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{From the minutes of the
Directors' Meeting of the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR, November
5, 1861} |
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| Office of Ala & Miss R RR Co |
| Uniontown Nov 5th 1861 |
| The Board of Directors of the Ala & Miss R
RR Company met this day at 9 oclock A. M. |
| Present G. G. Griffin President & Directors
Jas L Price Charles Walker P J Weaver Jno W Lapsly & Jas M Lee |
| After organizing the following proceedings
were had. |
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| Resolvd That the President be authorized
to hire, at his discretion one hundred hands for the ensuing year for
repairs of track operating the road & for construction. |
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| Resolved That the new Depot at the head of
Broad Street, Selma, will be continued as a Passenger Depot, but the
Superintendent is authorized to make arrangements for the receipt &
shipment of freights at and from the old Depot in the vicinity of the
Company Machine Shop, and that until otherwise ordered by the Company
Board, the passenger cars will leave the Junction at the Ala & Tennessee
River Rail Road in the afternoon, as soon as practicable after the
arrival of the passenger cars of the Ala & Tenn R RR, allowing time for
change of Passengers and Baggage not later than Ten Minutes after 2
oclock, and proceed thence to the passenger Depot & take on the
Passengers & Baggage at that point, leaving there not earlier than 10
minutes after 2 oclock PM |
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| Resolved that the President be authorized
to Borrow upon such conditions as he may deem suitable or advantageous
to the Company, upon its credit, one hundred and fifty to two hundred
thousand dollars, of Confederate Bonds provided he ascertains that such
Bonds can be used in the purchase of Iron for the construction of the
Road. |