The St. Johns and Halifax Railway was incorporated under the general incorporation laws of Florida to build a railroad from Rawlston, in Putnam County, on the St. Johns River, to a point on the Halifax River, in Volusia County, at or near New Britain (known as Ormond Beach today). Florida state law chapter 3650, approved February 12, 1885, assigned it land grants.
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