The true Democrat., 1854-05-30
Supplemental Bylaws of the Cairo
 and Fulton Railroad Company.

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 ART. 1. Seven Directors shall constitute a quorum, and shall be competent to transact bu- siness and may exercise all the powers of full board Provided, that a majority of the whole board of Directors shall be required to designate the line or route of the road.
 ART. ?. The board shall elect one of their members Vice President at their first meet nc after each annual election, who shall be vested with authority to perform all the duties of the President in his absence. In the absence of the President and the Vice President Pre- sident pro tempore shall be appointed by the board.
 ART. 8. It shall be the duty of the Secre- tarv to keep regular record of the proceedings of the board and he shall be ex-officio Secre- tarv of the company, and perform such other dnties as either the Board of Directors or the President may require.
 ART 4. There shall be an executive con- mittee appointed by the board, to consist of three Directors, including the President, which shall have authority to do all things required for the interests of the company, in the inte- reim between the meetings of the board, subject to the approval of the board at its first meeting to which the committee shall report in writ ing.
 ART 5. The election for Directors shall be held annually on the first Mondays of May in the city of Little Rock, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m and four o'clock D. m.
 ART 6. A committee of two or more Di- rectors shall be appointed, either of whom may examine and audit the accounts of the Presi- dent, Treasurer, Engineer, or other officer or person ill the employ of the company.
 ART. z. No person can be proxy for an- other, unless he is stockholder and qualified to vote at the same election for Directors, or at any meeting of the stockholders.
 ART. S. Counties which have subscribed any portion of their Internal Improvement Fund, can vote through their agent, appointed bv the County Court of their respective coun- ties. which must be accompanied by the order of the court duly certified by the county clerk
 ART g. The election for Directors shall be held under the direction of three stockholders, as judges appointed either by the board, or the executive committee. A plurality of votes shall elect.
 ART. 10. All officers of the company, en- gneers, clerks and other persons in the employ of the company, who receive their appoint ments from the Board of Directors, shall be elected annually.
 ART. II. Whenever special meetings of the stockholders are called, no business other than that stated in the notice for such call shall be transacted.
 ART. 12. Every officer, agent or person in the employ of the company shall, from time to time, when required by the board, make and deliver to them, or to any person appointed by them to receive the same, true and perfect account in writing under his hand, of all mo- neys received by him in behalf of the company: and such account shall state how, to whom. and for what purpose any such money shall have been disposed of, and together with such account-such officer or agent shall deliver the vouchers proper to substantiate the same, and every such officer or agent shall pay to the Directors, or to such persons as they may ap- point to receive the same, all moneys which shall appear to be in his or their hands, belong ing to said company. It shall also be the duty of every officer or agent of the company to de- liver to the Directors, or to such person as they may appoint, all books and papers in their pos session or under their control, belonging to said company.
 ART. 13. The Treasurer, Secretary, and every other officer or agent of the company, shall, at the expiration of their official term, de- liver over to their successors in office, or to the company all the books, papers, funds, and every thing in their hands belonging to the company; besides, their books shall, at all times be open to the inspection of the President or any member of the Board of Directors.
 ART. 14. Article 4, ', 10 and II, of original bylaws, and all parts of said bylaws in con- hict with these, are hereby repealed.
 B. c. HARLEY, Sec'y
 c. $ F. R. R. Co.
 M1u 1Sth 1854