Names of corporators. Authority. Powers of corporation. May pass by laws for election of officers &c. Of transfer of stock. CHAPTER CXV. DELAWARE TOWN COMPANY, OF LAWRENCE. AN ACT to Incorporate the Delaware Town Company, of Lawrence. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SECTION 1. S. B. Prentiss, W. Christison, J. W. Penoyer, M. France and J. S. Emery, and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate, by the name and style of the Delaware Town Company, of Lawrence, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and may make contracts, sue and be sued, implead and impleaded, in all matters whatsoever in law or equity. Said company is authorized to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure, and to make such by-laws and regulations as, from time to time, may be deemed necessary for the government of said company and the management of its affairs. SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power to purchase and hold any quantity of land in Leavenworth county, Kansas Territory, not to exceed one thousand acres, and to lay the same off into streets, alleys, avenues, lots, parks and squares, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same. Said company shall have power to erect buildings for dwellings, store houses, manufactories and machinery, and such other improvements as may tend to promote the interests of said company. SEC. 3. The company shall have power to pass by-laws for the election of such officers, at such times as may be necessary to carry out the business of said company; and all deeds for the conveyance of real estate of said company, signed by such officers of said company as the by-laws shall designate, which deeds shall be duly executed and acknowledged, as other conveyances of real estate, and when so signed, with the corporate seal attached and acknowledged, shall be deemed and held a sufficient execution and authentication of such deeds in all courts of this Territory, or otherwise. SEC. 4. The stock of said company shall be deemed personal property, and the said company may, by by-laws, prescribe rules for the issuing of said stock, and for the transfer of the same by the individual stockholders. SEC. 5. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after AN ACT entitled "An Act to Incorporate the De Soto Town Company." Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembty of the Territory of Kansas: porators. SECTION 1. George W. Hutchinson, Henry Campbell, B. W. Names of coWoodward, James F. Legate, A. D. Searle, J. A. Finley and D. H. Weir, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the De Soto Town Company, and by that name shall be competent to make contracts, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all matters whatsoever, in any court of law or equity, in the Territory of Kansas. The said company is authorized to have a common seal, and affix Authority. the same at pleasure, and to make such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the government of said company and the management of its affairs. poration. SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power to Powers of ceepurchase and hold any quantity of land in the Territory of Kansas, where the De Soto town is now located, not to exceed one thousand acres, and to lay the same off into parks, squares, blocks, streets, alleys and lots, and to sell, and dispose of and convey the same, and any part of the same, by deed; to make such improvements upon the land aforesaid as may be deemed of advantage to the general interest of said company. laws, &c. SEC. 3. The said company shall have power to pass by-laws May pass byfor the election of such officers and at such times as may be deemed necessary to carry out the business thereof, and all deeds of real estate of said company shall be signed for the conveyance o Of transfer of stock. Act legalized, by such officers as the by-laws of the said company shall prescribe, which deeds shall be duly executed and acknowledged, as other conveyances of real estate, and when so executed and acknowledged, with the corporate seal attached, shall be deemed and held sufficient execution and authentication thereof. SEC. 4. The said company may, by by-laws, prescribe in what manner transfers may be made of stock, by the individual stockholders thereof; and shall have power to pass all by-laws and adopt any and all rules not inconsistent with this Act and the laws of the Territory, which may be deemed essential to carry on the business of said company, and for the management of the affairs thereof, and for the furtherance of the object of this incorporation. SEC. 5. The acts of the De Soto Town Company, which are evidence by the books of said company, prior to the passage of this Act, and not inconsistent with the same, are hereby legalized, and of the same effect that the acts of this company shall be hereafter under this Act. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Names or corporators. CHAPTER CXVII. DOVER TOWN COMPANY. AN ACT to Incorporate the Dover Town Company. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SECTION 1. That William Hutchin, James L. Hutchin, Henry Devilliers and Thomas H. Butler, and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the Dover Town Company, and by that name shall be capable of making contracts, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, in all matters whatsoever, in law and equity, in this Territory or elsewhere. Said company is authorized to have and use a common seal, and to make such by-laws and regulations as from time to time may be deemed necessary for the management of its affairs. poration. SEO. 2. That the corporation hereby created shall have power Powers of corto purchase and hold, and to enter, by pre-emption or otherwise, any quantity of land, not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres, where the town of Dover is now located, that being on the north-east quarter of section seven and the south-cast quarter of section six in township twenty, in range twenty-five, in the county of Linn, Territory of Kansas, and to lay off the same into lots, parks, streets, squares, avenues, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same, by deed or otherwise. laws &c. SEO. 3. That the company shall have power to pass by-laws May pass byfor the election of such officers, at such times as may be necessary to carry out the business of said company; and all deeds for the conveyance of real estate of said company, shall be signed by such officers of said company as the by-laws of said company shall designate, which deeds shall be duly executed and acknowledged as other conveyance of real estate. filled. SEC. 4. That the above named board of trustees shall have Vacancies how power to fill vacancies which may occur in their body by death,, resignation, or otherwise. stock. SEC. 5. That the stock of said company shall be deemed per- Transfer of sonal property, and said company may, [by] by-laws, prescribe rules for the issuing and transferring of the same stock, by each individual stock or shareholder. SEC. 6. That said company may do all other acts, not inconsistent with law or established usages, which may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intentions of said company. This Act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. G. W. DEITZLER, Speaker of House of Representatives. President of the Council. Approved February 8, 1858. J. W. DENVER, Acting Governor. Names of corporators. Authority. Powers of corporation. May make bylaws &c. May erect buildings, &c. Transfer of stock. CHAPTER CXVIII. ELDORADO TOWN COMPANY. AN ACT to Incorporate Eldorado Town Company. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas: SECTION 1. That F. B. Swift, C. Garrett, J. Cracklin, J. S. Rackliff, Sam Stewart, E. B. Whitman, David Upham and E. R. Zimmerman, their associates and successors, be, and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name, style and title of the Eldorado Town Company, and by that name shall be capable of making contracts, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, in all matters whatsoever, in all courts of law and equity in this Territory or elsewhere. Said company is authorized to have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and to make such by-laws and regulations, from time to time, as may be deemed necessary for the government of the company and the management of its affairs. SEC. 2. The corporation hereby created shall have power to purchase and hold, to enter by pre-emption or otherwise any quantity of land, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, where Eldorado is now situated and located, as surveyed by Whitman & Searl, and to lay the same off into lots, blocks, streets, alleys, parks, avenues and squares, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same. SEC. 3. The said company shall have power to pass by-laws for the election of officers, at such times as may be necessary to carry out the business of said company; and all deeds for the conveyance of real estate of said company, shall be signed by such officers of the said company as the by-laws of said company shall designate, which deeds shall be duly signed and acknowledged, as other conveyances of real estate, and when so signed and acknowledged, shall be deemed and held sufficient execution. and authentication of such deeds, in all courts in this Territory or elsewhere. SEC. 4. Said company shall have power to crect buildings for dwellings, manufactories and machinery, and such other improvements as may tend to promote the interest of the company and the general prosperity of the town. SEC. 5. The stock of said company shall be deemed personal property, and they may, by by-laws, prescribe for the issuing |