John Marshall Harlan

“ Under the act of 1871, the whole extension or branch must be located before the bonds of any town can be issued. It is not enough that a location be made through a particular county. So that, even though the maps filed could be regarded as a location of so much of the western extension as was to pass through Tompkins county, there would be no authority for issuing the bonds until the whole extension or branch should be located. The board of directors must, in some way, adopt an entire route as feasible and favorable before the town bonds can be issued. ”

“ Rep. 829, involving substantially the same questions as are here presented, and in which case it became necessary to interpret the above statute, it was said: 'Moreover, there is an inherent defect, in the fact that the company never, by any action of its directors, or otherwise, designated all the counties through which the road was to pass. ”