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ORGANIZED MAY, 1853. ,-'.^V^y^.^•>^ SAN FRANCISCO. •o'mRARA a PAINTKR, printers, 132 CLAY STREET, 1856. I FORMATION OF CORPORATIONS. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THK FORMATfON CERTAIN I'lTRl'OSES. OF CORPORATIONS ¥C . The People of the State of Califoi'ida, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as foUotrs: Skc. ]. Corporations for iiiaiiufiictiirinir, mininir, nieclinnical or cliemical pnr- post'.i, or for thf iiiirposu of c'li^'itriMg in any spicits of trado or coiiiiiii'rcc, fori'ittii or (loiiR'Stic, miiy lie foniicil accoriliii^; to tlio ])rovisioiis of this act ; suoli corporations and tlio nii;nibi.'rs thort-of bciiij; subject to all the conditions and lialiilitiis herein inii)osed, and to none others. Skc. 2. Any three or more i)erson3 who may desire to form a company for any one or more inir])oses specified in the jirecedinj; .section, may malic, si),'n and acknowledge, before some ollicer comiietent to take the ackiiowleil^iment of deeds, and file in tlie otBce of the County Clerk of tlm county in whicli the princii)al place of business of the company is intended to be located, and a dui)licate thereof in the otFice of the Secretary of State, a certificat'.- in writing, in which shall be stated the corporate name of the company ; the objects for which the company sliall be formed ; the amount of its capital stock ; the time of its exist- ence, not to exceed fifty years ; tlie number of shares of which the stock shall consist; the number of trustees, and their names, who shall manage the con- cerns of the com])any for the first tliree months, and tlie names of the city or town, and county, in which the principal place of business of the company is to be located. Skc. 8. A copy of any certiflcate of incori)oration, filed in pursuance of this act, and certified by the County Clerk of the county in which it is filed, or his deputy, or by the Secretary of State, shall be received in all courts aud places as jiresumptive evidence of facts therein stated. tit.C. 4. When the certificate .shall have been filed, the persons who shall have signed and acknowledged the same, and their successors, shall be a l)ody politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name stated in the certificate, and by their corporate name have succession for the period limited, and power — l.-:!, To sue and to be sued in any court ; '_'d. To make and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure ; yd. To purchase, hold, sell and convey such real and per- sonal estate as the purposes of the corporation shall require; 4th, To api)oint such officers, agents and servants as the business of the corjioration shall recpiire, to define their powers, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation ; r)th. To require of them such security as may be thought proper for the fulfilment of their duties, and to remove them at will, except that no trustee shall be removed from oflice uidess by a vote of two-thirds of tlie whole number of trustees, or by a vote of a majority of the trustees, upon a written request signed by stock- holders of two-thirds of the whole stock ; 6tli, To make by-laws, not ilic^ifsiat^nt' with the laws of this State, for the organization of the company,,the riianage- Companiu s IIow formed. Certificates. Powers defined. Trustees may be Rei»*ycd. A 97170 k pp^OV»:>J ^\i\^. U;BX ARY VlCTOri^A, Q. C. HdtMATKJN OK roia'dUATlONS. Hdiinl ofTni.stoi"* wl Vaciiiicifij. !f nut L'lucted. Quuruin. First Muetiiig. t^sock. Assessiiu'iits. How ciillcd and euforced. Trusteu Stock. Pledging. Dividends. iiicnt of Its jiroiMTly, lln' rc^iiliition nf its iiU'airH, tin- linn.sfiT of it.t stork, anif Cur c'lrryiiiK on ull kinds of business within tliu olijtcts and purposua of tliu riiiii|i;iny. .""Ki:. .'(. Till niri»onil(' powors of the cnriHinitioii shall lie cxcri'lsi'd liy a hoiml 111 not li':.s lh:iM lliri'c Irustccs, who shall he slucklioliliTs in tlir I'lunpiiny, and il iiiajority of Ihcin citi/.i'ns of ilii.' I^nilrd Stalt'S, and nsidiMits of this State, anil who shall, alter the expiration of the term of the trustees llrst seleeted, he annu- ally eleeled hy tlu' stoekholders. at sueh time am; place, and upon sueii nutiet,' and in sueh mode as shall he direeted liy the h.v-laws of thi' eompany ; luit all c'leetions shall he hy liallot, ami each stockholder, either in (lerson lu' hy proxy, shall I nlilled to as many votes as he owirs shares of stork ; and the persont* receivinj; the greatest niuuher of votes shall he trustees. Whin any vacancy shall liappeu aimmj,' the trustees, hy death, i'esij,'natlon or otherwise, il shall he tilled lo- the lemaimler of the year in such nuiuner as may Ix.' provided hy the hy-laws of the company. ■■^Kc. ti. If it should hapi)en. at any tinu', that an elecUon of trustr > shall not he made on the day designated hy the hy-laws of the eompany, the corporation shall not for that reason he dissolved ; hut it shall he lawfid on any other day to hold an election for trustees, in such manner as shall he provided for hy the hy- laws of the company ; and all acts of trustees shall he valid and binding upon the company until tlieir suc(;c)isoi's shall he elected. Ski'. 7. .V majority of the whole number of trustees shall form a hoard for tho transaction of business, and every decision of a majority of the persons duly asseud)led as a board shall he valid as a corporate act. Sw. s. The lirst meeting of the trustees shall he called hy a notice, signed by one or mori' of the persons named trustees in the certificate, setting forth thu time and place of the meeting, which notice shall he either delivered jiersonally toi'ach trustee, or published at least ten days in some newspaper of the county in which is the principal place of business of the corporation, or if no newsi)aper be puWislied in the comity, then in some newspaper nearest thereto, t>i-:c. !>. The stock of the company shall he deemed j)ersonal c 'ute, and shall be traii-t'erahle in such nuinner as shall he prescribed by the hy-laws of the com- pany, but no transfer shall he valid except between the jiaities thereto, mitil the s;ime shall have been so entered in the hooks of the comi)any, as to show the names of the parties hy and to whom transferred, the number and designation of the shares and the date of the triinsfer. t^Kc. III. The trustees shall have power to call in and demand from the stock- holders the sums hy them subscribed, at such times and in such i)ayincnts or instalments as they may deem jjroper. Notice «( each assessment sliall he given to the stockholders persoinilly, or shall be published once a week lor at least four weeks in some newspaper published !it the place designated' as the principal place of business of the corporation, or if none is pnblishid there, in some newspaper ncirest to such i)lace. If, after such notice has l)een given, any stockholders shall make def.iult in the payment of the assessment npon the shares held by him, so many of such shares may be sold as will be necessary for the payment of the assessment on all the shares held by him. The sale of said shares shall he made as prescribed in the by-laws of the company. Provided, that no sale shall be made except at public auction to the highest bidder, after a notice of thirty days published as above directed in this section, and that at such sale the person who- will agree to pay the assessment so due, together with the expense of advertisement and tile other expenses of sale for the smallest number of whole shares, shall be deemed the highest bidder. f*E('. 1 1 . 'Whenever any stock is held by any person or executor, administrator, giianiian or trustee, he shall represent such stock at all meetings of the company, and may vote accordingly as a stockholder. !Skc. 12. Any stockholder may pledge his stock, hy a delivery of the certificates or other evidence of his interest, but may nevertheless represent the same at all meetings and vote accordingly as a stockholder. 1«K('. i:!. It sh.ill not he lawful for the trustees to make any dividend, except from the surplus profits arising from the business of the corporation; nor to divide, withdraw, or in any way pay to the stockholders, or any of them, any ])art of the capital stock of the company, nor to reduce the capital stock unless in the manner prescribed in this act, and in case of any \ iolation of the provisions of this section, the trustees under whose administration the same may have hai)pened, except those who may have caused their dissent therefrom to he entered at large on the minutes of the boilrd of trustees at the time, or were not present when the same did haiipen, shall, in their individual and private capacities, be jointly and severally liable to the corporation, and to the creditors thereof, in the event of its dissolution, to the full amount so divided, withdrawn, paid out or reduced. Provided, tliat this section shall not be construed to prevent a division and dis- tribution of the capital stock of the company, which shall remain after the payment of all it.s debts, npon the dissolution of the corporation or the expiration of its charter. ;^'ki.-. It. The total amount of tlie debts of the corporation shall not any time I KORM,\TI(>< ()K COKI'OKATIONM. <-X(M.'L'(ltli(tainount of thecMiiltuHliick actuiill.v|>ni(l in ; hih' in onHeofany uxct-Mtt, file triiHtccH uiiili'f wliosf ii(liiiiiii''tr:ilioii tlic ^iinif iiiiiy li.ivc liiiiiiiriiiil, fxcciit tlinHc Willi uiiiy liiivc I'iin.itMl tlii'ir clisstiil tliri'rfr'iin to lir ctitrnil at liir^i' portion of all the ibbts and lialiilitii.'s uf tlii' i oinpany I'lHitrai'tcd or inriirrcd dnriiit; the tiiiit' that In' was a stockholder. For the recovery of which, joint or several actions may be instiliitiil and prosecuted. Skc. 17. No iiersoii holdinjr stock as executor, adiiiinlstralor, (rmirdian or trustee, or lioldiiijr it as ciillater.'il security or in pledtfe, shall be pirsonall.v cubject to an.v liabilit.v as a stockholder of the coiiipan.v ; but the person •ledj.'inf; the stock shall be considered as holdintr the same, and "hall be liable as ii stockholder accordiiiKl.V, ami the estate and fumis in the hands of the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner and to thi' saiiu; extent as the testator, or intestate, oi- the ward or person inter sted in the trust fund would have been if he hud been livinj: and competent to act and hold the stock in his own name. Skc. is. It shall be the duty of the trustee' of every comiiany incorporated under this act to cause a book to be keiit, co.itainiiif; the names of all (lersons, aliihiibetically arran>?ed, who are or shall become stockholihrs of the cor))iiratioii, and showing the nuudier of shares of slock held by them respectively and the time when they respectively became the owmrs of such shares; which book, during the usual business hoin's of the ila.y, on every day excejit Sundays and the Fourth of .July, shall be open lor the ins|iectiiin of stockholders nnil creditors (if the company at the ollice or principal place of business of the comiiaiiy ; and liny stockholder or creditor shall have the rit;ht to make extracts from such book, or to demand and receive from the clerk or other ollicer liavin;; chari,'i' of such book, ii certified copy of any entry made tlnnin, such book or certiliud copy of any such entry, shall be jiresumptive evidence of the facts therein statid, in an.v action lu' proceeding against the company, or against any one or more stockholders. Si-;r. lit. If the clerk or other oflicer having cli;irge of sucli book, shall make any false entry or neghct to make any pi-oper etitry therein, or shall refuse nr neglect to exhibit the same, or to allow the same to be in-|iecti d or extracts to he taken therefrom, or to give a certiiied copy of any entry therein, as provided in the ])receiling section, he shall be deemed guilty id' a misdemeanor, and forfeit and jiay to the party injured a i>enalty of one huiulred dollars and all damages resulting therefrom; and for neglecting to keep such book for insiiection, as aforesaid, the corporatiiui shall lorfeit to tiie peoiile the simi of one hundred dollars lor ever.y day it shall so neglect; to be sued for and recovered in the name of the ))eople by the District Attorney of the county in which the principal place of business of the corporatiun is located. Si'X'. 2n. An.v company incorporate nniler this act nuiy, by comiilying with the jirovisions herein contained, increase or diminish its caiiifal stock to any amount which may be deemeeul or uii act. Compnnii-s iirc- viuiisly IbniU'd niav incorpo- rate. Liabilities dc'flnt' J t^KC. 211. L'iMJii the ilitoliitldii uf liny euriioratidii furnicil iiiuler thiH act, tliu triiMtccii at till' time ol' tlie illsHiilutinii hIiiiII lie tniwteeM ot tlie creililurH and HtcicUlKililers III' till' I'lirpnriiliiiii di.iHiilvrd.iuid mIimII have lull piiwir and aiitlmrity to Mill' lor mill ri'Cii , it IIic iklils and property nf llie corpiiraliiiii, liy tlic iiaiiii' of tniMti'CN of siH'li rorporal'on, collect and pay the outstandiii); driit.s ; Hiltlc all its Hll'airs; and divide anions the Htorkholdirrt the my and other property that tthall ri'iiiain alter the payment of the ilehtH and iiiei'^Hary expriisen. ^Ki'. 'Jl. Any corporation formed undrr tliijt act may dissolve and dixincorpo- rale ilMi'lf hy presinllnjf to the Coiinly .Indue of the county In which the meeting of the Iriisleis are ii~iially liild, a pititlon to tliatell'ect accompaniril hy a certill- cati' of il> prop! r iillli'i'i>, and srItiiiL,' forth lliiit at a f^eiieral or Hpecial meeting of the slorkliiililrrs ralhd lor that purpose, it wan decided hy a vole of two-thiriU of all till- stocklii'lders to di^ini'orporate and disiolve tlie corporation; notice of the ajipliciiliiiii shall then he nivrii liy the clerk, which notice Khali set forth the nature of the application, and shall specify the time and place at which it in tii he heard; and hIuiII he piihllsheil in Home newspaper of the county once a week for four wi'iks, or if no newspaper in puhlished in the county hy advertisement jxiHteil up for thirty iliiyn in three of the most piihllc places in the county. At the time iinil place appointed, or at any other to which may he iiiistponcd liy the .iiiilp', he shall proceed to consider the application, and il satistled that the corporation has taken the necessary preliiniiiary stijis and ohtaiiieil tliij neci'ssary vote to dissolve itself; and that all claims ji^rainst the curpurutiun uro dischartred, he shall enter an order declaring It dissolved. Skc. 'J.'). The llftli chapter ol an act concerning corporations jiasscd April 22, 1>f>o, Is repealed, hut tin.- rejjial : hall not he construed to destroy the existeiico of any company already formed iiiider the provisions of said chapter; nor to efl'ect any ritilit required or liahility incurred under the same; hut as to all such companies the provisions of said chapter ,11 continue in full force, except in those iiista:ici's in which any comiiany hi'retolore i;;eorjiorated may uvuil itself of the provisions of the ni'Xt M'ctlon of this act. Skc. 2<1. Any company incorporated under the said fifth chapter of an act coIjcerlllll^' corporatleiis, passed Ajiril '.''-', Is'io, may continiii' its corporate exist- ence u'idt'r this Act hy ad'-ptinj,' a resolution to that ellVet hy a vole of two-thirds of all the stockholders, :inil lilin>,'a certificate thereof, si)(ni(l hy its proper otlicers, in the ollice of !ativ. This corporation is formed for the purpose of importinjo; Toe from Ww Tort of Now Archannvl and other Torts in the A llnssian Sottlomonts in North America, into the State of I California, and tra.lina: in the same, aiid for th(^ pnrpose of ^ en<-a!j:ini>- in Foreign and Domestic Trade and Coiumerco gencrallv. . , „ , The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall bo Three Jlundred Thousaiwl Dollars, r>=-nOO,000.) _ The time of the existence of this corporation shall be fifty years. The number of shares of tlio stock of this corporation shall bo three thousand, and the amount of each share one hundred dollars. The number of tinistees of this corporation shall ])0 seven, and ]^everley C. Sanders, Lucien Hennann, Sam'l Moss, Jr., \Vm. U.' White, Charles I'.aum, Charles Minturn and Edmund Randolph shall be the trustees and manage the concerns of the comjiany for three months from and after the date of this certificate. The principal place of business of this company is located in the City and County of San Francisco. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at San Francisco, on this 25th day of April A. D. 1853. CIIAS. MINTURN, ^YM. II. WmTE, C. J. BRENHAM, CILVRLES BAUM, EDMUND RANDOLril, LUCIEN HERMANN, SAM'L MOSS, Jr., ARCH'D C. PEACHY, BEVERLEY C. SANDERS. CKKTIKICATK. A('kn()wlft(liiiinissi(>iie. 1858. KiUnl in tlic office of the County Clerk of San Francisco iJounty. Filed in the office of the Secretary of State, at Sacram ento i .0 BY-LAWS OV THE ';3liiurican %mm Camm^rnal Comjjauii. holders. ARTICLE L The corporate powers of tliis Company shall be vested in Board of Trustees a "Hoard of seven Trustees, and the officers of the Company sluiU be a President, Vice President, Secretar} and Treasurer. ARTICLE II. On the fourth Wednesday in July of each year a Stock- iiolders' meetino- shall be held, at which the Trustees of the ('oi'poration shall be elected by l)allot, to serve for one year ; each Stockholder, either in ihmsou or Ity ])roxy, shall be Annual MeetinR entitled to as many votes as 'he owns shares of stock, and of the stock- the persons rec»'ivino- the greatest number of votes shall l)e Trustees. Ko election, however, '^hall be held unless a majority of the shares of the entx. 3 capital stock is re]n-e- sented ; nor shall any stockliohlei-s' meeting transact busi- ness unless said majority of stock is represented. If, for any cause, a Stockholders' meetino- should not be held on the day above named, or should the Stockholdei-s fail to elect, it shall be the duty of the President to call a meetino- on the followino- AVediiesday, and to ctmtinue said call for each succeedinir Wednesday until a Board of Ti-ustees is elected. In the absence of the Pi-osidcnt anse one of their number, vlio shall be Presi- dent of the ('oinpany, ;uid also one who shall be Vice Presi- dent of tlie Coiiijiany. At the same time tliey shall pro- cceil to a])poinl a Secretary, who may be tak«'n either from their J5<)ard or from the .Stockholders at lari,'e. At the same ineetiiiii' of the l>oar< I a Treasurer sliall be elected, and a vote of at leait two-thirds of the Trustees present and voting; sliall be necessary to elect. At the same meetino- of tbe Board it sliall proceed to fix the salaries of all the ofiicers and employees of the (Com- pany, l)y a vote of not less than two-tliirds of the members present and votiuir. No change in the compensation thus fixed shall be made, excej^t at a sfaffd meeting of the Board, and by a like vote of two-thirds present and voting. A .stated meeting of tlie Board shall be held monthhjj on the fifth day of each month, unless that day falls on Sun- day, in which case it shall be lield on the following Monday. A quorum shall consist of four Trustees. The Board may assemble at any time, on personal notice served by the Secretaiy or by public Jidvertisement, as the President may direct. If, for any cause, the Board of Trustees fail at their first meeting to discharge the duties imposed by this article, they shall assemble at short intervals thereafter ui.^il the same be accom]>lished. All meetings of the Stockholders shall be calh.>^ in accord- ance with the Act under which this Company n. ^rporates, but no special meeting of the Stockholders shall L»e called, except by advertisement published in one or more of the city newspapers for at least five days prior to the meeting so called. ARTICLE IV. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Trus- tees and of the Stockholders. He shall sign, as President of the Company, all certificates of stock. He shall also sign all contracts, leases, evidences of debt and all other instruments of writing which have been first approved by the Board of Trustees. He shall draw all checks or war- rants on the Trefusurer. He shall have a general control and supervision of the affairs of the Company. He shall have the casting vote at all meetings of the Trustees or Stockholders, and shall be ex officio a member of all com- mittees, excepting only the Executive Committee, of which J KLSSIAN C'UMMKKUIAL CUMl'ANY. II Ihall resi- rosi- Ipro- lame lul a and J President pro tern. he sliall be the Chairman, lie shall call sjieeial meetings of tlie Board of Trustees and of the Stockholders, when- ever he deems it for the interest of the Company to do so. When requested in writinjj; by three Trustees, or by any number ot Stockholders, who, in the aff^regate, represent a majority of the capital stock of the Company, it shall bo his duty to call a meetinij,- of the StocklioKlers, by adver- tisement jHiblished in one or more of the city newspapers for at least five days prior to such meeting-. He shall have the custody of the seal of the Company seai of the com- and shall alKx it to all instruments re(piired to be under seal' v^^j' ARTICLE V. The Vice President shall perform all the duties and exer- cise all the powers of the President, in the event of the ""^'ce President, absence of that officer or his inability to act. In the event of tlie absence, at the same time, of both President and Vice I'resident, the majority of the Trustees may choose, at any meeting- of their Board, a President 2)ro tern, who sliall exercise, for the time those officers are absent or unable to act, all the powers of the President; or, at any stated meeting of the Board, the Trustees may choose, by a vote of not less tlian five, a President or Vice President to serve the unexpired term. ARTICLE VI. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the jiroceedings of all meetings of the Board of Trustees, and of the Stockholders. He shall, ^yhen directed by the President or Trustees, cause the propei' notices to be given of tho meetings of the Trustees or Stockholders. He shall sign all certificates of stock, and countersign all checks or warrants drawn on the Treasurer of the ( -ompany. He shall sign, as Secretary of the Company, all contracts, leases, deeds, or other instruments of writing which have been first approved by the Board of Trustees. At tlio annual meeting of the Stockholders, he shall ])resent a re]>ort of the business of his office during the year preced- ing. He shall keep, or cause to be kejjt, a Stock Book, in the manner required by Section 18 of the Act of incor- poration. ARTICLE VII. Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep safely all i i liV-LAWS OK TllK AMKKIOAN Treasurer. iiiiiiM'vs boloiiii'iiiii' to tlit^ (.'(niipHiiy, niirl to disltiirsc (lie siiiue under the diivction of the l5o;inl of Truste-'s, and in confornnty with tlio liy-Laws of tlio CVimpuny. At C'iu;h stilted inet'tiiiy- of tlie I>oai'ive h bond (satisfactory to the Jjoard) for the taithful performance <»f liis duties. \h' shall hold his office durino- the pleasure of the Board (tf Trustees. i' or vessel belono-inu' to the ('(>mi)anv, or to fit out tor a voyai^e any vessel owned or chartered by the Coniiiany. The salaries of all the ])ermanent em])loyees of the Company shall be fixed by th(^ jloard of Trustees. No salary shall be ])aid to the J 'resident, Vice President, Secretary, nor to any Trustee; but the Poard, by a vote of tv.o-thirds of the Trustees present and votinof, may appro- ppeciai services. pj,j.j|.p ^^ .^^^^ Trustee or officer of tlie (company, sucli sum as it deems just and reasonable, for special services actually rendered, or to meet extraordinary expenditures actually incurred for the benefit of the Company. Tlie Board of Trustees shall choose from tlieir number an Auditino' Committee, consistinu* of three, whose duty it shall be to examine all bills aii'ainst the Company. No bill shall be paid unless approved by, at least, two of said Committee. It shall be the duty of the Board to associate with the President, two Trustees, who, with the President, shall constitute an Executive Committee, with jreneral powers to manai^e the business of the Company. The oard. Seventh. Report of the Auditing Connnittee, and Special Committees, and of any Connnittee (excei>t the Executive Committee) whicli may be constituted by 'the ]3oard. Eighth. Re])ort of the I'resident, verbal or otherwise, embracing such sugy-estions as he deems necessary for the interest of the Company. Ninth. Untinished business. Tenth. Miscellaneous business. Order of business at stated ineet- irips of the Board of Trus- tees. ARTICLE X. The Board of Trustees shall pass such Rules as they deem proper for the speedy dispatch of business brought before them. ARTICLE XL At the annual meetings of the Stockholders, the order of business sludl be as follows : First. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. Second. Presentation of communications. Third. Report of the 'J'reasurer. Fourth. Report of the Secretaiy. Fifth. Report of the President. Sixth. Report of Committees. Kules. Order of buoinees at tlic annual meeting of stockholders. H^ !i: Rules to he ob Bervcd. ' { 14 BV-Iei'mission, or by way of expla- nation. Stocklioliiwfiinc lA xt'liifli Mil \t'*ic n Diom r wii* >y Vacancies in the iVed Board, how fll- j, led. OI Trustees of whii-h he was a uieinber. In conformity with Section ',) of the act of Fncorpora- .. 1, , i- ■ i- .^ 1 1 II 1 I, +111 r Transfer of stock tion, all transt«'rs ot stock shall he made on the hooks oi the Company in person, or by attorney duly authorized. AimCLE XIII. Wlienover the surplus receijits in the Treasury amount to three ]>or cent, on the capital stock of the Company, the Board of Trustees shall declare a dividend ; but a dividend may be do(dared on a less sum than will produce three per Dividends, cent., if the Board so order. This Article shall not, how- ever, be construed as oblicjatory on the Ti'ustees to divide a fund accunuilated or accumulating to meet any debt foiling due, nor shall it be deemed inconsistent with the right of tlie Board to create a fund for the purchase of vessels or the repair of any vessel owned by the Company, or the exten- sion and rejiair of ice or other houses necessary for the business of the Company. ARTICLE XIV. Whenever, after due notice according to law, any Stock- liolder shall make default in the payment, when due, of any Defaulting stock- assessment lawfully ordered, the Board of Trustees shall, by holders, resolution, order a sk'o to be made of the defaulting Stock- holder's stock, in the i.anner and form required l)y law. AETICLE XV. The By-Laws of the Company may be altered, at any meeting of the Stockholders, by the vote of tliose who in the aggregate represent two-thirds of the entire capital stock By-iaws how ai- of the Company, or by two-thirds of the Tioard of Trus- tered. tees at a stated meeting of their Board ; but notice of such intention shall be filed witli the Secretary of the Company for at least twenty days previously, and the alterations pro- posed shall be substantially set forth in said notice. ARTICLE XVI. Tlie By-Laws heretofore in force are hereby repealed.