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

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[ 8 J Ownen reJi,ecrively, or the Shares for which the fa.id forviving Nominees !hill l1ave been nominated and appointed-: AND, the Perfons in whom the faid Grounds, Houfes and Premi!fcs ihall be then vefted, as Trufiees, {hall imme. .. diately upon receiving du,e notice of fuch Survivorfuip, or within a reafonable time thereafter, convey, affign, and make over the faid Grounds, Coffee-I-Ioufe, '.Dwelling-Houfes, and Prcmiffes, for and during all the Efrate and Term then to come and unexpired therein, and 'ih.all hand over all Deeds, Evidences and Vfri .. 'tings, touching or concerning the Title or Poffeffion thereof, as the faid Tru:ftees fhall be then po!fefred of, unto fuch one or more of the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, their Executors, Adminifl:rators, or Affigns, as fl.1all become entitled ·thereto, in manner aforefaid. AND, if it ihall happen that the faid Grounds, Co-ffee-Houfe, Dwelling-Houfes and Premi1I-e~, ihall, by fuch right of Survivor- ,:lhip> become veHed in, and the Property of, any two or more of the faid Parties. --to thefe Prefonts, their Executors, Adminifrrators, or Affigns, and that any, Ancl any orrc or them may one of the foid Parties, who :!hall thereupon become entitled to one or two-third .-equire a Partition.

[ 9 J Clerk to this Compa.ny or Society, in which Ofiice he :!hall continue until the death or rcfignation of him the faid Thomas Chatterton, or until he :fhall be removed by a General Meeting of the faid Company or Society; and that the faid Thomas Chatterton :£hall receive a yearly Sallary of Twenty-Two Pounds At :i Sallary of zo Guineas a Year. Fifteen Shillings for his trouble in executing faid Office, provided .that he :!hall . . d p d s . £ l d d f . 1 f 1 n· r h e th f To give 500!. Security for his g1ve Five Hundre oun S ecunty or t,1e ue an a1tl U lJ.C arg erco • fai!hful difchargc of the of-

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]t i~ alfo hereby declared and agreed, by and between the faid feveral Parties hereto, that the faid feven Directors herein before named, or their Suc-

ceil·ors or any Three or more of them, with or without the Treafurer, ihall T~ree Direcl:ors, with or ' without Treafurer, to be a .c d b C · tt e of this Society and fhall have full and entire po\ver Committee, to uanfacl: ~.1 1 1orm an e a OlTIIDl e , bufinefs, &c. of the Com- and ::mthority to do, tranfacr, perform, regulate, manage and dirdl: all Matters pany. and Things whatfoever, touching or in anywife concerning this Company or Society, or the Monies, Goods, Premiffes, Effects or Property thereof, or the Receipts or Expenditures thereof; provided that no Act of theirs ihall or do alter or vary the Rights of the fa.id feveral Subfcribcrs to their rcfpecrive Shares and Dividends, upon the fcveral Sums by them refpecrively fubfcribed as afore- faid, and to the benefit of Survivodhip, as aforefaid: that the faid Committee fhall from Time to Time have full power and authority, by Deed or Deeds in And to fct Lcafcs:i.timprov- ed Rents.

.part or parts thereof, his Executors, Admini:ftrators, or Affigns, faall be. mind.. ed and defirous to come to a Partition or Divifion of the faid Grounds, Houfes.. and Prcmiffes, then and in that cafc, the others or other of the faid Parties to thefe Prefents, their, his, or her Executors, Adminifl:rators, or .Affigns, who fhall be the -Proprietor or Proprietor of the remaining Surviving Shares or Share, :!hall, at the reque:ft of the Perfon or Perfons fo minded and defirous, and at their mutual Cofts, Charges and Expences, come to, and make fuch Partition and Divifion, and make perfecr, and execute all fuch good and fuffi- cient Deed and Deeds, and other Afiurances in the Law, as Council fuall advi~ to be requifitc and neceffary, for fully and effectually carrying fuch Partition and. Divifion into Execution, and for fettling and aifuting unto fuch of tl1e faid Parties to thefe Prefents, their Executors, Adminifirators, or Affigns,, who £hall fo become entitle-cl to the faid Grounds, Coffee-Houfe, and Premiifes, their re- fpecrive Shares and Proporti-Ons thereof, according to the number of Surviving SI ares, of which they fuall be fo refpe8tively Proprietors.

Writincr under their Hands and Seals, to nemife, Leafe, or Let the faid ~, Coffce-Houfe, Dwelling-Houfes and Premiffes, or fuch Part or Parts thereof as they ihall think proper, to fuch Pcrfon or Perfons, for fuch Term or Terms, and at and un<ler fuch yearly Rent or Rents, as the faid Committee ihall in their Difcretibn think fit ; (provi<led the fame be made at the beft yearly improved Rent that may or can be reafonably had for the fame, from good and folvent • . n. C . . f th fl ll

t An<l that Direcl.or,, or a em, la mee Committee of them, il1all

Tenants.) And that the fa.id Directors, or a

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meet once a ~ arter and once in every Q?arter of a Y car at the kafi, and oftner if fummoncd by t 1e oftncr if fummoned. Treafurer or Clerk.

]t in' alfo hereby declared and agreed, by and bet,veen the faid fcvcral P ·. 1

th t General Meeting of this Company or Society {hall be held General Meeting to b~ held

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on every fid1 Mondy Ill Oc-

lt i~ alfo hereby declared and agreed, by and between the faid fcvcral p rties hereto, that the fa.1.d Cooper Penrofe, John Anderfon, John Shaw, An- ,

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in every Year at which General tober, who !hall elect a

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Cooper Penrofe, John An- <lerfon, John ~haw, Andrew White, James Bonwell,

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Chairman. Meetincr a Chairman £hall be chofen by a majority of Votes of the Subfcribers t> prefent, to prefide; and thereupon the names of the then Directors ihall be fe- p arately put into a Hat, and two of them fhall be drawn thereout, and the Direcl:ors name! putinaHat and two dr:iwn, who foal! P r hofe Names ihall be fo drawn thercout, fuall from thenceforth ceafc ceafe, a_n<l t,:o Subfcribc:n cr1ons \V clec1cd m their 11:ead, by ma- to be Directors; and two others (being Subfcribers) fhall thereupon be chofen jority of Vom•

Marcus Lvnch, and Sa.mud M 'Call,appointed Direcl:or~, drew vVhite, James Bonwell, Marcus Lynch, and Samuel M'Call, be .and are " ho with the Tuafurer, are to, continue in Office until hereby appointed Directors and Managers of the Funds, Effecl:s and Property of otncrs arc: elected.

this Society ; and that they the faid DireB:ors, with the Treafurer herein before . ppointed, fuall continue in Office for one Year, from the Firfi Day of Oclober next, and until a new Treafurer and Directors fhall be elected a.nd chofen at a General Meeting, as herein after is directed.

and elected by a majority of Votes, to fervc as Directors in the place and ftead .of the Perfons fo ceafing as aforefaid; fo as that not more than Five of the faid Directors £hall continue in faid Office, from and after the Fidl Monday in O[lober in every Year; notwithHanding that the full number of Seven Directors !hall be conftantly continued and kept up. C

'1ft i.« alfo hereby declared and ag:reed, by and between the faid feveral

Thonm Cb tertoll :ippoint- ,cod Clerk, and to continue

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'-I till h:SdeaLh , refignation,. or Part1"es hereto that the ra1'd Thom-:ic Chatt"'rton be, and is hereby appointed removal by gencr.u meet111g ' 1 • - "' oi the som1~. Clerk

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