Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-10-17
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ASK AUHAORAAKs
AN ACT To INCORPORATE THE
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE MISSISSIP-
PIUNION BANK.
rFCTION /. Be n enacted bV the Le-
b gislafure Of Ihe State of MISSISSIPPI,
Nat an Institution Shall be established, un
er the title of "The Mississippi Union
snk," with capital of fifteen million five
bpdred nousqnl dollars, which said capt.
shall be raised BY means of loan, to be
h,amed bv the directors If the Institution.
Section ,. BE il tHrther enacted, That
oak, Of Subscription, for the sum of fifteen
Hion FIVE hundred thousand dollars, divi-
sd into shares of one hundred dollars each,
nd intcnded ,Fsecure the loan of said fifteen
|ion FIVE hundred Thousand dollars, snail
opened after twenty days notice given in
newspapers published in this State, and
all counties, in which no newspaper may
established, notice shall be given by adj
erliscment, posted up in three of the most
ubiic places in each If said counties, lmme-
lately after the PRONUNCIATION of this act,
ader the inspection Of ten Wanar ers to be
bo,cu By j,iut ballt, by the Legislature.
Bald books of subscription shall be kept open
Bonn 10 O'clock, A. NJ, until three, p. Nj.
h the seat Of government of this State,
Which SAID books shall be continued open for
he SX ext ensuing months, and at the ter
hmation cf which period of time, they
han be closed. Immediately after the ex-
birtliou uG SAID ,crm, the dire ctors to be APP
ho,u,cd. AS hereafter provided for, or ma
Dritv uf them, SHALL make a correct state
bent Of the subscription and in case the
hhole sum subscribed for, shall amount to
hore than fifteen million FIVE hundred thou
land dollars, the said directors or a majority
NJ them, shall deduct the amount of such
fXctss from, first, the stock Of which Sutfi.
ieut security Shall not he offered, and then
rom the largest subscriptions, in such man
her, that no subscription shall be reduced in
Bmuuut while any one remains larger and
h case the whole amount of one hundred
Ind fifty thousand shares shall not have beer
ub,crIbed at the time Of closing said sub
crption books. then the said subscription
books shall be re-opened on the FIRST day o.
March In each and every year thereafter,
ndcr the inspection Of directors appointed,
IS hereafter provided for and the said
books Of subscription shall be kept open for
he space Of forty days in each year, until
he full amount Of said one hundred and Fifty
thousand shares shall have been subscribed
or The managers shall publish, during
twenty DAYS, notice in the different newspa
pers published al Jackson, ViCksburg
Natchez, Port Gibson, Wcodville, and Co
Gmbus, and the balance of the newspapers
published in this State, notice of the day
and place when said books of subscription
may be opened. The deductions to be mad'
BY virtue Of this section shall be fair anC
equitable, and without reference to am
particular place OF places, ard to be regula
ted IN the manner prescribed by this sec
ton.
Section 3. Be il further enacted, Tina
books Of subscription for the stock OF saiC
bank shall be also opened at the seat of jus
tee in each county in this State, under thu
Inspection OF three managers, at each of thu
aforesaid places, who shall be elected by thu
Legislature, viz:
For the county of Amite, f. NJ. Davis
VIM. H. Dillingham;, and v. L. craw
ford.
For the county Of Adams, Joseph Neibert
Arthur Fulton, and Noah Barlow.
For the county Of Attala, Gordon D
Boyd, Joel Harvey, and Richard Ross.
For the county Of Marshall, c. Kyle, Byr,
Hill, and - Randolph.
For the county of claiborne, Joseph H
Moore Benjamin Hughes, Joseph 0. Pier
For the'county of clarke, William GOV
Watts.
For the county of carroll, VIM. Black
William Y. collins, and John z. Pa
mer,
For the county Of covington,l Jesse McA
Zee Daniel M. Laurin, and Archibald Al
derson.
For the county of choctaw, Reuben Boz
'onn K Golden, and John Snow.
For the county of copiah, Hardin Burnll
William Barnes, and Benjamin Weeks.
For the county Of Lauderdale, Epl
Brown, Duncan Calhoun, and John AleI
ander
For the county Of Jasper, Asa Hartiel,
John w. Hendrick, and Seymour White.
For the county Of Jefferson, J. B. Col
man, John M. Whitney, aud II. n. FleU
ming.
, For the county Of Jackson, Samuel J)aV
Fatrlck Ward, and B. Childers.
For the county of Kemper, J. A. Ma
Thomas.
For the county ofJones, John Motif. Du
Can Thompson, and Lennon B. Ellis.
FOR the county Of Holmes, James III
GINS Robert Cook, and Arthur Hays. .
- For the county Of Greene, Isham Mood
.O9n'el F. McInnis, and Alexander McLef
or the county of Lawrence, Robert Jell
conn McGaha, and Henry Calhoun.
FOR the county Of Leake, George 5. +
Todd,