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Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent dtre film6s A des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, it est film6 d partir de I'angle supirieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'Images nicessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 22X 1 2 3 4 S 6 J PROSPECTU s OF THE SUTXsa d& CAXVADZAXg |M1NIXG AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SITUATED IN TH2 TOWNSHIPS OP GAINSBOROUGH AND CLINTON, °'::i' «r iir THa J>I8TRICT OF mAOAHA, V p a? B a c A »r a B A. TORONTO: P«INT«i) AT TH£ PATRIOT OFriCE. 1839. mm Mining i To the bu: ^orth Amerii sirousofempj It is presumec portunity so rs 'imail sum, Ian without the r Mines here pi session the ex( grant,) of won the Freeholdei Company, to { ment of Upper The Proprie pences for dis well as numeroi . The Proprieti fectly warranted 'united opinions . tnese Mines will of eighty per cer Mn be brought i . « is proposed i Poperty, which Nf including tl "'''1 never excee that a share 'unds-^d the PHOSPECTtS or APRIL 20, 1839. , Jirous of employing atfhi, SL ? " ' "'"'='' ""^y "« Je- "« presumed Lf.refo oSplZr''''' '"«»"»»• Portunity so rarely to be meTw^.rTif "^ Pi!"*"" »» "P" ™all sum, large rLuneraT.1 li^tTk''^ '''' """V »f » "thout .he ^ossibilitj, of OS? Th.P '''•""■'"' "'"o" Mi»es here proposed to be dL^jHr^™?"*""" »' 'he session the exclusive ri^ht for aC''."'^ •"T'"? '" ^'Pos- P"t,) of working the°said Ml„..°'^™',/''>'«°'ernment Ibe Preeholdei nronoJ! ,„^- "' ^^"^" »« » lease from Company, .0 'eEatedKr '!'"^f' ''^ f"™^" knt of Upper CanaZ ^ '^™""'"»' A« "f Parfe- pence's fo^dtco'veTi'tV" ^'' '^""■«""^'' «"• tf-e ex- well as nnmetu^l^^ertenstX^e,:: .1.f , "-«." »f eiSh«y per oeltXcapLTsunk t'or''''"."' " "^' P™« «« be brought into fair Verat^Sn '"' "' "■« ^^'<* Mines fflold, includioff the Stnrk rJ^ oS^ ^ ^^^^" ^® authorised to ¥f "^ver exceed fnvL7ltZ'^''f^^^^^^^ "^^t»'^«^d! H that a sham ln%! o.^J'^^""^.''^^ *>'^«^ani pound* lundred. ^'^ ^"^^ shatll not exfcded foui* Mil ■ vl 11 I. ■ l^M I:'.-?' I'.- The Proprietor intends reserving to himself sixty of the said Shares, free and clear of all, and all manner of costs and charges of working the said Mines, and carrying on the Business of said Mining and Manufacturing,— in lieu of cramping the early funds of said Company by calling upon them for a proportionate remuneration, for the interests he gives up to said Company, in the said Mines and privileges, together with five hundred pounds of lawful money of Upper Canada ; to be paid to him, the present Proprietor, out of the first instalment of ten per cent. — to be paid by the res- pective subscribers, on each of their respective Share or Shares. And here the present proprietor has much pleasure in stating, that according to the present prospects of the Mines, that there is great probability that it will not be ne- cessary to call on the subscribers for a second instalment. That Books will be forthwith opened at the following places, and extended as soon as the proper arrangements can be made, wherein such persons as are desirous of be- coming subscribers in the said Company, can enter their names for any number of Shares they may wish to subcribe (or —viz: J. Lee's, Lead Founder^ jYewgate Street, Toronto. Patriot Office, Toronto^ Reporter Office, JYiagara. Mr. Bastedo's Hotel, Hamilton. R. D. Chatterton's, Star Office, Cobourg. Chromcle Office, Kingstcni. Armour &, Ramsay, Montrea^ At each of the above places specimens of the Ore will be left. That Subscribers shall be at liberty to subscribe for any number of Shares— the amount whereof will be due and payable to the said Company in manner following, that is to j say — ten per centum upon each Share so subscribed for, to the said Company, immediately after the said Stockhold- ers shall have elected the number of Directors hereinafter | mentioned— and the remainder, if called for by the Direc- tors, by ins original cos dent and D point for thi upon the su the same un Share or S) have been pi staiment sha lie notice sh zette, and in nada. That if a shall neglect staiment due them, at the Stockholders amount previ( so forfeited si ably be obtair rectors of the thereof, togetl shall be acou other funds of chaser or pure of the instalmf ley of the sa Jier, or them, i before a certifi be given. That after tl on the respec said Share or S of the said Cor That so soon Stock shall be prietor will be I Canada Gazett call a general m •/, h: tors, by insialments of rot more ihan len per ce.,. nn .1, poin. lor the pl^ltt ^ XVut.'il bT " ^'"' 'P" upon I le said .Subsciil.Pr n. s.7 •, '. °^ imperative .lie same under .be tbrfe ture of iiT it'^' r"""" '" P^^ Share or Shares wiih V; i / ""'' '"^r <"' their respective have beenSon the ;r. n '"T T,""^^ "'''^'' ™»y stalment shall be called fnrT ^'T''^ '''"''^^> "''" «oin. lie notice shall ha "bee .i?e '1^ he" T'^ "T "'''f P""- ^. and in some t.o or nCe" Sell^ia^f^C ^:: Stockholders sM fSluch Shi' ^''^^f '"'^holder or amount previouslv nli,! ,1 7 ?■■ *"'»■•««• »"•> the '0 forfei!;^TralbrsoldZ?h" ','"'' "^' ^''^'^ »^ Shares ably be obtained for the sine i 'f T' """ ^""^"^o"- rectors of the said Pom!? ^"""^''n .s"ch manner as the Di- Ihereof, together thhT^ "'"""""'' "'' "'"^ the proceeds Aall be acounTed for andTnni"?- '\T^'^ paid thereon. other funds of said Co^pa y Tpt j^d ZZZ'' X '"'' chaser or purchasers shall i,' , -j „ '""^^ 'hat such pur- ofthe instalment reauire 17 »^'d Company the amount ney of the SSe 'sWs . 1°'' "'\P'"-^ha,e mo- her, or them, as aforesaid 1„f i- " h" P'f'^hased by him, before a cer ificate of trlfeT^if '^''''k'^«.''"^' ""^ ''''>' ""•l be given. ^''^'^ "' ^""^ Share or Shares can on'it' r^;e*u.e1hr!,r Sh' ^''"'r''^,P'"^ "^ ^f"--"' said Share or Shires shalhlff "f '''^^''id Stock, the of the said Company '""'""' "''"•^ferable on the Book, Sto?k1h\°n'be"take;:u?nf V''™.^''^''f°™''»<'f ">« »aid -U,eneraf^^i"n^JX^ror&^^^^^^^^ 6 da, of the Subscribers, for the purpose of electing nine Di- rectors, to act in conjunction with the present Proprietor, who will by virtue of his great interest in the Stock of the said Company, claim at all times the privilege of being a Director. That such election shall then and there be made by a ma- jority of Shares, voted in a manner hereinafter prescribed, in respect of the annual election of Directors ; and the persons then and there chosen shall be the first Directors in con- junction as aforesaid, and be qualified to serve until the first Monday in June, succeeding their election ; and the Direc- tors so chosen as aforesaid, shall as soon as elected, proceed to nominate or appoint their President, and then call to upon all Stockholders forthwith, to pay their first instalment of ten per cent, on their respective Shares, and as soon as the said deposits shall be paid to the said Directors, the said Directors shall proceed to pay the aforesaid present Propri- etor, by claim No. 2 of ihis present Prospectus ; provided al- ways that no such meeting of the Subscribers shall take place, until a notice thereof shall have been published, as aforesaid, in the Upper Canada Gazette, and some two or more of the Newspapers printed in Upper Canada, at a dis- tance of not less than thirty days previous to meeting. And the said Directors shall forthwith apply by their pe- tition, in the name and on behalf of the said Company, to the Legislature of the Province of Upper Canada, for an Act of said Legislature, to Incorporate the said Company, by and under the name of the British and Canadian Mining and Ma- nufacturing Company, anJ to grant unto the said Company all such priv leges and advantages usually granted in such cases. And be it further understood with respect to the election of Directors, that such election shall take place annually on the first Monday in June, in each and every year, unless pre- vented by some unavoidable cause— or some reasonable cause must be shewn by the Directors for the time being, why the said election should be postponed for a future day, of which day due notice must be given by the Directors for the tim^ belhg^^in like manner that notice of any other mat- ter of busini distance of n which case it like manner a place on the postponemenl rule herein la upon in any c postponement the interest of such annual n hers for the pi pose shall take published in th more Newspap distance of no days previous t And be it h Eight Directors and act in thei first Monday in the day on whic holders, (unless for the election duties as Direct and in like mann the said general take place. And the saic shall be duly qus ed by the said C( general Candidat P9ny, and shall '0. as follows, 1 offices of Direci with tue other Dii ling to, or in anj [Mall be considere "Wiltfee next gen which case it shall be deemed •, eood T.f ' r ?"T ^'''''•) '" like raanner as would have bee" h "f Z^ >» ,d election-i„ place on the aforesaid fir,rMondw„r"'''^''"" '=''«» postponement shall not be TS ,""''■ '"'' ">« '"iJ rule herein laid down Ir^M H VeceT.?:: Z!™'" *! upontn any other case than as aforesaid -nr .hi, *"^? postponement as aforesaid in ,„„ . • '."'."^ *"»" such the interest of the said clm^7 '^- P''?'""'^^ <"■ """ect such annual meeting or n„T„?rrP''""'.'«'' ^'"'Vs 'hat no bers for the purpo e°of eleS nf '"f"'"« "'""'^ Subscri- pose shall taL pC:'^^u.i°:Tr:zac\''"- published in the Upper Canida rJ^*J , ' ^^^® ^^en .ore Newspapers 'ofthe'^rov nclTf'upp:' ZT" "' distance of not less than thirfv ^. *^^ Canada, at a -fay, previous to s„:hm:e"tingth'rplac": ™" '""'' '■"''^ Eigt DtLl^r'^^^tirctren^' r'' *,"' '"^ -" and act in their resDecdvl nffi , 'fcresaid, will retain fat Monday ii^jSn^nex sf.?.',!"' ^r"'""'' ""'" ">« ■kedayon which the. econd^^^!r,*' *'"' "PPoi-'meM. kolders, (unless the same?hnlfh '"^'""S "^ ""^ Stock- for the ;LtioT of D rTctors shall''?at°°'l'' '' ''r'''">-^ Mes as Directors shaTlTeSe a Vb ot'nulUnd'' ""f and in like manner shall their duties ceaspnn ^1 f ""i^' ..saM genera, meeting if postponed ^tK:^ , «t d''uiy;aj: K&an^ ri^r-' ed by the said Company, Candidates of til • * l**"' general Candidates for the SorshL of Th?"?''^"'' '" Pwy, and shall have precedenrp t*/ ^i"?''' 9°™- to. as follows, fom. of "Xm shal Ihp n '""? *"*■ ofccs of Directors and S A S '^-?'e«ed to the U iue other Di eSo^l :^l"Lf°e?"lrh„ '" """i™,"""" »«lo. or inanywiseconcernW,he«iHr""""'°»8- h" be considered and c"nS 74 fn„f *?°'»PW. aod l-«*e»e..ge„era.meeti^^^|UXra I"' ., ► .. j '»■ . (4:. :i 1 1'! ., ■»;;l Iff- *•,] < .f\ ,■<».■ • If- <•, 9 purpose of electing Directors, when the said four senior Directors, having been re-elected as aforesaid, shall resign up their offices as Directors of the affairs of the said Com- pany for ever, (unless re-elected at some future general meeting of the Stockholders, for the purpose of electing Directors,) when the four junior or last elected Directors, will succeed them, and be considered and called the four senior Directors for the ensuing year, or until the next ge- neral meeting of Stockholders for the purpose of electing new Directors, and the meeting will forthwith proceed to the electing of four new Directors to be considered and called the junior Directors, which will in like manner to their predecessors, do and act in conjunction with the other Directors, in all matters of business belonging to, or in any- wise concerning the said Company for the ensuing year, or until the next general meeting of Stockholders for the purpose of electing four new Directors as their successors as aforesaid, and so in like manner the said Company shall meet yearly and every year as aforesaid, so long as the said Company shall exist, and elect Directors as aforesaid, to succeed th«ir predecessors (as junior Directors) who have just succeeded the late senior Directors, who have now quitted office, having completed two years of Directorship in manner aforesaid, which it is the intention of this Com- pany that every Director shall do, unless he shall be re- moved by death or vote of the said Company. And in case anij one or morf. of the said Directors shall be charged or suspected of any act or acts injurious to, or not consistent with the interest of the said Company, or dereliction of duty, in his or their said office of Director or Directors of the said Company, or be suspected or charged with any manner of delinquency, then, and in that case, it shall be in the power of the remainder of the said Directors not so suspected or charged, to convene a Public Meeting of the Stockholders to enquire into the conduct of such Director or Directors, and to deal with him or them, as may to the said meeting seem meet, or in case the said unsuspected Directors neglect to do so, then and in that case, it shall be in the power of any one or more of tbe Subscribers c of the whole, charged Direi l/pper Canad writing indjvic oftheStockhc unsuspected o: to convene sue on as aforesaic sed, since the ged Directors case, it shall bi holders having uncharged Dire convene a pub] Company, touc ship, of such su and more espec lar charge or chi against him or tl or Directors; ai the satisfaction < ges which may accused Directci established, the \ thorityto forthw Iromhis or their or residue of th( office ofDirectoi ihem the said Dii J or appointment i Company, as shal same to be detern J8ent,to be taker m% that such su pnall have due no pore of the said Pspected or accu; [Stockholders for tl (>.<:.. 'J any- fiubscribers or Stockhohlnr* «r ♦»,« • i r^ »/■ the whole, to can uDoi L , ■ ''''>^<""P»")-.on behalf charged Director. eXr Iv iT""' ""'"'P^'^'e'l or un- uppfr <'anaorG^z:;;e':;nt^c,i et"^ort N^rr ." "!" "Kr r£:?fJ:,'■^.':'- ™suspeo,edortharg^d'Dtee^s"ih:ll' efu "" ''"f'^ to convene such meeting Xr il; , '"' "''8'<=e' ?Dir c,™s aSd'?fl''n' •'" ^"^P^''^'' ""h-^SedCc or accused DirecTcr or Direl , ? '",?''" '«']"'' ""« ^»W tM^tLrarnfrXt ICompanv, as shall t'^ tl.o«, fU • 1 .^nairs ot the said kn-e'to fc deZi :d''w \t ma orUv^'oTv^^.r^'' ""^ h'L^ 'f »- hefei™Lrr",Ton:d;''pro*d"ecfar |«ore of the said sLifi, i">' ""^ '"'ft'on of any one or Lected or accusedr.n ''' •"■ "'<=!■• Di'-^ctors (no, so SloctMde°3 foMS-. ^ ''°"''?? =■ «"""'■''' "leeling of the I -..-laers to the purpose of investigating his or their I ■ ■ ■»■ 'if.;. te^ «*f t ■ ■ ■':.•; I Iff . 11^ iv 10 fcondUct, as Director or Directors of the affairs of the said Company, setting forth in such notice the grounds of ac- cusation as near as may be, whether general or of any spe- fclfic character stating the same, the said notice to be per- sonal and given in writing, bearing even date with the pub- lic notice convening the general meeting for that purpose. All notices of impeachment or of investigation of con- duct of any Director or Directors, must be served upon the Person or Persons of such Director or Directors, or de- livered (directed to him or them; at his or theirdwelling house or dwelling houses, or at his or their office or offices or compting house or compting houses, which shall be deemed a good service of such notice. Any Director or Directors of said Company that shall be attainted by expulsion from office, although not /or ever expelled by vote of Public Meeting in manner aforesaid, shall not be deemed eligible to be re-elected to the office of Director or Directors until the expiration of two entire years next ensuing the first Monday in June that shall happen after the expulsion of such Director or Directors. !n case of any vacancy happening in the Directorship of the said Company by death or resignation, or any unfore- seen cause, the remainder of the Directors shall forthwith. by public notice as aforesaid, convene a public meeting of the Stockholders, to elect one or more Director or Direc- tors to fill up such vacancy. But when vacancy shall hap- pen in the Directorship of the said Company, by removal or expulsion from office of- any Director or Directors for delinquency, in his or their respective office, then and in that case, the same public meeting which voted such remo- ▼al 6r expulsion, shall forthwith proceed to the election of a Director or Directors to fill up the vacancy just occa- sioned by the aforesaid removal or expulsion of such Di- rector or Directors as aforesaid. not as senior junior Directo The said j the Office or I first Monday i requires, to tn their attention, the interest ar require their a may proceed t whole were pr acts of the Di committed on a her of Directo held as null anc Any Director ly meetings or which may be e; a majority of th less, for three s attending by ilJn, fotice in writing, Erectors, or by 'gency) given in fo any one ofthei me, will be dee m subject such ''eing arraigned h Pfs, to be conven eJ or expelled |pany. I .-^nd the said I Jith their Presic peduly qualified "^en, and to make Any Director having served his full terrti of t^lvo yearslscribe suchruies ih manner aforesaid, being in every other respect duly qua- lified, may be re-elected to serve the office of Director for a i^econd term of two years in like manner as before, but ;eem needful and lisposition of the . sa'd Company, anc [" the sail! s of ac- any spe- I be per- the pub- irpose. of con- ed upon rs, or de- •dwelling or offices shall be that shall I not /or manner ected to on of two that shall ectors. ectorship y unfore* brthwitb) eeting oH )r Direc- hall hap- removal :tors for !n and in ch remo" ection of I 11 ;l" D^tfr""- '° '"^ P-J"*- of ei.her of ,he ,a,. first Monday i„ eyerf^omhoLtj r "^'"y' »" 'he requires, to transact business of wh f.' """■ °' "«»«<>» tor attention, and sha I conlhue til I "T^ ""'"'""g ite interest and good succe 1 of .h? TX"^ »' '™g "f require tl,eir attention. «he„ five Ihall f^'' '^°'"P™y 'I-'" «r proceed to transact business in te™ ' ''"°™'"> '"'^ wliole were present, and shal hi ? i"^"""' "» 'f the acts of the directors bnf! i '""'^'"^'^ «»<" -id valid committed on accou 'o le "aid r""""""/ 'V "« be er of Directors than five i 111 b7H'"^ ''^.'^ '^^^ ■»"»- leld as null and void ^ ''^""^'l '"valid and >, -e^S'^or tr 'Zcilrt' '■""' "'^ -«•"« "«».*- .Web ma/be expre'Is JcoTvlnedrf. °' ,5'"^ »'^««o », '"•ajority of their nuiber on »nv ^ ' ^''^^i'iw or by »«, for three success" e'meet2,,^?' """'"''^ "f ^usi^ "'ending by illness or soI^uZEm^^''' P'^^'^d from wee in writing, must be gH"rto tt? p "m ' "^ "''•''^'' ^ue directors, or by license funXV! President of the said !s«y) given i,(,vriun.b;at^i„nT' f'^o'^nary en,er- .toanyone of their numhp?. u^ "'•>; "^ ">« said Directors K'will be dee^d™ ^gfecf rde'T^'-""^ -^ ^S Wl subject such Director 'rLjl '^f.'"^''"""' of duty, and b --"- ^- ''^ssrone^-To-i^ Ntly qualified to appoint^ain^obl "" ^^™«' ^l"" K and to make any and lU \ni K Z"'"^"''" »■"» "wk- Uesuch rules, orders and 'f '',''J«-'a«'Si and may sub- »* needful and proner . "'f}'"T- "' *o them shall position of the ..P^r^Cty '"efj /a^^T''^''' -" -^Company, and fouchf„gP.h?d„Ta,;d''co„t:;%f ,t ;,V' i;-',v 1 iv' 'I'l I i '■X*- 'I •is..' It."': '•■ ,y; ., if;- W: 12 Officers, Clerks, and Servants, employed by them, oti be- half of the said Company, and all such matters as shall in anywise appertain to the business of the said Company, and shall also have the power of appointing as many Officers, Clerks, and Servants, Factors, and Agents, for carrying on the business of the said Company, and with such salaries and commissions, as to them shall seem meet. And furthermore it shall be deemed an indispensible part of the duty of the said Directors to audit the accounts and properties, rights, interest, and credits, of the said Com- pany, once in every six months, that is to say in the third week of January, and the second week in July, yearly and every year, which said accounts shall be brought up to the last day of December, and the last day of June last past, previous to the days appointed for auditing the same, and the said audit of accounts and properties of the said Com- pany generally, which is to take place in January as afore- said, yearly and every year, as long as the said Company shall exist, shall be a public audit before a general meetingl of the Stockholders to be convened by the said Directors according to the rules and regulations for that purpose, madej and provided ; and it shall also be the duty of the said Di rectors so soon as the affairs of the said Company will ad vantageously admit of it, to make half yearly dividends ol so much of the profits of the said Company, as to the shall seem advisable: Provided always, that such laws, rules, and regulations, be not repugnant to the laws of thii Province* At all meetings of the Directors for the purpose o| transacting the business of the said Company, should an difference of opinion on any point rise, then and in thi case, such difference must be decided by the prevailin, opinion of a majority of their whole number. At all public meetings of the Stockholders of tli said Company, whether for (he purpose of electing Dire tors or any other matter or thing, concerning or in anywisi appertaining to the said Company, in fine, any question o subject brought before the said meeting must be decided bl a majority of votes of the said meeting, such votes beii given by I void and ol All Sto becoming must be di dates for su bona fide h shares (at li same must b in the proj Candidates, tion taking ] they must b least one yea residents of i All Sharej humbered pr stamped witl be signed by And it is h &t all public T P^ny, for the election of Di cerning the sa that each Sto a number of v he, she, or the their proper r time of votint say: one vote 1 for eight Share tional Vote for ( Absent mem a Stockholder, her own proper der duly qualifi, being duly auth( upj endorsed w: the same, to the 13 must be duly Sed hi !""['''''' "' f''^ '"''^ Company dates ibrsuchSe tmanl f'i? *='" •'\''d"'i»ed Candi: bona fide holders a„d"sseToi^^"'"«' ">«^.T^« be the shares (at least) of tKocTrfth" f-L'^" "S*"' "^ '''»"■ same must be ente ed ud1„ ,h» h \ 1- V''"'P»">'' ''«^ "he in the proper name, of V^T'"'^"'^'''''' Company CandidaVesfsTx cS caLS '^'^ P/oposed Candidate or lion taking place for lT;fh"""tP''"'''"''° ">« dec- they must b^e Lse-kLner^nf V ""^ P™P°^« '" «'"'« fii-st cerning the slid CoL,L^ other matter or business con- tbat each Sto khoWer oTs;i\".r u'" 'PPf"l'"'"g 'hereto; a number of votes n. "o .■ ?""'.''• '''^" ""^ «"«"ed to he, she or tl,!.„ ' P'^"Portioned to the number of Shares 'i»>e of votng accord n^'t'o'lh^'fT""?' P^^V""' to Ihe say: one vote f^r each s^» . following ratio, that is to for eight Shares ei^M f ?"" ^"'''^'^"'S four; six votes tional'vote orevervtl 4r ^°' T ^^'"''' ""^ ™« "<'<«■ Ahspnt m. t ■'^ ""^ ^"^"^^s above ten a Stockholder dulv?',-«"''. ""^ Pr^' ^«<^'' n-et»ber being l.er own prop Vpto'naldlucr'^"'"'''''^'" ™'<' '" •>'' "f der duly qualified riril^T. P™''^ ''.^'"6 * Stockhol- bein» duly authnrlJl!i ••'.''' '°.™'' '" bis own ri«ht, and "P, e"»*"td vSLm?"^' Ir^ ^"'''" •'^'"Aanded •he same, to the Preslw „f1), ^' P™"^ f *''« ■"ok of 1 resident of the meeting, lot the purpose 111), ■4 , p,"i .. I • i', : 1:' 14 of being filed in the Office of the said Company) in like manner, that they would do if they were present. That in framing the bill for incorporating the said Com- pany by Legislative enactment of Provincial Parliament, the strictest attention will be given to the introducing the usual protecting clause against personal liability of any Stockholder or Director of the said Company, for or on ac- count of tny of the engagements or liabilities of the said Company. And the President and Directors, when in full Board as- sembled, shall have full power to make purchase of any land or lends, building or buildings, machine or machines, to erect or build, any work-shop or shops, shed or sheds, or to build any dwelling houses on the lands and premises of the said Company, for the residence of the officers, or work- men, of the said Company, that may appear to them to be needful and necessary for the operations of the said Com- pany. And be it understood, that the Stockholders, known by the name of the British and Canadian Mining and Manufac- tpring Company, and that by that name they and their suc- cesscH^, shall and may have continued succession, and by such name shall be capable of contracting, and being con- tracted with, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, in all Courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, com- plaints, matters, and causes, and that they and their suc- cessors, by the same name of the British and Canadian Mining and Manufacturing Cotnpany, shall be in law capa- ble of purchasing, having and holding to them and their suc- cessors, any estate, real, personal, or mixed, to and for the use of the said Company, and of letting, conveying, or otherwise departing therewith, for the benefit and on ac- count of the said Company, from time to time, as they shall deem necessary and expedient. in like d Com- iament, ing the of any • on ac- he said )ard as- of any tines, to Is, or to s of the r work- (1 to be i Com- ownby anufac- 2ir suc- and by ig con- being Courts 5, com- jir suc- madian 1^ capa- jirsuc- for the in?, or on ac* y shall L'*' [J vT '^U' '\"''< m if ■•':