An Act for the relief of the Brunswick &
Albany Railroad Company
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| Whereas, the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, in
the State of Georgia has been run as a military necessity, from the
month of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to the present
time, and no charge for the use of the said road has been made by
the proprietors thereof against the Government: Therefore, to
preserve the said railroad from being broken up or destroyed. |
| The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the stock and bonds of the Brunswick &
Albany Railroad Company, returned, or which may be returned to the
receiver at Savannah, as property of alien enemies, and sequestered,
or which may be sequestered by decree of the proper courts, shall
not be sold at public auction, nor otherwise disposed of during the
continuance of the war, but shall, after the ratification of peace
between the Confederate States and the United States, be appraised
in the following manner: One appraiser shall be appointed by the
judge of the district court of the Confederate States for the
district of Georgia; another shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors of said company; and these two shall appoint a third, and
their appraisement shall be made under oath and in writing, and
filed with the clerk of the said district court. When the said
appraisement shall be made, the said company shall have the privilege
of paying, within ninety days thereafter, to the receiver at
Savannah, the amount of said appraised value; and upon such payment,
the possession and title to the said stock and bonds shall vest in
and be transferred to the said company: Provided, however, That by
accepting the relief hereby granted, and upon payment of the said
appraised value, the said company shall be held and taken to have
relinquished all claim against the Confederate States for
compensation for the use of their said railroad. |
| Approved April 16, 1863 |
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