Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-18


pe,,,n and held at the Capitol IN the City Of
richmond, on Monday the third day OF
,neeember m the year Of our Lord one thou
sind eight hundred and ter, and OF TIE
Commonwealth the thirty-Gfth--
AN ACT,
fnsoy1 5rufpg-q r,anrf Soe'ety. "a 'Ae
Jo4-z, Of oeeosudn N me County % 1I'Hee
g Elgt,ay,. fhassed January Ian, lSii.j
6z TT xSAcrED, By fhe General .dssemo1s'
T-i,., R;cnard NJ. Scott and Charles i!ier'
c;,,n ofFairfax John fanny and JosePhDsane'
- alexandria William Brent, Jun and Jonn
% R~..,r..ofS Stafford: Nathaniel Eilicoa and
49, STrnce. of Prince William; Charles r.
ss..,...r nd William Nolznd, of Loudoun
aud Gustayus p. Homer and John Lo'e' %
Panouier, gentlemen F; DC and they are aeico'
so,sa;n,ed commissioners to receive ssOsCIip-
,3ens TO the amount OF Forty Thousand Ooi-
hrs for the purpose of establishing Siai!uiae'
,ur.po Society =: tie tnwn OF Ocoo4aah' III inc
eourty Of Prince Wiiiisni, when sum s.isii
b.. divided into eigh, hundred shares OF MY
sn,lsrs eAe,,. and tne subscriptions De Macs
r,rerscn OF Nv power Fl attorney, IN sn'"
currercy. Every person at Toe INC q s:1
scrib;ne shsnp-y 20 some one OF tiie co'. n
.;,,,crsS .he sum OF ten dollars Tor each snare
=, r., s,,,.zcr:bctl, ~ o. by the sac commas
s;cncrs II to the president ard Manages
o. shsiI be elected asreeably to tbs act'
and RE sid president and managers snail
have power To demand from Inc -
from time to time, sucr advance oh e,eii
.tective shsrcs, rs the waits o. 'he ia!
recu;re. NJ III tie whole Oh ineir saosciipli''-S
shall be paid, giving az least enc niob'n no-
rice ,sereof In an Alexandria newspaper al
,h. -o,,r, IN ,,se Of me said Couity, sAo LII 'he
,o,r, e Oceocua,,. and cD failure o' Do'i-
~, ,,.,, of srch NORTON on e:ch si1-re' g.
Fl. n be called for by the said president ahq
&c ,he Sh.,,t CT shares subscribed ior
hr nv such delinquent party or paisiss' anu Oh
,:,;ch eucb e.;,arc or DEBUT anay nave 'i'f-
,.,,.d shai; he fcpf-ited 10 TIE use oil tfie So
-, ,h s,cf, s,i,n or sums as may nave
- Ia eor or ON account Of such share or
shares: That the subscr:ocss 10, 'lo '''e o.
cie,y sinai. tic, AID they &c ncreOy eie"''u
BODY polite and corporate by INC ''"i.ie ."N
s,-le of " The Occo1u-a .'l:iIICtai.hs -.
.i,ty." and shall so conti'.ue uhlii ,pe h''t
div of JANUARY one Thousand e'sat h'''e'ee
.,d thirty. and TO ionccr, aud oy that h-nie
-, i, have succession, with power 70 hcio, con-
Wv ard purchase proper,y,ooth real 'lI's' Per,
al fo: the use Of Tic Sad society, ana
sA /, Inc ,,b,e 70 sue, and be sued, peao saia DC
implicated in FL courtS ct !1W VI wy
o. 60, -, j max. such bye-iaWs 5, rules
:, .t;oc,s. 70. cortf;.ry TO the laws OF
This site or or the U-rees !5.;.las, as appear
,,o,..es -. 80. .s 10 l1i..i:s 0! tEe So
cic,y and % have al . yoHVcfa -.p kLHiosS''
ard =, to and o. lforln ii. tA!nSo,s hIiashI 70
,ad be n further enac. d, Tat a general
meeting of the stockholders shall DC hoidel
on the second Monday IN APrii III eacf anu
every YER, at the town OF Occoqaan' ior inc
election Of five managers, to serve LOT one
ye,r. from the date OF tncir lection, and until
ofaSr ra.,saecis are appointed; notice OF suoh
,oeetin,, having been given at least thirty DAYS
before IL taxes place, by advertisement IN an
AIax.ndr;a newspapor, AID at Occoquan.---
FL ,,s,,.,ocr shall be stocknoldcr, aEd Shall
csc m be a manager if he ceases TO DC
stockhoider. Vacancies IN the ooaru oi
managers, by death, resignation or 0'her-
wise, shall be immediately supplea ny
rhe other managers, until the succeeu4i,s
election. In elccting managers, the s'och-
hs,ders shall be entitled to vote accord
lug to their number of shares, and In the io!-
lowing proportions, that is to say, for one
share and not more than t3G, one vote tor eve
~ share above two and not exceeding ten,
one vote for every four shares; above ten and
not exceeding thirty, ore vote Tor every SIX
shares /; above thirty, one vote Tor every ten
shares. Absent stockholders may vote oy
proxy, whose authorities to vote shall be au-
fSenticated in such form as the managers may
prescribe but no person Shall vote as proxy
unless he be stockhoider.
g ind be it further enacted, That the mana
GERS. at their annual meeting, shall elect one
ef their members as president; and that any
fhree Of the managers, the president being
to,,e. shall constitute board for conducting
sfhe affairs of the said society; and IN the ABB
,ence of the president, any three managers,
having met, may appoint president pro tenn
pore. o;or;t,,
If members of anv number OF stockholders,
owning one half the amount OF the cspitai
stock. shall be mt cessary to constitute gene
raj meetirg.
6,J be II further enacted, That the affairs