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32 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 43, 44, 46. 1878. Torncdces f 0 r For torpedoes for harbor defenses, and preservation of the same, and h"·'b°’ d°f°““°“· for torpedo experiments in their application to harbor and land defense, and for instruction of engineer battalion in their preparation and appli- Proviw limitiny cation, hfty thousand dollars: Provided, That the money herein appro- ‘”"· priated for torpedoes shall only be used in the establishment and maintenance of torpedoes to be operated from shore-stations for the destruction of an enemy’s vessel approaching the shore or entering the channel and fairways of harbors. Approved, March 23, 1878. March 26, 1878. CHAP. 44.-An act to extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company of the L-; city of Washington. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Franklin Insur— States of America in Congress assembled, That the act to amend and ex-

      • 8; Cl_<;mP¤¤{'· d tend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company, approved January

ed fofgfgcgfsdnthirtieth, eighteenhundred and sixty-Eve, be, and the same is hereby, 1865 cb_26 extended and continued rn force for the period of twenty years from the 1;; S§,,t_,42{;_ ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, the time at which the said act of January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- Rights and obli- five, will expire; and that all legal rights and privileges conferred upon z¤'¤l<>¤¤ •·*¤t•¤¤d¢d· the Franklin Insurance Company by the original act of incorporation, or by any of the acts amending and extending the same and all legal obligations and responsibilities imposed upon the said company by the acts aforesaid, shall be, and the same are, extended and continued in force for the period of twenty years, commencing on the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Persormilinbility Sec. 2. The shareholders in said company shall be personally liable °fSI**“°b°m°"“· for all the debts of the company to an amount equal to the par of their shares, and in addition to the amount thereof; and no part of the capital stock of said company shall be withdrawn and any director or stockholder assenting thereto shall be personally liable for all debts of said Right to amend, company existing at the time of such withdrawal. And Congress may at any time alter amend or repeal this act. Approved, March 26, 1878. April 2, 1878. CHAP. 46.-—An act to authorize the Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad Company ·-———·-————-— to extend its road into the Territory of Dakota to the village of Sioux Falls. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Worthington States of America in Congress assembled, That said Worthington and E"}, Swim k **11** Sioux Falls Railroad Company is hereby authorized and empowered to M mm ‘ survey, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and operate a. railroad from the west line of the State of Minnesota to and into the village of Sioux Falls, in Dakota Territory, so as to form and constitute a continuous line of railroad from said Nobles County to and into the village of Sioux Falls; and said corporation is hereby vested with all the franchises, powers, privileges, and immunities necessary to°carry into eifect the purposes of this act, as herein set: iorth, and may have and exercise the same fully and eifectdally within the Territory of Dakota. Purchase of ne- Sec. 2. That the said Worthingtou and Sioux Falls Railroad Comcrssmyl¤¤d¤·pany be, and is hereby empowered to enter upon, purchase, take and hold any lands or premises that may be necessary or proper for the construction and working of said road within said Territory of Dakota, not exceeding in width one hundred feet on each side of the line of its railroad, unless a greater width be required for the purpose of excavation or embankment or protection from snow, and in such cases not exceeding two hundred feet; and also any lands or premises that may be necessary and proper lor turnouts, standiugplaces for cars, depots, stationhouses, shops or other structures or inclosures required or convenient