...house in every direction, shall be and hereby is declared to be a city, and the inhabitants thereof are created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of the "city of Lexington," and as such, by that name, shall be capable, in law, of contracting...

...such body politic and corporate from the passage of this act until the first day of January, 1880; and, by that name, shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts...

...Daniel SUulz, Peter Engehnann, Gustav Pfeil, CHH Papendiek, Edward Diederichs, Ferdinand Kuehn, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body...corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, to be styled by the name and title of the "German and English Academy in the City of Milwaukee," by...

...Leander Leclerc and Thomas A. Savage, and such persons as may hereafter be associated with them, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and title of the " Prairie du Chien Academy," to be located at Prairie du Chien, in the county of Crawford,...

...town of Cedar Rapids, shall be and is hereby declared to be a city, and the inhabitants thereof are created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession by the name of the city of Cedar Ka- rj " ' pids, and as such shall by that name be capable in law of P°werscontracting,...

...succession, hy the name and style of " the Sisters of Charity of Saint Josephs [of the] city of Milwaukee," and by that name shall be competent to contract and be contracted with in all matters relative to the objects of their association, shall have a common seal, the device of...

...with such persons as may hereafter become members and contributors to the same, be and they hereby are created a body corporate and politic with perpetual succession, by the name and style of " The Albany Mechanics' Institute ;" and by that name shall be competent to contract and...

...Merriwether, Early Smith, George C. Williams, CJ Clark, Emily McIIarry, Isaac P. Miller, 1860. and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body...corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the Louisville and Cane Run Road Company; to have, enjoy, possess, and...

...P. Westerman, and William A. Tinny, their successors, associates, heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the , , * ,, -!!• °i 11 i ^ •'?, amllwuers. name and style of "The Pckin Gas Light Company;" and corporate...

...Smith, and their associates, who have associated together in a Library Association, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of the Young Men's Mercantile Library Association of the Citv of Cincinnati; and by that...