A. D., 1866, Richard Tucker, Daniel Chesterbury, A. G. Corporators. Sadlock, Isaac Gayle, James A. Dunklin, be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of "The Trustees of Mount Zion Methodist Church of Perry County," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded.

Name.

Rights.

Restriction of

liquore.

Penalty.

Repealed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the trustees of the said Mount Zion Methodist Church, shall have the right to hold property, both real and personal, to the amount of five thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or give away any vinous or spirituous liquors, except for medical purposes, in less quantities than one quart, within two miles of said Mount Zion Church, and any person violating the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, the solicitor's fee to be the same as in other retailing cases.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved, January 31, 1866.

To incorporate the town of Mount Andrew in the county of Barbour.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representativ s of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the town of Mount Andrew, in the Incorporation. county of Barbour, be and the same is hereby incorporated, with all the privileges and immunities belonging to incorporated towns, and the corporate limits of said town Boundary. shall include one mile square or less.

officers.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That Lewis Lindsey, E. Voohees, R. E. Brown, C. A. Parker, and William Election of Mays, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized to hold an election in said town on the first day of March next, or within thirty days thereafter, for an intendant and three councilmen, who shall hold their office for and during the term of one year, and said elec

tions shall be held annually, on the first Monday in March in each year, by the qualified voters of the town or corporation.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said intendant. and councilmen may regulate the sale of spirituous liquors within said corporation, in any manner not in conflict with the laws of the State.

Approved, January 18, 1866.

Spirituoas

To re-enact the laws incorporating the town of Carrolton, in Pickens County.

SECTION 1. De it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That all the acts of the General Assembly of this State, incorporating the town of Carrolton, in Pickens county, and all acts amendatory thereof, are hereby re-enacted as they were of force on the eleventh day of January, 1861; and the voting inhabitants of said town and vicinity may proceed to the election and re-organization of their board of intendant and councilmen, as they were authorized to do by the laws hereby re-en.acted.

Approved, December 11, 1865.

To explain sections six and twenty of the charter of the
City of Mobile.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That sections six and twenty of the charter of the City of Mobile shall not be so construed as to render ineligible to office any person whose engagement in the public service during the late war, or who from being a prisoner of war, on parole, or otherwise, or who from the vicissitudes of said war, may have been prevented from the strict and literal compliance with the

Constration of certain 1000tion.

Proviso..

requirements of said sections; Provided, The said person: shall have been eligible to said office before engaging in. the public service aforesaid.

Approved, December 9, 1865..

To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the North-east and South-west Alabama Railroad Company, so as to authorize said corporation to sell and transfer its franchise, assets, &c."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the S ate of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the twenty-first section of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the North-east and Southwest Alabama Railroad Company," approved December 12, 1853, which section is in the following words, to-wit: "Be it further enacted, That the president and directors of the corporation shall have power to borrow money for the purpose of constructing said road, and to carry into effect the objects of the corporation, and make the necesAmendment. sary bonds, notes, or other securities as evidences of the said debt, and also to mortgage or pledge the property of the corporation to secure the payment thereof, but no sum exceeding one hundred thousand dollars shall be borrowed without the consent of a majority, in value, of the stockholders who may attend at a general meet og of the stockholders of the corporation," be,, and the same is hereby revised and amended so as to authorize the President and directors, with the consent of a majority, in value, of the stockholders of the corporation, to sell all the assets, rights, credits, estate, real and personal, and the franchise of said corporation, and make proper transfers and titles to purchasers thereof; Provided, That no such sale or transfer shall be valid in law that does not place the rights of existing creditors of the corporation upon. as secure a footing as they were previous thereto. Approved, December 9, 1865.

Provieo.

To amend the charter of the town of Gainesville, and to. confirm an election.

Ratifying and

tion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Smate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly concened, That an election for councillors in and for confirming ekoethe town of Gainesville, in Sumter county, held on the 25th day of April, A. D. 1834, and the official acts of those then elected, be in all things ratified and confirmed, and have effect as if said election had been held within the time prescribed by the charter.

year and elec

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the municipal year in said town shall be from the first Monday in January in one year, to the first Monday in January in the your next Municipal succeeding, and on annual election for town officers for tions. each year shall be held on the first Monday in December next preceding, or so soon thereafter as may be; and eleccions may be held to supply vacancies as they occur.

Penalty for not calling elec

Sec. 3. Be it furth r en icted, Taat whenever the intendant and council shall neglect to call an annual election as provided for in the charter as now amended, each one neglecting shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dol-tion. lars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace, at the suit of any legal voter in said town, one-half to the use of the party suing, and the other half to the use of the town. Sac. 4. B it further enact d, That the intendant and council of said town may adopt suitable ordinances and regulations to prevent and punish vagrancy in said town, and putting those who are vagrant and idle in said town, vagrants and not having other means of support, to useful employment, and prevent their return to vagrancy in said town by suitable security. punishment, or restraint. Approved, December 11, 1865.

To amend "An act incorporating the Prattville Male and
Female Academy in the county of Autauga."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assem- ·

Prevention and

panishment of

Repeal.

May Quart.

Penalty.

ing without li

bly convened, That the fifth section of an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Prattville Male and Female Academy, in the county of Autauga," approved the 23d day of February, 1860, which provides as follows, to-wit: "That it shall not be lawful for any person to sell spirituous liquors in less quantities than in five gallons at any point within one mile or less of the said academy, except for medical purposes, and if any person shall sell spirituous liquors or wines in violation of this section, such persons shall be subject to indictment, and, on conviction, may be fined in a sum of not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars for each and every such offense," be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to sell vinous or spirituous liquors in less quantities than in one quart within the corporate limits of the town of Prattville, in the county of Autauga, except for medical purposes, and if any person shall sell vinous or spirituous liquors in violation of this section, such persons shall be subject to indictment, and, ou conviction, may be fined in a sum of not less than five hundred and not more than one thousand dollars for each and every such offense.

SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, That the corporate authorities of said town of Prattville may grant license to person or persons to sell vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors within the corporate limits of said town, in quantities of one quart and upwards, upon such terms and conditions as they may think proper, and charge any sum for such license not exceeding two hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to sell vinous, spirituous or malt liquors Penalty for soll in any quantity, or for any purpose, within the corporate limits of said town, without having first obtained a license from the corporate authorities of said town, and any persons violating the provisions of this section, shall, on conviction, be fined in the sum of five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the county jail not less than one, nor exceeding three months.

Powers of cor

Lice.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the corporate authorities of said town of Prattville shall have power to parate sethor impose fines not exceeding one hundred dollars, and imprison not exceeding thirty days, for a violation of any ordinance which they have, or may pass, relating to the sale of vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors.