city as they shall for that purpose appoint, and upon such notices or summons as have heretofore been used and established by the said body corporate, and then and there, by the majority of such as shall so meet, to elect and choose other or others to the said office or offices respectively, in the place of him or them so dying, or neglecting or refusing to act, or being removed, in the manner heretofore used in the annual elections of the like officers, which person or persons so elected and chosen, shall enjoy and exercise the said office or offices, and all and singular the privileges and powers thereto belonging or appertaining, until the said first Tuesday in May next. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce, of All former the State of New-York, and their successors, shall and rights &c., to be enjoyed by may for ever hereafter, peaceably have, hold, use and enthe present Cor-joy all and every the rights, powers, liberties, privileges, franchises, usages, lands, tenements, estates and hereditaments, which have heretofore, by virtue of the above recited Charter, been given or granted unto the said Corporation, by the name of the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of New-York, in America. poration. Meetings AN ACT "ACT TO REMOVE TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN Passed January 25th, 1854. The People of the State of New-York, represented in SECTION 1. Such part of the letters patent under GEORGE THE THIRD, King of Great Britain, bearing date 13th March, 1770, confirmed by act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, under date 13th April, 1784, as to required the Chamber of Commerce of New-York to be held on such meet on the first Tuesday of each month, shall be so week in each altered or amended as to permit of the regular monthly President shall meeting being held on the first week in each month, and upon any day of such week as the President or other duly authorized members of said Corporation may desig days in the first month, as the designate. nate. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect immediately. AN ACT To AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED Passed April 15th, 1861. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Committees. SECTION 1. The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York shall have power to elect, by ballot, in conformity with the by-laws adopted by the said Chamber, a committee to be known and styled the "Arbitration Election and Committee of the Chamber of Commerce," and shall have appointment of power also to appoint a Committee of Appeal; and the duly elected members of the said Chamber, and all persons claiming by, through, or under them, may, under the limitations, and subject to the restrictions imposed. by the provisions of the statutes of the State of NewYork relative to arbitration, submit to the decision of the Committees of Arbitration and Appeal, as the same may be constituted by the said Chamber, any controversy existing between them which might be the subject of an action, and may agree that a final judgment, in a court of record, to be by them designated, shall be rendered on any award made pursuant to such submission. and SECTION 2. The Committees of Arbitration and Appeal, elected or appointed as aforesaid, shall possess the same powers, be subject to the same duties and disabilities Powers as appertain to arbitrators by the laws of the State of duties. New-York, and awards made by them must be made, and may be enforced, as therein and thereby directed; and all the provisions contained in title fourteen, part third, chapter eight of the Revised Statutes of the State of NewYork, and all acts amendatory or in substitution thereof, shall apply to proceedings had before the said Committees of Arbitration and Appeal, as if specially incorporated herein; except that the judgment, to be rendered in the manner therein directed, on any award made by them as aforesaid, that is to say, by the Committee of Arbitration, no appeal from its action being taken by either. party to the controversy; or by the confirmatory action In regard to of the Committee of Appeal, shall not be subject to be reversal of judgremoved, reversed, modified or appealed from by the parties interested in such submission as aforesaid. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect immediately. ment. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO REMOVE DOUBTS CONCERNING THE CORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND TO CONFIRM THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THEREOF,' PASSED APRIL THIRTEENTH, SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR," PASSED APRIL FIFTEENTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE. before a Justice Passed April 22, 1865. The People of the State of New-York, represented in SECTION 1. Controversies submitted to the Committee of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York, under the act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to remove doubts concerning the Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce, and to confirm the rights and privileges thereof,' passed April thirteenth, seventeen hundred and eighty-four," passed April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, may be heard and decided by a majority of the members of the said Committee. SECTION 2. The members of said Committee of Arbitration shall not be obliged to be sworn after the manner of Arbitrators, but shall, before assuming the duties Shall take oath of their office, take an oath before a Justice of the Suof the Supreme preme Court, faithfully and fairly to hear and examine all matters in controversy submitted to them under the act aforesaid, and make a just award according to the best of their understanding. Such oath shall be filed with the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Court. Chairman er to administer SECTION 3. The Chairman for the time being of said shall have pow-Committee of Arbitration shall have power to administer oath to witnes- the oath to all witnesses produced before said Committee in matters of controversy submitted to said Committee. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect immediately. ses. BY-LAWS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, In Force May 1, 1873. ARTICLE I. THE Officers of the Chamber shall be a President, four VicePresidents, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, and a Secretary, who shall be chosen by ballot at the first regular meeting, or at an adjourned meeting held in May of each year. A majority of the votes cast at such election shall be necessary in each instance to elect. The persons so elected shall take the oath or affirmation required by the Charter, and shall continue in office one year, or until their successors shall have become duly qualified according to the Charter. Should any person, so elected, decline to serve or resign his office, the vacancy shall be filled by an election at the next regular meeting of the Chamber which shall be held after that, at which such declination or resignation shall have been reported. No person shall be eligible for the office of President or VicePresident for more than three years in succession, unless he shall be elected by a vote of at least three-fourths of the ballots cast at the election. Any officer of the Chamber, or any member of its Committees, may be removed (if proved derelict of duty after a fair trial) by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Chamber present at such trial. ARTICLE II. MEETINGS. The regular meetings of the Chamber for the transaction of business shall be held on the first Thursday in each month, at such hour and place as shall be designated from time to time by the Chamber or the Executive Committee. Special meetings may be called as provided in Article V. ARTICLE III. ELECTION OF MEMBERS, ETC. A member of the Chamber may nominate for election to membership any person engaged in commercial pursuits or pursuits connected with commercial interests within the State of New-York. Such nomination shall be made in writing, addressed to the Executive Committee, and shall state the occupation and qualifications of the candidate. If the Executive Committee approve the nomination, they shall report the same to the Chamber, whereupon the Chamber shall proceed to ballot. If it shall appear that five or more members have voted against the candidate, the name shall be withdrawn, and it shall not be proposed again, within one year from the date of such withdrawal. The Chamber may expel any member for dishonorable conduct or dealings by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting. Provided, that the Arbitration Committee and Committee of Appeal shall, after a full and fair hearing, recommend such expulsion by a vote of three-fifths of the members of those Committees. ARTICLE IV. Each member elected to the Chamber shall pay an admission fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be in full for the year in which he is elected. And each member of the Chamber shall pay annually, while he shall remain a member, a fee of twenty dollars. The Executive Committee may, for reasons satisfactory to it, remit the annual fees of any member; and it may accept the resignation of any member at any time, if the annual fees of such member to the date of his resignation shall have been paid or remitted. If the fees of any member remain unpaid for a term of two years, the name of such defaulting member shall be reported to the Chamber, and thereafter may be stricken from the rolls. The Chamber shall furnish to each member who shall have paid his admission or annual fees, as herein provided, a suitable engraved certificate of membership. ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the order of seniority, shall preside at all meetings of the Chamber, and no meeting shall be held for any purpose except to adjourn, unless one of these officers is present to preside. The President, or (in his absence from the city or inability to act) one of the Vice-Presidents in the order of seniority shall, on the requisition of ten members of the Chamber, call special meetings on such days and at such hours as he may deem expedient-provided that the business to be acted on shall be designated in the requisition and in the notice of such meeting, and that no other business shall be acted on than that which is so designated. The President shall exercise a general supervision of the affairs and interests of the Chamber. He shall appoint all Special Committees, except in cases when the Chamber shall by vote make such appointments. He shall sign all official documents of the Chamber, and shall have the custody of the corporate seal. In the absence of the President from the city, or in case of his inability to act, the Vice-Presidents, in the order of seniority, shall discharge his duties and be clothed with his authority. |