Biennial Report to the Governor Volume 4, Pts. 1883-1884 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...north fifty ( 50) feet to a stake; thence west seven ( 7 ) poles five ( 5 ) links to a stake; thence south fifty ( 50) feet to a stake; thence east seven (7 ) poles five (5) links to the place of beginning, together with all and singular the endowments, incomes and advantages, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining to said lands; and also all the estate, right, title, interest and property possession, claim and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, present or prospective, of the said defendant the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company, of, in and to the same, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances; also all bonds, bills, notes, accounts, contracts, and agreements, and all other property, real, personal, or mixed, belonging to said Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company, or in which it has any interest, whether in the possession or under the control of the officers of said railroad company, the receiver in this cause, or any person whomsoever. On the 9th day of August, 1878, in pursuance of said decree, Charles W. Blair, special master, sold to Charles Merriam, Nathaniel Thayer, Moses Taylor, George S. Hale, and Ferdinand W. Peck the property and franchises described in said decree, and reported his sale to said Circuit Court on the 17th day of October, 1878, which sale was thereafter, and at the June, 1878, term of said Circuit Court, duly confirmed, and said master ordered to make a deed for said property and franchises to said purchasers, which he accordingly did. On the 27th day of January, 1879, the said purchasers, together with Ira Harris, C. W. Blair, and D. E. Cornell, made and filed their articles of incorporation, intending thereby to exercise t...