Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-17
PROCEEDINGs OF THE sTOCKAoL'
DRRs CONVENTION OF THE NASH
VILE AND CHATTANOOGA RAIL
ROAD

ROAD.
A convention Of the stockholders of the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Com
pany assembled ct their depot building on
"Wednesday, August 14th, 1867.
John Frizzell, Esq, nominated X. VI.
Hooke, Of Chattanooga, for Chairman.
Hon. f. H. Ewing nominated Mr.. L. q.
Moseley, of Bedford county, for Chair
man. irl...I ..s.s .se Fl.
r. N. Heoke was elected Chairman
John S, Butler, on motion, was appointed
On motion of D. II. c. Spence, R. c.
Bransford, Charles W. Anderson, and ?.
A. Mitchell we're appointed a Committee
on Proxies.
There being no other motion before the
meeting the Chairman announced that The
reading of the reports was in order.
The officers of the road read their respec-
tive reports; after which the report OF
Messrs. Bosom and Nelson was read; also
report showing the comparative statement
of the cost of coai and wood as fuel, which
was ordered to be published.
Gov ]. E. Brown offered resolution to
appoint a committee of FIVE stockholders to
confer with Col. Hamill, United States gov
ernment agent, to learn the best terms the
road can get from the government in the
settlement of the government debt.
A committee composed of E. A. Keeble,
J. Cleveland, J. E. Brown, Henry Cobia
and Jno. p. King, were appointed
On motion of A. L. Griffith, the meeting
adjourned to meet Tomorrow, Thursday, at
9 o'clock A. N. oIs4t.a
The convention met pursuant to ad-
journment on Thursday the 18th inst, at
nine o'clock A. NJ. Ut
The following resolution was offered by
Gov. j. E. Brown, which was adopted !:
That an appeal having been taken last
night TO q meeting of the stockholders
| from the decision of the Judges of the
election, which said decision denied to the
Georgia railroad and Banking Company
and to the city of Charleston the right of
voting in the election for directors, when
both said railroad company and said city,
| by their proper representation, hsd tender
| ed tickets proposing to vote for tae candi-
| dates for directors, which tickets were
headed by Thos. II. Galloway and are now
on file, and the decision of said Judges
that no part of the railroad company or
eity transferred stock, could ever be voted in
any election for directors after its transfer.
On motion of GoFernor ]. e. Brown,
| G. w. Anderson, a. L. Landis and
ID. H. G. Spence, we're appointed to act as
| Clerks and aid in taking the vote of the
| meeting of stoekhOlders-on the question
| Of the right of said railroad and city, to
vote their stock, and on the right of the
persons to whom part of the stock has been
transferred, to vote it. be
] And on motion it was then ordered that
the vote be by ballot as prescribed by the
| charter, and the chairman ordered to re-
eeive the votes.
On motion M. Burns was appointed on the
committee to wait on Col. Hamill, United
States government agent, in place OF +. A.
Keeble, not present.
The following resolution was then offered
By Gov. j. E. Brown, and unanimously
adopted
Resolved by the Stockholders of the
/ Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Conn
pany, That the President of this Conven-
tion Is hereby instructed toappoini a eopa.
mi4tee of three to Investigate the affairs,
including the receipts and expenditures Of
-said soad. and its management, and that
said committee have full access 10 all the
books and papers of said company, with
power to call upon any officer or agent OF
said road for any explanation they may
think proper or for any information in his
possession; and that the expenses of said
investigation be paid out of the income Of
the road and that said committee report
to the next meeting of the convention OF
stockholders.
The following gentlemen were appointed
said committee: c. w. Anderson, A, l.
Landis and d. II. G. Spence. -t,
The convention then proceeded to vote
by ballot
Upon counting ont the votes it was
found that 1855 votes had been cast for the
reversal of the decision of the Judges o.
Election and in favor of the right of the
city of Charleston and the Georgia rail
road and banking company each to yot'
their stock as heretofore, and it having
been shown to the convention of stockhold-
ers that the city of Charleston, by her repre-
sentation, rendered her ticket to said Judge
Of Election and offered to vote 5000 fiv'
hundred votes for Thomas IL. Galloway
and others as directors, which said tieke
is here produced and rendered to the con-
yentiOn of stockholders. Said city claims
that said ticket be counted. And it having
been further shoWntO this convention tha
the Georgia railroad and banking com
pany, by its proper representation, JudgI
John Z. King rendered to said Judges o
Election ticket with the above name:
upon it, and offered to vote $500 five hun
dred votes for said persons named as di
rectors as the vote of said company whicl
is represented by him, which ticket he her,
tenders, and insists that it should bt
counted, and said John p King as proxy
for B. II. Warren, having rendered cop.
Of the same ticket, and offered to yOt
(500) five hundred votes for the same per
sons as directors, which he now here ten
ders. fGa -sa e.
And B. S. Mckay, Geo. w. Williams I
Co, and A. Simonss and w. j. Mc(1rat
having each rendered copy of the sam
ticket by their proxy, +. Willis, and o
cred to vote each $500 five hundred fc
said persons for directors, each of whic
ticket were rejected by the Judges of elet
ton, and each of which is now tendereC
and demand made that they be counted
And it having been further shown to tn
convention that the following named PEI
sons, known as the Burns ticket, receive
for directors, of the votes accepted an
counted by the Judges of election, the nun
hsr of votes annexed to each of their name
!. | to-wIt: @
/ NJ. Burns .......-.-..-,... 45
Sam. w atkins. a.
Mm. COopeT.-s
A. Nelson As
j. NJ. AZ
J. b. %
Arts Brown -
I | L. A. Keeble, Rutherford IS
Levi Nade, Rutherford d............. ..-.-.--. s
, lsJohn A. Baugh. Rntherford-.... --...- 41
:. John I, Slater. Franklin--,.---...--- AZ
n | Ed. Cooper Bedford -... ....-.-....;. -
: jeremiah Cleveland, Bedford -...-..-......... q
: A. NJ. RutledRe. Coffee. -...-s..,.- -
e I. II. Porter, New York 4'
+ And it further appears that the perso
u on the ticket headed by Thos. II. Caliowa
7 secured the following number Of votes t
4 wit
{ ThomIs H. Galloway, Of Cleyeland.,.-.-.---'-.4 q