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Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre filmds d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 i partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 O . vj . S . Ity^khJt ^/^o^ H BYE- LAWS (»K THK Suited fginin(| ^$S0dati0n, OF NOVA SCOTIA. LIMITED. t / I1VC'<>TII»<>RA.TE1>, A. T>., 18T1>. PKKNTEl) BY CHAIRLES ANNANI). 1870. ^ I BYE-LAWS OF THE ^XmitA fitting ^sisociatiott. OF NOVA SCOTIA, LIMITED. llNCORI'OItA.I^EO, A.. 1>., 1H71>. PRINTED BY CHARLES ANNANl). 1870. BYE-LAWS. ARTICLE I. NAME OF COMPANY. This Company shall he called the United Mining Association of Nova Scotia, Limited. ARTICLE n. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. The affairs of the Company shall be managed by five Directors, to be elected annually. The President to be chosen by and from the Directors. In all cases of tie, the President to have the casting vote. No person eli- gible for office of Director unless holder of 5 shares. ARTICLE III. Dli'TIKK OK I'HKHIDKNT AND DIKECTOKS. The President and Directors of the Association shall meet as often as hiisiiicss ixupiires, and shall have power to appoint and dismiss all necessary officers and servants not provided for by the Act of Incorj)oi-,;ti()n, or these Bye-Laws, and may allow such compensation for their services as the\ , the President and Diiector;?, mav deem proper, suJyject to the approval of the Shareholders at any Special or (ienc'ial Meeting, and th(^ l?resid(mt and Directors shall have full po^er and authoritv to make, do, and transact all acts, deeds, matters and things neces- sary and expedient In and about the carrying out the terms of the Act of Inioi-jjoration. ARTICLE I\ . nUTIKS OF PHESIDENT. The President shall have power to execute all docu- ments on behalf of the Company, and shall direct the calling of all meetings of the President and Directors and Shareholders, and preside thereat, and perform any and all acts and things appertaining to a general super- vision of the affairs of the (Company, under the majority of the Directors. ARTICLE V. DLTIKH OF SECRETARY. The Scrvetiirv shall issue summonses and attend all meetiufTjs of the ('onipanv or Dli-ectors, keep a record of the proceediuir^ of the Oompiny, draw all cheques for payment of moneys to he coiintersi^srned hy the President; keep a hook for n^i^istratioii and nuni})er of shares held by each Stockholder, with the respective number of such shares, every Stock Certificate hcuvj: numerically dis- tmguislied, and shall perform all duties usual to the office under the direction of the President and Directors. The Secretary may also act as Treasurer, and as such shall receive, and pay all moneys of the Company ; shall open an account at such Bank as the Directors may ap- point, in which all moneys shall be deposited, and keep a due account of the same, and such books of account shall be at all times accessible to the Piesident and Directors, and he shall be accountable to the President and Direc- tors for the faithful disr^havge of the duties of his office. AirJTCLE VI. DLTIES OF SLB-SECRKTARIES. The duty of the Sub-secretaries shall be to sign Stock Certificate^ with two Directors, and to notify the Secre- 6 tary of all transfers and other business transacted at tlic Loudon or New York offices. AiniCLK VII. HTOOK CKBTIFICATEH. A certificate, to he approved hy thr President and Directors, under the seal of the CompnuN , and si^nied hy two Directors and the Secretary or one of the suh-SiM-re- taries, shall he delivered to every proprietor or Stock- holder for each share to which he or she is entitled in the (Company ; and such registry of the certificate of a share or shares shall be evidence of the property or ownership thereof. ARTKJLE VIII. COKPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal of the Company shall have this inscription : THE UNITED MINING ASSOCIATION oF NOVA SCOTIA, LIMITED, 18tO. and shall be of such form and design as the President and Directors shall approve. AirncLK IX. ANNl'Al. MKETINOH. The uuniuil nuvtiii- of the Stockholdors shall bo held at the oilice of the ('()ni|Mnv hi tlie city of Halifix, on the thh-d Monday in January, of each y(>ar, at Ji oVdoek, p. m., and one nionth's notice thcMvof >liall he .o:ivcn by the Secretary, l)y i)id)lication in one newspaper in Hah- lax city, and hy printed notice, given to each Stoc-k- hohler personally, oi deposit(Ml in the Post ollicc, directed to his or hvA' place of business or lesiden'c, as appearing,' in the (Company's books. And any five or more Stock- holders present leortv^enfin- in person or by proxy not less than one-fourth of the C'apital Stock, shall constitute a quorum for l).isiaess ; the rre>ident to call meetings of theStockliolders for special purposes at any time upon a requisition signed by live persons, repres(Miting at least one-eighth of the Capital Stock of the (Company, giving one month's notice thereof as above provided. ARTICLE X. VOTES, &C. Every Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for everv share, and may vote by proxy anthorized in writ- ing, and all questions respecting the right of voting shall .— ■ >iii I I I V ■' I 8 be determined by tbe evidence of the proprietorship of shares existing on the records of the Company, and the written proxies produced. And all questions may be decided by ballot. ARTICLE XL ANNUAL BEPORT OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall at the annual meeting exhibit to the Stockholders a full and accurate report of the aiFairs of the Company, shewing the receipts and dis- bursements of the previous year, the amount of quartz and other material mined, &o., together with a general statement of the affairs of the Compnnv. ARITCIE XIL SHARES. All shares shall be issued as full paid up, and any increase of stock may be offered at such price as a major- ty of the Shareholders at such meeting may agree upon, and sold to the highest bidder, after one month's notice to the Shareholders. ARTICLE XIII. TK VN8FER OF SHARES. Upon every trans ter of a share by endorseinent upon the back oi the certiiicale, it shall be the duty of the purchaser to notify the Secretary of the office whence such share is issued of sucli transfer before he be entitled to receive any notice or an\ dividend on account thereof. ARTICLE XIY. Ol' HOOKS AND ACCOUNTS. Tiie books, accounts ;ind papers of the Company, shall be open at all times to the inspection of the President and Directors, and the Secretary shall furnish an account of the aftairs of the Company whenever required by the President and Directors to do so. ARTICLE XV. DIRECTORS NOT 8ERTING. When any Director or Directors shall decline serving, after being duly elected at any Annual General Meeting, such meeting shall immediately proceed to new ballot in the place of such Director or Directors so declining ; and in the event of the resignation or decease of any Direc- 10 tor, the Board may appoint his successor, who shall con- tinue in office until the next Annual Meeting. ARTICLE XVI. DIVIDENDS. Dividends of the profits of the Company shall be de- clared and paid from time to time as shall appear to the President and Directors advisable. ARTICLE XVII. BVE LAWS, No alteration or addition shall be made to these Bye- Laws, except at an Annual or Special Meeting, in the notice for which Special j^^ \ng the intention to make such alteration shall be stai, 4, a. id such alterations and additions shall be sanctioned by the majority of votes le- gally given at such meeting. shall con- all be de- ear to the lese Bye- ig, in the to make tions and votes le- ....uj«^* •).'>^'^> ^^^**^