NP, CM 5/4/1861

From the Charleston Mercury
 
May 4, 1861
 
Annual Meeting
   The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad Company was held yesterday in their hall.
   Hon. Jas. L. Orr was called to the chair, and C. V. Carrington, the Secretary of the Company, was requested to act as Secretary.
   Hon. T. C. Perrin submitted the report of the President and Directors, together with the General Superintendent's report, and the accompanying tables of the Auditor and Treasurer, which were received and unanimously adopted.
   The stock was very fully represented, individually and by proxy. Gen. A. C. Garlington represented the State stock, H. T. Peake and Benjamin Lucas, Esqs., the stock of the city of Charleston, Hon. Jno. H. Boatwright the stock of the city of Columbia, and H. T. Peake, Esq., the stock of the South Carolina Railroad Company.
   The stockholders passed a resolution to convert the assessment (and accruing interest) into stock of the Company, in conformity with the recent act of the Legislature, which authorized the Company to issue stock to the State and other stockholders for the assessment.
   The following gentlemen were unanimously re-elected: Hon. T. C. Perrin, President; and V. McBee, Esq., Thos. M. Cox, Es., Hon. J. N. Whitner, Col. J. P. Reed, Dr. J. F. Livingston, Charles Smith, Esq., Hon. John Belton O'Neal, Col. S. Fair, Robert Steward, Esq., Jno. M. Allen, Esq., Hon. C. G. Memminger, and Daniel Blake, Esq., Directors for the ensuing year.
Columbia Guardian, Friday

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