The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-05-10

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!, Sec. 4. That there shall be, annba
meetings efahs stockholders at tssaacf
Ftimo aud place as the.Directors may de
sigaate for the purpose of choosing Z
Board Of Directors, to consist Of not less
| than five For more shan nine, each %
| whom shalt be stakeholder, and Pre-
side1t and other ofioers Of said corpora
tion, to manage its affairs:
SEC. s.: That said Company shal
keep an oface.at their principal mine il
Union County, which, for all judicia
purposes, shall be deemed its location
and, also, one in the cities Of Columbi'
and New York, if they choose, and al
meetings of stockholders and Directors
may be held at such place, in or out of
the State as may be directed by the by
laws efthe Company.
SEC. 6. That all the property, real
and personal, of said Company, shall be
liable for its debts, and the private
property of the stockholders shall be
liable for the debts Of the Company to
the amount of stock subscribed.
SEQ. I. That this corporation shall
have legal e1istsures ffoh the time
written acceptance, or adoption of this
charter, signed BY a. majority Of the
persons named in the first Section, shall
have been filed in the Office of the Sec
retary Of State; aud this Act shall con-
tinue in force for thirty years from and
after its passage, and the privileges aud
franchises granted by this charter shall
not be withdrawn during that time.
Approved March 7th, A. D. 1871.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BREWER
GOLD MINING COMPANY OF SOUTH
oARoLINA.
SECTION. l. BE ii enacted by the Sen
ate aud House Of Representatives Of the
State OF South Caroliua, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and BY
the authority ofthe same, That Thomas
s. Cavender, Charles j. Audeil, and
Joshua Clendenon, aud such persons as
now arc, or hereafter may be, associated
with them, their successors and assigns,
be, and they are hereby, constituted a
body corporate and polite; by the name
and style of the Brewer Gold Niuins
Company, by which name and style they
are hereby made capable iu Law to have,
hold, purchase, receive, work, sell mort
gage, lease, enjoy and retain to them,
their successors and assings, lands,
tenements, mines of all characters, aud
cbattels, OF whatsoever kind, they may
deem conductive to the object and in.
terest of the said corporation, which are,
mining and working for gold and other
minerals, aud manufacturing the same,
in Chesterfield County, aud other parts
of South Carolina. and of sending the
same to market.
SEC. 2. That the said Corporation,
by their name and style aforesaid, may
sue aud be sued, plead and be impleaded
in any Court Of this State, make aud Use
z common seal, and alter aud change
the same at their pleasure, and make
aud establish such bylaws and rcsuia-
tioas, aud such alterations aud amend
mcnts thereof, not in couf;ct with the
Constitution or laws Of this State, or Oh
the United States, as they shsil deeu
proper.
Sec. 8. That the capital stock Of the
said corporation shall be twenty thou
sand dollars, with the right to increase
the same by the vote Of majority Of
the Directors, to any sum not exceeding
one million dollars that the said Cor
poration shall commence business with.
in sixty days after its capital stock shall
have been subscribed, and the stock
may be paid either 10 mouey, real estate,
mining leases, mack :: y or any other
ind of property, the same to be divided
into such number Of shares as the said
msy determine, aud the
shares to be assignabIe and negotiable
under such rules as the said corporation
may prescribe.
SEC. 4. That there shall be annual
meetings Of the Stockholders, at such
time and place as they way designate,
for the purpose Of choosing Board Of
Directors, to consist Of not less than
three nor more than nine, each Of whom
shall be stakeholder, and a President
and othe. officers of said corporation,
who may be members Of fthe said Board.
Of Directors, to manage their afflirs.
Sec. 5. That the said cooperation shall
keep an Office at their priupcipal mine