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ACTS OF
OF ASSEMBLY.

SESSION 1866-67.

CHAP. 1.—An ACT authorizing the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to issue eight per cent. bonds.

Passed December 6, 1866.

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1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it may and May issue 8 per shall be lawful for the Dismal swamp canal company to issue coupon bonds, bearing interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum; the principal to be paid at such time and Principal and place as may be deemed by the company most expedient, interest; how and the interest to be paid semi-annually at such place as may be determined on for the payment of the principal of such bonds: provided that the whole amount of bonds, which Proviso shall be issued under this act, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars.

2. Be it further enacted, That the said company be and How bonds may they are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of the bonds be sold authorized by this act, in such mode and on such terms as they may deem advisable, and to give such security for the punctual payment of the said bonds as they may deem expedient.

3. This act shall be in force from and after the confirma- Commencement tion of the same by the legislature of North Carolina.

CHAP. 2.—An ACT amending the Charter of the City of Lynchburg, &c.

Passed December 8, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the terri- Corporation tory contained within the limits prescribed by the act now in force, and by any act hereafter passed by the general assembly, shall be deemed and taken as the city of Lynchburg; and the housekeepers and inhabitants within said limits, and their successors, shall continue to be a corporation, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of The City of Lynchburg; and as such, and by that name, may contract Corporate and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be im- powers pleaded, answer and be answered unto, and may purchase, take, hold, receive and use goods and chattels, lands and tenements, and choses in action, or any interest, right and estate therein, either for the proper use of the said city, or in trust

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