Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-21
ADJUTANT GENERALS oFFrt

4 prehensi0ns in organizing the Corps of Volunteers
from this State, under the requson Of the President,
the Governor dc sires particular reference in all cases
the General uder of the Gid May last aud directs
that zach Company, before proceeding To the election Of
Its officers, shall sign The enromen TO the numher o.
serenity men, NOT ore-aer which, The election Of
oicerS may be made and certified, along with the en-
roi meni, To this Department.
In regard 10 uniform the Governor, far from insist
inc upon its heng immediately procured
advises every Company, not already provided, TO posi-
pone procuring Il until called into actual service when
there Will be full iiIe II must however, when pro
vded, conform TO the pattern given in tho General Or
der Of the 23d May last
The services of five Companies of Rinemen will he
accepted TO constitute, with five already organized a
rifle regiment In lieu of one Of the infantry regiments
ofthe reQuisn the same rs the infantry
II is requested that the organization of all Corps for
this service may he promptly certified 10 this Depart'
July l4--c4, WIN. H. RICHARDSON, Adjt Gen.
nJ- Wing requested 10 copy.
ROANOKE RAILROAD,
BY PUBLIC AUCTION
THE Stockholders OF the Portsmouth and Roanoke
Il Railroad Company having, at special meeting.
convened In the town Of Portsmouth on the 10Th day oil
April last given their assent 10 sale al The SAID kall
roa according To the provisions OF The Act directing
tao Board Of Public Works 10 sell the Portsmouth and
Roanoke Railroad, aud incorporating the purchasers
thereof by The name Of the Seahuard and Portsmouth
Railroad"-passed February 9th lsid, copy of which
is hereto subju'cdpubiic notice hereby givento al
whom IL may concern, ia the President and Directors
OF the Board Of Public Works wll hy their agent FRO.
coed on FRIDAY the 18th day Of September next, at IL
O'clock before the Cnur; House uf Narfak county, IN
the town of Portsmouth,, 10 SELL by public auction. on
the terms, limitations and provisions set form IN said
act call the estate property. and effects of every nature
and kind " soetcr, and wher'soever situated or
being embraced by the mortgages executed BY The Ports
mouth and Roanoke Railroad Company 10 the President
ana Directors OF the Board Of Pubic WORKS., partcu-
larry specified in the said act.
Such title only will be conveyed to the purchaser as
the Common wealth has 10 the said road, property &C.
By order of the President and Directors Of the Board
of Public Works. J. BROWN, Jr., I'd Auditor.
MrMo-The portion of this road which lies in North
Carolina h claimed adversely TO the mortgages o. .e
under the laws Of North Carolina. If is to be under
stood ,a, the title portion Is II be adudcated
according to the laws and by the Courts of that state
and must DO taken at tho purchasers own hazard.
J. B, Jr., I'd Aud.
ed Auditors Office July Sd, 1916.
foregoing notice !:
Car lls.-Au act directing the Board Of Public
Works to sell the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad
and incorporating the purchasers thereof by the name
If the SeeboaYd and Portsmouth Railroad
Passed February p, 1916
|. Be it enacted, that soon as the Stockholders oil
the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Company" OF
majority thereof, in any general meeting, or special
meeting convened for such purpose. shall give their as
sent to sale of the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad
under The mortgages, and on the terms ana conoions
Board of Public Works shall sell all the estate, property
and effects Of every and kind whatsoever aud
wheresoever situated or being embraced by the mort
cages executed by the Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad
Company 10 the President and Directors Of the Board Of
Public Works aforesaid the first dated the fourth day OF
Nav eighteen hundred and thirty eight recorded in The
Clerks Office Of Norfolk County Court and the second
dated The fourteenth day Of October eighteen hundred
and thirty nine recorded In the County Court Of Hall
fax in the State of North Carolina; together with all
the franchises rights privileges aud imunities, be-
longing or appertanng the Portsmouth, and Roanoke
Railroad Company, as well in Virginia as in North Ca
rona upon the following TERMS the sale TO be at public
auction before the Court House oil Norfolk county, IN
the town of Portsmouth alter sixty days notice OF the
time and pllce by advertisement in such newspapers as
the President and Directors of the Board OF Public
Works NAV select the purchasers TO give bonds win
approyed security the President and Directors oil the
Board OF Public Works, FIR the proceeds, payable In SIX
equal annual nstamsns. The purchasers Psotaeto by
the purchase shall become body polite and corporate
by the name and style Of "the Seaboard and Runoase
Railroad Company and shall hold use, enjoy and en-
ploy the road and all the other property and effects oi
eyerv nature and kind, aforesaid, OF the present
Company with all the franchises, rights, privileges anu
immunites granted 10 and conferred upon 1t, al any
time heretofore by this State and the state Of Srn
Carolina in as ample the Legislature OF tins
State can subject in all respects and IN
very thing, all the duties, regulations and penalties
required prescribed and enjoyed by any law or laws
now in force respecting the present company, and sub
ect to the provisions OF the act II the General assem-
ply, entitled Ian act prescribing certain general fegua
ons Tor the incorporation ri railroad companes-pass
ed March eleventh, eighteen hundred ana thirty seven
The said sale he subject 10 all mortgages anu deeds oil
trust executed by the Portsmouth aud Roanoke Railroad
onDapy and the claims OF any other credlt Ts legaiy
entitled 10 priority the mortgages aforesaid TO the
President and Directors of the Board OF Public WORKS
aforesaid
Thathe nett Of said sale shall be applied,
under the direction CT The Superior Court of Chancery
for the Richmond Circuit, IN the suit now pending III
said Court between Francis T. Rges and the Board OF
Public Works and Others according 10 the legal prori
Ties of the Claims Of the Board Of Public Works under
The said mortgages Of aay the fourth eighteen hundred
and thirty eight and October the ourt-entb eighteen
hundred and thirty nine, and of the claims Of any other
creditors OF the Portsmouth and Roanoke railroad Com
panv who shall IN said suit establish ieir riehx 20
priority over the said Claim OF the Board oi rdOiIc
Woyk; And # any suit or suits IN Chancery be now
ne ndng or shall bc hereafter brought IN any oi the
o,brr Circuit Superior Courts OF Law and Chancefy, OF
in any NJ the County Courts OF this Commonwealth
against The Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad Compa
nv in which the President and Directors OF tue Board
OF Public Works are or may he necessary parry, me
same shall be transferred by the Court IN wnicn such
suit NAV be pending the superior Court OF Chancery
for the Rchnond Circuit, to be there proceeded IN and
decided Prorided howecer, That any party to any such
suit or suits who may think himself or themselves ag
vreyed by any of said Court shall DO entitled TO
apply for and if proper to Obtain sapersedeas from the
Cont If Appeals such Decree precisely as IN any
case decided The said Circuit Superior Court OF
chancery Tor IN. Richmond Circuit
4 The corporate existence Of the Portsmouth and
Roanoke Railroad Company, notwithstanding any sale
thai may he made under this act shalt be continued 80
far as il may be necessary in s name to Conduct or IN
institute and carry any suit ar su-, TO It's or their H.
nal completion and satisfaction
4. BE further enacted That Inc sait OF Aaio iodu
sb, be made hy the Board Of Public Works III all re-
spects mot herenhetore provided forl ~ PROVIDED ~
the general law passed the eighteenth day OF aiafch
eighteen hundred and forty one; and thr sad boaru
shall bid for the road such pfce AZ they shall think the
value thereof.
Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad or al any time there
after the state Of North Carolina, or am Company IN
eorporacd said State for purposes Of Internal Improve
ment. shall become the owner, either directly or by
agent or otherwise OF the said Portsmouth ami Roanoke
Railroad hereby authorized 10 ne soi or 0! TIE said
SeahoaId and Roanoke Railroad The General Assembly
OF Virginia hereby The right By special ACT oil
LEGISLATURE or n,herw Sc revoke all the powers. pr
,eges and immunities 10 he conveyed ny me safe OF
said road and 10 declare thc same nuil ana vnd.
t. Il, n further enacted That II shall be the duty oi
the BOARD Of Public Works of Virginia. and ihey are
hereby required, To regulate from Time 10 time ihc
fare Tor passengers on each Ra'oad het"eTn Heiuoh
ami Portsmouth, and between Weldon and Petersburg
a To preyept an Injurious comp tition by reducing The
fare on or by either Of the said roads, either by direct
ievying Of such fare, Or by any copnaloh OF a,anee
msnt with any other railroad or stage ne, or win any
line of steamboats, the chesapeake Bay, Tor suc re-
duction Of fare; and, in reference TO te iact Of SUCH
combRaton, any Injurious rcuuctnn VI iae US aie
said the Board of Public Works shall be the sole judges
and their order shall be obligatory on either or b0th o
The said Companies Prooded, The stockholders OF the
Petersburg Railroad Company, in general mccting, agree
TO this section.
Of the State of North Carolina shall, OF any lime ~ e
gal process or otherwise deprive The petersburg sa
road Company oil any Ol tue ptSIcseS ahu
s charter Obtained from that State, any act here
oore done or omed be done by the said Petersburg
Railroad Company, or by any means whatsoever pre-
vent the aforesaid Petersburg Railroad COMPANY io
conducting their operations much OF their railroad
ns lies within the State Of North Carolina or on any
mart thereof by reason of any act heretofore aohe OF
omitted TO be done by the Petersburg Railroad Company
then all the rights, privileges and lmmunitles hereby
granted TO the aforesaid Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad
COMPANY shall cease and be determined until the state
of North Carolina shall rensate the Petersburg Railroad
Company in all the privileges granted them In Inc sese
raj acts passed for their benefit by the said state or IN
iii the Legislature of Virginia shall otherwise direct =
Propdsd hopeuer That this section shall not be In force
until The Petersburg Railroad Company shall agree to the
udt section Of this act, which coners on the board 81
Public Works the power to regulate from tune 10 time
the fare for passengers each railroad between We
don and Baltimore and Weldon and Petersburg, as To
prevent an injurious competition.
&. This act shall he in force lom the passing inetsoi
July 7-cwtds ). Is. 'R'' I'd nuu.
BOTANICO MEDICAL lNFIRMAkf.
E,RS. KENWoRTHY & PRICE, BANK sraEET'
II Peersbare, Virginia. prepared TO treat all per-