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

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"Truftees fl1ali in Seven Year, ~ffign Leafei to fuch Perfons,

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Meeting: It being the TRUE INTENT AND MEANING hereof, that no Perfon whatfocver ihall have or receive any Dividend or Share whatfo~ver, fave only fuch as ihall become payable at the faid Annual General Meeting, for the full Year ending on that Day.

(not lefs than Seven) as Ge- th h f: • d C Jler-al McetiPz ill.ill appoint. at t e ai ooper enro1.e, John Andcrfon, John Shaw, Andrew White, James Bonwell, Marcus Lynch, and Samuel M'Call, in whom the faid feveral Deeds, Conveyances, Affignments and Leafcs, of and belonging to this Society, are now vefted in Trufr as aforefaid, or the Survivor or Survivors of them, his Heirs, Executors, or Adminifrrators, ihall, at the expiration of Seven Years, to be computed from the faid Firfr Day of Oflober next, convey and affign the fame Deeds, Conveyances, Affignments and Leafes, to fuch Perfons (not Iefa than Seven) as ihall be appointed at the General Meeting of this Society, next :md fo Tgties Q!!otie,, and preceding the expiration of faid Term, and fo on toties quoties, from Seven Years r

]t i.8' alfo hereby declare C. and agreed by the faid feveral Parties hereto, When onlyTwenty Nomi nm {hall be in being, the the11 that when and as foon as Twenty Nominees only ihall furvive, then and whcn-Subfcribers may dee\: Direc- tors or Treafurer, not bein ever it ihall fo happen fuch of the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, their Execu- Membm of the society. tors, Adminifrrators, or Affigns, as :fhall be then entitled to the Rents, Iifues, and Profits of the faid Grounds, Houfes, and Premiifes, for the Lives of the faid furviving Nominees refpecHvely, fhall and lawfully may Alter, Repeal, and make Void that Part, and fo much of thefe Prefents as direas and appoints that the Treafurer and Directors ihall be chofen from out of the Subfcriber3 only, and :!hall and may choofe and elect fuch Perfon or Perfons (not being Subfcrib. crs) to the faid Oilices refpecl:ively, as they ihall thin:: proper. hereof, be enrolled m his Ma3efl:y s High Court of Chancery in Ireland, for tL., cnture. Benefit of all the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, their Executors, Adminifrrators, and Affigns ; and that a TRUE COPY hereof, figned by a Committee of the Direaors herein before named, ihall be annexed to each Debenture now iffu.:J, and that a like Copy ihall be annexed to every Debenture hereafter to be iifued, figned by a Committee of the Directors, who ihall be in Office at the time of the iffuing thereof. jf t i~ affo hereby declared and agreed by the faiJ feveral Parties hereto, This Deed to be enrollecl ie h J.i fc fJ II • h" Chancery, and a Copy of it t at the e Pre ents 1a , wit m Twenty-four Calendar T Ionths from the Date figncd by Committee of Di- . , . , , •cd:or -, annexed to each De• ant:J lLaftI!!, it fg hereby further declared and agreed upon, by and be-An_d in cafe_ any 1ifpute re- lative to th1s Society, fame tween the faid feveral Parties hereto, that if any Difputes or Controverfies to ~e rcferml to the arbi- trat10n of three Perfons, to fhall hereafter arife between the Members of this Company or Society, touching trt:mcd by th c 11. ayor •f thefe Prefents, or any Matters and Things herein before mentioned, that then and in fuch Cafe, fuch Difputcs or Controverfies !hall be fubmitted to the Arbitration and Decifion of Three Perfons, to be named by the Mayor of the ity of Cork for that Time being; and that fuch Award or Decifion as fuch Pcrfons fo named by fuch Mayor of the City of Cork, or any Two of them, :Chall make therein, £hall be Final and Conclufive, upon all Parties : And And any Subfcriber rcfulin~ • C r M b M b f h•S • fh ll d I' f r :{i to obey Award, to forfrit 1n a1e any em er or em ers O t 15 oc1ety a ec me or re UJ.e to ub-his Share, a if Nomi11cc

to Seven Years, until the fame ihall by courfe of Survivodhip in the Nominees, become the Property of Three only of the Parties hereto, their Executors Adminifrrators or Affigns, as herein before appointed, fo as that no Perfon what: foever ihall continue aud remain in Poifeffion as Trufiee for this Society, for a t 1at the Expences of fuch Affignments !hall from Time to Time be fufi:ained and borne by this Company or Society. t T th s y A d 1 grea er erm an even ears: 11 .JI l~ a tO ereby declared and agreed by the faid fcveral Parties hereto, that not any one of the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, their Executors, .Admi- nifirators or Affigns, fhall at any Time hereafter have, 11old, or be entitled to more than Five Shares of the faid ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SHARES , into which the Funds and Property of this Company or Society are fo agreed to be divided, as herein before is mentioned. '7ft ' rr. h

110 Perfon to continue Truf- longer or tee lonier than for 7 Yeari.

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1 any one o t e 1.a1 ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SHARES £hall at ai:iy Time hereafter become the Joint~Property of any Two or more Perfons, yet fuch Perfons fo entitled fhall not at any Election, or on a General Meeting of this Society, have or give, or be entitled to give more than One Vote, fuch Vote to be given by any One of the Perfons fo entitled by their Agreement: It being the TRUE INTENT AND MEANING of the feveral Parties hereto, that One Vote only ihall be attached to each of the faid ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SHARES.

"1f NlomMinee_dies prior to Ge- eetmg ID Ocl:ober, ]t i~ alfo hereby declared and agreed by the faid feveral Parties hereto ' ~~~~cr~bt~r;i~c~dh~::na~~ that if any Nominee ihall happen to die at any time previous to the Day herein dlru · :ncra ' before appointed for the General Annual Meeting of this Society, the Perfon or Perfons entitled to have a Share and Dividend of the Profits of this Society, during the Life of fuch Nominee, :!hall not Have, Receive, or be Paid any Share or Proportion whatfoever of the faid Profits, for or on account of the time the faid Nominee :!hall happen to live after the then former Annual General Meeting:

mit to fuch Arbitration, or to abide by fuch Award or Decifion as :!hall be dt:ad. made therein, fuch Member or Members, being the Proprietor or Proprietors of any Share or Shares of faid Grounds, Coffec-Houfe, and other Premiffes aforcfai<l, fhall forfeit J1is or their Share, or refpeaive Shares therein, and the fame !hall go and be divided and enjoyed in fuch and the fame manner as if E the

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