Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-04-19
Laws of the State of Mississippi.
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PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.

An ACT
To Incorporate "Thc Macon Graded and
High School White.
SECTION /, BE it enacted by the Lcgis.
laturc of the State oi Mississippi. That Tho,
j. Patty, Chas. Hardin, Ben }. Alien, Jacob
lioiberg and all other associates with them.
and their successors in Office. be and they
are hereby created Il body polite and cor
pOratc by the name and style of"rlic Board
of Trustees Of the Macon Graded and High
school = located at Macon, Mississippi, NoX-
uhrc County, and that they by this name.
may sue and be sued, plead and be implcad-
ed in all causes and suits whatever, either
IN law Orcquity in the State, they may have
Il common seal. they may acquire, own. sell
and transferred estate and personal proper
ty in any manncrthey may thinkhcst for pro-
motion of the interest of said school. they
shall have power to frame and adopt such
rules and regulations for their government
and the government. control aud discipline
of the school as they from time to time deem
proper, provided. no rule be adopted incun-
sistrnt with the Constitution and Laws OF
the United States orthc state Of Mississippi,
SEC, !. That no provision of the Charter
herein granted to The Macon Graded and
High school" shall be construed TO affect,
change or in any way conflict with the rrla-
tons established by the Public School Law
of Mississippi, between the Board %, Trus-
tees and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
in separate school Districts.
SEC. 3. That said Board Of Trustees shall
have power To adopt or modify on recon-
mendation of the Faculty of said school and
to enforce such course OF study not inCnnsi>-
tent with the requirements of the ommOn
school law, as they deem best, they shall
have power to create and put in operation
any department of culture or training. ply
steal. mental or aesthetic that they may de-
tcrmine upon.
SEC. !. That said Board Of Trustees shall
have poweru under this charter. and are here
hy authorized to grant such certificates and
diplomas. and cBnfc., or cause to he confer
red. such degrees as they may determine,
Provided. They shall grant no certificates
or diplomas to nor confer or cause to he con-
tered any degrees upon any pupil whose at
taiumcnt in scholarship, habits of stddy
and morals. integrity shall not have been
duly attcstcd 10y written recommendation
of The Faculty of said school stating that
such pupil mas completed satisfactorily the
prescribed course of study and such other
requirements as the Board may have cstab-
lishcd.
SEC. =. That il shall be unlawful on aud
after January ., 1871 for any person TO sell,
barter. exchange or in any manner dispose
of any ,inouS, malt or spirituous liquors in
any quantity whatsoever, within the limits
of five miles of the school building of said
Macon Graded and High School and any
person or persons violating this law. shall
on conviction thereof he fined not less than
Fifiy. nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
| or he imprisoned in the county Jail forThir-
ty days at the discretion OF the court. Pro-
| vided. This act shall not he construed to
prohibit the sale of vinous. malt nd spirit
iious liquors for medical, scientific and sac
ramental purposes.
Approved Fcb'y II, 1880.
true copy Of the original now on file IN
this office. q. NJ. GONAN,
Secretary Of state.