The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-04-13


now owned by the American Baptist
Home Mission Society of New York
and occupied by the Nashville Insti.
tute in the County of Davidson in
the State of Tennessee.
(f1ere follows the provisions found
in charter of this kind)
We, the undersigned, apply to the
State of Tennessee, by virtue of the
laws of the land, for a Charter of In
corporation for the purposes and with
the powers, -etc., declared in the fore
going instrument.
This 18th day of February, 1888.
DANIEL w. PHILLIPS.
JOHN M. GREGORY.
JABEZ p. JONES.
WILLIAM P. JONES.
NELSON G. MERRY.
FlANDLE B. VANDEVIIL.
STATE OF TENNESSEE DAVIDSON
COUNTY.
Personally appeared before me c.
w. Eastman, Clerk of County, Court of
said County, the within named: Dan
iel w. Phillips, John M. Gregory, Will
liam P. Jones, Nelson G. Merry an
Randle B. Vandavell, the bargainers
with whom / am personally acquaint.
ed, and who acknowledge that they
executed the within instrument for
the purposes therein contained.
Witness my hand at office this the
18th, day Of February 1888.
G. H. Eastman, Clerk.
STATE OF TENNESSEE DAVIDSON
COUNTY.
Registers Office, February 18th, 1888.
i, Jas. l.. Hogan, Deputy Register
of said County do certify that the
foregoing instrument and certificate
are registered in said office in Book
number 76, Page %, that they were re-
ceived February 18th, 1883 at 1925
o'clock P. M, and were entered in
Note Book 8, Page AZ, d.
JAMES L. HOGAN.
Deputy Register of davidson County.
|, D. A. Mum, Secretary of State
OF Tennessee certify that this Char
ter with certificates attached, the fore
going of which is true Copy, was
this day registered and certified to
by me this February 18th. 1888.
D. A. MUM,
Secratarv of Ctoto
The following is the action of the
Trustee Board in the transfer to the
new Board as found in the minutes of
meeting held at the rooms OF the
Southern Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville, Tennessee, October
&c, 1907.
Motion of A. B. Hill, that the fol.
lowing persons selected by the Exc.
cutive Board of the Baptist Mission.
airy and Educational Convention of
Tennessee be elected to fill the place
OF the present board to take effect
when this action is approved by the
Corresponding Secretary of the Amer.
lean Baptist Home Mission Society
Class retiring in 1910: Win. Haynes
%. M. Lawrence, E. w. D. Isaac, G. H.
Clark, j. l.. Harding. Glass 2: retir.
Ing in 1909: A. NJ. Townsend, G. III.
Bandy, G. B. Taylor, W. S. Ellington
J. R. Evans. Glass 3: retiring in
1908, Peter Vertrees.
The Said Executive Board to select
others to complete the third class in
accordance with the Bylaws as
amended. Carried.
Moved by Hill, that the Treasurer
of this board be authorized and in.
structed to transfer to the Treasurer
OF the New Board when properly elect.
ed, any and all funds remaining in
his hands. Carried.
JNO. D. ANDERSON,
Secretary.
1t must be noted that Mr.. A. B.
Hill is still a member of the Trust
Board of Roger Williams University
and has been continuously. This
show that all the rights Of the Trustee
Board under the American BAPTIST
Home Mission Society was transferred
TO the Trustee. Board elected by the
Missionary and Educational Conven.
ton of Tennessee.
1T will also be noted with interest
that in this transfer there were C. H
Clark, ]. l.. Harding, and G. B. Taylor
1t follows therefore that whatever OF
ignorance was in display, whatever
of fraud was in purpose, whatever OF
legal blunder was made, that these as
well were "particeps Criminis," il
there were any.
Now as to the deeds. It is a fact
that the property on which Roger. Will
liams University now stands was al
first decided to the American Baptist
Home Mission Society, the considera