WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 121
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ruary, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, in pursu-
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ance of said notice, sell the said Eastern Shore Kail-
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road and all the rolling stock, property, furniture,
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effects, corporate rights and franchises of the said
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Eastern Shore Railroad Company to a certain Wil-
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liam L. Schaeffer and William G. Longstreth, of the
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State of Pennsylvania, and John T. Gause, of the
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State of Delaware, a purchasing committee appoint-
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to act for and in behalf of all the holders of the
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bonds of the said Eastern Shore Railroad Company,
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as aforesaid; and
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WHEREAS the said sale has been duly reported by
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the said trustee to the said court, and has been by
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the said court finally ratified and confirmed ; and
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WHEREAS, afterwards, to wit, on the said nine-
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teenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sev-
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enty-nine, George K. Dennis, Thomas Sudler, Wil-
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liam H. Koach, William H. Gale, Hampden H.
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Dashiell, Levin Woolford, Levin L. Waters and Wil-
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liam J. Brittingham, of Somerset county, Edward
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Stanley Toad vine and Elihu E. Jackson, of Wicom-
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ico county, in the State of Maryland, Samuel M
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Felton, W. L. Schaeffer and W. C. Longstreth, of
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the State of Pennsylvania, and Willard Thomson,
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of the State of Delaware, under and in pursuance
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of the provisions of the Act of Assembly, passed at
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January session, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,
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chapter two hundred and forty-two, did organize
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themselves into a corporation under the name and
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style of the Eastern Shore Kailroad Company, as
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reorganized, for the purposes contained in the cer-
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tificate of incorporation of the said company, duly
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executed and certified in accordance with the re-
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quirements of the said act, and filed and recorded
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in the office of the Secretary of State of the State
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of Maryland, in accordance with said act ; and
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WHEREAS the said Eastern Shore Kailroad Com-
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pany, as reorganized, is desirous of acquiring, by
purchase, from the said present holders thereof, the
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said Eastern Shore Kailroad and all the rolling stock
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and property of every kind, furniture, effects, fran-
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chises and corporate rights, formerly belonging to
the said Eastern Shore Kailroad Company, with a
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