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Canal, which is only twelve miles in length, and making
the same thirty feet wide and of sufficient depth, with
the privilege given to the stockholders thereof, of pur-chasing
at least sixty feet of land on each side of the
same, and also of extending the said Canal to Bennet's
Creek in said County of Gates, and from thence to the
Chowan River, whenever the said stockholders may
deem it expedient for them to do so ; and the further
privilege of constructing a turnpike road on the bank
thereof, allowing them to charge and receive a reasona-ble
amount of toll on said Canal and turnpike road.
And if the prayer of your petitioners should be heard,
and a charter given for the opening and cutting out of
said Canal, they would further petition your honorable
body, that the stockholders be incorporated under the
name of the Orapeake Canal Compan}-, and be allowed
to commence working thereon so soon as a sufficient
sum shall be subscribed, to complete the Cross Canal
above referred to, and a turnpike road ; and that they
be allowed to charge toll thereon, until the remaining
part of said Canal shall be completed. And your peti-tioners
will ever pray, iScc.
Wm. H. Harrell.
John Alphin.
Andrew Voigt,
John Brinkly,
J. L. Harrell,
ilobcrt Alphin,
John R. Small,
Jacob Powell
,
Willis W. Harrell,
David Speight,
J. T. Morgan,
Willis Wiggins,
B. Brothers,
A. K. Harrell,
Ja'i. A. Harrell,
Isaac Benton,
Rich'd H. Ballard,
Isaac Brinkley,
Wm. S. Read,
Thos. E. Powell,
Ro. H. Ballard,
John C. Gordon,
Holiday Jones,
Ro. R. Hill,
Dempsey Knight,
Scth R. Morgan.
Henry A. Morgan,
George T. JMorgan.
Joseph Gwin,
Jas. J. Norflpet,
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| Full Text | Canal, which is only twelve miles in length, and making the same thirty feet wide and of sufficient depth, with the privilege given to the stockholders thereof, of pur-chasing at least sixty feet of land on each side of the same, and also of extending the said Canal to Bennet's Creek in said County of Gates, and from thence to the Chowan River, whenever the said stockholders may deem it expedient for them to do so ; and the further privilege of constructing a turnpike road on the bank thereof, allowing them to charge and receive a reasona-ble amount of toll on said Canal and turnpike road. And if the prayer of your petitioners should be heard, and a charter given for the opening and cutting out of said Canal, they would further petition your honorable body, that the stockholders be incorporated under the name of the Orapeake Canal Compan}-, and be allowed to commence working thereon so soon as a sufficient sum shall be subscribed, to complete the Cross Canal above referred to, and a turnpike road ; and that they be allowed to charge toll thereon, until the remaining part of said Canal shall be completed. And your peti-tioners will ever pray, iScc. Wm. H. Harrell. John Alphin. Andrew Voigt, John Brinkly, J. L. Harrell, ilobcrt Alphin, John R. Small, Jacob Powell , Willis W. Harrell, David Speight, J. T. Morgan, Willis Wiggins, B. Brothers, A. K. Harrell, Ja'i. A. Harrell, Isaac Benton, Rich'd H. Ballard, Isaac Brinkley, Wm. S. Read, Thos. E. Powell, Ro. H. Ballard, John C. Gordon, Holiday Jones, Ro. R. Hill, Dempsey Knight, Scth R. Morgan. Henry A. Morgan, George T. JMorgan. Joseph Gwin, Jas. J. Norflpet, |
