Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-29
ARTICLES
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OF ASS O Ga TON,
Domestic Manufacture Company, OF
Alexandria.
WHERE as many citizens Of the town and
neigh5orhood Of alexandria, are zaeH DIS
posed to aid and encourage the anfant s'a-
auufact,tres ofour colatry,as zcell from the
berilous situation she IS placed an as re
sbects Foreig7. actions, as from a desire to
render her nore indebe'sdsate Of Their, sup
plies, and especially Of ti2ss articles q
cloatling, rohich ha5it has rendered, not
merelu COM Srta5se, bit Of first necessity.
Butto do this, iadsvidseai good zvM and Of
fees fan far short o tae desired object, and
recourse mast be had az ttis, as an seOeral
ereat designs, to farm an 8ecti0e asgre-
gate Of faients and pecsmiary res0ttrces.---
For this pur5ose--We, the subscribers to
The follozuing A, icles of dissertation, de-
clare our object to be---t0 RAISE a .f'ad, TO-
make edparces on deposits far sale, and for
the purchase and SAFE Q articles q do
nestle growth s manufacture, and such
s fareign materials as cone 7oithtn the des-
cribtion Of Dye Stuffs eacl'tsively.--Aad
here5y farm ourselves i1itc company or
limited partnership, aaddo nsstuaIly agree,
zvith each other, and hereby bind ourselves
to condact the Business q fhe Company IN
der the name ard style Of the domestic
Manufacture Company OF Alexandra,
and conformablu to The rules and 1eguAs-
tions herein after SPECIFIED.
Articls 1. The capital stock OF the Com-
papy shall consist Of I1venty thousand del
iars.,o be divided into two thousand shares
of ten dollars each, and TO be paid N !he
manner following, that is TO say, two dol
lars Oh each share 10 be paid at the time OF
subscribing, and one dollar On the hsss
Tuesday of every morsh ihereasier,tor aud
during the space of eight monihs from the
opening of the subscription aud failure
TO make puacsual.y any payment after me
6Yst, shail iocur forfeiture CT all that shall
have been previously paid on such share.
But the capital stock OF the company may
be ipcreased 70 any sum not exceeding
Forty Thousand dollars, if the Proprie-
tors of swo thirds of the capital stock OF
the COMPANY, by their coacurTipg votes at
any annual meeiing,gise their ascent there
to.and such increase of stock shall be n,sde
M by additional shares of leo dollars each,
and PAYABLE IN such iostai!ments sI3 at such
times as the Board of Directors shah ap
point.
Article 9. As soon as the whole or ore
thoussud shares of The said capital stock
shall have been subscribed for, add the
FIRST payment made ihereou, meeting OF
the Stockholders shall be called by public
!. notice 10 the Alexandra aud Washington
newspapers, to meet 10 the court-housc OF
Alexandria either Ia person or by proxy
duly authorised, at which meeting the
s,ockholders, either personally or by proxy
shall elect by ballot seven OF their own boz
DIV TO act an directors of the said Company
for one year, ADD at every succeeding cleo
ton two of the Directors who have served
the proceeding year shall be Ineligible aud
should the whole seven hav ing served the
preceedipg year have the greatest oumber
of yotes, then the two lowest of the said
seven shall be declared as not elected, and
the two next highest ON the liss voted for,
shall take their places, and if 10 any case
the votes are equal, those to be appointed
or rejected TO be determined BY lot and
such succeeding elections shall take place
annually on the second Tuesday in Febru.
ary; but for the present year fer the more
Aamedia.e organization of the business of
che Company the election may be he'd on
an earlier day under the direction OF the
commissioners appointed TO receive sub.
laxlpslans, and Ne namhsg G yalss IS