Proceedings Of The Annual Meeting Of The Western Rail Road Corporation

Vol. for 1840 and 1843 includes the report of the Committee of Investigation.

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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Western Rail-Road Corporation: Held, by Adjournment, in the City of Boston, March 12, 1840, Including the Report of the Committee of Investigation Appointed by the Stockholders It seems to your Committee, that it cannot be necessary to speak more particularly of the directors generally, but only of the president, treasurer, and general agent, who it has been averred have received too high salaries, which salaries, it should be distinctly understood, have been established by the board, consisting of nine members. The president has had a salary of $1000 per year, and a grant of $1000 the last year, for extra duties required of him. The treasurer's salary the first year was $2000, for the second and third years $1500 each, he paying all his ex penses the fourth year, in consequence of the great ih crease of labor arising from the negotiation of foreign ex change, and the management of the sinking fund, he has received a salary of $1200; pay for clerk hire, $1100; office rent, $250; and as commissioner of sinking fund, $250; making a total of $2800. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.