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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) <'y ) I' R O S P E C T U S ^ OF TUB pill ^iiiitg #);0., WITH RKPORTS rr(jN THE properi'y of the coArPANV SITUATED IX THE TOWNSHIP OF NEW IRELAXD COUNTY OP MEO'ANTIC, OAXADA EAST. i OFFICE r Real Esstate . , . Capital Stoc5k . . 200,000 Shares, at 16,000 Acres $2,000,000 ^10 each ■» » ♦- 1^. NEW YORK: o M Bi li s , B T K .fV m; t» r, I ]Nr t h: r o2 I{ E E K M A N S T R K K T . i Op-'iniOI£ir\3. '1( (r. B. JICBBEIJ., Premkyxt .^. T. SKEI.EY, W. X. OLIVER, T. J, ESTERBKOOK, ALLEN L. BASSETT, J06. TREAT. (tre;i£jurtr, G. B. HUBBELL. ^rcrctixriT, T. J. ESTERBROOK. tf/ € t, Ml ■'\i V Pt S P E C T U S . > ». »« The property of the Ulack Lake AIiNixa ro.MPANY consists of tlic following- lot>^. parcel^ or tracts of litnd bidiatt* in tlie tdxvnship of Ireland, in the county of Megantic, in the dis- trict 'if ArtLiabaslv'a, and province of Canada. Known a8 follows : 1 N.E.nO, S.E.} 20, 2], 22, 2:5, 24. 2a. 26. 27. 28 ? 22, 2;i, 24, 2;.. 26, 27, 28 3 ly, S.EJ, 20. 21, ;^2, 2;^,, 24, 2o. 2(i, 27, 28 4 N^^'4 1^> -<^- 2], 22. 2;;, 24. 25, 20, 27, 2S 5 21, 22. 23. 24, 2o, 20, 27, 28 <> 21, 22. 2;;. 24, 25, 2(;. 27, 28 " 10, 20, 21. 22, >:\ 24, 25. 2G, 8 1!), 20, 21, 22. 23, 24, 25, 2«;, i> S.E.^ 10, S.E.^ 20, S.E.^21, ^^,Iv^ 22, 23. 24, 25. 2(i, 10 X.W.ri9, 21, 22, 23, 24, 11. N.W. point 15. 12 E.l 13. The wliolo being- 10.000 acres more or less, together with .dl dependencies, and appurtenances belonging thereto, uikI all the estate, right, title, interest, |>roperty, claim and demand, which belonged to the former |)rojirietors. - 4 - 'I'lio .uTeal mineral value oC this )jiTi[)ci'ty will I'C seen (iii roadiiip; tho UcjMirts li<'lf)\v, \\}:ichliavv' been pvociireil fVoni tlu' most reliable and highest wuiu 'es oi' iiilbi'iiiation. We first pn;s(Mit extraers IV' in the recent Oeoloa'ical wt.rk te tlie ,ut:)vernni(Mit ot" Canada iu Isr*:-), h\ Sir Williain Lot, nhlch hav(} rel'ert.'nee to the identical prnp(3rty be- fore described ])elonp"ing to this C(>in})nny : [Page 253-25^.1 " Fr'uu East Xieolol Lake the Scrpnt.fuie the lino between Ireland and Col(;raine. I.n these two iownshij)s tliere is a <;'reat display oi" tlie reclc. !l lies on both sidles of" the Black Lake extending;" four miles to the South-uest in Ireland, consti- tutin.Li" r!iiribon Hill, and ])r()! ; bly two miles to the Xorth-"ast in Cdleraine a\ itli an averaiic breadth of two miles and a half, thus spj'oadinj:,' ever an area el about lifti'en sfpiare miles. On the 21st lot of the Isl rnd 2nd llanu-es of h'eland about a mile tVom this are;i there is imotiiei' exposure of serpentine." [Pap,-e 731. 1 " The Coppei' ()!'(>s already described, . . . . beloni:-. like those of the northern })art.s of L'ehnid. to the second synclinal The ontcj'op of tlie 3i"'l is con- tinued throuLi'h Ifam and AVelfestown: and further-on there is a great de\(lopment of tlie I'ocks of this scrit^s. ■which nawl.'e regarded as a continuation of the 3rd synclinal. an> — ;> — ! i" snu'ltiiiL:; their (»tTs. arc. apt(.'<|, tliov Avill l)('«'(tiiio a ^uTcat .source of wealtli aiid liiriii.-h c'luplovifionL to ;i liir;ji,'c jio[)iiliitiiiii. Wo sn1>jlin Iji_Liiel!, K>q., rfMvincial Land Hni'Veynr. on tlie ui"e;it amount of timher : which can oc made innnediaiely a\'ailal)k'. From tlie [u'operty tho rivers are- navigahU^. for rafts, ajid tlie tiuilx.-r can l.;e sent down to the (irand Trunk l*;iil Road. A charter for a hranch rail road has lately been taken out tor the district, and the depot will lie, it is said, on a jioi-tion of this proiierty. therehy increasing its value ind*'pendent of the minerals or timber. ITvRVKv lUu. '''niM'T'K .NtiNfo, Lkkks, Mkcjanttc, C. E. Siipcriiitciideiit's ihfirc, \\lh March, 1HG4. WM. BIGNELL, Esq., Quebec. Dear Sn? : hi the aiitr na of ls.')0 T accunipaiiifi Dr. .lames Duugla.s of (^nebee, to exaiaine some lands in the township of Jielaiul eominiscd within the hnes of lots twenty to twenty-eiglit, in Ifunges one to ten, of the Township \vhich line on tlie aeconipanyin,;.'; j^liin of the 'I'ownship I li;ive tinted pink. On a|q)roaeliing- the pro]ierty from tlie Town.Kliir of ihdifiix, die rocks of the country are exposed to vii'\" in tnany ])la<;es ; to \vitl)in a short distance of the }>roperty tlieir gen- . ! character heing similar to tiiose of liie seoond .synclinal or eoj)]>er Land 1' tiie Eastern Townships, and will, I lielieve, on careftil ex]dorat:uii, be found to be a fold <»f tli*' same, tlieir probahic run 1 have marked in purple on the plan, A thorough and careful exploration of the lacperty will. 1 lielicvc, lead to the discovery of valuable L'o[)[>t r deposits in the Xorth-east section of the property. The laborious researches of an eminent provincial (jeolo- gist, Sir W. E. Logan, having established the fact that the d'obl in Canada is dise(»vered iu similar association to otlier countries, viz : witii or in tiie vicinit}' of rocks strongly characterized by \rugn''sia, such as Dolomite, Serpentine. Talc, and Chhu-itic Slates, it is reasonable to expect that a verv cotisiderahle area of this jirooertv will lie found to be u'old bcariim', -- n - In the soutliorn oii>i, l)t(t\vecn thret' ami tnur nuk'n, lea'liin^' lot No. IM in tlio tirHt and Hoc'on tin- N.)rth-<';iHt tluMc iw hm iitfh' donht it will bf found to nui across a ^nat portion of the propiTt.y, and a thoronuh and farrfid oxploration of llit projtiTfy will, I donlit not, h-ud to tin; dis'foviiy of iho ])rrid Hynelinal at Halifax, Leeds, and S. Sylvester, heiiee r consider the \\holc of the ]iroperty lies wiihin the limits of the (.Jold bearing region of the eastern Townships of Canada. Irrosi'Octivo of the valuable mineral likely t'.' be found on tlio jn'operiy. a large portion of it is covered with ]nne and s])ruee tind.ter - erty. alVording aniy)ic power for driving tniUs. cruslioi'.^. or indeed any machinery that may l)e re«pured in the development of itr^ resources. The water eonimunication with the lakes is navigable for rafts to within a short distance of llie (irand Trunk Railway. 1 am your obedient servant, IILIIBERT WILLIAMS. T, JOHN BKJNKLL, Provincial Land Purveyor for Lover (Canada, re- siding at Lsimbton, on the Ijorder of Lake St. Francis, do liereby certify that I am acquainted with the lands knovvn as tlie (Jovernment Block in Ireland, distant I'roni my own residence about twojjty miles, and comjiosed of lots Nos. 21 to 28 or thereabouts in iJanges one to ten inclusive. That the said lands are well timbered with pine, spruce and taniarac, and I consider that tho\ are the best timber limits now remaining in that part of the country. In testinutny whereof, L liave hereunto set my hand tliis first day of April, 1861. JOHN RICNKLL. ! Being o.sked my opinion as to thoir value. 1 thiidc, from the facilities with which the timber could be brought to market, tluit their value must be great, and must increase in conirsetpftnce of the annually increas- ing scarcity of timber. J. iJlGNKLL. I V I t Provinck of Cava da. [ Distncf nf Qncher. ) To all to whom the'o i)resontH Hh;ill curno : I, Xoki, TTir.T, Bowkn, Notary I'ublic, C ly inliaitttHl ami sWdrM. rcsirliuj^ uiul i-ractiisins in t)u? I'iry of QiiMi»tM\ ill tlif rrovlnri' of Catuul.i, do hei«;by cortify iiii-l iitt»'at tliat 1 iiiii wt'U aciiuaintod with Jolui ni;^rii'll, K.-siuire, of [.ainlitoii, ('. I'].. Proviii cial l/.uul iSiirve_\Mjr, who iiuth svrittoii and si<^iu'd the foro.i;oiii^ ccititiL-ato, that ho iH a ixm'som of loii^- (.-'xperituico iu hiw piofoHtsioii, woll (•uj)ahlu of forming a (.orrci-t opijiioii us N) the valtio of landn in ('atia(hi, and whoBr Htatt;n»L'nts on siuh subjoL'ts may l>o ndicil upon u;^ coireot and tr'io. In \\'(tm;s.s Wukkkum', I have hereunto Kot my hand, and affix- ed luy seal of otlicc at (Quebec, aforesaid, tlus tirst day of A]>ril, in tlio year of o\ir I.ord. one thousand i;i.:^hl h\mdre 1 and sixty-l'our. Hi^nied, XOKL H. UOWIIN. Notary Public. J. T. tSKKLEV, and Associates, Gentlemkx, In accordance with your resolutions of Jul\- 'J.'ld. wo have visited tlie !>laok L dee lands, situated in the Township <>[' New Jrelarul, County oi" Mi'gantic, Canada East, and a^reenble to }our re(|uest, respebtCully submit the t'oUowin^i;' re[)ort : The tract is about three miles wide by ten niih^s long, iVom North-east to F^(Uith-west, embracing- twenty-five t^quare miles of territory. Black Lake and its outlet Becancour river divide the tract about four miles from its South-western boundary. The land may be described in general term.^ as one-thinl moantainoas, nearly one-third low land, and the remain>iclo ol' JUack Lako j it is said the riiml will he ronstnicti.cl at, once. Tlie 'rin.'tford river nientionjMl above enters the ])io|i('rty at t[i(! North-east eorner, and nnmin.o: five miles parallel with the South-easterly ])OMndary line' it enijities into Illack Lake. The lundierinen of the J^rovinci' ha^■e tor several years run saAv-Io{:s IVom the ^I'ownship oi' Thctt'ord down this river into and throu,i^h JJlaek Lake, tlienee down (lie BeciMieour thirty niiles to the interse( tion of' the (ii'aiid Trunk Kailway. i'roui whence tln-y are eotivcycil Ijy Hail to Quehec (one (»!" the lar- ;:'est JundM')- itiarkets on tlu^ contijient,) or Portland Maine. These i-i\(rs I'uniish an lunple oiillet Ibr the Timber upon this pro])rrty. U))on Lot (IX) ei^'hteen, of Ran;.re (\) four, three; miles be- low the lake on the jjceaneour river, is a water-power of IVoni N to 10 I'eet fall. Tt has abundant sup[)ly of watei and good rock bottom and banks. With the exception of tie* '' ^Meadows" above mentioned, the whole tract is eoveietl with a fine g'rowth of tindjer, ehiotly Pine, S[.iuce, Tamarac, Cellar, AFaple, ant] Pirch. The Pine i^ distributed oV(;r fully one half of the property a large portion ol which is heavy timbei', a great amount of S}>ruee of large growth is intermixed with the other timber through- out nearlv ilie whole tract. The low hmdr^ are deiiselv cov- ered with tamarac and cedar, the up binds with sugar-maple, birch, and some s(;attering s])iuce and h'^mlock. The pine trees when cut into logs, thirteen feet foiu' inches long, and delivered at the banks of the rivers, can 1)0 sold at ono^dol- lar a loj". The trees ^^■ill averau'o from three to live lo!>-s each. S[)rnee logs will sell for thirty ceits and upwards. The trees will make three or i'our logs eacli. Tlio tamai-ac is very desirai)le, tlie foot of the i,ree being cut into ship-knees, and the remainder of the tree into logs, whiidi can be saAved into suitable |)lank for deck llooring ; ship-knees are scarce, and sell at from five to fifteen (h)llars each '.n Quebec. On the easterly ^ide o\' rhe Thetfird river extending rip from the lake about one and a lialf miles is a high range of hills cov- '%■ // eriMl with Red or \«m\v,iv INiiu. This i>, utucli .-^oii'^lit al'tt'i' l'i»r in:i.'-ts jind ,-[»;n's. Your CoiiiiuilU'O do not tcfl foinpctriit to mnki^ ;i jui'in'r Cf^tiniiiti- of til"' lot.d v.-duc of rlic timhtT on tin* jiro|M'rry. hut tool fully 's.irnintfil in lyini'' i In.'i.-iiiuch ;is ilii- Mppvars to \)C tlic iiCaiX'st consltlorahh' l'nlital willi tho- " ahout lit"rcen miles Xortli-oast. at the IIar\-oy Ifill Mino, wliich is proncauiccd inic of the host in the woi'ld. Wo alsu found tlic^ looatiou of tiie^o indications to corrcsj-'ond with the- tracinp-s upon tlio ih'olou'i- cal ^fap of Canada, now hciiip' [)uldishod under dii-ection of Sir W. E. J io_!jan, Provincial Gcolo;.!;ist. Whih; at Montreal Avo were favored with an interviow with tliis i;-entlomaii. \lv- ferrin,u' to the locality we worc^ about to visit, ho freely ex- })resscd the opiiiion wo sh>ald find ovidcu'^s of cojipcr at the ])ointrf above indicatotl. Also, that upon the Soullierly end of the property we would undouhtediy llml ^-old accoinpanyinLi: the serpentine rock, and jjrobably chromic iron. The whole tract bidm;- in the very midst of the great minora! hidt of Oan.ada East, ho thon,L''ht its location would wai'iaiit tlie I'.K- peiise of thoroupdi exploration, (^>|lpor mines are now beoi.L:" opened and worked in nc^a.rly all th(j surrounding': towjis. im- pressed hy the assurances oi' l*i-of. LoL^'an we made ii part of our business, while on the propeity, to look for p;old. At every stream we found soil an<[ shite similar to the gold fiekls oi' the 10 CluuKliero. At our firi^t oxHmiiiation upon llio bank of the Bocancour we foui]il gold in the iu-st sliovcl of ilirt. On tlio banks (»t" Wliih^ (.■reek t^ome four niil«'S from the Becaiicour we '.vj;>uu found in the second pan of (Hrt a nnn-h larger specimen of goM. At Tlirtford Riv(}r near our last camping ground the bed of the .-(r*?am lias Ix-en changed. au'I the old channel somewhar filled up by loo-^e dirt, we thought tliis a favorable point, and here searched I'nr gold ; in theu[)per rlirt we found no indications worthy of notice, but when we. rea(died a depth of say four or five leet we came to a bed of sand and gravel, which wa>; packed ni'ieh closer, we washed a pan of this, and from it took considerable quantities of magnetic sand, and a very hue speeiim-n of gold. It was the opinion of those pres- ent that tlH3 ppi'cr soil was too light to hold rhe gold, but the lower depo>iL niiglit i)rove a good paying Held. This last dig- ging was about tliree miles e({ui-distant from the lirst two places, whf're gold was found, showing the metal wan not con- fined to one locality, but distril)uted over a large portion, if not the wdiole tract. The point at which wv were assured we shoaM most certainly discover gold, we did not visit: we were well jdeased with the siux^ess already had, and thought it (juite satisfactory for present pur[>oscs. In conclusion we have only to add, IVom the cursory examination made l)y us we are led to concur with Sir W. E. Logan in his opinion that the indica- tions warranted a thorough exploration of the property. Ni:w VoitK, Aug. 10,1804. W. ^. Oliver .y ... Committee. ^^ . 11. liuowN !' CERTIFICATE OF INCORPOR.VTIOX. t f^tiito of Now York. Citv and ) (V)imtv (if Now York. ) Wo, (I. B. liubbell, John M. Mah Estorbrook, and llartlE. Estcrbrouk, do hereby certify tliat we desire to form a company pursuant to the provisions of an Act entitled '"An act to autliorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mech.uiieal or chemical purposes,"' passed Feb- K n. ruiirv IT. 1848, and of die Kovorul acts extciidiii^j; and amon. Hub- bell, John ]\r. Macfarlane, \V. F. ilyatt, Gustav Theisen, Tlieodore Mace, Joseph Esterbrook, .ind Tfartt E. Fsterbrook ; and the said company is formed for the pur])oso of carrying on some part of its business out of the state of New York, namely at the Towiisliip of New Ireland, County (»f Megantic, Canada East, and the nanje of the City and County, in which the principal part of the biihiness of tlie said corporation is to be transacted, are the City and County of New York. Thai the said Trustees are severallv citizens of the State of New York. ignod, Si.r Diito.l, Vow York, AuL'US-t 29. 186i. (.;. 15. TIUBREI.T.. JOHN M. M.VCFARLANE, W. F. HYATT. GUrfTAV THEI8E.V, THEODOHE MACE, JOSEPH ESTEUr.KOOK, HARTT E. ESTEliCKOoK. ' City and County of [ New-York. I ^^■ On this twenty-nintli day of Angu.st, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, before me personally appeared G. \i, Hubbell, John M. Theison, Tlieoilore Mace, Joseph Esterluook, and HarttE. Ester brook, to me known to be the individuals described in and who execu- ted the foregoing Certificate of incorporation and severally acknowledged that they executed the same for the purposes therein mentioned. H. 1}. CHALMERS. Notary Public for N. Y. City, 12 — KS. State of Xow-York, ( City and Comity of N<:!\v-Y(>rk, i T, Henry W. ( J;^iiet, ••lork of said city ami county, do corliiy tluu I liiive compar.'d the prceodirig with the orio!,,;tl (Vrtilicate of Incoriu.vatiun "f tlie " [{lack I.ake Mining Conipaiiy" on file in niy olfico, and lliut tho same is a correct transcript therefrom and of tiie whole of said ori^t^inai. In witness whereof T liavc lierennto subscribed my }iame und a-Iixed my ofru-ial weal tins 30tli day of August, 1804. |i SEAL- ^ Signed, II. W. GEXET. CI eri State of Xew-V(,rk, iMatc oi .\ew-\ (,rk , j Office of the Secretary of Stale, \ I have compared the ). receding witli tlie original duplicate of Certifi- cate <.f Incorporation of the " 15iaek L:dce Mining Company" with ae- knowdedgment thereto annexed, filed in this office on tlie thirty-first (.lay of August. ISGt, and hereby certify the Biiuie to be a correct tran- script therefr-mi and of the whole of siiid original. A\'i(nes8 my hand and sewl of office of the Secretary of State, at the city of Albany, this 31 st day of August one thousand eiglit hundred and sixty four. Sigued, ERASTCS CLARK, Deputy Secretary of State. B"3r-z^^\.-\A;rs OK TllK §lul fiiki^ fining (To. I Airnri.E i. ^y-c, 1. Thk Capital Htock r.f tlie lUack Lake ^finlt,;, Company is dhid- e.l if.to tuo In.n.ir.a ti.ousand slmres of ton dollars carli. Skc. 2. The principal office for the tranRaction of tl.c busincBs oftlic (on.panv and ,he general direction of its afiltirs shall be located in t]>e < itj of NcAv Tork. Hk.. 3. The Certificates of stock shall be nnmbere.I and resi.tered a. y are i.sued ; they shall exhibit the holder's nann>, and number of Bharcs, and shall be signe.l by the President, and eountcrHi^^ned by the .Secretary. Transfer of Htoek shall be n.ade np..m the books of the Con,- par.y ]>y the owner in person or by his Attorney. The power of Attor- ney nuty be i-rinted on the back of the Certificates as ibllows, viz: 1' or value received assign unto the within Certificate of sl.n-es issued by the Blaek Lake Minir,g Con.pany, and hereby authorise to transfer said shares on ihe books of the Company upon surrender of this Certificate. Dated, Executed in presence of, 14 — AKTiCLE If. ?KC, 1; Tlie Corporation hIuiII havo u common Seal of sucli character and witlt such devices as the ])irect"rH may order, suhjrct to change, aojreeably to the Law, and by a decision of the Hoard. Sk<\ 2. in the exi'cjition of all instruments otlier than Certificates of Stock requiring the seal of the Corporation, the affixing the tsame Uy the President, or two directors shall be Hufficient, and the sigiiature or .sig- natures of ilu' officer or olhcers affixing it shall be Hufficient evidence that it Avus so done. ARTICLE III. .-^Kc, 1. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held in the City of New York on the first Monday in June of each year. Notice of the time and place of meetinj^, signed Vty the Secretary or one of the Directors being given twenty days previous to such meeting in one of the tlailv papers published in the City of Xew York, and in one of the daily papers publislied hi ihc city of Quebec, and notification directed to each shareholder through tiio Post Office, as +hc residence of each may appear on the books of the Company. " Skc. 2, Si>ecial meetings may be called by the Bt)ard of Directors, whenever they may deem necessary ; and it shall lie their duty to call such meetings, whenever called upon so to do by any ten or more stock- holders representing at least twenty thousand shares of the Capital stock. Notices of special meetings shall be given in the manner pro- vided for the annual meetings in Sec. 1. of this Article ; the object of the nice ling to be stated in the notice. .Sec. 3. Any ten shareholders representingat least sixty thousand shares of the Capital stock, either by the holders thereof in person or by proxies, shall alway be sutticient for the transaction of business. Sec 1. The validity of a')y proxy, or the authority to act under it shall if (inustioncd, be settled by a majority of those present at the meeting, at which the authority under it is to be exercised. ¥ i ARTICLE IV. Thei-egular meetings of the Board of Directors shall bo held at the of- fice of the Company on the first "Wednesday of each month. Special — 15 meotinKS cif t}»e DirectorK sluiU Im- IkM ui'on tlie c;ill <»f any \\\o ( 1 tlie Directors duly notified by tlio socrt.'tary. A Board of Directors shall \>o clccled at each atiiiual met liii;.' of tho stockhoklcrs. Any v-^faruy that may dccnr, citlicr hy rcinDval, rcHip;na- tion or death, shall be fill ■(! by a vote at the regular meeting of the Di- rectors. ARTICLK \'L At every annual meeting, and as much oftener as the Directors, or tAvc>- third.s, at least, uf the Ktoekhohhrs b}- vote to that eftect shall onlcr, tliere shall be made a financial exhibit of the atfairs of the Cotn])any, which kIuiU be kept in its archives- . ARTICLE VIT. ^EC. 1. Die business of this Company shall be niauag^'d by a Board of D .f )f v^-h( shall be V dent. irectors ot seven in nuniDer, one oi v^noni snau oe i it ski ^KC. 2. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Do.ird, but in case of hia absence a president pro tern may be apyx^jinteil b\ the Di- rectors present, and four shall constitnte a quorum for tho transaction of business. Sec. 3. The President and Board of Directors shall have power to|"ap- point a Trt asmer, Secretary, and also ^uch other agents as shall be neces- sary to take charge uf the operations of the Company under their direc- tions. Sec. 4. The President shall make, sign and exocute such Orders as the legitimate business of the Company requires, <»r as the Board of Direc- tors may direct or approve, and exercise a general oversight and maiiagc- ment of all the aftairs of the Company. Sec. 5. The Secretary shall take charge of the Books and Accounts of the (yompaDy, keep records of the procet-dings of the Meetings of tho Board and of the Meetings of the Stockholders, countersign all certifi- cates of stock and attend to such corres}>oiulence and other business as the President or Board may direct. Sec. C. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all the Funds of the — 10 — Coiai)any, until the same phall bo liivitUul or appropriated by llu; lioard of Directors. ll<' sliall kvcn his (.1e|>o8its in Hiich Rank or other place of bi'ciirity as the I)irt>ctors sliall appoint, aiul hia Bank account shall bo kept ill thci name of the <"oinpany. He sliall pay out monies only vheu drafts are made on hin\ by the Secretary, countersigned V-y the Tresideut, or, in case of his absenro or disability, one of the l)irect'U'a. Sec. ,7. The lioard of Direciors laay, if Uiey deem proper, reonds in Huch sums, and witli yuch security as they may deem adetiviate for the faithful [>erformanee of the duties of his trust. ATITRTJ-: VI ir. No liability shall be incurred without money behig in the Treasury of the ('onipany to meet the payment thereof. ¥ AIITICI.K IX. The liy-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular moeting of tiio Directors by a vote of a majority thereof. ¥ •■a \* ,