Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-03-14


Passed February 70, 1917.
Be it enacted by the General As
|sembly that it shall be lawful to open
books at the town OF Alexandria, in
the District of Columbia, under the
management of Charles Simms. Tho
mas Swami, George Deneale, Robert
Young. John Thomas Ricketts,, Ed
mund I. Lee, Jonah Thompson, and
Thompson F. Mason, or any three oil
them; at Leesburg, under the ma
nagcment Of Pressly Cordell, John
LittlejOhn. John Rose, Samuel Carr,
John Harding, Fleet Smith. William
Chiffon, and Ludwell Lee, or any
three of them; at Martinsburg. un-
der the management of Elisha Boyd,
Philip c. Pendleton, Moses Hunter,
John r. Cooke, Andrew Wagsoner,
Magnus Tate, Edward Colston, Will
liam Lsng, Philip Hadenbouch and
Daniel linn, or any three Of them ;
lat Winchester, under the management
lof Hugh Holmes, Robert White. Al
fired TX. Powell. Edward MIXTURE,
Joseph Tidbali, Henry st. George
Tucker, William Holiday, 'Thomos
FTdhalI, William Hall, Charles Ma.
gill and Lewis Huff, or any three OF
them /; and at Harper's Ferry, under
the management Of George W. Hum
phreys, William p. Chraighill, Lloyd
Beed!e, Thomas Evans, and j. Man-
ming, OF any two OF them. for recelv-
ing and entering subscriptions tn the
amount OF Ave thousand dollars. for
the purpose Of cuttinga canal to unite
the waters Of Goose Greek in the
county If Loudon, with the waters of
Hunting Creek in the county of Fair
fax +: which subscriptions shall be
made. personally. or by power of at
torney. in Virginia currency. That
the said books shall be opened. for re-
subscriptions on the first day
Of March next. and continue open un-
til the iirst day of April next inclusive;
and on the twelfth day of May next
there shall be general meeting Of
the subscribers at Alexandria; OIL
which meeting notice shall be given by|
the said managers in one or more
newspapers published in Alexandria.
Leesburg, Mar Linsburg and Winches-
ter for at least twenty DAYS next be-
fore the said meeting: and such meet
ing shall! and may be continued from
day to day until the business is finish
ished and the acting managers at theI
time and place aforesaid shall lay be-
fore such of the subscribers as shall
meet according to said notice. thei
books by them respectively kept, con-
tanning the state Of the subscription Il
and it the capital stock of Eve hundred
thousand de,lars aforesaid should
appear not to be subscribed. then thel
said managers are empowered to re-
open subscription books at the before|
places to make up the de-.
licicncy, and to keep the same open!
until the first day of July thereafter.
And in case more than five hundred
thousand dollars be subscribed, them
the same shall be reduced to that sum-
by the managers, or a majority of
them, by beginning at. and strikingi
of from the largest subscription, or
subscriptions, and continuing to strike
offa share from all subscriptions, un-|
der the largest, and above one share.
until the sum is reduced to the capital
FIVE hundred thousand dol
lars, or until share is taken from
all subscriptions above one share and
lots hall he drawn between subscrib-
ers of equal sums, to determine tlleI
in which such subscribersl
shall stand on list to be made for
striking off as aforesaid; and If the
sum subscribed still exceeds the CAPT
tai aforesaid, then to strike offby the
same rule until the sum subscribed is
reduced to the capital aforesaid, or all
the subscriptions are reduced to one
share /; and if there still be al excess,
then lots to be drawn to determiRe
the subscribers who are be excluded
to reduce the subscriptions to the ca
pital aforesaid, and the said capital
sum shall be reckonel and divided in
to ten thousand shares of fifty dollars
each, Of which every person subscrib-