Preamble. Incorporators. Corporate name. Corporate existence and powers. May institute lodges. CHAPTER 338. An act to incorporate the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Harmony. WHEREAS, Certain persons, citizens of North Carolina, have associated themselves together to promote benevolence, morality and industry in said state and the United States The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. John S. Manix, Joseph K. Willis, William B. Boyd, Thomas H. Davis, Samuel R. Ball, H. H. Tooker, John B. Hall, W. H. Bishop, John T. Lincoln and Jesse Quigley, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of "The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Harmony," and by said name and title shall exist for a period of thirty years, and be capable in law of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, and of purchasing, leasing, holding, granting and receiving in its corporate name property, real and personal and mixed, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties and liabilities in such cases made and provided by law. SEC. 2. Such corporators may institute grand and subordinate lodges as it may see fit under such law, rules and regulations as the corporation may enact, not in conflict with the laws of this state or Corporate objects. the United States. The objects of the corporation shall be to unite for mutual benefit all acceptable white persons of every profession, business and occupations; to give all possible moral and material aid in its power to its members and those depending on its members; to promote benevolence and charity by establishing a benefit fund from which on the satisfactory evidence of the death of a member of the corporation who has complied with its lawful requirements a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars shall be paid to the family or as the member may direct; to provide for a fund to be used for the decent burial of deceased members and to ameliorate the condition of humanity in every possible manner. Corporate seal. Annual meetings of supreme lodge. Non-liability of members for corporate debts. Officers. SEC. 3. The said supreme lodge shall have a common seal for the making and delivering of all legal acts and proceedings, the same to alter or break at pleasure. SEC. 4. The said supreme lodge shall hold its annual meetings in the city of Newbern, North Carolina, at such time as it may select. SEC. 5. The private property of members of the corporation shall be exempt from the corporation's debts. SEC. 6. The said supreme lodge shall provide for the election of such officers as it may deem necessary to transact the business of the corporation and to further its objects, who shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified and installed into office. disbursement of SEC. 7. The said supreme lodge shall have power to collect, create, Collection and hold and disburse the funds for the purposes of the corporation as set funds. forth, under such regulations as it may deem necessary to adopt; and said funds shall be exempt from execution and shall under no circum- Exemptions. stances be liable to seizure or appropriation by any legal or equitable process for any debt or debts of its living or deceased members; and said funds shall be exempt from the laws, rules and regulations governing insurance companies in this state as are similar corporations now by law. SEC. 8. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. CHAPTER 339. An act to amend chapter three hundred and sixty, private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That chapter three hundred and sixty of the private laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in lines eight and nine of section one the word "Cumberland." Chapter 360, pri vate laws 1891 SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. armory free from Ratified the 6th day of March, A. D. 1893. CHAPTER 340. An act to incorporate the Vestry of Grace Church in the town of The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That the following-named vestrymen of Grace church, Incorporators. in the town of Weldon, to-wit, A. R. Zollicoffer, T. H. Chavasse, J. E. Shields, P. E. Lynn, W. W. Hall, and such other persons as may be appointed from time to time to succeed them or to fill vacancies in the vestry of said church, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate for thirty years under the corporate name of Corporate name. May hold real and personal estate not exceeding certain amounts. May sell, &c., property. Deeds, how executed. "The Vestry of Grace Church at Weldon," with the power and right to acquire and hold in fee or for a less estate by donations, devise or purchase, real estate not at any one time exceeding in value the sum of ten thousand dollars, and also to acquire by gift, bequest or purchase personal estate not exceeding in value at any one time ten thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That said corporation shall have the power and authority to sell and convey any of its property, real or personal, and also have the right to borrow money, and in order to secure the payment of same may execute mortgages and deeds of trust of any or all of its property. SEC. 3. That all deeds of conveyance of the said real estate shall be made in the name of said corporation, and executed by the junior and senior wardens of said vestry under their hands and seals for Vestry to author- and in behalf of said vestry. But no deed of conveyance or sale, mortgage or deed of trust of any of its property, real or personal, shall be made unless the same shall be authorized by a resolution of said vestry, adopted by a majority thereof and entered upon its proceedings. ize conveyances. Powers of vestry. SEC. 4. That said vestry shall have the right to adopt such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the objects of the charter and to administer the affairs of said church. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporators. Corporate name. ers. CHAPTER 341. An act to incorporate Flat Creek public school near Duia's springs in The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That Thomas M. Dula, James A. Whitehead, William Penland, Robert Garrison and J. H. Roberts, and all other persons who may be associated with them, and their successors, for the purpose of advancing the cause of education among the white race, are hereby constituted a body politic under the name and style of “Flat Creek Robbins School," near Dula's springs. SEC. 2. That the said corporation shall have power to make a constitution and such rules and regulations as its members may deem proper to carry out the purpose of its incorporation; to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any court in the state; to contract, purchase, hold and convey in their corporate capacity property, real and personal, and enjoy all other privileges belonging to such corporations. SEC. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or give away in any manner intoxicating liquors within two miles of said school. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Unlawful to sell, &c., liquor within two miles. CHAPTER 342. An act to incorporate the town of Vaughans in Warren county. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That the town of Vaughans in the county of Warren Incorporated. be and the same is hereby incorporated by the name and style of "The Town of Vaughans," and it shall be subject to all the provisions Corporate name. of law now existing in reference to incorporated towns.. SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of said town be as follows: Begin- Corporate limits. ning at the depot of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad as a center; and running thence four straight lines north, east, south and west respectively, each line five hundred yards long, and the corporate limits of said town be confined within a square included within four lines ruhning at right-angles to said lines and extending each way till they intersect each other respectively. SEC. 3. That the officers of said incorporation shall consist of a Officers. mayor, four commissioners and a constable, and the following-named persons shall fill the offices of mayor and commissioners: For mayor, W. B. Faulcon; commissioners-A. L. Pope, T. C. Williams, C. J. Temporary Tucker and C. B. Vaughan; and that there shall be an election for the above named officers on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. officers. SEC. 4. That there shall be held an election for officers mentioned Election. in this act on the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and each succeeding year thereafter, under the same restrictions that county and state elections are held; and all citi- Electors. zens within said corporation who have resided in the state twelve months and within the corporate limits ninety days previous to the day of election shall be entitled to vote at said election. SEC. 5. That the commissioners of said town shall have the power License to sell to grant any person or persons the privilege to sell malt or spirituous liquor. liquors upon the payment of state, county and town tax, and all laws PRIV-34 By-laws. Taxation. Fines, &c. and clauses of laws in conflict with any part of this act shall be repealed. SEC. 6. That the said commissioners shall have the power to pass all by-laws, rules and regulations for the good government of the town not inconsistent with the laws of the state and United States, and levy and collect a tax on all subjects of state taxation not to exceed one dollar on the poll and thirty-three and one-third cents on the hundred dollars valuation of property, both real and personal, and impose fines and penalties and to collect same. SEC. 7. That this act shall take effect from and after its ratification. Incorporators. Corporate name. Corporate existence and powers. Corporate pow ers. By-laws. Liability of members for losses, &c. CHAPTER 343. An act to incorporate "The Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Association of North Carolina." The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That J. S. C. Carpenter, R. T. Mockbee, W. O. Guy, O. Barber, and all other persons who may become members thereof, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name of "The Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Association of North Carolina," for a period of thirty years, and under that name shall have all the powers, privileges and franchises incident to such corporations under the laws of the state of North Carolina. SEC. 2. That said corporation shall have the right to mutually insure the respective dwelling-houses, barns and other property of its members in the state of North Carolina against loss by fire, wind or lightning, upon such terms and under such conditions as may be fixed by the by-laws of said corporation. It may sue or be sued in any court in this state and may have and use a common seal. SEC. 3. That the said corporation may make by-laws fixing the number of its board of directors and other officers and defining the duties and powers of the directors and officers; also making rules and regulations governing the corporation and the conduct of its business, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and of the state of North Carolina. SEC. 4. That every member of said corporation shall be and is hereby bound to pay his or their portion of all losses and expenses accruing to said corporation. |