Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-25

the vote uDon Mr.. Massie resolution INIT. the
result OF the vote then in progress n the Man
aSsas Gap Railroad meeting, could be aScer,
tanned 49,
Mr. Tugners moved tina, &c n1aeti:x adjourn
until,ten o clock to-day.
Mr.. Davis opposed adjourntnen;, ana urged
he meeting to The prosecution Of HN7!n>;sS' Il
any was before it,
Major Fields called for the reading Of the ar
ticles of agreement which had beea presented
10 the meeting of the Manassas Cap i'"''road
Company, which are rs follows .sss g
ARTICLES OF A0aEEaiENT, made and entered
into this 23d day Of April, 1867, between inc
Manassas Gap Railroad Company and the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company
as follows to wit: s
1t is agreed between the said companie& thai
the charter. franchises and all the property OF
the said Mana, sas Gap Company shall BE. and
are, hereby trans fcrrod to, and vested IN, the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company;
that all the stock held in said MANASSAS Cap
Company, whether by the State Of lrgnla, by
the city Of loxandriQ, by counties orlndyldua!s,
shall with the consent OF the st9ckholders, be
nsferred to and be merged in the said Orange
and Alexandria Railroad C0mpanyi and IN con-
sderation thereof the said Orange and Alexan-
dria Railroad Company binds itself By the fol-
lowing stipulatlons and agreements: lint 1t VIII
commence the rebuilding and construction OF
the Mananess Gap Railroad within four months
from the 18th Of February, 1857 and complete
it to Harrisonburg within two years from the
said date; and that the said Orange and Alex
endra Railroad Com pany shall as 2ume the pay
ment Of all debts due by said Man"ssas Gap
Railroad Company, whet her funded or tloating'
and whether now a=certained or to be ascertain
nd hat 10 q hyrG IA y
local freights and passengers shall be the same,
pro rate, on the lines Of the Manassas Cap and
Orange and Alexandria Railroads; that two
Directors be added to the Board Of the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, as
now Constit u.ed, 10 be elected by the :tockhCld-
ers, OF whom one shall be taken from the Pied
mont and the other from the Valley counties,
on the line Of the Manassas Gap Road. And IL
is further agreed that all the property, rights.
charter franchises and stock, Granted and
transferred to the said Orange and AleEandrH
r. r. Co. by this Contract, shall be forfeited, and
revert TO the Manassas Gap Company and Its
st, CT h0Idcrs, Oh the failure of the said Orange
and Alexandria Railroad Company to comply
with and perform the stipulAtions and conditions
to be per Urmei on It's part.
But It i pH press y agreed that tho right gwen
10 The Man ,s-as Gap Company, by A"t OF As
sembly, pas ed February ID 1865, t. construct
Il railroad between Htru5Durg and Winchester.
IS mol hereby conveyed or trans !crrcd 10 the said
Orange and ,!cI;,ndrin Earond Cnmpany.--
Aud it is .urlher agreed that this agreement IS
subject 70 the r"titicHIl"n' "Pprov! and confirm
respectively and shall only be valid when SO
approved ana that when 50 confirmed
and the transfer Of the charter, franchises,
property unI rights Of id Mana Sat,
Gap Company be de ermincI upon BY thn
1ua c'1Rnmln'' we nfan<e ana HicAaIi um
oy .he rarng Of H. Orange, AIs<an,!ri. and Ma.
nssass E&l'road Comp ny, it bG,ns H!st'Gct.y
W"r: s, Cam 'lrj R .i nnler this
contract, is nbso'utely surrendered and eStln,
s'SHeo. a., -:,.na+,..a. ,.,o p,o.;l.D,, #
sad companie5, and the seals Of tho said COM
r'nl"a'
Nj Barbour *:aLeo 'h2' Inc c'H''ASt just
IF"! 'iiI'e'| c'n'"!'S" LUZ >'oAs - LIZ '''
OF AsscnoIy F2iatins 10 5he propose ''a'S,"F'
w. b''li asked /: any negotiations I'&1 :"
yet been Instituted with the bonth0itiars G.! ;ha