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t .Before the Pice Chancellor of the First Circuit.•
In the %natter of the Long Island Rail,Road Co.
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To the Chancellor of the State of New York:
- VI PETITION of the Directors of the Long Island'Rail'Road'Co. respectfully showeth that the.
Long Island Rail Road Co. was incorporated by an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York,
passed April 24th, 1534.
That the Directors of the said Company have caused,such examinations ands surveys of the route
of the said'road to be made as were necessary to the selection by them of the most advantageous line or
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way for the said road, and that a majority of the said Directors, afters ch examination and surveys had
been made, duly selected a route through ;/py� in the
County of Suffolk,on which the said-Rail Roadshould•be constructe&or laid,which said,route is within,
the true course which the said Corporation is authorized to construct the said road by their Act of
Incorporation.
And your Petitioners further show unto your Honor, that the said,line so selected;was located by
the said Directors, in part over the land,and upon the parcel of land hereinafter mentioned and described.
And you Petitioners ssrther show, that the said, parcel'of lan hereinafter described,is owned or
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1 =.n arrangement and obtain a cession of said'owner or claimant.
4 That your Petitioners have, by their authorized agent, attempted to obtain a cession,but•have been
wholly unable to effect it, for the purposes required under the Act of Incorporation.
And your Petitioners further show, that the said parcel of land hereinafter described, is necessary
for the snaking, constructing, and use of their said Rail Road.
And your Petitioners further,show.that the particular description of the said;parcel of land and real -
estate,owned or claimed by and
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required for the construction of the said Rail Road,,.is as,follows, that is to say
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And on this line is local ecvtlie line of the said Rail Road.
Your Petitioners therefore pray that your Honor, by an order of this Court, will direct such notice
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to be given to the said -- — -the owner or
claisnaint of the.sai'd parcel of land above described,"as your Honor shall deem reasonable,-of the,time
and place of the hearing of the parties.
And .upon the hearing, your Honor will appoint three competent and disinterested freeholders,
residents on Long Island, -appraisers to assess the damages which the owner of the said parcel of land
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above described and mentioned will sustain by reason of the appropriation of the part and parcel of the
above described land.which shall be found necessary'for the-construction of'the said Rail Road, and its
use to the Corporation, pursuant to and in the manner required by the provisions of the said Act of In-
corporitioh, or,that your Honor will make such further order in the premises as shall be required-by
the said Act of Incorporation; or-as'shall be proper under the provisions of the said Act,•as,shall'seeln.
Meet to your Honor. And your Petitioners will ever pray. `
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City and County doff New York, ss r
On this t%' - day of A. D. 1844, before
me came George B. �is�kRresidient of the Long Island Rail Road Company, and who bein b me dul -
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sworn, did depose and say,that he had read the foregoing petitionby.him subscribed; that he knew,the
contents,thereof, and that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to the matters which are
therein stated to be on information or belief, and that as to those he believed it to be true.
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'.t Q tourt of itl)ancerp, held for the State,of New York, at the, City of New
York, on the � � day of G0z e- in the year .
one thousand eight, hundred and forty four, Present--WM, T.McCOUN, Vice Chancellor
.of the First Circuit.
In the matter of the Long Island Rail"Rodd Company.
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On reading and filing the Petition of the Directors of the Long Island Rail Road Co., setting forth`v
among other things, that the Petitioners have selected and designated the line,�ot� y of the
Rail Road of the said Company through the town of
in and through which the said Rail Road so designated and located passes,and that in the construction
of the said Rail Road it has become necessary to take and occupy certain lands and real estate, owned
or claimed
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in slid town, which said lands and real estate are in the said Petition particularly described, and that
the said Corporation have not been able to effect an arrangement to occupy the said lands and real estate
after an attempt made for that purpose, and praying among other things for the appointment of three
competent and disinterested freeholders, residents of Long Island,appraisers to assess the damages which
I'Dthe owners of the said lands and real estate, above mentioned and referred to, will sustain by reason of
the appropriation of the part and parcel thereof which shall be necessary for the construction and use
of the said Rail Road, to the use of the said Corporation, pursuanttoand in the manner required by
..the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, and on motion of G,CPOLirce ���G��
for the Petitioners it is ordered that the parb_,2o
interested in the said land and teal estate appeir*before the Vice Chancellor of the First Circuit, at the
City Hall in the City of New York, on the ✓� day of
instant, at ten o'clock in,the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why appraisers should,not be
appointed according to the provisions of the statute incorporating the said Company, which time and
place ishereby•appointed'for the hearing of the parties in the premises.
And it is-further ordered that.the Petitioners,or their Solicitor, or Agent,,cause notice of the time
and place of hearing of the part,/", to be given to the owner or owners of the said land and real estate,
by causing a copy of this order io be served upon the above named
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either personally, or in case of his absence from his residence, upon some-person of suitable a e and
discretion belonging to the family, at his residence, and that such service be made at least
days before the day appointed for,the hearing of the parties aforesaid.�41
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