The age-herald., 1900-03-01

son of said alleged meeting of September 22,
 1899, not being appointed and held in conn
 pliance with the statute and as required by
 tte laws of the state and the custom and
 ordinances of your orator, as herefnbelore stated, many of the members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, and all of the members of the advisory com m.ttee of the Society of the Alumni were absent from said alleged meeting. And orator further ayers that, in consequence of such unauthorized, unlawful and irregu- lar mode of calling said meeting, your ora ter was deprived of the benefit of the con- sultation, the conference and the wisdom of its full Board of Trustees and of the ad- yisory committc of the Society of the
 Alumni to which 1t was rghtfully and by law entitled wherefore said alleged special met ting was illegal and void, and all acts done or attempted to be done, and all reso- lutions adopted or attempted to be adopted,
 were null, void and unauthorized, and of no force and effect.
 F. Your orascc further ayers that at said
 alleged meeting held tA September p, 1899,
 there were present only the governor of Alabama, as president ofiicio of the said Board of Trustees and five appointed mem lers of said Board of Trustees; that at said
 alleged meeting when so small number
 of the memb.i of the Beard of Trustees wero pro sent, there adopted the reso- lution attempting to authorize the sale of 4,4S0 acres Of orators lands, as follows: "3, 440 (acres), moro or Tess, of land Of (the) University. in township 15, range 6; town, ship Is, range 6, and township 16, range '; and township 15, range z; and also 1,040 acres, more or less, in township IS, ranges and 6, and township 19 range g." and at tempting to confer upon the said governor of Alabama the power to execute a deed conveying 4.4S0 acres of orators lands, which said resolution is set forth in said "exhibit B." hereto attached: and that it is ut,Jp alu.b boritty If tbte resolution a r. tempted to be adopted at said alleged spec ial meeting of September P, 1889, which was called and held contrary to law and was irregular and void, and no other, that the pretended deed, copy of which is hereto attached marked "cxhibit A. attempting to convey to tine sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company the lands above specifically described was executed Your orator ayers that, at the time of the adoption of tho sad resolution and of the execution of said pretended deed, your orator owned and held by the same right and title as it held the said lands above specifically described largely more than ln.rty-foar hundred and forty (3,440) acres of land in said township 15, range 6; township 16, range 6. and town ship IS, range !, and township 15, range '; and largely more than ton hundred and for ty d,040 acres in township IS, ranges and 6. ard township l9 ranso, D. and that the said resolution, by reason of its uncertainty of description of tine lands which consti- ute its subject matter, arising from the failure to specify the particular lands in- tended to be sold, was void and of no ef- feet, and did not sell or authorize the sale of the lands descrhed and included in the protended deed to the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, and did not confer upon the governor of the state. ex officio pres- ident of the Board of Trustees, the power : right or authority 10 execute to the Soss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company said pre- tended deed.
 13 Your orator further ayers that under the ordinance of the board of trustees of the | University of Alabama 'To carry into ef- feet the act of the general assembly to | provide for the sale of lands selected under 1 and by virtue of the at of congress, ap- | proved April 23, 1884, entitled an act to in- l crease tine endowment eff the University of | Alabama from the public lands in said state | and for tlle application Of all monies arising | from such sales approved February 5. | lSS5, which ordinance was adopted by said | board of trustees of your orator on June IS, | 1885, and copy of wh!ch is hereto attached. | marked Exhibit F. and prayed to be | taken as part of this bill the same as if | herein fully set forth, it Is provided that | 'all deeds for the sale of lands shall be | drawn by said land commissioner. be ap- ! proved by the committee on the University land grand (and when such approval is duly | certified to the governor of the state as i --------~-~------->-~>
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