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 BY-LAWS 
 
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 S'lontreal : 
 
 I'lUNTED BY Lous I'iiKHAULT & Co. 
 
 87 St. James Street. 
 
 1874 
 
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 COTE ST. ANTOINE ROAD COMPANY, 
 
 Pasard (It a Meeting of tlir Durrtors, li(hl 
 on the, 24^/i Nomnhrr, 1874. 
 
 T. T?ie object of the Company sliall bo the construction The Object, 
 and maintenance in j^ood condition of a macadamized or 
 gravelled 'load, extending' in as nearly as practicabb; a 
 straight line, throus:li the Municipality of Notuk Damk i>k 
 GuACEH, in the District of Montreal, from the street 
 known and desiu^nated on the official plans of tlie Parish 
 of Montreal as "Dorchester Avenik' ' to a point of junction 
 Avith the upper Lachine Road, at or near Ootrau Saint 
 I'lKiujE, in accordances with tiie terms of the Instrument 
 of Association. 
 
 IT. TJie Head Office of the Company shall be in the Head Office 
 city of Montreal, at such pl.ice as may bf» i)ublicly 
 announced, where all s(!rvices or demands may Ix; made 
 or accei)ted. 
 
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 First Directors 
 iuul EUH'tions. 
 
 AnnuM Meeting MI. Tlx' iiniuml in«'otin.u- (.f tlir ( "oluiwiny slifill WHitld 
 ut its HcJtd Oftice, in tlic ■('ity<>tM(»iitical, on tlio second 
 AVcdncsday in January of caili year ; in Uw event of 
 such day beinj; a holiday sueli meeting sliall be lield on 
 the next following juridieal day. At the annual meeting 
 a full statement of the affairs of the Company shall be 
 submitted by the Directors, certified by the President and 
 Secretary. Said meeting shall be called by circular 
 mailed to each Shareholder, at least eight days before the 
 day appointed for it, and by notices inserted on three 
 different days during such eight days in one English and 
 one French newspaper published in the Uity of Montreal. 
 
 IV. '1 he first Directors of the <^"ompHny, in virtue of 
 the Instrument of Association, shall be Campbell Bryson, 
 H F Kainville, William Weir, William A. Curry and 
 T. F. O'Brien, Esquires,whereof Campbell Bryson shall be 
 President, H. F. Bainville, Vice-President, and William 
 Weir, Treasurer. The said Directors shall retire from 
 otficc, on the day of the first annual meeting of the 
 Com])any, but shall be eligible for re-election. The 
 number of Directors shall l)e five, to be chosen annually 
 by ballot frorr the stock-holders not in arrears for calls, 
 each stock-holder being entitled to one vote for every 
 share he holds in the (!omi)any. Voting may be in 
 person or by proxy on production of a written authoriza- 
 tion or power of Attorney. 
 
 V. The first five Directors appointed at the first annual 
 meeting shall manage the affairs of the Company for the 
 year immediately following. At every subsequent annual 
 
 Retirement of meeting,all the Directors shall retire from office, but shall 
 
 Directors. ^^ eligible for re-election. A Shareholder to be eligible 
 
 to the office of Director shall own, and shall c(mtinue 
 
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 \i\ifj^\\ (lining liis tciiii <>t nriicc, in liis (»\vii ri.i;lit, iit 
 least till Shurcs uf Capital Stock on whUh all (fills liav<- 
 IkH'U paid. Want <.f this qiialifi<ati(m in a Director shall 
 at onc(( (lis<|Uiility him as a nx'niher of tlu Hoanl which 
 may proceed to till tlie vacancy as hereinfifter i)rovi<le(l. 
 
 VT. If at any time an eUicticm of Directors he not made Failure to com- 
 or do not take etlect at tJie projier time, such <h'«tion y„|J ,!,,,*,*,.,',i',.,*i, 
 may take i)lace at any Special Meetinj;- of the Comjiany 
 duly called for thnt purpos*' ; and the retiring Directors 
 shall continue in oftic<' until their successors are elected. 
 
 VII At their lirst meetiiii;- after their election, the KlcctioTi oi 
 
 I'rt'sideiit, Ai: 
 Directors, ((sach havin.t;- one vote) shall hy hallot elect a 
 
 President and appoint one Vice-rresident, a Treasurer 
 
 and all other ofticers for the year for which they are 
 
 Directors. Vacancies in these offices may he filled uj) as Vacancif s : liow 
 
 they occur, for the unc-xpired term. In the event of there '''''•'• 
 
 occurint;- a vacancy in the Board of Directc 
 
 of death, ahsonce or dis<iualific{ition, th' 
 
 Directors heiuii; a (juorum sliall fill up the \ 
 
 the shareholders of tlie CompJiny. At every .. 
 
 the P.oard, the President, or in his ahsenie the , •- 
 
 President, or if V)oth he ahsent, the Director presidin<i; 
 
 for the time hi ing-. shall vote as a Director, (each Director 
 
 having one vote) and in case of a tie shall also have a 
 
 casting vote. 
 
 Vlli. Two auditors shall he appointed at eacli annual Auditors, 
 meeting ; their report shall he suhmittcdvvith the annual 
 Hiport, and shall he open to the inspection of the stock- 
 liolders. Auditors may he api)ointed hy the first Directors 
 to audit the accounts to he suhmitted to tli(! first annual 
 meeting. 
 
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 r)ntirHoll'r...i- JV_ 'ri,.-(|llh<.('tlic l'nsi«lrntsl.:illl);.(o..v<'ivisr!;:'Jl.'- 
 nil sii|)('rvisi())i over the nlVairs of the < 'oin|>iiiiy,its oVHrcrs 
 .'111(1 employees, cMiintcrsiun all cliciiiics for monies witli- 
 dniwii from tin hauks, ami siyii all (oiitracts ami other 
 • lociimeiits leiL;al or oMierwis*' necessary for tlie Imsiness 
 of the Company, and aitix its se.-il thereto. The V^i<;e- 
 l^resident shall in t\w ahsenee of the I'resident «'xen'is(f 
 tin; sam«! functions as the President, The Trensmvr 
 sluiH cause ;ill the nioni<'s received hy the Company to 
 !)(' d((p()sitc'd in <me or more of the chartered hanks of 
 this city, and sluill siyn al! ch<'(|ues for the withdrawal 
 of the same, and shall se(! to tlie co' lection of calls nnido 
 on stock and other monies that may he due and owini,^ 
 to the C()nij)any, and enfon-o jjayment thereof 'lader 
 sanction of the Uoard. 
 
 f^pcvotury. X. A secretary shall he apjjointed who shall keep tlio 
 minutes of the Company in a, hook to Ik; provided for 
 that pur])ose, and who shall have charj^c of all the 
 documents, vouchers, kv., helonuinii- thereto ; ccmduct 
 its correspondence, and under the direction of the 
 Treasurer attend to the collcclion of monies due to tlie 
 Company, and to tin; dc^^ositini-- of them in such hank 
 or hanks as the Treasurer mav direct. 
 
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 Witlidrawal of 
 monies from 
 B.iuk. 
 
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 XT. \ leual Counsel and Notary shall he appointed, to 
 perform such S((rvi( <'s a,s may he re<|uired of them bv 
 the Directors. 
 
 XII. No nnmies shall he withdrawn from tin; Bank 
 without the sij^nature ot tjie Trejisurer, c(mnt sio-ned by 
 the President, or in his absence by the Viee-President,and 
 all i)ayments of sums over Twenty dollars shall Ix; 
 payable by che(|ue as hereinbefore ]»rovided. 
 
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 XlM-f All trunsti is of stock shall hi' made in ti hook to Tiiiii«frr nf 
 Lu provided for the inir|)(>HC kept hy the Tieusurer, either ' 
 ill person or hy proxy, on production of j)ower of Attorney ; 
 hut no trunsfcr of st<Hk sliJill he allowed on uhich any 
 portion of th(! stock reniains un[)aid, unless with the 
 consent of th" Hoard of I)irect<ns. 
 
 XIV. No SliJtreholdt "• Iteinu, in arrears in respect of any Slinn'tiohlorn in 
 call, shall he entitled to vote at any nieetini;- of the '"'*'•" **• 
 (*i)nipany. 
 
 \ ". Such calls on stock shiill he made as required Calls on .^tock. 
 from time to time, to hi' tixed hy resolution of the Board 
 of Directors, notice thereof hein^i" sent ta each Share- 
 holdei hy Circular, And in all cases there shall he an 
 int<!rval of at a least one unuith Iftween the calls so 
 made, 
 
 XVI. A re.nular nn-etiii.t;" of the Hoard of J)irectois Meetings of J)i- 
 sliall he held on the liist luonday in every month, at *"^'^'^*""^- 
 Jialf })ast thri'c o'clock, p.m.. unless anotlu'r hour ho 
 mutually agreed upon hy the Dirictors for such lueetini;-, ' 
 for the transaction (d, general husiness. 
 
 Should however, tin; President (.r in liis ahs(^nce the 
 Vice-President, c<tnsider it necctssary to call special mcict- 
 ings, they ; hall have the ]>o\\i'r to do so hy a circular 
 to he issued hy the Secretary, ,!;ivin,i; at least twentj-four 
 hours notice to each mc-mlu'r. 
 
 The President however shall he ohlif,a'd, on the written 
 re«piest of any two memhers of the l»oar<l to call a 
 special mecitin^" thereof, 
 
 XVIJ. A special meeting of shareholders may l»e called Special Mcptijij? 
 hy tho .])in!ctors, y>i\ tin' writteti retnicst uf my juimhcr"^"^''"'''''"'"'^'''! 
 
of sliurcliolders representing- at least one-fuurtli in value 
 of tlit^ entire stock. T! .! Directors shall be boitiPW to 
 sinnnion sueli nieetin.i!:, .iJ^ivinji: at least five clear days 
 previous notice thereof, hy mailing- or <le]iv(!rinj;- circulars 
 to each shari'hohler. 
 
 Directors not to XVIIl. Any Director Incoming directly or indirectly 
 
 ]r '"^•''••'^t.'.l in i„tx.i.^.^t^^.,i ill juiv contract entered into hv tlu; Company, 
 ( oiitriicts. ■ . i ^ / 
 
 shall forthwitii forfeit his seat at the lioard, which shall 
 liave tlie i»oAver to replace liiin at once hy the election of 
 ji new Director. 
 
 Divid. nds. XIX. Tlic Directors sliall be emi)owered from time 
 to time to declare Dividends from tlie net earnings of the 
 Company ; l>ut no <lividend shall be so declared until 
 ample provision has been made for the actual and con- 
 tingent liabilities of tin; Comi)any. 
 
 Tolls. XX Tolls nniy be established on said Koad, the 
 rates of wl.ich shall be determined by the Directors of 
 the Company, and contimied by the Governor in Council. 
 
 Xamc'ofAvenuo. XXI. The said Avenue or lload shall be called 
 " Western Avenue." 
 
 Seal. XXII. The Comi)any shall have a Common Seal. 
 
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