Power to pass by-laws for elec SEC. 3. The said company shall have power to pass by-laws for the election of such officers, and at such times as may be tion of officers. necessary to carry out the business of said company; and all deeds for the conveyance of the real estate of the company shall be signed by such officers of said company as the laws of said company shall designate, which deeds shall be duly executed and acknowledged, as other conveyances of real estate, by such officers of said company as may be prescribed by the said by-laws; and when so signed and acknowledged, shall be deemed and held a sufficient execution and authentication of such deeds in all courts of this territory or elsewhere. Power to maintain action for land. SEC. 4. The said company shall have power to maintain, in any court of this territory, any action or actions for the pos- possession of session of said quantity of six hundred and forty acres of land, or any part thereof, provided they, or any or either of them, locate said town of Eudora on the land of the United States, by staking the same off; and Provided, further, that said Proviso. company, or any or either of them, shall not, by virtue of this act, locate said town of Eudora on any lands belonging to and the property of any Indian or Indian tribe, or which has been. originally and previously actually settled by any other or others, as evidenced by any improvement, foundation, or stake, intended to indicate its previous selection, without the consent of such other or others. Not to preclude pre-emption SEC. 5. Nothing in this act which might or may be construed to impair the rights, either present or future, of said corpora- right. tors severally to a pre-emption right, shall be of force. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 20th, 1857. AN ACT to incorporate the Lexington Town Association. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: Names of incorporators. SECTION 1. William Alley, J. S. Lumpkins, D. A. N. Grover, and R. S. Merchant, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the "Lexington Town Association," and by that name shall be capable of making con- Powers of astracts, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being im sociation. pleaded in all matters whatsoever, in all courts in this territory or elsewhere. Said association is authorized to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure, and to make such by-laws and regulations as from time to time may be deemed necessary for the government of said association and the management of its affairs. SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power, jointly or severally, to purchase and hold, and severally to enter by pre-emption or otherwise, any quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres each; and, if the said corporators shall so choose, to lay the same off into lots, parks, streets, squares and avenues, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same, whenever under the act of Congress of the United States, approved fourth of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-one, or any other act of said Congress, they can legally do so. SEC. 3. The said corporation shall have power to pass bylaws for the election of such officers, and at such times, as may be necessary to carry out the business of said company; and all deeds for the conveyance of the real estate of the company shall be signed by such officers of said company as the bylaws of said company shall designate, which deeds shall be duly executed and acknowledged, as other conveyances of real estate, by such officers of said company as may be prescribed by the said by-laws; and when so signed and acknowledged, shall be deemed and held a sufficient execution and authentication of such deeds in all courts of this territory or elsewhere. SEC. 4. The said company shall have power to maintain, in any court of this territory, any action or actions for the possession of said quantity of six hundred and forty acres of land, or any part thereof; Provided, they, or any, or either of them, locate said town of Lexington on the land of the United States, by staking the same off; and Provided, further, that said company or any, or either of them, shall not, by virtue of this act, locate said town of Lexington on any lands belonging to, and the property of any Indian or Indian tribe, or which has been originally and previously actually settled by any other or others, as evidenced by any improvement, foundation, or stake, intended to indicate its previous selection, without the consent of such other or others. SEC. 5. Nothing in this act which might or may be construed to impair the rights, either present or future, of said corpora- Approved February 20th, 1857. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the City of Lecompton." Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That so much of the eighth section of the first article of the act to which this act is amendatory, as required that persons shall have resided within the city limits six months next preceding any election before they are entitled to vote for city officers, be and the same is hereby repealed; and hereafter all persons otherwise qualified, who shall have resided within. the corporate limits of said city for three months next preceding any election for city officers, shall be entitled to vote at any such election. Part of an act repealed. Duty of recorder to devolve SEC. 2. That all the duties, powers, authority and jurisdictions which are by said act conferred on the city recorder, as upon mayor. provided by the seventh article of the said act, shall, from and after this date, devolve upon the mayor of the city; and all the provisions of the said seventh article, inconsistent with the provisions of this section, be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. That wherever the word recorder occurs in this act, Recorder to mean it shall be understood to mean the mayor of said city. mayor. Board of councilmen 'to elect a tem. SEC. 4. The board of councilmen shall elect a president pro. tem., one of their body, who shall, in the absence or sick- president pro. ness of the mayor, have and exercise all the powers and duties of mayor, and have all the jurisdiction hereby conferred upon the mayor, and be subject to the same penalties for any dereliction of duty. Acts of mayor, clared legal. SEC. 5. All the acts of the mayor, recorder, and board of recorder, &c., decouncilmen of said city, heretofore had and done, are hereby declared to be legal and of binding force. And the election, appointment and qualification of all the officers of said city is hereby legalized, and the powers granted to them by the charter of said city shall be as valid as if said election had been Repeal. conducted, or appointment made, in accordance with the act of incorporation. SEC. 6. All the provisions of the act to which this act is amendatory, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 14th, 1857. Corperators of company and their powers, privi leges, &c. Of the capital stock. AN ACT to incorporate the Lecompton Improvement Association. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: SECTION 1. That Charles H. Grover, Aristides Rodrique, Ely Moore, Jr., Robert S. Stevens, James H. Rucker and Samuel J. Cramer, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, in law and in fact, by the name and style of the Lecompton Improvement Associaation, and by that name shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended against; may make and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure; shall, by the name and style aforesaid, be able and capable of purchasing, receiving, holding, having and enjoying, to the use of said association, lands, tenements, hereditaments, annuities, moneys, goods and chattels, of whatsoever nature, kind and quality, real, personal and mixed, for carrying on the business of said association, or choses in action, and the same, from time time, at their pleasure, to sell, alien, demise, dispose of and convey in such manner and form as shall be provided by the by-laws of said association; shall have power to erect buildings and manufacture all the materials necessary thereto; also, to build bridges, construct drains, sewers, culverts and levees, and grade streets; to make and execute, or cause to be executed, and perform, such laws, rules, regulations and contracts, and the same to alter, amend or repeal, as the said association, by its officers, shall deem proper and expedient for the government and conducting of the business of the said association; and generally to do all and singular the matters and things for the well being of the association and the management of its affairs. SEC. 2. The capital stock of said association shall be twenty five thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and may be increased whenever the holders of at least two-thirds of the stock shall, by vote, so direct. The stock shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable in such manner as its by-laws prescribe. SEC. 3. The management of the affairs of said company shall be entrusted to a board of five directors, to be selected by the stockholders in such manner as shall be prescribed by the bylaws, who shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected; any vacancies occurring in the board of directors may be filled by appointment by said board for the unexpired term; said board shall elect one of their number president, who, when present, shall preside at all meetings of said board; the said directors shall also have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer. SEC. 4. Such time and place as a majority of the corporators named in this act shall, in writing, appoint, books shall be opened for subscription to the capital stock; and when at least one hundred shares shall have been subscribed for, the said corporators, or a majority of them, shall appoint a time and place for the election of directors, and shall give written or printed notice thereof to each subscriber, personally or through the post-office, at least ten days before the day so appointed. Of directors and their election. Time of election, Can not purchase real estate tion. SEC. 5. Nothing within this act shall be so construed as to allow said association to purchase and hold, or sell real estate for mere speculafor the mere purpose of speculation, aside from what they may acquire or purchase to secure debts due the association, or upon which they may have a lien, acquired in the transaction of the business of said association. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17th, 1857. AN ACT to incorporate the Inhabitants of the Town of Doniphan, in Doniphan County. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, as follows: ers and authori SECTION 1. The inhabitants of all that country comprised Corporate powwithin the limits of the town of Doniphan, in Doniphan county, shall be and they are hereby incorporated under the name and ty. |