The Merchants' National Bank of the City of New York: A History of Its First Century

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Página 3 - Not less than seven directors shall constitute a board for the transaction of business, of whom the president shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence ; in which case his place may be supplied by any other director whom he, by writing, under his hand, shall depute for that purpose. And the director so deputed may do and transact all the necessary business, belonging to the office of the president of the said corporation, during the continuance of the sickness or necessary...
Página 5 - Justice by whom any fee is wholly or in part remitted, shall cause an entry to be made, in a book or books to be kept for that purpose...
Página 54 - Lie on, Duane, lie on for pay, And, Cheetham, lie thou too ; More against truth you can not say, Than truth can say 'gainst you.
Página 4 - The said board of directors shall have power to appoint a cashier, and all other officers and servants, for executing the business of the company ; and to establish the compensations to be paid to the president and all...
Página 6 - ... (notwithstanding his death or removal from office), this company shall take no advantage by writ of error, or otherwise, of such proceeding, on that account ; and all recoveries had in manner aforesaid, shall be conclusive upon the company, so far as to render the company's said joint stock or property liable thereby, and no further ; and the company shall immediately pay the amount of such recovery out of their joint stock, but not otherwise. And in case of any suit at law, the president shall...
Página 8 - June, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and no longer; but the proprietors of two thirds of the capital stock of the Company, may by their concurring votes, at a general meeting to be called for that express purpose, dissolve the same at any prior period; provided, that notice of such meeting, and of its object, shall be published in at least three newspapers, to be printed in the City of New- York, for at least six months previous to the time appointed for such meeting. XVIII. Immediately...
Página 105 - Talisman" (1829-30), under the noni de plume of Francis Herbert : Pine Street (he writes) is now full of blocks of tall massive buildings which over-shadow the narrow passage between and make it one of the gloomiest streets in New York. The very bricks there look of a darker hue than in any other part of the city. The rays of the sun seem to come through a yellower and thicker atmosphere ; and the shadows thrown there by moonlight seem of a darker and more solid darkness than elsewhere.
Página 7 - If the said directors shall at any time, wilfully and knowingly, make or declare any dividend which shall impair the said capital stock, all the directors present at the making or declaring such dividend, and consenting thereto, shall be liable, in their individual capacities, to the company...
Página 94 - Calhoun moved that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a national bank in the District of Columbia.
Página 4 - Any number of stockholders, not less than sixty, who, together, shall be proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a general meeting of the stockholders, for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least ten weeks...

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