CHAPTER 104. AN ACT to charter Mount Horeb Academy, in Lauderdale county. Clarksburg Female Mt. Horeb Male SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Rev. Joseph H. Strayhorn, A. O. Williams, George B. Deshong, R. C. Williams, and Absalom Alexander, be, and they are hereby appointed Academy. a body politic and corporate, under the style and title of the Mount Horeb Male Academy, and shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, and that they and their successors, and such others as may be associated with them, by the name aforesaid, or by such other name as the Trustees may adopt, shall have, and are hereby vested with all legal power to buy, receive, possess, hold and dispose of any property, for the use and benefit of said institution; and may sue and be sued, and may commence and prosecute any legal process, and have the same instituted against them, in any court of record. Trustees-privi &c. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That three Trustees shall constitute a quorum, and the said Trustees shall have full power to establish such departments in the Institution as leges, powers, may be useful, and to elect such officers, professors or teachers, as they may deem necessary to secure the object of the Institution, and also to make such by-laws and regulations as by them may be considered necessary: Provided, that the same be not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or of this State. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That upon the death, resignation or removal, of any of the Trustees, the vacancy thereby occasioned may be filled by the remaining Trustees, or a quorum of them. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the Trustees shall meet as often as they may deem necessary, and that the officers, professors and teachers shall, with the advice and consent. of the Trustees, confer on any student in the Institution, or any proper person or persons, any degree or honors that are known and used in like institutions in the United States, or of this State. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the present Board of Trustees, named in this act, may, by said members of the Board, be increased to nine. SEC. 6. Be it enacted, That no misnomer or misdescription of said Corporation, in any deed, will or gift, grant, Clarksburg Female Academy. Milton Male and nary. Powers, privileges, &c., of Trustees. devise, or other instrument of contract or conveyance, sha SEC. 7. Be it enacted further, That Dr. Henry Mc- SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That three Trustees shall constitute a quorum, and the said Trustees shall have full power to establish such departments in the institution as may be useful, and to elect such officers, professors or teachers, as they may deem necessary to secure the object of the institution, and also to make such by-laws and regulations, as by them may be considered necessary: Provided, that the same be not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, or of this State. SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That upon the death, resignation or removal, of any of the Trustees, the vacancy thereby occasioned may be filled by the remaining Trustees, or a quorum of them. SEC. 11. Be it enacted, That the Trustees shall meet as often as may be considered necessary by them, and that the officers, professors and teachers, with the advice and consent of the Trustees, may confer on any student in the institution, or on any other person or persons, any degree 1 1 1 or honors that are known and used in any institution of learning in the United States. SEC. 12. Be it enacted, That the land, buildings and property, of said institution, shall be exempt from taxation. SEC. 13. Be it enacted, That no misnomer or misdescription of said corporation, in any deed, will, gift, grant, deshall vise or other instrument of contract, or conveyance, vitiate or defeat the same, but that the same shall take effect in like manner as if the corporation were rightly named: Provided, it be sufficiently described to ascertain the intention of the parties. College. Spring SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That Sim. Skipper, N. Holland, J. M. Teague, H. C. Irby, Robt. S. Thomas, W. J. Crook, J. B. Day, W. H. Algee, J. S. Johnson, D. W. Askew, C. C. Wood, G. H. G. Pinn, S V. Rhodes, W. F. Gouen, J. W. Jarrett, R. A. Milliford, Lewis O'Kelly, Pollymonian SoJames Herron and those associated with them, and their city of Madison successors, be, and they are hereby incorporated, and made Creek, Tenn. a body politic, by the name of the Pollymonian Society, of Madison College, Spring Creek, Tennessee, for the purpose of cultivating a correct literary taste, and diffusing intellectual and moral improvement among its members, with full power and authority to form and adopt such a constitution and by-laws as they may think proper for its government: Provided, the same be not inconsistent with the Constitution of Tennessee. SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the persons hereby incorporated may use a common scal; may sue and be sued, make by-laws, and contracts, buy, hold and sell, Privileges. property, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, and may exercise all powers belonging to corporate bodies, for the purpose of promoting useful knowledge. SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the amendment to Senate bill, No. 112, incorporating the town of Deloatch, in Hardeman county, be so amended that Deloatch be stricken out, and Grand Junction be substituted therefor. SEC. 17. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. Passed March 5, 1858. Covington Fe CHAPTER 105. AN ACT to incorporate the Covington Female Seminary, Cane Creek Seminary, Philomathean Society of Mossy Creek College, and the Columbian Society of Mossy Creck College, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, J. R. Bledsoe, S. P. Bernard, R. W. Sanford, P. S. Miller, A. W. Smith, R. H. Munford, J. L. Morgan, C. G. Fisher, R. S. Barrett, John A. Green, Jordon Brown, and others, in the year 1852, formed themselves into a joint stock association, for the permanent establishment of an institution of learning, in or near the town of Covington, in the county of Tipton, called the Covington Female Seminary; at the October term, 1853, of the Circuit Court, in and for said county of Tipton, obtained a charter for said association by the name and style aforesaid, under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, passed on the 4th day of February, 1850, entitled, An act to promote popular education by the formation of societies and institutions of learning: and whereas, doubts have arisen as to the constitutionality of said act, and the consequent legality of said charter and the proceedings of said association: SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the charter obtained by said association, as aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby confirmed in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of Association for Covington Female Seminary. We, the undersigned, and such others as may unite with us, hereby agree to form a Joint Stock Association under male Seminary. the rules and regulations hereinafter prescribed for the permanent establishment of an institution of learning in or near the town of Covington, Tipton county, State of Tennessee, to be called, Covington Female Seminary. ARTICLE 1. The capital stock of said association shall be not less than $3,000, nor more than $50,000, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, to be paid in such manner, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Trustees: Provided, That not more than twenty per centum of said stock shall be called for or made payable within any sixty days from the time of the election of Trustees. ART. 2. All the affairs of said Institution shall be under the control, direction and management of a Board of Trus tees, composed of twelve members, one-half of whom, to tees. Duties, Powers, be elected by the stockholders on the first Saturday in Board of TrusJuly, in each and every year, to hold their office for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; not more than two of said Board of Trustees to be members of any one religious denomination, and not less than seven shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At the first election of Trustees, which shall be held on the 10th day of July, 1852, one-half shall be elected to serve until the first Saturday in July, 1853; said Trustees shall hold regular semi-annual meetings. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, they shall take an oath, before some justice of the peace, faithfully and impartially to perform the same, and it shall be their duty at the first meeting after their election and qual- Privileges, &c. ification, in each year, to elect of their body a President, Secretary and Treasurer. Said Board of Trustees and their successors, under the name and style of the President and Trustees of Covington Female Seminary, shall have perpetual succession, and may own and use a common seal, which they may alter or renew at pleasure; shall be capable in law or equity to purchase, receive or hold any and all property, real, personal or mixed, necessary for the purposes of said Institution, and to use and dispose of the same in such manner as they may think best for the interest and benefit of said Seminary; and by such name said Trustees may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in this State or elsewhere, and shall have power to make such by-laws and regulations for their government as they may think best, provided the same are not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or State of Tennessee; to contract for and superintend the erection of all necessary buildings; to purchase all apparatus and furniture; to employ all teachers and lecturers; fix the rates of tuition, and in connection. with the teachers, prescribe the course of study, and confer, if they think proper, such literary degrees, and grant such diplomas as are usual in such institutions; to make such compensation as they may think proper to the Secretary and Treasurer for their services, and shall have, enjoy and exercise all other powers and privileges that are usual to corporations of this description. ART. 3. Any vacancy in said Board of Trustees, by death, resignation, refusal to serve, or from any other cause, may be filled by said Trustees, by the election of some other person for that purpose. In the sale, or conveyance of any property belonging to said Institution, the name of the President of the Board signed to such instru |