PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD AT . NASHVILLE ON MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That James Woodard, Vincent Incorporation. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the persons mentioned in Stock paid in the first section of this act, be, and they are hereby au- labor. thorized to open books for the subscription of stock build said road, in shares of twenty-five dollars, to be paid in labor or money, as said company may order. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the said company may commence the construction of said road when the sum Tolls. Officers. By-laws. Liability. of five thousand dollars is subscribed; and they shall have power and authority to open a gate, so soon as five miles thereof is or may be completed, and for every additional five miles said company may complete of said road, they may open a gate and charge the same rate of toll as is now charged on the White's creek Turnpike road; said road to be of the same width, and finished after the same manner that the White's creek road is; but said company may use gravel, or rock, in the construction thereof, at their option. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the persons whose names are mentioned in the first section of this act, shall after the sum of five thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, and before they shall have commenced the construction of said road, elect from their own body a President, Secretary and Treasurer for said company, who shall hold their office for one year, and shall receive such pay as said company may allow. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That when said company is organized as provided in the fourth section of this act, they shall have power to pass all rules and by-laws necessary for their regulation, so that the same are not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State. SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That said company may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded by their corporate name; and service of process on the President of said company shall be sufficient to compel the appearance of said company in any suit or action. SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That said company shall have When to be five years in which to complete said road from and after the passage of this act. completed. Seal. SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That said company may make and use a seal, and may pass by-laws, regulating the manner of transferring the stock in said company, as well as for the regulation of said company in all other respects. F. BUCHANAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed 29th October, 1847. Speaker of the Senate. " CHAPTER II. An Act to incorporate the Tennessee Annual Conference Relief Fund of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and also to incorporate the Trustees of the Memphis Annual Conference Relief Fund. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That William R. Elliston, Isaac Paul, Rev. John B. McFerrin, Joel M. Smith, and Doct. Robert Martin, be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic in deed, and in law, by the name and style of the Trustees of the Tennessee Annual Conference Relief Fund, and by that name and style shall have power to make, keep and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and amend at their pleasure, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to complain and be complained against, to answer and be answered unto in any species of action, or suit at law or in equity, to receive donations and make purchases of property, both personal and real, and the same to hold to themselves and their successors in office, not exceeding the value of two hundred thousand dollars, the net profits whereof shall be appropriated to the aid of the deficient, supernumerary, superannuated and worn out preachers, and to the wives and children, widows and orphans of such preachers, belonging to said Annual Conference forever, and to no other purpose whatever... Incorporation. Election of SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That said Trustees shall hold Place of meettheir first meeting on the 6th day of November next, at ing Murfreesborough, (that being the place of meeting of said Annual Conference,) and annually thereafter at such place and time as shall be appointed for the meeting of said Conference. At said first meeting, said Trustees shall elect out of their body a President and Secretary, who shall hold their office one year, and un- Officers. til their successors are duly elected; the said Conference shall at the same time appoint one of said Trustees Treasurer of said Board of Trustees, who shall hold his office one year. Said Board of Trustees shall, at their organization, adopt such by-laws, and alter and amend By-laws. the same from time to time for their government and think proper, the management of said fund as they may not inconsistent with, or repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, nor of the rules and bylaws made for the government of said Annual Conference. The President, if present, shall preside at all meetings, give the casting vote, and in extraordinary cases call meetings. Any three of said trustees shall form a quorum for the transaction of all business, except the enactment of by-laws, for which purpose a majority of the whole shall be required. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That all vacancies in said Board Vacancies. of Trustees shall be filled by a majority thereof, but such appointment shall continue only until the next annual meeting of said Conference, who shall make permanent appointments from members of the said church; and when any person so appointed trustee shall cease to be a member thereof, his office of trustee shall cease, and another member of said church shall be appointed in his place. Said Trustees shall report annually to said Conference, the true state, condition and value of the funds and property belonging to them, and shall hand over to their successors in office all books, papers and other things pertaining thereto, and for default herein, or in case of any malfeasance in their office, they shall be responsible as in other cases. lief Fund, Privileges. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Milton Brown, Memphis Re- James Meriwether, Lewis P. Williamson, J. C. Atkinson and John T. Baskerville, be, and they are hereby, with their successors in office, constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the "Trustees of the Memphis Annual Conference Relief Fund," and by that name and style shall have all the powers, Powers and rights and privileges, and be subject to the same restrictions as are contained in the above act in reference to the "Trustees of the Tennessee Annual Conference Relief Fund," and shall have and possess like power to raise donations and make purchases of property, real and personal, and the power in like manner to hold not exceeding a like sum, the net profits whereof shall be appropriated to the aid of the deficient, supernumerary, superannuated and worn out preachers, and to the wives and children, widows and orphans of such preachers, belonging to the said Memphis Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South forever, and to no other purpose whatever. ing. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That said Trustees shall hold their first meeting at the time and place of the session Place of meet- of the next Memphis Annual Conference, and annually thereafter at such time and place as shall be appointed for said Conference, and shall and may make and elect like officers, for like terms, and with like powers as are given in the act to the said "Trustees of the Tennessee Annual Conference Relief Fund," and that vacancies shall in like manner be filled, and said institution and its property and funds shall be governed in all things in the same way and manner, and with like powers on the part of said Trustees, who shall be subject to the like duties and liabilities, and required to account to said Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, October 29, 1847. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER III. An Act to amend and extend the provisions of the charter of incorporation of the town of Clarksville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the fourteenth section of an act entitled "an act to incorporate the town of Clarksville," passed February 2d, 1846, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That a Treasurer for said corporation, shall be elected by the Mayor and Aldermen, and shall continue in office one year, and the Mayor and Aldermen may require of the Treasurer, Recorder and Town Constable, such bond and security, for the faithful performance of the duties of their office, as may be deemed necessary and proper. Repeal. Treasurer. SEC. 3. Said corporation, in addition to the powers Powers. heretofore vested in them, shall have power and authority to provide for licensing and regulating auctions, dry goods, grocery, and receiving and forwarding houses, drays, wagons and hackney coaches, within the town, to restrain the erection of buildings dangerous to other improvements, and to remove such as in the opinion of the Mayor and Aldermen, are dangerous and hazardous to the neighborhood or buildings adjacent thereto, on paying to the owners the value thereof, in the same manner as provided for by an act passed 23d November, 1836, in like case for the city of Nashville, and to pass all laws necessary for the preservation of peace and good order within said town, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State. |