Corporate pow ers. Place of business. capable in their corporate name to receive, purchase and hold such property, real and personal, as they may deem necessary; to sue and be sued, to have a common seal, to contract and be contracted with; to elect such officers as they may think proper; to choose from their number or otherwise a board of directors or managers, to consist of such number as may be deemed advisable; to make by-laws and regulations, consistent with the laws of the state, for the government and for the due and orderly conducting of their affairs and the carrying out the intent and object of the corporation. SEC. 2. That the principal place of business of said corporation shall Corporate objects. be in Buncombe county, North Carolina, and its object shall be to receive, maintain and care for such women as under the regulations of said corporation may be deemed practicable and expedient, and to impart to them such mental, moral and industrial education and training as may fit them for usefulness in life. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 313, private laws 1891, amended. CHAPTER 219. An act to amend chapter three hundred and thirteen, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, in relation to the Southern Woman's Christian Temperance Union Assembly. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That chapter three hundred and thirteen, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, be amended by Name changed. striking out the words 'the Southern Woman's Christian Temperance Union Assembly" whenever the same occur in said chapter and inserting in lieu thereof the words "The Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Method, Waynesville, North Carolina." Nannie A. Munnell an incorpo rator. Corporate objects. SEC. 2. That section one of said chapter be amended by striking out the word "Murrell" in line five of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Munnell." SEC. 3. That section four of said chapter be amended by striking out the word "scientific" in line three of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "educational." SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 220. An act to incorporate the town of Aberdeen, in Moore county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the town of Aberdeen in Moore county be and Incorporated. is hereby incorporated under the name and style of "The Town of Corporate name. Aberdeen," and that it shall have the benefit of and be subject to all the provisions of the law now existing in reference to incorporated towns not inconsistent with this act. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Corporate limits. Beginning at a point on the Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Railroad, one-half mile southwest of the railroad depot in Aberdeen, and runs thence south sixty degrees east forty chains, thence north thirty degrees east eighty chains, thence north sixty degrees west eighty chains, thence south thirty degrees west eighty chains, thence south sixty degrees east forty chains to the first-named point on the railroad. SEC. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and Officers. five commissioners and a town constable, and that the said mayor and commissioners shall be elected annually on the first Monday in Election. May by the qualified voters of said town, and that the followingnamed persons shall be mayor and commissioners of said town until the first Monday in May next: Mayor, Robert N. Page; commission- Temporary officers. -John Blue, Henry A. Page, I. A. Ordway, N. A. McKeither and ers S. D. McLeod; constable, D. J. McPherson. SEC. 4. That the said commissioners shall have power to pass all By-laws and to levy and collect a tax on all subjects of state taxation not to Taxation. SEC. 5. That all fines collected for the violation of any town ordinance shall go into the town treasury for the benefit of the town. SEC. 6. That the mayor shall have power to sentence any person guilty of any misdemeanor or violation of any rule, regulation or town ordinance, and, on conviction, to impose a fine and penalty not to exceed fifty dollars; and any person refusing to pay such fine or penalty shall be sentenced to work on the streets in the town at a rate per diem to be fixed by the council until such unpaid fine shall have been paid. SEC. 7. That no ordinance shall be valid or of force until it shall have been publicly posted in three or more public places in said town for ten days. SEC. 8. That this act shall be in full force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893. Fines. Fines payable into town treasury.. Criminal jurisdiction of mayor. Work on streets by offenders, &c. When ordinances to take effect. Incorporators. CHAPTER 221. An act to incorporate Vestibule Church (colored) in Cleveland county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That Peter Forney, Caleb Roberts, Washington McLain, Tollover Webber and Gus Webber, and their successors in office, shall be and are hereby declared a body politic and corporate in deed and Corporate name. in law by the name and style of "The Trustees of Vestibule Church (colored)" in the county of Cleveland; and said corporation shall have power to purchase and hold real estate and to acquire the same by gift or otherwise; shall have perpetual succession, and sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of this state having competent jurisdiction; and may have and use a common seal, and have power to elect such officers as they may deem necessary. Corporate pow ers. Term of office of trustees. Vacancies. Proviso. Unlawful to sell, &c., spirituous liquors within one mile. Misdemeanor. Certain offences a misdemeanor. Penalty. Certain offences a misdemeanor. Penalty. SEC. 2. The term of office of the above trustees and of their successors shall be while they hold themselves as members in good standing in Vestibule Church (colored), and will act as a live, energetic officer; but should a vacancy be caused by neglect of either of the above requisites, or by death, or by any other cause, then such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the remaining trustees selecting a suitable person or persons for the same: Provided, their number shall never be less than three nor greater than seven. SEC. 3. That it shall not be lawful for any person to sell, give away, or in any way dispose of, unless for medicinal purposes, spirituous liquors at or within one mile of Vestibule Church (colored), and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for each offence be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 4. That it shall be a misdemeanor for any one to exhibit himself staggering drunk, or use loud and boisterous language, or use profane and indecent language, or to quarrel in an angry manner in hearing of those who may be assembled within the limits of this corporation, at any time, for social, religious, political or educational advancement, and for every such offence, on conviction, the offender shall be fined ten dollars. SEC. 5. That it shall be a misdemeanor for any one while a congregation is assembled at the church for any social, religious, political or educational purposes, or while any such congregation is breaking and leaving, to fire any gun or pistol, to throw anything by which any one might be hurt, to cut loose any animal, or commit any damage to any article of personal property; and for every such offence, on conviction, the offender shall be fined ten dollars. SEC. 6. That the Trustees of Vestibule Church (colored), and their Regulation of sales by trustees. successors in office shall regulate, control or prohibit the sale of all articles of merchandise or produce within the limits which they may deem judicious; and any person violating this section, upon convic- Penalty. tion, shall be fined two dollars for each and every offence: Provided Proviso. however, that the trustees shall not lay off a limit greater than one half mile from the church. SEC. 7. That the special police shall have power to keep the peace Powers of special police. and carry out all the provisions of this act during the assemblage of the people, which shall be considered as from the arriving of the first to the leaving of the last person. SEC. 8. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 222. An act to incorporate the town of Grimesland in Pitt county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That the town of Grimesland in the county of Pitt be Incorporated. and the same is hereby incorporated by the name and style of "The Corporate name. Town of Grimesland," and shall be subject to all the provisions of chapter sixty-two, volume two of The Code. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town shall be as follows: Corporate limits. Beginning at a red-oak on the Greenville road near W. H. Manning's house; thence nine hundred and twenty-five yards to a pine near residence of Harry Evins; thence four hundred yards to a large walnut tree south of and near residence of J. and H. O. Campbell; thence seven hundred yards to a pine near the residence of David Forbes on road leading from Grimesland to Washington; thence eight hundred yards to a small red-oak on east side of road leading to Boyd's ferry; thence twelve hundred yards to the beginning. SEC. 3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor, three Officers. commissioners, a treasurer and one constable, and the following named persons shall fill said offices until the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, or until their successors are efec cers. ted and qualified, namely: C. M. Jones, mayor; W. E. Proctor, W. H. Temporary offiMarslender and Thaddeus Moore, commissioners; J. O. Proctor, treasurer, and C. E. Boyd, constable. SEC. 4. That there shall be an election for officers mentioned in this Election. act on the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, Duty of officers} to qualify. Bonds. and annually thereafter, as is required by the general laws regulating elections in cities and towns in North Carolina. SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the persons appointed to office by this act to meet and take the oath prescribed by law for such offices before some justice of the peace of said county, or other person qualified to administer an oath, within thirty days from the passage of this act, and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties; and the treasurer and constable before entering into their offices shall be required to execute a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars each, to be approved by the board of commissioners; and that after said first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the said treasurer and constable shall give bond in any amount fixed by the board of commissioners, not exceeding one thousand dollars each. SEC. 6. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporators. Corporate name. ers. Corporate objects. CHAPTER 223. An act to incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of Raleigh, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That C. M. Busbee, Joseph G. Brown, Richard H. Lewis, N. B. Broughton, E. McK. Goodwin, T. H. Briggs, George S. Terrell, C. P. Wharton, H. B. Battle, John T. Pullen, W. J. Young, C. G. Latta, W. S. Primrose, Julius Lewis and T. C. Williams, and such other persons, whether adults or minors, as are now or may hereafter be associated with them, are hereby created a body corporate under the name and style of "The Young Men's Christian Association of Raleigh, North Carolina," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, adopt a constitution and by-laws, elect such officers as may be deemed necessary, take and acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise, and hold and convey real and personal estate as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of such corporation, and in general have all the rights and powers incident to corporations of like character. SEC. 2. That the objects and purposes of said corporation shall be the promotion of religion, morality, education and charity among the residents of said city of Raleigh. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. |