| From the New Orleans Times Picayune |
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| June 16, 1861 |
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| Office of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great
Northern Railroad Company |
| New Orleans, June 14, 1861 |
| At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of this Company held on the 12th inst., it was |
| Resolved, That the following
notice be published in the Picayune. |
| The President and Directors of
the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company, do hereby
give notice, that they will aply to the Legislatures of Louisiana and
Mississippi, at their next session, to change the Charter of the
Company, in accordance with the following resolution passed at the
Meeting of the Stockholders of the Company, held on the 16th day of
April last: |
| Resolved, That the Directors
of the Company be required to memorialize the Legislatures of Louisiana
and Mississippi, at the earliest opportunity, to so change the law or
Charter of the Company, that neither the said States, nor the city of
New Orleans, shall vote upon Stock held and owned by them respectively;
but that the Stock of each of the said States, and of the said city,
shall be represented by three directors, each appointed in the manner
they shall direct. |
| R. S. Charles, Secretary |
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