The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-11-11
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THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL STAKES 1T M
AN INDEBTEDNESS OF $1,000, 900 10 THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE TO BE WIPED OUT,
The Nashville, Tennessee, .4aerica,, OF
Tuesday last publishes the following ar.
ticles Of Incorporation OF the "Central
Mississippi Railroad Company" which
it says were registered by the secretary
OF state for Tennessee on Tuesday, 9Th
inst:
WHEREAS, Under and in pursuance OF
an act OF the legislature of the State OF
Mississippi, approved February |. 1877,
entitled IAN act to authorize purchasers
of railroads under foreclosure OF morris
cages to organize AS incorporated COM
panies," and under and in pursuance OF
an act Of the legislature OF the State OF
Kentucky. approved March |, 1876, end
tied IAN act to incorporate the purchas>
ers Of railroads." the purchasers of rail
road property and franchises heretofore
owned and operated by a corporation
known as the Mississippi Central
railroad company, and atterward by
corporation known as the New
Orleans, st. Louis and Chicago
railroad company, have agreed to organ
ize as a corporation, and tor that purpose
have fixed the amount Of capital stock
representing the said property so bought
by them at $4,000, DIVIDED into 1920
shares OF 500 each; and adopted as the
name of said company, "The Central
Mississippi Railroad Company" aud
have elected a board of directors to the
number of nine, being the persons whose
names are appended, and have establish
ed the principal office OF the Central Miss
issippi railroad company in the city OF
New York. Now, therefore, the UNDER
signed directors OF said corporation, in
pursuance of the acts of the legislature
aforesaid, do hereby state and certify:
First-rhat they have adopted as the
name Of said corporation "rhe Central
Mississippi Railroad Company
Secondhand they have fixed the
amount Of Its capital at 1872 900, repre-.
senting the property bought, and have
divided the same into 1920 shares of 500
each, full paid, with liberty to increase
the same.
Third--That the number of the board
OF directors to manage said corporation
is nine, and the directors thereof tor the
first year, and until their successors are
elected, are as follows:
William 9. Osborn, residing in New
York.
Stuyvesant Fish, residing in New York
BENJAMIN F. Aver, residing in Chicago
Illinois.
II. p. Nicely, residing in Bolivar, Ten.
nessee.
James Fentress, residing in Bolivar,
Tennessee.
William Alex. Gordon, residing in
Pike county, Mississippi.
James @. Clarke, residing in Pike cOrln-
ty, Mississippi.
G. w. Paschall, residing in Fulton,
Kentucky.
H. d. Murphy, residing in Fulton,
Kentucky.
Fourth-That the road so purchased,
now owned and to be operated by the CO.
operation SO formed and designated as
the Central Mississippi railroad COM
pany, is situated in the States OF Missis-
sippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, between
the town of Canton, in the State of Mis-
sissippi, and a point on the Ohio river
opposite the city Of Cairo, in the State of
Illinois.
Fifth-That the said railroad, or thee
corporation by which it was constructed,
was originally, chartered and known by
the name OF the Mississippi railroad COM
pany and the Mississippi Central and
Tennessee railroad company.
Sixth-That the company owning and
operating it for the past three years has
been known as the New Orleans, ST.
Louis and Chicago railroad company, be.
ing formed by the consolidation of the
New Orleans, Jackson and Great North.
ern railroad company, a corporation eX-
isting under the laws of the State Of
Louisiana and Mississippi, and the Mis-.
slssippi Central railroad company, cor
poration existing under the laws of the
States Of Mississippi, Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Seyenth-That the private property of
the Individual shareholders of this cor,
poration shall not be liable tor The cor
porate debts.
). In witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our hands this fifth day OF November,
1877.
w. II. OSBORN, President.
Az b. +. AVER,
4M JAMES b. CLARKE,
w. ALEX. GORDON,
JAMES FENTREss,
RIP. Nicely,
Ii. ID. MURPHY,
CIV. PAsCHALL,
STUYvEsANT FISH.
The principal OF the debt OF the Missis-
sippl railroad company amounts to ST.
$780, 1000. akf