Chap. 436.—An ACT to incorporate the Strasburg Stone and Earthen-
ware Manufacturing Company.

Approved March 15, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Edward
Zea, Josiah Stickley, Robert W. Crawford, William D.
Stickley, and G. A. Brown, and such other persons as may
associate with them, be and they are hereby declared to be
a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the
Strasburg Stone and Earthenware Manufacturing Company,
and as such shall have perpetual succession and a common
seal; may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with,
and make by-laws and regulations not inconsistent with the
laws of this state, and be subject to all general laws now ex-
isting, or which may be bereatter enacted, so far as applicable
to the same.

2. It shall bo lawful for the said company to hold and own
by purchase or otherwise, real estate sutticient for its pur-
pose, not exceeding five acres in the town of Strasburg, nor
two hundred acres out of said town in this state, and erect
such buildings or improvements, and construct such machin-
ery on any real estate they may acquire by purchase, lease
or otherwise, as may be necessary for its uses.

3. The said company shall have authority to carry on a
general manufacturing business in clay, stone or earthen-
ware, tiles or pressed, and turned wares of whatever char-
acter that does not interfere with the patented rights of
Others. It shall be lawful for the said company to buy and
sell any articles of raw material or manufactured wares.

4. The capital stock of said corporation shall not be less
than five thousand dollars, nor more than fifty thousand dol-
lars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and in all
mectings of the stockholders, each share of stock shall entitle
the holder to one vote, and the said shares of stock shall be
deemed personal property, and no stockholder in said cor-
poration shall be lable for any debt or contract of said com-
pany beyond the amount of the stock held by him. The
principle office of the said company shall be in the town ot
Strasburg. The ofticers of said company shall consist of six
directors, one of whom shall be president of the company,
and a secretary, a treasurer, and a general superintendent ;
the last three may be also directors.

5. The persons first named in this act shall constitute the
first board of directors of the said company, and shall con-
tinue in office until the first meeting of the stockholders
thereof. At such first meeting, and at every annual meeting,
so many directors shall be elected as may be prescribed by
the by-laws of said company, and shall continue in office
until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.