| At a called meeting of the
Council of the City of Richmond held on Friday the 26th day of April
in the year 1861. |
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| Present: David J. Saunders, Esquire,
President. Messrs. Peachy R. Grattan, Samuel D. Denoon, Thomas C.
Epps, L. W. Glazebrook, N. B. Hill, Fleming Griffin, George K.
Crutchfield, D. J. Purr, R. O. Haskins, and Thomas H. Wynne. |
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| On the motion of Mr. Hill, the
reading of the proceedings of the last meeting was dispensed with. |
| The President laid before the
Council a paper signed by the Governor concerning connecting railroads
through the streets of the City; whereupon, Mr. Grattan offered the
following: |
| Resolved, That the authorities
of the State of Virginia be authorized to connect the railroads coming
into the City, or any of them, by laying tracks through the streets of
the City; said tracts to be used only for the purposes of the State,
or of the Confederate States, during the war, and to be removed when
no longer required for these purposes. |
| The vote being taken thereon,
this resolution was adopted. |
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