Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-10-29
OEEoG uAl-
LAWS OF THE uHIrKD STATES.
Pass,d al ,As F,rs !Se,sss. Of tAs Tsvry-
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IPrBIrc-Eo. s49 |

PrBLic-No. t49
An AIT to incorporate the Union Gaslieht
Company Of the District OF Columbia
Be AZ esadol BY tie Sessfs ssl Hesss
Of Rspresosfaf.res Of tie Unised Sfsscs
Of Ah.<r,oa N Consress assemLlod. That
Sayles J. Bowen, William Elmer, William
BafeA. Robert w. Milbauk. Andrew n. Kin
ney. William II. Baldwin. z. ID. Gilman. d.
c. Forney, S. p Brown. John Green. and
Gamaliel Gay and their associates and assign.
BE-. and they are hereby, created . body cor
porate under the name Of the Union Cas-
ligh, Company Of the District Of Columbia."
with authority to manufacture and sell gas.
to made of coal, zinc, oil. pitch. peat. turpen-
ting. or other material, and to be used in
lighting the city Of Washington and tho
streets thereof. and any buildings, manufae-
tories, or houses therein situated. and to lay
mains and pipes for the purpose Of conduct
ing gas in any Of the avenues, strcets. lanes,
or alleys OF the said city: Prorided, Aosoever,
That the said company shall SO conduct the
manufacture, and lay said mains and pipes.
as not to create q nuisance or injure either
private or pnblic property: Axd Provtdcd.
further, That the said mains and pipes shall
be laid subject to such conditions and in COM
pliance with such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the municipal authorities Of the
city of Washington; and the right to erect
aud establish any buildings, apparatus. or
machinery for the manufacture Of gas, shall
be subject to such regulations and restrictions
as may be from time to time prescribed BY
the said municipal authorities Of Washing
ton.
Sec. 2. Ind be It further enacted, That
tho capital stock Of the said company shall
not be less than Eve hundred thousand. nor
more than one million dollars, and that the
said stock shall be divided into shares Of one
hundred dollars each, and shall be deemed
personal property and be transferable in
such manucr as the bylaws Of said COM
pany may direct.
Sec. 3. And be IL f3rtkev esaeted, That
within six days after this &C. is approved by
the President of the United States, the cor
jority of them, or. II any refuse or neglect to
act, then a majority ofthe Others, shall cause
books of subscription to the capital stock OF
said company to bs opened and kept open
in some convenient place in tho city Of
Washington, from nire o'clock In the FORE
noon till three o'clock in the afternoon. for
period Of not less than three days, and as
much longer as the said corporators shall
prescribe, and the said corporators shall
give public notice of the time and
place Of opening said books Of subscription,
by advertisement thereof in the daily papers
published in the city Of Washington, and
subscribers to the capital stock Of said COM
pany shall be held to be stockholders Pro-
vided, That every subscriber shall pay at
the time Of subscribing twenty y-five per cen.
tum of the amonnt subscribed by him to the
treasurer, who shall be appointed BY the said
corpcrators to receive the same, or his sub
scriptions shall be null and void.
Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted. That
whom the minimum amount Of the capital
stock of said company, as prescribed in the
second section, shall have beca sub
scribed, ond twenty-five per centum thereof
paid as aforesaid. the said corporators, or a
majority of them, and in case any refuse to
act, then majority of the others, shall. within
fifteen days thereafter, call the first meeting
of the stockholders of said company, to be
held at some convenient place in tho city Of
Washington. for the election of directors, of
the time and place whereof notice shall be
given for at least five days in two daily news
papers published in tho city Of Washington,
or by written notice thereof, signed BY one
OF more Of said corporators. and personally
served on each stockholdsr and in all meet
ings of tho stockholders each share shall en-
title the holder to one vote, TO be given
either in person or by proxy.
Sec. s. Asd be ii further enacted. That
the government and direction Of the affairs
Of the company shall be vested in the board
Of directors, composed Of seven members,
who shall be stockholderr, and who shall
hold their Office for the term Of one year. and
uutil others are duly elected and qualified to
take their places as directors; and the said
directors shall elect one Of their number to
be president of the board. who shall also b.
president Of the company. and . majority Of
the board shall constitute . quorum to do
business; and they shall choose treasurer.
who shall give bond With sufhcient surety to
said company, in such sum - the said d.
rec,ors may require. for the faithful disehsrEe
Of his trust. In case OF vacancy in The
board Of directors BY death. resignation. -
moval, refusal to oct, OF otherwise, the va
cancy oecasiosed thereby shan be 6llee By
the other directors.
Sec. 6. Asd k II 6sAv essesed. Thaa
there shall be IN annual meeting of the stock.
holdess, for the eiecsioa Of dirvesnss, to Be
held q such tine and place. and under sueA
rules snd r-eulasious = the said company in
their BY laws shall prescribe. md the dive
toss shall make IN ANNA. report in writing a
theis proceedings 10 the seockhoadan-
s~e Z. A.l 6< 1t fsrA~r e~ads3. Thsa
the directors shall have full power TO make I'll
sueh bylaws as they shall deem neeessasy
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