142 THIRTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 77, S1. 1814. fix the price of new shares and annual contributions on each share : to direct how transfers shall be made and certified: to procure by purchase, rent, or otherwise, a suitable place for keeping the library: to appoint the times for keeping the library open, and for taking out and returning books: to fill up vacancies that may happen in their own body between two annual elections : to levy and collect fines and forfeitures: and to determine upon, do and transact all business and matters appertaining to the said corporation and library company, agreeably to the rules, ordinances, and by-laws thereof, during their continuance in p,.,,,,,, office: Provided, That not less than a majority of the said directors be a quorum to do business; that no rule, ordinance, or by-law, be made repugnant to the laws of this district or of the United States; and that no contribution be laid on any one share in any one year exceeding three dollars, without the consent of a majority of the shareholders. Regulations Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That an election for seven direc-
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i Monday in April next, and on the first `Monday in April, annually, thereafter, at the library room, under the direction of such persons as the present directors and their successors may appoint; which appointment shall be at least five days previous to the day of election. They shall also publish the names of the persons so appointed to hold the election, in some newspaper printed in the city of Washington, at least three days previous to such election’s being held; the polls for which shall be kept open from three o’clock until six o’clock P. M.; and no person shall be eligible as a director, or have a right to vote for a director, who is not at the time of voting, or being voted for, a shareholder in the said company, or who shall be in arrears to the said company, for any annual contribution, fines, or forfcitures: and all persons qualified to vote, may vote either personally or by proxy, by ballot. This act may Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act may at any time be 1* °"’°"°d•&*°• altered, umended,or repealed by the Congress of the United States. Arvnovsn, April 18, 1814. S·rn·u·r¤ I1. April 18, 18lL CHAP. LXXVII.-·-An Actfur the relief of Benjamin W. Crowninshield. Cmmcms of Be it enacted, dw., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is stock to be hereby authorized to cause to be renewed certain certificates of stock '°“'“"°d· issued by the cashier of the Merchants’ Bank of the town of Salem, to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, as guardian of the children of Jacob Crowninshield, which said certificates have been lost: Provided, however, That the renewal of the said certificates shall be subject to all the rules and regulations established at the treasury department for the renewal of certificates of funded stock. Approved, April 18, 1814. Snrvu: I1. -—-—-· April 18, 1814. Ch.u·. LXXXI.-— An ufctfar the relief of Archibald M Call. Dudes mmm_ Be it enacted, eye., That there be paid to Archibald M’Call, of the gd on Cm,;,, city of Philadelphia, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise m°¤‘¤h¤¤¤li¤¤· appropriated, the sum of eight thousand three hundred and four dollars and ninetyyfive cents, in full for the drawbacks due on the exportation of three hundred and ninety chests of Congo, and one hundred and fifty chests of Souchong teas, to Bremen, in the ship Abigail, in the month of August, one thousand eight hundred and five : Provided, That the said M’Call prove to the satisfaction of the comptroller of the treasury, that the said teas have been landed at some foreign port or place. A1-vnovm>, April 18, 1814.
