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PROSPECTUS 
 
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 ACT OF INCORPORATION 
 
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 DRAINAGE \ LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 
 
 OF UPPER CANADA, 
 
 SHEWING 
 
 The Objects of the Company, and the Powers Conferrc J upon it 
 
 
 BY THE LEGISLATURE. 
 
 OFFICES OF THE COMPANY : 
 
 No. 4, GORE- STREET, HAMILTON. 
 
 PRINTED AT THE SPECTATOR OFFICE, COURT-HOUSE SQUARE. 
 
 1855. 
 
THE GENERAL 
 
 ilrainage m^ §mi ^in))r0iitnunt €mpmi9 
 
 OF UPPER CANADA. 
 
 CAPITAL, £100,000 in 10,000 Shares of £10 each, wifh power 
 
 to increase to £250,000. 
 
 FIR8T INSTALMENT, 10 PER CENT. 
 
 
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 FIRST BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMED IN THE ACT. 
 
 The Hon. Sir ALLAN MACNAB, M.P.P., Minister of Agriculture, Fretident. 
 
 SAMUEL BLACK FREEMAN, Esq., M.P.P., Hamilton. 
 
 E. CARTWRIGHT THOMAS, Esq., Hamilton, Sheriff of Wentwortb. 
 
 GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., Toronto, Sec. of the Board of Agriculture. 
 
 R. L. DENISON, Esq., Toronto, Treasurer of the Board of Agriculture. 
 
 J. B. MARKS, Esq., Kingston. . . ^ ., x r, 
 
 HUGH C. BAKER, Esq., F.LA., Hamilton, Pres. Canada Fire & Life Ins. Co. 
 
 JASPER T. GILKISON, Esq., Hamilton. 
 
 The Hon. ADAM FURGUSSON, Woodhill. 
 
 JAS. S. WETENHALL, Esq., Hamilton, Sec. to County Agricultural Assn. 
 
 W. L. DISTIN, Esq., Gait. ' 
 
 Bankers, 
 THE BANK OF UPPER CANADA AND BRANCHES. 
 
 SoUcUora. 
 MESSRS. BURTON & SADLIER, Hamilton. 
 
 Enyi/neer in Chief, 
 
 MR. JOHN H. CHARNOCK, Sanitary «fc Agricultural Engineer ; 
 
 A Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England ; A Commissioner under the Bnglish 
 Drainage Acts, and Patentee of the first Drain & Sewerage Pipe Machine, established in 
 Canada : assisted by such Local Engineers and Provincial SurTcyora as from time to time 
 ' It may be necessary to engage. 
 
 Secretary. 
 MR. STEPHEN ROBERT CATTLEY, Offices, 4, Gore Street, Hamilton. 
 
 1855. 
 
NOTICE. 
 
 General Drainage and Land Improvement Company of Upper 
 
 Canada- 
 
 AT a MEETING of the FIRST BOARP OF DIRECTORS named iu the 
 Act of Incorporation of the Company, held at Norton's Hotel, in the 
 City of Hamilton, this 18th day of June, 1865. 
 
 W. L. DISTIN, Esq., in the Chair, 
 
 Moved by S. B. Fbekman, Esq., M.P.P., seconded by J. S. Wktknhali, Esq., 
 and Resolved — 
 "That in accordance with the provisions of the Act, Stock Books be 
 forthwith opened for the subscription of parties desirous of beoomme 
 Shlreholderrrthe said Company, and that the said Stock Books lay ana 
 remain open for Subscribers at the Offices of the Companv, No. 4, Gore 
 Set Kilton, and at the Bank of Upper Canada, fn Toronto^ and at 
 ^ieBraSs and Agencies of the said feank. throughout the Province, 
 until the 1st of August next." 
 
 By Ordei', 
 
 S. R. CATTLEY, 
 
 Hamilton, June 18, 1855. Secretary. 
 
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PROSPECTUS. 
 
 THE GENERAL DRAINAGE AND LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 
 
 OF UPPER CANADA. 
 
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 Thi» Company is established for the purpose of executing all works 
 of Drainage, Sewerage, Water Supply, Sewage Applica- 
 tion, Irrigation, and General Land and Town Improvement, 
 in accordance with the most approved systems of the day. 
 
 The eminent success which has attended the operations of the 
 English Drainage Companies, not only as a profitable investment 
 for Capital, but as a means of enabling Owners of land and Munici- 
 pal Authorities to carry out those more perfect and systematic 
 improvements which were so essential to their interests and well- 
 being, must convince all who are cognizant of the benefits to result 
 from such works that equal if not greater advantages may be 
 secured by adopting similar means in this Province ; where, in 
 almost every other branch of industry. Joint Stock Capital is already 
 effectively applied. 
 
 A great proportion of the population direct their attention to 
 the acquirement and cultivation of land ; and as most farms would 
 be benefitted by a judicious course of Drainage, and other works 
 of a permanent character, the instrumentality of the Company, 
 having all appliances at command for speedily and effectually 
 putting lands into a state for profitable occupation, must be greatly 
 to the advantage of the Owners of property, and, at the same time, 
 afford a fitting remuneration for the capital embarked- 
 
 To illustrate the luauner in which the Company will conduct 
 business:— When an Owner of land makes an application for 
 Drainage, or other work to be effected, an inspection of the property 
 will ensuie, and, upon the application being accepted, an estimate 
 of the entire work, with detailed plans, will be prepared, which 
 
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 receiving the approval of the Owner, a contract will be entered 
 into ; the Company engaging to do the work, and the Owner binding 
 himself to repay the amount of the contract by instalments at such 
 dates as may be convenient ; in no case to extend beyond twenty 
 years. The preliminary expenses to be paid by the Proprietor, 
 or added to the cost of the work. 
 
 In undertaking works of Sewerage, Water Supply, Sewage 
 Application, and other sanitary operations with City and Town 
 Authorities, much the same course will be pursued ; and since the 
 undertakings of this nature, now in progress, are all being done on 
 the principle of the gradual extinction of the cost, there will be a 
 community of action and interests between the Company and Mu- 
 nicipalities, which will afford to the public not only an assurance of 
 the work being executed in the most efleotual manner, but of their 
 beic earlier placed in possession of the benefits to result from it ; 
 for the best interests of the Company will be involved in executing 
 all their contracts with as little delay as possible, and in a manner 
 to secure public confidence. 
 
 With regard to the profits which may be anticipated from these 
 operations, it must be borne in mind that the objects of the Com- 
 pany are two-fold ; — to serve the interests of the community by 
 the introduction and extension of modern approved practice, 
 throughout the Province; and (in so doing) to realize for the Share- 
 holders such an equitable return for the capital embarked as shall 
 satisfy their just expectations, and give stability to the undertaking 
 in the minds of all. 
 
 The Company are in a position to command the services 
 of an efficient staff of officers and workmen; and also to avail them- 
 selves of all the mechanical appliances of the day for their opera- 
 tions, such as Portable Steam Engines, Drain and Sewer Pipe 
 Machines, Drain Cutting Tools, &c. &c. ; to say nothing of having 
 all their operations conducted in strict unison with a well-con- 
 sidered and organized system. 
 
 That the Company may the more effectually carry out their 
 design, and occupy a position befitting the high destiny which the 
 right execution of their great task will accord them, the Legislature 
 has by a Special Act of Incorporation, conferred upon them suit- 
 able powers and provisions. Amongst these may be mentioned, 
 
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 not only the power to execute all ordinary works for the improve- 
 ment of land, such as clearing, draining, and fencing, but also the 
 establishing of Tileries, the erection of suitable Houses, and Farm 
 Homesteads, and the irrigation of water-meadows ; and also the 
 power to execute all works of Sanitary Improvement in Cities, 
 Towns and Villages, such as Sewerage, Water Supply, Sewage 
 Application, &o. 
 
 Powers are also given to hold, improve, and re-sell land ; and 
 to possess and dispose of all such personal property as may be 
 needful for, and comport with their operations. And further the 
 power to issue Debentures, in sterling or currency, bearing interest 
 at 6 per cent., and payable either in Canada or elsewhere, at such 
 times respectively as may correspond with the periods over which 
 their charges for works extend. 
 
 Looking at the prest-nt encouraging condition of the Landed 
 Interest, with the prospcv t of remunerative prices which the events 
 of the day hold out ; and considering also the rapidly increasing 
 numbers of town population, and the consequent imperative ne- 
 cessity for Sanitary Operations, it may be safely affirmed, that at 
 no former period in the history of the Country, was there so oppor- 
 tune a moment for the establishment of such a Company. The 
 facilities of Railroad communication already secured, will, with 
 their further devolopement, afford to the Company a ready and 
 expeditious opening for their operations ; and which must in their 
 turn bring increased traffic to the Railways of the Province. 
 
 The Company have had the opportunity of securing the ser- 
 vices of an Engineer, whose experience in such works, and intimate 
 acquaintance with all the approved systems of the day as now 
 practised in England, warrant them in believing that their works 
 will be conducted in a manner to ensure general satisfaction. They 
 have also by this appointment secured the advantage of using his 
 patented machines for moulding all descriptions of Drainage and 
 Sewerage Pipes, Perforated^ Bricks, &c., throughout the Province, 
 on reasonable terms, which will at once place the Company in a 
 position to commence profitable operations. 
 
 As respects the cost of Drainage conducted on the modern 
 system, it may be desirable for the information of the Agricultural 
 Interest, to append a statement of the cost in the United Kingdom 
 
of such efficient and durable work, as it is the purpose of the 
 Company to introduce throughout the Province : 
 
 Dittene* 
 
 Yards of 
 
 Cost or Cutting 
 
 Number and Coit of 
 
 
 
 BetwMD the 
 
 Dralni per 
 
 and Killing the 
 
 tPipei per Acre, 1 
 at Ka. p«r 1000 feet. | 
 
 Total Coar. | 
 
 DralQi in feat 
 
 Acre. 
 
 Drains. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 £ 
 
 8. 
 
 D. 
 
 
 £ 
 
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 D. ! 
 
 £ 
 
 B. 
 
 D. 
 
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 8 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 2100 
 
 
 8 
 
 d 1 
 
 6 
 
 18 
 
 6 
 
 24 
 
 606 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 1900 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 640 
 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 1700 
 
 
 14 
 
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 4 
 
 9 
 
 
 
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 484 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 1600 
 
 
 10 
 
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 8 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 83 
 
 440 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 1860 
 
 
 7 
 
 6 : 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 86 
 
 404 
 
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 18 
 
 
 
 1260 
 
 
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 8 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 42 
 
 347 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 1060 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 48 
 
 803 
 
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 960 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 60 
 
 292 
 
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 18 
 
 
 
 900 
 
 
 
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 12 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 242 
 
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 10 
 
 
 
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 6 
 
 Average 
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 Of course, at the commencement, it can hardly be expected 
 but that this average may be somewhat exceeded in Canada ; but 
 considering the readiness with which mechanical appliances are 
 adopted, and that the generality of the soil and climate present 
 features favourable for economising the operation, it is confidently 
 believed that the average cost will not much, if at all exceed the 
 English amount, in currency about £5 per acre. 
 
 The Calls upon the Shareholders will be made with a due re- 
 gard to their convenience, and in such instalments as the progres- 
 sive applications for the services of the Company may warrant ; 
 no call to exceed 10 per cent., and none to be made with a shorter 
 notice for payment than two months. 
 
 Offices of the Company, No. 4, Gore-Street, 
 Hamilton, June 18th, 1866. 
 
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 AN ACT 
 
 To Incorporate the General Drainage and Land Improvement 
 
 Company of Canada. 
 
 Whereas land is capable of being greatly inoreascd in pro- 
 ductiveness and value by works of Drainage and other permanent 
 improvements; and whereas the sanitary condition of Cities, Towns, 
 and Villages is greatly advanced by Sewerage, Water Supply, and 
 other operations ; and whereas the more general extension of such 
 works tends to prevent and remove epidemic and other diseases, 
 and to improve the public health, and it is therefore expedient to 
 encourage and facilitate such operations by all fitting means, and 
 particularly by the application of joint stock capital and collective 
 euterprize ; and whereas the provisions of the Act passed in the 
 session of the 13th and 14th years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled, 
 " An Act to provide for the formation of Joint Stock Companies 
 for Manufacturing, Mining, Mechanical and Chemical purposes ;" 
 and also of the Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's 
 reign, to amend the same, are of limited application and insufficient 
 for the several operations herein contemplated : Be it therefore 
 enacted, &c., as follows : 
 
 I. From and after the passing of this Act, the following par- 
 ties — Sir Allan N. MaeNab, M. P. P., of Dundurn ; the Honorable 
 William Cayley, M. P. P., of Toronto ; S. B Freeman, M.P.P., of 
 Hamilton ; Sir Edward Poore, Baronet, of Cobourg ; E. Cartwright 
 Thomas, Esq., of Hamilton ; Charles P. Treadwell, Esq., of 
 L'Orignal, President of the Board of Agriculture ; Geo. Buckland, 
 Esq., of Toronto, Secretary of the Board of Agriculture ; R. L. 
 Denison, Esq., of Toronto; J. B. Marks, Esq., of Kingston ; Thos. 
 C. Street, Esq., M. P. P., of Niagara ; Hugh C. Baker, Esq., of 
 Hamilton ; J. T. Gilkison, Esq., of Hamilton ; William Matthie, 
 Esq., of Kingston ; Honorable Adam Fergusson, of Woodhill ; 
 George B. Alexander, Esq., of Woodstock; William Balkwell, 
 
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 Esq., of London ; William Niles, Esq., M.P.P., of London ; E. M. 
 Simons, Esq., of Hamilton ; J. S. Wetonhall, Esq., of Hamilton, 
 Secretary of the County Agricultural Association ; J. B. Asken, 
 Euq., ^resident of Agricultural Society of Middlesex; John Har- 
 land, Esq., of Guelphj S. C. Ruttan, Esq., of Cobourg ; David 
 Christie, Esq., of Brantford ; W. L. Distin, Esq., of Hamilton; 
 and such other persons as shall become shareholders in the under- 
 taking hereinafter mentioned, and their successors in perpetuity, 
 shall be and are hereby constituted and incorporat'^d a Joint Stock 
 Company, under the style and title of " The General Drainage and 
 Land Improvement Company of Upper Canada," for the purpose 
 of undertaking and executing, within the limits of Upper or Western 
 Canada, all such works of draining, irrigation, clearing, fencing, 
 building, road making, and other permanent improvements of lands 
 as well as all works of Sewerage, Water Supply, Sewage Appli- 
 cation, and other fcanitary operations, as they shall be called upon 
 to undertake by the Owners of land, or the Municipal Authorities 
 of Counties, Townships, Cities, Towns or Villages, or other persons 
 or Bodies Corporat ^ 
 
 IL The Capital of the said incorporated Company shall be 
 £100,000^ diviaed into 10,000 shares of £10 each, with power from 
 time to time, at the discretion of the Directors, to increase the said 
 capital to £260,000 by an issue of £15,000 additional shares of 
 £10 each, either at par value or at such premium as the Directors 
 shall think proper. 
 
 in The affairs of the said Company shall be managed by a 
 Board of eleven Directors, any six of whom shall be a quorum, 
 and the following shall be a first Boa^-d, namely, S.r Allan N. 
 MacNab, the Hon. Adam Fergusson, Samuel Black Freeman, 
 George Buckland, Hugh Cosart Baker, Jasper T. Gilk.son, James 
 S. Wetenhall, Edward Cartv/right Thomas, R. L. Denison, John B. 
 Marks, and William L. Distin, who shall hold their office until 
 others shall, under the provisions of thii^ Act, be elected by the 
 shareholders, with power to open Stock Books and call a meeting 
 of stockholders, as hereinafter is provided. 
 
 IV. The said Directors are hereby empowered to take all 
 
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 tion of parties desirous to become shareholders in the said Company, 
 
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 and to determine and allot to partie** subscribing for stock in the 
 said Company. 
 
 V. When and so soon as 2500 shares of the said capital stock 
 shall have been subscribed, and 10 per cent, paid in thereon, it 
 shall be lawful for the sal ^ Directors, or a majority of them, to 
 call a meeting of the holders of such shares at such place and time 
 as they shall think proper, giving at least fifteen days public notice 
 of the same, in one or more newspapers published in the city of 
 Hamilton, and the Canada Gazette^ at which meeting, and at the 
 annual general meeting in the following section mentioned, the 
 shareholders present, either in person or by proxy, shall proceed to 
 elect eleven Directors in manner hereinafter mentioned, which said 
 eleven Directors shall hold office until the first Monday of June 
 following. 
 
 VI. That on the said first Monday in June, and on the first Mon- 
 day in June in each year thereafter, or on such ocher day or place 
 as shall be appointed by any By-law, there shall be chosen by the 
 shareholders eleven Directors, and public notice thereof shall be 
 published one month before the day of election in the Canada 
 Gazette, and one or more such newspapers as aforesaid ; and all 
 elections for such Directors shall be by ballot, and the persons 
 who shall have the greatest number of votes at any such election 
 shall be the Directors, and if it shall happen that two or more shall 
 have an equal number of votes, the Shareholders shall determine 
 the election by another or other votes, until a choice is made : 
 Provided always, that no one holding less than thirty shares shall 
 be qualified to be a Director. 
 
 VII. It shall be lawful for the Directors to call upon the Share- 
 holders for such instalments upon each share which they or any of 
 them may hold in the Capital Stock of the Company, in such pro- 
 portions as they may see fit, so as no such instalments shall exceed 
 10 per cent., giving one month's notice of each call in such manner 
 as they shall appoint. 
 
 VIII. The several clauses of the Railway Clauses Consolida- 
 tion Act, with respect to Directors, their election and duties, shares 
 and t^eir transfer and shareholders, shall be incorporated with this 
 Act, and shall apply thereto, and the undertaking herein mentioned, 
 and in such and the same manner as if the same had been herein 
 
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 re-enacted, and shall be included by the expression " this Act," 
 whenever used herein. 
 
 IX. The said Directors shall appoint a Chairman and Deputy 
 Chairman from their own body, and also a Secretary, an Engineer 
 in Chief, and such other oflScers as from time to time may be requi- 
 site, and shall make such By-laws as they shall deem proper for the 
 management of the stock and affairs of the Company, for prescri- 
 bing the duties of their officers, and other matters connected with 
 the proper management of the business and affairs of the Company, 
 and copies of such By-laws, certified by the Secretary of the Com- 
 pany and under its Corporate Seal, shall he jirinia facie evidence of 
 such By-laws in all courts of law and equity in the Province. 
 
 X. In pursuance of the authority herein given, the Company 
 shall have all power, liberty and license to contract for, execute and 
 perform all works of trunk, arterial, surface and subsoil drainage; of 
 sewerage, water supply, the collection and distribution of sewerage 
 and other refuse in Counties, Townships, Cities, Towns, and Villages, 
 the clearing, reclaiming, fencing, grading, and irrigating of land ; 
 and for such purpose to construct, erect, work, and maintain all 
 houses, homesteads, tileries, kilns, steam engines, water wheels, 
 •rnbankments, sluices, reservoirs and roads, and to do and perform 
 all and singular such other works and things not herein enumerated 
 as may bo needful or convenient for properly and effectually car- 
 rying out all or any of the operations hereby authorised to be 
 done. 
 
 XI. When Owners of land or the Authorities of Counties, 
 Cities, Towns, and Villages, shall desire to avail themselves of the 
 powers of the Company for the execution of all or any of the 
 works herein authoris' i to be done, the Company shall, on applica- 
 tion from such Owners or Authorities, proceed to make an inspec- 
 tion of the lands or other places, and to prepare plans, specifications, 
 and estimates of the works to be done, and shall submit the same 
 to such Owners or Authorities for their approval and concurrence, 
 when a contract shall be entered into for the due performance of 
 the work, which shall be binding on all parties. The Company may 
 require from such Owners or Authorities, security for payment to 
 the Company, of such sum for preliminary expenses, as shall de- 
 fray the actual cost thereof if no contract for work is entered into ; 
 
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 but if a contract be concluded between the parties, these expenses 
 shall be included in the amount of the contract. 
 
 XII. In all operations undertaken by the Company, it shall be 
 lawful at the option of the Owners or Authorities of lands, Cities, 
 Towns or Villages, for the said Company to extend the payment 
 of the cost of the works over any period to be agreed upon be- 
 tween the parties, not exceeding twenty years, and to receive the 
 same by such yearly, half-yearly or quarterly instalments, to be 
 alj*o agreed upon, as shall redeem the said tocal cost and interest 
 within the period prescribed, the said Owners or Authorities giving 
 to the Company a full and sufficient mortgage, security or rent 
 charge upon the lands improved or the works executed, for the time 
 over which payments of the instalments extends. 
 
 XIII. The Company shall have power to acquire, hold by 
 mortgage or otherwise, to improve, sell and convey any land and 
 real estate, and also to hold and sell any personal and moveable 
 property whatsoever, which may be necessary for conducting the 
 several operations of the Company, or as security for the payment 
 of any money due to them, or which shall comport with the gene- 
 ral design of the powers and provisions herein given and made. 
 
 XIV. In consideration of the character of the operations to be 
 undertaken, and the nature of the security upon which the repay- 
 ment of their cost is based, it shall be lawful for the Company to 
 issue Debentures in the sum of not less than £25 Currency each, 
 either in Currency or Sterling, as the Directors shall find it conve- 
 nient, bearing interestat the rate of £6 per cent, per ann., and payable 
 either in this Province or elsewhere, and at such times respectively 
 as shall correspond with the periods over which the repayment of 
 their contracts shall extend, and so that the total amount of such 
 Debentures issued or outstanding at any one time, shall not exceed 
 two-thirds of the amount of the cost of the works executed by and 
 in progress of repayment to the Company. 
 
 XV. The Directors may and are hereby authorized to call at 
 any time or times as they may think needful. Special Meetings of 
 the Shareholders, at the offices of the Company, or at any other 
 place by adjournment, as may be found more convenient ; and at 
 each and all of the vearlv General Meetings, the Directors shall 
 submit a report of the sta.s of the affairs of the Company, together 
 
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 with a true and correct balance sheet and account, shewing the 
 amount of capital paid up, the amount of monies expended and 
 liabilities, the contracts existing, and other matters requisite to the 
 full understanding of the affairs of the Company, and such meeting 
 shall declare the amount of dividends to be paid to the Share- 
 hoders out of the profits of the Company, and shall transact any 
 business which may be needful. 
 
 XVI. At such Meetings it shall be lawful for executors, ad- 
 ministrators, tutors, curators, guardians, trustees and municipal 
 authorities, to represent and vote on the shares in their hands, but 
 they shall not be eligible for Directors or for any office under the 
 Company. 
 
 XVII. Inasmuch as the works herein provided for are calcu- 
 lated to be of essential sanitary benefit to the inhabitants of Cities, 
 Towns and Villages, it shall be lawful for Municipalities to take 
 and hold shares in the Capital Stock of the Company, to such an 
 extent as they may severally duly determine ; Provided, that in 
 no case the amount held shall exceed five shares to every one hun- 
 dred souls of the population. 
 
 XVIII. The Company shall furnish the Bureau of Agriculture 
 with a copy of each yearly report and statement of accounts, and 
 shall at all times afford any further information as to the state of 
 the affairs of the Company as may be required by the Legislature 
 or the Government. 
 
 XIX. The Interpretation Act shall apply to this Act, and this 
 Act shall be deemed a public Act. 
 
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