JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 283
the said president and directors to call a general
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meeting of the stockholders for any purpose rela-
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tive to the institution ; and if the president and
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directors shall refuse to call such meeting, the
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said number, of stockholders, proprietors of not
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less than the aforesaid number of shares, shall
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have power to call a general meeting of the stock-
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holders, giving notice as aforesaid, and specifying
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in such notice the objects of such meeting; and
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Furnish list
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it is hereby made the duty of the president and
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of stockhold-
crs.
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directors of said bank, upon the application of any
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ten stockholders for that purpose, to give such
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stockholders a full list of the names of all the
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stockholders in said bank.
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ART. 12. Every cashier or treasurer, before he
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enters upon the duties of his office, shall be re-
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Cashier to
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quired to give bond, with two or more securities
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give bond.
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to the satisfaction of the president and directors,
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in a sum not less than twenty thousand dollars,
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with a condition for the faithful discharge of their
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duties.
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ART. 13. The lands, tenements and heredita-
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Lands, tene-
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ments which it shall be lawful for the said corpo-
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ments, & c.,
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ration to hold shall be only such as shall be requisite
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how held.
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for its immediate accommodation, in relation to
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the convenient transaction of its business and such
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as shall have been bona fide mortgaged or conveyed
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to it by way of security, or in satisfaction of debts
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contracted in the course of its dealings, or pur-
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chased at sales upon judgments which shall have
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been obtained for such debts ; provided, however,
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that it shall not be lawful for said corporation to
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Proviso.
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hold any real estate purchased at sales upon judg-
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ments as aforesaid, for more than three years from
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and after the time of such purchase.
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ART. 14. That the corporation shall not deal or
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trade in anything except bills of exchange, promis-
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Deal or trade
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sory notes and bullion, or in the produce of their
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in bills of ex-
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lands, or of such goods and effects as shall have
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change.
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been bona fide pledged or mortgaged to it by way
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of security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts
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contracted in the course of its dealings or pur-
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chased at sales upon judgments which shall have
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