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RULES, REGULATIONS, 
 
 t-A'-V 
 
 n/ 
 
 AND 
 
 BYE-LAWS, 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN 
 
 MINING COMPANY. 
 
 i'RINTED BY LOVELL & GIBSON, ST. NICHOLAS STREET. 
 
 1847. 
 
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 JUN13 1955 
 
R U L E S, K E G U L A T I N S 
 
 AND 
 
 BYE-LAWS, 
 
 OF THK 
 
 JJrCtisU liortii Slmrn'cau ^iliniufi eomijnnj). 
 
 I. The election of six Directors shall take place Election of 
 annually at the General Meeting of Shareholders, of i>irectors. 
 which one month's notice shall be given in one or 
 
 more newspapers- , published in the City of Montreal ; 
 the first of which General Annual Meetings shall be 
 held at the office of the Company in Montreal, on the 
 third Friday of February, 1848. The Chair to be 
 taken at noon, and the Ballot Box closed at three 
 o'clock, p. M, 
 
 II. Two Directors shall retire annually by rota- Directors 
 tion, but arc eligible to re-election, by rotation to be ^^'gjjjf 
 established by lots. 
 
 for re-elec- 
 tioii. 
 
 ill. At the first subsequent Meeting of the Dircc- Election of 
 tors, they shall elect from among themselves, a |^^^«i*i*^"t' 
 President and Vice President ; and in the event of 
 a vacancy or vacancies subsequently occurring in said 
 Direction, or in the offices of President or Vico Pre- 
 sident, by death, resignation or otherwise, the said 
 vacancy or vacancies may be filled by a majority of 
 votes of the remaining Directors, at a Special Meeting 
 to be called for {hat purpose. 
 
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 Directors IV. Tlic Directors will liold a Weekly fleeting at 
 to hold |]ic Company's office, at such day and hour as may 
 MeSgs. be most convenient. The attendance of three direc- 
 tors, of whom the President or Vice Tresident must 
 be one, shall he necessary at any ^teeting, to forni a 
 quorum, for the transaction of business. Spcc-al 
 ISIectings of the Directors may bt :alled by tiio. 
 President or Vice President, or any two i ^ ;lie 1 -ivic- 
 tors, upon due notice being given in v>rting to the 
 others. 
 
 Special 
 Meetings, 
 how called. 
 
 Object of 
 Special 
 Meetings 
 to be 
 stated. 
 
 V. Any number, not less than twenty of the 
 Shareholders, who together shall be proprietors of, 
 or represent by proxy, at least two thousand shares 
 of the Stock of the Company, shr" have power at 
 any time to call a Special General Meeting of the 
 Shareholders, to be held at the Company's Office in 
 Montreal, upon giving one month's notice thereof in 
 one or more' newspapers published in this City, spe- 
 cifying in such notice the object or objects of such 
 Meeting. And if the object thereof be to consider of 
 the proposed removal of the President or Vice Pre- 
 sident, or of a Director or Directors of the Corporation, 
 for mal-administration, or other specitied and appar- 
 ently just cause, then and in such case, the person 
 or persons, whom it shall be so proposed to remove, 
 shall from the day on which the notice shall first 
 have been published, be suspended iVom the duties of 
 his or their office or offices; and if it affect the 
 President or Vice President, his office shall be filled 
 up by the remaining Directors, (in the manner here- 
 inbefore provided in case of such vacancy,) who shall 
 choose or elect a Director to serve as such President 
 or Vice President, during the time such suspension 
 ci,oj| cAiifiniie or be undecided upon. 
 
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 tin^' at 
 ,s may 
 jjirec* 
 it must 
 form a 
 Spcc-al 
 by tiio, 
 
 I to the 
 
 of liiC 
 
 tors of, 
 1 sliares 
 ower at 
 >^ of the 
 )ffice in 
 icrcof in 
 ity, spe- 
 
 of such 
 nsider of 
 'ice Pre- 
 poration, 
 id appar- 
 le person 
 I remove^ 
 hall first 
 
 duties of 
 iffect the 
 I he filled 
 mer here- 
 wlio shall 
 President 
 uspension 
 
 VI. It shall he the duty of the Tresident, ov in his I)iiti<^«j'! 
 ahsencc, of the Vice President, to si.j^n all Bonds, lil^J^T 
 Deeds, Debentures or Contracts, entered into on 
 behalf of the Company, to si.on the Certificates of 
 Stock, and generally to superintend the atVairs of the 
 Company in every respect, and exercise the powers 
 of whatsoever nature, which may be recinired to carry 
 out the objects of the (corporation. 
 
 VIL It shall be competent for the Directors to instai- 
 rnll in such Instalments, from time to time, as cir- j^^'^'^n^ 
 cumstances may require; no call at any ^hnc to m.^^^^ ^^ 
 exceed five shillings currency per share, (►f which such calls. 
 sixty days notice nuist be given in the Canada 
 Gazette, and in one or more of the newspapers 
 published in this City, as well as by letter through 
 the Post Office, in the usual way, addressed to each 
 Shareholder. 
 
 VIII. It shall be competent for the Directors to powers of 
 withhold the issuing of any Certificates of Stock i^irectors. 
 to Shareholders at present indebted, or who may 
 hereafter be indebted to this Company, by Book 
 debt. Note, or obligations of any kind, till the same 
 be paid and discharged, with all interest accruing 
 thereon, from such period as the debt or di^bts become 
 due: and moreover, it shall be competent for the shares 
 Directors to forfeit, after the exi)iration of thirty days ^^ ^- 
 from the period at which any call shall become due, 
 the Stock of such parties who may fail in the pay- 
 ment thereof, without any otiier form than an official 
 notification, under the seal of the Company, to the 
 party, through flie Post Office, in the usual way, or 
 by leaving it at his, her or tlieir abode, that such 
 forfeiture has taken place, and the Stock so forfeited • 
 
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 sliall hwmw the ubsoluto i)r()i>ci'ty ol* tlio C(>nii>aii\ , 
 nnd niviy 1)0 disposed i»fin such mniinor as the Direc- 
 tors slinll deem luopt Mdvanlaf^eoiis I'ur tiio Company. 
 
 IX. The Certineatc of Stock sliall exhibit the 
 
 Sock"how liolder's name, the number of shares, and the amount 
 
 signod. (^f Instalments paid thereon. It shall also have the 
 
 seal of the Company affixed thereto, and be sig^ned 
 
 ])y the President or Xkc I'resident, and count ersi^^ied 
 
 by the Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
 Certifi- 
 cates of 
 
 Forms of 
 transfer, 
 liow exe- 
 cuted. 
 
 X. The form of transfer shall be such as is provided 
 for by the vVct of Incorporation, Schedule B., to be 
 executed in duplicate, and to be attested by two 
 witnesses ; one copy of wliich transfer shall be de- 
 posited of record in the Office of the Company, and 
 ciirecristefcd by the Kc^i^istry Clerk or Officer appointed 
 to that duty, and the other shall be duly certified and 
 returned to the purchaser, so that possession of the 
 Certificate and of the certified duplicate of transfer 
 may constitute the evidence of ownership. 
 
 Charge for XI. There shall be a charge of five shillings for 
 enrogistra- ^|^^ enrcgistration of each transfer of Stock in the 
 ^'""' Company's Books, the same to be paid by the pur- 
 
 chaser in all cases, at the time of enrcgistration. 
 
 Proxies to 
 
 pr<Hlnce 
 
 HiuUlopnsit 
 
 original 
 
 autix^rity. 
 
 XII. In all cases before a Shareholder may vote 
 jy proxy, or when any transfer is made, or dividend 
 received, or other act done by Attorney, such proxy, 
 who must be a Shareholder, shall be held to produce 
 and dei)osit witli the Secretary, his original authority 
 nr Letter of Attorney, that the same may be fyled in 
 liie Office of i\\-^ (' ovupany. 
 
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 XUl. DivitlciuU aecruiiifj: to tlu« Compixny shall DiviJeiuU 
 ha dctlaica at the General Auniial Meeting? (►l' the J.*,;!!;;,,''' 
 Shareholders, on the third Friday of Fehriiary, and 
 iK^ transfer of Stock shall he registered for ten days 
 previous. 
 
 XIV. It shall be competent lor the Directors to ^^^^'^'^^j' 
 appoint such OlUcers, Engineers, Clerks and suhor- point om- 
 dinate Agents as they may deem necessary, lor the 
 satishictorily managing and conducting the affairs of 
 the Company, and pay them such fair and reasonable 
 salaries as may be deemed advisable. The Di.cctors 
 may cstaldish Agencies at any of the places named 
 in the Act, which they may consider of advantage 
 to the Company, and it shall be their duty generally, 
 to co-operate with, and assist the President and Vice 
 President in the general management of the affairs 
 of the Company. 
 
 XV. The duties attached ' > the otlice of the g|;^e«jf 
 Secretary and Treasurer, sliad be, that he keep and Trca- 
 proper Books of Accounts, as ,vell as a Register of '^"'•*^''- 
 the Shareholders, and a Minute Book, all of which 
 shall be at all times open to the inspection of the 
 Directors ; that all cash receipts arc to be deposited 
 in the name of the Company, in one of the Chartered 
 Banks of the City, and that all the payments to be 
 made will be by cheque, to be signed by the Presi- 
 dent or Vice President, or in their absence by two 
 of the Directors, and countersigned by himself; that 
 the receipts for the payments of all monies to the 
 Company shall be signed by him, and that the seal 
 of the Corporation shall be affixed by him, under the 
 authority of the Directors, to all documents requiring 
 ihe same, in accordance with the provisions of the 
 
Cdmmon 
 Seal. 
 
 Act of liuM»rporatioii raul iiye-l.aws, thiu lie shuU 
 (•onduel tlie correspondence, and be ))rei)artd to 
 liirnish full and clcflr statements of the affairs of 
 the Company at their Weekly Meetings, and general 
 statements at their Annual Meetings, and he shall 
 also execute n Bond with one or more securities 
 to the said Company, in such sum or sums as the 
 Directors may require. 
 
 XVI. The Company shall have a Common Seal 
 for the general purposes of the Company, to remain 
 in the Office of the said Company. 
 
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