Acts of the State of Tennessee Passed at the General Assembly (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Arnett, S. S: Mathews, Thomas F. Mosely, Clinton A.- Hunt and Jnhn Handley or a majority of them, be and they are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, to superintend and manage all the affairs of said.company, until it shall be fully organized, by the election of a board of directors, as prescribed by the charter of the Nashville aud Chattanooga Railroad Company. .. LANDON C.' HAYNES. Sneaker of the House of Rrpi csentatives. JOHN F. HENRY, ' Spealcei of the Senate. Passed February 9, 1850. CHAPTER LVII. An Act to incorporate Farmera' Academy, in Wilson county, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That there be established in the ., ' valley of Three Forks, in the county of Wilson, an institution of learning, having a corporate existence under the name and style of the Fanners' Academy. Sec. 2. That said institution shall be governed by in Catio n'ne trustees, who, as well as their successors, shall constitute a body politic and corporate, a majority of whom shall form a quorum for the transaction of business: the first board shall consist of H. Ragland, J. A. Clark, Doke Young, W. T. Cartwright, N. G. Alexander, Henry Bass, James Young, W. T. Waters and Ashley Neal: all vacancies that may occur in their body shall be filled by the board and entered upon the minutes: they may elect from their own body a president, secretary and treasurer. Sec. 3. That the trustees be and they are hereby au thorized to open books for the subscription of stock in shares of five dollars, to build said institution, and to raise a library fund. Sec. 4. That said board shall have power to employ . aIj necessary teachers and lecturers, fix the rate of tui- tion, prescribe the course of study, make all ...