opinion, to build the road, they shall call a meeting of the stockholders, who shall elect five of their number directors, one of whom shall be president of the board; and they shall be known and designated as the president and directors of the Union Turnpike Company-shall be a body corporate and politic for ninety-nine years, enjoying all the immunities and privileges and be subject to all the liabilities usually granted to and imposed upon such corporations. SEO. 4. Be it further enacted, That the president thus chosen shall locate the road, and cause the same to be well and thoroughly graded, with sufficient ditches and culverts to drain the road. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors may elect a secretary and treasurer, and be governed by all the provisions of the charter incorporating the Eagleville and Salem Turnpike Company so far as they may be applicable, and may erect one toll-gate on the road, and receive the same rates of toll as are received by the Eagleville and Salem Turnpike Company. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the charter of the Elkton & Chapel Eagleville and Chapel Hill Turnpike Company be so amendHill Turnpike ed as to enable the Company to extend their road to Belfast under the same rules and regulations of the original charter. Company. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the charter of the Murfreesboro' and Wilkerson's Cross Roads Turnpike be so amended as to authorize the company to extend their road so as to effect a junction with the Union Turnpike Company under the provisions of the charter, and may erect one toll gate on said extension. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the charter of the Eagleville and Chapel Hill Turnpike Company be so amended as to authorize the company to extend their road so as to effect a junction with the Union Turnpike Company, under the provisions of the charter, and may erect one tollgate on said extension. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. L. STOVALL, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, February 13, 1860. CHAPTER 53. AN ACT to be entitled An Act to provide for the increase of the State Library, and for the payment of its contingent expenses. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That for the purpose of carrying Appropriation to out the objects of this act, which is the increase of the thestate Library. State Library, there shall be annually appropriated out of the Treasury of the State, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. The duty of carrying on the exchange of books and documents with the governments of the States and Territories of the Union and of foreign countries, and with societies and institutions, now performed by the Secretary Exchanges. of State, is hereby transferred to the Librarian, who may, from time to time, procure from said governments, societies, and institutions, their documents, laws, judicial decisions and publications, by exchanging those of this State for the same. Additional copies SEC. 3. To enable the Librarian to make these exchanges, in addition to the number of copies of the laws, public documents and decisions ordered by the Legisla- of Public Docuture to be printed for home distribution, one hundred ments, dc. copies shall be printed for the Library, and delivered to the Librarian. Salary of Libra SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the salary of the Librarian hereafter shall be eight hundred dollars per annum, rian. to be paid quarterly out of the State Treasury, upon the warrant of the Comptroller. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the Senate. Passed, February 14, 1860. CHAPTER 54. AN ACT to amend the Road Law of the county of Sullivan. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That whereas, the people of the county of Sullivan have voted a tax upon themselves for the T purpose of keeping up the public roads, that the amount of road tax collected from each civil district be used in the district where levied and collected. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That at the expiration of each contractor's term, if there should be a surplus of road tax, it shall be added to the school fund of said district, to be used as other school money. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Passed, February 15, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 55. AN ACT to be entitled An Act to incorporate the Jenning's Fork Turnpike Company; to revive the charter of the Fayetteville, Boonshill and Pulaski Turnpike. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That James S. Harris, W. P. Hearn, Wm. Carter, Purcell Hearn, Thomas Turner, Milby P. Hearn, or any three of them, be appointed commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions of stock for the purpose of building a turnpike road commencing at Tucker's Cross Roads, on the Lebanon and Trousdale Ferry Turnpike, in Wilson county, running thence to Zion meeting-house, thence the most practicable route to intersect the Lebanon and Sparta Turnpike Road, between the third and fourth mile posts from Lebanon, near Lindsley's; said commissioners shall meet at such times and places as they may think best, and open books and receive subscriptions of stock to be paid either in money or work on said road; and all the Jenning's Fork above named persons, or so many of them as shall aid in the construction of said road, or any three of them, shall be commissioners to locate said road, and shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Jenning's Fork Turnpike Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a common seal, and succession for ninetynine years. Turnpike Co. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be twelve thousand dollars, or any sum greater or less, necessary to complete said road, to be divided in sums of twenty-five dollars each; and when the sum of five thousand dollars is subscribed either in cash or work to be done on said road, a meeting of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place as said commissioners or a majority of them may designate, all of such stockholders having notice of the time and place of said meeting. And when assembled, a majority of the stock being represented, they shall proceed to elect five directors, being stockholders, whose duty it shall be to manage the affairs of said company; said directors shall elect one of their own body president of the board; and the president and directors thus chosen shall have power to elect a secretary and treasurer separately, or they may elect some one person to perform the duties of both secretary and treasurer. They shall have power to pass by-laws for the government of said company, to put the said road under contract, take bonds from contractors, and to do any and all things necessary to complete said road and keep the same in repair coming within the legitimate scope of the powers herein granted. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted That the directors and officers so elected shall hold their offices for two years from the time of their election, and until their successors be elected and appointed. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said president and directors to hold an election once in every two years to elect a board of directors for said company, and to give the stockholders twenty days' notice of the time and place of holding said election, either in person, or by notice in a public newspaper. In all elections of directors, each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors of said road, or the commissioners aforesaid, shall locate and lay off said road with a view to the interest of the public and also of the stockholders. SEC. 6 Be it further enacted, That said road shall be opened thirty feet wide, graded eighteen feet, and shall be McAdamized with rock or creek gravel, the first coat to be at least twelve feet wide and six inches thick, and the second to be seven feet wide and six inches thick, with ditches on each side sufficient to drain the road; said road shall be graded to within five degrees of a level; said company shall build all such bridges, culverts, and all other drains as shall be necessary. When said road is thus made, said company shall be allowed the same rate of toll at their gate to be erected thereon as that allowed by the charter of the Lebanon and Nashville Turnpike Company; said company shall be authorized to erect one toll-gate on said road. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors may, from time to time, require of the stockhold ers to pay such portions of their stock as they shall deem necessary in order to facilitate the completion of said road. And said directors after their election may continue to receive subscriptions of stock, either in money or in work, in such proportions as they shall deem best. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That said company shall be allowed the term of five years from the time of election of the first board of directors to finish said road. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That the stock in said road shall be transferable. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That A. W. Cox, T. H. Knight, A. T. Strand, W. A. Witty, Jas. Ewing, Jas. B. Martin, J. T. Simpson, Wm. Byrn and Dr. Bilbo, or amy three of them, be appointed commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions of stock for the purpose of building a turnpike road, commencing in the Cainsville and Statesville Turnpike Road, or near the Baptist meeting house west of and Statesville, in Wilson county, running thence across the Milton Turnpike ridge at the place known as the Solomon George Gap, and Statesville Company. intersecting the Liberty and Murfreesboro' Turnpike Road at such point as the commissioners may designate. Said commissioners shall meet at such times and places as they may think best, and open books and receive subscriptions of stock. All of said persons, or as many of them as shall aid in the construction of said road, or any three of them, shall be commissioners to locate said road, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Statesville and Milton Turnpike Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a common seal, and succession for ninetynine years. SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be fifteen thousand dollars, or any sum greater or less, necessary to complete said road, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars; when the sum of five thousand dollars of stock is subscribed, a meeting of the stockholders shall be held at such times and places as said commissioners or a majority of them may designate, all of the stockholders having notice of the time and place of said meeting; and when assembled, a majority of the stock being represented, they shall proceed to elect five directors, being stockholders, whose duty it shall be to manage the affairs of said company; said directors shall elect one of their own body president of the Board, and the president and directors thus chosen shall have power to elect some one person to perform the duties of both secretary and treasurer. They shall have power to pass by-laws for the government of said company, to put said road under con |