| {Acts of the North
Carolina General Assembly} |
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| An Act to Amend the Charter of the Piedmont Railroad
Company |
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| Section 1. Be it enacted by
the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That an ordinance of the State
Convention, ratified on the 8th day of February, 1862, entitled "an
ordinance to incorporate the Piedmont Railroad Company," be so amended
as to authorize and empower the said company to alter the guage of the
said road by widening the same to five feet, or to such other guage as
to make it correspond with the guage of the Richmond & Danville
Railroad: Provided, That the company shall restore the present
guage within six months after the termination of the present war, or
forfeit their charter. |
| Sec. 2. Be it further
enacted, That His Excellency, Gov. Vance, be requested to transmit a
certified copy of this act to the Secretary of War of the Confederate
States, and that the same shall take effect and be in full force as soon
as the Legislature of the State of Virginia shall re-enact the same. [Ratified
the 7th day of February, 1865] |
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