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f ?MTD ,T H Y I' L 8 JOiHT tllJJTEMv TO THE STAT! WITH A.HODGE, D A Y, Jan U A t Y 19, 1797, Numb. 57 T H U R S Afwf. inmcriuE Mffwj'. -7- --.-.i-i-r.-r, SK iifihii foch tM&m. their Wfr-r'-r.. mooew advanced by thewa .nd for tbe riflc they tVM to open book v. of fub Eti Halifax trH, m Halifax couruy. A ,J, J9P? vporam Da iViny M ef them i P.4ftwUlft m Put. L;.7rniv. in Virginia, UPer the ma- L;id;lahn Willpq, fc Robert Payne 3jwColquhqun, orltjj; two. of them j!i .r.Ttmanev in the tgunty of.Mecklen lift tfettt f Virgil. rcM.i.ndjr ' lnd'Sa&V Hppkni or any twp of '1 icq it Auth 9ofton in the county of bfisj'ii iki'tUte of . Virginia aforefaid, on Ai otimjcment pf Pcorge Carrjagtorr, 'xMcou. andCpHles. Bruce, or any twp ,Ji!, forr,ecfiVicgftfbfcriptioni" to thj a. 'wot?? figh ji tbquj'api dollar for the fait) Witling which fubferiptions Qui I We 'iaflfyitypr&J Pf auornev, ar-d 'Jtjjj! apltttt i bli the, (lidjbiokt (hall be -eolhcfira diy of. Ftbruuy next, and r Mfpt ojiep, untjl the twenty third (Jay of Oc- ioclpfiit'i ajjdoml)t tvtnty third T 3; i tfec month 0 OQober, that AiaH be a ; met ting $f the lubfcribe;i t Halifax Vi n iffajd, and the man i get i (hall give ;tof luch meeting jo the ftate gaieties of H Cviaa and Virginia, one month at i t 1 R1 ! WWore. this day (or jjie purpofe attainted 'r1-, wu by ton kept coouiniog a ftatc of : ,wiVcri I "tip! if (be capital fum afore. u NPT j f hfcribed, then the j, 1' iP.Vd, Cfn.ti.o.to receive fubferipti 'la -V deficiency. The'aaing t' PFiflMi make 1 lift of. the fubictiben, j.j j w,iifnp oy cacn penor ana ? , ifteftut toder thtir hs r- 'fal.' I -t -1 .r,---, ----- iqi injc ot North Carolina, OCrtCOrdcd I and if mnr. hm .loKtv dplUri AiUbefoDfcribed, the fame noiceatB iba fym by the manigen, Urtke erinliAna in il ArA in. in? roanarera Uiali thtn and there WorifBthlof, Uje fuMcriberi fliall meet, t: i's '! Till 1 I'" 0 CO ".aicwta tnai lym by the mar y"3qwjhfn, begitniog to W jjfgeftfjibfcriptn! in the f wnBuicg ioke off torn all -wrt4uct4 lhf capital tfoiefaid of teU,. l or0ntiUfl,re hur Wfclri r -if- b.el?Pt0 .frbfcriplioni of WU&lar,riin,n lnombtr in Which CTw mill ftmd on a liA id be mrf fctibert, their heir and aflign, from the time ofthe laid 6r ft neeting (hall be and are det cUre)d; to be incorporated by and under the name of the Roamak tfavigtthtt Company, and may foe and be tued j ajjejf the loblcriberi pre-' Tent at the faid meeting, or a. majority, (ball eleft a Pfefident and feven Dircftori, to con duft the faid undertaking, and manage the bu fineTa of the company for and during fuch time a the company (hall think proper j and on counting the votes of all general meetings. f the company, each nembi (hall have one vote for each (haie as far as ten (hares, and one vote , for every 6ve fla(es above; ten by him or her held at thetime, and'anj member by writing under his or Her Kand, executed before a ul tice of Peace, and ' certiBed may depute any member to aft at proxy, for him" or her at any general meeting. III. And but further enafltdt That the Pre ..Gde.niMd p.trekolt their (vjcctffors or i ma. jority of them, matt ano! jay agree with per long oil behalf of the company, to optjn, and improve t,he navigation, Roanoak from, the (own 01 naiuaa, 10 a pom: or piace ynicn Oiall be one mite below the place here the Virginia line interfccll the fame, by carialt, lock's or (tuices, from place to place, and It bin time tottime,'upon' '(ucjt terms as they Tbill t hiok beft j and Out of the aid capital and irio ney aiirtng from toll, pay for making aqd ie- pairing all works' necefaiy for the navigaiion and alio to appoint a Treafurer, noi one' of their body, but yet a proprietor, clerk, toll eathereji and foch olhceri, mansxers and lervants at may be requifite,' and! t6 igree'foi their yage fettle and pifs theif accou uj and ano to enaoiun r.uiet 01 proceeainz.ana eenc rally to tranfatt all tbe'bulinefs of the compa oy in the inVervaU betwtejhe'generirmeftinga of the fame "and they Ihall ba H'owe4.by' the company at their general meetings, a reafooa bl rum tor their tropble frovitcii, I hat the, Tt4furer mall give bQnd 'and' Itrcurity' as th't Prefident and Directors mail irecl 5 and "that na oractr in tne company man nave a vote in naiunc anu ifiinntr nu accounr. . IV. AnJLbi il furtftr. tnatitd, I hat each fublcilbe'r' mall pay 'for even' (hare at the fjrll eeneral meeting to be had on the teoty third aayot uctuper next, at mmax town, jrin. parolina, the fum 'of Seventeen dollirt per fhare to the Treafurer of the 'company j 'and the oames of thofe wlio I ail to pay then and there, may be (truck ofT the books andotlier.s complying with this reulition,' may take fuch' fharei,' and the Pre-fenV a'od Direcort an J ih'cir jucceflbrs, or amorfiy,' Dull Have pow (torn time ttime at money mav'W'wt'nting, to make and Tign biders for thai' Durpoft, and d 1 reft at what, time! 'apj 10 what proporti on, tBe lubfetibert flitirpty tYie fums 'fqb'icrL one month in the Bate Gazette of Virginia fnd tforttJ Carolina : ' ProvWM, ' ThaV'trie'Pt'efi. dent ind DireQort (htli not demand' (torn the and ot fabferibert more tbso tbiriy.lree dollars a oloe? ibtrd wrCwfie in one year r and if anv tne 10DI :nners man lait io pay ineir propyrnon rtauntJ.' uhi'ri one month after the faMeVs fa ordered to be ad verlirc J, the refiJent ind Di rcctois, pramaj9ruy, wy u ( iuciiob, ina LtST? wa" -lid to be made reftbis, aJ;nV , ,,.,rofelid i "d the fid ea- convey ti the pbrchafer'tbe rbire,t of the' Tub' itoA ,0,oc'gbi hindred (htict termers fo failing, giving at haft one' month's feaifaf ' od anv peifan may notice of the faJe,ifi the gutties aforefiid $ and Wtf i&1IK0lmore(hre,'bu, I,otfor a all fuch fales fliall be in the town ot ilifai, w,!r, "Thit uofeft the Korih" rarolioi. Sod the purchafers of fch . inn iiiu c. a 1 , . , t 1 - 11. . it1 ,1 ... il. ' Ufon 1 " ,nu ,u inires mail oe loojct to tne lame icujtiioni, kHjJif!".11 Jbe feting o the fubfcit- ai M the hie and Coovevaece had been msdt't) 03, 'WB 00 the twenty. third day the proprietQit, apd if foch !! fl)ouVo"t uttfij, . ' oicripifont made in product ib fall lam femkimng unpsia on tne sLi&Vr be f3idi md.f faid (harr. wilti ht intidentil chirict', tke jcrt4 ta rrttt,,eo1 "d D reclort ate them, may in the name wf he comptny, fue Midji .ltl,The fuhfcripiioAs which for and ricover'tne balance, "'ert there leidlu ho,e until the on from the time" tfit '(ameBVclmc due, fpd "icm :. wpi 10a the fhii re. 1 navao e 10 anv court or como-iem lorugiaioo. . au I i.ywifc.r swumim. il. I liww - to tioH 00 the tiwYttjonuf the ttm ff !b tke Pieddfot iWDrrccle?! may be' 'eVpo'iiied, iKe ro'blcriber it'lhe'ir 'eHI 'ttnerar ttilttrng stay contiiil tbtd, or 16; of itrn, of cbvb othert in their dead, and in cafe of the death, refignation, removal, or incapacity of any of them, may elecl others, and may alio at any of their generar meetings, remove the Prefident or any of the Directors, and appoint othera for the remainder of the time for which fuch per fona- were to have afted. H VI . And bi it further en8ed That every Pre fident and, Director, before he proceeds fo act, (hall take ab bath or affirmation for the fatth fu! difcharge of hia office. V 11 . And be it further etiaSed, That the prefence of proprietors having two hundred and fixty fix (hares, or x majority of them. man te ncceiiary to conltiiute a general meet ing j wnd that there fliall be a general meeting on the (irtt day of June, T anauaUyyiffef the fir It meeting at Halifax town 1 but if a fuffi- cieit number does not attend on that day, the proprietors attending may adjourn from day to day, until a fufficicnt number does meet, end thtie to continue to fit as lone; as oeccfTartf 1 and the Prefident and, Dircflois Ihall makt re- port, and render juft and diftincV account! If their proceedings, and the proprietors prefent, cr a majority it" they rind the accounts iuft. (hall grant certificate thereof, and make a (late roent of the fxme oruhe books of the compa ny and at (och yearly general meeiirig after, leaving in the bands of the Tteafurer, fueit lumas the maforiry of the ropriciois (hall judge nect fl at y for rtpairs and cootigerit char ges, an equal dividend of the proiitt aiifirig tiom the tolls by this acV granted, fhall be made among the pioprietora in proportion to their fevetal (hares and on any emergency, tfi Picfu'cnt or a majority of the Directors, j. iheiotfrvals between the yearly meeting, may call a general meeting of the company at Ha lifax town, giving one "month's' notice ip the Virginia and North. Carolina gazettes as afore (aid: ' ': VllL.M.he it further enatied, . That for the expencex the company iriuftinclir in cutting" ca'nalsj crefting iock maU incr roaclaL and doing Variobft thihei'for this navigation, the canals, locks, roads, and every work and WPg appertaining to tie fud n,a.Yigaiton,' withaU the pro fits ariGngfroni the fame, or any part thereof, fhall be; and they are hereby veiled in thr'faid company, their heiri and afligns, as tenants in, common for ninetynrne years. In prpbrtto'n to their refpetViye (hares, and tbje ' fame (hall be dceiped real cftate, and fhall be exempt from the- payment of taxes, irapoljtion, or afl'ejmertf 1 and it fhall and may be lawful for the Prefident arid ' Direclou when a fafe boat navigation lhall be cb pleated tnfoti elt or around the falls 6 noanoax. 10 acmana ana receive at tome convc,nt5nt; pUf$ or pjaces, at or near ue.uiq ittis, jor au co.mmoautes tranu ported through any canal, lock, or Cuice maae oy tne saia company, tons accord ing to the following table and rates at foflows, to wit: ' ' ,r C.nfs tvery pipcoruognjeaapr nine, contamingmorertnao j Every pogfaeaol ot ruui or otijer lPrjts, ' Every ca(k between 6$ and 38 " eraew Wf, 104 e 4tKgl ihu b8h be Se. m J Tiber titn,J tv.. t . - a" tad f... ; V a, " fabk'utdataf(irtfaid. th. two f the ftfotfaid. (biCdb. rraildnf, half a pipe or hoff- head.'Uirrels one fourth birt . and fmlller calks or ke&i ii proporiioji, atcoruingio ice quantity o( tKeir ili it wrje gc fpirtti. t or calks of linked oil, the fame asfpirits ' Every lioirfhead of tobacco. Every 'ttflhrf of whtlt, beas,' (Sttih tefi fegt.) i IS 3 I 3 . tit. "i-ll-l- Si .1; JtMi ; .i it r. h.4a !!,( a 1 .
The State Gazette of North-Carolina (New Bern, N.C.)
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