on file with the said Secretary of said meeting to be recorded with & upon the records of the Corporation to be organized by the said proceedings & the filing of these certificates.

In witness of all which things & statements the said stockholders have all of them hereto set their seals & signatures personally this the Twentythird day of March A.D. 1864. & the said Peoria & Burlington Rail Road hath hereto annexed its corporate seal by J. W. Brooks, its President therto duly authorized.

At a meeting of the Directors of the Peoria & Burlington Railroad Co. held at Boston, Mass. the twenty third day of March 1864, it was

Voted, that J. W. Brooks, as President of this Company, be authorized to execute on behalf of the Company the certificate now presented to the board, to be filed with the Secretary of State, setting forth the organization of the corporation, the choice of Directors, and the other doings thereof, at the meeting of the Company, held on the eighth day of March, instant, at the office of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company in Chicago, affixing thereto the Corporate Seal.

I, O. M. Hatch, Secretary of State, of the State of Illinois, do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Articles of Organization of the "Peoria and Burlington Railroad Company" this day filed and which are now on file in my office. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Great Seal of State, at the city of Springfield, this twelfth day of April, A. D. 1864.

[U. S. REVENUE STAMP]

(Seal)

O. M. HATCH, Secretary of State.

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY

RAILROAD COMPANY

(Present Company)

The present company was created June 24, 1864 by the Articles of Consolidation between the Peoria & Burlington Rail Road Company and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company, the Articles being filed with the Secretary of State of Illinois July 11, 1864.

This company continued until its corporate existence was extended from June 24, 1914, as a corporation under the General Laws of the State of Illinois relating to Railroads, by action taken pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the Legislature, approved June 7, 1911.

The first meeting of this company was held at Chicago, Illinois, June 24, 1864. The officers and directors of The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company retained their respective offices.

This company was, from the date of its organization, the owner of the following railroad :

1. From a connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad (P. Ft. W. & C. Ry.) at the intersection of Stewart Avenue and West Fifteenth (15th) Place (now vacated) in the City of Chicago; thence southwesterly to Galesburg depot, a distance of one hundred and sixty-one and 48/100 (161.48) miles.

2. From a connection with the line last above described, at Aurora, Illinois, thence northerly to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad (now Chicago and Northwestern) at Turner Junction, Illinois, a distance (first main) of 12.02 miles.

3. Peoria, Illinois, westerly via Galesburg to East Burlington, Illinois, a distance (first main) of 93.66 miles.

4. Yates City to Lewistown, 30.14 miles.

5. Quincy to Galesburg, 99.91 miles.

Total mileage owned, 397.21 miles, all in Illinois.

It also owned jointly with the Chicago and Northwestern Rail

way Company a right of way and the tracks thereon extending from a connection with the St. Charles Air Line property at the west bank of the Chicago River, thence westerly to a connection with this company's main line in Depot Street west of Stewart Avenue, a distance of seventeen hundredths (0.17) miles.

(Lewistown-Rushville)

Of date April 25, 1868, in order to secure the construction of the extension from Lewistown to Rushville, this company executed a contract with James F. Joy, who acted as agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, whereby The Peoria and Hannibal Railroad Company conveyed to Joy all of its property, rights and franchises, the said Joy on his part agreeing to provide the means to construct and equip the road and afterwards to operate it.

By deed dated May 7, 1868, James F. Joy, Agent, conveyed the extension from Lewistown to Rushville to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.

Of date June 14, 1873 James F. Joy made a deed to the C. B. & Q. Company confirming its title to the Peoria and Hannibal property.

By lease dated March 15, 1899, for twenty-five years, The Peoria and Hannibal Railroad Company confirmed its conveyances of date November 4, 1861, and April 25, 1868, to the agents of the Burlington Company.

By deed dated June 1, 1899, this company confirmed its previous conveyances as above particularly set out, and conveyed its corporate rights and franchises to the Burlington Company.

ACT OF LEGISLATURE

Approved February 16, 1865.

AN ACT to authorize the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to take up that portion of its road between Batavia, in Kane county, and the Junction, in Du Page county, and to extend its railroad from such point in the town of Batavia, on its present line, to a point they may select, on the line of the Northwestern (late the Galena and Chicago Union) Rail

road, Illinois.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repreresented in the General Assembly, That the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company shall have power, and is hereby authorized to take up

and discontinue that part of its railroad lying between Batavia, in Kane county, and the junction with the Chicago and Northwestern (late the Galena and Chicago Union) Railroad, in Du Page county: Provided, it shall at the same time, or immediately thereafter, which it is empowered to do, extend, construct and maintain its railroad from such point on the present line, in the town of Batavia, as it may select, northwardly, via St. Charles, to a point on the Chicago and Northwestern (late the Galena and Chicago Union) Railroad, at such place east of Fox river, as said company may determine upon.

§ 2. The said Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, in the extension of its said railroad, and in the construction, operation and maintenance of such extension, shall have, possess and exercise all the powers, rights and privileges, immunities and franchises, now or at any time possessed, held or enjoyed by it during its existence under its charter, or amendments thereto, or by or under the laws of this State.

§ 3. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 16, 1865.

Private Laws Illinois 1865, Vol. 2, Page 145.

ACT OF LEGISLATURE
Approved February 16, 1865.

AN ACT to authorize the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company to extend its railroad from Aurora to Morris.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company shall have power to extend, construct and maintain its railroad from Aurora, in Kane county, to Morris, in Grundy county, on such a route as it may select.

§ 2. The said Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, in the extension of its said railroad, and the construction, maintenance and operation of such extension, shall have, possess and exercise all the powers, rights, privileges, immunities and franchises, now or at any time possessed, held or enjoyed by it, during its existence under its charter, or amendments thereto, or by or under the laws of this State.

§3. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED February 16, 1865.

Private Laws Illinois 1865, Vol. 2, Page 146.

THE JACKSONVILLE AND SAVANNA

RAILROAD COMPANY

This company was created by a Special Act of the Illinois Legislature in force February 14, 1855, with authority to build a railroad from Jacksonville to Savanna, and to unite its railroad with any other railroad. Its organization was legalized by an act of the Legislature in force February 21, 1859. With C. B. & Q. aid, the company was able to grade and bridge its line from Yates City to a point four miles South of Canton (St. David) by August 24, 1861, with a track at Yates City connecting with the road of the Peoria and Oquawka Company, then in possession of and operated by the C. B. & Q. Company.

Of date November 4, 1861, The Jacksonville and Savanna Railroad Company made a contract with James F. Joy and J. W. Brooks (who acted in this transaction as the agents of The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company), whereby the said Joy and Brooks became the purchasers of the right of way, roadbed and all other property of this company, and undertook in behalf of their principal to complete, equip and operate the line of railroad from Yates City to a point four miles south of Canton (St. David), where a connection was made with The Peoria & Hannibal Railroad.

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Of date November 6, 1861, James F. Joy and J. W. Brooks by deed conveyed to The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company all of the property of The Jacksonville and Savanna Railroad Company, and in this deed the Burlington Company agreed to operate, control and own and manage the said railroad and all other rights under their said contract and purchase."

The line was completed to Canton May 2, 1862, and has always been operated by the Burlington Company.

ACT OF LEGISLATURE

Approved February 14, 1855.

AN ACT to incorporate the Jacksonville and Savanna Railroad Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, repre