Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-05-21
Proceedings Of the Commissioners appointed 10 tahe
Stock an The metropolitan Railroad Company

GEoaGETowN, D. c., MAY 18, 1853.
The Commissioners Iamed in the act of the General
Assembly of Maryland passed at January session. 1853
entitled :" An act to incorporate the Metropolitan Rail-
road Company, to take stock in said road assembled at
the Union Hotel, in the city Of Georgetown D. c. on
Wednesday, the 18th day Of May 1853 at II o'clock NJ
when the following gentlemen were present, viz JOHN
W. MAuRy, WILLIAM w. CoRcoRAN WILLIAM W. SEAToN
DAVID ENGLISH, FnArore Dooon,. r'..H4sn N RrsouE
of the District Of Columbia CHARLES L. TRAIL JACOB
M. KusKEL, and MEREDITH DAVIS, of Frederick county,
Maryland; WILLIAM LINGAN GATHER and FRANCIS c.
CLopPER, of Montgomery county, Maryland DANIEL
WEIsEL and JAMES WATSON, of Washington county
Maryland
On motion, WILLIAM W. SEAroN of the city of Washing
ton, appointed chairman, and DANIEL WEIsEL, of
Washington county, Maryland selected Secretary
of said meeting.
The sections of said act of Assembly prescribing the
duties of the Commissioners were read.
Whereupon the following resolutions wer, proposed and
adopted, viz
Reolved That books for receiving subscriptions to the
capital stock of the Metropolitan Railroad Company be
opened Monday the 9th day of June next and be kept
open from the said 9th day of June the 10th day of
June inclusive, from the hour of 10 O'clock A. NJ to the
hour of 2 o'clock p. NJ. said days. al the following
places and under the direction of the persons hereinafter
named, viz:
At the Bank of Washington, the Patriotic Bank the
Corcoran Riggs in the city of Washington in the Dis
trct Of Columbia under the direction of he Commission
residing in said city, and the several cashiers of said
/ banks.
At the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Georgetown
and the Bank of Commerce, in the city Of Georgetown
the District of Columbia under the direction of the
missioners residing in said city of Georgetown and the
/ cashiers of said several banks.
/ In the town of Rockville Montgomery country, Mary
land at the store of Samuel C. Vers uder the direction
Of the commissioners residing in said county, and the
/ said Samuel G. Niers.
In the city of Frederick Frederick county MARYLAND
the Farmers aud Mechanics Bank Frederick county
the Frederick County Bank and the Branch Bank of the
Farmers Bank of Maryland under the direction of the
commissioners residing in Frederick county and the
eral cashiers of said banks.
In the town of Boonsborough, Washington county,
Maryland at the store of Messrs. Davis and Burkhart,
under the direction of Mr.. Elias Davis of the
| missioners, aud Mr.. - Burkhart Of said town.
In the town of Hagerstown Washington county Mary
land, at the Hagerstown Bank, and at the Washington
County Savings Institution under the direction of the
commissioners residing in said town. and the cashier
the Hagerstown Bank and the secretary Of said Savings
Institution
Resoved That the sever cashiers Of the banks. the
secretary of the Washington County Savings Institution
Samuel G. Viers, of Montgomery county, Maryland and
4 - Burkhart, Of Boonsborough Washington county
Maryland named referred in the foregoing resol-
tion be and the hereby constituted agents 70
receive subscriptions to the capital stock Of said railroad
company at the times and places named said resolution
Resolvd, That the following be the form of said sub
scriptions
The undersigned hereby agree to subscribe and do
hereby subscribe the number of shares annexed TO our
names respectively in the capital stock Of the Metropo
tan Railroad Company, Incorporated by an act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, passed January ses-
sion, 1853 entitled An act to incorporate the Metropo
tan Railroad Company, under the conditions and prov
sions expressed contained therein and do further
agree to comply with all the terms therein set FORTH
Resolved That public notice of the times and places of
taking said subscriptions be given by advertisement
serted three times week until the said 9Th day Of June
next in the National Integencer the Union, and the
Republic Washington the Advocate Georgetown D. C.
and the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore and weekly until said
time in the Journal Rockville, Montgomery county; in
the Herald, Citizen and the Examiner Frederick in the
Catoctin Wing, Mddletown; the Odd Fellow Boonsbo-
rough and the Herald and Torchight the Hagerstown
Mall the News, and the Peoples Own, Hagerstown.
ResoiDed That, for the purpose of ascertaning the
amounts subscribed and for such further proceedings
as may then deyoye the Commissioners the said Com
missoners named in the will again ut the Union
Hotel in Georgetown D. G., Tuesday the 21s day of
June next ut II o'clock NJ which meeting the books
Of subscriptions certificates Of the said Commissioners
and Agents Of the amounts subscribed will be expected
TO be produced.
Resoipd, That these proceedings be verified by the
signatures Of the officers
W. w. sEATON, Chairman.
ID. WEIsEL, Secretary.