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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 %. BRITISH AMERICAN w !!*»> HODFlCfeRlill GOHPiP BY SPECIALACT OF PARLIAMENT, 23 Victoria, Cap. 119; AMENDED BY 24 Victoria, Cap. 103. CAPITAL STOCK PAID TIP $200,000, WITH POWER TO INCREASE TO si,ooo,ooo. MONTREAL: PRINTED BY PLINGUET k CO. 1861. --N.-N^ '>->-\J-V/> ASHtEY HiBBABn *. JAMBS BISHOP, <®BI8T0PHEE MBTEB, ESQ. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BRITISH AMERICAN 11 [Assented to I9th May^ I860.] WHEREAS Ashley Hibbard, John R. Ford, Preamble. James Bishop and Christopher Meyer, have petitioned Ibrthe incorporation of themselves and others as the British American Manufactur- ing Company, for the Manufacture of Cotton and other goods, and it is expedient to grant their Petition : Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Coun- cil and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : 1, The aforesaid persons and all others who incorporation shall become Shareholders in the said Company, ^'"d corporate shall be and are hereby constituted a body poli-"'^""' tic and corporate by the name of The Brithh American Manufacturing Company. 2. The Company may carry on the business What business of manufacturing goods and fabrics of all des- ^^^ Company criptions, that are capable of being produced °''*^^ ^^^'^ °"- from Cotton, as also suoh other goods of other 4 British American Manufacturing Company, dia Rubber! G^.^"a Pn nh ' ^^^'^^' °^ ^°«'' In- or commod fv nnrl t ^' ?' ^"y °*h«^ "material their Si3;ril^^ "'^ ^/ ^"y part of mentions prj'eTnft '/""""" ^°^ the above «ame all ho cos .!«/ ^J'' P'^^^^ «"* «f the sing of, hi" Act °'""'^ relative to the pas- What real pro- q nyi,,, « hold' condilionQllvTnv i.n^^^ ^°^^ ^^'°'"^«^y o^ managoment of the^r busTness inn.T^'''' ^'^^ and other motive powers n't .J?^ ™.'' ^N,tliire t^S^-^^'^r^ from time to I mV inT ^°^ ^''P°'" ^^^'^^ «ame o^nn-fttj "vJ" Ruf''' "^'.""^y H'tbard, John R Ford '°'"'- .hTD a^ '7„At ^c'r '"P"" Meyer, sha% take place in 1 he ra»n„., h Sh^^holders, shall subscr ption of Sl.n^i« ''^'^'.^o ^Pen Books for the call, th';;:"„:aSi^'^ • \f !° "jfke and eoUec. the subscribers ofS '™" ""I a meeting of ne, hereinafteTmluoS '^ "°"°° '" "■"= "^'- Capital and shares. "-ISS "'"talfe aTueof''"''' "^ ^"^ ^^^^^ «f them, may' books and al. *^Xr "f ®f ^^^y ^eans for the openin- of ^^ loUng shares, s.cnption boolcs, and may receive thptnK " them shall h,n.i„1ho"'i:5^Jf^;rc'o^p-y of A Company. may judg€ it of Wool, In- her material • any part of >r the above ig out of the ' to the pas- y purchase, bsoluteJy or rcal or im- ^onduct and iding water eeding the 'j and may of the same ' others jn e the value hall be the ill be divi- liars each, )nal estate. iR. Ford, r, shall be I choice of ders, shall >rescribed, >lfs for the nd collect leeting of the man- lem, may g of sub- subscrip- sharehol- such per- r any of iipany. A British American Manufacturing Company. 5 7. The shares in the capital of the Company Transfer of shall be transferable in such manner as may, from ^'"^''es- time to time, be prescribed by the By-laws ; but no share shall be transferable until all calls pre- Condition of viously made thereon shall have been paid orl"'^«''to until such share shall have been declared forfeit- *'"*"''''^''- ed for non-payment of calls. 8. The affairs of the Company shall be manag- Elective Di- ed by a board of five Directors, to be elected '■''«^der thereof Pany, either ^e^ng also a authority ; f by proxy to be con- lali have a of shares ^hat may to the re- ' aJi ques- y of votes ent, who • aniong Ppoint a ■ officers pediem, etary to fmance -e fit to cretaiy ' upon. \t any ' shail juired s who iiun- f . of Jhare post peci- iiich >U8i- Jon- )on the Iv. Briiiah American Manufacturing Company. f as they may, from time to time, deem expedient • fJ^i ""f ^ f "^"'r ^^V^""® *° ^^ P^^^ ^ith or Forfeiture of wiinout interest, and may impose penalties for shares for failure of payment not exceeding ten per centum °o°-P»y°>«nt- at any one time, on the amount of the call or calls made ; and likewise, but not without six weeks' notice, either served personally or published in a public newspaper requiring payment of such calls, may declare forfeited all such shares as may be in arrear in respect of any call or calls, interest or penalty, and such shares shall, upon such declaration, be and become forfeited in fa- vor of the Company, as well as the amounts paid thereon ; and such shares may thereupon be sold and disposed of in such manner as the Directors see fit, and the net proceeds applied in deduction of the claims of the Company against the Share- holders who shall have respectively been in de- fault in regard thereto, and who shall remain liable for and be bound to make good any defi- ciency in respect of their shares ; or the Direc- DJ«otor» maj tors may, in their discretion, should they see fit v^°'^^^ ^7 first proceed, by suit or action, for the recover^ """* of any sum or sums due for a call or calls on such shares, with or without interest and penal- ties, or either, as the case may be, and may af- terwards, if not recovered in full, proceed by for- feiture as above directed. 14. In any action or proceeding which may What allega- be brought by the Company against any Share- *'°°^ *°*^ *^»- hDlderforthe recovery of any sum due on any s'uTetL call or calls or for interest or penalties thereon, sSchlcUor It shall not be necessary to set forth the special matter but it shall be sufficient to declare that the defendant is a holder of one share or more in the capital stock of the Company, and is indebt- ed in the sum to which the arrears oa the call or calls, made on such share or shares amount (together with interest and penalties, if any,) and It shall only be necessary to prove that the defen- dant was proprietor of a share or shares, and that a caii or calls had been made thereon, and notice « mm American Manu^turin, Company. Directors to -ij- „,, position of ,he stock and .^f "^^'^'»^"t and dis- Company, for the appofnlenTo^ V^ "^ ^^e prescribing their powers a^d""f.''^"^^'?» «"^ f^r aJi artificers and TerTants "ht f ^n^'" T ^ "^«^^« «f for carrying on all kind, 'n? J """^ ^^ employed objects iof the clpTnt 1 "" r' ^'"''"''he relating thereto, and C' ^" '""'^'"S: ^""tracts ^ ^ of the powers vested in th ''^"^^'"g into e/fect aJl P;oof ofB,. and Jay amendt " d ^^^^^^^ Act ^ake others in their stead And . "^■^^''^•^' ^"^ By-laws, or any of them nnl , "^ ^°^>^ «^s"ch the hand of the Clerk sl'^[P''"'"S: to be under ^l the Company, anS' hav'nl'Th "^ ^^'^^^^ ^^^-^^ of the Company affiled to if J^, ^.^P^''^^^ «^al as primd facie evuient nV ' 'k^L' ^^ received Jaws in all Courrof ?? '"^^ ^^^'^aw or By- vince. "^"""^ °^ ^^^v or Equity in this Pr^ May be par- Ift Tl, /-. tiea to bills of p ■'°'. -^tie Company mav hpnrxr^r. "Change, &c. Promissory Notes LdBilulT^ ^ P^''*3^ ^o sums of not less iL» u ^^ Exchange for any such Prom is t? Tote^m/f '°^'^^^^ -^ and any such Bill of Excha„.^ d °' '^^or.ed, or endorsed by thp PrJ^^S ^^ drawn, accepted of the Company a^de!^^^^^^^^ tary.Treasu?er ^r by the cS^""^ ^ '^' Secre- Treasurer thereof ,fni u''' °^ Secretary, or of the Direct:,lai;t bTndr ^^ °^' ^"°^"^ Pany ; and every such Pro^^-"^ "P°" ^^^^ Com- of Exchange so made drTw?'°''^ ^°^^ «^ ^^^ dorsedbythe Pre Jdeit orTc'e T'?!'^ "'^ ^°- Company, and countersigne^ty [hr^' '^'^" Treasurer or by the Clerk or%7 . Secretary- surer thereof, shall hepreZt7T7 °' ^''^' properly so made, drawn f^ 1° ^^^^ been Seal not ne. as the case may b^' unleTlh '^^^^ °' endorsed, «--«7. and it«hallnotbe'Seiel;irrtrH'^\'^^^^^^^ ' uecessary to have the seal of ! ! ompany. '6 manner pany may >f the quo- t and dis- lirsof the 's, and for i "lose of ^mpJoyed '^'t'lin the Contracts e/Ject alJ t'lis Act; 'iws, and y^ of such >e under r office! •ate seal eceived or By. lis Pro- arty to ge for ; and lorsedj cepted sident Secre- ry, or orum Com- rBill )ren- )fthe !tary. Prea- been rsed, wn; alof British AmeHcan Manufacturing Company. g Ir^n^nTp'^K"^'"'"'* '""""^ Promissory Note Company, signing or countersigning the same or such acceptance or endorsement^ thereof 4' thereby subjected individually to any iTabilirJ circulated, or ot a character to be circulated as money, or as the notes of a Bank. '^"^^^^''' ^^ rnpniu Tl "lanQgcd by Separate depart- divide their rnents, distinguished by the particular nature of 5'"""^^^ '°*<* the business which may be Uried on in each '''^''"'°''' and th'J r '' '' "^'^ ^' ^"^^^^ "^^^^ expedfent ; Manalrs aTh? '""f ^"^'''°^ Superinrendents Ma, employ Managers, Agents and Seivants for one or more "^''Wrs, &c. of such Departmems, at their pleasure and mavM bf rDer^cer"""^^ ''''^^ in'whXl^r'in p"a t^a^^S^ by a percentage on the net profits of any particu-°°°"'* f'°^^> kr department, towards which sueh^ s^erv ce, *" may be rendered, or generally, as the Directors ?.'n/'; "^M °"' Ihereby causing such SupS tendents. Managers, Agents or Servants to incur fherein ^ '" '"^ "^"°°" ^''^^ ^° ^^ P^'^ne^s anv ma^n.f T^"' m' ^'^ ^^^ Company shall, in Liability of any manner, be liable to, or charged with the Shareholders payment of any debt or demand du?by tie Com^^^^''<*- pany beyond the am^ount of his or hersubscX nufL'!?w&"^ttfl^r:f,'"^^^^^^ tal stont r».oll I, ' u ;"® ^"°'^ O^ 'J^e cap - to commence lai stock shall have been bond Me sul scribed ''"«'°"« ""'" for, nor until an amount eoual to t^rlv/ *"*'>««=apital centum on the said «,im !./^ ^°„!wenty per is subscribed. )nr« oioll \ ^ ®""^ "^ °^^ million of dol-and 10 per derJ and ofac?d ^VH ^^^'^ "^ ^^ '^^ Shareho --t-P'^'i «P. for tC3^^^^^^^ f '^^ "^''P'"^^ °f th3 I>irectors 20. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act. It 24 Vic. Cap. 103. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT INCORPORATING THE BRITISH AMERICAN MAJfUFACIURING COMPANY. , i'-) i f\n1 WHEREAS the British American Manufac- turing Company, and the Directors there- of, interested therein, have petitioned for e amendment to their Act of Incorporation, being the Act twenty-third Victoria, chapter one hun- dred and nineteen, and it is expedient to grant their Petition : Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as fol- lows : 1. The said Act twenty-third Victoria, chapter one hundred and nineteen, and particularly the fourth section thereof, is hereby amended, so that notwithstanding any thing therein contained, the capital of the said Company shall be the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, with power to in- crease the same from time to time to one million dollars, by sums of not less than fifty thousand dollars at each time ; such increase, in every case, to be authorized by a vote of not less than two thirds of the shares of the Company, which may be passed at any meeting of the Sharehold- ers specially convened for the purpose, or at any meeting, in the notice convening which, it shall be stated that it is proposed to increase the capital. 2. The aforesaid Act, and particularly the nineteenth section thereof, is also hereby amended, so that notwithstanding any thing therein contain- ed, the Company shall not establish any manu- factory whatever, until the whole capital stock 19 British American Manufacturing Company. to the extent of the said sum of two hundred thousand dollars, shall have been bondfidj^^nht cribed for, nor until an amount equal to fifty oer Sn?i "'I'^lil^'^'!'"' °^^^° hundred thousand ItZf^l ^T ^r P,^^^ "P ^y ^he SharehoM. ere and placed al the disposal of the Directors which the Company has been incorporated. 3. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. pany. iundred k subs- ifty per ousand rehold- •ectors, cts for id. Act. BY-LAWS OF THE BRITISH A.MEIlICA.]Sr MANUFACTUEING COMPANY. 1. The annual Meeting of the Shareholders Annual Mcet- of the Company for the transaction of the general ings. business thereof, and the election of Directors, shall be held at the office of the Company, in the City of Montreal, on the second Wednesday of May, in each year, whereof twenty days previous notice shall be given, under the hand ol the Secretary, published during that time in at least one city newspaper. % Special general Meetings shall be regulated Special Gene- in all respects, as provided for by the Statute ^^^ MeeUngs. incorporating the Company. 3- At all Meetings oi the Shareholders of the Meetings of Company, three Shareholders at least must be Shareholders. present to constitute a quorum for the transaction ipf business, — and for the election of Directors, a majority of the Shares must be represented in person or by Proxy,— otherwise, such election must be postponed. 4. The President, or in his absence one of the proceedings Directors, shall preside at all Meetings of Share- at Meetings- holders, and all votes thereat shall be taken by ballot, but need not be taken on any proceeding unless demanded by a Shareholder, and when a haMnt id ntntoeaamr tha PraaiAnin* two Scrutineers to take the votes. 14 Proxies. Bntish American Manufacturing Company. 6. ShRTeholders may votsbvProxv nrnvirl^H FoKM OF Proxy. hereby appoint of "^^iP^T^'. """^^ I^ ^°^« and act for me as such atallMeetmgs of the Shareholders ofihe British American Manufacturing Company and in mv name to do all things whifh regarTOhe ba "n^s^ Prixy!' ''^"^ ^^''""^ ' "^^y ^y l^w do, by of to be day Witness my hand this <»^ , 18 and be disposited with the Secretary, twenty pTo^jTsToTeTel^^ ^'° ^^^^^"-^ ^^ -'=-^ -^ 6. In case no annual Meeting 19 JipIH i« ««« 0, Directors, year, the Directors, whose, tem^ofVffie ^^^ have expired, shall continue in office Bm a special general Meeting may be called to elect Directors in their room, who shall thenceforth be Directors until their successors shall be ch^ sen in due course. Of Vacancies. 7. In case of vacancies occurring amonc the Directors, during their term of office, by dfath resignation or otherwise, such vacanc es may & NoticeofMeet- 9- Due notice shall be held in ho cr;,r«« f ..or Direc-MeeUng of the Directors' if they Z no^ifed pe^' Zoil^ ^ '^'1 Secretary, or' if a notice be deposited m the Montreal Post Office, to the aaaress 01 .qnnh rin-ont^*- ~ .•_- 1 ' . . ten days before such meeting. BritUh American Manufacturing Company. 15 day 10. It shall be the duty of the Directors toDlityoftho manage the affairs and business of the Company ^"*<'^"- generally, in conformity -with the Charter of the Company, and It will be specially incumbent upon them within ten days after their own elec- tion to elect from among themselves a President. It will aUo be competent for them to fix the rates of salary or remuneration for all officers, or persons employed and paid by the Company, and they may, in their discretion, take security to their satisfaction, from all salaried officers having charge of monies or responsible transactions, on account of the Company ; but in no case shall they accept the security of any officer of the Company for, or on behalf of any other officer. U. It shall be the duty of the President to exe- The duties of cute all bonds, deeds and contracts entered into ^^^ P»8ident. on behalf of the Company, to sign any certificates of shares and bills, endorse Bills Receivable and generally to superintend the affairs of the Company and the written sanction of two addi- tional Directors will at all times give the Pre- sident power to perform any act or enter into any engagement in the same manner, as if he were thereunto authorized by resolution of a Meeting of Directors, provided the sanction of the other Directors have been requested by letter to their respective addresses, deposited in the Montreal Post Office at least ten days previous to such act or engagement, and in the case of the absence oi the President, the Directors shall name some one of their number to perform the said duties temporarily. 12. The Directors shall, from time to time. Duties of the appoint a fiit and proper person to be Secretary |j^^ "^"^ of the Company, whose duty it shall be to see that all the necessary Books and Records of the Company either required by their Charter, their By-la and that shall hereafter be! Ztl "'l ^"'^ "^T^^^ ?" *^« •««>« for the time site for efleoting the premises hereby rati^inj do therek- '"«^ ^" '**"' n^ said attiney^ hh'^'T^i'^^^'^ ' ^*^<^ ^weanto aet my hand and seal at lu:- , "' day of ,'^i;^^Xi year of our Lord 18 ' Signed and sealed in -<» the presence of whichj^form only and no other for that purpose officers '"'"^'"'"'^ ^^ '^^ ^^^P^'^y* °' ^«i^ u }TJ^^ person or persons, whether Share- ir tr Tu T^ '•'*" ^^ ^'""'''^^ ^« «f n^ht to en- terinto the Factory or premises of the Company fu tP ^"^ ^^^ production of the written c^rZ^ nV the President or one of the Directors. '" " British American Manufacturing Company. 19 18. The Seal hereto affixed shall be the seal of Se*i. the Company and shall not be used without the sanction of a quorum of the Directors.