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Acts of the Alabama Legislature |
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No. 127. An Act to amend the Charter of the Opelika & Talladega Rail
Road Company |
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| Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly
convened, That the Opelika & Talladega Rail Road Company, be, and is
hereby fully authorized and empowered, in addition to the powers
conferred by their charter, to extend and construct their rail road, on
a route to be chosen by them, from its terminus on the Alabama &
Tennessee rivers rail road to the town of Tuscumbia. |
| Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
all the rights, privileges and immunities of their present charter of
said rail road company, be applied to the aforesaid portion of the way,
between the Alabama & Tennessee rivers rail road and the town of
Tuscumbia. |
| Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the name of the Opelika & Talladega Rail Road Company be, and is hereby
changed to that of the Opelika & Tuscumbia Rail Road Company. |
| Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
to enable the said rail road company to construct the said portion of
their road, between the Alabama & Tennessee rivers rail road and the
town of Tuscumbia, the capital stock of said company may, and is hereby
authorized, to be raised to the sum of $4,500,000. |
| Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
in section 3 of the act of incorporation of said Opelika & Talladega
Rail Road Company, approved December the 9th, 1859, the words "United
States" be stricken out, and "Confederate States" be inserted in lieu
thereof. |
| Approved, November 9, 1861. |
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