An Act to provide for connecting the Richmond
& Danville and the North Carolina Railroads for military purposes.
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| The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby,
authorized and empowered to contract, upon such terms and conditions
as he may think proper, with any company or companies which have
been, or may be, incorporated and organized for the purpose of
building and working a railroad or railroads, so as to connect the
Richmond & Danville Railroad with the North Carolina Railroad,
at such points as he may deem most advantageous to the Government,
or to adopt such other course for building or working, or having the
said railroad built and worked, so as to effect the said connection
in the manner he may think will best promote the public interest. |
| Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That, to enable
the President to accomplish the object contemplated by this act, the
sum of $1,000,000 in bonds of the Confederate States is hereby
appropriated, to be issued and applied, by order of the President,
at such times and in such sums as he may deem proper. |
| Approved February 10, 1862 |
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