Cork Coffee House Charter 1793/4 (Ref. PR15/15)

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demand the fame, {hall, from and after the expiration of the faid Term of • Seven Years, forfeit, forego, and lofe ALL his Right, Title, Interefi, and Property, of and in the faid Grounds, Houfes and Premiffes; and of and in ALL future Dividends of the Rents, Iffues, and Profits thereof, in fuch and the like manner as if his Nominee was actually Dead ; and the Sum due to the Perfon fo making Default at the Time of fuch Forfeiture, :!hall go and belong to the then Proprietors of this Scheme and Undertaking.

Proprietor of each Share (the Nominee whereto {hall be then living) is afccr- tained and appointed, a Day fhall be fixed upon within Ten Days after fuch General Meeting, for a Meeting of the Committee of Direcrors, who :!hall have a Power of Adjourning as often and for fuch Time and Times as they fhall think fitting. And that at fuch Meeting of th~ faid Committee, or fome Ad- journment thereof, every Perfon entitled to have and receive a Dividend and Share of the yearly Profits and Produce of the faid Grounds, Houfes, Coffee- IIoufe and Premiifes, or fome Perfon or Perfons by him legally authorized, :By Ord ~ on Treafurer, but fhall appear and receive an Order on the Treafurer, figned by the faid Commit- 1>efore given. tee, for the Sum fo appointed at the Annual General Meeting to be paid to the Perfon fo entitled. '1ft i.a' alfo hereby declared and agreed by faid feveral Parties hereto, that ..JI living _to be produced, a nd the faid Committee before they i:liue fuch Order as aforefaid may if they :filed w1th Clerk. ' ' ' Direcl:ors may require Cer- tificate of Nominee, being think proper, require the Perfon fo entitled to receive the Amount thereof, or the Perfon or Perfons fo by him authorized, unlefs the Nominee or Nominees of the Perfon fo claiming to be entitled, perfonally appe::ir before the Committee; and that they fhall have full Knowledge of the Perfon or Perfons of fuch No- minee or Nominees : And that he or they is or are the Perfon or Perfons acruaily and bonajide nominated for the Share or Shares undP.r which the Perfon fo claiming, :fhall be then entitled to receive a Dividend, to produce to the faid Committee, and file with the Clerk a Certificate figned by the Minifl:cr or Curate and Church \Vardens of the Parifh where fuch Nominee or Nominees refpec- tively fhall live; that fuch Nominee or Nominees refpeCTivcly, is or arc then u alro Affidaviu tofamccf- alive, and refiding in faid Pari.fh; together with an Affidavit of tl1e like import Ica. fworn by two Pcrfons of Credit in fuch Pari:fh or the Vicinity thereof, before a neighbouring Magifirate (who fhall certify the Credit of the Perfons fwe1ring the fame) and alfo an Affidavit of the Perfon claiming to be entitled, of the Living, Refidence, and Occupation of fuch his Nominee or Nominees refpec~ tively, at the time of making fuch Affidavit, and of his and their Age and Ages refpeaively, and then State of Health to the beft of his Knowledge, In~ formation, and Belief. l't iii alfo hereby declared and agreed by the faid feveral Parties hereto, man<l Dividend for 7 Years, lofes all fucure Benefit, and that if any Perfon or Perfons who now is or are, or hereafter 01all be entitled his Nominee to be taken as <lead. Snbfcriber neglec1ing to de- under and by Virtue of thefe Prefents, to have and receive any Dividend or Dividends, Share or Shares of the Yearly Rents, Hfoes, Profits and Produce of the faid Grounds, Coffee-Houfe, Dwelling-Houfcs and Prcmi:lies, fhall neglect or omit to demand fuch Dividend or Dividends at the Times, and in the Manner herein before appointed, for or by the fpace and term of Seven Years; and £hall fu1fer the fame to remain in Arrear and unpaid for the fai<l Term of Seven Years, then and in every fuch Cafc, the Pcrfon fo neglecling and omitti,ng to demand

J[t i.a' beteb~ alfo declared and agreed by the fa.id feveral Parties hereto, And Share divided at next • • General Meeting betwtcQ that .all Sum and Sums of Money which !hall become the Property of tlus the thcu Sl!bfcribm.

Company, by reafon or means of the default or neglect of any of the Parties to thefe Prefcnts, their Executors, Adminiilrators or Affigns, in demanding their Dividends in manner and at the Times aforefaid, or by any other Cafualty or Accident whatfoever, {hall be divided at the next General Annual l\leeting after the fame :fhall fo become the Property of this Company, in fuch Shares and Proportions, and to and amongfr fuch Perfons as the Annual Produce and Profits of the faid Grounds, IIoufes, and Premiffes are herein before appointed to be divided.

J~ '.'5 alfo hereby declared and agreed by the faid fev-eral P.irties hereto, Subfrribers within Three • , • l\fonth& after his having no- t iat every foch Subfcnber to tlus Scheme, and Party to thefe Prefents, his Ex- tice of Death of hi$ Nomi- nee. ec t c, i.' <lminiihators or .Mligns, ihall, within Three Months next after he or they i!ull J, l ve Notice of the Death of his or their Nominee, give Notice of fuch De~·h to the t 1en Treafurer or Clerk, and :!hall deliver up his or their Deben- Shall acquaint Trcafurer or Clerk, and furrcndcr up hit t..ire (if then in his or their Po:ffcffion) under the Penalty of forfeiting to this Debenture. Society, and for its Ufc, the Sum of TWENTY POUNDS, to be recovered on pain or '20I. to be reco- vered by the Trcafurer. by the then Treafurer, and fued for in his Name, or otherwife, as fhall be <le ed nece:liar y. ..,, jft 'f5 affi hereby declared and agreed by the faid feveral Parties hereto, that if any of t Parties to thefe Prefents, his Executors, Adminifirators, or Affigns, flull receive or demand one or more Yearly Share or Dividend of the and if receive or demand any Dividend after Death of Rents, Hfocs, and Profits of the faid Grounds, lloufes and Premiffes, after the Nominee. Death of the Nominee for whofe Life fnch Share or Dividend was payable, then, and in every fuch Cafe, the Perfon fo demanding or receiving, {hall forfeit the Sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS flerfing, to be recovered by and in the to forfeit 100 1. rccovm.blc:: Name of the Treafurer, or otherwife, as {hall be deemed necdfary, for the Ufe asabo\c, ,

of t 1is Company or Society: And if the faid Penalty ih:ill be fued for, the Proof of the exifience of fuch Nominee :fhall lie upon the Perfon fued for the faid Penalty, and not on this Company or Society, or the Perfon or Perfons fuing for and on its behalf. 3ft

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