NP, LV 9/8A/1864

From the Lynchburg Virginian
 
September 8, 1864
 
Notice to Stockholders
 
President's Office
Virginia & Tennessee R. R. Co.
Lynchburg, Sept. 5, 1864
 
   The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Company will be held at the Office of the Company, in the city of Lynchburg, on Wednesday, the Twelfth day of October next.
By order of the Board of Directors
Wm. B. Hughes, Sec'y
 
Appointment of Proxy
   Know all men by these presents, That we, the subscribers, being Stockholders in the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Company, do hereby constitute and appoint _____________, our true and lawful attorney and proxy, to represent each of us in all general meetings of the Stockholders of said Company, when we are not personally present, with full power and authority at such general meetings, to give such vote or votes, and to do such other act or acts, as each of us could give or do, if we were personally present.
   Witness our hands and seals, this ____ day of ____, 18__.
Witness, ____
 
19th By-Law
   Proxies to represent stock in their General Meetings shall only be valid for the space of two years from the date thereof.
W. H. H.
 
N. B.
   As business of importance to the Company will be brought to the attention of the meeting, it is earnestly desired that a quorum be present in person or by proxy and as the proxies now on file in this office are mostly out of date, it is recommended that the Stockholders, who can not be present in person, renew their proxies and forward them without delay in order to facilitate the organization of the meeting.

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