Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-22

which each ssockholder shall be entitled,
hall be in proportion 70 the stock be may
hold as follows: Foraonc share AUG MOI ca
ceeding SIX shares, one vote eco Tor eve
nv two shares over six and not exceeding
rem oae vote each for'every three sflassa
oysre,en and nos exceedlng sixteen, one
vote each for every four shares over s'x'
teen and not eEcssdipg forty, one vote
each aud for every ten shares over fofsy I,
one vo.e. each aud no stock1nolder shsn
he oermitsed 90 vote (exceps at the hfsi G.
lection whoh has cihesdhis stock Tor twenty
.davs prior 80 tie election, and 10 al cleo
,ioas after tie fret, the proxy shall De mace
5in such form as the Boasd OF directors
shall appoint.
Art;cie 5. The affairs Of the said corn
pany ,aal! Be carried 90 id he iosn OF =
i i,,, unaer the supsrinsendanee and
control &C tue said Directors, OF WHOM aay
four shs,I form a board or quorum, thsy
SIAM choose q chairaaa 6oia amoog tasm
selves. aud ia Gaze d vataacY by DEAN, Ie.
sfona;;eo or Otherwise, such vacancy saasi
he ion rnedia.e!y filed by themselves ifpnl
anong sae s,ockhliders. And sns ss'd
D;recsors ahaIl in % case whaieser ,con'rscs
debts q, engagements, by bill, boud or O.
,heruiae. for, or d account OF nc Dompa'
nv. bu, that ali dsatiags under ih:iT saper-
, attendance and cnuol Aforesaid, shalt be
! for caas, or barter excepi goods On depo-
cir. which NAV bssoa By tie elrees.on OF
The consiryor. The said Directors snail
slso esaibii a, the annual naeesing OF sEock-
Rossa-- = 49,. Inspection, statement
Of the affairs Of sae couappy fo. sas ysas
proceeding.
| .ersiele 4tA. The Directors when elected
shall proceed without delay Ec appoint an
| Agent and such o.her oficegs ss may be re-
quisite, all Of whom shall Idd their Offices
during the pleasure of the ecard, and who
shall, before they enter upontheir functions,
| give bond with sufficient security TO the said
Directors and their successors n Office for the
faithful discharge Of their dutie,, as prcscrib-
cd by the Boa,dof Directors.
.frtcle 5sh. Il Shall be the duty Of the
Agent, when SO appointed, to have the charge
ofthe cash, goods, deposits, books and papers
OF the Company, to make purchaCcs, receive
deposits, make advances OF money, or ex-
change goods for deposits, make sales thereof,
and 70 effect insurance on goods transported
by Sea, whers tic Company have an interest
IN the property under the rules prescribed
By tJe Board Of Directors. He shall be allow.
ed yearly salary, and certain rate per cen
a 5HEi 4 2 d :s said aoapsny, before the d
yiae,ds are declared, thu amount Of both Of
wa:ch TO BE Fixed from time to time by the
Board Of Directors. ~
.f,-:tclc 6td. All receipts FOR goods tiepo-
sited for sale shallbc signed by the Agent,
and the funds Of tie Company shall iii no
case ne he'd responsible for any deposits CT
goods whatever unless SO signed.
d,ticle 7th. The shares OF capital stock
at any time owned by any individual STOCK
holde shall DC transferable on the books OF
TIE Gonpany. according to such rules as may
agreeajly to law be established in that behait
by the Board of Directors and it is further
expressly agreed s declared, that any stock
holder who Shall transfer IN manner Aforesaid
aii bis stockoor shares to any other person Or
persons " hatever, Shall ihereupon cease to be
q member of this Company, and that am
perscI1 or persons whatever who shall accept
a trans .r. Of any stock CT share IN this Com
panv shah t,lereupon become and be mem-
.berof this Company, according to these ar
tiales or associations.
Z .,qagtcla98M tits hereby expressly and ex-
nlic,tly declared by the persons who associate
under the name or firm OF the G Domestic |
Manufacture Company of Atcxandria," that |
the ioint9ssock or property OF the said Com
pany ,e3.clnsiYe Of dividends to be made in |
the manner hereinafter nlentonedj shall alone |
be responsible for the debts and engagements !
Of the SAID Company, ami thatno person who
shall Or may deal with this Company, or TO
whom the shall or n,ay become in any wise