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2 and perform whatever said committee or a major part 3 of them shall or may determine and prescribe for the 4 purposes aforesaid and in case of any unreasonable 5 neglect or delay on the part of such corporation to 6 do or perform such matters and things as said com7 mittee may determine and prescribe in the premises, 8 then and in such case the said committee shall be 9 authorized and required to do or cause the same to 10 be done in such way or manner as they may think 11 proper, and the said committee shall, for this purpose, 12 have power to take possession of the property of said 13 corporation; and all the expenses of said committee 14 and of their doings in the premises shall be paid by 15 said corporation on demand. And the said committee 16 shall have and retain a lien on all the tolls of said 17 corporation until they shall be fully reimbursed for 13 their expenditures and paid for all their services; and 19 the private property of the individual stockholders of 20 said corporation shall be liable for any loss, damage 21 or expense which may arise from any unreasonable 22 neglect or delay on the part of said corporation in 23 complying with and performing the directions of said 24 committee in the premises: provided however, that

25 neither the corporation nor the individual property of 26 said stockholders shall be liable for any damage arising 27 from the misdoings, misjudgment or fault of said 28 committee.

SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of said committee, 2 from time to time, to visit and thoroughly examine 3 said booms, piers, fastenings, and other works of said 4 corporation and the property within the limits afore5 said, particularly on or about the twentieth day of 6 March annually and in the season for running logs, 7 and whenever they be requested by five or more 8 persons interested in lumber on said river, and to 9 determine and prescribe what shall be done for the 10 purposes aforesaid. And the said committee shall 11 keep a record of their doings and from time to time 12 enter therein their determination and directions 13 touching the premises; and also their judgment res14 pecting the safety of said works; and file a copy thereof 15 with the clerk of said corporation.

SEC. 12. Said committee shall appoint an agent, 2 who shall be paid by said corporation, to remain at 3 said boom during the season for running lumber, 4 whose duty it shall be to superintend and assist in the

5 delivery of logs from said boom, and to cause the 6 same to be properly secured in the eddies below, and 7 to keep a record of the number and marks of said 8 logs and of the delivery thereof to the respective 9 owners or their agents; and after such logs shall have 10 been thus run down and secured in said eddies, in a 11 manner which he may consider safe, the said corpo12 ration shall not be liable for any future loss or damage : 13 provided, said corporation shall take such care thereof 14 as a prudent person would take of his property in a 15 like situation.

SEC. 13. The said corporation shall not be required 2 to keep any logs more than thirty days after the same 3 shall have been rafted and secured; and unless the 4 owner or his agent shall remove them within that 5 period the said corporation shall have the right to 6 remove them at the expense of the owners; and if 7 said agent shall direct any logs to be removed within 8 said period the expense of such removal shall be 9 charged to said owners.

SEC. 14. The said corporation shall have a general 2 lien on all logs of the same mark, in the boom, until 3 all the tolls and expenses on those rafted out and

4 delivered shall have been paid, and said lien shall con5 tinue upon all logs hereafter taken away after the 6 same shall have been taken away and delivered; 7 provided, there are not sufficient logs of that mark 8 remaining in the boom to pay the boomage of such 9 mark.

SEC. 15. The fourth section of the act to which 2 this is additional and all other parts of said act, which 3 are inconsistent with the provisions of this act are 4 hereby repealed.

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