Report ... of the United States Pacific Railway Commission [and Testimony Taken by the Commission]. |
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Page 1785 - ... together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances, thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest. dower and right of dower, property, possession, claim, and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said parties of the first part, of, in, and to the same, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.
Page 1789 - Works, the corporation described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knew the seal of said corporation ; that the seal affixed to said instrument was such corporate seal; that it...
Page 1788 - Merritt, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument...
Page 1789 - ... instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation ; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the board of directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
Page 1789 - Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for the said City and County, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that John G.
Page 1785 - ... and also all franchises connected with or relating to the said railroad, or the construction, maintenance, or use thereof, now held or hereafter acquired 'by the said party of the first part...
Page 1789 - ... commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Notary, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
Page 1783 - ... bond may again from time to time be registered or transferred to bearer as before. Such registration, however, shall not affect the negotiability of the coupons...
Page 1789 - Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Notary Public in and for the...
Page 1786 - ... to apply the said proceeds to the payment of the principal of such of the aforesaid bonds, as may be at that time unpaid, whether or not the same shall have previously become due; and of the interest which shall at that time have accrued on the said principal, and be unpaid, without discrimination or preference, but ratably to the aggregate amount of such unpaid principal and accrued and unpaid interest...