No. LXXX. [Ord. 5 anno 1871.] powers ad lites. 12. Any power ad litem that may be necessary shall be signed Execution of by any two of the Directors and the Secretary; and all documents Service of legal procedure on which it may be necessary to serve on the Company in the course the Company. of legal proceedings shall be served on the Secretary. ordinary con 13. Any contract or any document whatever, of a less formal Signature of nature than those mentioned by the last two preceding sections, tracts and may be signed by any one of the Directors and the Secretary, on behalf of the Company. documents. how called. 14. There shall be an Ordinary General Meeting of the Com- Ordinary Ge neral Meetings pany in the month of July next, and thereafter Ordinary General of Company, meetings shall be held in the months of January and July in each when held and year, of which notice shall be given by advertisement signed by the Chairman of the Directors, and published, at least ten days previous to the day of meeting, in two of the newspapers of the Colony. And the Chairman of the Directors may at any time of his own motion, and shall at any time at the request of Eight of the Shareholders, holding in the aggregate at least Two Hundred and Forty Shares, call an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, Extraordinary giving notice of the same in the same way as appointed for Ordi- ings. nary General Meetings. At any General Meeting Eight Sharcholders shall constitute a quorum. At General Meetings, the Quorum at any Chairman of the Directors, and in his absence some Shareholder ing Chairman to be chosen by the members present, shall be Chairman. General Meet General Meet to be at Gene ral meetings. shares. Of 15. At all general meetings, every shareholder shall have a vote Votes in profor every one or more shares up to ten, and shall have an addi- portion to tional vote for every ten shares beyond the first ten shares held by Shareholders him, up to fifty shares: Provided always that no shareholder shall calls. be entitled to vote at any meeting, unless he shall have paid all the calls then due upon the shares held by him. who have paid 16. All transfers of shares shall be made at the office of the Transfer of Company in Georgetown, in a Transfer Bock, of the Form of the shares how Schedule hereunto annexed, and marked B. made. 17. If [Ord. 5 anno 1871.] transfer in case of loss of oer tificate of enrolment. No. LXXX. 17. If any person desirous of transferring any shares, cannot Provision for produce the certificate of enrolment held by him, in consequence of its being lost, destroyed, or mislaid, he will be required to make a declaration before the Chairman and Secretary, stating that such certificate has been lost, destroyed, or mislaid, and that he is the actual holder of the shares; and notice of such declaration, and of the proposed transfer, shall be published in two Newspapers of the Colony, for at least thirty days, and at the end of that time, if no objection to such transfer shall be lodged with the Secretary, the same may be made. If any objection shall be so lodged, the transfer shall not be made until such objection shall be settled between the party making it, and the proposed transferor. A transfer fee of Fee on trans- twelve cents for every hundred dollars, or smaller amount, paid up for payable to Company. on shares transferred, shall be paid by the transferee to the Company. Every transferee shall receive a certificate of enrolment in respect of any shares transferred to him. 18. Transfers of shares may be made and received by persons Authority to authorised by letters of authority in the forms respectively marked ceive transfers C and D, in the Schedule hereunto annexed. make and re of shares. 19. The Company may be dissolved at any time by a majority Dissolution of of two-thirds of the Shareholders present at any meeting specially Company. called for the purpose of considering such dissolution. Taking effect 20. This Ordinance shall come into operation and take effect of Ordinance: on the publication thereof. No. SCHEDULE. DEMERARY STEAM BAKING COMPANY, LIMITED. CAPITAL, $30,000 IN 3,000 SHARES OF $10 EACH. These are to Certify that rolled in the Registry of Shareholders as the Proprietor of is duly en. Shares of $10 each in Capital or Joint Stock of the Corporation of the Demerary Steam Baking Company, Limited; which Shares are only transferable at the Office of the said Company, by the said or Attorney, on surrender of this Certificate, and under the Rules of the Corporation. 187 Director ctors. of C. Form of Letter of Authority for the Transfer of Shares: Know all men by these Presents, that I, A.B. , proprietor Shares of the Capital Stock of the Demerara Steam Baking Com. pany (Limited), and for which a Certificate was granted to me by the Directors of said Company, dated and numbered have authorised and empowered, and I do hereby authorise and empower, C.D. of for me, and in my name, to sell my said Shares or any portion thereof, with all my right, title, and interest, to such person or persons as he may see fit, and for this purpose to appear at the Office of the Company, in Georgetown, and to sign the necessary transfer, conveying my said Shares in said Stock, as fully and effectually as I myself could do, and I hereby engage to ratify and confirm whatever the said C.D. may do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue of these Presents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature, at this day of Witnesses in the year 18 A. B. in the presence of D. Form of Letter of Authority for Accepting Transfers of Shares: Know all men by these Presents, that I, E.F., of authorised and empowered G.H., of have for me, and in my name, to appear at the Office of the Demerary Steam Baking Company, (Limited,) in Georgetown, and accept, aud sign the Register of, the Transfer of all Shares transferred to me, and I hereby engage to ratify and confirm whatever the said G.H. shall do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue of these Presents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature, at this day of , in the year 18 in the presence of E. F. Witnesses Ee2 No. LXXXI. No. LXXXI. [Ord. 6 anno 1871.] Preamble. During exis tence of pre sent or any future Civil of other provi cent ad valo No. LXXXI. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVYING OF CERTAIN Enacted 29th May, 1871, published the 27th Septem- [JOHN SCOTT, Governor.] WHEREAS it is necessary to make provision for the main tenance of a Civil List Establishment, for so long as the same shall be in existence in this Colony: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof and of the Financial Representatives of the Inhabitants of the said Colony, in Combined Court assembled, as follows: 1. Whenever, during the existence of the present or any future Civil List Establishment in this Colony, no provision other than the present shall be made by the Colony for the payment of the List, in default amount payable in support thereof, there shall be raised, levied, sion, four per and collected, a tax or duty of Four Dollars, on every One Hunrem duty to be dred Dollars, of the value of all goods, wares, and merchandize, levied on im whatever, imported into this Colony, and not entered for exportation, and the proceeds of such tax shall be applicable, first to the duty how ap- payment of such amount, and afterwards to any other purposes to which the Colonial Revenues are properly applicable: Provided that whenever and so long as other sufficient provision is made by the when suspend. Colony for such payment, the operation of this Ordinance shall remain and be suspended. ports. Proceeds of plied. Operation of this Ordinance ed. Ordinance when to take effect. 2. This Ordinance shall not come into operation or be published until the same shall be allowed by Her Majesty in Her Privy Council. No. LXXXII, * In force but not put in operation, unless the sources for meeting the Civil List fail. No. LXXXII. No. LXXXII. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 25, OF THE [Ord. 9 anno YEAR 1868.* Enacted 13th June, 1871, published the 14th following, came into operation 1st July, 1871. [JOHN SCOTT, Governor.] 1871.1 WHEREAS it is necessary to amend in certain respects Ordi- Preamble. nance No. 25 of the year 1868: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof, as follows: 1. On the taking effect of this Ordinance the sections 7 and 52 Repeal Clause. of, and the forms E. and H. in the Schedule to, the said Ordinance No. 25 of the year 1868, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 2. Instead of the section 7 hereby repealed, the following shall Section substi be incorporated with the said Ordinance as section 7 thereof : tuted for Section 7 of Ordinance No. 25 of 1868, repealed. cences for sale 7. On and after the First day of July, One Thousand Eight Kinds of LiHundred and Seventy-one, there shall be three kinds of of Spirituous Licences authorising the Sale of Spirituous Liquors; the Liquors. first shall be called a Liquor Store Licence, and shall authorise the sale of all Spirituous Liquors except Rum, in quantities of not less than two gallons; the second shall be called an Hotel or tavern Licence, and shall authorise the sale of Wine, Malt Liquors, and all Spirituous Liquors, except Rum, to be drunk on the premises; and the third shall be called a Retail Spirit Shop Licence, and shall authorise *So much of this Ordinance as is inconsistent with Ordinance 4, of 1874, is repealed by the latter, |