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A bill for the relief of the Brunswick
& Albany Rail Road Company of the State of Georgia.
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Whereas the Brunswick & Albany Rail Road of Georgia has been run
and worked as a Military necessity from the month of September,
Eighteen hundred and sixty one, up to the present time, by which the
Company has incurred a debt of some Forty eight thousand dollars, and
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| Whereas the Stockholders of the said Road
have not charged the Government for the use of the said road, which
cost over a million of Dollars, neither for wear and tear of iron,
machinery, cars &c, and |
| Whereas early in June Eighteen hundred and
sixty one, the President and Treasurer of the said Company left the
State of Georgia for New York, having in his possession all the assets
of the Company, and has not been heard from since the month of July
Eighteen hundred and sixty one, leaving the Company without funds, |
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Therefore the Confederate States of America do enact, that for the
relief of the said Brunswick & Albany Rail Road Company, the stock
and bonds returned to the Receiver at Savannah as property of Alien
Enemies, and sequestered or which may be sequestered, shall be
appraised, and not put up at public auction, and that one appraiser
shall be appointed by the Judge of the Confederate States for the
District of Georgia, one Appraiser shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors of the Brunswick & Albany Rail Road, and these two shall
appoint a third. The stock and bonds being appraised, the said Rail
Road Company, through its Directors shall have the privilege of paying
into the Receiver at Savannah at any time within ninety days after the
said appraisement, the appraisal value of the said stock and bonds,
and become possessed of the same, and the title to the said bonds and
stock upon payment of such appraised value as aforesaid, shall vest in
the said Brunswick & Albany Rail Road Company.
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| {On the back of the
document}
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| Mr Johnson of Ga, by leave. |
| Feb'y 13, 1863 |
| Read 1 & 2 & referred Com. on Jud'y. |
| Feb'y 16, 1863 |
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Com'ee disch'd and bill referred Com. on Claims.
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March 3, 1863
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Reported with amendment.
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March 25, 1863
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Amendment agreed to & bill read 3d time & passed.
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