| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| February 13, 1864 |
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| Annual Meeting |
| Of the Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad
Company and of the Southwestern Railroad Bank |
| Columbia, S. C., February 10 |
| The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
the South Carolina Railroad Company and of the Southwestern Railroad
Bank convened in the Court Room in this City at 11 o'clock, a. m., on
Tuesday, the 9th inst., the Hon. Edward Frost, of Charleston, presiding. |
| The Annual Report of the two Institutions
were submitted by their respective Presidents, and unanimously adopted. |
| The following amendment to the by-laws of
the Railroad Company was introduced, and was disposed of in accordance
with Section 10 of Article 2d of the same: |
| That the Board of Directors shall be
authorized, in case of the existence of contagious disease, or other
permanent cause, to convene the Annual Meeting of Stockholders at some
place other than Charleston, provided that at least one month's notice
of the place of meeting be published in two gazettes of the City of
Charleston, one in Columbia, one in Camden and one in Greenville. |
| On motion the meeting then adjourned to
meet in the same place at 11 o'clock, a. m., yesterday. |
| At the appointed hour yesterday, pursuant
to adjournment, the meeting came to order, Hon. Edward Frost in the
Chair. The minutes of the previous days' session were read and
confirmed. |
| On motion of Mr. Rose the following
resolution was adopted: |
| Resolved, That new proxies be
required at the next Annual Meeting, and that due notice of the same be
given to the Stockholders. |
| Mr. Pinckney, seconded by the Hon. F. J.
Moses, submitted the following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted: |
| Resolved, That the Board of
Directors of the South Carolina Railroad Company be requested to enquire
into the expediency of building a road directly from Columbia or its
vicinity to Hamburg or Aiken, with authority to proceed with the work if
they deem it practicable. |
| The meeting then took a recess until 4
o'clock, p. m. |
| At the hour appointed the meeting came to
order, H. L. Pinckney, Esq., in the chair. |
| The following reports of the elections
held during the day were received from the Board of Managers and
accepted: |
| Directors of the South Carolina
Railroad Company |
| W. J. Magrath |
| G. A. Trenholm |
L. J. Patterson |
| Hon. Alfred Huger |
A. Simons |
| James Rose |
O. T. Mitchell |
| C. M. Furman |
B. H. Rice |
| W. C. Dukes |
J. S. Preston |
| John Caldwell |
T. B. Clarkson |
| H. Gourdin |
Hon. F. J. Moses |
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| On motion, the gentlemen who had served as
Managers of Elections and as Committee on Proxies were re-appointed by
the Chair for the Annual Meeting in 1865. |
| The following resolutions were then
adopted, and the meeting adjourned sine die. |
| Resolved, That the thanks of the
meeting are due, and they are hereby respectfully tendered, to the Hon.
Edward Frost for the able and courteous manner in which he has presided
over its deliberations. |
| Resolved, That the thanks of the
meeting are also due, and they are hereby respectfully tendered, to the
Commissioners of Public Buildings for the use of the State Court House,
and likewise to Mr. A. G. Baskin, Clerk of the Court, and to his
Assistant, Mr. Samuel Beard, for their courtesy and attention in
procuring it for the occasion. |
| At a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the South Carolina Railroad Company, held immediately after the
adjournment of Stockholders' meeting, W. J. Magrath, Esq., was
unanimously re-elected President for the ensuing year. |
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