The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-13
Meeting Of the Stockholders of the Richmond
and DanviIls abroad.
SALARY OF rHH PRESIDENT.

Pursuant to adjournment the stockholder
Ses ~ Yesterday morning at II o'clock-Mr. F
~. watkins in the chair.
SALARY OF THE PRESIDENT.
When the stockholders adjourned on Wed
hesday the pending question was upon the
motlon m TO fix the salary of the President a
5000. a scaled vote had been called.
1nr. buIord the present Incumbent, slated
tnat as far as he was concerned ne would pre-
| ler To have $4,000 rathe, than that any con.
| siderable number of stockholders should &c
| away dissatisfied
Messrs. Keen, Flournoy, Edmunds, and
Bouldin advocated tho motion to fill the
| blank with $4,000, and Colonel Martin spoke
| against 1t.
The call for a scaled vote was then with
drawn, and the meeting agreed that the blank
should be filled with the words five thou.
sand dollars, payable quarterly" The arti-
Gle as amended was adopted.
COMMITTEE on THE PEEsIDENT's REP oRT.
| The committee to whom was referred the
report of the President and Directors reported
through their chairman that they had read
| the same with great satisfaction, and offered
| the following resolutions as covering the re-
commen dations: aaa
| RESOLVED, That the President and Directors
| be authorized to take such measures and
! make such contracts to increase and facilitate
Its business in connection with the Piedmont
and York River railroads and other companies
or carriers east Of Richmond Us in their
Judgment shall be practicable and best for the
interests Of this company 1
FREE TIcKgTs.
" ResOloed, That the recommendation of the
President of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company, concurrently with the
presidents of several other railroad compa-
nies, Oh the subject of free tickets, copy of
which is herewith returned, is approved and
adopted, and the lst of January, 1868, pre-
scribed as the time at which it shall go into
effect"
[The agreement referred to has already been
twice published in the DiSpntch.l
The resolution reported by the committee
was adopted.
EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
On motion of Mr.. William Clark, the Ex-
amining Committee Of last year were unani-
mously reelected.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The stockholders then proceeded to the elec.
tion Of officers for the ensuing year.
mrssNartin took peculiar pleasure in re-
nomiHHting Mr.. A. S. Buford. No other no
unanimously elected.
The present directors, Messrs John R. Ed
monds, of Halifax and Wood Bouldin, of
Charlotte, were reelected mem. con.
PORTRAIT OF W. P. TUSsTALL.
On motion of MIR. Thomas D. Neal, the Pre-
a portrait of the late W. P. Tunstall placed
in the office of the company.
On motion of Mr.. a. D. Dickinson, it was
'ReSoLred, That the President and Directors
Of this company, and the committee who nave
reports to make to the stockholders 1T the an
nual meeting, be requested to have the same
prepared by the first of December OF each
year.'i -
On motion of Mr. Keen, it was
'Resolued, That the presiding officer at each
meeting of stocth oIders. shall be paid IS per
diem for his services
Resolutions expressive Of thanks to the pro-
pretors of the Exchange Hotel for services
rendered were passed. sitter which the meet
ing adjourned.