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{From the minutes of the
Directors' Meeting of the Richmond & Danville RR, December 16, 1864} |
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| A meeting of the Board of
Directors was held this day at the room of the President |
| Present L E Harvie President |
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Jno R Edmunds R O Haskins & Wm Palmer Directors |
| Jno R Edmunds having declined to act any
longer as President Pro Tem Wood Bouldin was thereupon elected
President pro tem |
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| Resolved that the Office of General
Superintendent of Transportation be created and that Ch Talcott be
appointed General Superintendent of Transportation |
| Resolved that the salary of the General
Superintendent of Transportation be thirteen thousand dollars per annum
commencing January 1st 1865 |
| Resolved that the compensation of the
President pro tem shall be at the same rate with that of the President
for the time in which he shall act during the disability of the
President |
| Resolved that the proposition of the
Government to pay $1,000,000 in part of amount due this Co. for
Transportation (say $500,000 in nontaxable 6% bonds at the rate of $135
per $100 & $500,000 in treasury notes( be accepted. |
| Resolved that the President be instructed
to appoint in conjunction with the proper Confederate officer a
commission to adjust the claims of the Government against this Company,
growing out of the cost of reconstruction of that part of the road
destroyed by the raids of the public enemy |
| Resolved that ETD Myers, Thos Dodamead, &
Ch Talbott be appointed a committee to estimate the value of the Shops,
Material, & Machinery above referred to |
| Resolved that a joint committee consisting
of the committee of accounts of the two Companies audit and settle the
accounts between them respectively to December 31, 1864 and that the
General Superintendent Ch Talcott & Major ETD Myers former Chief
Engineer of the Piedmont Rail Road be requested to report to said
committee a statement of the amounts |
| Resolved that the President & Genl
Superintendent be authorised to appoint a Superintendent of the road as
soon as the exigency of the road may require |