Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-28
SALE OF THE PORTSMOUTH AND
ROANOKE RAILROAD,
Z PCBLTC dTCIION.

ROANOKE RAILROAD,
BY PEBLIC AUCTION.
TIME Stockh oldcr- of the Portsmouth and Roanoke
convened tho town Of Portsmouth the 10th day Of
April last given then assent To saie Of me SAID kai
roti according the provisions Of the Act directing
the Board III ruitc Work. T. sr h- Portsmouth and
Roanoke Railroad. and incorporating the purchasers
thereof Is the Hainr o tbc stsLoafi aud Portsmouth
R;uIrrld''-pa>ra February 9Th. s6, cnpy Of which
Is hereto >n5ionei-puh'r unrr : rfehy :ivrn 10 All
whom II may concern that the Pfr-i,sn, and directors
tue i.uc,. ii fuh!:e Works w Us their agent PRO
coed Friday, The ih cay Il September next AT II
orluh, before The Court House 81 Norfolk county, IN
The Ioun al Portsmouth, L. sci, by pubic auction on
The teens limitations and provisions sci forth IN sand
act All the estate property ana effects o every nature
and kind whatsoever, ani whrresnryrr situated OF
being embraced by the mortgages executed by me Forts
mont and Roanoke Railroad Company In the President
and Directors of thc Board Of Pubic Works, particu-
larry specified IN The SAID act.
Such title only VIII he conveyed {" The purchaser AZ
the comnonw caih has to the sand road, property, &c
By order al President and Directors Of the Board
Of Public Works. J. BROWN, Jr., I'd Auditor.
MEmo.-Thr portion OF this road which lies in North
Carolina claimed adversely 10 the mortgages oil me
Eurd oil Public Works hy persons who profess 10 hold
il under The Laws III Norm Carolina. IFS 10 be under
stood Ina, the THE such portion Is 10 hr adudicaird
accordin. the laws and hy the Courts 81 that state,
J. b., Jr., I'd Aud.
ID Auditors Once July ID, lsic.
The following i copy II the AIT referred 10 in The
cs.r. lis.-An act directing the Board Of Public
Works Ia srll ihr Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad.
and incorporating the purchasers thereof BY Inc name
At the Seaboari ana Portsmouth Railroad
Passed February -, lcib
l. Be II enacted, that soon n the ookholdrfs oi
The ..Port-month and Roanoke Railroad Company, or
majority thereof, III any general meeting, or sprcai
meeting convened for such purpose. shall give iheir a.
sent 4 safe 81 the Portsmouth and Koanokr halIo'i
under ilr mortgages and on HE terms ana conditions
hc rrinatrr .rt nrlh The President and Directors al The
board ol Public Works SHAH sell all the estate, property
and effects, al every nature ana khd Wnhs"rser Wlu
vneIrsueyrr situated being. embraced ~ the mort
r,,rS executed Il, the Portsmouth! and Roanoke Railroad
Cninpany the President and Directors OF me Board ~
Public Works aforesaid. the >l dated tr inifi uiy ~
MAY rrItco hundred aud thiriy eight recorder III tHo
t.rli- frr III Norfolk County Court. and tue second
ial-, The fourteenth iay 81 October, eighteen bufs"
and tay nine. recorded ~ Tie tommy '"nft ~ NV"
fan III The Stale oi North Carolina. i"g.ihtr WIN ai
IN, franchises rights, privileges and minuniii1s, ne
lonsu. aypcrlaning q Tie Portsmouth anu h"ah"N'
Railroad Company as well N Virginia n IN North -
rol,na upon the following terms: ttr sale 10 Dr ~ uu'
,urtInn before the Court House OF Norfolk county, Ia
me town Of Portsmouth, after sixty days notice OF 'n6
lime and place by advertisement ~ suc newspapers -
ths President and Director, NJ tile Boafd o rupi's
Works may SELECT the purchasers To give bonds, WIN
approved security. IL thr President ava Dlfectos 81 Wy
Beard Public Work., i"f the pforeeds, iiyap'e ~ ~
equal annual ins'anriis. The purchasers ipsojdcd ~
M, ,ure,asr shall heroine body petite and cOoiar'
by the n,mr and style oil t" Scahpard ana Konoakr
Railroad .on'pauy.i nnd ~aa hold use, ENJOY anu IN
puy HE road AMI al to other property ana rhrs- ~
y.rr ,ai,lc and KIND. aforesaid, 81 me present
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Creditors ~ thr r"H''h,.t' NV nn''hs
pany WI" st"'l ~ s'.H I'll s'iiD''h ''I TEE, :"
priority over llir sain CAIN - ''e noi'" " "u'i,
Works. Ana u any shlt or suns III hih,ey NC now
pending, or snail br hereafter brought III any ~ lho
other Circuit Superior Courts ot Law ami Chahcery, ~
.a,;ns, ~. rt.n,,fh and Roanoke Railroad comua