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Resolutions in relation to the Southern Pacific Rail Road. 1859 481 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0364 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI. on the terms to be prescribed in the by-laws to be adopted by them; and said certificates shall only be assignable on the books of the company, and they may contract and make agreements, without the formality of putting the seal of the company thereto. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted, That two-thirds of the entire stockholders in amount of the socie- ty, may alter any of the provisions of this charter, Provided, that no additional powers or priv'eoes are thereby conferred upon the society, but simply the details for carrying the powers and privileges herein conferred, into effect. SEC. 13. ./nd be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, Feb. 11, 1860. CHAPTER CCCLXVIII. RESOLUTIONS in relation to the Southern Pacific Rail Road. W tERVAs, The highest interest of the U. States, commercial, political, military, social and frater- nal, demand a railroad communication within her own borders, between the States on the Atlant, and on the Valley of the Mississippi, with the States on the Pacille Coast: And whereas, the maintenance of the Union will be preserved in the facility which it will afford for the sudden con- centration of ani armed force on that remnote fron- tier, and the conimerce of' the world will be seeu -ed-this vital measure so eminently calculat- ed to confer lastinig benefits upon every section of our beloved country : And whereas, it is of trans- condent value to tbe Sonuterliin States, in alording a ronto to the Pacific, which will be flie from tlhe annoyances of fanaticism, and will present the practical opportunity of forming along ie road, States, with all the privilegs of ti constitution, and thus restore the equilibrium in the Sonate, so 481

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