Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 July 1808 — Page 1

THE WESTERN SUN

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t ;f'rv:diL lxl the time to b-land drtrt nviie, and theneefurvMrd Lrr(mf hjpnii the fervirr and return of vhich futn-!-in h) the fiid board nf rommif. I veil :d i:i the direct:, far tlie ti.nr heinj .Tmnn, if vl. appearance Ibnll be entered f'ir . f r !.oks 1 r '. - vi ng t!;r . - i t he fid i:omp iny, under fuch limitations, the faid company, at tlie return teim, lh?

f , d i 1 . 'i r i ) t i o r ; 5 . fit 11 U on or b-f)ie t!i: f i ".I i i i v i i Jiilv n-xf, and t h iif) fob f ' ptl ) i iln'l br frcrivrd, Mid- is til- III!) c f tm fiolLrs b- frl p,;d into t.rhand.nt t):- p-ii"n aMV i .d to receive the bmr. 'in !i (hare ' I t .V d b?r. Hit It farther nzctrd. i :v v hr u M r t i '"i-'ii Initi Irrd of th d :hire i;i-ll lie fti'T. .bed for. p r I'M II iV th-n ) ' . r herr i i ,r,,.,,r j actual I'd!.:; r f 'll.r rj in tlie fid t i MIT. ! ! . C 2 f rihers for ?hr I ' : lie l -.l rrp: ' ! ii nti vr fin iT r r hi f - l fu t t ' ib-r :, fn dl h-, ami t! ie a. id ciea'fvla Imdv p ! r , ami v air n-i i i t ' t c : :r t (-1 t t , jv he n.'f!!' mu: i: i- i i Sin 1.1 U j irt l.T (..v-j'SHiV. a' '1 'V that IK rt .." n!", :i: i lt: )' I, :: l tr. 11'" I. I' i .ie i id, and lc i:1. ! d -d, ; n 1 do fufl'rr a I nutter . 'i 1 : : , 1 ir i h i a' urui'if rnri'fi. . . . . . . I k . .1 MIIIVU 11 . w . . - w

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2 J rate m?y lawfully do and fufier ; and may have a common ieal, and the lame ma) break and alter at pleafure, and may make all bye-laws, rules, regulations and ordinances for the good government and well being of the 1j id company, and for carry ing into effect the objects of their inttitu tion, fo that fuch bye-laws, rules, regula tions, or ordinances, be not repugnant to the laws or the United States, in force within the diftrict of Columbia. Sec 5. And be it farther enxctcd. That when nineteen hundred of the faid fhares fliall be fubferibed ior, as aforefaid, or as foon after as may be, the faid board of commiihoners, fliall call a meeting cl the company, rt the city of Wafliington, by public savertifement, m one or more Gazettes pnblifhed in Walhington, Alexandria, or Georgetown, appointing a fit and convenient time and place of meeting, for the purpofe ( f electing five directors, a tlerk, and a treafurer, and fuch other officers, agents and fcrvants, as the faid com-; pany may think fit to appoint, and for transacting r.ny cth.cr bulinefs, in purfuance of this aCt, and sppertaining to the nature and objects ef the itiltituticn cf the fjid company; and the iYid Uoarvl of coinmillioners fiial), if necelTary, ai!jot!tn thr faid meeting, from time to time, until a quorum firall be formed ; rnd a -majority ot the laid conr.pny, or the prqp:ietni ot two thirds of the number of fhares bdtaliy fuhferitd for, t'neir lefsni rrprsfrntatives, fuccelfors, cr proxies, (hull Le a qiiorir.n to Jo buliiicls ; ai.d the faid board of commif lioneis, before opening t!.efid fyb fci i tion hoiks, nn sictrtani uv.u j ubhlh, in their faid ;;dvertifr mr.t, a fit nd c onvement mode of fi r.the nticting all powers of attorney aut.honfi;)g fubfciipticns to be made in the mme of anv nerlon cr persons; and before ci llmg a meeting of the lYi.l compiuy, lltall afcert;in and pu'iddli, in their advertifcmeiit, a fit and convenient mode '.A tiithentic.ting all indrumrnis cf writing autl.oi iliiug any perfon or prifonr, to ret 4!,u vote ?t inch meeting, as tlie jjroxy orj pioxirs ol 'any member oi the faid company .dl v.l.uh powers ot atnrney and infliu mrnts cf writing fliall l:e filec' with the .leik of the laid compry, and by him be fifrly kept among ' e r-ccrds :.nd dweumer.t' apt;?rtair-in. to Lis (f:Iue ; and Jon as a o'jf:u of the ltnl roirmniy, nod a bo'ird of dilators fhall b : forn.ed, a iforefaid, ;tll the poweif , authoi ity, n.ddyties whafvvrr, by this ?t velircl in thfaid 1) -ard of cunmilhoner.:. I)i"!l (eafr

. . . i compjr.y, vl the hr.t meetm;; o; t!.- lam", v. t!. lam j'cr all mo'ii-s r: cri vd o" ;v, c r tlieir : - 0 ents o:i ;i.(cnj:it r, .Wl.;n; t'. a;,-, a; di 11 imin-ni tt- ly p over tlie i.vr t) the Iirinni c;i uu- i ti.i w i . . , . j . , f, i .t iiJ;rr rfoti i-r jrr'on?, as the 1 ?:d : ? '. . ny ,:i:n' 4. ir 0! ar.d ?pp- mt : tr.r u;; con"). ;ever'.hrl' Is, to iloW i!i jifl r (':'; fot , nnie- actually nn.i necdfady eNp'-nd d I LiV th- fd woiPl f t or i'T iii.u!M r, i:i t'lXTUtin til t! rir fiid tn-: al-d (!;it!-. Se. And ii it further en ;:trd. . at th-rr fu!l br r,ni.uai!v hiddrn, oh ti;r Mo in i -rv. ; I 1 1 . ( ud en:;. piny, lur t'ne j t'.iptl- (1 flectn (ill ( toi a r r; k, and a ti : ?.uc. t:- f-i I loir.ui'V lb dl Iwvr p.v.rr, r am i;ir: ti:!. I -.'a V tulieil alia L LI Ii III; U IC C . l .i i ii ii i . . i . i- : . I ............ .-f, I -

ana rel'i Kii:)n as ti e 1 uu (un.p uiy nry Jnuft iy oicier the gtne ral iffue to be epvh'n.k fit to ptcfci ihe ; :.t;d the I,-. it I oi .-.tered or. ::- ireord, ?nd may proceed tr of totnm.iiomrn H i I i ; r r t the l.iid jtri tl in I j.:clA;f mr nt, in like manner i;

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purfuance of this afl, to difplace any of tneir LeCtois orotifceri, and to fupply, b) a new election -or appointment, all vacrt ctes that may happen, among the directors or oinccrs ot the company ; and the faio company fliall have power to prefcribe and regulate the powers am duties of the faid directors, and of all other officers of the company ; and a majority of the faid di rectors may, from time tip time, el.-cl oneol their body as a pre fide nt, and ni'y provifionally fupply, by their own election; vacancies that 'may happen among the number of directors, or ariong any of the officers cf the company, eijd the perfons fo eieded hy the laid directors, "may conti nue in efde'e till tlir next; legal meeting of tlie company ; aud thedircaora of the faic company, to be elected, in purfuance oi this a!, fliall, unlefs fooner dilplaccd bv the laid company, continue in ofiice-until tht fiilt Monday in January next, fuccecding tlieir election, and from tha time'until a new election my be made by the faid compry. .:c. 5. And be it further evicted, That ? meeting t f the laid company may, at any tiiae, be called by a majority of the directors of the i-.mn?--, for'the time Lc. ing, riW ty one third of the members cf the i-ik company, or by the proprietors ( 1 one thnt! of the fharrs actually fubferibed for, cr he h'gal reprclc-ntatives or fuccef. fois of (urli members or propr e:ois : Pi t vidtd Ijcrrcver, Tint no meeting of the fait5 'ompaty (hall be Ifgal or valid, unlefs j. quoruis dial I be formed; confining of the im.jorry of the mcm'jeiF of the faid com. pany, r of the proprie tors of f.t leafl two thirds tf the number of fiiarcs Actually fub fcribttf for their legal reprcfentatives, lucccfTot j or proxies, nor imlefs the place (being vkhin the city of Wafhiugtou,) and the tide ol f.ii h meeting be previouily advtitilVu, 'or three weeks fucceffively, in one or more Gazettes, in the city of VYafliingtonj Alexandii'4 or Georgetown, r-ec. 6. And h it further enacted. i hat t!i laid ihaiej 111 a II be negotiable and ;tr.mifcraKle from one to anotlirr by Jiflitrii m-ntski writing, executed before two witnrfis at the !eah and authenticated and regiflered, ?s the faid company may preftnbe and direct in their bye-Uss and refiliation;. Si c. 7. And Le it further enacted Hut in firts at law againll the faid company, the f.ill piocefs fliall be a fumrr.ons, to e lervf'J ch the rrefdtnt, cr any one or more of thr directors of the faid coropanv ; - n -.p; rar.in' ;,,( her:, rr.tfird, ar.d the i !!;! - mirie im !jv tie l-l'i (n::;i;!v: m.ii if 1 "jt'di'f inr ; : be Te(o::ed ?,ra in ft th .fi i M?:p..:iv. th- cenrt may crr.er the u ,11-oi n 'i r.Tn u'.lfcllj fir lj)eciai fri jto attav h thr ir..ney, girnir, chattth tier s. t A :. m sctmn. -i d t l! in thi liar.d ? ot" any rdt'ter tf tlie i id ( i Mppanv, ir of any ti c i perf. n ; ai d f,u 1; itat ht irr.t fli a! I operate i U th- toll i t hei eafter t; oc rcteii'd, hith my he t-s HrcVd bv . jt'iiri, ip-'iaily pt eirtrd hy the Cou'f tor the till r-f th- ;Lu,idi' recovering fu 1 u !irr rr-i t, until inch judgment , l4ti -full ; and tlie coUtt may m4- fJ(k further rr other om'er for enfiiicinr th i..ymenrf luch jndgm-nt as iw;n' br t a j. . ... .i . . - - . on-

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court, as a caurt cf law or equity ; and that the fliares in faid company fhall be deemed perfonal, and not re-1 property, and transferable in fuch manner at the company fliall direct ; and that the fliares hrld by any individual fliall be liable to be attached, or taken by fieri facias, to fatisfy the debts due from fuch individual in like manner af other peifonal property may be. Sec. fi. And be it further enacted, That the amount of each Ibare fhall be paid by enlbdments of ten dollars at fuch time a3 the fnid company fliidl direct ; nd in enfe any cnflalmentor enltalments fliall not be paid at the time appointed by the faid company, or within ten days thereafter, the fame may be recovered, in the namcof the faicT company, by warrant from a juftice of the peace, if the amount due fhall not exceed twenty dollars, and if the fum fo due fliall exceed . twenty dollars the fame may be recovered by motion, in the namo of the faid company, on ten day'i notice, in any cuurt c f recoid in the county or diftritft, where tlie debtor fhall ke found ; and in all fuch warrants and motions, the certificate of the clerk cf the faid company. authenticated ty the prefident, undrr th common feai cf the faid Company, fliall be vvnclufive evidence cf th defendants being a member of the company, and prima facie evidence of the amount clue on the hares held by furh defendant. And if fucli instalment or infialments be not paid within fixty days, after the time limited for the payment of the fame, r.nd fcdvertifrd for four weeks fucceflively, in one or more gazettes, published in Wafhingtcn, Alexandria, or Georgetown, the prefident and directors of the faid company may proceed to forfeit, for the life of the company, the flirre or fliares of thr perfon or perfons fo failing to pay. Sec. 9. And le it further enxciedt That the faid company be, and they are hereby authorifed and empowered to ereCt and build, cr to caufe to Le erected and built, over the river Potomic, between the termination of Maryland avenue and Alexandra's iilard, a good and ftifficient bridge, at leaf! thirty-fix feet wide, cf found and fiut;b!f material.-, and in all refprcts adequate for the p;.ffaje of travellers, hoifef, rattle si- carriage?, with a frcure railing on each f.dr leaf! four f;et high; of which width fix feel on one fide fhall he -pptrpri.tted to th- put pole of a Way for foot piffengers, ai d (lull U frparated from thrcarriige way hy a good and fufficient railing at leaf! four fret bi'h. Sec. 10. jri i le it further enacteJk That the laid con.p-r.y (hall caufr to be built and k'pt and maintained in good rep tr, a convenient and fuflu ie nt' draw or p-iTageway, t leafl thirty, five feet wide, n the (aid bridge, over the miin channel f the nver, for the p.iupg and rep.ffing of veT-ls, 1 y d' y ?nd l y t.if;ht ; ar.d fhall alfj c uic :0 be huil:, ii.d to be kept ar.d mainfy iiifr.a "rll cor.Qittctrd i.d fijediv tiI h-rf, erected on pdes ftl -arh hd- rf ff;f pllti bridge, and sctjoinipp r 1 Cr to the faid draw, in ev-ry Tefpf or ie:: for fliij pf d other veltels to Ji-l'llf.-Iy ; ;,j d ?!I ff I : p , Wiitillg for '4 :hicu;ii tlie faid draw, nay !ir iu h lVhirve fir- ( f rl argr, unt;i a'fuitaklc rpjjortumty j d!rr et Uu g thropgh the fa.d .'raw , and ;i - faid crmpar.y flrdl, at their ov. n ftdt,;rd without toil, ctjfi ir the (.11 r. v t r p.'.. :pe wv. to I ... vf d, v.iu cut (Srlay, f)r th- pDp !hir s and ve ff!s u-i?li n..-nc e of H I ' . ' 11 3 iiai - n W ' 1 L..i.-f II UT'l I . I I t

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