Santa Fe Masonic be known and styled by the name of Santa Fe Masonic SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, February 17, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 62. AN ACT to change the time of holding the County Court of Knox county, for the trial of misdemeanors, and to change the time of holding the Circuit Court of the county of Jackson, and for other purposes. Knox. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of County Court of the State of Tennessee, That from and after the passage of this act, the terms of the County Court of Knox county, for the trial of misdemeanors, shall be held on the first Monday of April, August and December, instead of the second Monday of February, June and October; and the Judge of said Court, for the trial of misdemeanors, shall have power to order attachments for contempt, to order indictments, ex-officio, to tax prosecutors with costs, to appoint special terms, and generally to exercise all the powers of Circuit Court Judges on the trial of misdemeanors, or in the proceeding incident thereto. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the act passed October 18, 1859, to change the place of holding the Circuit Court Circuit Court of of Obion county, west of Reelfoot Lake, be so amended, Obion county. that it shall take effect from and after the passage of this act. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect in Knox county until after June, 1860. Circuit Court of SEC. 4 Be it further enacted, That the Circuit Court Jackson county. for the county of Jackson shall be holden hereafter on the first Mondays of March, July and November, in each year: Provided, that the next Court in said county, after the present approaching term, shall conform to this act, by being holden on the first Monday in July, 1860, and from that time on as above provided. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. TAZ. W. NEWMAN, Speaker of the Senate. Passed, February 17, 1860. Tennessee Iron vileges. CHAPTER 63. AN ACT to incorporate the Tennessee Iron Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That John Greacen, J. Holmes Agnew, and James Henderson, their associates and successors,be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Tennessee Iron Company, for the purpose of mining stone coal, iron ore, making and rolling iron in all its various branches, and manufacturing all articles made in part or in whole of iron material; and for the purpose of erecting water works to supply the city of Chattanooga with water. That the capital stock of said company shall be thirty thousand dollars; and that the stock shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; that the affairs of said company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, of not less than three nor more than eight, with the power of electing a president and such other officers as may be deemed necessary by the board. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the company hereby created shall enjoy the same powers and privileges and be subject to the same liabilities and restrictions as the East Tennessee Iron and Manufacturing Company, chartered by an act of the Legislature, on the 27th November, 1847, chapter Powers and pri 18, sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, page 47: Provided, The last clause of section 4, chapter 18, of the act of 1847, exempting the property and capital of said company from taxation, shall not apply to the property and capital of the company hereby incorporated; that this charter shall continue for thirty years; that company shall be organized hereby contemplated, on the payment of the capital stock of thirty thousand dollars. Company. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That John O. Robinson, Fred'k. H. Stow and Frederick W. Cammaum, and their successors, associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Tennessee Zinc Company; and by that name shall be known and have succession for thirty years; and shall be competent to sue and be sued, in any court of law or equity, to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to establish and alter any by-laws for the government of said company, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Tennessee, and of the United States, to pur- Tennessee Iron chase, hold, mortgage and dispose of real estate, leases, mines, minerals, contracts and personal property of what kind soever, and manufacture all such implements and utensils as may be necessary for the business of the company to mine, smelt, work, manufacture and vend said. minerals and products thereof; to construct rail, plank or other roads or canals to connect the works of the company with each other, or improvements for transportation now or hereafter to be made within the borders of the State; to create, issue and dispose of such number of shares of the stock of said company at the representative par value thereof, as may be ordered by a vote of said company; to determine the par value of shares, and have the right to pay for such mining rights, and interest in real estate and personal property as it may be deemed necessary to purchase for the operations of the company, in the stock of the corporation or in cash, as the parties interested may elect; and generally to have, enjoy and exercise all rights and privileges incident to corporations. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That the corporations hereby incorporated shall be subject to such general laws as may now exist, or may hereafter be passed, regulating corporations of similar character. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That this act take effect and be in W. C. WHITTHORNE, Passed, February 18, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. 18 CHAPTER 64. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Memphis Theatre and to charter the Theatrical Company of Clarksville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the charter of the Memphis Theatre Company be so amended that the capital stock be increased to one hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That a company to be entitled the "Harrell Theatre Company," shall be, and is hereby established with a capital of twenty thousand dollars, which may be increased to forty thousand dollars; that the stock of said company shall be divided into shares of twenty dollars each, to be subscribed with the commissioners hereinafter named, and paid in as the directors to be elected may call for it: Provided, Said corporation pay a bonus of one-fourth of one per cent. on the capital stock for common school purposes annually. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the subscribers for said stock, their successors and assigns are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Gaiety Theatre Company, and in and by said name they Gaiety Theatre shall have capacity to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, have and use a common seal, shall have authority to elect all necessary officers and to pass and establish all by-laws, rules and regulations for the successful management of the affairs of the company. Company. Commissioners, SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the object and business of said company shall be to erect in the city of Clarksville, an appropriate building for the legitimate drama, and by proper rules and regulations to elevate the character of stage representations, and said company are authorized to purchase and hold by their corporate name, a suitable lot for such a building in the city of Clarksville. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That W. A. Quarles, R. W. Johnson, C. G. Smith, W. E. Dortch, C. O. Faxon, G. C. Breed, G. A. Harrell, J. E. Wilcox and Joseph Tanner, are hereby appointed commissioners to open books for the subscription of stock, and they or a majority of them are authorized to keep the same open until twenty-five hundred dollars or a sufficient amount is taken, and said commissioners shall give ten days' notice that an election will be holden for the purpose of electing a board of five directors, to whom shall be entrusted the management of the affairs of said company; they shall elect a president of the board and fill the vacancies in he same. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the election of the Board of Directors, and such other officers as may be necessary, shall be holden annually at such time and place as the stockholders may direct, and the old board may hold over till a new one is elected. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That each and every stockholder shall be liable for the full amount subscribed by him, but a payment in full of said subscription to the authorized agent of the company, shall be a discharge from further liability. SEO. 8. Be it further enacted, That the stock may be transferred by assignment, and the original subscriber and assignee shall be bound till the subscription be paid in full, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock owned, which may be given in elections, in person or by proxy. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect. from and after its passage. W. C. WHITTHORNE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed, February 19, 1860. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 65. AN ACT to incorporate the Montvale Springs Company, and to incorporate the Crystal SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That Sterling Lanier, Sidney C. Lanier, William B. Lanier, Abram P. Watt, with their associates, and such other persons as may be hereafter interested as stockholders by subscription to the capital stock of said company, or by assignment, are hereby declared to be MontvaleSprings a body corporate by the name of "The Montvale Springs Company. Company;" and by that name shall be authorized to receive and hold title to the real estate and all the improvements thereon known as the Montvale Springs property, situate in the county of Blount, and such other land as said Company may deem proper for their hotel, mineral springs and farming business; and to hold such hotel and other funiture, servants, and other personal property and effects as they may deem proper for the use aforesaid; and the same from time to time to sell, exchange, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of as they see fit. And by the name |