An Act to provide for the connection of the
railroad from Selma, in Alabama, to Meridian, in Mississippi.
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| Whereas, the President in his message of the
seventeenth of December has expressed the opinion that the
completion of the Mississippi & Alabama River Railroad, so as to
connect Selma, in Alabama, with Meridian, Miss., is indispensable
for the successful prosecution of the war, in which opinion Congress
fully concurs: Now, therefore, |
| The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the President be, and he is hereby,
authorized to advance to the president and directors of the Alabama
& Mississippi River Railroad Company the sum of $150,000 for the
purpose of completing the railroad connection between Selma, in
Alabama, and Meridian, in Mississippi, upon such terms and
conditions as he may deem best to secure the early completion of
said railroad connection and to secure the return of the money so
advanced. |
| Approved February 15, 1862 |
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