Subjects Inland water transportation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Steamboats -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Steamboat lines -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Notes Includes bibliographical references p.
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Livingston and Robert Fulton, for the term of twenty years from the passing of this act; and that the term for giving the necessary proof of the practicability of a boat of twenty tons capacity, being propelled by steam through the water, with and against the ordinary current of Hudson river, taken together, four miles an hour, be and the same is hereby extended to two years from the passing of this act. Livingston and Robert Fulton, and such persons as they may associate with them, shall establish one or more steam-boats or vessels, other than that already established, they shall, for each and every such additional boat be entitled to five years prolongation of their grant or contract with this state: Provided nevertheless, That the whole term of their exclusive privileges shall not exceed thirty years, after the passage of this act.
And be it further enacted , That no person or persons, without the licence of the persons entitled to an exclusive right to navigate the waters of this state, with boats moved by steam or fire, or those holding a major part of the interest of such privilege, shall set in motion, or navigate upon the waters of this state, or within the jurisdiction thereof, any boat or vessel moved by steam or fire; and the said person or persons, so navigating with boats or vessels moved by steam or fire, in contravention of the exclusive right of the said Robert R.
Livingston and Robert Fulton, and their associates, or legal representatives, shall forfeit such boat, or boats and vessels, together with the engine, tackle and apparel thereof, to the said Robert R.
Livingston and Robert Fulton, and their associates. And be it further enacted , That the penalties so incurred may be sued for and recovered within any court of record of this state, having cognizance thereof. And be it further enacted , That if any persons shall combine, for the purpose of injuring or destroying any boat, sloop or other vessel navigating the waters of this state; and if any person shall wilfully, and with the express intention to destroy or injure such boat, sloop or other vessel, and thereby put in danger the lives of the passengers or people navigating such boat, sloop of other vessel; the persons so combining, or the person so willfully attempting to injure or destroy such boat, sloop or other vessel, shall respectively be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a time not exceeding twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the court before whom such conviction takes place.
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Livingston and Robert Fulton, their associates or assigns, shall navigate any of the waters of this state, or those within its jurisdiction, in contravention of the said act; and that Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton, their associates and assigns, shall and may be entitled to the same remedy, both in law and equity, for the recovery of the said boat and engine or boats and engines, tackle and apparel, as if the same had been to tortiously [sic] and wrongfully taken out of their possession.
Writs of injunction to issue. And be it further enacted , That when the plaintiffs shall elect to sue out an injunction, the court granting the same shall impose upon them such rules as may appear just and proper, to prevent unnecessary delays in bringing such suit to issue and trial: Provided always , That nothing in this act shall be deemed or construed to extend or apply to the two boats or vessels commonly called steam-boats, belonging to Hamilton Boyd, Isaiah Townsend, Robert R.
Henry and associates, or to the captain, mariners and others employed in navigating the same, which boats or vessels were lately launched at the city of Albany, nor to the steam boat which during the last summer plied on Lake Champlain, and is said to belong to James Winants and his associates, or to the captain, mariners or others employed in navigating the same, but in regard to the said three boats or vessels the said Robert R.
Livingston and Robert Fultoh [sic], and their associates and assigns, shall have and enjoy all the remedies heretofore provided in and by or resulting from any former law or laws of this state, and the relative rights and remedies of the respective parties in relation to the three boats or vessels above mentioned, shall be and remain as if this act had not been passed.
Letter from Henry M.
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