Chap. 357.—An ACT to incorporate the Marion High School.
Approved April 80, 1874.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That D. D. Hull, s
J. W. Fell, J. P. Sheffey, F. Alexander, V. S. Morgan, C. F. ®
Lincoln and W. C. Sexton, and their successors, be and they
are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under
the name and style of The Trustees of the Marion High
School, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and
@ common seal; and may sue and be sued, plead and be im-c
pleaded in any court of law or equity, and shall be capable °
in law to receive, hold and dispose of real and personal pro- 5
perty to carry out the purposes of their incorporation, in”
conformity to a deed of conveyance executed by N. L. Look
and others, on the seventh day of February, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-four, to an amount not exceeding twenty 4
thousand dollars.

2. The board of trustees of this institution shall consist of 2

seven, and shall appoint a president, secretary and treasurer *
of their body, a majority constituting a quorum. ti

3. When there shall be a vacancy in the board of trustees v
occasioned by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the ”
remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall, after being
notified by the president or secretary at least thirty days
previously, proceed to supply such vacancy. The trustees 2
shall meg semi-annually, or whenever a majority of their ‘
number shall deem it necessary.
Duties of presi- 4. The duties of the president and secretary shall be autt
dent oar, #8 belong to their respective offices. In case of the absenx
sence supplied of one or both, their place or places shal! be filled pro ten-
Duties of trea- pore. The treasurer shall receive all moneys accruing to th
surer institution, and property delivered to his care, and shall paz
His bond or deliver the same to the order*of the board. Before enter-
ing upon his duties he shall give a bond with such security
and under such penalty as the board shall direct and approve.
payable to said board, conditioned for the faithfal perforn-
ance of his duties, and of accounting for and paying over al.
moneys and property which shall come into his hands; ani
Liabilities; how it shall be lawful for the said trustees to obtain a judgmen:
recoverable = or judgments for the amount thereof, or for any special de-
linquency incurred by said treasurer on motion in any cour.
of record in this state against the treasurer and his secur:-
ties, his or their personal representatives upon giving tet
days’ notice of such motion.
Powers of true. 9. The trustees shall have power, by themselves or thei:
= agents, to take and receive subscriptions for the said higt
school, and to enforce the payment of any such subscription:
hereafter made, and any subscriptions heretofore made, t:
said high school, either by warrant before a justice, or by
motion in any court of record in this state, having jurisdic-
tion, upon giving ten days notice of such motion.
Principal; how 6. The board of trustees shall elect a principal of said high
school, who shall have power to select an assistant or assis
_ tants, as the wants of the school demand, subject to the ap
How he may be proval of the board. The board, moreover, shall have the
remivet power to remove, for cause, the principal or any of the a:
sistants.
Certificates of 7. The principal of the said high school shall have power
distinction to confer such certificates of proficiency and distinction, as
he may think best calculated to promote the cause of edt-
cation.
By-laws and 8. The board of trustees may also adopt such laws, rule:
regulations ==» and regulations for its government, as may be deemed expe-
dient, provided they are not contrary to any provision or
provisions of this act, nor are inconsistent with the laws of
this state, or the laws of the United States.
Power of tru 9. The trustees of the said high school shall have power to
‘eca over pro- sel] all the property acquired under this act, and re-invex
the proceeds elsewhere for the same purposes, provided it be
Property tobe Within the corporate limits of the town of Marion. Bat if
sold if abandon- ever the said property should be abandoned, or cease to be
for school pur- used for school purposes, then it shall be sold at public auc-
ia tion by the trustees, after reasonable notice, and the subscrip-
tions made thereto by the citizens of Smyth county, shall be
repaid to them out of the proceeds of said sale, pro rata.
Commencement 10. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.

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