Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-10-03


James AtkerSon, and VIM. Rankin.
For the county of Monroe, James II. Bell,
George Wightman, and w. L. Morgan.
For the county of Neshoba, William
Donaldson, William Herbert, and Bird SAT-
ford.
For the county of Noxubee, James Moore,
James 4. Harrison, and Joseph II. Firth.
For the county of Octibbeha, Robert A.
Lamking, A. Bell, and John Ellington.
For the county of Perry, Abner Garter,
Archibald Mccallum, and John S, Hoaze
For the county of Pike, r. T. Sparkman,
S. NJ. Catching, and A. r. Green.
For the County of Rankin, William H.
Shelton, Thomas S. n. King, and Charles
A. Folsom.
For che county of Scott, John T. Smith,
Nioaea collins, and S. d. Young.
For the county Uf CiunPoen, n. Freemen,
]. J. H. Morris, and Joseph Boggan.
For the county of Smith, John campBell,
John Thornton, and Jacob carr.
For the county of Tallahatchie, Augustus
l.. Humphrey, Ninian Nc cracker, and
| Washington w. Mitchell.
For the county Of Washington. William
P. Montgomery, Anderson Miller, and Rob-
ert Mccullough.
For the county Of Wilkinson, John L.
Wall, Vim. c. S. Ventress, and Thomas
S, Herbert.
For the county of Winston, George w f..
Thomson, Hlllery Portwocd, and Benjamin
Prestrege.
For the county of Wayne, d. Shaw,
S. H. Lang, and VIM. TOwner.
For the county Of Franklin, Robert An
derson, John F. Witherspoon, and Thomas
Rowan.
For the county Of YalobWsha, John Brown,
John B. Pass, aud VIM. Fly
For the county of Warren. William M
Pinkard, ]. J. chewing, and William
Henderson.
For the county Of Pontotoc, John Bell,
Joel PinSon, aud Thomas ]. Wood.
! For the county of Ponola, Thomas d. H !,
Augustus B Sanders, and B. b. Wilson.
For the county of Bolivar, VIM. B. Cook,
Peter Wilkinson, and Francis Patterson,
senior.
| For the county of Lafayette, Alex. T.
oaruthers, beverly Sitchell. and Thomas
Lane.
For the county of Hancock, P.B. Toulme,
Samuel White, and Willis II. Arnold.
For the county of Yazoo, Robert l.. Bate,
Lineas B. Markham, and Robert c. camp
bell.
And the said managers, or a majority of
them, shalt keep the aforesaid books open
at each of the aforesaid places, from ten
a'clAck in the morning until two O'Clock IN
the afternoon on Tuesday of each week, for
the space of three months, at such house as
they shall designate; they giving thirty days
previous notice, by advertisement in the
newspapers published in said counties, il
any, aud ia the most contiguous, should there
he no newspapers in the counties for which
said books of subscription are to be opened
for, of the time and place said books will be
opened the said managers shall have al
the power and authority granted, by this
act, to the managers appointed to receive
subscriptions ut the place designated for the
location Of the parent bank !; and said man
layers shall immediately after the expiration
lOf the three months, said books are reQuir-
ed to be kept open, transmit to the mana
gers of the parent bank, the books OF sub
Iscription so opened by them at the aforesaid
places, together with all the titles, ant
other documents that may have been depos
lifted with them, in order that the board o
directors of the mother bank may finally
! decide on the validity and Snfhclency of th'
title so transmitted by them, before the sub
scribers NAV be declared to be stockholders
as hereafter provided for and should any
or either, of the managers herein appointed
fail or refuse to act, then the manager
elected 10 open the books at the seat OF gov
eminent, or majority Of them, may supply
all vacancies.
Section 4. Be il further enacted, Tha
the owners OF real estate, situated in tn
State Of Mississippi, and who are citizen
thereof, shall be the only persons entitled
to subscribe and shares so subscribed
shall be transferable only to such owners
until after FIVE years, when they may b.
transferred to any owner of real estate !
this Sta,e. whether citizens or not Pr0Ul
ded however, to secure the capital or inter
est of said bank, mortgage shalt be gwen
property Of sufficient character, and
an imperishabe nature.
Section S. Belt further enacted. That
/ order to facilitate the said Union Bank, to
the said loan Of fifteen million i've hundre
thousand dollars, the faith OF this state 0t
: and is hereby pledged, both for the secur
" Of the capital and interest, and that seVe
: thousand FIVE hundred bonds OF two tnol
S sand dollars each, to wit; eighteen hundre 6
and sc Kindred and seventy five, in fiftee
: years; eighteen hundred and seventy-tv'
in eighteen years, and eighteen hundre
: and seventy five, in twenty years, an
J. bearing interest at the rate OF fve per cent
per annum, shall be signed by the Governc
{, ct the State, TO the order OF the MISSISSIPPI
Union Bank. countersigned by the Stat
=, Treasurer, and under seal OF the State
Said bonds to be in the following words, viz
0s 1000.
j Know ali umfby these presents, that tn
Estate Of Mississippi acknowledges to be in
/. debted to tn Mississippi Union Bank, i
the sum Of TO thousand dollars, which sur
a lthe said Stse Of Mississippi promises /
n nav. in cuFent money Of the United State.
10 The orer of the President, Directors an
IS Comma, in the year with il
terest i the rate OF Ave per cent. per al
r. mum. ayable half yearly at the place name
I. in n, ehdorsment hereto, viz:
Chthe Of every year unit
: ltb< 1payment Of the said principal sum.
tlstimopy whereof, the Governor Of q
state Of Mississippi has signed, and Il
7'reasnrer OF the State has countersigne'
, I,hese presents md caused the seal Of tt
= s,s,e "a Be affixed thereto, At Jackson. tn
- iOthe year Of our Lord
. Governor.
:. Treasurer.
n vSecsion 8. Beit further e~Gcsed, Tn
-. .nA.t hn considerable hR III