Excerpt from Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Western North-Carolina Railroad Company: With the Reports of the Officers, 1858 The Stockholders of the Western North-Carolina Railroad Company convened in general meeting in the Town of Morganton, N. C, this day at 11 o'clock - when On motion of R. C. Pearson, Esq., George F. Davidson, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and on motion, the meeting was further organized by the appointment of Samuel McD. Tate and M. L. McCorkle, Secretaries. Whereupon E. J. Erwin, Esq., on behalf of the Committee on Proxies, reported, that 141 Stockholders holding 1138 shares of stock were represented by Proxies, and 69 Stockholders holding 3181 shares were personally in attendance, which report was received and adopted; and it appearing from said Report that the requisite number of Stockholders, holding a majority of the stock subscribed by individuals, were present in person and by proxy, the Chairman declared the meeting duly organized and ready for the transaction of business. Burges S. Gaither, Esq., presented credentials authorizing and empowering him to act as the proxy and representative of the State of North-Carolina, which were duly received, and he was allowed to take his seat in the meeting accordingly. The Report of the President on behalf of the Board of Directors, as also the Reports of the Chief Engineer and Committee of Finance, were then severally submitted and read, and on motion laid upon the table. On motion of M. L. McCorkle, the meeting proceeded to ballot for four Directors. 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.