1911 Notarized Certification of the Text of Alabama Act No. 528 of February 16, 1897
C. S. Harris, a Notary Public, compiled in 1911 a transcript of Alabama Act No. 528, passed on February 16, 1897 and found on pages 1186-1189 in the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama of 1896-1897. This 3-page document is a transcript of the original incorporation of the Birmingha...
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C. S. Harris, a Notary Public, compiled in 1911 a transcript of Alabama Act No. 528, passed on February 16, 1897 and found on pages 1186-1189 in the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama of 1896-1897. This 3-page document is a transcript of the original incorporation of the Birmingham Medical College.The digitization of this collection was funded in part by a grant from the National Library of Medicine.No. 528 An Act. 5.294?
To confirm the incorporation of the Birmingham Medical College, a corporation
organized under the general Jaws of this State, to declare its powers, and to confer upon it
additional rights, privileges and powers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the incorporation of
the Birmingham Medical College, a body corporate organized under the general laws of the State
of Alabama, with its principal place of Business in the city of Birmingham, in this State, be and
the same is hereby confirmed with the power and authority as declared by its declaration of
incorporation, to conduct and and [sic] carryon a medical college, and to instruct therein
students in the science and practice of medicine in all its branches, including surgery, to graduate
students in such sc ience and to confer upon such students diplomas, and to all things necessary
or proper to be done in the management and conduct of such college or to accomplish the
purposes aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said college shall have the power
to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the shares of stock held therein may be
transferred and assigned, and they may by unanimous vote of all the stockholders, at a meeting
duly called, provide that such shares of stock are not assignable, or they shall not be assigned
except upon the terms and conditions which they may adopt.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the shares of the capital stock of said college shall not
be subject to, but are hereby expressly made exempt from levy and sale under any process for the
collection of any debt, liability or demand against the holder thereof.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That upon the death of any stockholder in said college the
share or shares of stock held by him shall not descend to his personal representative, next of kin,
or heirs, nor shall the same be bequeathed by will; but shares upon the death of the holder shall
vest in said college to be by it again reissued to such physician resident of the County of
Jefferson in this State, as the stockholders by a majority vote may select at any general or special
meeting thereafter held.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said college shall have the power
to adopt such by-laws as to them may seem proper for the conduct and management of its
business not inconsistent with this act or the law of the land; to increase or diminish the number
of its directors; to provide for the election or appointment of such officers, teachers and agents as
to them, from time to time, may seem best, to acquire by gift, purchase, devise or otherwise, such
real and personal property as may be needed or useful in the conduct and management of its
business; and to mortgage or sell the same; to borrow money; to provide for the investment or
loan of any moneys it may accumulate or acquire by gift or otherwise; to change the designation
or names of any of its officers, including directors, and designate them by such other name as
they may select; and further to confer upon the board of directors and its other officers or agents
such powers and authority as to them seem proper, not inconsistent with this act, or with the
general laws of the land.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said college may acquire by gift or purchase, any
dead human bodies for the purpose of dissection and use in its instructions of students, and to
receive from the proper authorities of the city of Birmingham and the County of Jefferson, the
dead bodies of all paupers which are demanded for burial by anyone claiming to be of kin to the
deceased, or any person, who is willing to have such body interred; and all such authorities, upon
such demand, are hereby required to deliver without charge to said college [word missing] of
such bodies and all such bodies may be used by the said college, its officers, professors, agents,
or students for dissection and instruction, under such rules and regulations as said college may
prescribe. And it is hereby made the duty of such authorities upon the death of such paupers to
notify the said college of such death before the body is interred or otherwise di sposed of.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts or laws inconsistent with the
provisions of this act so far as the same relate to said college, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved February 16'h, 1897.
Acts of Alabama 1896-7. Pages 1186 to 1189.
E.P. Hogan [signed]
Sec'y
State of Alabama.
Jefferson Count y.
I, C.S. Harris, a Notary Public for and in said County and State hereby certify that the
above is a true and exact copy of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama of
1896-7 on pages 1186 to 1189.
Given under my hand and seal this 21 day of June 191 1
C.S. Harris [s igned]
Notary Public
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Birmingham Medical College1911 Notarized Certification of the Text of Alabama Act No. 528 of February 16, 1897C. S. Harris, a Notary Public, compiled in 1911 a transcript of Alabama Act No. 528, passed on February 16, 1897 and found on pages 1186-1189 in the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama of 1896-1897. This 3-page document is a transcript of the original incorporation of the Birmingham Medical College.1911Legislation -- Alabama;
Birmingham Medical College;
Medical colleges -- Alabama -- Birminghamlegal documentsUAB ArchivesHealth OrganizationsMC29Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. University of Alabama at Birmingham.The digitization of this collection was funded in part by a grant from the National Library of Medicine.University of Alabama at Birmingham. Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. UAB Archives.The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies and other reproductions of copyright material. This digitized reproduction may be used for private study, scholarship or research. Permission to publish images will require the completion of a non-exclusive permission agreement form from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Users should acknowledge the "UAB Archives, University of Alabama at Birmingham." Though UAB has physical ownership of the material in its collection, in some cases the University may not own the copyright to the material. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collection. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, contact the UAB Archives at (205) 934-1896.No. 528 An Act. 5.294?
To confirm the incorporation of the Birmingham Medical College, a corporation
organized under the general Jaws of this State, to declare its powers, and to confer upon it
additional rights, privileges and powers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the incorporation of
the Birmingham Medical College, a body corporate organized under the general laws of the State
of Alabama, with its principal place of Business in the city of Birmingham, in this State, be and
the same is hereby confirmed with the power and authority as declared by its declaration of
incorporation, to conduct and and [sic] carryon a medical college, and to instruct therein
students in the science and practice of medicine in all its branches, including surgery, to graduate
students in such sc ience and to confer upon such students diplomas, and to all things necessary
or proper to be done in the management and conduct of such college or to accomplish the
purposes aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said college shall have the power
to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the shares of stock held therein may be
transferred and assigned, and they may by unanimous vote of all the stockholders, at a meeting
duly called, provide that such shares of stock are not assignable, or they shall not be assigned
except upon the terms and conditions which they may adopt.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the shares of the capital stock of said college shall not
be subject to, but are hereby expressly made exempt from levy and sale under any process for the
collection of any debt, liability or demand against the holder thereof.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That upon the death of any stockholder in said college the
share or shares of stock held by him shall not descend to his personal representative, next of kin,
or heirs, nor shall the same be bequeathed by will; but shares upon the death of the holder shall
vest in said college to be by it again reissued to such physician resident of the County of
Jefferson in this State, as the stockholders by a majority vote may select at any general or special
meeting thereafter held.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the stockholders of said college shall have the power
to adopt such by-laws as to them may seem proper for the conduct and management of its
business not inconsistent with this act or the law of the land; to increase or diminish the number
of its directors; to provide for the election or appointment of such officers, teachers and agents as
to them, from time to time, may seem best, to acquire by gift, purchase, devise or otherwise, such
real and personal property as may be needed or useful in the conduct and management of its
business; and to mortgage or sell the same; to borrow money; to provide for the investment or
loan of any moneys it may accumulate or acquire by gift or otherwise; to change the designation
or names of any of its officers, including directors, and designate them by such other name as
they may select; and further to confer upon the board of directors and its other officers or agents
such powers and authority as to them seem proper, not inconsistent with this act, or with the
general laws of the land.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said college may acquire by gift or purchase, any
dead human bodies for the purpose of dissection and use in its instructions of students, and to
receive from the proper authorities of the city of Birmingham and the County of Jefferson, the
dead bodies of all paupers which are demanded for burial by anyone claiming to be of kin to the
deceased, or any person, who is willing to have such body interred; and all such authorities, upon
such demand, are hereby required to deliver without charge to said college [word missing] of
such bodies and all such bodies may be used by the said college, its officers, professors, agents,
or students for dissection and instruction, under such rules and regulations as said college may
prescribe. And it is hereby made the duty of such authorities upon the death of such paupers to
notify the said college of such death before the body is interred or otherwise di sposed of.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts or laws inconsistent with the
provisions of this act so far as the same relate to said college, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved February 16'h, 1897.
Acts of Alabama 1896-7. Pages 1186 to 1189.
E.P. Hogan [signed]
Sec'y
State of Alabama.
Jefferson Count y.
I, C.S. Harris, a Notary Public for and in said County and State hereby certify that the
above is a true and exact copy of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama of
1896-7 on pages 1186 to 1189.
Given under my hand and seal this 21 day of June 191 1
C.S. Harris [s igned]
Notary Public
My commission expires Apri l 1915.bmc164_1911_Act_no._528.pdfBirmingham Medical Collegehttp://cdm16726.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/MEDICAL/id/163 |