JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 747
SEC. 17. And be. it enacted, That the president
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and a majority of the directors shall constitute a
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Business
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board for the transaction of the business of the
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board.
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corporation, but the ordinary discounts may be
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made or granted by the president and three di-
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rectors, and in case of sickness or necessary ab-
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sence of the president of the bank, his place may
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be supplied by a member of the board whom the
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president, by writing, shall select or appoint as
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president pro tempore during such absence.
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SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That no director shall
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be entitled to receive any emolument for his ser-
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Emolument
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vices unless the same shall have been allowed at
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now allowed.
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a general meeting of the stockholders, and the
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directors shall make such compensation to the
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president for his extraordinary attendance at the
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bank as shall appear to them reasonable.
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SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the president
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and directors of the corporation may at any time
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call a general meeting of the stockholders for any
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General
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purpose relative to the institution, giving at least
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meeting.
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three weeks' notice by advertisement in some
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newspaper published in the town of Centrevillc, of
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the time and place of such meeting; and any mem-
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ber of the stockholders owning not less than one-
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fifth of the stock of the corporation, may at any
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time apply to the said president and directors to
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call a general meeting of the stockholders for any
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purpose relative to the institution ; and if the
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president and directors shall refuse to call such
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meeting, the stockholders owning not less than
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the aforesaid amount of one-fifth of the stock of
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the corporation shall have power to call a general
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meeting of the stockholders, giving notice as afore-
said, and specifying in such notice the object of
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Specify ob-
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such meeting, and it is hereby made the duty of
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ject.
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the president and directors of the bank, upon the
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application of stockholders, owners, of not less
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than one-fifth of the capital stock, to furnish to
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such stockholders a full and correct list of the
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names of all the stockholders of the bank.
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SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the lands, tene-
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Tenements,
&c , lawful to
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ments and hereditaments which it shall be lawful
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hold.
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