Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-15
LEGAL NOTICES.
No. ,249.
Ill ChIllCeru OF .Ki0ShriEEe.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, OFFICE CLERK
- and Master Chancery Court, Nashville, July
u, !6I2--Edwdr f. Winslow has this day filed his
Pstslon IN tas court whereby after stating that
he Is the purchaser of the Edgefeld and Kentucky
railroad, with all of its property ri ghts and fran
chises, having purchased it from the American
Contract Co, which bought it from the County
Oh DaVidsCn and its associates, who were the
original purchasers of said road ETC.. sold by the
sjtate commissioners under decree of this Court,
IN the case of the State of Tennessee VS.. The
Edgeheld and Kentucky X. X. Co. and Others,
and also stating that the charter of said road
had, under proceedings in this Court, while the
American Contract Co. was the owner thereof,
been amended, and the name thereof changed to
The Nashville, Chicago and st. Louis r. x.
Co.," the petitioner Winslow prays as the last
purchaser and owner of said railroad etc., that
he be substituted to ali the rights privileges and
lmmnnities conferred by the original act incor,
porating said Edgeneld and Kentucky Railroad
Co. and the acts ameDdatory thereof, and for
such change of name or privileges as he may de-
sire, (the act incorporating passed Feb. Is, 1882
ana also to the benefits and advantages of the
decree Of the Court made in the case of the Edge
field and Kentucky Railroad Co. exparte, and
entered in Minute Book Y, page loo; and also
That the name of said Company be changed to
"The Nashville. st. I,0uis and Chicago
Railroad Coz
thas the capital stock thereof be limited TO one
million of dollars in shares of 500 each; that
oIte half thereof may be preferred stock in the
discretion of the Directors; that said Company
property and franchises with those OF any other
company, whether the same be within the linn
its of the State, or created by or existing under
the laws of any other State or States with which
IL may be connected, either directly or interyen-
ing lines to sell or lease its said road etc. or
TO become the lessees OF any SIlch roads or rail-
roads; to have power to issue bonds in manner
and form as authorized by subsection 10 of sec
ton 10, chap. 81, of the acts of 1S70-71 that by
decree of Court in all meetings of the stockhold-
ers of said Nashville, ST. Louis and chicago
Railroad Co. each stakeholder shall be entitled
TO one vote for each share of stock held by him,
whether common or preferred; that the Board
Directors shall be elected annually on the -
day of -, or such other day as the Directors
shall determine, and that until such election can
be made, petitioner prays that Edward F. Wins
low, Charles w. Gardiner, Henry l.. Morrill,
Henry W. Gardner, George s. Winslow James
H. Wilson and John P. Harris be empowered 10
act as Directors of said Company, with as pleTl-
airy powers if &c ed by the stockholders any
four of whom to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and that the Directory
be vested with the corporate powers of the Com
pany. -r-. --.-.. a-
1t is therefore ordered that all persons desiring
to resist the prayer of said petition enter their
appearance at the Courthouse at Nashville on or
before the first Monday in September next
QS72,) and then and there show canse, if any they
can, why the prayer of said petition should not
be granted and that copy of this order be pub
lished for thirty days in the Nashville Union and
American. ..Hu.H
A Copy-Attest: --- r..-..... ....
NATHANIEL BAXTER, JE.,
Clerk and Master
Demoss & Malone, Solicitors for Petitioner.
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