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IL. To establish IN Oniee Of D,.eoun, and D-po-
s',e 1t ifs'l,cr~-ferry, in the Count. Of JCsier-
sou. Passed March ~. IS5k
~ u enacted Nv the General Assembly, of Nir-
gina. that the Hank cf tli- Valley IN Virginia,
ls. aud the - hereby au,hOrg III establish
ara Office Of Discount sosl Drpcsii. for add Bark.
st iiarPers-fcrr,, IN the CoOn,y 1T jefferson, ala
capital II two hundred Thousand doilars
For this pur,,osc 10 may he l.~f al for SID Rank
N op-n book, of subscription, the hrst Moa-
dss in July next, or any day thereafter, the
terms aud regulations bosrtoforr pr,-crii.c,l by
Ian Tor the subscription IL the stock &c aid Usnk
aud not others provided for ia this sct. AZ The
s-nk IN M,nehes'cr. and at the several oite,s "a
Discount aud opposite, ia Romney. esburg spd
Charicsiosn. and a the follow Tug pisces. TO at;
AZ Harpersfery, in the Coon,y Of J,a.rsoo
under tie supcrintcbdcbec of George W. Hou.-
pl,rcys, John lates. John Suidcr, Gerard ID. Wa
ger. John Moicr, Joseph I. Russell, and samuel
'ibson. NJ Srnitl'tield, ia the Conniy Of Jcfiur-
son, under the superintendent &C Carver Willis,
Sebastian Esiy, Jas. Grpnthsnl, Thomas Timber
lake, Samuel seoiley. Mann T.. Nelson and Samuel
CsmcrOn. At Shcpherdsto~h, IA the County Of
Jefferson, nader the snperintrnsebec OF Henry
Botrlrr. William BuiI,r, Baker a pseo,t, Beuia-
MN 4. Io~ntr. Thomas e. ilarTiS, Henry Shetp-
hcr'i, and Charles Harper. At AfartiuSburg, IA
'lc County Ot Berkeley. under the auI,crini..u,l-
cnee 81 Elisha boyd, Conrad iIogmirr, Daniel
BurkiraTt, William LooE, add Isaac =. I.auek !;
and At Derry,iIic, in the County Of Frederick.
under the s,iiseristcndeDee 81 Ir-adwdI Smith,
Cyrus Mccormick. William Casticrnan Ed~ ard
j. Sm.th. JoSisi, w. War;, John Is. I-sruc, and
John X. 4. Taylor. The ssid books sLall be KEEP,
open Tor the si,acc OF ten DAYS. and no longer -
Z, MAJORITY 81 the commissioners 1T tl,- aforesaid
places respectively, shall have power 20 act arr.
shall be thetr DUTY IN receive all the indictments
upon the shares subscribed for, ia their book ~
.Je''ciy, which sl,sll fall ,inc any time b,for-
tie Erst cie,tion 81 PrrSSIc,, and Directors OF
tbc fs.hce of hsrouut aud Opposite Aforesaid
hpd tic irc>ssieBt and Cashier of the HANK Of th.
alley IA SiTginia. at MinshsS,rr. and ;hc PrcSi-
detis aad Cashiers Of the several branches, NJ
Homi'cy, AZ iScsbuTS spd Charesio~n, shall have
poNcrto receive instsiuebts J,,on the shares sub
rrbcd Tor iItheir books respectively, ~hiei, si,an
TALL doe AZ siorv s>id. The shares hall be- Of the
a'nonr.to cue hundred dollars each
H. 1t the slosc al the ten days Eforr said the can.
',Ai stock hervoy authorizcd, that is,t~o Thousand
shares, shall have been subseribs for tl,.. N,,d
books OF subscription shall be, opeDcsl NO mon,
bHt shall appear that the said an,n,st of r.,,-
liai SOL shall nor have been subscribed far. ill.,
IN The Said ten days, then the President aud D,-
rcetors At the said Hank OF the aIl,.y ,n Nir-;n
"a, a. Winchester shall authoriz,. the Said ri
to he sga'n opened and kept open, nj the r,-sp-e-
uNc places Aforesaid, Tor such period or ucrio.s
OF unc astl'ey may think proper.
.pon the election at President and Directors
Tor The management of the Office Of Discount and
Drposi.e aforesaid, the commissioners her, ,n at-
pointed, shali pay over 90 the Said PreSi,sut and
Dpetors, the moneys received upon tl.e several
insaimenis ~ aforesaid.
lie iurther enacted. that during the time when
TIE books aioTrsad shalI b. KEEP, oI,cn under th,
provisions OF this act, IL shall be lawful Tor anY
INIson, eo-partnsrship, or body polite ~ person
or by attorney, 60 subscribe Tor a share ar an,
nuioer OF shares, not exceeding thirty, in any one
day. Every share 80 snbsrriled hall n. ,l,.,.,.l
and held for thu sole and .Nrlusi, a.. and Lns,
o' uc person, oo-IarfIrrShip, or body polite
subscribing, CT IN whose bchalf the sub,rrittion
Mall have been declared To be- q, the time a ma
King The same aud all contracts bargains, and
ats any wise contrayenng Thu pru,is-
,on, shall be utterly null and void II b,iorr ,h,
books shall have bccn ,losed, there hall ha,.
be'n subscribed Tor than y t,ousaasI sl.ar.
oi The capital stock aforesaid then the s,hseriu
uoa Mall be reduced 90 tuo thousand shares ac-
corning 90 the rules prescribed in the fourth sec
ton of the act entitled can act for ipeorpora,ny
u'c hank OF Virginia, passed the thirts,pnth OF
january, eighteen hundred aud four.
Dc niurthcr eracte'l. tst As Soon ~ IL sl,aIl he
ASeeitained that two thousand Shares az the eapi-
"a aoeA aforesaid, have been subscribed for il
slsall be the duty of the President aud D;r,tor.
o' ihc <sid Bsnk Of the alley IN Virginia 90 cali
meeting of the stoekholders Of said Hawk fiu
siun'"g ube subscribers 90 the new stock Il ,L,ir
"s"A,sH nous ia w Winchester, for the election OF
"Iht lreetOrs Tor the management IL Said Clf,e,
~ Discount and ID Posite, IT II.rp,rs- Fr-ry. ,,,,
WI Tie next annual election Of officers of Said bank
and us branches. The meeting shall be called Ly
tiec, IN be r"blishcd II least three week ia en,
ns~spsPeT, printed ia each OF t,c tosnS Of Vim
chester, homnry. Lee,lurx. aud ChArics,o~n-
uay Tor The meeting sLali he asegrtaies in s.,,l
"ouee. not Sess u'an twenty five nor ruJrr tai fr
~ sl1ys. from the FIRST publication d.crcof
lie - further cnaetes, tliat so confederation al
u'e privilege her,by granted there shall b, maid
=" uic Commonwealth ~ tlic Bauk 81 tlrc VALLEY
ih Virginia, ott Ot ise disicsis OF the nav toll
herr"y authorized to bc cI,Atesi the sun, Of tir.r
'hoHsanh Three hundred aud ihilty-tilr,-e dollars
~"eh sad sum shall be- ipsy able in the dis ,io
oi 'aih Mark. either ~th.l, sx months .s.r ill.,
nrs' Jay ~ May, one Thousand light hundred and
'hittt -hN', or "a three equal annual .n-tai,rr,is
hts act shall commence anil be- in tnrsr tro,f
a'd alter The time ~heu it, provisions shall h,y.
been approved by The stoc khold,ts al tb, s,,J
Bank ut the ALLEY ~ irgiuis a, general meet
ig 10 bc convened therefor on Of bsinr,. tn. fs,
Monday in May neat and such si,pto,al ,hsu
ha'c 'ttn made aud duly certified o. tia. Ex,ru
tive 81 his tommunu csI,h. Ats,lsh nlecti,,, no
soekhoidcT shall vote by PROXY ul, - susI, my,
shall hc appointed after thu passing ~ this act
H. y iufthtr enacted, that the su,ernIns,,, a
Ute ssih pfiiec - Discount snd n-posits. a usr-
lSr-Icfry, s'ail bc regulated by the stoekIufih-
efs 81 the Dahk 81 t- ' alley b., Virginia, ~,
gthctHl meeting 80 che town al Winch, ,,sr ,,,
u'e same manner aud subject IN the ssuie r,stris.
''"n' ans ifni'a'ions - sfg provided for tlc o,-
'Tnmcu' ~ ,hc Dfiicss a. Discount and Ih,.l.,,.
.lr--'y cstsbi'.lird is said Ii.i,k