Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-01

| al ticket agent bc required to report monthly
to the President. The cash received tiom rac!
conductor.
Under tile 9Th Bylaw the President r..
port. with the accompanying papers. and ii"
report of the Examining rornutscr wer,. rc-
iersp,l to committee Of five appointed BY thr
chair us follows. viz: J. q. Field, T. b. Jones,
G.. II Robinson J. W. Burke and J. T. hdaIus.
The committee retired and after consultation
returned and submitted the following report.
which WAS unanimous y adopted
The Committee of Stockholders 10 whom the
renort of the President and Directors Of the o.,
A. 4 VI. K. H. Co.. with the ACCOMPANYING
report, of the Genera! SUI eriutendrnt and
others, and TIE report of the Examining Com
ulittec Of the company have been referred: re,
spectruily report thar from The SAID reports and
evidence thereby furnished your Committee ar
satisfied thai The management Of the road aud
all the business Of the company has been wi5i
iudrio,s and Beneficial and should receive t!lc
appreciation Of the stockholders. Your commit
tee would especially recommend to ;hc favor
able consideration Of the stockholders those
parts of the report Of tho President and D.r1c-
tors in relation to the Lynchburg and l'anrille
cxten>on the most liberal and Just arrange
mcnt with the e. l. o. r. L. Go. for the joint
use of the tracts OF the two roads: and purchase
of lands along the line Of the road.
As 10 the recommendations contained III
the report Of the Examining Committee. your
committee think them well and judiclou>, and
should be referred To the President and birec-
tors for their consideration.
Mr.. Barbour then submitted the following
resolutions which were taken up serlaIlniS and
without debate unanimously adoptcd:---
Resolved by the Stockholders u the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company III
general meeting assembled, Tina; this company
accepts the act of the General Assembly %! Nir-
ginia approved ,lanuarylith 1871. entitled AN
act to authorize the consolidation Ct thc Orange.
Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company
and the Lynchburg and Dunvillc Eu;lr"nd Com
pany and MS" empowers the Directory Of this
company to negotiate suitable. terms II contract
with the Lynclburg and Danvi" EaiIr"a'i Co..
and report the same for acceptance :" this COM
puny at some future meeting.
>. Resolved, That this company accepts the
act of the General Assembly II Virginia. APP
: proved March 18th, 1871, entitled al act t" at-
thorizc the Orange, Alexandria anal Manassas
Railroad Company, or the Virginia ana North
Carolina Railroad Company, to recall all out
Standing certificates Of capital stock, and Issue
other and uniform certificates.
.. Resolved, That this company ncrcpt- the
act Of the General Assembly # Nirsnia, ap-
proved March 9Th, 1871, entitled al act t. @u-
ihorizr the Orange. Alexandria and M"nH'-'t'
= Railroad Company to acquire ana sci! land.
/. Resolved, That this company accepts IN"
40; of the General Assembly of Ni-gina, in
force March 10th 1871. entitled AZ act /" author
IKE the Orange, Alexandria ana Manassas E"i;-
road Company /" endorse or guarantee bonds ~
tl!, Lvmrllurg AMI Dauvic Ru!rU::d Comp :.
: and certain cite counties nni towns :ur "ut'-
:y:rtinn 10 the ,tu,'!i Of said IN: :iain" ",'is!-
, pay.
Mr. Barbour also offered the following reSo-
! luton, which WIS, without debate. u"&nill:1l:y
. ;llop!cI:-
Resolved, l'ha! this company, n>y'r'a th," ~:
III the General Assembly, passed February i'm,
l?j.1. entitled nI :,ct t. authorize" IA" transfer
oi the property, charter ana !ra!tchi,r- II the
Maaassu: Gap Ea:ircal Company, anL ihr .tu:;
shares in the s:.lGe To- the Urangr"aI .it"AmMdri@
Railroad Company and MS" accept. Tie a',
Gmcnhatnry 10 Tie above rrritrd acl, pa, '''
Anri 18th, lsG.., and does hereby rlits and
confirm the contract made and entered !irl2 III
pursuance Of said az: between Edward &. Ma"
Shall, Presdcn: Of til" Mana<sa= Gap Railroad
COMPANY, und John : Barbour President Of
,ne Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company,
+ which contract ii dated February -. 1871.
Maj J. c. Field, of rUlpeprr. then r3ini-
mated for re- election As President of HE Com,
rapv. Mr.. JOHN 5. BARBOUR whom he highly
com limented as one cmineutly worthy the pa.
siton aud possessing administrative abilities "t
the highest order.
There lrug no other nomination, the election
nf Mr.. Barbour vas unanimous.
Messrs. r. \. Coehill, ". II. Hart ". Il.
Cazcnove, d. f. Slaughter, F.. &. Marshall, >
\. CoffuIan. C.. f. Suite, and G. H. Blarktoid
We're unanimously re elected Director: rn TIE
bart of the tockholdcrs and
iIes<rs. W. P. Shepherd ot Ac?>un. i. I.
Hill, Of Culpcpcr. J. VI. Chapman, Of Orange,
". II. i-iiaineS. Of Fauquier,and Thomas y hl:c.
head, OF Amherst, were elected the Examining
committee Inr the ensuing year
On motinnof Mr. G. s. Ayrc the usual HUH
Der Of copies Of tbs. proceedings OF this meet
ing Were ordered 10 be published IN pamphlet
form.
Zen. Mcc,n desired to know for information,
# in the event Of Il change Of name from its
present to that OF Virginia and North Carolina
Railroad, there would be any objection 10 III
serting Shenandoah Valley
f Mai Field suggested that the Shenandoah
Valley was u Virginia.
Mr.. Barbour was opposed |" dropping Or
ungn and Alexandria. as it had become historic
hut suggested that Us Gen. VI. WAS Ecmbcr
Of the Senate his suggestion coud be made
when the question was before that body
Judge Chapman WAS opposed t" dropping
Orange"
Mr. Couhili suggested that the name be
changed to Gahnd and North Carolina. Both
Gen. NJ. and Mr.. &. are members elect Of the
Legislature
Without asccrtainiug the sense Of the meet
ur mon the suggestion of Gen Mccm. and in
great good hunror, The meeting adjourned sine
die.
\ SHAMEFUL Scene. As sad Il scene, and
as disgracctul one, as ever took place in court
of law trauspired in the Supreme Court, Brook,
yn. few dny4 ago. We find it described III
the New York Commercial ADVERTISER: n
husband, says that paper ..suel f"r r.. dv@ TT
case was REFERRED and the referee: i'll the de-
fault of the appearance Of the WIFE, reported in
favor of the husbands application; the eoHrr
confirmed the report and the child, the "nI;'
issue of the marriage, Il boy over seven Year"
of aye. WIS brought before Judge Gilbert on
writ OF habcas corpus. The mother. in whose
care he had been ever since the separation "l
his parents, (which took place when ne %As hu!
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