Quorum. Cumberlaud Trustees. Issue bonds. quire property, real and personal, which may be necessary for the organization and carrying on said Academy, and hold and sell and convey the same, and enjoy all such rights as are usually possessed and exercised by other incorporated Academies of this State. SEC. 11. Be it enacted, That any five of said Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and are authorized to elect a President and all officers necessary for the management of the Institution, and may make such rules and by-laws as they may deem necessary, not inconsistent with the laws of this State. SEC. 12. Be it enacted, That upon the death, removal, resignation or refusal to act, the remaining members may elect some person to fill all such vacancies. SEC. 13. Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That John McClelland, W. M. Williams, H. Tindall, S. W. and James H. McDonald, J. W., and their successors in office, be, and are hereby incorporated a body politic, under the style and name of Cumberland Lodge, No. 8, of Free and Accepted Masons of the city of Nashville, Tennessee, and as such, shall have a common seal, alter, renew and change the same at pleasure; the power to purchase, hold and own real estate and personal property, with the right and privilege to barter, exchange and sell the same under the restrictions hereinafter mentioned; to improve the same by building or otherwise, and by that name, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, appear, prosecute and defend in all suits and actions whatever, in law or equity, and enjoy all the privileges incident to corporations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or the State of Tennessee. SEC. 14. That said Cumberland Lodge, No. 8, may appoint five Trustees, and have the power to remove any or all of said Trustees and appoint others at pleasure, who shall take charge of any property, money and funds that it may designate and thereto belonging; and such Trustees shall further constitute and become the building committee for said Lodge; who shall be vested with full power to make contracts, employ agents, workmen, architects, &c., &c., in the name of said corporative body, for the purpose of erecting a Masonic Hall in the city of Nashville. SEC. 15. That said incorporate Lodge shall have power to issue its bonds under its seal, signed by its presiding Master and Wardens, to the amount of forty thousand dollars, in such sums, and at such times, with the privilege of renewal at pleasure, as it may from time to time designate, for the purpose of erecting said Masonic Hall in the city of Nashville; which bonds, so issued, shall bear six per cent. interest, payable annually or semi-annually, and they shall be, and are hereby made a lien upon the ground and premises upon which said Hall may be hereafter located, which lien shall have priority over all other liens in law or equity, of whatever nature or kind. SEC. 16. That the rents and revenue arising from the sales, lease or barter of any of the property belonging to said Lodge, that shall remain after paying all the expenses incident thereto, for repairs or otherwise, shall constitute and be held a sinking fund, for and to be appropriated to the payment of such bonds as may be issued by said Lodge, under the fifteenth section of this charter, in such way and manner as said Lodge may direct. SEC. 17. That said Trustees and Building Committee shall have the power to make such rules and by-laws, to govern and regulate their acts, as they may elect, not inconsistent with this charter and the instruction of said Lodge. SEC. 18. That said Cumberland Lodge, No. 8, shall have and enjoy perpetual succession and privileges granted in this charter, so long as the same shall continue to be, and remain as now, a charitable and benevolent institution, and a subordinate Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Tennessee. SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That this act shall have effect from and after its passage. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH, Passed March 8, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 118. AN ACT to amend an act, entitled An act to charter the Northwester Railroad Company, and other acts amendatory thereto. WHEREAS, the Southwestern Railroad is an extension of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad, in the direction of Danville, Ky.: And whereas, said Southwestern Railroad is under contract from McMinnville to Livingston, a distance of sixty miles, and the first section of thirty State ald. Southwestern miles is being now rapidly constructed by an efficient force, which has been employed for a considerable time on said road, and a considerable portion of said road is now already graded; Therefore, as the McMinville and Manchester Railroal is completed, and in operation for the distance of about thirty-five miles, and Southwestern Railroad being a continuation of the same: Therefore, to enable the Company to complete the road at an early day, and the more effectually to secure the interest of the State in the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad by extending it, and thereby making it more profitable: Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That as soon as the Southwestern Railroad Company shall grade and prepare fifteen miles of said road for the iron rails, commencing at McMinnville, the terminus of the McMinnville and Manchester Railroad, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue to said Company coupon bonds of the State, according to an act, entitled An act to establish a system of internal improvements in this State, and acts amendatory thereto, agreeable to the provisions, and upon the same conditions and restrictions as are presented in said act, requiring bonds to issue to the Company of the Railroad, and the several other Railroad Companies mentioned in said act of February 11, 1852, and the acts amendatory thereto. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That for each succeeding section of fifteen miles of said Southwestern Railroad that may be graded and prepared for iron rails, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue the bonds of the State to the Southwestern Railroad Company, upon the same conditions and restrictions mentioned in this act. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. BURCH, Speaker of the Senate. Passed March 8, 1858. CHAPTER 119. AN ACT for the benefit of the Widow of Hon. A. M. Savage. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the Comptroller of the Treasury be authorized to issue his warrant upon the Treasurer, payable to the widow of Hon. A. M. Savage, late member of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of this State, for the amount of balance of per diem that would have been due him if he had lived until the close of the present session of the General Assembly. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said warrant shall issue immediately after the adjournment of the present session of the General Assembly. DANIEL S. DONELSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Passed March 19, 1858. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER 120. AN ACT to incorporate the Lewisburg Turnpike Company; and to incorporate the Elkton and Prospect Turnpike Company; and the McMinnville and Beersheba Springs Turnpike Company, and to amend the act passed the 25th of February, 1852, incorporating the Murfreesboro' and Liberty Turnpike Company, and for other pur poses. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the subscribers of stock for building a road from Lawrenceburg, Lawrence county, to the Central Turnpike Road, passing through said county in a northern direction towards Mount Pleasant, as in this act provided, shall constitute a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Lawrence Turnpike Company. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That the capital stock of said Company shall be ten thousand dollars, in shares of twen- Capital stock. ty-five dollars each, but if a greater sum become necessary to complete the road, the Board of Directors may raise the capital to the necessary amount: Provided, it shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That William Chaffin, Richard H. Allen, Daniel Bentley, Wm. Simonton, Solon E. Rose, Leonidas M. Bentley, Isaac W. Alford, Brice M. Directors. Quorum. Shares. Moore, L. Mino and John A. Hagan, are appointed to receive subscriptions to the capital aforesaid. SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That as soon as two thousand dollars are subscribed, the Commissioners shall appoint a meeting of the subscribers at Lawrenceburg, Lawrence county, giving said subscribers for stock due notee of said meeting; the stockholders, or as many of them as shall assemble, shall elect seven directors, each of whom shall be a stockholder; each shall have as many votes as he has shares, as well in the election of Directors as in all other matters in which, by this act, he may be entitled to vote; he may vote in person or by proxy, the proxy to be a stockholder, authorized in writing, conferring the general power to vote as his representative, or a special power to cast his vote in the particular way directed. SEC. 5. Be it enacted, That the Directors first elected, shall continue in office six months, when the second election shall be held, and ever afterwards elections shall be held on the same day every year, at Lawrenceburg, unless a majority of the stockholders shall at any meeting designate a different place for the succeeding election. If at any time there should be a failure to make an election at the regular time, the Directors in office shall continue in office until their successors are elected. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That when assembled as aforesaid, on every occasion, in pursuance of the call of the Directors, the stockholders may decide upon any matter of interest to the Company, and the Directors shall carry the same into effect. SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of shares shall be represented: Provided, that the Directors shall call meetings of the stockholders whenever, in their opinion, the interest of the Company may require it, and that five Directors shall constitute a quorum for business. SEC. 8. Be it enacted, That on the election of the first Directors, they shall proceed to receive subscriptions for the necessary amount of stock; have the road surveyed, and do whatever else may be necessary and proper, to have said road built; they shall elect one of their number President, and shall elect such other officers as they may think necessary. SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That not more then five dollars shall be called on each share at any one time, of which the stockholders shall have twenty days notice. SEC. 10. Be it enacted, That if any stockholder shall fail to pay any call, his stock may be sold by order of the Di |