| An Act to enable the President of the Confederate
States to provide the means of military transportation by the
construction of a railroad between Blue Mountain, in the State of
Alabama, and Rome in the State of Georgia |
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| WHEREAS, The Confederate States are
engaged in a war, the extent of which has no parallel in modern
history, and the President, by his message of the twenty-fourth of
September, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to the Congress, has
recommended the importance of constructing a railroad between Blue
Mountain, in Calhoun county, Alabama, and Rome, in the State of
Georgia, as a means of transportation needful for the public defence,
and the construction of which is also strongly recommended by the
General in command of the military district in which said road is
situated: Therefore, |
| The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the President be and he is hereby
authorized and empowered to make all contracts, embracing such terms
and provisions as he may deem expedient, to effect a speedy
construction and completion of the link of railroad aforesaid, with
the several railroad companies whose charters extend over said line,
in the manner he may think best calculated to promote the public
interest and provide for the public defence. |
| SEC.2. Be it further enacted, That
to enable the President to accomplish the object herein contemplated,
the sum of one million one hundred and twenty-two thousand, four
hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-two cents, in the bonds of the
Confederate States, is hereby appropriated, to be issued and applied
by the order of the President, at such times and in such sums as he
may deem proper; and that the President be directed to take a mortgage
on said road and its appurtenances for the ultimate repayment of the
money so expended, with interest at eight per centum per annum, in aid
of its construction. |
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| APPROVED Oct. 2, 1862 |
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