The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-20
sAsHvnLLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAIL
ROAD.

convention Of the stockholders Of this road
met ON Wednesday, August IA. L. ID. HooXE'
ESQ.,. of Chattanooga, was elected Chairman.
Gov J. E. BROWN offered resolution to appoint
a committee of five stockholders to confer with
Col HAwnL, United States Government agent, TO
learn the best terms the road can get hom the
Government in the settlement OF the Government
debt. E. A. KEEBIE, Jr., Cleveland, ). +. bhowN,
HrspY CoB1A, and JOHN P. KING were appointed
On this committee.
ON Thursday, the following resolution, offered
by Gov. J. z. BROWN, wss adopted:
Reso:ued That an appeal having been taken @ iass .S
decision Of the j1dges Of the election, which said
Secision denied to the Georgia Railroad and Bank
inc Company and to the City Of Charleston the
rieht OF voting ia the election for Directors when
both said railroad company and said city, Dy tner
posine to vote for the candidates for Directors,
TTt,ich tickets were headed by Thos. Fl. Galloway,
and are now on le and the decision OF said Judges
that no part Of the railroad company or Sity trans
ferred stock could ever be voted in any election for
Directors after its transfer.
On motion, II. Burns was appointed on tne
Committee to wait on Col. Hamlll, United STATES
Government Agent, in place OF E. A. keeble' not
present. ~ SO
The following resolution was then offered by
Gov. J. E. Brown, and unanimously adopted: M,
Rssotued, BY the stockholders OF the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad Company, That the
Preaidant of this Convention is hereby instructed
20 appoint committee of three to investigate the
sfairs, including tre receipts and expenditures OF
said road and it's management, and that said conf
mttee have full access to all the books and papers
OF said company, with power to call upon any OH
Ger or sgentof said road for any explanation they
NAV think proper or for any mIormauon In MS
possession, and that the expenses Of M said avess
that said cnmmittee report TO the next meeting OF
the convention OF stockholders.
The following gentlemen were appointed said
committee: C. Y. Anderson, A. L. Lands and D.
The Convention then proceeded TO vote by
Unon counting out the votes it was found that
72 votes had been cast for the reversal OF the de-
cIsion of the Judges Of Election, and in favor OF
the right Of the CITY OF Charleston and the Geor-
their stock as heretofore; and it having been
shown 10 the Convention Of Stockholders that the
ty Of Charleston, by her representation, rendered
her ticket to said Judges OF Election and oiferrd
to vote (5OO) five hundred votes fol Thomas b.
Galloway and others as directors, which said ticket
In here produced and rendered to the Convention
Of Stockholders. Said city claims that said ticket
be counted. And it having been further shown to
this Convention that the Georgia Railroad and
BANKING Company, by its proper representation,
Judge John r. King, rendered to said Judges Of
Election q ticket with the above names upon it,
and offered to vote (5O0) five hundred votes for
aid parsons named as directors as the vote Of
said company, which is represented by him, which
tioket he here tenders and insists that it should
be counted; and said John T. King as proxy for r.
III. Warren, having rendered copy Of the same
ticket and offered to vote (6O0) five hundred votes
for the same persons as directors, which he now
' And D. I. Mckay, Geo. W. Williams & Co., and
A. Nmons and W. G. Magrath, having each ten
with. and offered to vote each Ave hundred (500)
fr ssid persons for directors each Of which ticket
we're rejected by the judges Of election and each Of
which Is now rendered, and demand made thatth
be counted And it having been further shown to
the convention that the following named persons,
known as the Burns ticket, received for directors,
Of the votes accepted and counted by the judges
of election, the number OF votes annexed to
esch ~ their names to wit: