Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-20
permont Central Kailroa6,
STOCKHOLDERS
SPECI NJ EETI Nc
MAY L. 8, 1852
NoRrnrrrLD, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1852

NoRrurrr1p, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1862
THE stockholders met in special meeting, pursuant
to the following notice, which had been published ac
cording to the bylaws and the order of the Direc
tors to wit
VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
NOTICE hereby given that special meeting of the stockholders
Vermont Railroad Company will be held at Nhfed VT on
TUESDAY the FOURTH DAY OF MAY NEXT at six o'clock NJ
he following purposes to wit
to act Report the do
nps JOSIAH QUINCY, JR ESQ., late Treasurer and if the
stockholders will authorize the Directors and settle the p
debts of said Quincy for which he has pledged the bonds of the
Company.
secondo Report from NJ DEXTER Esq., Treasurer
reference the Finances Of the Company and upon any
mendations he may make relating thereto
Third-to appoint Investigation the the
Company.
E. P. WALTON, Jr, Clerk.
April i9. 1854
On motion of Mr. S o. MEAD, of Boston, it was
Voted, To reverse the order of business stated in
the notice.
Nj. CHARLES ToRREY, of Boston, presented the
following preamble and votes, to wit:
WHEREAS, it is highly important that the condi-
ton and affairs of the Vermont Central Railroad
Company should be thoroughly ascertaned and ex-
amined
with full powers to make and conduct, at the expense
of this corporation, thorough examination of all
the transactions, contracts and money concerns of
the company, and of the acts of those persons TO
whom its affairs have been entrusted and to this end
to employ such means and to hire such assistance,
they may think necessary, and that all the books,
papers, documents and property of the company be-
submitted and open to the inspection and examine
ton of said committee at any and all times; and that
every officer and servant of this company shall render
such aid, assistance and information to the commit
tee as shall be required and that said committee
shall make and submit to the stockholders full
statement of the result of this examinations and shall
report, far is practicable, the true condition of
the affairs of the company, its prospects, and the
to which this result is III their opinion atrib-
utable and upon the measures to be adopted in flu
ture by this company, in respect to It's management
and business-it being our intention that said exam
nation and report may ensure the discovery of every
thing that is faulty in the premises and the disclos-
of every thing that is true.
Voted, That WM SoHIER, WM RAYMOND LEE and
ISAAC HINcKLEY be, and they hereby are, appointed
the committee under the preceding vote.
Mr. JOIN G. Donor, of Cambridge, Mass, moved to
amend the last VOTE by striking all after the word
"voted," and inserting the words that Committee
of ten be now appointed whose duty ii shall be to NOM
mate three persons as Committee of Investigation IN
der the preceding rote
Mr. w. H. GREGrRsoN, of Boston, called for a
stock vote on this amendment
Mr. G. w. BENEDIcr, of Burlington, raised point
of ORDER that a stock vote cannot be called as mat
ter of right under the charter except upon the cleo
ton of Directors.
The PRESIDENT decided that, according to common
usage, and to the rule established as he conceived
by the charter, the call for stock must be sus-
tanned
Mr. BENEDICT appealed from the decision of the
chair; and thereupon the question was put, and it
was
Voted, That the decision of the chair stand as the
judgment of the meeting.
The question then taken upon the amend
ment proposed by Mr. DODGE, the last vote offer
ed by Mr. ToRREY, and the yeas and nays were taken
by Messrs S O. MEAD, b. +. Books and H. b. McIN-
TosH the Committee appointed for that purpose, and
follows
YEAS, 1920 shares,
NAYS, 27,033 shares,
the motion to amend was decided in the negative
The question then taken upon the preamble
and votes introduced by Mr.. ToRREy, and they
Were, severally adopted
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