The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-05-05

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Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That thu
| officers of the Company shall consist of
President or General Agent, who shall b
| chosen by the stockholders who shall have
the power to appoint such other officers OF
assistants, as he may deem necessary, BY ant
with the consent of the stockholders; tia
principal place of business of said Company
shall be the town of StonewaIl, in the coun-
1 ty of Clark. but agencies may be established
| for the sale of goods. or for exercising any
of the powers herein granted, at any other
/ point or place within this State.
Sec 6. Be il further enacted, That the
! stockholders in said Company, after the
effects and property of said Corporation arr
exhausted, shall only be liable on the debts
and contracts OF said Company to the amount
OF stock or shares respectively subscribed
by them, that is to say, no stockholders
shall be liable for the debts of said Compa-
ny; Provided. however, That the stockhol-
ders of the Company shall be individually
liable TO the creditors of the Company, until
fifty per cent of the capital stock shall have
been paid in.
Sec. z. Be it further enacted, That if the
President or General Agent, or any other
officer or person of said Corporation shall
contract debts in excess of the capital stock
of said Company, he or they shall be held
liable in their individual capacity for such
excess.
See. 8. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect and be in force, from and
after its passage, and continue in force for
twenty-five years.
Approved, April - 1870.
AN ACT to incorporate the Summit indie
pendent Hook and Ladder Fire Company
No. 1, of Summit Pike county, Missis-
sippi.
Section L. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That III. Lotter-
hos, w. j. MurrelL &. Hickman, VIM. Jack
IN 10 hall
May Helborn, III. Moses, Aaron GoIdstein
and others, who are, or may become MEM
bers of said company, are hereby constitu-
ted body corporate by the name and style
of Independent Hook and Ladder Company
No. /. of Summit, and as such said Company
may have common seal, shall have power
to sue and be sued, plead and be implicated,
defend and be defended in all Courts of law
and equity in this State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That said
corporation shall have power to prescribe
rules and regulations for its own govern
ment. Provided. the same do not conflict
with the Constitution of the United States,
or of this State.
See. 3. Be it further enacted, That as a
condition of this Charter, said Company
shall always keep Truck, Hooks and Lad
ders for the purpose of said company. and
all proper and useful implements for the ex-
tinguishment of fire, and that the members
thereof shall be exempt from Militia duty
danger.
Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That said
company shall have power TO hold and pcs
sess real and personal estate to an amount
not exceeding in value twenty-five thous-
and dollars, to be acquired by purchase, gift
or devise. and the house and lot on which
they shall keep their Truck, and ap-
paratus, and tile said Truck and apparatus,
be- and the same is hereby exempted from
taxation.
600 Do ~ f,r+bar apootad That x,yLon
Il member shall have rendered faithful SER
vice in said company for five years, from the
the date of his election, he shall be exempt
ed from active duty. Provided, he shall
have first obtained certificate of the fact
signed by the President and Foreman, and
countersigned by the Secretary, and while
thus placed on the list of exempt members,
he shall be entitled to all the rights and priv
ileges of an active member of the company.
sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said
Company shall be and continue Hook and
Ladder Company of the town of Summit
and be subject to the ordinances of said town
regulating the fire department. and when
ever said company shall cease to exist, their
Truck, Hooks and Ladders, Engine House.
Lot. and all the property of said company
shall belong to the said town of Summit, for
the use and benefit of said fire department,
and be appropriated by the Mayor in office,
in such manner as they may deem necessa-
ry for the protection of the property of said
town.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and continue in force for
the term of twenty-five years.
Approved, April 10Th, 1870.
at West Point, Lowndes county, MisSis-
sippi.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Iegisla-
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officers and members of Star Lodge number
of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. and such other persons as may
hereafter become officers and members be,
and they are hereby, constituted body of
polite and shall have perpetual succession,
and may sue and be sued, plead and be inn
pleaded in any court of law or equity in this
State.
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That said of
ficers and members in their corporate capac-
ity may have, purchase and enjoy, for their
own use and benefit, real and personal es-
tate in value not to exceed twenty thous-
and dollars, and may purchase or sell the
same at pleasure; and shall have power to
adopt all such rules and bylaws as they
may deem proper and Just for the good or
der and government of said Lodge, not in
consistent with the Contribution and laws of
the United States, or of this State, and may
have and use a common seal, and alter the
same at pleasure.
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act take effect and be in force, from and
after its passage.
Approved, April p, 1870.
AN ACT in relation to the Supreme Court.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That the
State shall be divided into three Supreme
Court Districts, as follows, to-wit:
The First District shall be composed of
the counties of Warren, Kinds, Rankin,
Scott, Newton, Lauderdale, Kemper, Ne
shoba, Leake, Madison, HaZoo, Issaquena,
Bolivar, Suntiower, Holmes.
Attala, Winston and Noxubee.
The Second District shall be composed of
the counties of Claiborne, COpiah, Simpson,
Smith, Jasper, Clarke, Wayne, Covington,
Jones, Perry, Greene, Marion. Hancock,
Jackson, Harrison, Adams, Jefferson, Amite,
Wilkinson, Lawrence, Pike and Franklin.
The Third District shall be composed of
the counties of Lafayette. Low aides, Oktib-
beha, Choctaw, Carroll, Tallahatchie, Yalo-
busha, Chickasaw, Monroe, Itawamba, Pom
totoc, Lee, Pamela, Coahoma. Tunica, De-
soto, Marshall, Tippah, Tishomingo and
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That the Su-
preme Court shall have such jurisdiction as
properly belongs to Supreme Court. and
shall hear and determine all manner of
pleas, plants, motions, causes and contro-
verSies, civil and criminal, which may be
brought before it, from any Circuit Court,
Court, or other inferior Tribunal,
from which by law cause, maybe removed,
either by appeal or writ of error, or other
legal means, and which shall be eognizable
in said Supreme Court according to the Con-
stitution and Laws OF this State, and all
Laws in force in this State on the thirtieth
(30th) of November, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine QS69.l regulating
the jurisdiction and practice in the High
Court of Errors and Appeals. or otherwise
appertaining thereto, so far as they may be
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