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A75755 At a generall meeting of all the subscribers to the stock of the Royal Company holden at Drapers-Hall the 19th of December 1671 His Royal Highness present with the Sub-governour and Deputy-governour. Royal African Company. 1671 (1671) Wing A4091; ESTC R213325 4,686 4

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be Registred as also the proceedings of the general Courts and Courts of Assistants and all their Bargains for Goods and Contracts for fraights of Ships to be made publiquely at the Board and immediately entred into Books to be kept for such purposes XII That the said standing Committee do meet three days in every week at least and stay three hours each time either Mornings or Evenings as shall be most convenient if business require it and that they be allowed each man for every of those three meeting days twenty shillings and if any of them be absent upon any pretence or for any reason whatsoever that he loose that days Salary provided a Quorum do meet But if no Quorum do meet then every person that shall be absent shall not only loose the Salary for that day but pay twenty shillings to the Company so far as his whole Salary for that year shall amount unto to which end no reward or Salary shall be paid to any of the Committee until their attendances for the whole year be examined by the Records of the Committee which shall be done at the first Court of Assistants after a new Election and warrants for their rewards shall be signed at that Court accordingly XIII That any Member of the Company may be present at the Court of Assistants or meetings of the Committee to hear their debates and may offer his opinion but none to Vote in the resolution save those of the Court of Assistants or Committee XIV That if any Member Officer or Servant of the Company shall directly defraud the Company in any thing or receive any guift or bribe from any person in any wise relating to the concerns of the Company or shall trade to or from any Ports or places within the limits of the Campany's Charter other than in the joynt Stock or so as shall be allowed by a general Court or Court of Assistants that such Member do forfeit and loose his whole Stock or else do pay such pecuniary mulct or penalty as a general Court shall impose and such Officer or Servant shall forfeit all Salary due unto him be forthwith discharged and made uncapable of being ever after restored and further be prosecuted according to Law and that the said Forfeitures do redound to the Use and benefit of the Adventurers in general and that Bonds be given by every Officer to submit to the said mulcts and penalties XV. That every member having share or part in any Goods to be sold or Ship to be fraighted for the Company 's Use shall if he be then present or any ways privy to such Bargain declare his Interest to the Committee and shall cause the same to be Recorded otherwise upon discovery to be made thereof he shall forfeit his whose Stock or pay such penalty as a general Court shall impose upon him and the Committee shall be prohibited during their being Committees to sell any of their own Goods to the Company directly or indirectly upon the aforesaid Penalties without the Allowance of the Court of Assistants XVI That the Stock and Dividents of each respective Adventurer shall from time to time be obliged for such debts and ingagements as such Adventurer shall become ingaged in to the Company and that the Courts of Assistants may and shall detain the same for the benefit of the generality until such debts and ingagements are fully satisfied XVII That if it shall please God that at any time the Stock shall be augmented fifty per Cent. a Divident of twenty per Cent. at least shall be forthwith made to the several Adventures and afterwards annually one half part or more as the general Court shall direct of all profits that shall be made shall be divided in the like manner XVIII That no Dividents shall be made in Goods to the Adventurers but in Money only XIX That all Goods received for the Company 's account from Forrain parts be sold publiquely at the Candle and be paid for to the Treasurer before their delivery to the Buyer except Gold and Silver which shall be always Coined in the Tower of London except there be a special Order from the general Court that directs otherwise XX. That every Member of the Company before they give any Vote in any Election shall take an Oath to the Company according to the forme agreed on and herewith at large expressed An Oath for the Members of the Royal Company YOu do swear to be good and true to our Soveraign Lord the Kings Majesty and to his Heirs and Successors and that you will be faithfull to the Governour Sub-governour Deputy-governour and Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading into Africa in the management of their Trade The secrets of the said Company which shall be given you in charge to conceal by the said Governour Sub-governour or Deputy-Governour you will not disclose and during the present joint stock of this Company you will not Trade to any of the limits of this Company 's Charter without leave of the general Court or Court of Assistants So help you God XXI That every Officer or Servant to be imployed by the Company do first give good security and then take an Oath to perform their respective duties in their several imployments and that they be chosen annually by Plurality of Votes by Balletting at the first general Court after the 12th January and that if any Officer or Servant shall misdemean himself upon complaint of the Committee the Court of Assistants shall have power to suspend them until the next general Court XXII That no meeting or Assembly of the Adventurers shall be deemed or taken to be a general Court or shall have power to alter any Rules or Articles of this Preamble or make any new or further Rules or Orders for the Government of the Company unless there be present at such meeting or Assembly the major part of the Assistants and at least twelve of the generality besides the Governour Sub-governour Deputy-Governour or one of them or provided so many Adventurers be present as shall be concerned in the major part of the Stock but at a general Court so constituted all such Orders or alterations as shall at any time be made by Plurality of Votes by Balleting shall be binding to the whole Company and no question shall be otherwise determined than by Balleting if required by any Member present either at a general Court or Court of Assistants wherein either any particular Member or Servant of the Company is concerned or any of the Company 's money by way of Guift or Reward shall be disposed of