Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-05
PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION
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No. 81, r. D.-stAte Of Tennessee In the
First Chaneery Court Of Shelby county.
WHERE'S, the Memphis and Char e. N
w Railroad Company have This day q ID
their petition in the said Our prEEfnF q Il
the Charter Of Incorporation OF said c. l.
panYi and me several acts amendatc y
tnersoL may be further amended as follows,
That the said Msmphis and Charleston
Railroad Company be authorized snd EN-
pOWeredto purchase, owl. control and ope-
rate thsf following named railroads:
L Tn railroad running from FaysttevfIls
to Deeherd, in said State, belonging to the
winchester u Alabama Railroad Company.
2 The railroad runstng from TuliahOma %
MoMfnnVfHs. IN SAID Stste, belonging 20 the
NcMinnvslls and Manchester Railroad Com
fhsrafIroad ruenIng nom MeNfnnviIIs
10 rbs Kentucky Safe line. belonging &c the
Southwestern Bailroad Company, and par
tally graded 70 q point At or near Sparta;
Andfin order 70 maze the necessary and
proper connections between said roads, and
with the present line 81 the Memphis and
Charleston RalrCads thai the said Msmpois
and Charleston Railroad Company also De
authorised and empowered 70 construct,
complete. own and oPeiste the
I ArsfIroad from a point on the line be-
tween the states Of Tennessee and Alabama,
connecting with a road 70 be constructed
rom 3 point on The Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad near Fearns Switch 70 said
State line and running thence to 2 point on
the said Winchester and Alabama Railroad,
and rom Themes, IL found necessary or Cesi-
rable. crossing said last named road, and
running to. and connecting with, the said
acaiunytle snd Manchester Railroad AZ or
A rsfIrosd from Deeherd. connecting
with the said and Alabama Rail-
road, and rnnnlng 70 any point on the Nc
Manchester and TuIahoma
3 Tee SID Southwestern Railroad, extent
Ing rom Meainnyilte, BY way OF Sparta and
Livingston, 70 the Kentucky line:
And That such OF said rosds a. may be so
purchased, OF constructed, should be con
solioatsd Win. and form a part Of, the said
Memphis and Charleston Raiir bad, and be
called and N By that name throughout
the entire line, instead Of the present names
OF said roads, and that All the pr0vfsiOns Or
the ChsrteT Ofthe said HempatsG and Cbarles-
ton Railroad Company D oe EXTENDED
over, and applied TO, such q said ROADS a.
may be so purchased OF constructed, ard
thai, for the purpose OF better providing for
the con7uucuoo, control and operation OF
franchises pos essed by, Or conferred upon,
the said Winchester and Alabama Railroad
Company the AcMlnnylle and Manchester
Railroad Company and the OutnWestern
Railroad Company, or such o. them as may
be purchased a. Aforesaid. should upon the
purchase thereof respectively be trans erred
to, Vested IN ana possessed by the said
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany.
Charleston Railroad Company should be
authorized t0-issue its bonds, secured by
mortgage on the roads to be purchased or
constructed as Aforesaid, TO IN amount not
exceeding nfJeea thousand dollars per mile
OF the whole ieRgIh OF the roqds so to be
purchased and const. ueted, said bonds 10 be
Issued on such terms and conditions a. 20
said Company may seem proper.
L And Thai the said mpan a. and pos
sess All other powers n privileges neces-
sary and proper 20 carry into effect the OBJ
isctS above enumerated
The -efore, All persons are hereby notified
before sad -Court, al the Court
house IL the city o. Memphis, on ths nrst
Monday OF October, ISL. to show cause why
the said amendments should not be granted.
-Acopy.-AtteSt
EDMUND A. COLE, Clerk and Master.
BY r J. BLACK, Deputy Q. and M.
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