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Henry Williams Domett. DEDICATED TO MR . CHARLES E. BILL SENIOR DIRECTOR 1169 × 3 A PREFACE . CENTURY has passed since the organization of iii.
Henry Williams Domett. DEDICATED TO MR . CHARLES E. BILL SENIOR DIRECTOR 1169 × 3 A PREFACE . CENTURY has passed since the organization of iii.
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Henry Williams Domett. A PREFACE . CENTURY has passed since the organization of the Bank of New York , and the board of directors have deemed it proper that some account of the origin and progress of the institution should be published ...
Henry Williams Domett. A PREFACE . CENTURY has passed since the organization of the Bank of New York , and the board of directors have deemed it proper that some account of the origin and progress of the institution should be published ...
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... Passed March 21 , 1791 Letter of Alexander Hamilton to the Directors of the Bank of New York 129 List of Stockholders in the Bank of New York at the Time of its Incorporation in 1791 Persons whose Term of Service in the Bank of New York ...
... Passed March 21 , 1791 Letter of Alexander Hamilton to the Directors of the Bank of New York 129 List of Stockholders in the Bank of New York at the Time of its Incorporation in 1791 Persons whose Term of Service in the Bank of New York ...
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... passed by the legislature January 27 , 1797 , which pro- vided that a dollar should be equivalent to " four tenths of a pound , " and fractions thereof in proportion . The Lyon dollar , " which was introduced by the Dutch , and which ...
... passed by the legislature January 27 , 1797 , which pro- vided that a dollar should be equivalent to " four tenths of a pound , " and fractions thereof in proportion . The Lyon dollar , " which was introduced by the Dutch , and which ...
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Aaron Burr act of incorporation afterward ALEXANDER HAMILTON Alexander McDougal Amos Kendall amount Anthony appointed April ARTICLE authority aforesaid Bank of North Branch Bank building cash cashier Charles Wilkes charter circulation COMFORT SANDS committee Company Cornelius Heyer corporation DANIEL debt deposit discount dividends elected February five per cent FRANKLIN EDSON Fund further enacted Government Gulian Verplanck Halsey held Herman Le Roy hundred institution interest ISAAC ROOSEVELT issued JAMES January Jeremiah Wadsworth John Oothout JOSHUA WADDINGTON July June land bank Legislature letter Leverich loan March Matthew Clarkson meeting ment merchants Messrs Moidore Morris Canal Nicholas Gouverneur NICHOLAS Low November number of shares paid passed petition Philadelphia PORTRAIT post-notes present President purchase purpose received resignation resume specie RICHARD VARICK ROBERT BOWNE SAMUEL FRANKLIN second Tuesday Secretary Senate six per cent stockholders subscribers subscription tion Treasury notes Walton House WILLIAM MAXWELL William Seton York
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Page 128 - Half-yearly dividends shall be made of so much of the profits of the bank as shall appear to the directors advisable; and once in every three years the directors shall lay before the stockholders, at a general meeting, for their information, an exact and particular statement of the debts which shall have remained unpaid after the expiration of the original credit, for a period of treble the term of that credit; and of the surplus of profit, if any, after deducting losses and dividends.
Page 130 - In case of excess, the directors under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same in their natural and private capacities ; and an action of debt may in such case be brought against them, or any...
Page 127 - State, such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the year in which they may happen by...
Page 130 - ... requisite for its immediate accommodation in relation to the convenient transaction of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
Page 129 - That the directors for the time being, or a major part of them, shall have power 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...
Page 131 - ... made, in a book or books to be kept for that purpose...
Page 130 - The said corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, deal or trade in any thing except bills of exchange, gold or silver bullion, or in the sale of goods really and truly pledged for money lent and not redeemed in due time, or goods which shall be the proceeds of its lands.
Page 125 - York, shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate real or personal, for the use of the said corporation...
Page 14 - A majority of the directors shall have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders, for purposes relative to the concerns of the company ; giving at least thirty days...
Page 127 - That, in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved ; but it shall be lawful, on any other day, to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as shall...