| {Acts of the North
Carolina General Assembly} |
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| Resolution to Raise a Committee of Investigation of
Railroads of the State |
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| Resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of North-Carolina, That the Governor
appoint three commissioners to investigate the conduct and general
management of the railroads in the State, in which the State is a
stockholder, and the conduct of professed government agents and
government officers in the shipment of produce and other articles
professedly bought on government account, and whether any of said
articles are disposed of on private account, and that said commissioners
be empowered to investigate all charges of improper conduct and
unfainess in shipment over any and all of said roads. |
| Resolved further, That
said commissioners be and they are hereby empowered to send for persons
and papers at such times and places as they may designate and take
testimony on oath. |
| Resolved further, That
if any person, after being duly summoned, shall refuse to appear before
said commissioners and be examined on oath or otherwise, shall, for each
and every failure so to do, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred
dollars. |
| Resolved further, That
said commissioners be required, so soon as such investigations shall
have been completed, to make full report thereof to His Excellency the
Governor. |
| Resolved further, That
for every day employed in the investigation herein provided for each of
the above named commissioners be allowed five dollars and their
necessary travelling expenses and that the treasurer be authorized to
pay the same on the warrant of the Governor. [Ratified the 11th day
of February, 1863] |