The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-11-24
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

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ATLANTA, Ga, October %, 1871.
Whereas it has been reported to me by the
Chief Engineer of the Brunswick and Albany
Railroad Company, that persons having claims
against said company are seizing' aud causing
to be seized, the rolling stock and other proper
ty of that company thereby seriously Interior
ing with the operation Of said road, which is
now completed between Brunswick and Albany,
by the stoppage of its trains; and
Whereas, The said Chief Engineer furtherre-
ports that he is unable to secure any action on
the President and Directors of this company,
looking toward the payment ofsaid claims and
thereby remove the obstacles in the way OF oper-
ating the said road and
Whereas, Since said report this Department
has not been able to obtain satisfactory inior
nation or assurance of the ability ofsaid Bruins
wick and Albany Railroad Company to pay Its
lust debts due to laborers and contractors, and
for material furnished in construction OF said
road and to pay the interest on its bonds and
Whereas under authority of law, the State
has prior lien upon all the property OF said
Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company:
Now, therefore, to the end that the aborers,
contractors, and the State may be secured for
all lust debts in this connection, /, Rnius b.
Bullock Governor and Commander in Chief OF
the Army and Navy Of this State, and Of the
Militia thereof, do hereby issue this, my procla
nation, and make known that the State of Geor
Ola has taken possession of the said Brunswick
and Albany Railroad Company, with all Of its
property assets, franchises, and leases Of what
ever kind, character or description, and has
placed the same in charge of Col. John Screyen,
president of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
Company, and do hereby give notice and warn
ing to all persons, that bonds ofthe said Bruins
wick and Albany Railroad Company Endorsed
by the State, and bonds of the State exchanged
for the second mortgage bonds OF said company
will not be recognized carrying with them
any obligation upon the State for redemption,
until all valid claims for amounts due TO labor
ers and con FACTORS, and for furnishing material
shall have been fully paid and satisfied, and the
party Or parties holding ssid bond or bonds
prove that the proceeds thereof were legitimate
" applied to the construction of said road, evil
dence Of which may be filed with Hon. Clifford
Anderson, of Bib County, at Macon Hon. Ar
thar Hood, of Randolph County, at Cuthbert
Messrs Hines a. Hobbs, ofDougherty County,
at Albany, or Hon. Robert II. Brown, of Fulton
county. at Atlanta, who are attorneys for the
State in this connection and it is
ORDERED That all officers of this State,
civil and military, exercise due diligence, to the
end that the agent Of this State be maintained
in the peaceful possession and use of the said
Brunswick and Albany Railroad and its appur-
tenances until the further order Of the Execu
tive.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal Of the
State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 23rd
day Of October, in the year OF our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy one, and
of the Independence of the United States
Of America, the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
BY the Governor:
DAVID g. GOTTING, Secretary Of State,
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