Corporators. Corporate name. Perpetual succession. Trustees. Constitution and by laws. President may Number of trustees. How elected. female education, not only in the city of Charlotte, but also in the city of Statesville, county of Iredell, and at such other place or places in western North Carolina as the board of trustees hereinafter enumerated, or their successors in office, may deter. mine; therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That J. B. Shearer, A. T. Graham, J. H. Hill, J. Rumple, J. M. Rose, Jr., W. G. F. Harper, P. B. Fetzer, J. R. Howerton, J. W. Stagg, A. G. Brenizer, W. S. Alexander, John R. Irwin, Frank Robinson and A. C. Miller, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of The Presbyterian Female College, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, may sue and be sued, and may purchase, take, receive and hold any real or personal property whatever, and may sell, transfer, lease, mortgage and convey any such property. That the corporators in this section named shall constitute the board of trustees of the said Presbyterian Female College, and shall hold their office for a term of two years, or until their successors are elected, as herein before provided for. Sec. 2. That the trustees of The Presbyterian Female College are authorized to make a constitution and by-laws for the government of such schools or collges as they may control, generally to do and perform any and all acts necessary for this [their] proper conduct and management. They shall have the right to elect a president for each school or college, and such professors, tutors and officers as they may deem proper. They shall elect one of their number president of the board of trustees, and may appoint a treasurer, secretary and such other officers and servants as may be deemed expedient, and said trustees may prescribe the mode of election of said officers, with terms thereof, and may make by-laws for regulating the duties of said trustees and of all officers appointed by them. That six trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. 3. That the trustees of The Presbyterian Female College shall not exceed twenty-five nor be less than ten in number, and shall be elected, one-half each by the Presbyteries of Mecklenburg and Concord respectively. That at the first meeting of the said Presbyteries after the acceptance of this charter, the number of trustees shall be fixed by the said presbyteries, subject to change within the above limits. That, in the event other presbyteries in the state of North Carolina should be admitted to participate in the management of the said The Presbyterian Female College, they shall have the right so to do and may elect such number of trustees as may be agreed upon by Mecklenburg and Concord Presbyteries, and when such trustees are elected they shall have the right to participate in the management of the affairs of the said corporation. That the said trustees so elected by the said presbyteries shall hold their office for such term or terms as the respective presbyteries may fix, or until Term of office. their sucessors in office are appointed. Sec. 4. That the president and professors of any school or Power to confer college conducted by The Presbyterian Female College, shall be degrees. the faculty thereof, and, with the advice and consent of the trustees, shall have the power to confer such degrees and marks of literary distinction as are usually conferred in colleges and universities in the United States.. amount of prop erty that can be held. Sec. 5. That the real property of the said corporation shall Maximum not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), and that the personal property thereof shall not exceed in value the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), and that all the real and personal property of the said corporation shall be exempt from taxation. Sec. 6. That the trustees of The Presbyterian Female College be and they are hereby authorized to change the name of said college and the title name of the body politic hereby created, and in case of such change of name, the new body politic and corporate shall succeed to all the rights, powers, property, privileges and advantages conferred by this act upon The Presbyterian Female College. Trustees authorized to change name of college. ers. Sec. 7. That The Presbyterian Female College, the body poli- Corporate pow tic created by this act, shall succeed to all the rights, powers, property, whether real or personal, privileges, advantages and franchises vested in The Presbyterian Female College, the corporation created under the general laws of this state, formed by filing articles before the clerk of the superior court of Mecklenburg county, as in the preamble of this act, herein before set forth, in as full and as ample a manner as if such rights, powers, property, real and personal, privileges, advantages and franchises had been originally vested in the corporation authorized under this act. tofore entered into between Sec. 8. That the agreement heretofore entered into by and Agreement herebetween the presbyteries of Mecklenburg and Concord, in regard to their co-operation and the management of the schools or presbyteries. colleges provided for in this act, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be a part of the fundamental law governing the conduct of the said corporation, and the same shall be incorporated in the by-laws governing it; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the said Presbyteries from making any change in the said plan of co-operation. Sec. 9. That the said corporation is hereby authorized to carry Location of institutions. on and conduct female education, not only in the city of Charlotte, but also in the city of Statesville, county of Iredell, and at such other place or places in Western North Carolina as its board of trustees or their successors in office may determine, and to this end, they are hereby authorized and empowered to establish such schools or colleges as they may deem best for the interests of the corporation, and, generally, to do and perform any and all acts necessary to be done in the prosecution of the business contemplated by this act of incorporation. Sec. 10. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 28th day of February, A. D. 1899. Section 1, chapter 159, laws of 1887, amended. Corporate limits altered. CHAPTER 167. An act to amend the acts of the general assembly incorporating the town of Southern Pines. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That section one of chapter one hundred and fiftynine, act of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended by adding after the word "towns," in the fourth line, "except as hereinafter provided." Sec. 2. That section two of said chapter, as amended in eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-five, be amended by striking out all of said section after the word "beginning," in second line of said section, and adding: "Beginning at a point at the intersection of the old Morganton road and the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad, thence running as the said old Morganton road north sixty-five degrees twenty-nine minutes thirty seconds west (one thousand and seven feet) to a point on the west side of Bennett street; thence north forty-seven degrees fifty-seven minutes east (forty-one and six-tenths feet) to the corner of the said Bennett street and the avenue leading to the Southern Pines Cemetery; thence running with the line of said avenue north sixty-two degrees twenty-five minutes west (one thousand four hundred and thirty-one and eight-tenths feet); thence south eleven degrees four minutes thirty seconds west (three hundred and ninety-three and threetenths feet) to the southeast corner of Southern Pines Cemetery; thence along the southerly side of said cemetery south eighty-nine degrees nine minutes twenty seconds west (two hundred and thirty-one and six-tenths feet) to the southwest corner of said cemetery; thence north fifty-nine degrees forty-one minutes forty seconds west (one thousand one hundred and forty and four-tenths feet) to the southwest corner of Morris' vineyard, the same being the southeast corner of Tarbell's vineyard; thence north sixteen degrees fifty-six minutes twenty seconds west (three thousand five hundred and three and four-tenths feet) along the easterly line of the Rogers tract; thence north fifteen degrees twenty-eight minutes fifty seconds east (eight hundred and fifty-nine feet); thence south eighty-seven degrees thirty-four minutes east (one thousand one hundred and fifty feet); thence north fifty-one degrees seventeen minutes forty seconds east (two thousand four hundred and ninety-five and five-tenths feet) to a point on the easterly side of the Pee Dee road; thence as the Pee Dee south Corporate limits. three degrees six minutes fifty seconds west (five hundred and fifty-six and eight-tenths feet); thence south nine degrees fifty-one minutes thirty seconds east (three hundred and seventythree and eight-tenths feet); thence south fifteen degrees thirty-three minutes ten seconds (two hundred and fifty-three and eight-tenths feet); thence south one degree thirty-eight minutes twenty seconds west (eight hundred feet); thence south six degrees twenty-four minutes thirty seconds west (eight hundred and eighty-three and two-tenths feet) to the intersection of the Pee Dee road and the easterly side of Illinois avenue; thence as the easterly side of Illinois avenue south thirty-six degrees forty-nine minutes fifty seconds east (one thousand two hundred and twenty-three and two-tenths feet) to the intersection of the said easterly side of Illinois avenue and northerly side of Hale street; thence as the northerly side of Hale street north fifty-five degrees ten minutes ten seconds east (one thousand nine hundred and fifty and seven-tenths feet) to the centre of McDeed's creek; thence as the centre of McDeed's creek (as shown on a plan entitled "Map showing boundaries of the town of Southern Pines, Moore county, N. C.", made by H. O. Parker, civil engineer of said Southern Pines), to the intersection of said McDeed's creek and the Yadkin road; thence with the Yadkin road the following courses to the Manly line south sixty-one degrees forty-nine minutes twenty seconds east (two hundred and fortyfive feet); thence south sixty-nine degrees seventeen minutes twenty seconds east (six hundred and twenty-one and eight-tenths feet); thence south forty-four degrees three minutes twenty seconds east (three hundred and seventy-eight and two-tenths feet); thence south seventy-seven degrees forty-eight minutes twenty seconds east (six hundred and seventy-four and eight tenths feet); thence south sixty-one degrees fifty-eight minutes forty seconds east (three hundred and seventy-eight and five-tenths feet) to the Manly line; thence as the Manly line south (two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight and four-tenths feet) to the southwest corner of Manly; thence south thirty-four degrees eight minutes twenty seconds east (two thousand six hundred and thirty-three and one-tenth feet) to the line of an old hedge row; thence as the line of the said old hedge row south fifty-five degrees fifty-one minutes forty seconds west (six thousand one hundred and fifty-one feet) to the old Morganton road; thence as the said old Morganton road north seventy-eight degrees twenty minutes thirty seconds west (nine hundred and thirtyfour and one-tenth feet); thence north seventy degrees fifty-five minutes twenty seconds west (seven hundred and forty-three and seven-tenths feet; thence south seventy-three degrees four minutes ten seconds west (one hundred and thirty-two and threetenths feet); thence north seventy-three degrees thirty-eight minutes ten seconds west (four hundred and sixteen and four-tenths feet); thence north sixty-five degrees twenty-nine minutes thirty Sections 3, 4 and 5 seconds west (six hundred and seventy-six and seven-tenths stricken out. feet) to the point of beginning. Officers of town Election, when held. Appointment of registrar and judges. When registra tion books shall be kept open. Sec. 3. That sections three, four and five of said act be stricken out, and add the following section, viz.: Sec. 4. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners, to be elected by the qualified voters of said town annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May. Sec. 5. Said election of said mayor and five commissioners shall be held at a place to be designated by the town commissioners in said town, and no person shall be entitled to vote at said election or at any election in said town for municipal purposes unless he shall be an elector of the state of North Carolina and shall have resided ninety days next preceding the day of election within the said corporation. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of said commissioners of said town, on the second Monday in March in each year to appoint a registrar and three judges of election, who shall be qualified voters of said town, and who shall, within ten days after, be notified of their appointment by the clerk of said town. The registrar so appointed shall immediately make publication at the postoffice and three other public places in said town, of his appointment as such. He shall be furnished with a registration book for said town by the commissioners of said town, and it shall be his duty to revise the existing registration book in said town in such a manner that the said book shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered and still residing in said town without requiring such electors to register anew. He shall also between the hours of sunrise and sunset on each day (Sundays excepted), for thirty days preceding such election, keep open said book for the registration of any elector residing in said town entitled to register whose name has never before been reg |