Excerpt from Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road Company: Held in Salisbury, on Thursday, the 14th of July, 1853 The Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road Company, in conformity with the provisions of their By-Laws, met in Salisbury on Thursday the 14th of July, 1853. Upon motion of R. M. Saunders, the meeting was organized by electing William A. Graham, Chairman. Upon motion, R. Gorrell and S. F. Phillips were elected Secretaries. The Treasurer of the Company having reported informally that a majority of the shares held by private Stockholders was represented in this meeting by more than one hundred individuals in person or by proxy; upon motion of R. M. Saunders, H. C. Jones, Daniel Coleman and F. Fries were appointed a committee, who with the Secretary of the Company, should verify the proxies, and make their report to this meeting. Upon motion of R. Barringer, the President of the Company was requested to submit any report which had been prepared for the information of the Stockholders. Whereupon John M. Morehead submitted the following report, which was read, and upon motion of J. W. Ellis, laid upon the table. Report Of the President and Directors of the North Carolina Rail Road Company, to the Stockholders at the Annual Meeting held in Salisbury, 14th July, 1853. 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.