ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 853
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That if any subscriber
or his assignees, shall refuse or neglect to pay the
amount of his subscription, or its equivalent, for
the space of twenty days next after the same may
be due and payable, the stock on which the same
is due or redeemable, shall not be forfeited to the
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Refusal to pay
subscription.
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said Company, but the original subscribers shall
and may be liable for the full amount due on said
stock.
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Liability of
subscribers.
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the persons
named in the first section of this Act shall be Di-
rectors of said corporation, one of whom shall be
appointed President, and shall have full power to
act as such for the term of twelve months from
and after the organization of said company, which
organization shall take place as soon as the cap-
ital stock shall all have been subscribed for as afore-
said; and on the expiration of the said twelve
months, on such day as the President and Direc-
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Directors.
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tors shall name, the stockholders of the said com-
pany shall choose to ballot — five members of said
corporation to be Directors, to manage the affairs
thereof for twelve months, and until successors
be chosen; and on the same day in each succeed-
ing year shall the like election be made; and in
all general meetings of said company and election
of Directors, every stockholder shall be entitled to
give, in person or by proxy, one vote for each
share of the capital stock standing in his or her
name on the books of said corporation; and at the
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Stockholders
to elect Direc-
tors.
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first meeting after said election said Directors shall
choose a President, and should it, at any time,
happen that an election of Directors shall not be
made on the day when, pursuant to this Act, it
ought to have been made, the said corporation shall
not, for that reason, be deemed to be dissolved;
but it shall be lawful, on any other day, within ninety
days thereafter, to hold and to make an election in
such manner as shall have been regulated by the
by-laws and ordinances of such corporation; and
in case of death, resignation or disqualification of
a Director, the place of such Director for the re-
mainder of the year shall be filled by the Board of
Directors for the time being; and in all cases the
Directors shall act until their successors are chosen.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the President and
Directors for the time being, or a majority of them,
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Directors to
chose a Presi-
dent.
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