Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-11
IL OF THE PORTSMOUTH AND
ROANOKE RAILROAD,
BY PUBLIC AUCTION

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,,,ur Stockholders Of the Portsmouth anu RoanoSe
Railroad Company having, al special oI mes.'"s
onv,nrd in the Of Portsmouth on the iVtn my ~
,pr last given their assent 10 sale oil the saiu man
I .rcardine To The provisions of the .Act drectine
,,- hoard of Public Works 10 sell the portsmouth an"
go,poke Railroad. aud incorporating the puIcnase.'
,h.,rof nv m. name of the Seaboard ana portsmouth
R,Iro,d,-passed February 27th lsiS, copy oil wnic
!, hereto subioued-pubhc notice Is hereby gwen, ~ al
rbom il NAV concern that the President and DIRECTORS
Of the Board Of Public Works WI oy .ner sn, >,
n'clock before the Court House OF Norfolk county, ~
The tow OF Portsmouth, to sell, by puhiC auo.o", ~
the TERMS Limitations and provisions sci "fu III sa'
net call the estate, property ana eiects OF every
and kind whatsoever, and wheresoever situated VI
being embraced by the mortgages executed ~ ,ne iu
mouth and Roanoke Railroad Company 10 me rresluen
AMI Directors of the Board oil fubiic Noths, Pd''u
l.riy specified in the SAID ACT ,. 40
scb tile oniy Will be conveyed 10 the purchase. rs
The Commonwealth has To the said roau, properly .
Nv o,der Of the President and Directors OF Tue Dod"
/, p,,,,c Works J. BROWN, Jr., I'd Auditor.
urso.-The portion of this road which lies IN Norlh
r,rons is claimed adversely TO The mortgages OF me
pnsra o Public Works, by persons VINO profess 10 ""
,rnd-r The laws Of North Carolina. III s 10 Do uhaer.
ood ,ba, the title to such portion IS 10 be ad]udicaed
rroinc 10 The laws and by the Courts OF that state,
and must be taken 4, The purchasers own haxafa A.,
81 Auditors Office, July Sd, 1916.
The following is copy of tho act referred TO In the
foregoing notice -. p. e p,,,;c
WIZ. 10 sell tha Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad
d mcuruaratins the purchasers thereof by the name
ii ,hr Seaeoard and Portsmouth Sas."ae
Passed February p, le4n
r.i,.nas,rd that So soon Us the Stockholders OF
m. portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Company, VI
majority thereof, in any general meeting, q, spe'.a
convened for such purpose. shat! give hcif ~
sent 4, sale OF the Portsmouth anu ROANOKE haiiodu
und.r ,he mortgages, and the terms and condtohs
hereinafter set forth the Piesiden, ana " v
Ro,ri Of Pablo Works shall sell all the estate, properly
nm. ELECTS al every nature and Kind whatsoever, anu
wh.vesoever situated cr heag, embraced oy me NOR.
oases executed ny lh- Portsmouth anu hoaloke ~
omnany 10 the President and Directors oil te boafu OF
Pnblie Works aforesaid thr first dated the oart aay u
Nav eighteen hundred and thirty eight, recofaeu ~ VA
Clerks Office OF Norfolk County Court, anu tue se.u
dated the fourteenth day ot OCTOBER, eis'eon ti a;
md ,hty nine recorded IN The County Court oil nan
fay in the State of North Carolina; together WIN M
the franchises, rights, privileges anu inn,usp De-
hanging or aopertaining the Portsmouth anu noah"se
gaIrosd Company, wei! IN Virginia as IN Sotth -
rona upon the following TERMS e sale 70 pe AZ pun.
auction before The Court House oil AoiiolN ."u's =,
,hs town az Portsmouth after sixty days noee oi sne
,ns and nj zee BY advertisement IN such newspapers a.
The President and Directors OF the Board u runis
Works may select; the purchasers 10 give Dohus M ~
,n,,ovrJ security the President aud DIRECTORS OF tue
Eard AZ Public Works, for the proceeds payaoe m sly
,a,,l annual nstamens. TIE purchasers taefo oy
The purchase, shall become body polite ana
Ra,,n,d Company and shall hold, use, ENJOY anu EN-
py the road and all the other property ana effects VI
every nature and kind "a aforesaid, OF tne pIeseh
monnit,es granted 10 and conferred upon u, az any
time heretofore by this State and the state oil NORTH
Carolina In ~ ample manner rs the Legislature vi ,'s
s,,a can trars.rr them subject IN all respects, anu III
rs,v hing IN all the duties, regulations and penalties
.raured prescribed and enjoyed by any law VI 'aw
pos IN force respecting the present company, anu s.
.r, IN The provisions OF the act Of the General ASSN
h,y .,ted an act prescribing certain general rr-u'
mons io the incor poraon oil railroad comIan's
eI March eleventh, eighteen hundred ana tiy -
The said sale 10 be subject To all mortgages anu
nv he
Company. and the claims al any ONE 49, saia ~ m.
entitled 10 priority the mortgages ~ -
p,.Isn, na directors oil the Board oil Public oth'
aforesaid. ;,,.,. sh.i Ia annlird
under ,he direction OF the Superior Court Of onh.e
e. -. pichwond Circuit, IN the suit now penuhs ~
ala conri between Francis E. Rives ana ts noaLu "
Public works and others, according 10 he ,esa p J
ties Of the claims Of the Board Of tuoc nnnarsd
a,d thirty eight, and October the fourteenth,
hundred nd thirty nine and OF the claims OF any otnet
,sa,,ofs OF the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Iohl
49, ,vbo shall In said suit establish their right to
pt,r.nv over the said claim Of the Boaru oi uu.
Works Aud II any suit or suits IN ChdnceIy oo ~
pending, shall be hereafter brought ~ amy y, 'ne r
n;her Circuit superior Courts OF Law and Chahcery, o.
IN anv n ihr County Courts Of this Commonwealth,
seains; The Portsmouth and Roanoke kairoau epnpa
ny, IN which the President ana directors VI .,e H.
Of Public Works are or may he necessary parry, .ne
same shall he transferred by the Court IN which sun
sur nav be pending To the Superior Court OF
Tor the Rciaond Circuit, 10 be mere
.,, @ hn NAV think himself or themselves az
greved By any decree Of said Court, shall DC ~
apply for and if prope to obtain IS ~ ,nv
Court of Appeals such decree, precsey as ~ .hy
other decided by the said Circuit superior Coutt Vi
Chancery for the Richmond Clrcult. .. -
J. The corporate existence Of The foitsihou.n ai
Pa,,ns. Pa,road ccnpany, Notwithstanding any save
ai m,y b. made under this act, shall be c"nueu ;.
far n, il may be necessary IN It's name to conduct, 90
institute and carry on any suit or SUITS, W ''S " CIV. "
nal completion and satisfaction. -, .,,
4 Re Il further enacted Taa; IKE sale OF silu nu'.l
shall be made by the Board Of Pubic WORKS IN a..
.pcc,s tnot herenbe!ore provided 'of,l az P'o'"s
he reneral law passed the eighteenth day 81 IaleH
.,a,ieen hundred and forty ones ana Inc sao hoaIu
.halI bid for the road such price as they sia'' ''" ~
value thereof. =. .,, -, ,,. o, ia
Portsmouth aud Roanoke Railroad, or al any Time leie
alter the state Of North Carolina, or any company III
eoruoratcd In sad State for purposes o. ihtsi ~
,.p, hail become the owner, either directly or oy
AGENT or otherwise, of the said Portsmouth anu
Raj road hereby authorized 10 he sold, or OF the SUI
S,hoard and Roanoke Railroad, The General Assembly
II virrna hereby reserves the right, by specai acl y
.sl.la,ure or otherwise TO revoke all The powers pr
yieses and immunities To be conveyed oy lns SAFE VI
SAID road, and to declare the same nun ana W. d,,v n
& Re !; farther enacted, That II shall be the uuly "
IN. Hoard Of Public Works of Virginia, ana ,ney aIe
h.. eby required, To regulate, ifom .ie W I'M,
iare for passengers on each Raiiroau ue.me1
ani Portsmouth, and between Weldon ana Ieieisnuts
- l., ,revrnt nm na,on. competition, by reducing the
fare on or by either Of the said roacs, eithel ny as
evying nf such fare, or by any comoina''on VI
men, with any other railroad stage line or win an,
line OF steamboats, the Chesapeake Bay Tor such
duclion Of iare and reference TO the iact OF suC
any injurious reduction OF tare as aiore
said the Board Of Pubic Works shall be the sole uuSe
and their order shall he obligatory either or both o
the said Companies Prorded The stockholders OF the
Petersburg Railroad Company, general meeting, agree
10 this section.
! BE IL further enacted, That IN case the authorities
Sta'e of North Carolina shall nj any tmc ~ e
cal process or otherwise, deprive the Petersburg Rail
road Company of any Of the privileges and advantages
efts charter obtained from that State, by any act her.
re done or Omitted 10 be done BY the said Petersburg
alroad Company, or by any means whatsoever pre-
.tl the aforesaid Peter sburg Railroad Company iron
nduct,ne their operations much OF their railroat
a. lies within The State Of North Carolina, or on am
pr, thereof BY reason Of any act heretofore done,
omitted TO be done by the Petersburg Railroad Company
then all the rights privileges and immunles hereo.
granted the aforesaid Sea5oard and Roanoke haifoai
Company shall cease and be determined until The satt
Of North Carolina shall renslate the Petersburg haroat
Company in all the privileges granted them In the sese
raj acts passed for their hcnr BY the said state or I'M
~ The Legislature OF Virginia shall Otherwise direct -
Prorded horerer That this section shall not be IN ufce
unt Inc petersburg Railroad Company shall agree To the
nra' section Of this act which confrra The Board 81
fuoc Works the power regulate frcm time 10 time
the fare Tor passengers each railroad between Wei
don and Baltimore and Weldon and Petersburg, as to
prevent mn injurious competition
This act shall be In force f,om the passing thereof