Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-28

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Proctor ami Patron OF tie uniscrsty !. ,r1s,,
July li-cwtlsi Oct
SALE OF TIE PORTSMOUTH Ayp
ROANOKE RAILROAD.
BY PUBLIC AUCTION.
/ TIME Stockholders 81 the Portsmouth anl p.,r..
/ Railroad Company having, Il -qtral as,it,
convened III the town of Portsmouth fi- ,in l,t,l
April last given their assent 10 sale II Tie 81 E4
road, according to the provisions 81 tht Al dfee,rg
| the Beard If Public Works To Sell the Pur.n.ufh !.
Roanoke Railroad. and incorporating lie lu.st,
thereof by the name Of the Sraboasd and Po.n,u,.
l.ailfoad"-rassed February a.. 1915, cop, ofNt..,
is hereto subJoined-pubic notice i hereby gvrrt.s
whom II may concern, that the President Utf +
Of the Board of Pubic Works wil by ihef agent n,
coed on FRIDAY The 4th Gay Of September neat r IS
o'clock, before the Conrl House Of Norfolk cnG,.
| the tow OF Portsmouth, 10 sell, BY pnh, a,i,,.a.
the terms, limitations ana provisions SET ionA u =.
act, all the estate property. and effects II every n,.
! and KIND whatsoever, aud whrrr>or.rr >itlllt
being, embraced by the mortgages executed rs ihr ~.
mouth aud Roanoke Railroad Company t!e rIr..
ana Directors II the Board Of Pubic NorSs p.n.
larry specified IN The "a ii act.
Such tile only Will be conveyed the gn,cta,efs.
The Conmonw has 10 The sand road, psapcr,, :.
by oder at the President and Directors ~ tH- Il
! Of Public Works. !. BROWN, IT,, IL ild,4l
/ MrMo.-Thr portion OF tins rold which lies ii Ap;.
/ Carolina Is claimed adversely 10 the mortgage u s-
Board Of Public Works, by persons who r!oie-s p
i
stood that the title 10 snch portion i L. BE- adu
according The law. aud rs the Courts .: ,aii >,ls
and must be taken al The purchasers own haza"i.
| J. b, IL, II And
| I'd Auditors ONCE, July 3D., 1916.
The following Is copy Of the a., referred 70 IN the
| foregoing notice
| Car Ils.-An act directing tie Board of rntl
| Works To trll the Portsmouth nnA Roanoke Ralltcf
and Incorporating the purchasers thereof ~ Tie nlr
| al The s;eabolri ani Portsmouth Railroad.
Passed February -, lrin
l. Be IL enacted, that sDon a tile Sockhn'icf. z
| The Port -moulh and Roanoke Rillroai Company 81
a majority thereof in any general meeting. - spec.
meeting convened Tor snc pGrir--, anail givr theirs
sent To a sale Of the Portsmouth and Roanoke iaits
under The mortgages, ard on tar terns and comet
hereinafter Ionh, The President ani Directors
Board of Pebble Works shall sell all tie csiae. p"-'
and effects, q every nature aihi Ainh ""ais"..t'
w;lrrcsorvrr situated being embraced by III rs,
cages executed by the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rlllf
Company 10 the President and Directors Of hr ho.r
Public Works aforesaid; the frst dated the luaii f
NAV, eighteen hundred and thirty ega; recorged Il
Clerks Office of Norfolk County Court, and The
dated the fourteenth day Of October eighteen hutt'
aud thpry nine, recorded in the County Cour II IT,
fax, IN The State OF North Carolina together @ity
The franchises, rights, privileges ard imHunilt-, r
longing or appertainng 10 the Portsmouth and !ou..
Railroad Company, as well in Virginia n N N,iih &
rona, upon the following Terms: tae sale "a be u s
auction. before the Court House Of SorioS cuariF,
the Of Portsmouth after sixty days no.I," u X
time and plirr by advertisement ~ such new rapri-
The President and Director, of the Board - fats
Works may select the purchasers Ia give bonds, s.
approved security. 10 The President aud Directors ~
Board Of Public Works ir the proceeds, pa: e u -
equal annual insalG,rns. The purchasers pso flds
the purchase shall become body polic "nd ,o0of-
by the name aud style nf the Seabnlri aud Ron aA-
Railroad comnany.' and shall hold tse eno, anirn
plny The read and all The other property aud e.ircls
every nature and kind, rs aforesaid, al the prr-r'i
Company, with all the ianchre-, rights, privileges -
immunities granted TO and conferred uron II, n aff
time heretofore by this State and the state ." Norn
Carolina IN ample manner the Legislature oi m
State transfer them. subject IN MI respect ahi q
very thing all the duties, regulations and sna-
required, prescribed and enjoyed hy any Law ., iaN :
IN force respecting the present company, ana ~
iect ,hr provisions Of The act oi the Gencm sseer
MS emitted act prescribing ceriain general Ies.
lions fnr The inroi porainn 81 railroad comI5nic,
ed March eleventh, eighteen hundred and triy sever
The sid sale o lee subject To all mortgages ana drrd' Y
trust executed ty the Portsmouth and aptnokr Relfoal
Company, and thr claims al any other rrrht v esal
entitled Ia priority over the mortgages aforesaid T. The
President and Directors al the Boa'd OF Public Nofk'
aforesaid
Thetthe nell proceeds al said sale shah Ae 3pp.d
under the direction Of The superior Court Of chanor
for the Richmond Circuit, In thr sun new p-ndin. u
said Court brtwrrn Francis +. Rya- ard The Board n
Public Works aud others, according 10 The legal rro
ties of the claims IL the Board of Public Worfs sndf
the said mortgages of May the fourth. eighteen inndfe
aud thirty eight, aud October the nurtrenih eshrsn
hundred and thirty nine, and of the claims al hns o'b
creditors Of the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad CON
pany who shall In said suit establish their ril
priority over the said claim Of The Board 81 Pnbls
Works. And II my suit SUITS in chancery te nos
pending, shall be hereafter brought any ~ ~.
other Circuit Superior Courts of Law and ChaGcrry. II
IN any Of the Comfy Courts of this CommonNrllt,
against the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad 'rUpf
ny, III which the President and Directors Of tie BGJf
shall be- transferred by the Court IN winch such
may br pending, 10 The superior cond 4 'nnc'fy
for the Richmond Circuit, 10 br there proceeded ~ ami
declied Prorided, horectr, That any parry toaul -
suits, who may think himself 81 themselves 7.
grieyed by any decree Of said Court, shall be 'ni ird
apply for, and, u proper TO obtain srptrssdegs ami
Court oil Appeals 10 such decree, precisely IS ~ tt
other case rcird ny the said Crcnit Superior toat
Ghancery tor the Richmond Circuit.
3. The corporate existence nf the pOiismouih 80
Roanoke Railroad Company, Notwithstanding Frt 4
that may be made under this act, shall be cnurnei
far II may be necessary IN its name 10 coudncf. y
institute and carry any snt or suits IL ~ IL iAe
nal completion and satisfaction.
4. Re Il further endcftd, That tho sale ot sd; TO-
shall he made by the Board oil Public Work ~ III e
sprcts, mot hercnbefor. provided tor.l prosfrd x
The general iaw passed the echteenih day - NaseA
eighteen hundred and forty one; aud The sad Igf+
shall bid for The road such pce they shall tlHs a.
value thereof.
s. Bcnjarfher enacted, That IT, the sale 81 to- =
Portsmouth, and Roanoke laiifnad. or ~ any Tim, ih.lr
after, the State of North Carolina ar ans CnmFif
corporatcd IN sd STATE lor purposes Of internal inpo'
ment, shall become The owner, either directly - H.
agent otherwise, OF the said Portsmouth and Eranoe
Railroad, hereby authorized 10 he sold, Of ltr ,od
Seaboad aud Roanoke Railroad, the General Assem-
OF Virginia hereby reserves the right by special - u
Legislature Otherwise, Ia revoke all the power Y
viegcs md immun:ties 10 be conveyed BY the 'ar =
said road, and To declare the same hull aud void
6. BE further enacted, That snail be the dnir \
the Board of Public Works Of Virginia. and tn"s ~
hereby required, SO 10 regulate from me 10 uh- VI
fare for pa scGgrrs each Railroad between Nrido'
and Portsmouth, and between Weldon nnd Fttrrspnf.
to prevent an injurious competition, ny iruncih2 -
fare On by either II the -sid roads, rther ~ Cur
evying such fare by any combination or "nfr-'
nrnt with any other raroad or stage line or WIN a
line of steamboats, on the Chesapeake Bay, for -nlA
duction of 'are; and, In reference 10 the faci =" -n
combination, any injurious reduction 81 fare a afr
said the BOARD Of Public Works shall he the sob "J-f
and their order rhl be obligatory ..her u ttr &
the said Companies Procidsd The -tockhod'l- = -
Petersburg Railroad Company, il general me"'iss, alf
10 this section.
7. BE Il further eHadsd That. in case the aH1o't''
of The Sia'e Of North Carolina shall, nj any fln'
gal process or otherwise deprive the ttir''hh's 80.
road Company of any Of the privileges and sdsan'1..
Of its charter, Obtained from that STATE y sgt 49,
tofore done, or omitted To be done by The -A'a
Railroad Company, or by any means "sa''.t'' ,..,n
vent the aforesaid Petersburg Railroad ,o"Y ~ g
concluding their operations on 50 much 81 W.
| rs lies within the State of North Carolina = ~ \,
part thereof, by reason Of any act h"fe'oio'
emitted 10 be done by the Petersburg Ralif""'
then all the rights, privileges and lmmunut. " /,
granted 10 the aforesaid Sraboard and foin0A' ~
| Company shall cease and be determined uptf ,..t
OF North Carolina shalt relnsGi'e the i.trfspui-
Company In all The privileges sf3nted urih ~ =" IN.
raj nets pa -sed for their benrhf by The -ad rta'e =
III the Legislature Of Virginia .hali Otherwise H,'
Proried AoreDer, That this section shall mol y H
until the Petersburg Railroad Company sAall '. ~ "
tk,rds section Of this act, which ronfrrs on lr -
Public Works the power so 10 regulate from ii"e a.
the fare for passengers each railroad bei"re i,
don and Baltimore and Weldon and PerfsDe'- "
prevent an Injurious competition. .A,,sf
8. This act shall he in furce foin The passing ,st
July 7-cwtds j. B. IN" - -
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TN ERY.-yiHGiaiA.-At Rules holden n.
i Clerks Once of the Circuit Superior Coah =, j,
and Chancrry for the county Of Charlotte, The >"
OF August, 1876: Annoy
sydnor and Richard P. Waller, late meIenan'
pSns, Taoins un .,n f"r The tensdt Of WIN s,fs
Waief O. Io' WIZ '"' ~ Plsuih'