F. Freeman, H. P. Watson, T. M. Cowles, F. M. Gilmer, jr., C. Crommelin, W. Taylor, J. H. Murphy, J. Jeffrey, Wm. Wright, J. S. Winter, J. D. Hopper, E. King, C. R. Hansford, W. W. Waller, E. C. Hannon, B. S. Theiss, E. L. Ellsworth, C. C. Ordeman, I. W. Roberts, Brittan & Blue, J. D. Randolph, S. Cullom, J. Powell, G. Cowles, N. Ε. Benson, J. Jackson, W. H. Rives, D. H. Workman, L. L. Hill, their successors and assigns, and such other persons as they may associate with them, are hereby constituted a Name and style. body politic and corporate, by the name of the Montgomery Gas Light Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; may make and have a common seal, and break the same and ad alter or renew at plea- General powers. sure; and may ordain and put in execution such by-laws, rules and regulations for the good management of the company's affairs as may be expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of the state or of the United States, nor in opposition to the aforesaid ordinance passed by the city council of Montgomery, entitled "an ordinance to provide for lighting the city of Montgomery with gas," which ordinance is hereby confirmed and assented to as a mutual compact between the corporation of Montgomery and the Montgomery Gas Light Company.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the business of the Business of the Montgomery Gas Light Company shall be to establish and Company. construct gas works, and send gas in the city of Montgomery, Alabama; and it may purchase and hold as much real estate as may be necessary and expedient for said business and to secure any debt that may be due said company.

SEC. 3. Be it jurther enacted, That it shall be the duty of said company to establish gas works in the city of Mont-Duty. gomery of suflicient capacity to supply the corporate authorities and inhabitants with such public and private gas light as they may require.

SEC. 4. be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, amounting to seventy-five thousand dollars, to be extended by additional shares of one hundred dollars each to one hundred thousand dollars, as the wants of the city may require, and at the option of the stockholders; the entire stock to be paid in before the expon of three

years.

Capital stock.

dent and di- Power to borrow

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the rectors of said company may borrow mo to carry into money. effect the objects of this incorporation, and to pledge the property of the company for the payment of the same.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That if any person or per

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sons shall wilfully injure or destroy any portion of the gas works or fixtures or other property belonging to said company, or shall wilfully open a communication into the street pipes or other gas pipes, or let on gas after it has been stopped by the authorised agents of the company, such person or persons shall be liable for all damages sustained by such proceedings, and also to indictment, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding six months in the county jail, at the discretion of the jury trying the same.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said company are hereby incorporated for the term of fifty years from and after the passage of this charter: Provided, The terms therein contained are faithfully fulfilled and observed by said company.

APPROVED, February 15, 1854.

To incorporate the Hydropathic Medical Institute of Alabama.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That a board of trustees consisting of Doctors John J. Mitchell, Edward G. Doyle, James Floto and T. Carleton Coyle, the proprietor and professor, and their successors and such assistant professors as the said Coyle deems necessary to execute full courses of lectures, are hereby established a body corporate under the style and title of the Hydropathic Brame and pow- Medical Institute of the State of Alabama, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law and equity in this state as a private person.

ers.

Powers.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said board of trustees shall consist of physicians therein named and such other physicians as the aforesaid Coyle may select to be present and aid the professors in the examination of students, candidates for graduation at the time appointed. On such occasions, T. Carleton Coyle and his assistant professors shall have power to grant diplomas, confer degrees and licenses upon all persons, who, on examination by said professors, shall be found proficient in the branches of medical science as taught in the present day, entitling said graduates to all the honors, privileges, benefits and immunities usually conferred by the most approved medical colleges in the United States.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said corporation shall keep a record book, in which shall be entered copies of all Book of record. the licenses that shall be issued by the said corporation, and that no person shall be permitted to practice the hydropathic art of healing, for fee or reward, or to receive compensation for attending as a hydropathic physician in the State of Alabama, unless licenses shall have been granted by the said board of physicians, (unless such person shall have obtained a diploma from some medical college, or a license from some medical board in this state, and having been in practice for at least one year in some well appointed hydropathic hospital,) to such persons, and upon such evidence of qualifications being submitted as in the judgment of the board of examination shall entitle him to a license.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Coyle and his associates are hereby required to procure and keep an official seal, with such device or devices as they may deem Official seal. suitable, and have power to make such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the government, not conflicting with the laws of this state, and may hold real or personal estate not exceeding $2,500 in value, acquired by gift, bequest or purchase.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Hydropathic Medical Institute of Alabama shall be located at the town of Rockford, in Coosa county.

APPROVED, February 15, 1854.

To incorporate the Pickens DeKalb Minute Men.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the volunteer company heretofore formed at the village of Bridgeville, in the county of Pickens, under the name and style of the Pickens DeKalb Minute Men, Incorporated. together with their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby made and declared a body corporate, by the name and style of the Pickens DeKalb Minute Men, with usual powers incident and common to bodies corporate of this kind; that said company shall consist of not less than thirty nor exceeding sixty members, exclusive of commissioned officers.

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SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said company shall uniform themselves fully and completely in some uniform, to be by them selected, and shall muster at least sixty times a year.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said company shall have power to make all by-laws for their government not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state; and all fines and forfeitures collected for violation of said by-laws shall belong exclusively to said company, and may be appropriated as said company may direct.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of said company shall be exempt from road duty: Provided, They are not appointed as overseers of roads, in which case they shall not be exempt.

APPROVED, February 18, 1854.

To incorporate the Greensboro' and Union Town Rail
Road Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That Allen C. Jones, John W. Walten, Henry Watson, Robert Shackelford, Thomas Webb, Thomas R. Borden, Caswell C. Huckabee, A. P. Hatch and John Henry Webb, or such of them as shall accept this charter, with such other persons as shall associate with them for that purpose, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Greensboro' and Uniontown Rail Road Company, and by that name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any court of this state, to make and to have a common

General powers. seal, and the same to break, alter or renew at pleasure; and the company is hereby vested with all powers, and privileges and immunities which are or may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes and objects of this act hereafter set forth; and said company is hereby authorised and empowered to locate and construct, and finally complete. a single or double rail road or way, either from the town of Greensboro' to the town of Uuniontown, or some central point on the Alabama and Mississippi Rail Road in the way of Newbern, on such route as shall be deemed expedient, or from the town of Greensboro' to some point on the North-East and South-West Alabama Rail Road as

they may deem proper, or both, and to transport and carry on said way by power and force of steam or animals; which said company, and for the purpose of constructing said rail road the said company is authorised, to lay out their said road, not exceeding one hundred feet wide through its whole length, except that where said 'road may pass through wood land they may lay off the same two hundred feet wide, and for the purposes of depots, cuttings and embankments, and for the purpose of necessary turnouts, may take as much land as may be necessary for the construction and security of said road, with permission to make any lawful contract with any other rail road corporation in relation to the business of said company, and also to make joint stock with any other rail road corporation: Provided, That all damages that may be occasioned to any person or corporation by taking such land for the purposes aforesaid shall be paid for by the said company in manner hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said company may be six hundred thousand dollars, in Capital stock.

shares of one hundred dollars each.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That as soon as one hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, the commissioners hereby appointed, or any five of them, shall Election of officall a general meeting of the subscribers, at such time and place as they may appoint, and at such meeting the said subscribers, or a majority of them in value, shall elect seven directors, by ballot, to manage the affairs of said company, and the commissioners aforesaid, or any five or more of them, shall be judges of said first election of directors; and the directors, thus chosen, shall elect amongst themselves a president of said company, and allow him such compensation as they may think proper; and on all occasions, whenever a vote of stockholders shall be necessary, such stockholder shall be allowed one vote for every share owned by him, and he and any stockholder may vote and act by proxy.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors of said company shall be chosen annually by said company, and shall hold their office until their successors are duly elected.

Term of office.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That in case it shall so hap- Election. pen that an election shall not be made on any day appointed by the by-laws of said company, said company shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but such election may be holden on any day which shall be appointed by the directors of said company, and said directors shall have