| From the Raleigh Conservative |
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| April 7, 1865 |
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| Roanoke Valley Railroad Company |
| At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Roanoke Valley Railroad Company, held at Clarksville, on Thursday, the
30th day of March, 1865, Henry Wood, Esq., was called to the Chair, and
E. A. Williams and John G. Boyd appointed Secretaries. |
| On motion, a committee, consisting of
Alfred Boyd, Ch. H. K. Taylor and R. P. Baptist was appointed to examine
proxies, who upon investigation ascertained that there were 1,228 votes
present, being largely over a quorum. |
| The meeting being duly organized proceeded
to business. |
| Upon motion, it was |
| Ordered, That Capt. James
Williamson be allowed to transfer four shares of his stock to T. Paxson
and Edmund Hester, 2 shares to each, said Williamson having lost or
mislaid his scrip, which is therefore not required to be returned. |
| The President, Dr. Smith, being absent, no
report was read from him. |
| The Treasurer, Capt. E. A. Williams ?????
{lost in the fold of the paper} his regular
report, when, on motion, it was |
| Resolved, That this meeting of
Stockholders regard and accept the examination of the Treasurer's
accounts, already made by the Directors, as satisfactory, without
re-examination by the Stockholders. |
| On motion, it was |
| Resolved, That the President's
salary be fixed at the sum of five thousand dollars per annum, provided
he is actively engaged for the year on the work of reconstructing the
old road and making the extension to Keysville, and proportionately for
the time he may be so engaged. Otherwise the salary is to remain as at
present, that is, at $500. |
| On motion, |
| Resolved, That this meeting adopt
and accept all the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of
Virginia, making a loan to the Company of six hundred thousand dollars. |
| The meeting then proceeded to the election
of President and Board of Directors. |
| Wm. T. Carrington, Esq., was nominated by
Mr. Wm. Townes as President, and was unanimously elected. |
| Alfred Boyd, Esq., and Major William B.
Hughes were elected Directors on the part of the Stockholders. |
| On motion of Col. Wm. Baskerville, the
following resolution was adopted: |
| Resolved, That the President and
Directors be authorised and directed to confer with the authorities of
the Confederate Government, and, if possible, with Gen. Lee; and in the
absence of a meeting of the Stockholders, that they be further empowered
to take such measures a they may deem proper for the prosecution and
completion of the Roanoke Valley Railroad; and that it is the sense of
this meeting that they regard the construction of the work at as early a
period as possible as of the first importance. |
| On motion of Mr. R. B. Baptist the
following resolution was adopted: |
| Resolved, That the President and
Directors be authorised and directed to confer with the authorities of
the Confederate Government, and ask that the slave labor, or a portion
thereof now at work on fortifications, impressed from counties lying
contiguous to this road, or any other slave labor, be returned from the
public service and transferred to the work as afore said. |
| On motion, it was |
| Resolved, That the salary of the
late President Dr. W. A. Smith, be paid to him at the rate of $1,500 per
annum from the 12th November, 1863. |
| The meeting then adjourned. |
| Henry Wood, Chairman |
| E. A. Williams |
Secretaries |
| Jno. G. Boyd |
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