Section 1^st Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: that Mary. D. Slade ^James. B. Campbell of Cook County and Thomas Keyes, of Bond County^ their associates, assigns and successors [...?] shall be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the “Carlyle Bridge Company.” from and after the passage of this Act. and by that name, they and their successors, shall and may hereafter have succession, and shall in law, be capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering, and being answered, in all Courts and places whatsoever; and they and their successors may have a common Seal, and may alter and change the same, at pleasure, and also they and their successors, by that name and style. shall be, in law, capable of purchasing and holding and conveying any estate real and personal for the use of said company as hereinafter limited.

Sec[Section] 2^nd That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed twenty five thousand Dollars, divided into such number of shares, and of such amounts each as the said Mary. D. Slade, and her successors, ^or^ assigns shall think proper, and the said company thus created shall meet on the fourth day July next, or within three months thereafter for the purpose of chooseing such Officers as a majority of them shall determine, and every stock holder shall be entitled: at such and all other elections, to one vote for each share owned: the first Monday in the month in which such election shall be held, shall be the anniversary day of all subsequent elections of such Officers, a majority of the stockholders shall be a quorum, and shall be capable of transacting the business of the corporation, and any Act of the majority of said stockholders, shall be binding on said corporation: the said company or a majority of them may meet from time to time as may be directed by their rules and regulations, and shall have power to make such bye laws, rules & regulations, as shall be deemed expedient, and proper for the well ordering of

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the affairs of said company. Provided, the same be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States.

Sec 3^d The said Corporation are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a Bridge over the Kaskaskia River commencing at the east end of Fairfax Street, thence to the East bank of said river at Carlyle; which shall be constructed with stone abutments, and one arch or span across said River, so as not to obstruct the passage of boats and other crafts: and shall keep said Bridge in good repair for the purposes intended.

Sec 4^th. As soon as the said Bridge shall be completed, it shall and may be lawful for the said Corporation to erect a gate at the end of said Bridge, and to demand and receive the same rates of toll for passing the same, as are now established and received for ferriage; at the same place. Provided. the Citizens of Clinton County, and their property, shall cross and recross said bridge free from toll.

Sec 5. The said Corporation shall have power, and are hereby authorised to extend by causeway or turnpike their said Bridge, to the Bluff, or high grounds east of said Kaskaskia River, for which they shall receive such additional tolls, as shall be allowed them by the County Commissioners Court of Clinton County

Sec 6 The said Corporation shall be entitled to purchase and hold and convey so much real estate as will be necessary to construct the aforesaid Bridge and causeway, or Turnpike, upon; which a ^with^ toll houses, ^and^ toll gates necessary for the management, of the concerns of said Bridge Company.

Sec 7 The said Corporation shall, on, or before the first day of September next, commence the construction of said Bridge across the said Kaskaskia River, and ^have^ so much

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of the same, as is contemplated in the third Section of this Act. completed on or before the first day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, otherwise this Act shall be null and void, and the powers, hereby granted shall [vest?] in such persons as shall become subscribers, to the stock of the “Carlyle Bridge Company.” andJohn Clark John M Webster, Jonathan Sharp and Josph Huey, are hereby constituted and appointed Commissioners, to receive subscriptions to said stock, Provided, that in case of a failure, on the part of the Company, as constituted, in the first Section of this Act, to comply with the requisitions of the several Sections hereof, then and in that case the capital stock shall be divided into shares of fifty Dollars each, and as soon as the said stock is subscribed the said Commissioners or a majority of them shall call a meeting of the subscribers at Carlyle, for the purpose of chooseing five Directors; each shareholder being entitled to one vote, and said Directors, or a majority of them shall, and are hereby authorised, to carry into effect the objects of this Grant, and to retain and exercise, all the powers and previleges conferred upon the Corporators in the previous Sections of this Act. Provided; however that unless said bridge hereby authorised to be erected shall be constructed within five years from the first day of July next, the said franchises and priveleges shall cease and determine and be entirely null and void.

Sec 8. Should said toll bridge and turnpike be erected as is contemplated by this Act, the priveleges hereby granted shall cease and determine on the first day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty.