Incorporation certificates, 1811-1826.

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Incorporation certificates, 1811-1826.

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This series consists of a register containing copies of certificates of incorporation of manufacturing companies. The 1811 act provided for the filing of certificates of incorporation, and the necessary information to include: "the corporate name of the said company, the object for which the company is formed, the amount of the capital stocks of said company, the number of shares of which the said stock shall consist, the number of trustees and their names, who shall manage the concerns of the said company for the first year and the names of the town and county in which the manufacturing operations of the company are to be carried out." The register contains 159 entries arranged chronologically according to the date on which the certificate of incorporations was filed. There is an alphabetical index (by name of the company) at the end of the volume.

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Early commissions were recorded by the secretary of the Colony of New York. Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1778 appointed the secretary of state the clerk of the Council of Appointment. The 1821 state constitution abolished the council, and its powers were transferred to the governor. From the description of Record of commissions, dedimus potestatem, supersedeas, pardons, and other executive actions, 1770-1827. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 82062017 The register ...