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See. 2. The business? of said Company shall be to A, _4  if shall accrue therefrometo the {health or comfort ofthe in- {
  e$f3IbliSl1 and construct Gas sworks . in l the City of. mem- `    habitants of Memphis; and nothing inthisisact shall he so _,
T .phis,.and they may purchase and hold as muchreal es· V. , Q  ‘ Y construed as to absolve the chmpany, their agents or ’oiii—  
. `tate asmay be necessary and expedient for said business,   W  `* cers from any legal proceedirigs to restrain or abate any _
and to secure any debt that may bedue them. 4.  ` nuisance arising from such wlrks or operations. s w f C
s Sno. 3, It shall be ther duty of said Company, to es- 1,; Sno. 7 . lf any personjoigpersons shall injure or dc-
tablish, véithigil three years from theflst day oflganuary, ‘ stroy any por·tion,,o£·the,gas · fixtures, or other, property
1850 at   ,3tD¤f¤0t®Y_’j'__iWi$hiH l3héf§City Of emphie *  belongino to saidicompany,  r shall wilfullyropenacom.—
s ofisiiiiicient capacity to srlppry its corporate ·,te a uthorities _, Q municati$n,into.,the sti·set,i •g  otherbgasfpipes, or let on
an inhabitants with such bl»`c a d ’ `vate Gas#L` hts i`? as after `t has been sto e ‘ b the com an such er·
as may be required. s   1 n Pm lg Q  gon or perhons shall be lglcl  fdr all darriltgdsi sustaiiied l
Sno. 4. To enablejséid Company to establish such ;  by such proceeding, and als  ,_,, t o a penalty not exceeding _
works, they are hereby ‘a thorized and empowered to lay   five hundred dollars, upo  » conviction by the proper `
down pipes and extend coS__ ductors and othewapparatus A T, authorities. T l s _ ` ’ r r s  
throughgall or any of the) treats, lanes, or alleys of the y l V Sno. 8.._’ ThatR. G. Bri  ley, John Trigg, Henry C. r
Cityiof Memphis, inzsuc manner as to produce the least _, Walker, S. P, Walker,t   ll  Miller, or a majority of
possible,einconvenieneeyto. hetcity wor itsyinhabitants or to   them, shall be commissipne s, to open books for the sub-
travellersg, and to take u thejpavementseorsideoywalks;   . s.criptionij;4>f,stoek,    ll be kept open untilthey
grolvzdpd, Thbey ghpll erwards repair the same, with _ -i jréilay depni ilgat a lsuilicéent  mountthas pleen subscribed. . ,
e eas possi e ,e ay. _   as — p   _, »   e ey s a v en _ y a yer  semen in e newspapers ~
` » Sno. 5. The sara Co pany shall have the. privilege   agitge at least thiity ,d~aysy,n . ice to rsthe stockholders, to
of (precting,t°estahlishing» ,4 El constructing. Gas;W1girks, V ..hgld,,a·aneetiriig for the ele  ion of aboard offseven di}
an manuiacturin and v iding Gas in.theCity. of lem- meters toivwhom shall bef trusted the management o
pllfis, byi means oiggublic orks, for tléeiilerm  YQ99.years , ;tns»aeér;s.;sr.i·snse company, and s who shall-elect a ipresi-
, _ oman after the ate of this C act. . jirmsonlableqirice r ’_adent._fi·om—their'ownnumb  I ¤ T ,   · ¤ i
° `perithoi1sand,i,'eet_for Gas hall be .charged?in-the  of `   _ Viep Snc,Qg9,} .  The electioii‘*of president and directors shall
  rivaiteindivi uals,'to¢=be e sulated by thepricesinother ‘ -     and they shallk  l anywacancy that Lmayqoc-
gouth-Wiestern citiest;i,a;n_ agar public lights_sn;ch.sunn as i ‘?cnrgin§t`h_eig.»`sbo`ard,{the sai  election to°be held at the
may be agreed upon by t _ r Company and (plxeffpublie an-   omee  company, at starch  as thesjstockholders
thoritiesy of Memphis; movidid, Said e ompanyshall .“ ‘ y may appoint. ‘ -» f ‘   ~    
s never charge more than ne cent for every cubicifoot of   ._ _  To enable anyeperson to Qact as a member of the board
gas used, asmay be indie ted by the gasnieter, orrcom·   of directors or president, he must be the owner of ten
puted b}y the orglingry rulgf `in such casgs; ‘nor·s§r,[alle.·=they , lshixres of stoclg and be a citizen oflglgs State,] ld .
ever c arge t e orpor _, ion ~o£_’th3e J ‘ity_of * einphlis   s       or each an ·every~share of stoc e may 0 each
C more per cubic foot than they shall be getting atzthe same g ‘ isstoekholder shall be entitled to one vote, which may be
tim; from amajority of the inhabitants ofthe citytusing e T given by proxy, in the election of the board of direc-
suc gas,. _V e i ` ` ty tors., j ’ *e ,
· i Sno; 6. i The works and o eratirms ot said Corn an ' Stoclrmar be transfered on the books ofthe company
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s shall be so constructed and niaiiages, that =noe·"e.nnoyance at anytime previous to one month before the election.