged; and said company shall have the right to run any tributary of said Moore's or Elk creek into said ditch along the line thereof.

SEC. 5. Said company may sue or be sued in their corporate name, and shall have power to purchase and hold water rights or other ditches emptying into their ditch, and such other real and personal property as may be necessary for the use of said company.

SEC. 6. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars.

SEC. 7. No part of this act shall be so construed, as to in any manner interfere with ditch and mining rights heretofore established.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and

after its approval by the governor.

APPROVED February 1, 1864.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Bannock City Water Company.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho as follows:

SECTION 1. That John C. Henly, Charles D. Vajin, and George Woodman, and their assigns, are hereby declared a body corporate, under the name of Bannock City water company.

SEC. 2. Said company shall have the exclusive right to take twelve inches of water to be measured according to the custom of miners, out of Moore's creek, or Elk creek, or both, or out of any tributary of either, or both of said creeks, at any suitable point, and convey said water in any suitable troughs or pipes, or bored logs, to Bannock city and Buena Vista bar, in the county of Boise; and the said company shall have the exclusive right to run their troughs, pipes, or bored logs, through each and every one of the streets, alleys, roads, or highways of said Bannock city and Buena Vista bar, for the purpose of conveying water through said places, for distribution for all ordinary household purposes, such as drinking, cooking, and the like; and shall have the right to distribute said water for household purposes for the term of ten years from the passage of this act.

SEC. 3. Said company shall have power to purchase lands, buildings and other real property, and all personal property necessary for the use of said company to build reservoirs and maintain the same, together with such pipes, troughs, or bored logs as may be used, to put pipes in, and faucets in houses when requested, and to remove the same at pleasure; to sue and to be sued; to make all necessary by-laws and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States, or the organic act of this territory; and to charge and collect toll for the use of said water.

SEC. 4. Said company is hereby granted the exclusive

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