Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-04-19
CHART Err OF THE BRISTOL.
FEMALE COLLEGE.

EXPARTE PETITION FOR CHARTER OF
INCORPORATION, FILED IN THE
CHANCERY COURT OF SULLIVAN
COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
WHEREAS, John T. Kincanon, w.
J. Morrisett, VIM. Mullennix, b. A.
Robertson, n. j. Phillips, G.. Cate, w.
z. Hamilton, Jacob Hamilton, ]. G..
Nash, &. Gose, A. p. Cole, Is. G. Ma
nard and S. III. Smith, a majority OF
whom are resident citizens of Sulli-
van County, Tennessee, filed their pc
ton in this Court, praying for a char
ter of Incorporation under the name
and style of "The Bristol FaElale Col
lege ;" and,
WHEREAS, it appears to the Court
that publication has been made in con-
formity to law and no person has APP
peared to show cause, nor has any
cause been shown against the letter of
incorporation as prayed for in said Pc
tition, and the court has proceeded to
a hearing of the matters set out in said
Petition and,
WHEREAS, it appears satisfactorily
to the court, that the objects of the
Corporation prayed for are not only
not in violation or conflict with the law
Of the land, but are just and praiswor-
thy, and for legitimate purpose and
that letters of incorporation or char
ter should issue; therefore,
1t is adjudged, ordered and decreed
by the Chancery Court, of Sullivan
County, State Of Tennessee, that John
t. Kincanon, w. J. Morrissett,
VIM. Mullennix, B. A. Robertson, n.
J. Phillips, &, Cate, w. p. Hamilton,
jacob Hamilton, J. G. Nash, G. Gose,
a. 2. Cole, B. G.. Manard and S. II.
Smith and their successors, associates
and assigns be and they are hereby
constituted a body corpora'e e under
the name and style of 1.-The Bristol Fe-
male College" and shall be competent
to sue and be sued in any court of Law
or Equity and have succession ninety
nine years to have and to use a COM
mon seal to establish and change any
constitution and bylaws of said cor
pOratiOn not inconsistent with laws of
the State of Tennessee for the purpose
of establishing and carrying on a Fe-
male School in the city of Bristol. Ten
nessee, of high grade, TO purchase and
hold Real and Personal estate to the
value of two hundred thousand dol
lars and may dispose of such estate
in any manner they may think best
calculated to promote the success of
the school. Be it further adjudged and
decreed by said Court that the capital
stock of said company shall not exceed
two hundred thousand dollars: but
when the sum of ten thousand dollars
shall have been subscribed to the cap
ital stock of said company, the said So
ciety shall be authorized to complete
its organization and commence the is
sue of certificates of stock, which shall
be in shares of fifty dollars each, and
proceed to carry out the objects of tie
society by calling a general meeting of
the stock holders by notice given by
the cOrpOratorS who shall, prior there
to have and exercise all the authority
of a board of Regents in relation TO the
business of the society, provided that
majority of the cOrpOrators shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business. At the
first meeting of the stockholders they
shall elect a board of Regents from
their own number who thereafter
shall have the management of the
DuSlucSS Vi Tic SOClelS dCCOTulDS 10
the constitution and bylaws of said
society. They shall have power to
employ an agent or as many as they
may deem necessary for the interest
of the corporation. Degrees and hon
Ors may be conferred by this college
as other incorporated colleges.
And finally, it is adjndged, ordered
and decreed that this charter of incor-
poration shall be in force and take af-
feet from and after the entry of this
decree, and that the clerk shall issue
this decree, or these letters of incOr-
poratiOu or charter to be registered in
the Registers office of the County of
Sullivan, where the same are issued,
and where said Female College is to be
established. and may also issue duly
certified copies of the same to each of
the abOve-named corpOrators if requir-
ed. And it is further adjudged that
the applicants pay the costs ofthis pro-
ceeding, for which execution may is
sue.
I'VE omit certificates of Clerk and
Register