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K. 1871. ?7 C0 RAhhN lajosfy I lie ii l»u Cfovonioi' tr.'iflo mid pdvcnf nil in'ovisions tilt' iollow observed 1 Croveiiior Ijioveni' r rEi{Kiiy poiulucled lereiuiit'ter lereby ma 11 lieu of I^i^^V C O P Y OF DEED POLL, &v. &c. S:v. i^a M tcr Ivibom these presents shall come, hie i(^V^:R^'nl{ aNJ> 'O.UPAXV of ADVKNmiKRsoF EXGLVXD niAIMXU INTO Hrnsors-s may ^enb 0>rcetuig. WUEUKAS His K„. .U.M...W, Tiiijosfy King- (liarlcs tlio Second did, hv His Royal Cjiai'ter cDiislitiito iho " ""•<*"v...nn, miuIC.,,,,- lovciii.T and ( ()ni])any ol Adv.'ntnivrs ul Lni-land (radin^r into llud.-ion's Bav ' '•" «"^ 1 , . . -.1 ,1 * "iittci!, tor till' iiiiiiiaup- ii.c a body < .ivpoiMl.-. wifli piM'petual succo.ssion and with power to electa "",".* "■^'"'''"■i-i< niM ffovernor and l).-puty (Jovcrnor and r„,uniittee for the managenent of their trade and atfaiis. \()W KNOW Vl- that the (Governor and Compuny of Adventurers of Kno;Iand, tradinj-- into Hudson's Hay, commonly called " THF IIUDSUN'S HAY COMPANY/' hein. duly assiMuhled accm-ding to the n... t....,.,,,. ..a c„... Wisions of the said Charter, 1)() MAKF, OROAIA, AND CONSTITUTE i:^u^'Zi^V^.;i^ ihe lollowing laws and ordinances, rules and regulati.ms, and direct them to be SvlMK^ln oi;;!:,. Jbaerved hy all OHicers and Persons ajjpointed and to be appointed by the said IliirtThi'ii' t'';!]','''''' '" overnor and Company to condtu-t and suijerintc^nd the trade of tlie s'.id ''"•••'<"'■'' 'i""i'llC 111. ,'||||il'l| Mil overnl(>yiiii'iit In Im- iliviilrd into 100 Sliil^l•.^ whincf l(» (■• III' iHllHoJM'i.lti'cl to till' Poll of tho said Governor and ('oin|)auy, dutcil the (itli Jiint>, lS;U, and of n f'oniuM' and other rides and reji;idations of the said (iovernor and <'ompanv relating to the iiiatti'i-s liereinaftei niciitioiied, that !•> to 'ay : — ^Ninici.K I. The Officers liereinafter referred to >hall enijdoy theniselvt in Nuith America, or elsewhere, an may ho reijuired, in their several grade aceordino- to the Rules and Ileifidations hor«>inaft( i' ediitained. and under suci •irdcrs, and according- to such other re may he from time to tini: j;iven to. or p)e.M'ril)ed for, them l.y the said (irvernor and ( 'ojnpany, or thcij (Committee, in superintendinff, con(lll(•tin^^ aid earryin*,^ on for tlio saifl (iovernor and Company trade and commerce, indudinj^' not oidy the Fur Trad(| hut all such otlier trach's or husine^^ses and comnieicial transactions, either eoii| nected with the Tur Trade or not, which the said (iovernor and Company shali think tit to carry on or he engageil in from tim.' to time, and incduding, so faj as the (Governor and Company may re(juire, the management or disposal of tin lands of the Company, such management and disp(»sa! not, however, beini intended to foim part of the (jleneral Trade of tlie C(»mpany to which the^ Articles refer. AiincLE II. Tlie clear gains and profits a.ising from the trade in generaa as hereinafter mentioned, shall he divisil)le into 10<> I'lpial Shares, whereof ll Shares shall, under certain reservations, be apuroprialed to the Officers hereiij after mentioned. Such 1(1 .Sliiiic- to tic sll!) ilivi.lcd into 10(1 Slinivs. (iovciiior :iM(l Coiniiiiiiy, or ( 'oninittt'i; to :i]i)i(jiiit I'oiii Ii spictiiifi Cliii't l',lc't..|>. ;i.|.t Cliict Fnctor.^; 'I'wiiitx t'lti-tors; Auiki.eITI. The said 1(» Share- shuU l»e suhdi\ ided into I("0 Shares eipial amount. Aktki.k IV. The Governor and Company, or their Counnittee shall, and when they i(),sition of the Committee for the benefit of such Oflicers, after tlu-v shall liave r [eased to bo in their service, or their families. In the event of the Company lotennining to deft-r the appointment of any of the above Officers, or the lllinj? up any vacancies as they occur, the profits appertaining to the unap- propriated Shares shall, as to fi-ixty parts thereof, be payable to the Company, lid as to the remaining forty parts thereof shall bo payable to the officers ititled to the other portions of such profits and in the same proport i)M)int n Chief (Jiiiiiuii3»iuiit'r. Tliitiox of Ins])i'ctinp ("hii'f FaLti < )|Hfi'i», ( oIllMllxsjcillrr III^IV nill n I '(MMiril :iiii) iin|>i>»i' liiii"4 or |pi'iiiiitii'«, wliicli limy 111' \ iiiii'd liv ' liiviriiiir uiitl Cuiiuiutlct . CiiiVi'i'iKii .iiiil C'lmriiittc!' to lli'-I^JIllltL' < >llircr to iicl 1<'iii| iii'iti ily ill ciiiM' of ilrutli.di alwcucuot' C'oni- ■ uiHitioutr. ('oiiiiiiiH.-iimcr iiiiy iiiu!t ami coiu'uct of the Tnuk'. iiiul ollicrwiso relating tlifn-lo, or (o llic disfipliiio ol' tho Service from timo to tiiiif, uml hucIi Hules ami Jlcgulutioii!* nIiuU romain in force until objected to by tlie tiovernor uml Committee accordiii},'j .to the provisions hereinafter contained. Artici.k XI. Tn case (»f complaints as to the conduct of the Inspectinfrj Chief Factors, Chief Factors, Factors, (Jhief Traders, Junior Chief Traders, Clerks, and Servants, in the employment of the Company, or of any one or more of them, the Commissicmor may call to<,'ethera Council, consisting of one or more of the Inspecting Chief Factors, and so many Chief Factors us together M'itlil the Commissioner and Inspecting Cliief Factor or Factors sliall constitute ;i| body of not less than tive, so that such Council shall not include any Inspectiiij;| Chief Factor or Chief Factor whose conduct Is complained of, and sliall inquin into such coir.plaints and iniposi' sucli fini's or jicnalties for misconduct us tlitj said Council sliall I'rom time to time think fit, but such fines or penalties mI imposed may be variid or remitted by the Governor and Committee. AKru'i.K XI r. Tn ca.so of the death or absence of the Commissioner, tlia (lovernor and Cttmmittee shall designate the (dlicer who shall act temporarilij as Commissioner, and who r |„,tuc, OI iil»iiil-.s 1 )ili,ri« at least uiie years jtrevious no' ice, and the}' may disuuss lioni the Service, i^r iiiiMun.iiKt. [without notice, any Ollicer for wilful neglect of duty or other misconduct. Aririci.K XV. For the i)iiri)ose of aseertaininur from time to time the true Tousccrtniii stat.of iin! 11 -1 1 n 1 • . . Stock, anil til.' |>i.iHls,,i Istate and condition ot the stock and capiial, und of the gams and j)rotit8 of the thu ini.lr, Isaid trade und commerce, inventories, each to be certiHcd by one Inspecting Iciiief Factor, and one Chief Factor, or Factor, or Chief Trader, of such goods, provisions, and stores as, on the 1st day of June, 187'2, or the usual period of losing tlie Spring Trade of the Outfit of 1m71, und on the same day or usual joriod iu every succeeding year, during the continuance of tiie said trade, may reiiiain on hund at the sevi'iul depots, stations, or posts, occupied in currying m the said trade, shall be made out as soon us may be al'terwards ; and there- ipon the same shall be valued at a taritf to be from time to time determined i[)()n by the Governor and (,'ommittee or their Commissioner, and the amount ^f siicli valuation shall be alhnved as a ciedit in the account of the outfit, lealiiigs and transactions of the year immediately preceding, und sluiU be made cliarge in the account of the outfit, dealings, and transactions of the year then kext following, und the same goods, provisions, und .■stores shall be considered i8 part of the outfit and stock of the year then next following. I'rovided always Piatin such inventories and valuations shall be included all debts whieli on .such St day of June, or ou such usual period, may be owing to the said Trade, and [hich shall be considered good debts. In such inventories, no valuation sliallbe laced on the land around the Company's posts and station.s, or on the land now ?longing or which may hereafter beh)ng to the said Governor and Company, the jime not forming part of the property of thcTrade ; and no valuation shall be placed the Company's po.sts, stations, or trading establishments, except for actual It lay on account of the Trade expressly sanctioned by the Governor and Com- Uttee; and such inventories shall be forwarded forthwith to the princii)al office the said Governor and Company in London, and a General Account shall on ^e 1st day of June, 1H74, and on every succeeding 1st day of June during the ^ntiimance of the said Trade, be stated and made out at such office in Lf)ndou the manner following, that is to .say : in stating and making out such account the Ist day of June, 1874, there shall be placed on the debit side of tlie said uccoiint, thn nmouiit of fhc valiiafioiiM to ho iiuulc, as bcfino iiu'iitioiu'il, (if the goods, provisions, stores, Hiipplios, debts, nnd other artieh's, of which inven- tories are to he taken as hefon- mentioned, and wlii<'h are to form jtart of the OntHt and Stock of the yeur IHTti, together with interest at tive per eent. pt-r annum on such amounts from the Jst day of June, lH7'i, to the Ist day of June, 1874, and also tlie amount of the charge for the goods, provisions, and storo ordered for tlie outfit, ch'alings, and transactions of the year ]H7'2, together witlj interest at the same rate on the sums forming such amount from the respective times of the ]>aymcnt of the same sums to tlie 1st day of .Fune, 1874; and the auKamf of the v:duati(m of ships, after deducting a r<>asonahle per- centage for deterioration, to be determined by the (Jovernor and Committeo, and till- valuation of other j)r(»perty then eniphtyed in j-arrying on the said trade and commerce, together with interest ut the same rate on sucli amount, for the period last aforesaid, and also tlie amount of the made, as before mentioned, of muIi goods, provisions, and stores, ;i< on the 1st day of June, 1873, or the usual period of closing the Spring Tradtl of 187o, may remain on hand at the several depc'its, stations, or posts as ufori- said, and of the debts to be included in such valuation as aforesaid, and aiivl other property which shall be employed in the trade on the 1st day of Junc.l 187^3, together with interest at the rate aforesaid on both amounts, from tin 1st day of June, 1X73, to the 1st day of June, 1874; and also the net amouiitl arising from the sale of furs, peltries, and other goods and articles received J the returns of the outfit, dealings and transacti(jns of the year 187:2, aftwp deducting all expenses attending or relating to the sale thereof, together will interest at the same rate on the sums fonning such net amount, from tliti respective prompt days of the sale of the said furs, peltries, and other goodJ and articles till the 1st day of June, 1874, but not including rents, or the j)i(i| ceeds of any land belonging to the Company, in the disposal of which tlitj Officers may have been employed by the (jovernor and Coiumittee, or tlK'i| Commissioner; and the balance of the said General Account shall, in the evciii of such balance being on the credit side of the said account, be deemed to 14 8 till' ^ Chief Factors, Chief Factors, Factors, .Mli.n-. ^h, wmi. i „, il.. iiiti'i'ioi' til III' alluM 1" I'^'iii:!! II. II h".irii's. Chief Traders, and Junior Chief Traders, who winter in ihe lntcri..r. .hall 1m """'■•""'"-'""""' iallnwed out of the General Stores belonp;ing to t)i(> said Tradt; such p(>rsonai necessaries as nuiy be appri>ved hy tlie Commissioner , and all otlier articles (•oiisuined or improperly used by them shall be cliiuired to tiieir respective Iprivate accounts. The allowance of rations to < )fficer^ sliiill he commuted hv a liiioiiey puymc't* whenever tlie ( ompany deem it d -irable. Ai{ri('i,K WII. No more than one Inspecting (liief Factor, two Chief Nimiviii; h, l> . X I' . 4 rtl • !• rp 1 111' /l\ • /■ 'P 1 1 II 1 "I'll tlll^-Cliiil Fiir|,,l,i«, lactors, two I'iictors, two Chiet iraderH, and two Junior ( lucl Iradcrs, shall he ( hii f r^n t.ii>. tiv. n.i - diuucd to retire in any one year, nor tlicii, tinh --s he or they respective!* shall lave given one years previous notice in writing to the Ciovernor niid Company, ifter hiiving held his or their Commission or Commissions tive years; and ihe l])tion of retirement slujll hi* by seniority in each chiss. lni~, I wii t'liiii 'IVaili r-. Mini Iwi. .Iiiiij..! Cliii r TlMilrl^, to II till il \ I ill'. AuTici.K XVIIl. riispoeting Chief Factors shall be allowed furlough not Ill^|„,■^il,^(•|,|l t I ,i. im vceeding six months every five years, according to rotation. Chief Factors, " """ ' "" '' I'actiiis, ("hief Traders, and Junior Chief Tniders, shall be allowed furlough not ci'ceding six months every seven years, to be regulated by the Comniissiniicr, ihjict to the revision of th(> (lovernor and Comniittee. not cXl'i'l ilillu >;x lllulltll.s I'vi r\ livi' v« iif^ — 111 In 1 ( Itliri rs >i\ iiiMiilliH iM r\ -' w II VI ;n>, li\ ii>t,it jiiii i)f ( 'i iiiiins«iciiiii', or of tilt' ( iovi'iiior iiml Coiii- iiiitti'i'. AiMK'i.K \1X. Ihe Inspectnig Chiel I'actors, ( iuel laclors, l-actors, aii\ (»tVuii iiia\ i x.Ik.h;;. , . , „, , r • /^.i ■ n rif 1 1 • 1 x !• x ^ • 1 11 !n~ lotlltioll, Willi rolls, lit luei Traders, or Junior ( Iuel 1 raders, not taking advantage ol rotation, shall )t ho (>ntitled to any furlough till it again comes to their turn ; bat tiny ( >flicer iiiy exchange his rotation with any other ( MHcer of the same grade, upon ftaining nevertheless the previous consent of the Commis.sioiier or (>f the >veriior and Committee. AuTici.K, XX. A copy t)f the i'\ir Tt .'de accounts, made up to the preceding i\;';,';;;;;:;\!;'7,':;;,',';,,';;ii,. day of June, shall be sent out annually by tho (Juveinor and Committee, to be ;.,"|,;;;i,\J,';> ''''''■'■''''■''''' 10 laid before the Commissioner or Council ol' the fiuid Company, and if no objection's, in writing to tlic sur e be nuide during the following year, such aciounts shall bo considered as approved, and be theneelbrth binding and conclusive as a settled account. TrivaU' iiLcouuts of Ofticeis to b'! auuiially tiaiisniittcil tn llicin. xVrtk Li^ XXI. As soon after the 1st of June in each year as circum- stances ]na}- permit, Inspeciting Chief Factors, Chief Factors, Factors, Chiel Traders, Junior Chief Tradeis, and each Clerk, respectively, in the Service, shall have, in like manner, his private account transmitted to hin), and the balance shall be payable to his order. AfiiL'eintnt (o l)i' cntcrod into ))y Ottii'(;rs, ami secu- rity to l)f (,fivcii for duo obsorvniifc and jx'ifoiiii- amr of all llicconiUtioiis, afirci'int'iits, A:l'., lon- faincd in D.'i'd Poll. Power to (jovi'inoi- anil Comiiany to set asido, alter, or vary any of tlio Articles, saviiifr rights to which Officers aru enti- tled. Article XXII. Every Inspecting Chief Factor, Chief Ftictor, Factor, Chief Trader, and Junior Chief Trader, from time to time to be appointed by the Governor and Company', shall, within twelve months after the date of his apjjoi'.cment, enter into a covenant or agreement with the said Governor and Company for the due observance and performance by him of all conditions, agreements, ordinances, rules, and regulations herein mentioned and contained; and also all other ordinances, rules, and regulations to be from time to time dulv made, and the terms thei'eof, as far as the same are or shall be applicable to him or the office which he liolds, :!nd for payment by hina to the said Governor and Company as liquidated damages for every wilful breach bj- him of any of such conditions, agreements, ordinances, rules and regiilations, of the sum of £1,000 ; and each Inspecting Chief Factor and Chief Fa;^tor shall leave in tlie Company's hands, or give security to the Company to the amount of £1,000; and each Factor, Chief Trader and Junior Chief Trader shall leave in ilit Company's hands, or give security to the Company to the amount of £;">00. Such security may be given by some Guarantee Society, or two sureties to lie approved of b}' the Governor and Committee. AND Lastly. The said Governor and Company shall be at liberty to set! aside and determine, or alter or varv, from time to time, anv one or more of tlie several articles hereinbefore contained, and either wholly or in any one or more of the particulars tlierein mentioned. Provided alwaj's that the same shall luit in anywise atfect the right to which the person or persons who, for the time being shall be the Inspecting Chief Factors, Chief Factors, Factors, ChiflJ Traders, or Junior Chief Traders of the said Governor and Compiny, 11 uu.l in tholr actual e,npl,,vmeu1 al tlie time, nu.v be ontitlc-,1 as .vn.rds twelve ■mmth.' notice lor the termination of their cnoaj-eiuent. or to smh >hare of prohts a. herembetore nientione.l : i„n in other re.i„.,,s all an.i ..ve,v «uch .lolermniatmns, alterations, and variaho,,. to h. n.u.le a- aforesaid, shall or may take ettoct and bo carried into e.veeution. auy.hinu. henMubeh.re eontaiued to the n...trarynotNvithsrandn.g. In witnkss whereol the said ( '.mpanv have here- unto caused the.r (Aumuou Seal to be aHixed this Xiueteonlh .lav .if December, Olio th.jusand eight hundred and seventy-one. I5y order of the (Governor, Depiity-Goveriioi , and Cm limit Ice, w. Amur, Sec re tar I/.