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augustalH CHRONICLE.
VOL. XXVII.] FREEDOM OP THE PB.XMI ANB TRIAE »Y REkAIN INVIOLATE. [No. 1278.
I PRINTED BY ADAMS & DUYCKINCK', BROAD-STREET. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, »Bxj.
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An Ordinance.
More effectually te prefeive the city of Au
gusta from ravages by Fire.
, TX7HERRAS the foulness of Chimnics
VV have not only alarmed the citizens
byt their frequent burning, but also endanger.
, eof the same,
Therefore, be it Ordained hy the Intend
ant and Council of the city of Augusta , That
from and after the pafl'agc of this ordinance,
a funi not exceeding twenry.five dollars be
| paid by any owner or occupier of a house
having a chimney, which (hall befecn buy
ing within the limits of the dfr of Augusts,
other than whilst it may be raining—Ore
taoiery ihereef to go to the 'informer, and 1
the other haif to the of the Corporation* :
And for the better carrying this ordinance
f infc t fleet,pcrlons incurring the penalty here
by ioipofsd, flicll te proceeded against in the
fame manner and firm, as ia poin;ed out for
the recover) of other forfeitures incurred un
der the bye-laws and ordinances of rnis cor
poration.
Faffed in 'Council, 6th FedrvUtey , 1813,
SEABORN JONES- Jutendant.
Attst,
N. W. HERBERT, C/T. 1
Feb. 12. . at’
Mr. & Mrs. Askew,
Grateful for the liberal support and countt
nance they have received since their rest.'
dente in this city, respectfully inform
their friends and thefubhc that their
BoWdtrig & ‘Day Schboi
W'ILL again open op Tuesday next, at
that large arid convenient home on Broad,
fireev, below the market and next door to
the house belonging ro ilfeeftate. of A Baldwin
esq. dec.-—tbofc commit!ing children to their
charge, may defei.a on their receiving the
Tame and care,, which has hereto,
ifore been reWadto by fo'large a (hare of dis
:|fcingui£hed patronage and public attention, |
|| Feb. 12. 12m . ■
UP--~At my plan
■L ration an Friday 27 *h ult. a Suirei
SIARE, three years old”—bit;2e in her fore.
|fcad> and hind feet white—The owner is ae.
quested to pay charges and take her -wa 1 ,
Zach. Dell.
Ml Feb. 12. 4t
Administrator Sales.
: Will be fold on Saturday the
d&7th day of M-arch next, at the iStcre of
SCliafles Johnston deceased, near the market
Sundry articles of merchandize, & housc-
Ihold furniture, &c. belonging to the estate !
nf the said decealedt
f HENRY ZINN, Adm*r.
r Feb* 12,. „ ids
1/ TO hH RENTED.
| THE. Dwelling House and Garden, ut
present occupied by Mr. VV. Brux, asaho
M Stores fronting on Bfoad-streut. Also may
be bad the store, cellar and salt-room, at
he Well known stand, for years occupied
>y Mr. John Hill; and two lots in the iow
:r end oi the city, calculated for grazing
ols, and now putting in thorough repair.
The subscriber has a supply of warranted
seasoned flooring and ceiling boards, which
can be furnished on short notice.—Also, to
>e Sold or Rented, the iruct ol Hand on
Mule Kiokie creek, Columbia county, where
tfce late eol. Jenkins formerly resided, on
which is a convenient framed dwelling
house, &e. and about, land.
Seaborn Jones.
December 25.
F,i Strayed or Stolen,
ROM the subscriber at Ponds
on *s th January, 3 Fexed Gr* HORSE,
about fix lien hands high—age no 1 known;
he limps in his right fh*uider—* sev ard of
FIVE DOLLARS will o« given to any per
son delivering raid boric ic Mr. Jon. Vaflej,
►AuguSla, ,
Joseph Butler.
Feb, ia- 3c
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Mr , Benj . Sherrod, G? Co \
OF Walhington, Wilkes county, con
tractors for the Army of the United
States in Georgia, having appointed me their
ag id in this place, any Commanding officers
pa fling by here, or coming to this place, will
please give me early information for what
rations they may need here. Any letters
add re fled to me on S his {object will be strictly
attended to.
F. PICQyET.
Angufta, January 4, 1815. ts
Stop the Runaway I
RUNAWAY from my plantation in Seri
’T«a county, LouisvfUe ysad, r- NG
GRO MAN by the name oj PRIMUS, o*.
Sunday the 31st of January hi —-he is a. '
bout five feet six or seven inches high, ant;
about twenty six or seven years old, former,
ly the property of Ezekiel Abridge j he
had on when he went away, an old brow*}
coloured big coat, with the skiers cut cW a
little bdow die waist, a white hat with a
very high crown, and a pair of grcyiih co
loured paten cor'd paatelouns ; lie also
i 3w *y with him an extra fluff of clothes,
which is a round coat of homcfpun, filled
in with white woolen yarn, the pantaloons
oi ihe lame cloth as the coat j he hU'o has a
h:ar in Fns torch rad, which was
by a brand for running aw a/, when hdong
»ng to Mr. Abridge—-He has a very down
cast look when fpuken to, of a Very black
skin. Any person or pci fens vno w ill ap
prehend said fellow ami bring him to me at
my plantation or lodge him in any ccn.ihon
within this stitc and contrive me nord,
to that 1 can gn him, ihail be niply fails
fled for their trophic, \ <
v , William Yollngv
Feb, i|. t s
A Horse Stolen!
r >i
1 S ’ GLEN on the night of the iid ultimo
! fr» m the stable of Col, Joseph B. Chambers,
I qf Shouldcrbone creek in Hancock countyj a
da k bay Horse, about 5 feet high, seven
> ears old, a crocked blaze in his face—-the
ri s ht hind foot and some saddle spots’.
Pen dollars will be paid any person who will
give sueh information, that the horse may be
recovered, and Twenty dollars on the detec
tion and conviction of the thief.
I .
John Bishop.
_F\h- ■; S t
To be Rented,
And Immediate Possession Given',
ONE Tenement of that new building,
belonging to rli? Subscriber; north fide
BrOid-ftreet, near the Market-—it is well
calculated for a Store, and Dwelling-Hake*
and is genteeiy finished. t
ROUT. CRESSWELL.
Fob, 12. ts
To Let.
THE Store and dwelling house at pre
sent occupied by Mr. Benjamin Hall.
Possession to be given on the Ist of Octo
ber—apply t
WIGFALL 8c M‘KINNEY.
’ September 4.
Strayed or Stolen,
FROM the common of Augusta, on the
night of the nth November last,
A Dark Bay Mare,
With a star, blaze and snip, 14 hands high,
zo or 11 years old, in toferable gr od order ;
Ihe both trots dr paces, is lop ea d with a full
mane—any person who will deliver her to
the fubscriher in Augusta, or give informa
tion where she can be found, (hall receive a
reward qf Five Dollars, and all rcafooabie
expenses. A
Zach. Bell.
December iBi
BLANK CHECKS
For Sale at this office.
at..", ,i, — L -‘ ' 1 i"i uni i
(BY AUTHORITY.)
;TOv ■' 4 :
’ AN ACT
To incorporate a Bs«k in s he Town of Al
exiiidiia, by ihe name and Ityle of the
B-mk of Alexandria,
BE it enaded hy the Senate and House of
Reprtitnlawtei of the United States of >A me -
rica in Cengufs aJJ'embled, That the fcUb*
sc”ibsts to the Mechanics Hark of Alexan
dria, thei? succcffurs and afTigncs, (hall be,
and they are hereby 'treated and made a body
politic, by tuc in me and ftyleot the Mechan
ics* Bank of Alexandria, and by that name
and style (hall be and are hereby made able
and capable in law, to have, pure hale, re.
ceive, pofftds, enjoy and tetain to them and
the ; r successors, lands, rents, heredittftnontSj
goods', chattels and effects, of what kind and
tore or quality ssever, and the same to sell,
grant, demise, alien or diapofs of, to sue ai d
bo sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and
be answered’, defend and be defended in courts
of record or any other plate whatsoever, sub
ject neverrheitfs to the rules, regulations - ,
restrictions', limita'ions and provisions here
inafter prcicnbed and deck: red.
Sec. a. And he it further enacted, That
tfm capital hock of said corporation may con
sist of five hundred thousand dollars, divided
Into (hares of ten dollars each, and shall be
paid sn manner following, that is to say: One
dollar on ouch (hare at the tiine of subscrib
ing 1 , one dollar or each (hate at sixty days,
and one doliaif «n each (hare ninety days af
ter the time of subfetibing j the remainder
to be called for a» the Frefidcm and Directors
may deem proper i Provided, They do not
call for any payment in lei's than thirty days*
nor for more than one dollar on each (hare at
any one time.
Sec. 3, And be it further enacted, 't’hat
the subscriptions for filling up said (lock (hall
be opened at the courf-hou«e in the town of
Alexandria on the firft Monday in June next,
under the direction of fifteen dummiffionem,
and that John Longdon, William Vcitch,
James C. Dmcal*, Daniel M'Leo«> John Ce
h»gcn, James M'Guire, Adam Lynn, Mark
Butts, Jsfejph Dean, James Sanderson, John
Young, Isaac Entwiitlc, Robert Young,
Peter Senders and John Gird, are hereby ap
pointed cotrifmiiloners for that puipofe, which
subsoiiptions (hall he kept open (or one day
at iea(t and such further rune as said cormnis
eioneiS may direct; hut in cale the amount
ol the subscriptions (had exceed the number
of (ha.es herein before alleged lobe subscribe
cd, the excess thus created fcall be redaccd
within the number of (hares authorised to be
subferibed as alorefaid in ihe manner follow
ing, to wit, that is to say : trom the subscrip
tions hightil in amount the commilTuners
(hall subitraci z (hare or (hares until the same
be made equal to the subscription or tubscip.
lions next highest in amount, and until the
number of ihaies (hall be reduced to the a
mount aforesaid ; Provided, always, That i:
oe hereby expressly ur.dcrrtocd, tost all the
suus-fij.uons and (hares obtained in conse
quei.ee thereof (hall be deemed ard held to be
tor the sole and exclusive use and benefit of
the persons copartnerlhips or bodies politic
subscribing ot in wboie behalf the subscrip
tion respectively (hall be declared to be made
at the time of making the same, and all bar
gains, contracts, promises, agreements and
engagements in any wise contravening this
provision, (hall be void and the perfuns, co.
partnerships or bodies politic respectively so
subferibing, or for whose use the sobferip
tions arc declared ro be made as aforesaid,
(hall have, enjoy and receive the (hare or
•hares respectively in consequence thereof ob
tained, and all the interest and emoluments
l
idd. ■— £cd. ( > ♦
ii tti- mu im
thence arising, as freely, fully and absolutely
; as if they had severally and respeftiyely paid
the cehfideration therefor* any such bargains*
contucts, promises, agreements or fngage
, “ cnts to the contrary thereof siotwithstaod.
mg.
Set*, i. And be it further enacted , That
the lands', tenements and hcredi Mounts which
for the bid corporation to
hold, (hall be only such as (hall be reqaisito
tor m immediate accommodation, in relation
to the convenient transaction of its business;
and such as (hall have L/ecn conveyed to it in
! satisfaction of debts previously contracted
tn the coorfe of its dealings, or purchased at
sales on judgements which (hall have been ob.
taued tor such debts ; Bor feall this corpora*
non directly or indirectly deal in any thin?
except bill* of exchange, gold or stiver bolU
ions, or in the fsle of g6ods which (hall bo
the produce of its] and, or of goods sold hr
virttlj of an execution on a jndoeneut bir
them. 17
Sec. 5. And be it 'further enacted, That
for the well orcenng the affairs of the said
corporation, there (hall be fifteen Directors;
eight, of which directors at least (hall be
practical mechanics, and not less than tei)
of f,id directorsi (hall be rciident* in t h«
town of Alcxandfiar, «f whom there (hall be
an election on the full Monday ofrer Ole fub
scripdon (hall be elofed, and on the fecund
Monday of March, in each year
; y the ttocKholders or proprietors of thefaid
capital ftockof the said corporation, and by
«* plurality ot votes actually given ; Previd*
That *• «*■>• %Woioi (hall
firrt b® declared elected, although they (hoald
not have the gieateft number of votes: and
thofc who (hall fie duly chofenat any elect i
on (hail be capable of serving as Director*
by virtue of such choice until the end or ex.
piration of the second Monday in Marcfc
nexr, ensuing ihe time of such election, and
until others (hall be ohofen, And the fail
Direflors, at their firft meeting ufor each
election, (hall choose one of their uutnber ag
Pi evident j no perfon', a director of anotheo
bank, (hall be a director In this bank j Frf r
ntidedt Thai in case it (hduld at any tim»
happen, that an election of Dircftors (hould
not be made upon any. day when, purfuan*
to this act, it ought to havabeeu made, tho
corporation (hall not for that caufc be deem
ed to be diffulved ; but it (hall be lawful on
any other day within thirty days thereafter*
to bold aftd make an election of Director
in such manner as (hall have been regulated
by the laws and ordinances of said corpora*
lion.
Sec. 6, And be it further enacted) That
no Director (hall be entitled to any emolu*
ment, unless the fame (hall have been allow*
cd by the ftockhoWers as a general meeting p
but the directors (Hall make fach compensate
on to the President for his extraordinary ser
vices and attendance at the bank as (hall ap.
pear to them rcafonafcle.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That
the board of directors by a majority of voted
(hall make byS-laws, determine the manner
of doing business, and the roles and form#
to be puifucd, «nd dirpofe of the money and
credit d( the 8 nk in such manner aslhall fbeta
to them bell calculated to promote the intetaft
of the Stockholders.
See. 8, And be it further enabled. That
a majority of the whole number cf director*
(hall be hcceffary in choice of ft
President, Calhier and other officers of the
bank ; hut fonr members, with ike President
may con ft i tutc a board for tranfafting the or
dinary business of the bank.
Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, That
neither the President nor any Director (hall
be entitled to receive, an accommodation
paper, difeounts or loans, exceeding in the
whole, five thousand djllars, renewable*
however, from time to time, at tbe discreti
on of the Preident and Directors*
See. 10. And be it further eneißei,
the President and Directors, for the timo
being,' (hall have power to appoint fiicb of
ficers and servants under them as may be nc
cdiary for executing the business of said cor
poration, and ro allow rMem fueh compeofs
lion for their services, refpeCtivoly, as (bait
seem reasonable ; and (hall be capable of ex
ereising such other powers and authorities*
for rhe well governing and ordering of tho
.affairs of the said corporation, as (hall b«
described, fixed and determined by the lows*
regulations and ordinances of tfeafiuno*
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