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amount escpended in the Tennessee surveys
& interest on that amount since it was
disbursed: inasmuch as the Banck of
Tennessee refused to pay at the time it
became due the five per cent due
to the Co. upon the Bonds of the State
now in its possession.
Individual stockholders having lost the
interest on their part of the expense of
surveys the State cannot object to bear
the same loss _
I am
Very Respectfully
J.G.M. Ramsey
Agent of the S. C. & C. R. R. Co.