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w* I *m —_ (Smuslwwugjj f)atral ! VOL. XXIII. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, UY 3, SHERWOOD, ED1T0B ASD PROPRIETOR. TERMS. 82.00 A yilB IN ADVANCE Bates of AilveiUslnK tare, rsry GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1862. NO. 1,190. I HI i„r tJie fir*t week, and Twelve T^::rkl!:^nSU.ad.io ling matter as foDews. BM„»TH«. G»»»TH8. lY**» »«.«i i>-*> K :."" - : o.oo.. I 1.00 H.00 16.00 20.00 IK ORDINANCES PASSED 11* M»i«. ( onvenlion al H« Adjourn-ed M-MKIOU. No. 1. ..... ••■ † † i ' of the Convention said 10 ythe I'elegates • N„rth Carolina, j,anditi8berebyorll«D6dbythe Phatfortbe oner-oeesaW to-day, acisherebyauthor-er out such portions ofthe mill- ,; ..,,ary to repel the - S^nd passed on th. 21st ' . mary, 1862. i No. 2. { , and , ■ rfeet anorduwpaii- . .,.„._. ,.,. Convention J.juUUd -An j ,.i, f,„ <>u ,«u.»:lof U^eyjor the -......,/far the , 3tf of frca'ury ,jlh. .'«:.<■ Ittbt and ■ Military r ■> /-.mployti t,ent War and/or Xktr purpo- Be it further ordained by the Dele- Fthe People ol North Carolina m mention aase-nbled, and .ttabereby or- , the authority of the same, lb at iuch ol the ordinance passed at the last Convention, entitled "An that purpose in the County of Chatham; therefore. 1 Be it ordained by the Delegates of tiie neoiilo of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it ie hereby ordained by the authority of the same, I hat the 1 resi-dent and operatives of said comp-ny, to tbe number of six, be, and thoy are hereby ex-empted from militia duty, for the spacis of nix months, exeept in case of invasion, m- Burrection.or upon a requsition for troops by tho President of the Confederate Stated 2. Be it further ordained, That company may increase its capital stock an amount not exceeding ten thousand dol-lars. , 3. Be it further ordained, That the capi-tal stock of said company be exempted irom taxation for six months. Passed and ratified, in open Convention, tho 3Utb day of January, A. L)., 1W62. No. 7. An Ordinance in Addition to cud Amendment ofan Act ofth, General As tmbly, Ratifiedtkt 101* l>ay of ftbrwry, 1861, hnltlhd-An Act to Incorporate the Chatham Railroad Company," and to repeal an Act Supplemental thereto, Ratfiud the 'IZrd day Of February, 1881. I. Bo it further ordained by the people of North Carolina, in Convention assem-bled, and it is hereby ordained by the au-thority of the same, That soction first of an act of the General Assembly, ratified the filtconthdayof February, ono thousand eight hundred and bixty-one, entitled "an act incorporating the Chatham Railroad bo amended by inserting after the Board of Internal Im- 'ssion ol tliis - . irdinance toprovidefor the raising of mon- 1 for ose i >nliiianceiiipi«>vi«».i a v or the support of Government and i ,,i Treasury notes for thepnrp< \ .,;,,.. tin- nnblie debt, and ppuurrcchhaassiing mpl< and ■ l paying the public debt, Applies for the military forces employed , the present war, ti„ ,. . M provides for the I reas-iherein provided for, to bear in-m date, be rescinded and annul!- i That this ordinance shall Hi.'notes issued before tho rdinance. ■ . ,■ ordained, That the said • ,. so amended its to provide lire that the whole of the Treasury • , to be issued under tho pro- ,| said ordinance, one halt shall be-plli « denomination of five dollars, of I ].-nomination often dol-d the ..thrr fourth of the donomina-wenty dollars, and in the course of . ,,:: the said notes,from time to time, tive proportions shall be obsor- , as may I cd and ratified in open Convention, «3 y I January, 1862. No. ::. I j . . ii,i,. /:. GuUcklo uee ten w . Chat the Secretary be author- H rVm. 1). Gulick to use, either of his office, for two month*, the ol [860, or until they shall n authorized agent of the the Confederate States: ledthesamebe not removed from • Raleigh. tied in open Convention January, A. D., 1862. No. 4. ■onfirm the Act* andjudi- • i , ■/.« lately held , in the count iee of II- *• V. I Yancey* I'i. • Superior Courts for tho Henderson, Buncombe, Madi-y, at the Fall 'Perms thereof, stake held at the wrong time; -. p i as were tilled, judgments dzances entered intojudg- .. and various other acts wero i courts: -; Boit ordained t>y the Delegetesof the ; .'orlh Carolina in Convention ' embled,and it is hereby ordained by the y ofthe same, That tho said pleas, recognizances, indictments, other judicial proceedings, which a rendered,(uttered and found at the I its aforesaid, are hereby made valid, and inall things ratified and confirmed > Be it farther ordained, That tho v'. arts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be .... : ihc counties of flender- ; n. Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey.and I Fall Terms, be held at the tol- -. viz : Henderson ou tho second after the tourtb Monday in Sep- Buncombe on the third Monday fourth Monday in September; , tho fourth .Monday after tho . lay in September; Yancey on iday after the fourth Monday • - r; and Polk on the twolfth thi tourth Monday in SeptCm- B b and i very year. This section | H r e until tho same may be j by act of the Legislature or other- ; j w > " ; Bed in open Convention the 27th .;. • January, A. D., 1S02. No. 5. , the Fourth Section of an | St ■■† .' A -/'. Carolina ion, Entitled "An Act ■ l ■† aioed by the Delegates of the ;. 1 •.h t'arolina, in Convention 1. and it is hereby ordained by the : tj otthe same. That tho fourth s»c-ai act ol tbe last extra session of tbe '■ †† . il Assembly of the State of North 1 • "An Act entitled Keven- I the same is hereby annulled I ratified in open Convention :. day of January, A. P., 1862. No. 0. ■> 1///II',;/ and Munufac-v . . interior ofthie 8tvte. Whereas, It is of great importance to manufacture Salt in tho interior of this Sta' whereas, a company has been incorporated under the name and style of •The Chatham Sail Mining and Manufac-turing Company," which is operating for Co.,' - words, "from tho Coalfields, m tho county of Chatham, through said county," the words connect with tho North Carolina liailroad al, so to make the section road, "toconnect with the North Carolina Bail-road at Raleigh, or some point west of Baleigh not exceeding twelve miles." 2. 13c it further ordained, That the pro-viso in section four of said act of tho Gene-ral Assembly bo stricken out. 3. Be it further ordained, That an act of the General Assembly, ratified on the twenty-third day of February, one thous-and eight hundred and sixty-one entitled "an act supplemental to an act passed at the present session ofthe General .Assem-bly, entitled an act to incorporate the Chatham Railroad Company, be. and the same is hereby repealed and abrogated. 4. Be it further ordained, That all such solvent corporations as may or shall sub-scribe to the capital stock ofthe said Chat-ham liailroad Company, may make their bonds payable to tbe Public Treasurer of the State of North Carolina for the amount of their subscriptions to said capita! stock, and no more ; which said bonds are to bo signed by tho President and under the st-als respectively of said corporations, and made for any sums not under livo hundred dollars, each, to bear interest at the rate of six j>or cent, per annum, which interest is to be paid semi-annuaJly, to wit: tho first Monday in January and July in each and every year ; anU the principal ol said bonds to bo mado payable twenty years after date; and these bonds, so authorized to be made, may be deposited with the Public Treasur-er of the State, who shall then issuo and deliver to tho several corporations so sub-scribing and depositing their bonds, as aforesaid, tho coupon bonds of the State of North Carolina, to the amount of their subscriptions respectively, and mado the sums of five hundred dollars and ono thous-and dollars, to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, which interest is to bo paid semi annuaily, on the first Mon day in January and July in each and every yoar, and tho principal of said bonds to bo made paya'olo twenty years after date : Provided, That said bonds shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars; and Provided, also, That said Chatham Railroad Company-shall execute and deliver to the Governor of the State of North Carolina a deed of mort-gage under the seal of said company, wherein and whereby shall be conveyed to the Governor and his successors in office, for the use and benefit of the Slate, all tho estate, both real and personal, belonging to said company, or in any manner per-taining to tUt tho same, conditional for indemnifying and saving harmless the State of North Carolina, from the payment of the whole or any part ofthe bonds of the State, authorized by this ordinance to be made by the Public Treasurer, and deliver-ed to tho several corporations subscribing as aforesaid to the capital stock of said Chatham Railroad Company. In addition to tho deed of mortgage, hereinbefore re-quired to be executed and delivered by the Chatham Railroad Company, tho State of North Carolina shall, by this ordinance, have a lein upon the estate, both real and personal, of said company, which they may uow have or may hereafter enquire, to secure the principal and interest of the bonds of this State authorized to be issued as aforesaid. 5. Bo it further ordained, That said bonds of the State, so made by the Public Treasurer, shall bo received by tho said Chatham Railroad Company in payment of subscriptions made as aforesaid by such corporations to the capital stock of said Chatham Railroad Company. 6. Be il further ordained, That said cor-porations so subscribing and depositing their bonds as aforesaid with the Treasurer ofthe State, shall bo allowed to redeem their bonds at any tim-; before maturity, in iho currency fo the Stale, on giving thirty days notice to the Treasurer of this State of their intention so to do. 7. Be it further ordained. That the said railroad may be constructed with termini at any point or points in the said Coalfields region that the stock-holders in said com-pany may agreo upon with the approba-tion of the Board of Internal Improve-ments. 3. Be it further ordained, That the cor-porate authorities of incorporated towns subscribing to the capital stock of slid Chatham Railroad Company, in order to provide for the payment of their subscrip-tions, and of tho principal and interest of bonds for that purpose, by them issued, shall have authority to lay and collect taxes from ail subjects, which, under iho charters of said towns, are taxable. 9. Be it further ordained, That tho sol-vency of such corporations as may desire to subscribe to the capital stork of aid Chatham Railroad Company shall be judged of by the provements. 10. Be it further ordained, That all laws and parts of laws, all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions »l this ordinance, are horeby repealed and abrogated. Passed and ratified in open Convention the SOth day of January, A. D., 18G2. No. 8. An Ordinance to Incorporate, the Piedmont Railroad Company. 1. Be it ordained bvthe delegates of tho people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of tho same, That a company by tho name and style of the "Piedmont Rail-road Company," be, and tho same is here-by ineorpora-.ed, with a capital stock of fif-teen hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares or one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of constructing a railroad on the best, cheapest, most direct and practi-cable route from the Richmond and Dan-ville Railroad to the North Carolina Railroad. 2. Be it further ordained, That for the purpose of creating tbe capital stock of said company, the following persons be, and they aro hereby appointed general commissioners; William T. Sutherlin, of Danville; William P. Watt, John Jl. Dil-lard, George D Boyd and William B. Car-ter, of Rockingham; Phil. Barrow, John *. Poindexter and A. J. Stafford, of Forsyth county; William A. Lash, John J. Martin and James Riason, of Stokes county; Jesse H. Lindsay, Lovi M. Scotland Ralph Gor-< rell.of Guilford county; Bedford Brown, Thomas D. Johnston, Allen Green Mont-ford McGee, of Caswell county; Giles Me-bane, Jesse Gant and Eli F. Watson, of Alamance; John W. Cunniugham, Edwin G. Read and Thomas McGee, ofthe county ofl'erson; Wilfiam Johnston, of the town of Charlotte; James C. Turrcntine and Win. F. Stravhorn, of tbe county of Orange; Benjamin A. Kittrell, of the town of Lex-ington; H. C. Jones, Sr., of Salisbury; Jona. Worth, ofthe town of Asheboro'; Win. P. Taylor, of Tittsboro'; whoso duty it shall be to direct tho opouing of books for sub-scriptions of stock at such times and places, and under such persons as they, or a ma-jority of them, may deem proper, and in the mean time it shall and may be lawful i for books of subscription to said stock to be | opened in tho town of Charlotte under the j direction of John A. Young, Win. Johnston ' and James W. Osborne, or any one of'j them; in Concord under the direction of V. M. Barringer, Caleb Phifer and Daniel Coleman, or any ono of them; in Salisbury j under tho direction of Nathaniel Boyden,; N. N. Fleming, J. I. Shaver, or any them; at Lexington under the direction ol Wi DO. | R. Holt, John P. Mabrey and, Samuel liar- j grove, or any ono of tbem; at High Point under the direction of W. F. Bowman, Dr. I Robert Lindsay and Nathan Hunt, or any one of them; at Greensboro* under the di-rection of James Sloan, Jed. H. Lindsay and J. A. Long, or any ono of them; at] Salem under tho direction of D. H. Star-buck, J. G. Lash, Francis Fries and C. L. ; Bonner; or any of them; at Danbury under the direction uf Nathaniel Moody, A. H. i Joyce and S. Taylor, or any one of them; at Graham nnder the direction of Thomas Rutlin, Jr.; John Trollinger and Edward bolt, or any of them, at Roxboro' under j the direction of Chas. Wi.istead, Dr. C. 11 .J Jordan and Green William s, or any one of I them; at Yancey ville unde ■ the direction of "PI'011 John Keer, Dr.N. M. Roa'i and Thomas ' otllfcr W. Graves, or any one of them; at Milton j 'u n s,u^ under the direction of °amuel Watkins, John Wilson and Thomaf Donaho, or any one of them; at Wcntwojih under the di- Iton, W.M. El- L reclion of John W. ElliOB lington and B. J. Low, or* oy onecf them, at 5ladison under the direction of Wm. L. Scales, Joseph 11. Cardwell and Nicholas Dalton, or any one of them; at Leaksville under the direction of George L. Aikon, Jones W. Burton and E. T. Brodnax, or any one of them; at High Rock under the direction of Francis L. Simpson, Dr. R. II. | Scales and George W. Gatrett, or any one of them; at Danville, Va , under the direc-tion of William T. Suiherlin, James M. Wdliams and Dr. T. P. Atkinson, or any-one of them; at Uillsboi o' under the direc-tion of J. C. Turrcntine, Henry H. Nash ( and W. F. Stray-horn, or any one of them; and in the city of Richmond, Va., under the j direction of A. Y. Stokes, Lewis E. Harvey and Thomas N. Brockenbrough, or any-one of them; and said commissioners shal have power to appoint a Chairman body, Treasurer, and all o'.her officers their ! organization may require, and sue for and \ recover all sums ofmoney that ought, un-der this ordinance, to be recovered by them in the name of said corporation. 3. Be it further ordained, That all per-sons who are, by this ordinance authorzed, or who may be hereafter, by tho general l commissioners, authorized to open books of, subscription, may do so at any time afler tho passage of this ordinance, upon ing subscriptions of stock shall pass a re* ceipt to the subscriber or subscribers for the payment of tho first instalment, as heretofore required to be paid, and upon their settlement with the general commis-sioners -is aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said generai[commissioners, in like manner, to pass tbeir receipts for all sums thus re-ceived to tho personB from whom recoived, and such receipts shall be taken and held to be good and sufficient vouchers to per-sons holding tbem ; that subscriptions of stock may bo received as aforesaid or as hereafter provided for, to the amonnt of fifteen hundred thousand dollars. 4. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of s-iid general commissioners to direct and authorize said books of sub scription to bo kept open until the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, at least, shall bo subscribed in the manner afoi esaid, and as soon as ».he said sum of ono hundred thousand dollars, or upwards, shall be sub scribed in manner aforesaid, and tho sum of five dollars or. each share paid as afores said, the subscribers to said stock shall be, and they arc hereby declared to be a body politic, and corporate in fact, and in law, by tho name and style of the "Piedmont Railroad Company"," with al! the cor-porate powers and authority thereby crea-ted and granted, to be held and exorcised by said company and their successors and assigns, in perpetuity, and by that name shall be capable, in law and in equity, to purchase, hold, lease, rent, sell or convey estates, real and personal, and to acquire the same by gift, devise or otherwise, so far as 6hali bo necessary for the purposes embraced within the scope, object and intentof this charter, and shall have per-petual succession and a common seal, which may use, alter or renew at pleasure, an by their coporato name, may sue and bo sued, plead and bo impleaded, in any court of law in this State or any other State; and stall have, possess and enjoy, all rights, privil-eges and immunities which railroad cor-porate bodies may and of right do exercise, and may make such by-laws, rules and reg-ulations as are necessary for tho government of tbe corporation, or for effecting the ob-ject for which it is created, inconsistent with the laws of this State or of tbeConfed-rato States of America. 5. Beit further ordained, That as soon as the sum ofone Lundred thousand dollars or upwards sh.tll be subscribed, as afore-said, it shall be the duty of the General Commissioners to appoint a time for the stockholders to meet in the town of Greens-boro, in tho county of Guilford, which they shall cause to be previously pubslished for tho space o! thirty days, in ono more news-papers; at which time and place, the said stockholders shall, in person or by proxy, proceed to elect by hallot nine directors of tbe company; and t<> enact all such regula-tions and by-laws as may be necessary for the government of said corporation, and the transaction of its business. Tho per-sons elected directors at this meeting shall serve such period not exceeding one year as tho stockholders may direct;and at this meeting, the stockholders shall fix on the day and place or places when and where the subsequent election of directors skall be held, and such elections shall thence-forth be annually made; but if the day of annual election tdiould pass without any election of directors, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved; but the directors in office shall so remain until others are appointed, and it shall be lawful on any day to make and hold such elections such manner as may bo prescribed by a by-lay of tho corporation, G. Bo it further ordained, That tbe a/ lairs of saiu company shall bo managed bj' a general board, to consist of nine directors, to bo elected by the stockholders from among themselves, at tbeir first and subse-quent general annual meetings, and no stockholder shall be elected a director, nor servo as such, unless he bo at the time of his election the owner of fivo shares of stock, and shall continuo to bold tho same during the term of bis service as director. 7. Be it further ordained, That tho Pres-ident of said company shall be chosen by ballot by a majority of tho Directors from among themselves, with a salary to be fixed by the stockholders in general meet-ing. 8. Be it further ordained, That all stock-holders, not being alicus, shall be entitled to vote cither in pereon or by proxy, the proxy being a stockholder, at ail general meotings. and tho vote to which each stock-of their i holder shall be entitled, shall be according ' to the number of shares ho may hold as hereinafter provided. 9. Be it further ordained, That in the first goneral meeting of the stockholders, under this Ordinance, a majority of all the shares subscribed Shall bo represented before proceeding to business; and if a sufficient numberdo not appear on the day appoin-ted, those who do attend shall have power to adjourn from time to lime until a regu-giving lar meeting be thus formed, and at twenty days notice of tho time and place 1 meeting the stockholders may provide by a when said books shall be opened, and said i by-law as to the number books shall bo kept open for the space of thirty days, at least, and as long thereafter ' as the general commissioners shall direct ; and that all subscriptions of stock shall be in shares of one hundred dollars, tho sub-scriber paying, at the timo ho makes his subscription, five dollarson each share by him subscribed, to tho person or persons authorized to receive such subscriptions; and upon closing the books, all such sums as shall have thus been received of subscri-bers, on tho first cash instalment, shall be paid over lo the general commissioners, by the persons receiving the same, and in case of failuro to pay, as aforesaid, such person or persons, receiving said money, shall bo personally liable to said general commis-sioners, beforo tho organization of said company, and to tho company itself, after the organization, to be recovered within tbe Superior Courts of Law within this State, in tho county where such delinquent resides, or if ho reside in another State, ot stockholders, and tho amount of stock to bo held by them, which shall constitute a quorum for tho transaction ot businees at all subsequent meetings. 10. Be il further ordained, That the general commissioners shall make their return ot shares ol stock subscribed, for at the first general meeting of the stockhol-ders and pay over to the directors elected at that meeting, or their authorized agent, all sums of money received from subscri-bers; and on failure to do so, they shall be personally liable to said company, to be recovered in like manner as other debts duo the company. 11. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Directors may till all vacancies which may occur in it during tbe period for which they have been elected, and in the absence of the President, may fill bis placo by ejecting a President pro fern, from among their number. 12. Be it further ordained, That said 13. Be it further crdained, That said company shall have power and proceed to construct, as speedily as possible, a Railroad with one or riore tracks, from the North Carolina Railroad to the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Virginia, to be used and operated by i team power, and to the end that the said i jrporation may have power and authority to construct said road within the limits of tic State of Virginia— this charter shal! be transmitted by the President of this Convention to tbo Govor-nor of Virginia, to tho end that the legisla-tive sar Jtion of that State, approving the ordinance, may be given to said company, to construct the Pailioad as aforesaid within the limits of that State: Provided, Thatthecompany formed underilshall|have no power to discriminate, on either freight or travel, against th<- North Carolit a Rail-road orro^ds in North Carolina connected with it. 14. Bo it further ordained, That said company shall have :be exclusive right of conveyance or transportation of persons, goods, merchandise, and produce, over tbe road constructed by them, at such charges as may bo fixed upon by a majority of the directors; and tho s: id company may farm out their rights o" transportation over tbeir said Railroad, subject to tho rules above mentioned; an 1 said company, and every person who may have received from them the right of transportation of goods, wares and produce on said road, shall bo doomed and taken to be a common carrier, as respects everyth'ng entrusted to them or him for transportation. , 15. Be it further o -darned, that the Board of Directors may cad for the payment of tho sums subscribed as stock in said com-pany in such instalments as the interest of the said company may require: the call for each payment shall oe published in one or more papers in this State for two months bofore the day of payment, and on failure of any stockholder > o pay each instalment as thus required, th? directors may sell at public auction, on a notice of ten days, for cash, all the stonk subscribed for in said company by such stockholders, and convey tbe same to tho pui chaser at said sale dis-charged from farther liabilities, and if said sale of stock does not produce a sum suffi-cient to pay off the incidental expe ises of sale, and the entire amount owing by such stockholder to tho company for such sub-scription of stock, fhen and in that case the whole of such balance shall bo held and taken as due at once to tbe company, and may- be recovered of such stockholder or his executors, administrators or assigns, at suit of said compary either by summary motion in any eoart of supreme jurisdic-tion in the county where the delinquent resides, on a previous notice of ten days to said subscribers, or by action of assumpsit in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by warrant beforo a Justice of the Peaco when the sum does not exceed ono hundred dollars; and in all cases of assignment of stock before tbo wnole amount has been paid to the company, then, for all sums due on such stock, bota the original subscribers and tbe first and all the subsequent assign-ees shall be held liable to tho company, and tho same may be recovered as above described. 16. Bo it further ordained, That said company shall issue certificates of stock to its members, and said stock may be trans-ferred in such manner and form as may be directod by tho by-laws ofthe company. 17. Be it further ordained, That the debt ofthe stockholders due to tho compa-ny for stock therei.i, either as original pro-prietor, or as fitst or subsequent assignee, shall bo considered with equal diginity with judgments in tho distribution ot the assets of a deceased stockholder by his le-gal representative.'. 18. Bo it further ordained, That the Board of Directors shall, once a year at least, make a full mpoit on the state of tho company and its aflirs, to a general meet-ing of the stockholders, and oftener if required by a by-law. and shall have pow-er to call a general meeting of tbe stock-holders when tho board may deem expedi-ent; and tho company may provide in their by-laws for occasional meetings being call-ed, and proscribe tho mode thereof. 19. Be it further ordained, That the said company may purchase, have and hold in fee or for a term of years, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments which may bo necessary for said road, or appurtenance thereof,or for the erection of depositories, store houses, houses for the officers, ser-vants, or agents of iho company, or for the workshops or foundries to bo used for said company, or for procuring stone or other materials necessary to the construction of the road, or for erfecting transportation thereon. 20. Le it further ordained, That the company shall have the right, when neces-sary, to conduct the said road across or along any public road or water courso : j Provided, That the said company shall not such i obstruct any public road without con-structing another equally as good and con-venient. 21. Be it further ordained, That when any land or right of way may be required by sa.d company for the purpose of con-structing their road, and foi want, of agree-ment as to the value thereof, or for any other cause, the samo can not be purchased from the owner or owners—the samo may be taken at a valuation to be made by five freeholders, selected by the County Court in the county where the right of way is situated : Provided, nevertheless, That if any person or persons, over whose lands tbo road may pass, or if said company should be dissatisfied with the valuation of said iroeholders, then ind in that case, trie party so dissatisfied aiay have an appeal to tho Superior Court in the county the damage is done, or in either where tho land may lie under point mem of freeholders under this section it shall be made to appear to the satisfac-tion of the court, that at least ten days previous^notice has been given by the ap-plication to the owner or owners of ths land proposed to be condemned, or if the owner or owners be infants or non compos mentis, then to the guardian or guardians of such owner or owners, it such guardian can be found within the county, or if he cannot be found, then such appointment shall not be made unless notice of the ap-plication shall have been published at least one month next preceeding in some news-paper printed as conveniently as may be to the court house ofthe county, and shall have been posted at tbe door of tbe court house on the first day ot the term of said court to which the application is made : Provided, further. That tbe valuation pro-vided for in this section shall be mad- on oath by the freeholders aforesaid, which oath, any Justice of the Peace, or clerk, is authorized to administer: Provided fur-ther, That tho rigbt of condemnation herein grantod, shall not authorise tho said company to invade tbe dwelling house yard, garden or burial ground of any in-dividual without his consent. 22. Be it further ordained, That the right of said company to condemn lands in the manner as aforesaid, shall extend to tbe conde.nning one hundred feet on each side of tho tract of tho road, measuring from tho centre of the same, unless in case of deep cuts and fillings, when said company shall have power to condemn as much in addi-tion thereto as may be necessary for tho purpose of constructing said road, and tho company sha'l also have power to condemn and appropriate in like manner for tho constructing and building of depots, shops, ware-bouses, buildings for servants, agents and persons employed on tho road not oxceeding four acres to any one lot or station. 23. Be it further ordained, That in the absonce of an contract or contracts with said company in relation to the lands through which tho said road may pass, signed by tho owner thereof, or his agent or any claimant or person in possession thereof, it shall bo presumed that tbo land upon which the said road may bo construe ted, together with the space of one hun-ered feet on each side of the centre of said road, has been granted to the said company by the owner thereof, and tne said company shall have good right and title thereto, and shall have, hold and enjoy the same as long as tho same be used for the purposes of the road, and no linger, unless the person or persons owning the said land at the time that part of tho said road which may be on tbo said land was finished, or those claim-ing uudor him, her or thorn, shall apply for an assignment of tho valuoof said lands as hereinbefore directed, within two years next after that pan ofthe Baid road which may boon said lands was finished, and in case the said owner or those claiming under him, her or them, shall not apply within two years next after tho said part was finished, he she or they shall be forever barred from recovering said land or having any assessment or compensation therefor: Provided, Nothing herein containing shall affect the rights of feme coverts, or infants, until two years after the removal of tbeir respective disabilities. 24. Be it further ordained, That all lands not heretofore granted to any person with-in one hundred feet of the centre of said road, shall vest in the company so soon as tho line of the road is definitely laid out through it, and any grant of said land shall thereafter be void. 25. Be it further ordained, That if any person or persons shall shall intrude upon said railroad, by any manner of uso thereof or ofthe right and privilege connected therewith, without the permission, or contrary to tho will of said company, he, she or they may be indicted for a misde-meanor, and upon a conviction, fined and imprisoned by any court ofcompetent jur-isdiction. 20 Bo it further ordained. That if any person or persons shall willfully and mali-ciously destroy, or in any manner hurt or damage, or shall willfully and maliciously cause or aid or assist, or counsel and ad-vise any other person or persons to destroy or in any manner to hurt, damage, injure or obstruct the said railroad, or any bridge or vehicle used for in the transportation there-on, any water-tank, warehouse, or other property of said company, Huch person or persons, so offending shall bo liable to be iudicteu therefor, and on conviction, shall be imprisoned not less than one nor more : than six months, and pay a fine, not oxcoe-1 ding fivo hundred dollars, nor le*9 than j twonty dollars, at tho discretion of tbe | courts before which said conviction shall | take place, and shall be further liable te pay all expenses for repairing the same; and it shall not be competent for any one so offending against the provisions of this | clause to defend himself by pleading or j "iving in evidoncc tiiat ho was the ownc, | agent, or servant of the owner of the land where such destruction, hurt, damage, or j injury or obstruction was done at the , time tho same was dc e or caused to be done. 27. Be it further ordained, That every obstruction to the safe and free passage of vehicles on said road shall be deemed a public nuisance, and bo abated as such by any officer, or agent or servant of said corapiny, and the person causing such ob-structioo may bo indicted for erecting a j public nuisance. 29. Be it further ordained. That the ; shall, when tbe affairs of the company wi | permit, be semi-annually divided among tbe Stockholders in proportion to the stock eaoh may own. 30. Be it further ordained, That the fol-lowing officor* and setvanU and peraocs in the actual employment of said company be, and they are hereby, exempt from the j then, in any court in such State having Board of Directors shall have power and competent jurisdiction. The general com-missioners shall have power to call on and require all persons empowered to receive subscriptions ofstock, at any time, and from time to time, as a majority of them may think proper, to make return of the slock by them respectively received, and to make payment of all sums of money paid by subscribers; that all persons receiv-anthority to open books for further sub-scriptions to tho stock of said company at such times and under such persons as they may designate, in the event the whole stock be not subscribed beforo tho first general meeting of tho stockholders, and to open and keep open such books from time to time, until tho whole amount of capital stock be subscribed. where county the same rules, regulations and restrictions as in other classes of appeal, tho proceeding of tho said freeholders accompanied with a full description of said land or right of way, shall be returned under tho hands and seals of a majority of them to the court from which the order was made, there to remain a matter of record; and the lands or right of way so valued, shall vest in i said company so long as tbe same may use '. for purposes of said railroad. "S » as tbe valuation shall liave been made, or when refused, may Lave been tendered: Provided, That on application for the ap-performauce of jury and ordinary militia f duty : The President and Treasurer, tho I Board of Directors, Chief and Assistant Engineers, the Secretary and Aecoo.ntar.tj of the cc mpany, keepers of she depositorim 1 fuards stationed on the road and at the \ ridges, and such persons as may be work- * ing the locomotive engines and travelling with the cars for the purpose of attending to the transport of produce, goods and pas-senger* on the road. 31. Be it further ordained, That if the Legislature of Vi-ginia shall sanction this charter, and authorize tbe oonstrurltor. of said road within tbe limits of Virg.nia to{ the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and! said road shall be so constructed, the saidj corporation hereby created shall, neverthe-less, have power and authority to construe, and build one or more branches of said road to the Coalfields of Dan River, and th« navigable waters on Smith's River in th<| county ot Rockingham, and are hereby rusj ted with the rights, powers, privileges a i<* immunities to build and construct talc branch or branches with which they are invested to build the main road; and the said road, with its branches, authorised to bo constructed under this charter, shall be of the same guage is the North Carolina Railroad; and tbe North Carolina Railroad Company shall have the right, under this charter, to construct a branch of tbeir road from Hillsboro' at or near Danville. 32. Be it further ordained, That for U. purpose ol ascertaining the best route to: said road and its branches, and to local i the same, it shall be lawful for said compa-ny, by its engineers, servants and age its, to enter upon, examine and surrvey any land or lands that they may wish to exam-ine for such purpose, free from any liability whatever. 33. Be it further ordained, That any oce or moro of tho solvent incorporate railroad companies of the said States, sod also I he Confederate States of America, may sub scribo for stock in said company, and should the Confederate States of America sabsciibii tor and lake the whole oi such stock, or th> larger part thereof, power and authority are given to said Confoderate States c« America to appoint for the timo being lh| whole of the said Directory anytbing i this ordinance lo the contrary not withstan ding, and at once locate ane commence tb< construction of said road, and hold tin stock so taken by them until individual,- and corporations shall be prepared to re-ceive an assignment of the same, or any part or parts thereof, as hereinafter provi-ded. 34. Be it further ordained, Thatassooi-as, under the aurpervision of the general] commissioners, as by this ordinance prov'tj ded, there shall be subscribed by iHs Con - federato States of America, iucorporateoj compainies, or solvent individual!, not It*' than one hundred thousand dollar* ot aloe* with tho five per cent, herreon paid i • the same stall bo certified by said general commissioners to said Directors, >n which being done, it snail be the duty of said Di-rectors to havo the names of such stock-holders recorded on the books of said com-pany, together with the stock subscribed by each, and to cause to have issued to as d stockholders certificates of stock in said company, (to each in proportioo to the subscriptions made by them,) wbi%n they shall have paid up their subscip.io^s in full, including in their payments the fiie percent, which they shall have paid to '.£> said general commissioner*, and which t*e said general commissioners, as hereinbe-fore provided, *hai' pay to said rirnpai f. 35. Beit further ordained, That as soon as subscribers other than the Confederate States of America, as herein provided shall havo their names as the stockholder, recorded in the books of said company a* owners of not less than one hundred tbi.u sand dollars of stock with five per «, i thereon paid in, from and after that lino such stockholders, in all general meeMr jfe. snail ha7e power to elect five of tbe ► nine Directors, and the President of Confederate States of America, or such or person as tho Confedrate State* tm.y termino, to appoint four of said Direct, and continuo to do so until the stock of, said Confederate States, by sale or '.r far, shall be reduced to less than half ci entire stock of said ^company; then, from and afler that time, the vote of the naid Confederate States of America in ibe election of Di-octors, end on all ether quej-tions, shall be in proportion to tbe su.ck field by them: Provided, That at such elections no stockholder shall give more than two hundred votes. 30. Bo it further ordained, That full right and privilege is heroby reserved to tho State, or to any company hereafter to be incorporated under the authority c>\ u is State, to connect with the road hereby!Ipio-vided for, any other railroad leading t« =i« from to any part or parls of ibis S Provided. That in joining suchconne no injury shall be deno to tho works company hereby incorporated. 3? Bo itfurtner ordained, That th*or- ! porate franchise and privileges hef granted shall cease and determine at oxp'ration of ninety nine years from] day of the passsge of this ordinance Passed and ratified in open CooveJ the 8th day of February, A. D. 1 No. 9. be soon said company shall have the right to take, at the storehouses they may establish, oi annex to their railroad, all goods, wares, | An OraUnane, to/^J^*,^* merchandise, and produce intended for transportation,to prescribe tho rules ol priority, and charge and receive such just and reasonable compensation for storage as they, by rules mav establish (which ion Tar-they shall cause to be published; as may be fixed, by agreement, with tbe owners, which may be distinct from rates of trans-portation : Provided, That tho said com-pany shall not charge nor receive storage on goods, wares, merchandise or produce which may be delivered to them at their regular depositories for immediate trans-portation, and which the company may bave the power to transport immediately. 29. Be it further ordained. That tho profits ofthe company, or so much thereof as the General Board may deem advisable, toru Radruad Company 1 Be it ordained by the delegates ' people of North Carolina in Content. sembled.arid it is hereby ordained by *« authority ofthe same, fbailor the purpose railroad communication oe-and tbe of effecting a tween the town of Washington town of Tarboro'.the formation of a corpo-rate company with the capital of focr han-dred thousand dollars, is hereby autbomed. to be called tbe Washington and Tarbcro Railroad Company, and when **** compliance will, the conditions hem. after prescribed, to have a corporate MirttflN as a body politic in PfrP»lollZ-.-t ,, J -ki, " Beit further ordained. That tie* said company be. and the aame is hereb* an-thoriaed to construct a railroad frSftj Ibe 3 I e ' r ef 1 nf »sj d i1ob itf at —*
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Title | The Greensborough patriot [March 20, 1862] |
Date | 1862-03-20 |
Editor(s) | Sherwood, M.S. |
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Full text | w* I *m —_ (Smuslwwugjj f)atral ! VOL. XXIII. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, UY 3, SHERWOOD, ED1T0B ASD PROPRIETOR. TERMS. 82.00 A yilB IN ADVANCE Bates of AilveiUslnK tare, rsry GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1862. NO. 1,190. I HI i„r tJie fir*t week, and Twelve T^::rkl!:^nSU.ad.io ling matter as foDews. BM„»TH«. G»»»TH8. lY**» »«.«i i>-*> K :."" - : o.oo.. I 1.00 H.00 16.00 20.00 IK ORDINANCES PASSED 11* M»i«. ( onvenlion al H« Adjourn-ed M-MKIOU. No. 1. ..... ••■ † † i ' of the Convention said 10 ythe I'elegates • N„rth Carolina, j,anditi8berebyorll«D6dbythe Phatfortbe oner-oeesaW to-day, acisherebyauthor-er out such portions ofthe mill- ,; ..,,ary to repel the - S^nd passed on th. 21st ' . mary, 1862. i No. 2. { , and , ■ rfeet anorduwpaii- . .,.„._. ,.,. Convention J.juUUd -An j ,.i, f,„ <>u ,«u.»:lof U^eyjor the -......,/far the , 3tf of frca'ury ,jlh. .'«:.<■ Ittbt and ■ Military r ■> /-.mployti t,ent War and/or Xktr purpo- Be it further ordained by the Dele- Fthe People ol North Carolina m mention aase-nbled, and .ttabereby or- , the authority of the same, lb at iuch ol the ordinance passed at the last Convention, entitled "An that purpose in the County of Chatham; therefore. 1 Be it ordained by the Delegates of tiie neoiilo of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it ie hereby ordained by the authority of the same, I hat the 1 resi-dent and operatives of said comp-ny, to tbe number of six, be, and thoy are hereby ex-empted from militia duty, for the spacis of nix months, exeept in case of invasion, m- Burrection.or upon a requsition for troops by tho President of the Confederate Stated 2. Be it further ordained, That company may increase its capital stock an amount not exceeding ten thousand dol-lars. , 3. Be it further ordained, That the capi-tal stock of said company be exempted irom taxation for six months. Passed and ratified, in open Convention, tho 3Utb day of January, A. L)., 1W62. No. 7. An Ordinance in Addition to cud Amendment ofan Act ofth, General As tmbly, Ratifiedtkt 101* l>ay of ftbrwry, 1861, hnltlhd-An Act to Incorporate the Chatham Railroad Company" and to repeal an Act Supplemental thereto, Ratfiud the 'IZrd day Of February, 1881. I. Bo it further ordained by the people of North Carolina, in Convention assem-bled, and it is hereby ordained by the au-thority of the same, That soction first of an act of the General Assembly, ratified the filtconthdayof February, ono thousand eight hundred and bixty-one, entitled "an act incorporating the Chatham Railroad bo amended by inserting after the Board of Internal Im- 'ssion ol tliis - . irdinance toprovidefor the raising of mon- 1 for ose i >nliiianceiiipi«>vi«».i a v or the support of Government and i ,,i Treasury notes for thepnrp< \ .,;,,.. tin- nnblie debt, and ppuurrcchhaassiing mpl< and ■ l paying the public debt, Applies for the military forces employed , the present war, ti„ ,. . M provides for the I reas-iherein provided for, to bear in-m date, be rescinded and annul!- i That this ordinance shall Hi.'notes issued before tho rdinance. ■ . ,■ ordained, That the said • ,. so amended its to provide lire that the whole of the Treasury • , to be issued under tho pro- ,| said ordinance, one halt shall be-plli « denomination of five dollars, of I ].-nomination often dol-d the ..thrr fourth of the donomina-wenty dollars, and in the course of . ,,:: the said notes,from time to time, tive proportions shall be obsor- , as may I cd and ratified in open Convention, «3 y I January, 1862. No. ::. I j . . ii,i,. /:. GuUcklo uee ten w . Chat the Secretary be author- H rVm. 1). Gulick to use, either of his office, for two month*, the ol [860, or until they shall n authorized agent of the the Confederate States: ledthesamebe not removed from • Raleigh. tied in open Convention January, A. D., 1862. No. 4. ■onfirm the Act* andjudi- • i , ■/.« lately held , in the count iee of II- *• V. I Yancey* I'i. • Superior Courts for tho Henderson, Buncombe, Madi-y, at the Fall 'Perms thereof, stake held at the wrong time; -. p i as were tilled, judgments dzances entered intojudg- .. and various other acts wero i courts: -; Boit ordained t>y the Delegetesof the ; .'orlh Carolina in Convention ' embled,and it is hereby ordained by the y ofthe same, That tho said pleas, recognizances, indictments, other judicial proceedings, which a rendered,(uttered and found at the I its aforesaid, are hereby made valid, and inall things ratified and confirmed > Be it farther ordained, That tho v'. arts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be .... : ihc counties of flender- ; n. Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey.and I Fall Terms, be held at the tol- -. viz : Henderson ou tho second after the tourtb Monday in Sep- Buncombe on the third Monday fourth Monday in September; , tho fourth .Monday after tho . lay in September; Yancey on iday after the fourth Monday • - r; and Polk on the twolfth thi tourth Monday in SeptCm- B b and i very year. This section | H r e until tho same may be j by act of the Legislature or other- ; j w > " ; Bed in open Convention the 27th .;. • January, A. D., 1S02. No. 5. , the Fourth Section of an | St ■■† .' A -/'. Carolina ion, Entitled "An Act ■ l ■† aioed by the Delegates of the ;. 1 •.h t'arolina, in Convention 1. and it is hereby ordained by the : tj otthe same. That tho fourth s»c-ai act ol tbe last extra session of tbe '■ †† . il Assembly of the State of North 1 • "An Act entitled Keven- I the same is hereby annulled I ratified in open Convention :. day of January, A. P., 1862. No. 0. ■> 1///II',;/ and Munufac-v . . interior ofthie 8tvte. Whereas, It is of great importance to manufacture Salt in tho interior of this Sta' whereas, a company has been incorporated under the name and style of •The Chatham Sail Mining and Manufac-turing Company" which is operating for Co.,' - words, "from tho Coalfields, m tho county of Chatham, through said county" the words connect with tho North Carolina liailroad al, so to make the section road, "toconnect with the North Carolina Bail-road at Raleigh, or some point west of Baleigh not exceeding twelve miles." 2. 13c it further ordained, That the pro-viso in section four of said act of tho Gene-ral Assembly bo stricken out. 3. Be it further ordained, That an act of the General Assembly, ratified on the twenty-third day of February, one thous-and eight hundred and sixty-one entitled "an act supplemental to an act passed at the present session ofthe General .Assem-bly, entitled an act to incorporate the Chatham Railroad Company, be. and the same is hereby repealed and abrogated. 4. Be it further ordained, That all such solvent corporations as may or shall sub-scribe to the capital stock ofthe said Chat-ham liailroad Company, may make their bonds payable to tbe Public Treasurer of the State of North Carolina for the amount of their subscriptions to said capita! stock, and no more ; which said bonds are to bo signed by tho President and under the st-als respectively of said corporations, and made for any sums not under livo hundred dollars, each, to bear interest at the rate of six j>or cent, per annum, which interest is to be paid semi-annuaJly, to wit: tho first Monday in January and July in each and every year ; anU the principal ol said bonds to bo mado payable twenty years after date; and these bonds, so authorized to be made, may be deposited with the Public Treasur-er of the State, who shall then issuo and deliver to tho several corporations so sub-scribing and depositing their bonds, as aforesaid, tho coupon bonds of the State of North Carolina, to the amount of their subscriptions respectively, and mado the sums of five hundred dollars and ono thous-and dollars, to bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, which interest is to bo paid semi annuaily, on the first Mon day in January and July in each and every yoar, and tho principal of said bonds to bo made paya'olo twenty years after date : Provided, That said bonds shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars; and Provided, also, That said Chatham Railroad Company-shall execute and deliver to the Governor of the State of North Carolina a deed of mort-gage under the seal of said company, wherein and whereby shall be conveyed to the Governor and his successors in office, for the use and benefit of the Slate, all tho estate, both real and personal, belonging to said company, or in any manner per-taining to tUt tho same, conditional for indemnifying and saving harmless the State of North Carolina, from the payment of the whole or any part ofthe bonds of the State, authorized by this ordinance to be made by the Public Treasurer, and deliver-ed to tho several corporations subscribing as aforesaid to the capital stock of said Chatham Railroad Company. In addition to tho deed of mortgage, hereinbefore re-quired to be executed and delivered by the Chatham Railroad Company, tho State of North Carolina shall, by this ordinance, have a lein upon the estate, both real and personal, of said company, which they may uow have or may hereafter enquire, to secure the principal and interest of the bonds of this State authorized to be issued as aforesaid. 5. Bo it further ordained, That said bonds of the State, so made by the Public Treasurer, shall bo received by tho said Chatham Railroad Company in payment of subscriptions made as aforesaid by such corporations to the capital stock of said Chatham Railroad Company. 6. Be il further ordained, That said cor-porations so subscribing and depositing their bonds as aforesaid with the Treasurer ofthe State, shall bo allowed to redeem their bonds at any tim-; before maturity, in iho currency fo the Stale, on giving thirty days notice to the Treasurer of this State of their intention so to do. 7. Be it further ordained. That the said railroad may be constructed with termini at any point or points in the said Coalfields region that the stock-holders in said com-pany may agreo upon with the approba-tion of the Board of Internal Improve-ments. 3. Be it further ordained, That the cor-porate authorities of incorporated towns subscribing to the capital stock of slid Chatham Railroad Company, in order to provide for the payment of their subscrip-tions, and of tho principal and interest of bonds for that purpose, by them issued, shall have authority to lay and collect taxes from ail subjects, which, under iho charters of said towns, are taxable. 9. Be it further ordained, That tho sol-vency of such corporations as may desire to subscribe to the capital stork of aid Chatham Railroad Company shall be judged of by the provements. 10. Be it further ordained, That all laws and parts of laws, all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions »l this ordinance, are horeby repealed and abrogated. Passed and ratified in open Convention the SOth day of January, A. D., 18G2. No. 8. An Ordinance to Incorporate, the Piedmont Railroad Company. 1. Be it ordained bvthe delegates of tho people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of tho same, That a company by tho name and style of the "Piedmont Rail-road Company" be, and tho same is here-by ineorpora-.ed, with a capital stock of fif-teen hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares or one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of constructing a railroad on the best, cheapest, most direct and practi-cable route from the Richmond and Dan-ville Railroad to the North Carolina Railroad. 2. Be it further ordained, That for the purpose of creating tbe capital stock of said company, the following persons be, and they aro hereby appointed general commissioners; William T. Sutherlin, of Danville; William P. Watt, John Jl. Dil-lard, George D Boyd and William B. Car-ter, of Rockingham; Phil. Barrow, John *. Poindexter and A. J. Stafford, of Forsyth county; William A. Lash, John J. Martin and James Riason, of Stokes county; Jesse H. Lindsay, Lovi M. Scotland Ralph Gor-< rell.of Guilford county; Bedford Brown, Thomas D. Johnston, Allen Green Mont-ford McGee, of Caswell county; Giles Me-bane, Jesse Gant and Eli F. Watson, of Alamance; John W. Cunniugham, Edwin G. Read and Thomas McGee, ofthe county ofl'erson; Wilfiam Johnston, of the town of Charlotte; James C. Turrcntine and Win. F. Stravhorn, of tbe county of Orange; Benjamin A. Kittrell, of the town of Lex-ington; H. C. Jones, Sr., of Salisbury; Jona. Worth, ofthe town of Asheboro'; Win. P. Taylor, of Tittsboro'; whoso duty it shall be to direct tho opouing of books for sub-scriptions of stock at such times and places, and under such persons as they, or a ma-jority of them, may deem proper, and in the mean time it shall and may be lawful i for books of subscription to said stock to be | opened in tho town of Charlotte under the j direction of John A. Young, Win. Johnston ' and James W. Osborne, or any one of'j them; in Concord under the direction of V. M. Barringer, Caleb Phifer and Daniel Coleman, or any ono of them; in Salisbury j under tho direction of Nathaniel Boyden,; N. N. Fleming, J. I. Shaver, or any them; at Lexington under the direction ol Wi DO. | R. Holt, John P. Mabrey and, Samuel liar- j grove, or any ono of tbem; at High Point under the direction of W. F. Bowman, Dr. I Robert Lindsay and Nathan Hunt, or any one of them; at Greensboro* under the di-rection of James Sloan, Jed. H. Lindsay and J. A. Long, or any ono of them; at] Salem under tho direction of D. H. Star-buck, J. G. Lash, Francis Fries and C. L. ; Bonner; or any of them; at Danbury under the direction uf Nathaniel Moody, A. H. i Joyce and S. Taylor, or any one of them; at Graham nnder the direction of Thomas Rutlin, Jr.; John Trollinger and Edward bolt, or any of them, at Roxboro' under j the direction of Chas. Wi.istead, Dr. C. 11 .J Jordan and Green William s, or any one of I them; at Yancey ville unde ■ the direction of "PI'011 John Keer, Dr.N. M. Roa'i and Thomas ' otllfcr W. Graves, or any one of them; at Milton j 'u n s,u^ under the direction of °amuel Watkins, John Wilson and Thomaf Donaho, or any one of them; at Wcntwojih under the di- Iton, W.M. El- L reclion of John W. ElliOB lington and B. J. Low, or* oy onecf them, at 5ladison under the direction of Wm. L. Scales, Joseph 11. Cardwell and Nicholas Dalton, or any one of them; at Leaksville under the direction of George L. Aikon, Jones W. Burton and E. T. Brodnax, or any one of them; at High Rock under the direction of Francis L. Simpson, Dr. R. II. | Scales and George W. Gatrett, or any one of them; at Danville, Va , under the direc-tion of William T. Suiherlin, James M. Wdliams and Dr. T. P. Atkinson, or any-one of them; at Uillsboi o' under the direc-tion of J. C. Turrcntine, Henry H. Nash ( and W. F. Stray-horn, or any one of them; and in the city of Richmond, Va., under the j direction of A. Y. Stokes, Lewis E. Harvey and Thomas N. Brockenbrough, or any-one of them; and said commissioners shal have power to appoint a Chairman body, Treasurer, and all o'.her officers their ! organization may require, and sue for and \ recover all sums ofmoney that ought, un-der this ordinance, to be recovered by them in the name of said corporation. 3. Be it further ordained, That all per-sons who are, by this ordinance authorzed, or who may be hereafter, by tho general l commissioners, authorized to open books of, subscription, may do so at any time afler tho passage of this ordinance, upon ing subscriptions of stock shall pass a re* ceipt to the subscriber or subscribers for the payment of tho first instalment, as heretofore required to be paid, and upon their settlement with the general commis-sioners -is aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said generai[commissioners, in like manner, to pass tbeir receipts for all sums thus re-ceived to tho personB from whom recoived, and such receipts shall be taken and held to be good and sufficient vouchers to per-sons holding tbem ; that subscriptions of stock may bo received as aforesaid or as hereafter provided for, to the amonnt of fifteen hundred thousand dollars. 4. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of s-iid general commissioners to direct and authorize said books of sub scription to bo kept open until the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, at least, shall bo subscribed in the manner afoi esaid, and as soon as ».he said sum of ono hundred thousand dollars, or upwards, shall be sub scribed in manner aforesaid, and tho sum of five dollars or. each share paid as afores said, the subscribers to said stock shall be, and they arc hereby declared to be a body politic, and corporate in fact, and in law, by tho name and style of the "Piedmont Railroad Company"" with al! the cor-porate powers and authority thereby crea-ted and granted, to be held and exorcised by said company and their successors and assigns, in perpetuity, and by that name shall be capable, in law and in equity, to purchase, hold, lease, rent, sell or convey estates, real and personal, and to acquire the same by gift, devise or otherwise, so far as 6hali bo necessary for the purposes embraced within the scope, object and intentof this charter, and shall have per-petual succession and a common seal, which may use, alter or renew at pleasure, an by their coporato name, may sue and bo sued, plead and bo impleaded, in any court of law in this State or any other State; and stall have, possess and enjoy, all rights, privil-eges and immunities which railroad cor-porate bodies may and of right do exercise, and may make such by-laws, rules and reg-ulations as are necessary for tho government of tbe corporation, or for effecting the ob-ject for which it is created, inconsistent with the laws of this State or of tbeConfed-rato States of America. 5. Beit further ordained, That as soon as the sum ofone Lundred thousand dollars or upwards sh.tll be subscribed, as afore-said, it shall be the duty of the General Commissioners to appoint a time for the stockholders to meet in the town of Greens-boro, in tho county of Guilford, which they shall cause to be previously pubslished for tho space o! thirty days, in ono more news-papers; at which time and place, the said stockholders shall, in person or by proxy, proceed to elect by hallot nine directors of tbe company; and t<> enact all such regula-tions and by-laws as may be necessary for the government of said corporation, and the transaction of its business. Tho per-sons elected directors at this meeting shall serve such period not exceeding one year as tho stockholders may direct;and at this meeting, the stockholders shall fix on the day and place or places when and where the subsequent election of directors skall be held, and such elections shall thence-forth be annually made; but if the day of annual election tdiould pass without any election of directors, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved; but the directors in office shall so remain until others are appointed, and it shall be lawful on any day to make and hold such elections such manner as may bo prescribed by a by-lay of tho corporation, G. Bo it further ordained, That tbe a/ lairs of saiu company shall bo managed bj' a general board, to consist of nine directors, to bo elected by the stockholders from among themselves, at tbeir first and subse-quent general annual meetings, and no stockholder shall be elected a director, nor servo as such, unless he bo at the time of his election the owner of fivo shares of stock, and shall continuo to bold tho same during the term of bis service as director. 7. Be it further ordained, That tho Pres-ident of said company shall be chosen by ballot by a majority of tho Directors from among themselves, with a salary to be fixed by the stockholders in general meet-ing. 8. Be it further ordained, That all stock-holders, not being alicus, shall be entitled to vote cither in pereon or by proxy, the proxy being a stockholder, at ail general meotings. and tho vote to which each stock-of their i holder shall be entitled, shall be according ' to the number of shares ho may hold as hereinafter provided. 9. Be it further ordained, That in the first goneral meeting of the stockholders, under this Ordinance, a majority of all the shares subscribed Shall bo represented before proceeding to business; and if a sufficient numberdo not appear on the day appoin-ted, those who do attend shall have power to adjourn from time to lime until a regu-giving lar meeting be thus formed, and at twenty days notice of tho time and place 1 meeting the stockholders may provide by a when said books shall be opened, and said i by-law as to the number books shall bo kept open for the space of thirty days, at least, and as long thereafter ' as the general commissioners shall direct ; and that all subscriptions of stock shall be in shares of one hundred dollars, tho sub-scriber paying, at the timo ho makes his subscription, five dollarson each share by him subscribed, to tho person or persons authorized to receive such subscriptions; and upon closing the books, all such sums as shall have thus been received of subscri-bers, on tho first cash instalment, shall be paid over lo the general commissioners, by the persons receiving the same, and in case of failuro to pay, as aforesaid, such person or persons, receiving said money, shall bo personally liable to said general commis-sioners, beforo tho organization of said company, and to tho company itself, after the organization, to be recovered within tbe Superior Courts of Law within this State, in tho county where such delinquent resides, or if ho reside in another State, ot stockholders, and tho amount of stock to bo held by them, which shall constitute a quorum for tho transaction ot businees at all subsequent meetings. 10. Be il further ordained, That the general commissioners shall make their return ot shares ol stock subscribed, for at the first general meeting of the stockhol-ders and pay over to the directors elected at that meeting, or their authorized agent, all sums of money received from subscri-bers; and on failure to do so, they shall be personally liable to said company, to be recovered in like manner as other debts duo the company. 11. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Directors may till all vacancies which may occur in it during tbe period for which they have been elected, and in the absence of the President, may fill bis placo by ejecting a President pro fern, from among their number. 12. Be it further ordained, That said 13. Be it further crdained, That said company shall have power and proceed to construct, as speedily as possible, a Railroad with one or riore tracks, from the North Carolina Railroad to the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Virginia, to be used and operated by i team power, and to the end that the said i jrporation may have power and authority to construct said road within the limits of tic State of Virginia— this charter shal! be transmitted by the President of this Convention to tbo Govor-nor of Virginia, to tho end that the legisla-tive sar Jtion of that State, approving the ordinance, may be given to said company, to construct the Pailioad as aforesaid within the limits of that State: Provided, Thatthecompany formed underilshall|have no power to discriminate, on either freight or travel, against th<- North Carolit a Rail-road orro^ds in North Carolina connected with it. 14. Bo it further ordained, That said company shall have :be exclusive right of conveyance or transportation of persons, goods, merchandise, and produce, over tbe road constructed by them, at such charges as may bo fixed upon by a majority of the directors; and tho s: id company may farm out their rights o" transportation over tbeir said Railroad, subject to tho rules above mentioned; an 1 said company, and every person who may have received from them the right of transportation of goods, wares and produce on said road, shall bo doomed and taken to be a common carrier, as respects everyth'ng entrusted to them or him for transportation. , 15. Be it further o -darned, that the Board of Directors may cad for the payment of tho sums subscribed as stock in said com-pany in such instalments as the interest of the said company may require: the call for each payment shall oe published in one or more papers in this State for two months bofore the day of payment, and on failure of any stockholder > o pay each instalment as thus required, th? directors may sell at public auction, on a notice of ten days, for cash, all the stonk subscribed for in said company by such stockholders, and convey tbe same to tho pui chaser at said sale dis-charged from farther liabilities, and if said sale of stock does not produce a sum suffi-cient to pay off the incidental expe ises of sale, and the entire amount owing by such stockholder to tho company for such sub-scription of stock, fhen and in that case the whole of such balance shall bo held and taken as due at once to tbe company, and may- be recovered of such stockholder or his executors, administrators or assigns, at suit of said compary either by summary motion in any eoart of supreme jurisdic-tion in the county where the delinquent resides, on a previous notice of ten days to said subscribers, or by action of assumpsit in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by warrant beforo a Justice of the Peaco when the sum does not exceed ono hundred dollars; and in all cases of assignment of stock before tbo wnole amount has been paid to the company, then, for all sums due on such stock, bota the original subscribers and tbe first and all the subsequent assign-ees shall be held liable to tho company, and tho same may be recovered as above described. 16. Bo it further ordained, That said company shall issue certificates of stock to its members, and said stock may be trans-ferred in such manner and form as may be directod by tho by-laws ofthe company. 17. Be it further ordained, That the debt ofthe stockholders due to tho compa-ny for stock therei.i, either as original pro-prietor, or as fitst or subsequent assignee, shall bo considered with equal diginity with judgments in tho distribution ot the assets of a deceased stockholder by his le-gal representative.'. 18. Bo it further ordained, That the Board of Directors shall, once a year at least, make a full mpoit on the state of tho company and its aflirs, to a general meet-ing of the stockholders, and oftener if required by a by-law. and shall have pow-er to call a general meeting of tbe stock-holders when tho board may deem expedi-ent; and tho company may provide in their by-laws for occasional meetings being call-ed, and proscribe tho mode thereof. 19. Be it further ordained, That the said company may purchase, have and hold in fee or for a term of years, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments which may bo necessary for said road, or appurtenance thereof,or for the erection of depositories, store houses, houses for the officers, ser-vants, or agents of iho company, or for the workshops or foundries to bo used for said company, or for procuring stone or other materials necessary to the construction of the road, or for erfecting transportation thereon. 20. Le it further ordained, That the company shall have the right, when neces-sary, to conduct the said road across or along any public road or water courso : j Provided, That the said company shall not such i obstruct any public road without con-structing another equally as good and con-venient. 21. Be it further ordained, That when any land or right of way may be required by sa.d company for the purpose of con-structing their road, and foi want, of agree-ment as to the value thereof, or for any other cause, the samo can not be purchased from the owner or owners—the samo may be taken at a valuation to be made by five freeholders, selected by the County Court in the county where the right of way is situated : Provided, nevertheless, That if any person or persons, over whose lands tbo road may pass, or if said company should be dissatisfied with the valuation of said iroeholders, then ind in that case, trie party so dissatisfied aiay have an appeal to tho Superior Court in the county the damage is done, or in either where tho land may lie under point mem of freeholders under this section it shall be made to appear to the satisfac-tion of the court, that at least ten days previous^notice has been given by the ap-plication to the owner or owners of ths land proposed to be condemned, or if the owner or owners be infants or non compos mentis, then to the guardian or guardians of such owner or owners, it such guardian can be found within the county, or if he cannot be found, then such appointment shall not be made unless notice of the ap-plication shall have been published at least one month next preceeding in some news-paper printed as conveniently as may be to the court house ofthe county, and shall have been posted at tbe door of tbe court house on the first day ot the term of said court to which the application is made : Provided, further. That tbe valuation pro-vided for in this section shall be mad- on oath by the freeholders aforesaid, which oath, any Justice of the Peace, or clerk, is authorized to administer: Provided fur-ther, That tho rigbt of condemnation herein grantod, shall not authorise tho said company to invade tbe dwelling house yard, garden or burial ground of any in-dividual without his consent. 22. Be it further ordained, That the right of said company to condemn lands in the manner as aforesaid, shall extend to tbe conde.nning one hundred feet on each side of tho tract of tho road, measuring from tho centre of the same, unless in case of deep cuts and fillings, when said company shall have power to condemn as much in addi-tion thereto as may be necessary for tho purpose of constructing said road, and tho company sha'l also have power to condemn and appropriate in like manner for tho constructing and building of depots, shops, ware-bouses, buildings for servants, agents and persons employed on tho road not oxceeding four acres to any one lot or station. 23. Be it further ordained, That in the absonce of an contract or contracts with said company in relation to the lands through which tho said road may pass, signed by tho owner thereof, or his agent or any claimant or person in possession thereof, it shall bo presumed that tbo land upon which the said road may bo construe ted, together with the space of one hun-ered feet on each side of the centre of said road, has been granted to the said company by the owner thereof, and tne said company shall have good right and title thereto, and shall have, hold and enjoy the same as long as tho same be used for the purposes of the road, and no linger, unless the person or persons owning the said land at the time that part of tho said road which may be on tbo said land was finished, or those claim-ing uudor him, her or thorn, shall apply for an assignment of tho valuoof said lands as hereinbefore directed, within two years next after that pan ofthe Baid road which may boon said lands was finished, and in case the said owner or those claiming under him, her or them, shall not apply within two years next after tho said part was finished, he she or they shall be forever barred from recovering said land or having any assessment or compensation therefor: Provided, Nothing herein containing shall affect the rights of feme coverts, or infants, until two years after the removal of tbeir respective disabilities. 24. Be it further ordained, That all lands not heretofore granted to any person with-in one hundred feet of the centre of said road, shall vest in the company so soon as tho line of the road is definitely laid out through it, and any grant of said land shall thereafter be void. 25. Be it further ordained, That if any person or persons shall shall intrude upon said railroad, by any manner of uso thereof or ofthe right and privilege connected therewith, without the permission, or contrary to tho will of said company, he, she or they may be indicted for a misde-meanor, and upon a conviction, fined and imprisoned by any court ofcompetent jur-isdiction. 20 Bo it further ordained. That if any person or persons shall willfully and mali-ciously destroy, or in any manner hurt or damage, or shall willfully and maliciously cause or aid or assist, or counsel and ad-vise any other person or persons to destroy or in any manner to hurt, damage, injure or obstruct the said railroad, or any bridge or vehicle used for in the transportation there-on, any water-tank, warehouse, or other property of said company, Huch person or persons, so offending shall bo liable to be iudicteu therefor, and on conviction, shall be imprisoned not less than one nor more : than six months, and pay a fine, not oxcoe-1 ding fivo hundred dollars, nor le*9 than j twonty dollars, at tho discretion of tbe | courts before which said conviction shall | take place, and shall be further liable te pay all expenses for repairing the same; and it shall not be competent for any one so offending against the provisions of this | clause to defend himself by pleading or j "iving in evidoncc tiiat ho was the ownc, | agent, or servant of the owner of the land where such destruction, hurt, damage, or j injury or obstruction was done at the , time tho same was dc e or caused to be done. 27. Be it further ordained, That every obstruction to the safe and free passage of vehicles on said road shall be deemed a public nuisance, and bo abated as such by any officer, or agent or servant of said corapiny, and the person causing such ob-structioo may bo indicted for erecting a j public nuisance. 29. Be it further ordained. That the ; shall, when tbe affairs of the company wi | permit, be semi-annually divided among tbe Stockholders in proportion to the stock eaoh may own. 30. Be it further ordained, That the fol-lowing officor* and setvanU and peraocs in the actual employment of said company be, and they are hereby, exempt from the j then, in any court in such State having Board of Directors shall have power and competent jurisdiction. The general com-missioners shall have power to call on and require all persons empowered to receive subscriptions ofstock, at any time, and from time to time, as a majority of them may think proper, to make return of the slock by them respectively received, and to make payment of all sums of money paid by subscribers; that all persons receiv-anthority to open books for further sub-scriptions to tho stock of said company at such times and under such persons as they may designate, in the event the whole stock be not subscribed beforo tho first general meeting of tho stockholders, and to open and keep open such books from time to time, until tho whole amount of capital stock be subscribed. where county the same rules, regulations and restrictions as in other classes of appeal, tho proceeding of tho said freeholders accompanied with a full description of said land or right of way, shall be returned under tho hands and seals of a majority of them to the court from which the order was made, there to remain a matter of record; and the lands or right of way so valued, shall vest in i said company so long as tbe same may use '. for purposes of said railroad. "S » as tbe valuation shall liave been made, or when refused, may Lave been tendered: Provided, That on application for the ap-performauce of jury and ordinary militia f duty : The President and Treasurer, tho I Board of Directors, Chief and Assistant Engineers, the Secretary and Aecoo.ntar.tj of the cc mpany, keepers of she depositorim 1 fuards stationed on the road and at the \ ridges, and such persons as may be work- * ing the locomotive engines and travelling with the cars for the purpose of attending to the transport of produce, goods and pas-senger* on the road. 31. Be it further ordained, That if the Legislature of Vi-ginia shall sanction this charter, and authorize tbe oonstrurltor. of said road within tbe limits of Virg.nia to{ the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and! said road shall be so constructed, the saidj corporation hereby created shall, neverthe-less, have power and authority to construe, and build one or more branches of said road to the Coalfields of Dan River, and th« navigable waters on Smith's River in th<| county ot Rockingham, and are hereby rusj ted with the rights, powers, privileges a i<* immunities to build and construct talc branch or branches with which they are invested to build the main road; and the said road, with its branches, authorised to bo constructed under this charter, shall be of the same guage is the North Carolina Railroad; and tbe North Carolina Railroad Company shall have the right, under this charter, to construct a branch of tbeir road from Hillsboro' at or near Danville. 32. Be it further ordained, That for U. purpose ol ascertaining the best route to: said road and its branches, and to local i the same, it shall be lawful for said compa-ny, by its engineers, servants and age its, to enter upon, examine and surrvey any land or lands that they may wish to exam-ine for such purpose, free from any liability whatever. 33. Be it further ordained, That any oce or moro of tho solvent incorporate railroad companies of the said States, sod also I he Confederate States of America, may sub scribo for stock in said company, and should the Confederate States of America sabsciibii tor and lake the whole oi such stock, or th> larger part thereof, power and authority are given to said Confoderate States c« America to appoint for the timo being lh| whole of the said Directory anytbing i this ordinance lo the contrary not withstan ding, and at once locate ane commence tb< construction of said road, and hold tin stock so taken by them until individual,- and corporations shall be prepared to re-ceive an assignment of the same, or any part or parts thereof, as hereinafter provi-ded. 34. Be it further ordained, Thatassooi-as, under the aurpervision of the general] commissioners, as by this ordinance prov'tj ded, there shall be subscribed by iHs Con - federato States of America, iucorporateoj compainies, or solvent individual!, not It*' than one hundred thousand dollar* ot aloe* with tho five per cent, herreon paid i • the same stall bo certified by said general commissioners to said Directors, >n which being done, it snail be the duty of said Di-rectors to havo the names of such stock-holders recorded on the books of said com-pany, together with the stock subscribed by each, and to cause to have issued to as d stockholders certificates of stock in said company, (to each in proportioo to the subscriptions made by them,) wbi%n they shall have paid up their subscip.io^s in full, including in their payments the fiie percent, which they shall have paid to '.£> said general commissioner*, and which t*e said general commissioners, as hereinbe-fore provided, *hai' pay to said rirnpai f. 35. Beit further ordained, That as soon as subscribers other than the Confederate States of America, as herein provided shall havo their names as the stockholder, recorded in the books of said company a* owners of not less than one hundred tbi.u sand dollars of stock with five per «, i thereon paid in, from and after that lino such stockholders, in all general meeMr jfe. snail ha7e power to elect five of tbe ► nine Directors, and the President of Confederate States of America, or such or person as tho Confedrate State* tm.y termino, to appoint four of said Direct, and continuo to do so until the stock of, said Confederate States, by sale or '.r far, shall be reduced to less than half ci entire stock of said ^company; then, from and afler that time, the vote of the naid Confederate States of America in ibe election of Di-octors, end on all ether quej-tions, shall be in proportion to tbe su.ck field by them: Provided, That at such elections no stockholder shall give more than two hundred votes. 30. Bo it further ordained, That full right and privilege is heroby reserved to tho State, or to any company hereafter to be incorporated under the authority c>\ u is State, to connect with the road hereby!Ipio-vided for, any other railroad leading t« =i« from to any part or parls of ibis S Provided. That in joining suchconne no injury shall be deno to tho works company hereby incorporated. 3? Bo itfurtner ordained, That th*or- ! porate franchise and privileges hef granted shall cease and determine at oxp'ration of ninety nine years from] day of the passsge of this ordinance Passed and ratified in open CooveJ the 8th day of February, A. D. 1 No. 9. be soon said company shall have the right to take, at the storehouses they may establish, oi annex to their railroad, all goods, wares, | An OraUnane, to/^J^*,^* merchandise, and produce intended for transportation,to prescribe tho rules ol priority, and charge and receive such just and reasonable compensation for storage as they, by rules mav establish (which ion Tar-they shall cause to be published; as may be fixed, by agreement, with tbe owners, which may be distinct from rates of trans-portation : Provided, That tho said com-pany shall not charge nor receive storage on goods, wares, merchandise or produce which may be delivered to them at their regular depositories for immediate trans-portation, and which the company may bave the power to transport immediately. 29. Be it further ordained. That tho profits ofthe company, or so much thereof as the General Board may deem advisable, toru Radruad Company 1 Be it ordained by the delegates ' people of North Carolina in Content. sembled.arid it is hereby ordained by *« authority ofthe same, fbailor the purpose railroad communication oe-and tbe of effecting a tween the town of Washington town of Tarboro'.the formation of a corpo-rate company with the capital of focr han-dred thousand dollars, is hereby autbomed. to be called tbe Washington and Tarbcro Railroad Company, and when **** compliance will, the conditions hem. after prescribed, to have a corporate MirttflN as a body politic in PfrP»lollZ-.-t ,, J -ki, " Beit further ordained. That tie* said company be. and the aame is hereb* an-thoriaed to construct a railroad frSftj Ibe 3 I e ' r ef 1 nf »sj d i1ob itf at —* |