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PUBLIC ACT.-I
October Session, 1818,.
An act to incorporate the Ocean Insurance Com-
pany of New-Haven.
IBIS it cnactcd by the Governor and Council
§ and House qf Re/zrcsentatives, in Genera!
Court assembled, That the subscribers to the O-
cean Insurance Company of New Haven, their
successors and assigns, shall be, and are hereby
created and made a corporation and body politic,
by the name and title of the Ocean lnsurazzcc
~Com/zany q/' New-Haves: ,- and by that name
shall be, and are hereby made capable in law to
have, purchase, receive, possess and enjoy, to
them. and their successors, lands, rents, tene-
ments,‘ hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects,
of what kind or quality soever, and the same to
sell, grant, alien, to sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all
courts of this State and other place whatsoever :
and also to have and use a common seal, and the
same to break and afterwards renew at pleasure :
and also ordain and put into execution such by-
laws and regulations as shall be deemed necessa-
ry and convenient for the well ordering and gov-
erning said corporation, not being contrary to
this charter, and the laws of this state, or of the
United States ; and to do and execute all and sin-
gular acts, matters and things, which to them
shall or may appertain to do, subject to the rules,
restrictions, and provisions hereinafter provided.
§ 2. And be it furt/zer enacted, That the capi-
tal stock of said company shall consist of a sum
not less than sixty thousand dollars, with liberty
to extend it to one hundred thousand dollars
whenever the stockholders shall judge the in-
crease of commercial business to require it.-—
The stock. shall be divided into shares of fifty
dollars each, which shall be paid in the following
manner, viz: Five dollars of each share at the
time of subscribing ; five dollars on each share
in sixty (lays ; and five dollars on each share in
six months from the time of subscribing; and for
the remaining thirty-five dollars on each share,
the respective subscribers shall give their prom-
issory notes, paya-blc on demand, for the use of
the company, in such form, and with such per-
sonal or other security, as the board of direct-
ors shall approvc. The collection of the last
mentioned notes shall be suspended, until the
board of directors shall deem it necessary to.call
the whole, or any part thereof, in, to meet any
claims against the company, or ‘unless the securi-
ty should have become doubtful, or unless the
stockholders, by a majority of the votes given in
at any regular meeting, should direct the collec-
tion thereof,» or some part thereof. Thirty (lays
notice shall be given in a newspaper printed at
New-.-Haven, whenever the board of directors
shall require said notes to be paid in whole or in
part, except in those cases where the security
may have become doubtful: and if any stock-
holder shall fail to pay his note, or any instal-
ment thereon, after thirty days notice being giv-
J en 2i§”ai"’oresaid, the remainder of his stock shall
be forfeited for the use of the company.
§‘3. ./Incl be it furtlicr enacted, That for the
well ordering the ai’f'.iirs of said corporation, there
shall be nine directors annually chosen by ballot,
at a meeting of the stockholders on the first Mon-
day of December in each year, by the greatest
number of the votes of the stockholders given
at such meeting; of which election, and the
place of holding the same, at least ten days pre-
vious notice shall be given in a newspaper print-
ed in New-Haven; and the directors at their
first meeting after their election, shall choose
one of their number for president.
§ 4-. flud be it further enacted, That the presi-
-dcnt, or three directors. shall have power at any
time to call a special meeting of the stockhold-
ers, giving ten days previous notice thereof in a
newspaper printed in New-Haven ; and all ques-
tions, except the l_;l'iUlCC of directors, at any
meeting of the stockholders. shall be determined
by a‘ majority, of votes allowing one vote for
each share; and the stocklio‘.dci's, at any meet-
ing, may vote either in person or by proxy.
./Ind be it fur/her enacted. That the busi-
ness of the corporation shall be confined to ma-
rine insurance. ‘
§ 6. ./Ind be itfurt/M7‘ enacted, That the presi-
dent and directors or any three of them,sball con-
stitute a board for tratisucting the business of the
company, of whom the President shall always be
one, (except in case of sickness or necessary ab-
,sence,)'iti which cu~‘.(: the directors present shall
supply his place by choosing one of Illtil‘ num-
ber as president for the occasion, and shall have
power to appoint a secretary and other necessa-
ry officers and agents for said corporation, with
such a salaiy or compensation for their services,
respectively, as they may think proper ; shall
determine the manner of doing business, and the
.rules to be prescribed ; to devise and alter the
forms_of‘the policies to be used by the company ;
to loan the money of the company upon such
security as they shall think fit ;. to purchase for
the company any United States stock or bank
stock, and dispose of the same at their discre-
tion; to direct the mode of subscribing policies,
taking for premiums, and keeping the ac-
counts ofiftbe company ; to regulate tranfers of
the stockioif said corporation, and to form all
such rules and regulations as may be necessary
and proper for the well ordering and conducting
the affairs of said corporation ; and shall once in
six months make such dividend ofthe profits, as
they may think proper; and at the time of such
dividends, the books of the company shall be
balanced, and shall be open to the inspection of
the stockholders; and the directors shall have
no salary or ct;-mpensation for their services, ex-
cept tbe pi'e.eiderit, who shall be e__ntitled to such
allowance for extra services, as the directors shall
judge reasonable; and they shall have power
to require additional security on any notes due
the company for'stock, when they shall think
pl'Oj')€|'~
§ 7. ./Ina’ be it further enacted, That the stock-
~ li -.ld‘crs of said company shall not be liable to any
loss, damage or responsibility, in their persons
or property, other than the property they may
have vested invthe capital and funds of said cor-
poration ; and a clause expressive thereof, shall
be inserted in every policy of insurance made by
said corporation. - _
§8. ./‘Ind be it further emictcd, That Abraham
Heaton, Andrew Kidston, Solomon Collis, Rus-
sell Hotchkiss, and Ezra Hotchkiss, or any three
of them, are authorized to open a subscription
for the capital stock of said company, on the sec-
ond Monday of November, 1818, at the house of
‘David Smith, Inn-keeper, in New-Haven, under
such regulations as they shall direct, to notify
the time and place of the first meeting of said
company, and to appoint one of their number to
preside at such first meeting ; and at such first
meeting the stockholders shall have power to
choose directors in the same manner as is provi-
ded for at the annual meetings; and the direct-
ors so chosen, shall hold their offices, with all
the powers given to directors by this act, until
the next annual meeting after such choice.
§9. ./Ind be it fart/lcr enacted, That no direc-
tor or directors shall have a vote in any question
before the board, if he or they are a party inte-
rested in such question, either as the holder or
owner of any policy, or as applicant for insti-
rance..l
§ 10. And be it further enacted, That the stock
of said corporation shall be transferable accord-
ing to such rules as the directors shall institute ;
and every subscriber of any share or shares, in
said stock, who shall neglect to pay according to
the instalments aforesaid, or any part of them,
shall forfeit to the corporation such share or
shares, and all payments made thereon, and all
profits which may have arisen therefrom.
§ ll. And be it further enacted, That all notes
or policies of insurance signed by the president,
and countersigned by the secretary, shall be bind-
ing and obligatory on said corporation, according
to the tenor thereof; and if payable to the order
of any person or bearer, shall be assignable and
negociable according to the custom of merclrm-'.s,
and the laws relating to inland bills of exchange.
§ 12. And be it further c‘71aCtc'd, That it benev-
er the board of directors shall deem the instal-
ment notcs of the stocltliolders, or any of them,
insecure, they shall forthwith demand further and
better security on the same; and if-any stockhold-
er on demand, shall neglect or refuse to give
such security, to the acceptance of said board, on
such notes, the same may be immediately col-
lected by suit. , _,
§l3. «Ind be ‘it furtlzir crzaclcd, That if it
should so happen, that said company should fail
to hold any annual meeting, at the time herein
before provided, the said corporation shall mt,
fol‘ that reason, be dissolved. And in such case,
it shall be lawful for a majority of the directors,
elected for the year next precceding such failure,
to appoint a time and place for the meetings of
said company, for the choice of officers, and give
notice thereof, in a newspaper printed in New
Haven, at least five days before such meeting;
and the officers chosen at such meeting, shall
hold their offices until the next annual meeting
of said company, and shall have the same power
that they would have, if chosen at the regular
annual meeting of said corporation.
§ l4.‘ And be it furtlzcr enacted, That whenev-
er the stockholders, by a majority of votes, at a
meeting held forthat purpose, shall decide it to
be expedient to increase the capital stock of said
corporation, pursuant to the second section of
this act, the directors shall open a subscription
for that purpose, at such time and place, andun~
dcr such regulations as they shall direct. Pro-
-uidccl, lzowcvcr, that notice of such meeting of
the stockholders, and the object thereof, shall be
published in a Newspaper printed in New-I-Iavcn
at least ten days before such meeting»-.
§ 15. ./1nd' be it furl/1(3)‘ enacted, That this act
shall be a public act, and may at any time be a-
mended, altered or revoked by the General As-
sembly. A
General .ds.s-cnzblz,/, October Session, l8l8.
GIDE()N 'l‘OMLIN'.‘iON, S/zeaker
of the House of Re/tr,.'scnta’tz'-vest.
OLIVER VVOLCOTT, Governor.
Attest——'f'noMA_sDAv, Secretary.
Toleration Ticket.
At a numerous meeting of the friends of ‘tol-
eration and equal rights from different parts of
the State, convened at New Haven in October
last: It was resolved to support the following
gentlemen for the offices respectively aflixcrl to
their names, at the election to be holdcn on the j
first Monday of April next, and respectfully to
recommend them to the Electors for their sup-
port---viz. ‘
Oliver Wolcott,
FOR G0 VER./\"C’R.
Jonathan Ingersoll,
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR.
ISAAC SPENCER, for Treasurer.
THOMAS DAY, for Secretary.
AND FOR SENATORS,
JONATHAN BRACE, Hartford
SYLVESTEB. WELLS, E Counl,-y.
WILLIAM BRISTOL, ? New-Haven
DAVID .'l‘O MLINSON, S (}ount_t1.
ELIAS PERKINS, é New-Lontlon
EN OCH BURROWS. Crrmtty.
DAVID HILL, Fair:/iclzl (.-‘otmty.
PETER WEBB. Windham County.
FREDERICK WOLC()'l"l.‘, Lita-hficla'
ELIJAH BOARDMAN, coziiiig.
JOSHUA STOW. Miclrllcscx Cazuzly.
JOHN S. PETERS, Tolland County.
It will be observed that the canclidutes for the
Senate, are selected from the several counties in
the State—-and that ten of them now hold the of-
fice of Assistants by the suffrages of the free-
men at the last spring election.
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A late London paper states that they have 40
frigates now ontlie stocks, or ordered to be ‘laid
down. 5
.Ii1.»lJOR«.GENER .41. .iAr;KsoN.
On Tuesday, 23d ult. agreeably to previous ar-
rangements, a very splendid Dinner was given
to Gen. Jackson‘ at Tammany Hall, N. Y. The
company consisted of nearlyfour hundred res-
pectable citizens, attended by the Band from the
\Vasbington 74. Pursuant to a resolution of the
corporation, the freedom of the city of New-York
was conferred on Gen. Jackson, in a gold box,
accompanied by the following addressifrom the
Mayor : .
Major General Jackson,
No task could be more gratifying to me than
that which lam now to perform. 1 am to con-
gratulate you, in behalf of the Common Coun-
cil, and of our fellow citizens, on your arrival a-
mong us.
\Ve are happy to avail ourselves of the first
opportunity of testifying, by every maik of re.
spect, the feelings your high military services
have inspired. _
VVhile the whole country was agitated by the
threatened invasion of a powerful foe, we could
not but learn witbjanxiety that he had directed a
large armament to apoint where, it was known,
he could only be met by an'inferior force, chief-
ly composed of our undisciplined and inexperi-
enced countrymen. VVe knew that Britain, at
the end of a contest which had convulsed Europe
for twenty years, had destined her veteran and
victorious troops to make war upon us ; but the
sons of our soil, animated by your spirit, and
conducted by your wisdom, drove the invaders
from our shores, and achieved a victory, which,
while it raised the character of our country to
an elevation that attracted the admiration of the
rest of the world, left to every American a debt
of gratitude to you, and to our brave brethren
who fought with you, which never can be can-
celled.
\Vith these sentiments, allow me to present
to you this certificate of your being admitted at
freeman of this city, and to thank you for your
compliance with the resolution of the Common
Council. requesting your portrait. .
Permit me also to assure you, that we shall
feel great pride in being able to claim you as our
fellow citizen; and in placing the portrait of
one who has deserved so well of his country in
our gallery, already occupied by the resemblan-
ces of many who have similar, though of no one
who has superior claims to our grateful acknowl-
edgments.
To wlzich Gen. Jxcxsou made t/ie_/bllowing re/zly.
SIR—-The distinguished honor which the
Common Council of the City of New-York has
confr-rred, by my admission as a freeman of their
city, is to me a source of the highest gratifica-
tion, and will ever be recollected with feelings
of the warmest sensiblity. To be associated
with those who have been distinguished for their
patriot ism and zealous-attachment to the republi-
can principles of our government, is the most
«;:Xttll.t(l station of an American citizen. The
approbation you have been pleased to express
‘of my humble efforts in the field, command my
grateful acknowledgments, for those sentiments
am I indebted to the bravery of the troops I had
the honor to command.
VVhat I have done was for my country—had I
erred in the discharge of my official duty, that
error would had originated in the warmth of my
devotion to her interests, and a misapplication of
the means best calculated to promote her happi-
ness and prosperity. But to find that my con-
duct has been sanctioned by my government, and
approved by my fellow citizens, is a source of
happiness unequalled in the occurrences of my
life ; for the proudest honor which can grace
the soldier, and the richert reward which he can
receive for the fiitigues, the perils, and priva-
tions of his profession, is the approbation of a
grateful country. ANDREW JACKSON.
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PLATTSBURG, Feb. 16.
The following incident happened at the house
of Mr. Hiram Roberts, of this town a few nights
since. Two young ladies, Miss E. Rob:rts, and
Miss B. Fordham, placed in the room where they
slept a kettle of coals and shut the door. The
room had been plastered about three months.-—
About two hours after the family had retired to
bed they were alarmed by groans proceeding
from the bed room where the girls slept. On
opening the door Miss Roberts was found upon
the floor apparently dead; and Miss Fordham
appeared in the last agonies of death.‘ They
were removed to the air and were with much dif-
ficulty restored. It was twenty minutes before
any signs of life appeared.
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Torture and the Inqzlzsition in S/min.--A de-
cree at Madrid, the 19th November, issued by
the grand Inquisitor, who is also private confes-
sor of Ferdinand, denounces the severest punish-
mcnts against all persons who shall have in their
possession any of the works it particularizes or
any foreign journals containing reflections upon
the government and institutions of Spain. That
those are not mere impotent threats, has been
proved in the most dreadful manner. By virtue
of this decree, and at the express command of
the King, the torture has been inflicted on Cal-
vo de Rosas, one of the heroic defenders of Sar-
agossa. For five hours and twenty-six minutes
this distinguished individual was t-xposed to the
iormcnts of the rack; his legs and arms were
dislocated, and he continued for a lengthened
period in a state of insensibility. The Queen is
said to have‘ been deeply affected by this inhu-
man treatment, and to have implored Ferdinand
in behalf of Rosas, but the blood-thirsty mons-
ter wasinexorable. Social intercourse is at an
end in Spain. Individuals are arrested, and put
to the torture on the most groundless suspicion ;
the Inquisitor General engrosses the whole pow-
er of the kingdom. A. M. Santorio (on whose
information M. Calvo dc Rosas and several ‘oth-
ers had been imprisoned,) who was in one of the
cells of thejail called dc Corrc, knowing that M.
Calvo was in anotlieigclose by, began to cry out
as loud as he could, begging M. Cal\‘o’s forgive-
ness for this wickfd and false ir'ifmtnation,whicli
he added he waspersuatled to give by the en-
trcaties and promises of an official patronage.-..-.
This affair has occasioinetl a great deal of unea.
siness to the party concerned in it. A
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- NORWALK GAZETTE.
IVE.U.N'ESD.HY, ./I1./IRGH 3, 1819. .
Goon NEWS.—-FLORIDA CEDEI) .-
By the following it will appear that the ne 0-
ciations with Spain are at length brought; :5 a
close, and the Floridas ceded to‘ the U. States...-
This measure, in no degree (we believe) detri-
mental to the interests of Spain, must be consid-
ed of the greatest importance to the U. States
The Treaty was laid before the Senate on Mon.-
day, the 22d. ult. and no doubts are entertained
of its receiving the unanimous sanction of ma;
body.
It is said, and we have no dotibt correctly,
(says the National Intelligencer of Tuesday) that
the President of the United States yesterday
laid‘ before the Senate a TREATY recently con-
cluded between Mr. Secretary ADAMS, on the
part of the United States, and Don Lms DE ON-
is, on the part of S/min, FOR A CESSION OF
FLORIDA, to the‘ United States, and a provis-
ion for the payment, in consideration thereof, of
a sum of money‘ to our merchants having claims
on the Spanish government for spoliations on
their property; including also a settlement of ‘I
the Western boundary line between the United
States and Spain. This highly important Trea.
ty, so long wished, solong expected,.if ratified,
.will impose on Congress the necessity-of org-an.
izing a government for that territory before ad-
journmcnt, and will add thus much to the mass
of important business already before them.
From (Ire Corrcs/Iandent of the Evening Post,
Wa.s/iz'ngto7z (.'z'.'y, Icb. 22,._:t The Spanish
treaty was laid before the Senate this day. The
Floridas are ceded to the United States. All
‘the grants of land in the Floridas made by the.
King 0 Spain prior to Jan. 1, 1818. are confirm.
ed. The western boundary of Louisiana com.
mences at the river Sabine, and runs up that
river to the northwestern corner of the state of
Louisiana; thence north to the Red River ;
thence up that river to the 100th degree of west‘
longitude ; thence north to the river Arkansaw ;
thence up that river to its source ; thence to the
42d degree of north latitude, and on that paral-
lel pf latitude west to the Pacific Ocean. The
United States pay to her own citizens five mil-
lions of dollars for the spoliations.
The Georgetown Messenger contains the fol-
lowing additional circumstance.
‘ It being understood that Russia’ has relin-
quished to the United States all her right to the
countries on the Pacific Ocean, south of the 56th
degree of north latitude, and that Great Britain
relinquishes all hers to the same countries (after
the ten years, stipulated in the late treaty with
respect to a certaiti portion of them,) the United
States will now possess a territory embracing
fifteen degrees of latitude on the Pacific Ocean.’
[Since the above was in type. we have receiv-
ed the following-—copied from the National In-
telligencer, of Thursday last.]
SPANISH TREA '1')" RA TIFIED.
It is seldom that we have had so acceptable an
office totperform, as that of announcing to our
readers, the unarzinzous ra!{/icution by the Senate,
of a 'l‘RF.-\TY OF AMI’l’Y, SlE'l"l‘l.E‘-.\'lEN'l‘,
AND LIMITS, Bl3'l‘V‘.'EEN '£'l~lE UNITED
STATES AND SPAIN, as recently concluded
at this place by Mr. Secretary ADAMS, and Don
Luis no ONIS. .
As the 'l‘rcaty,tliougb ratified on our part,
will not be promulgated officially until it has also
been ratified by the sovereign of Spain, we shall
state the principal provisions, as distinctly as we
have been able to ascertain them, ofthis impor-
tant instrument.
By this Treaty, we understand that FLORI-
DA, including all the claims of Spain to territo-
ry East of the Mississippi, is ci-;1>i~;D IN FULL
sovereignty to the United States. \ ,
That the \Vestern 'ooundiu'y, between the ter-
itory of the United States and that of Spain, is
adjusted as follows: Beginning with the mouth
of the Sabine river, and running with the west
bank thereof to thenorthwest limit of the state
of Louisiana; thence by a direct line north to
the Red River ; thence along the south bank of
that river to the one hundredth degree of Lon-
gitude ; thence on that meridian to the ‘Arkan-
saw ; and thence along the Arkansaw to its
source, in the forty-second degree of North Lat-
itude ; and thence upon that parallel to the Pa-
cific. 4
A sum, not exceeding fire 7712'z'z’z'oI:s of dollars,
is to be paid by the United Sta.e:s, out of the pro-
cceds of the sales of lands, in l“lorida_ or in stock
or money, as Congress may prescribe, to our
own citizens, on account of spoilarions and other
injuries received by them from the giovernment
of Spain, or from the goveinmtnts of her colo-
nies. . ,
To liquidate these claims, a Board is to be con-
stituted by the government of the Unit;-d States,
of American citizens, to consist of three Com-
missioners, who are to make their report within
three years. .
There is a mutual renunciation, on the part of
the two governments, of further‘ claims on each
other for spolizitions, 82c.
Spanish citizens are to enjoy, on tlic.princi_ple _
of the liouisianatreaty, the same pzivileges as
American citizens in the ports of St. Augustine
and Pensacola, for the term of twelve years.
These are the essential provisions of the Trea-
ty. which is to take effect on the exchange of
the ratifications, within six months of the pre-
sent date.
The National Intelligenccr, in closing its re-
marks on the subject of the Treaty, observes-—
‘ It terminates the only existing controversy with
any of the European powers. It rounds of? our
southern possessions, and forever e:-tcludcsfor-
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