Buncombe County, NC – French Broad Bridge Co. - Act to Incorporate, 1828

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An Act to incorporate the French Broad River Company

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, 
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James M.
Smith, James Lowry, James W. Patton, Nathaniel Harrison and John B.
Weaver, of Buncombe county, their successors and assigns, be, and they
are hereby created and made a corporation and body politic in law and
fact, by the name and style of "The French Broad River Company," and
as such my sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; have perpetual
succession and a common seal, and all corporate rights necessary to
the end for which this corporation is created.

Be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have the privilege
of erecting a bridge on the French Broad River, at or near the mouth of
Jenkin's Branch; and when the said bridge is completed, to receive from
all persons, animals and vehicles crossing the same, such tolls as the
County Court of Buncombe (a majority of justices being present) may
allow, and order to be recorded on the minutes of the Court.

Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1828
Chapter CXLI
Page 79

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