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Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway charter and convicts act
The North Carolina General Assembly enacts the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company by renaming the Western Railroad Company and authorizes 150 additional convicts to aid construction. It provides for possible consolidation with the Mount Airy Railroad, extensions through Forsyth and surrounding counties to Patterson, and allows local authorities to subscribe to stock or issue debt with taxes to pay. The act sets bonds, governance, and elections to approve subscriptions, with state control provisions and contingencies if the other railroad accepts or declines the amendment. The act takes effect February 25, 1879.
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North Carolina
Western Railroad Company
General Assembly of
North Caro
Western Railroad
Cape Fear
Greensboro
Mount Airy Railroad Company
Cape Hear
Cape Hear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company
Forsythe, Stokes
Yadkin
Surry
Wilkes
Patterson
Forsythe, Stokes, Yadkin
Curiwell
Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany and
Mitchel
Bakl
Ceplital
Sail Company
North-Western
North Carolina Railroad Compan
General Assembly
Wirston
Salem
Wilkesboro
Caldwell County
North Western North Carolina Railroad Company
Ore Knob
Mount Aj
Mount Airy
Cape Yadkis Valley Railway Company