Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-25
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Memphis City Fire and General
Insurance Company, No. 10
Madison Street.
To the Stockholders:

Ao the StOcAhOfders.
MEMPHIS, TENN, January 16. 1854.
At a special meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Company, held this day, the following
letter of resignation of Mr.. L. NJ. Apperson,
President, was presented.
4 On molten the resignation was accepted, and a
special election was ordered to fill the vacancy
and it was also ordered that the Presidents letter
be published with the notice of the election. II
is as follows:
MEMPHIS, January Is, 1884.
To the Memphis City Fire and General Insurance
Company:
GENrLENEN-I beg to tender you my resignation
from the lst of February, 1884. do this in JUS
tice to myself and my private business re-
and personal attention than l have hereto
fore been able to bestow, making me loser by
such want of attention on my, part. In thus sew
ering my connection as President of this Board,
it affords me great pleasure, gentlemen, to assure
each member thereof, and the Cashier of the
Company, that entertain the highest esteem for
each of you; and | congratulate the Company in
having secured the services of gentlemen of such
high character for honor and integrity. 1t gives
mo great pleasure to look back upon the financial
management of this Company. and il gratifes me
to be able to state that there is not single doubt
the Company. This fact | am sure. gentlemen, /,
will crafty you as much as it does me.
will now ask that you order, an election to be
held by the stockholders on the 2sth instant, to
fill the vacancy caused by my resignation.
With the hope that tho prosperity of this Com
pany, now so bright, may continue ever onward
and upward, | am, your friend truly,
4. NJ. APPERSoN.
On motion, it was furthermore ordered that the
Presidents letter be spread at length on the
minutes, and special committee was appointed
to report suitable resolutions on behalf of the
Board of Directors, and the Cashier was also in
structed to publish the same with the call for the
election; and the committee reported the fol-
lowing
RESOLUTIONS:
"ResolUed, On behalf of the Board of Directors
and the Stockholders of the Company, that the
resignation of Mr.. L. NJ. Apperson, President, is
accepted with sincere regret. Few men have
been more intimately connected with tho COM
merclal growth and the financial history of Mem
phis than he; nor has anyone surpassed b;- in
mercial affairs in all his lonE ,o,,a en m t eoI III
entered upon the presi..ncy Of the Mompbis City
bar is.S n.S 'on insurance Company in Decem-
Se'' =, and has been regularly and unanimous
~ re-elected in December of each year since that
time. He has earned for himself the reputation
of an able, shrewd and painstaking officer, and
under his management the Company has enjoyed
continued success
.' .'Resolped, further, That in his severing of his
from him with feelings of deep regret, and we
unite with his many other personal friends in
wishing him continued health and active use
fulness in all the relations and active duties of
commercial life.
Respectfully submitted.
S. MANSFIELD,
WIN. L. COLE,
II. FURSTENHEIM,
Committee"