the Blue Store and Dutchess or county line, than the following, that L CHAP. 154. AN ACT to incorporate the United States Mexican Company. WHEREAS Joseph B. Varnum, Churchill C. Cambreleng and Preamble 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, rep- Corporation resented in Senate and Assembly, That Joseph B. Varnum, Churchill C. Cambreleng, John Flack, and their present and future associates, be and they are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the United States Mexican Compa- Name ny, for the purpose of purchasing, leasing and working gold and silver mines in Mexico and South America. 2. And be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the said Capital stock company shall be one million of dollars; that the said capital stock shall be divided into four thousand shares of two hundred and fifty dollars each, and that the stock of the said company shall be assignable and transferable, and shall be considered as personal property. ers to receive 3. And be it further enacted, That John Flack, Joseph B. Var- Commission num, Churchill C. Cambreleng, William Kemble and Charles Hen- subscriptions, ry Hall shall be commissioners, whose duty it shall be on such day &c, as they may deem expedient within three months from the passing of this act, at some suitable place in the city of New-York, to open books to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of the said corporation, which subscriptions to the said capital stock, or to such parts thereof as by the said commissioners may be deemed proper and necessary, shall be opened by the appointment and under the Directors how chosen Their duty New direc tors how cho sen Four direc tors form a board May distrib ute stock direction of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, subject to such rules, limitations and conditions as by them shall be prescribed; and ten days public notice shall be given by the said commissioners, of the time and place of the opening of such books, in one or more of the public newspapers printed in the said city, and as soon as the said capital stock, or so much thereof as the said commissioners shall deem necessary, to commence the business of the said corporation shall be subscribed, they shall give a like notice for a meeting of the stockholders, to choose seven directors; and the said commissioners shall be inspectors of the first election of directors of the said incorporation, and shall certify under their hands, the names of those duly elected, and deliver over their subscription books; and the time and place of holding the first meeting of the directors shall be fixed by the said commissioners. 4. And be it further enacted, That the stock and affairs of the said corporation shall be managed and conducted by the said seven directors, so to he chosen, and their successors, who shall be resident citizens of the state of New-York, and stockholders; and that the said seven directors so to be chosen as aforesaid, shall hold their offices until others shall be appointed in their stead, and that new directors shall from time to time be appointed in such manner, and at such times as may hereafter be fixed by the by-laws of the said corporation. 5. And be it further enacted, That four of the directors of the said corporation shall form a board, and be competent to transact the business of the corporation, and they shall have full power from time to time, to distribute such parts of the capital stock as may not have been before distributed, in such manner as they may deem proMake by laws per, and to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper, touching the management and disposition of the stock, property, estate and effects of the said corporation, the appointment of directors, the transfer of shares, and touching the duties and conduct of their officers and servants, and all other matters whatsoever, which may appertain to their business; and shall also have power to appoint all such officers, clerks, agents and servants, for carrying on their said business, as to them shall seem meet, and to establish and fix such salaries and allowances to them, as to the said board of directors shall appear proper. And increase stock 6. And be it further enacted, That the said directors shall have the capital power whenever they may deem it for the interest of the said company, to increase the capital stock of the said company to one million five hundred thousand dollars, by making an additional number of two thousand shares, to be distributed as aforesaid. Corporation and silver mines 7. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall to work gold have power to work such gold and silver mines in the independent governments of Mexico and South America, as they may from time to time purchase or lease, in such manner as the laws of the country in which such mines are situated will permit; and to deal in bullion or other products of the said countries, and in the stocks or public debt of all or any of them, as may be deemed proper, and to export such machinery, manufactures and produce of the United States, as may be required in working such mines, or in refining the metals produced from the same. Deal in bul lion, & c hibited 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Bankingpro said corporation, to do or transact any banking business, or to issue any note, bond or bill, or to issue any check or draft for the purpose of loaning the same, or to discount any note, bond or bill, or to use or exercise any power not expressly granted by this act, or indispensably necessary, to effect the objects of this incorporation. how respon 9. And be it further enacted, That the directors and stockhol- Stockholders ders of the said corporation, and each and every of their heirs, ex-sible for debt ecutors and administrators, shall be responsible and answerable for the debts contracted or owing by the said corporation, and on all contracts made by the said corporation, or by authority thereof, during the time they are stockholders, to the amount of the stock held by them respectively, in the same manner as if the said directors and stockholders were not incorporated, or were joint dealers or copartners, and may be sued and prosecuted either at law or in equity, as if they were carrying on the business and concerns of the said corporation, as joint dealers and copartners, without being incorporated, any thing herein contained, or any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That nothing herein contained, Proviso shall be taken or construed, to prevent or hinder the said corporation from being sued and prosecuted as a corporation. 10. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and is Publie aet, & hereby declared to be a public act, and shall be construed in all may be re pealed courts and places benignly and favorably, for every beneficial purpose herein intended, and that it shall be lawful for the legislature at any time hereafter, to alter, modify or repeal this act. CHAP. 155. AN ACT to authorise Lucius C. Foot and Alexander Martin to erect a Dam across the Genesee River in the Town of Nunda, in the County of Allegany. Passed April 12, 1826.. ised 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- Dam author sented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for Lucius C, Foot and Alexander Martin, and they are hereby authorised to erect a dam across the Genesee river, above and near to the upper falls of said river, commencing on lot number one hundred and sixty-five, situate in Elisha Johnson's subdivision of the Cottringer Tract on the east side of the river in the town of Nunda in the county of Allegany, and extending to the opposite banks of said river on the tract aforesaid: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the rights of individuals, who may be injured Protecting in by reason of the erecting and continuing said dam, and it shall be tights lawful for the legislature at any time to alter, amend or repeal this act. Proviso dividual 2. And be it further enacted, That if at any time hereafter the Waters re waters should be required or drawn from said river for the benefit served for in of internal improvements or navigation, it shall not be lawful for ternal im the said Foot and Martin, nor any person owning such dam, to claim or recover any damages therefor. provements Dam author ised Proviso CHAP. 156. AN ACT to authorise Samuel King and others to erect a Dam across the Genesee River, in the Town of Caneadea in the County of Allegany. Passed April 12, 1826. 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for Samuel King, Asa L. Davison and Martin Butts, and they are hereby authorised to erect and maintain a dam, not exceeding four feet in height, across the Genesee river, from lot number one on the west side, to lot uumber two on the east side of said river, being in township number four, range first of the Holland purchase, in the town of Caneadea in the county of Allegany: Provided however, That the said Samuel King, Asa Lee Davison and Martin Butts, shall erect and keep in repair an apron or lock in said dam, of such construction as to render the passage safe and easy for rafts, arks and other boats commonly used in said river, and suffer the same to pass and repass free from toll or expense of any kind, during the continuance of said dam: And provided further, That nothing in rights reserv this act shall be so construed as to affect the rights of individuals who may be injured by reason of the erecting and continuing said dam, and it shall be lawful for the legislature at any time to amend or repeal this act. Apron to be construeted Individual ed Waters reser ved for inter ments 2. And be it further enacted, That if at any time hereafter the nal improve waters should be requisite, or drawn from said river for the benefit of internal improvements or navigation, it shall not be lawful for the said Samuel King and his associates, nor any person owning said dam, to claim or recover any damages therefor. CHAP. 157. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An Act for the Partition of Passed April 12, 1826. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That upon all bills filed in the court of chancery for this state, or in either of the courts of equity for the several circuits of this state, for the purpose of procuring a partition of lands, tenements or hereditaments, wherein it shall appear to such court, by the report of a master of the court of chancery, or otherwise, that the said lands, tenements or hereditaments are so circumstanced that a partition thereof cannot be made, with ́out prejudice to the owners thereof, the said court may order and decree a sale of such premises at public auction, under the direction of one of the masters of the court of chancery, upon such public notice of the time and place of said sale, as the court shall deem reasonable; and may also decree and order that the master under whose direction such sale shall be made, execute good and sufficient conveyance or conveyances in the law to such purchaser or purchasers at such sale, which conveyance or conveyances shall be a bar, both in law and equity, against all the parties to such bill, and against all persons interested, who or whose interests are unknown, and as to whom such order of the court has been published as is directed by the seventeenth section of the act hereby amended, and against all other persons claiming by, from or under them or either of them, subject to the right of appeal, given and mentioned in such seventeenth section of the said act. CHAP. 158. AN ACT authorising the Town of Fort Ann, in the County of allowed for 1. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, rep- Bounty of resented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful $15 may be for the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Fort Ann, in the wolves, &c county of Washington, at their annual town meetings, to cause a sum of money to be assessed on the freeholders and inhabitants of said town, not exceeding fifteen dollars for the destruction of every grown wolf, and a sum not exceeding seven dollars and fifty cents for every wolf's whelp which shall be killed in said town, in addition to the sum now allowed by law, which shall be raised, le- How raised vied and collected in the same manner as other expenses of said town. 2. And be it further enacted, That to entitle any person to such Proof how town bounty, the same proof shall be made, and certificate obtained made in the same manner and effect as is required in and by the act, entitled "An act to encourage the destruction of wolves, and repealing sundry acts relative to the destruction of wolves and noxious animals and birds," passed February ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-two. AN ACT authorising the Survey and Sale of the Lands belonging to this State at the Village of Black Rock. Passed April 12, 1826. land-office Black Rock BE it enacted by the People of the State of New-York, repre- Duty of com sented in Senate and Assembly, That it shall be the duty of the missioners of commissioners of the land-office to cause all the lands unsold, and relative to which has not been surveyed and laid out into lots, belonging to the lands at people of this state at the village of Black-Rock, in the county of Erie, to be surveyed and laid out into lots in such manner, and of such size and dimensions, as in their opinion will sell most advantageous for the interest of this state; and when so surveyed and |