a good and sufficient bond, payable to Owyhee County, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the requirements of this Act. SEC. 7. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 11th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER LXXIX. AN ACT Authorizing C. D. Vajen, E. T. Beatty, J. L. Smith and J. H. Slater, and their associates, to establish and maintain a Telegraph Line from Boise City to Silver Mountain, via Ruby and Idaho Cities, taking in the following mining camps and villages, to wit: Placerville, Centerville, Silver City, Rocky Bar and Yuba, located in Ada, Owyhee, Boise and Alturas counties, Idaho Territory. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That C. D. Vajen, E. T. Beatty, J. L. Smith and J. H. Slater, and their associates, their heirs, successors or assigns, are hereby granted the exclusive right and privilege, for the term of ten years, to establish and maintain a telegraph line, commencing at Boise City, in Ada County; thence along the most practicable route to Ruby City, in Owyhee County; thence along the Payette Valley to Placerville, in Boise County; thence to Centerville, Idaho City and Silver City; thence, in a direct route, to Rocky Bar, Yuba and Silver Mountain, in Alturas County. SEC. 2. That said parties shall have the right to cut and appropriate the necessary timber along said route, to construct said telegraph line. SEC. 3. That said parties, or their associates, shall commence the construction of said line within twelve months after the passage of this Act. SEC. 4. That said parties, or their associates, shall have the right to charge one cent per mile for each word transmitted over said line. SEC. 5. That within six months after the approval of this Act, the said C. D. Vajen, E. T. Beatty, J. L. Smith and J. H. Slater, shall file a good and sufficient bond with the Territorial Auditor, in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, payable to the Territory of Idaho, conditioned for the faithful performance of the requirements of this Act. SEC. 6. This Act to be in full force and effect from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 11th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER LXXX. AN ACT To authorize James Kinney, Frank Campbell, George Ainslie, John M. Murphy and M. Spahn, and their heirs and associates, to manufacture and sell Illuminating Gas, in the towns of Idaho City and Buena Vista City, in Boise County, Idaho Territory. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That James Kinney, Frank Campbell, George Ainslie, John M. Murphy and M. Spahn, and their heirs and assigns be, and they are hereby, authorized, during the period of ten years next ensuing the approval of this Act, to have and possess the exclusive right and privilege of supplying the towns of Idaho City, and Buena Vista, in the county of Boise, Idaho Territory, and the inhabitants and residents of said places, with illuminating gas. SEC. 2. The said James Kinney, Frank Campbell, George Ainslie, John M. Murphy and M. Spahn, and their heirs and assigns, shall have authority to erect within the town limits of said Idaho City, and Buena Vista, the necessary buildings, works and machinery, for the manufacture and production of illuminating gas; to make the necessary excavations in the public streets of said towns, for the purpose of laying pipes therein, and to re-open the said excavations for the purpose of replacing and repairing the said gas pipes: Provided, That the streets of said towns shall not be obstructed to an unnecessary degree, or for an unreasonable period of time, while said pipes are being repaired. SEC. 3. The said James Kinney, Frank Campbell, George Ainslie, John M. Murphy and M. Spahn, their heirs and assigns, shall, within the period of twelve months from and after the approval of this Act by the Governor, commence the construction of the works necessary for the manufacture or production of illuminating gas; and shall, within the period of two years from and after the approval of this Act, complete the necessary buildings for the same: And provided, further, That the said James Kinney, Frank Campbell, George Ainslie, John M. Murphy and M. Spahn, shall, within ninety days from the approval of this Act, file with the County Auditor of Boise County, a good and sufficient bond, in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to said county, conditioned for the faithful performance of the provisions of this Act. SEC. 4. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 3d, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER LXXXI. AN ACT To incorporate the Oneida Wagon Road Company. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That William L. Halsey, Paul Coburn, John N. Todd, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the Oneida Wagon Road Company. SEC. 2. Said corporation shall have power, in its corporate name, to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, to buy and sell real and personal property, and have all the necessary powers of a corporation, for the purposes of their enterprise. SEC. 3. Said corporation is hereby invested with the necessary powers to construct and build a wagon road from a point known and designated as Deep Creek, to Ross Fork of Snake River, in the county of Oneida, in Idaho Territory, on and by the most practicable route between those two points, where it does not interfere with the vested rights of others. SEC. 4. Said corporation shall have the exclusive right to construct and maintain a wagon road, on the route which it may select and designate, between the points named in section three, within six months from and after the passage and approval of this Act; and shall be required to pay into the School Fund of Oneida County the sum of fifty dollars, on or before the first day of January of each year. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of said corporation to bridge all streams on said road, so that the same shall be passable, or construct, and keep in good repair, ferries on all streams where the same may be necessary, so that the same may be passable, within twelve months from the passage of this Act, and keep the same in good repair after that date. SEC. 6. Said corporation shall be allowed and entitled to receive and collect the following rates of toll on said road: For each team of two horses, mules, or oxen, and .$2.50 50 50 50 25 05 SEC. 7. The Commissioners of Oneida County may, at any time, reduce the rates of toll allowed in this Act. SEC. 8. The said corporation, within ninety days from the passage and approval of this Act, shall execute and file with the County Auditor of Oneida County, a good and sufficient bond, in the sum of two thousand dollars, payable to Oneida County, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed by this Act, otherwise all rights herein granted, to be null and void. SEC. 9. This Act to take effect, be and remain in force, from and after its passage, and approval by the Governor. APPROVED, January 5th, A. D. 1866. CHAPTER XXXII. AN ACT Entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act authorizing T. H. Stringham and others to build a Toll Road in Boise County." Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows: SECTION 1. That Thomas H. Stringham, R. C. Combs, S. B. Taylor and D. H. Helser, their heirs or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to establish and keep a toll road from Buena Vista Bar to Boise Valley, said road following down or near Moore's Creek, from Buena Vista Bar to the big bend in the cañon through which Moore's Creek runs; thence from the fork in said road, as the same is now located, across said cañon on Moore's Creek, intersecting the Government road near the Government sawmill, and from said big bend to Freeze out, over the route on which the road is now built, with the exclusive right of way, for one mile on each side of said road, for the term of twelve years from the first day of January, A. D. 1864: Provided, That said road shall be subject to the same regulations, and under the same restrictions, as other roads are, or may hereafter be, by laws of this Territory prescribing the manner in which licensed roads shall be kept and regulated. SEC. 2. That it shall be lawful for the said T. H. Stringham and his associates, their heirs and assigns, under this charter, to receive and collect the following rates of toll for travel upon said road: For one wagon or sleigh, with one yoke or $2.00 1 00 25 50 15 1 50 05 SEC. 3. That said Thomas H. Stringham and his associates, under this charter, their heirs and assigns, shall keep said road |