Sec. 24. That the right and privilege are hereby reserved to the territory, on any company hereafter to be incorporated under the authority of the territory, to connect with the road hereby provided for, any other rail road leading from the main route, or from either of the points at which said road terminates: Provided, That in forming such connexion, no injury shall be done to the works of the company hereby incorporated.
Mr. Millington moved to amend the said 24th section, by adding to it the following proviso:
"Provided, That the said company or companies so connecting, may have the free use of said road, by paying such a tariff of tolls as may be established by the legislature; and this corporation shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges to any and all roads hereafter connected."
The question on the said proposed amendment being taken by yeas and nays, it was decided in the negative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Britain, Doty, Millington, Moran—5.
Nays: Messrs. Farnsworth, Hascall, Martin, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president—6.
Mr. Britain moved to amend the 24th section of the bill, by adding to it the following clause:
"And the said company, so connecting with said road, shall be entitled to the free use of said road, by paying the ordinary tariff of tolls established for said road.
Mr. Hascall moved to amend the amendment by striking out the words in italics, and inserting the following: "such rates of toll as the said company may establish."
This motion was disagreed to, and the original motion was decided in the affirmative by yeas and nays, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Britain, Doty, Farnsworth, Martin, Millington, Moran, M'Donell, president—7.
Nays: Messrs. Bacon, Hascall, Satterlee, Stockton—4.
Mr. Doty moved to amend the 21st section of the bill, by adding to it the following clause:
"And after the end of the said term, all rights hereby granted shall cease and be determined."
The question on this motion being taken by yeas and nays, it was decided in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. Bacon, Doty, Farnsworth, Martin, Millington, Moran—6.
Nays: Messrs. Britain, Hascall, Satterlee, Stockton, M'Donell, president—5.
The bill, so amended, was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time tomorrow.
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