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{From the Journal of the
Proceedings of the Florida House of Representatives}
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Mr. Hawes, from the Select Committee to whom was referred the
communication of Edward Houstoun on behalf of the Pensacola &
Georgia, and Tallahassee Railroad Companies, made the following
report:
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| That your committee are satisfied from
representations made before them by the Directors of the said
Railroads, and from facts coming under the knowledge of every one,
that the existing blockade of our ports has so materially interrupted
the ordinary commerce of the country, as almost to destroy the
freighting business of the several railroads in this State, and thus
closing the chief source of profit derived from them; consequently the
act of this legislature requiring the several railroad companies in
this State to withdraw from circulation their transportation notes by
the 1st of January, 1862, falls with unforeseen hardship upon the said
companies; and it is likely to disable them from operating their roads
under the present exigencies. |
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Your committee, therefore, respectfully recommend that
some relief be granted to the said railroad companies by modifying the
requirements in regard to the retiring of their transportation notes;
and they ask leave to report the accompanying bill {not
found} for that purpose and recommend the passage of the same.
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G. W. Hawes, Cha'n
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A. H. McCormick |
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A. A. Canova |
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A. C. Blount |
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Joseph Price |
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