1897. Powers of Section 6. That the board of directors shall have charge of the educational work of the assembly, shall have full power and authority in all matters relating to the business of The Florida Chautauqua Association, and may elect from their Board of number a board of auditors consisting of three, and advisory in character, to consider all bills against The Florida Chautauqua Association before same are paid by the treasurer under the direction of the board of directors. SEC. 5. That Section 7 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 7. The officers shall consist of a president, vicepresident, secretary and treasurer, to be elected as hereinbefore provided and forming with seven other persons a board of directors, to be chosen as specified in Section 3 of this act. SEC. 6. That Section 8 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 8. The secretary and treasurer shall file annual reports with the president, or in his absence with the vicepresident, or at any time when requested by the president, vice-president or board of directors. SEC. 7. That Section 10 be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Directors. Officers. Secretary and Treasurer to fi le annual reports with President. indebtedness Section 10. The Florida Chautauqua Association may incur indebtedness to the extent of twenty-five thousand dollars on its real estate and personal property in addition to Limit of five thousand dollars of annual or floating debts against the same in its corporate capacity, and all existing liabilities, mortgages, transactions and indebtedness of every kind here. tofore contracted within the limit of the amount herein specified are hereby legalized. SEC. 14. This act shall take effect immediately on its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved June 5, 1897. CHAPTER 4632-[No. 118.] AN ACT Granting Unto the Meadow Land Improvement Company, a Corporation Organized and Existing Under the General Laws of the State of Florida, a Grant of Land and Other Privileges to Aid in the Construction of the Said Company's Canal and Other Works of Internal Improvement. Whereas, Certain letters patent were heretofore issued by the Governor of the State of Florida, on the eleventh day of March, A. D. 1895, incorporating the Meadow Land Improve 1897. (Grant o land. froviso. Proviso. ment Company with certain powers, priviliges and duties as herein particularly set forth; and Whereas, The said company has actively entered upon and is now engaged in the work of actual construction and dredg、 ing of, and has partiallly completed the said canal and other works of internal improvement which have been, and will be of great benefit to the State and the property therein situate; therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: SECTION 1. That the State of Florida, for the purpose of aiding the construction of the said canal, laterals, branches and extensions, and other works of internal improvement named in said charter, hereby grants unto the Meadow Land Improvement Company, its successors and assigns, ten thousand (10,000) acres of land not appropriated for each mile of said canal, lateral and branches that it may hereafter construct in Marion county, out of and from the lands granted to the State of Florida under the act of Congress of September 28, 1850, and which are commonly known as the swamp or overflow lands, except lands in township 12 south, range 22 east, which said lands hereby granted shall be deeded to the said company by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, when the said canal and the branches, laterals or extensions are completed; Provided, That when the said trustees shall have deeded to the said company any part or portion of said land, the board of directors of the said company shall declare and dedicate the canals heretofore constructed and hereafter constructed by it. to be public waterways, and it shall waive its right to collect toll; And provided further, That all persons using and navigating the said canals shall not use boats wider than a width sufficient to permit another boat of the same width to pass one another in the said canals; that when finished said canal shall be navigable to the satisfaction of the engineer appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund. SEC. 2. That upon the filing with the secretary of the said board of trustees of a certificate of the completion of the said canal to the waters of the Ocklawhaha river, and the branches and laterals, signed by the president and engineer of the said company, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund shall forthwith require the State engineer or some other competent person whom they shall forthwith appoint, to examine and inspect the canal so completed and certified; and upon the report of the said State engineer, or such other person, that the canal is completed as certified, and the main 1897 Trustees In ment to issue deeds. Proviso. canal and laterals and branches are dug forty feet wide, and five feet deep, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund to issue deeds to the said te nal Improvecompany in accordance with the foregoing section; Provided, That upon the said company's filing with the secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund a list or plat of lands selected by said company as the lands to be deeded under this act, in the counties of Lee, Dade, DeSoto and Brevard, out of lands which are now, or which may hereafter become by forfeiture or otherwise, subject to the provisions of this act, covering an area equal to the quantity herein before stated for the entire length of said canal and laterals, the said Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund are hereby directed to set apart and reserve the land so selected for the said company, subject to the provisions of this act; Provided further, That the lands granted by this act shall not be deeded to the said company Proviso. until the same are actually drained and reclaimed by the said company. The said canal shall be completed and the lands granted shall be drained not later than July 1st, A. D. 1902; Provided further, That no owner of land contiguous to the land selected shall be tax-d to pay for any drainage, whereby any portion of their land is drained under this act, or the act of 1893; Provided, That the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund shall have power to modify the terms of this grant, if in their opinion the same is desirable; Provided, That the State of Florida, or the Internal Improvement Board thereof, shall not be liable to said company on account of the lands granted by this act, if it shall be found that there is not a sufficient quantity of land inuring to the State under the provisions of the act of Congress of September 28th, 1850, to satisfy this grant; And provided further, That no land shall be deeded or drained by the Meadow Land Improvement Company until the same has been examined by a competent engineer appointed by the Internal Improvement Board an i found to be swamp and overflowed land, and the expense of such an examination shall be at the expense of said company; Provided, That the grant of lands made by this act is males abject to the rights of all creditors to which the Proviso. Internal Improvement Fund is app'icable, and to the righs of all prior grantees; And provided further, That no lands shall be deeded under this act outside of the area drained by the canals provided for by this act. Proviso. Right of com SEC. 3. That the said company shall have the right to construct canals and to drain any land now owned by it, or by it hereafter acquired, as provided in Section 28, Ar- pany to c nticle 16, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, and un struct canals. 1897 Proviso. der the conditions prescribed in Section 1563, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Florida. SEC. 4. That the said company for the purpose of extending its canal and increasing its traffic and business as a transportation company, shall have the right to construct a canal or canals with branches and extensions in the counties named in Section 2 of this act, with all the powers, privileges and duties as set forth in said charter and this act; Provided, That any lake, stream or water now navigable shall not be obstructed or navigation therein destroyed. SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. Approved June 7, 1897. Nature of business. Capital stock. CHAPTER 4633-[No. 119] AN ACT to Incorporate The Florida Herald Publishing Company. SECTION 1. That J. A. Carlisle, B. G. Dyal, J. P. Wall, N. B. Broward, H. H. Lewis, N. A. Blitch, D. H. Baker, Alfred Ayer, A. M. Williamson, and their associates and assigns, are hereby associated together under the corporate name of The Florida Herald Publishing Company. The principal place of business of the company shall be Jacksonville, Duval county, Florida, but they may establish offices and agencies within or without the State of Florida as they may deem necessary. SEC. 2. The general nature of business to be transacted by the corporation shall be to own, equip, manage, lease or control a general printing and publishing business in the city of Jacksonville, together with all machinery, appliances and equipments necessary for the same; to print and publish one or more newspapers, and to transact any lines of business incident or pertaining thereto; to buy, lease or otherwise acquire and hold any real or personal property which may be necessary in the transaction of a business of such nature, and to sell, mortgage or convey as security for debt, and otherwise dispose of such property as they may from time to time acquire as aforesaid. SEC. 3. The capital stock of the company shall be ten thousand dollars, divided into one thousand shares at ten dollars each, but said capital stock may be increased to one hundred thousand dollars, with shares as aforesaid, in such manner as is now prescribed by the laws of this State. Said capital stock to be fully paid up and non-assessable. The highest amount of indebtedness to which the company can at any time subject itself shall be an amount equal to its capital stock. 1897. SEC. 4. The existence of the corporation shall be for a term of ninety-nine years, and its business shall be trans- Term of acted by a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer existence of and board of seven directors, and such other officers or agents as may be elected or appointed by the business management as aforesaid. corporation, officers, etc. directors. President, vice SEC. 5. The stockholders, at their first meeting, which shall be held on the first Monday in July, 1897, and annually Election of thereafter on said day, shall elect seven of their members as directors of said company, and said directors at their meeting, which shall be held on the day of their election, shall elect from their number a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and such other officers or agents as are re- president, etc. quired for the transaction of the business of the company, and such officers shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. With the exception of the offices of president and vice-president, any two offices may be held by one person. directors. SEC. 6. The names of the officers and directors of the company who shall conduct its business until those elected at the first meeting of the stockholders as herein before provided, together with their residences, shall be: J. A. Carlisle, Officers and President, Gainesville, Fla.; N. A. Blitch, Vice-President, Phoenix, Fla.; Alfred Ayer, Secretary, Lake Weir, Fla.; D. H. Baker, Treasurer, Orange Home, Fla., and B. G. Dyal, Dyal, Fla.; N. B. Broward, Jacksonville, Fla; J. B. Wall, Putnam Hall, Fla.; H. H. Lewis, Greenwood, Fla., and A. M. Williamson, Jacksonville, Fla., Directors. SEC. 7. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Approved June 4, 1897. |