Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-03
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No. 81 X. D@6tfIe OF tennessee IN Inc
First Chancsry Court Of shelby county.
sATHEREAs, the Memphis and Charleston
w Railroad Company have mis- day dled
their petition In the said Court, PRAYING that
the Charter Of Incorporation OF said com
pauy, and ths several acts amendatory
thereof, may be further amended as follows,
tO-Wtt.
That the said Memphis and Charleston
railroad Company Do authorized snd en-
powered 70 purchase, own. control ana ops.
rate the following named railroads:
l. The railroad running from Fayetteville
TO Decnerd. ia said state, belonging to the
Winchester and Alabama Railroad Company.
2 The railroad runstng rom TuilehOma %
McMinDville. in said State. belonging to the
&cMinnvine and Manchester Railroad Com
PAM and
to he Kentucky STATE line belonging 20 the
Southwestern Railroad CO-apany, and par
tally graded 70 q point at or near Sparta;
u In order TO make the necessary and
proper connections between said rOaGs, and
with the present line of the Memphis and
Charleston Railre ad, that tns said Memphis
and Charleston RAILROAD company also %
authorized "a empowered 70 construct,
complste. own and opelate the following
i railroad from a point on the line De.
tween the States OF Tennessee and Alabama.
connecting with a road to be CONSTRUCTED
from q point on the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, near FeErns Switch, 70 said
State line ana running thence to q point on
ths said Winchester and Alsbama Railroad,
and rom enence, II found necessary or Gest-
rabIe. crossing said last named road, and
ruuuinR 10, aud connecting with, the aid
McMinnvile snd Manchester Railroad al or
4 A railroad from Deeherd, c1unec,ing
with the said Winchester and Alabama Rail-
road, and Running 10 any point on the NC
MinnviIle and Manches ter Railroad, between
Manchester and TullahOma- end
&. The aid Southwestern Railroad, ext and
INK nom McAtnnvll1e, by way OF Sparta n
Livingston, 70 the Kentucky line
And that such OF said roads as may be so
purchased, or constructed, should De con-
sOlidatsd with, ana form q part Of, ths said
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. and be
called and known by that name throughout
the entire line, instead of the present names
OF said roads, and thai all the provisions of
the Cnarfaf offke 5siu aemuuts and Charles
ton Railroad COmpRny shOul be extended
over, and applied to, such of said roads as
may be so purchased or constructed, and
that, for the purpose of better providing for
the construction, control and operation OF
said roads, all the powers privileges and
franchises possessed Oy, or conferred upon
the said Winchester and Alabama Railroad
Company, the McMinnvili9 and Manchester
Railroad Company n the Southwestern
Railroad Company, or sueh OF them as may
ne purchased as Aforesaid, should, upon the
purchase hereof, res p~ectively be transferred
70, vested in and possessed by the said
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
And further that the said Memphis and
Charleston railroad Company should be
authorized 10 issue its bonds, secured by
mortgage on the roads 70 be purchased or
constructed as Aforesaid. TO an amount not
exceeding Q4Iecu L0Ou6auu dollars per nile
Of the whole length OF the roads so to be
purchased and const uetsd, sald bonds 70 be
Issued on such terms ana conditions as to
said Company may seem proper.
And thRt the said e1mpany nave and pos
sess all other powers and privileges neces-
sary and proper TO carry into effect the Oh
iects above enumerated.
Therefore, all persons are hereby notified
to appear before said Court. at the Court
houEe in The city OF MsmphiE, On the nrst
Monday of October, 1871, to show cause why
the said amendments should not be granted.
Acopy--AttesI
EDMUND A. COLE. Clerk and Master.
By r. ]. BLACK, Deputy C.. and ID.
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