Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-12-21
CHATTER
OF THE MINERS BANK OF DU BuQUE

Dooue,f IA -Du Buque county, and Territory
Aforesaid. the capital stock whereof stall 81
NO hnndredk Thousand dollars, 70 10 divided
into two thousand shares, Of one hundred dol
! lars each, and the subscription towards said
etock shall be opened Is socn as may be con
yenient after this act shall be approvedby the
cossssss a the UnitedStates. The subscrip
sions shaIl be opened in the said county. and
such other places as the commissioners. may
think proper, and be kept open until the stock
4SA1akec1ibed, under the snpesinsendsnee OF 8
sSAiA lockwood, Francis Gehon, John King
Willi1m Myers, l.ucius H. Langworthy, +
IL. 1f1sells Robert d. Sherman, w. w. Cor
tst Ind Simeon Clark. who are hereby aP
- "a commissioncrs to receive the subscrip
.1nas 10 tho sid capital stock; and the said
commissioners shalfbc the irst directors-shey
shall choose ons ofssheir owa number forp
ssidenf, md hey shall give At lcastthirty days
notice 81 the time and place Of opening said
subscriptions. in one or more newspapers rrin-
nd i41aid county, and they shall hold their
clkces until the first election Of president and
1igsctors takes place.
SIC. 2. The commissioners shall proceed
- distribute the capital stock ii the said corpo-
sration among the subscribers thereto, and IN
ease there shall be subscriptions for more than
tie amount Of such stock within the first three
days that the books are opened. il shall be the
dsty ofthe commissioners to apportion the same
amoag the subscribers thereto in rsteable
lfsopgstio6 q the amount subscribed BY the re-
speeaive individuals; but in case the whele
q tho eapi1nl stock shall mot have been SUBJ
eesihed At. tke expiration Of the three days, the
commissioners shall continue the books open
3 loagas they may deem necessary TO haze
NE whole of the remaining shares subscribed.
6ec. 3. That one-tentk Of the amonns q.
each share shall be paid TO the said coaliais-
sionefs At the time Of subscribing, and the Ds-
lance shall be paid in such instruments and at
svcl 4i1nes az the directors, or a majority q
thQm, for the time being, shall direct and all-
point: Provided, that whenever de pay&iesi.
Of any instalmenf is required by the tiIeciors,
they shall give at least ninety days aosice
thereof in a newspaper printed in slie county,
Il there should be any published at tie time,
4 no {, then In tho newspaper published in the
territory the nearest to the said bank, bot no
one insfalment shall exceed ten dollars ON each
share.
SEc. = AL such persons as shall become
stoekholdess OF said bafk, shall be. and they
szeheTeby ordained, coDsti-suted, and decla-
rod % be, until the FIRST day Of May, which will
- II The year Of cur Lord one thousand eight
anndred and ffty-seven, body corporate and
poaisic IN Fact and in name, By the maine Of
~ hepresident, directors, and company Of
the Aincrs' bank Of Dn Buque,' and by tina,
leaDe they and iae;r Successors shall md may
hass eonnnual succession during tie term =
f6fesaid, and kaail be persons In la,s capabie
Of saiag and being sred, pleading and being
tmp3aaaeds ansxe.ing and 1eing answered mn
= defending and beisss ssfsnded. in all courts