Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-11
Is. eENERALl .aSSE.MBLY,

=, ~. sESERAI AssEMBLH, y.
p. y, !, and held 4. the capi,olin the City Of
p;ebmond, on Monday the third day OF
necember in the year our Lord one thou
-.nd eight hundred and ten, and OF tne
conmoaweal,h the thir;y-htth--a ar
f,,'< AN ACT, ~ -.
80 ..t,,rn,,r ing q manuf aesx,ms Society," ~ the
Ts.vn Of 0eeo9Aen in the CouH.y ''''e
U,iham, f'hasstd January 4 4th, ISL -,
BE TT ENACTED, BY TIE Gensra. 'nsssM1-s'
That Richard N. Scott and Chafies t!isI'
-, ofF.;rsax; John fanny and JosephDeane'
&c a,exandria; William Brent, jun. anc !shn
n Rrooke. Of Stafford Nathaniel Ellicott ana
iasn Sn-nee, Of Prince William; Charles r.
SIa-,.r aud William holland, OF Loudoun J;
.n5 cnstayus B. Homer and John Love, OF
ncr;er. gentlemen be and they are hereby
.,,,,,,;n,ea Commissioners to receive su6scilp-
,yep. - t,e amount Of Forty Thousand Dol
lars for the purpose of establishing ManuiSc-
go, society :. the town Of Occoquan, In the
..,.,,.ty of PRINCE William, which sum shall
~ divided into eight hundred shares OF nl.y
Io,,.r, each, and the subscriptions De MADE
!, n.rson or by power Of attorney, In virginia
.,;.,eoov Every person at the time OF sup
,talI nav 10 some one OF tneFcofnn,s-
800 ',h,s s,m of ten dollars fer each share
Nv him Subscribed, to be oy the '.ao commas
s;cnersl paid TO the president ana i,aas
who shall be elecled asreeabi2 70 snts AZ
ard the sid pTesiden: and manaSefs s.''i'
1--WE rowes 10 demand from the sunsc!1oeiS'
from time to TIME, such advance on tne'r res-
:, e,iy. snares, as tAe wants OF the society may
rsa,,;rc. unit. the whole Of their SUBSCRIPTIONS
.,aii br paid, giving at least one montl no.
nee thereof in an Alexandra newspaper 81
the eos,t.b. use Of the Said county, and ID the
toun OF Occoouan and on Liare or non
~, roant of such portion on each share, as
sball be called Cor by the said president a:'d
managers, the sAare or shares suoscE'oee ioi
by any such delinquent party or Parues' ana Oh
which such failure or default may nave zap
neaed. shall be forfeited to the use OF the So
c;e,y with such SUN or sums as may hsVe
hren mid for or on account OF such snare OF
shares !: That the Subscribers to the Said So
cie,y shall be, and they are hereby created Z
BODY polite ard corporate by the name and
s,yle of 6 The Occoquan Manufacturing 30
.,etv." and shall so continue until the mrs:
,i,y Of January one Thousand c'$ft 'iuat'ca
a,,d thirty, and no longer, ahC " tl'Il ti"iiie
snail have succession, with power1o iioia, con-
vcy and purchase prorerty, ooth real AKA pei,
s,Ial. for ,hc n;e cf the sid society, AID |
shall be able q sue I'd bc sued, plead anu oe
im0le.,letl in all co.D-s q law OF. equity
and 10 or,oin ard make such oye-ia"s' fuics
a,,i regulations, not contrary to the Laws u
tn, site or OF the United States, as appear
rscessary tor conducting the ,tairs 0! the So
nd 10 have all the powers ana privileges
and 10 40 aid ptrforn Ill Thugs !nclaen1 10 :
corporation. ,s..,
meeting of the. stockholders shall DC. ho'oet
~, RI, second Nord y i" April N each ara
.v.,1. wear. ct the town of Occoqual, ior the
election Of sre managers, to serve Ior ore
,a,r from the date of their election, anu niitii
other managers are appointed; notice OF sueh
,pAe,ipy having been given at least thirty DAYS I
before it takes place, by advertisement III an
Alexandria newspaper, and at OcCoqua', :,
:, ,ch manager shall be stakeholder, and shall
Use 70 be manager al he Ceases 10 oe d
s,ockho,aer. Vacancies in the Doafa OF
1ua.ayers, by. death, RESIGNATION or o'Aei-
~ise shall be immediately supphed by
,be other managers, until the succeeding
election. In elccting managers, the STOCK
holaers shall be entitled to vote accoia-
inc to their number of shares, and IN the ioi-
lowing proportions. that is to says tor one
share and not more than two, one vote Tor eve
~ share above two and not exceed'ns Yen,
one vote for every four shares; above ten ana
rot exceeding thirty, one vote tor every SIX
shares; above thirty, one vote tor every ten
shares. Absent stockholders may vote ny
nroxv, whose authorities to vote Shall De ao-
thcnticatcd IN such form as the managers may
prescribe; but TO person shall vote as prox!
nnlcss he be stockholder. =. rs
Ind le it further enacted, That the mana
ocrs. st their annual meeting, shall elect one
Of their members as president; and that any
three of the managers, the president being
one. shall constitute board for conducting
the aEairs of the said society; and in the alb
,snce of the president, any tree managers
having met, may appoint president pro tenn
pore. ,;.,
md be II t7r.hcr enacted, That majority
CT members of sly humber OF stockholders,
owning Gre Ea,f - mount OF the Capital
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