Excerpt from Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting and Special Meeting of the Stockholders of the Atlantic and N. C. R. R. Co: Held at New Bern, N. C., Thursday, Sept; 1st, and Monday, Sept; 22, 1904, Together With Reports of Officers and Copy of Lease The Chairman thereupon announced that a quorum of the private stock was present, that the State of North Carolina was duly and regularly represented by its Proxy, and that the meet ing was ready to proceed with the transaction of its business. On motion of James A. Bryan the temporary organization is made permanent. The State's Proxy presents to the meeting the following propositions to Lease the Railroad of this Company, which said propositions, in words and figures as follows, are thereupon read by the Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.