Incorporators. CHAPTER 355. An act to incorporate Marble Spring Lodge, number [439], A., F. and The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That G. A. Kincade, A. B. Smith, D. S. Pruitt, J. A. Kinsey, Z. T. Barton, A. C. Barton, and J. L. Bettis, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic under Corporate name. the name and style of "Marble Springs Lodge, number [439], Free and Accepted Masons," at Marble Spring, Cherokee county, for the purpose of purchasing and holding property, and for the transaction of business connected with said lodge and fraternity, and as such shall have all the rights and immunities of trustees of similar institutions; that the said incorporators herein named may plead and be impleaded, sue and be sued in any of the courts of the state. Corporate pow ers. Corporate powers. Corporate limits. Misdemeanor to sell spirituous liquor within one mile. SEC. 2. That said incorporators shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges conferred upon corporations under chapter sixty-two, volume two of The Code of North Carolina. SEC. 3. That the corporate limits of and boundaries of said incorporation shall extend a distance of one mile in every direction from the hall of said lodge. SEC. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person to sell in any way spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of said lodge, and that any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction may be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, and imprisoned not less than five nor more than thirty days. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 301, laws 1891 (amending charter of Greensboro, Roxboro & Eastern R. R. Co.) amended. CHAPTER 356. An act to amend chapter three hundred and one of the laws of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section four of chapter three hundred and one of the laws of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one be amended by adding thereto the following: "And the said company is also empowered to build, equip and operate branch roads from any point on its main line east of Greensboro to any point it may select on the Branch roads. boundary line of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia or Tennessee: Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall operate to con. Proviso. fer upon said company the power to build lines of road parallel to any railroad in which the state of North Carolina owns stock." SEC. 2. That this act shall be in force from and after its passage. CHAPTER 357. An act to incorporate Mount Pleasant Lodge, number one hundred and fifty-seven, of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That G. C. Bledsoe, E. G. Penny and E. P. Hester and Incorporators. others, officers and members of Mount Pleasant Lodge, number one hundred and fifty-seven, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, located in the county of Wake, in the state of North Carolina, be and they are hereby incorporated into a body politic and corporate under the name and title of "Mount Pleasant Lodge, number one hundred and Corporate name. fifty-seven, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons." SEC. 2. That with the above name they and their associates and Corporate powsuccessors shall have perpetual succession and a common corporate ers. seal; sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded before any court of SEC. 3. That the said corporation shall have power to pass all nec- By-laws. SEC. 4. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Chapter 132, private laws 1873-'74, repealed. Streets made public roads. CHAPTER 358. An act to repeal chapter one hundred and thirty-two, laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three and eighteen hundred and seventy-four, ratified February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, incorporating the town of Vandemere. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three and eighteen hundred and seventy-four, ratified February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventyfour, incorporating the town of Vandemere, be repealed. SEC. 2. That the streets of said town are hereby made public roads subject to the general laws and to be attached by the supervisors of public roads to the roads to which these streets most conveniently belong. SEC. 3. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Incorporators. Corporate name and existence. Corporate pow ers. Place of business. Corporate powers. CHAPTER 359. An act to incorporate Greensboro Ice and Coal Company. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That William A. French, George R. French, William E. North, Brazillia G. North, their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate under the name of "The Greensborough Ice and Coal Company," and as such they shall have a corporate existence for ninety-nine years; be capable in their corporate name to sue and be sued; to elect in such manner as they shall determine to be proper all necessary officers, and to fix their compensation and define their duties and obligations; and to make by-laws and regulations consistent with the laws of the state for their own government, and for the due and orderly conducting of their affairs and the management of their property. SEC. 2. That said corporation shall have their principal place of business in the city of Wilmington in this state and such other places in this state as the board of directors may from time to time decide upon, and shall have power to manufacture and sell ice; to purchase and sell coal and other fuel, to deal in all kinds of grain, seeds, pro visions, fresh and cured meats, and other kindred products; to acquire and hold real estate for the purposes of their business and convey the same. SEC. 3. That the said company shall have the right to borrow money, May borrow to make, dispose of and negotiate its promissory notes, drafts or bonds, money on mortand to mortgage its property, franchises and effects to secure their payment. gage. SEC. 4. That the said company shall have the right to lease its prop- May lease propererty and franchises to any person or corporation, and may acquire ty, &c. the property and franchises of or an interest in any other corporation by purchase, lease, subscription to or purchases of its capital stock or otherwise. SEC. 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall be twenty thou- Capital stock. sand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same from time to time to any sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be divided in shares of one hundred dollars each. SEC. 6. The stockholders of said corporation shall not be individually Non-liability of liable for the debts of the corporation. SEC. 7. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. stockholders for corporate debts. CHAPTER 360. An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Sylvanus Erwin Normal Insti tution. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : SECTION 1. That J. A. Anthony, J. A. Blake, F. M. Miller, M. C. Incorporators. Beam, W. A. Goode, S. S. Mauney, L. W. Hoyle, junior, D. Hoyle Elliott, J. N. London, J. T. Gardner, Charles P. Goode, Andrew Putnam and S. L. Dellinger, and their successors, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate to be known by the name of the Trustees of the Sylvanus Erwin Normal Institute," Corporate name. and by that name shall have succession and continuance for the term Corporate existof ninety and nine years. ence. ers. SEC. 2. That said corporation may have and use a common seal; Corporate powmay sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; may take by gift or otherwise, lease, hold, sell and convey real and personal property, not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars; may make by-laws, may .elect members to fill vacancies; may elect officers of the corporation, and do all other acts necessary for the support, control and good government beneficial to the said institution of learning. Faculty may confer diplomas, &c. Manufacture, &c.' of liquors, prohibited within two miles. SEC. 3. That the faculty of said school, together with the trustees, may confer such diplomas and marks of literary distinction as in their opinion may promote the object of the corporation. SEC. 4. That the manufacture and sale of all spirituous, vinous and malt liquors shall be prohibited within two miles of said institution. SEC. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified the 6th day of March, A. D. 1893. Preamble. Chapter 154, laws 1888, amended. Name. Chapter 467, laws] 1889, amended. CHAPTER 361. An act to amend and re-enact chapter one hundred and fifty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and subsequent amendments thereto, and amend chapter four hundred and sixty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. WHEREAS, Chapter one hundred and fifty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as amended by chapter four hundred and sixty-seven, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and chapter two hundred and thirty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and ninetyone, authorize its incorporators to locate, survey and build a railroad from Thomasville to Hamlet or Wadesboro, North Carolina, and to be known as "The Thomasville, Silver Valley and Pee Dee Railroad Company"; and whereas, the said company was duly organized and have completed preliminary surveys of the said route; now therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: SECTION 1. That section one of chapter one hundred and fifty-four, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three be amended by inserting the word "and" after the word Valley" in line four. 66 SEC. 2. That chapter four hundred sixty-seven, section one, laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be amended as follows: After the Location of road. word "also" in line twenty-three add "to Winston," and after the word "county" in same section and line insert "or through the counties of Surry, Stokes, Guilford, Randolph, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly, Anson or Union, or any other counties, that will enable the said corporation to extend their line northward to the Virginia state line, southward to the South Carolina state line." SEC. 3. That this company shall have the authority to build, equip and operate in its corporate name one or more telegraph lines and to exercise and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges in respect thereto and in the operation thereof conferred upon corporations |