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the person so becoming a member shall, so long as his amount of deposit shall remain with the corporation, be entitled to all the rights and privi- leges belonging to, a member of said corporation under the provisions of this Act, and under any by-laws of said corporation, and the regular weekly deposits of any member of said corporation shall in no case exceed the sum of five dollars for any one week, and the whole amount of such de- posits of any such member shall in no instance
exceed the sum of two thousand dollars; and it is hereby provided that nothing in this Act conr tained shall be so construed as to confer authority on the Directors or stockholders, by any rule or by-law, to restrict or limit the number of weekly depositor's who may desire to deposit or become members of said corporation ; provided however, that the amount paid in by each depositor be not less than one dollar per week, and that they in all things comply with the provisions of this Act, and the rules and by-laws which may from time to time be adopted.	Proviso.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That the said corpo- ration shall be capable to receive from any white person or persons any deposit or deposits of money, and to use all money so received in -discounting notes, &c., or to invest the same in public stock or other securities at the discretion of the Directors, according to the by-laws, and in such manner as they deem most safe and beneficial ; provided, that no President, Director or officer of said corpora- tion shall borrow money from the same, but ordi- nary dealings of the Institution in the sale and purchase of bills of exchange, notes of hand, or specie, shall not be considered borrowing within the meaning of this Act.	Receive de- posits.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Directors, at least once in every six months, to appoint from the members of the cor- poration five competent persons to investigate the affairs of the said corporation and to make a report thereof, which report shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, that shall be opened for inspection at all times of any depositor or mem- ber ; and it shall be the duty of the Directors during the first week iu January and July, in each	Committee to investigate.