THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 267 13- On Subscribeing for shares at least one tenth should be paid down for which a scrip should be given to the person that subscribes something in this way I, A B being appoipted to open books and receive subscriptions to shares for the Bank of Missouri do Certify that John Benny is intitled to 10 shares in said Bank on which he has paid into my hands five Dollars on each share agreeably to the law of this Ter- ritory, establishing said Bank and which I have entered on the books of subscription for bank shares. 14-- Not more than six pr Cent should be allowed to be demanded _by the Bank for discounting Notes. 15- the regulations on discount days should be the same in town as ~ountry and a man liveing in the country, should not be obliged to provide au endorser in St Louis. 16-- No note should be allowed to be placed in the bank for col- lection or discount unless the Notes is drawn payable at the bank of Missouri 17- Every man haveing business with the bank shall have at the Banking Room in Writing his address in his own hand; and at what place he keeps his Counting.House, and such persuns as reside in tho country shall name a place In the Town of St Louis at which a Bank Notice may be left on the falling due of a Note 18- the directors shall have the power of puting the bank into Operation when ever they in their Judgement may think proper or when they may Judge that a sufficient amount of stock is subscribed 19- payments in stock a-fter the first shall :i;iot b~ Demanded until sixty days notice has been given in some News paper of this Territory stateing how much on each share is demanded 20- Books for stock shall be opened in every county in the Ter- ritory and at such Other places as the directors in there Judgement may direct 21- all sales of Bank stock must be made at Bank and no transfer can or aught to take place at any other place Nor aught any stock to be transfered until the holder has settled his account in Bank, I also propose the following Scheme of a Lottery in Ten Classes. Te be called the Territorial Lottery :from this lottery I propose to raise the funds for the Territory to Purchase Bank stock This Lottery sha11 consist of 100,000 Dollars each Class to be drawn in Ten Years a ~lass each year.
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