DEED OF SETTLEMENT. "WE do hereby Certify that the within written Deed is the "Deed of Settlement of "The Crystal Palace Company," and "that to the best of our knowledge, the particulars therein "contained are correctly set forth. Signatures of two Directors S. LAING. This Indenture, made the 28th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1852, BETWEEN the Several Persons whose names are hereunto subscribed, and whose names are hereunto affixed (exclusive of the persons next hereinafter named) of the first part, and CHARLES GEACH, of Park Street, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, Esquire, and FRANCIS FULLER, of Abingdon Street, in the said City and Liberty, Esquire, (Trustees for giving effect to the Covenants hereinafter to be expressed or declared), of the second part. WHEREAS the parties hereto have agreed to form a Partnership or Joint Stock Company for the purposes after mentioned, within the meaning of the Act of Parliament passed in the seventh and eighth years of Her present Majesty, chapter 100. AND WHEREAS such Company was on the 7th day of May instant, provisionally registered under the said Acts by the name of "The Crystal Palace Company, and it is intended that the same shall be completely registered in the manner and form prescribed by the said Act. AND WHEREAS it was agreed that the Capital of the said Company should be £500,000, in 100,000 shares of £5 each, as aftermentioned. AND WHEREAS one fourth part of the said Capital Stock of the said Company has been subscribed for by the persons now parties hereto, and the number of Shares in the said Capital taken or to be taken by the said parties hereto respectively is written opposite to their names and seals respectively subscribed and affixed to these 1 presents. AND WHEREAS it hath been agreed that such of the Shares of the said Capital as have not at the date of these presents been subscribed for shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided to such persons and in such manner in all respects as the Directors of the said Company for the time being may determine. Now THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that in pursuance of such determination or agreement, and for the purpose of duly and properly constituting the Company, and in accordance with the said Agreement, and in consideration of the benefits expected to result from the establishment of the Company and from the operations thereof, each of them, the parties hereto (except the said Charles Geach), together with the persons who have subscribed their names and affixed their seals, or who may subscribe their names and affix their seals in the schedules to one or other of two other Indentures of the same date, tenor, purport, and effect herewith, and in which said Indentures respectively reference is made to this present Indenture, Doth, for himself, and his heirs, executors, and administrators, and in respect only of the acts, deeds, and defaults of himself, and his heirs, executors, and administrators, under the covenants hereinafter contained, covenant with the said Charles Geach, his executors and administrators, as a Trustee on behalf of the said Company, and the said Charles Geach, so far as relates to the acts and defaults of himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, doth hereby covenant with the said Francis Fuller, as a Trustee as aforesaid, his executors and administrators, in the manner following (that is to say): To pay up Shares on Capital. 1. THAT every of them, the parties hereto of the first part, will pay up and contribute the amount remaining unpaid of his or her Shares in the Capital of the Company immediately on the execution of these presents and such complete registration as aforesaid, or at such other time or times as the same shall be called for or required to be paid by the Directors of the Company under the provisions hereinafter expressed or contained, and shall and will at all times hereafter perform, conform to, abide by, fulfil, and keep all the several engagements and undertakings which are herein expressed and contained, to be observed, performed, conformed to, abided by, fulfilled, and kept on the part of the Shareholders in the Company. Objects and Business of the Company. 2. THAT the objects and business of the said Company shall be the purchasing the Great Exhibition building in Hyde Park, in the County of Middlesex, and the reconstruction thereof or of any part thereof, or of any addition thereto, on another site, the forming and maintaining Conservatories, Parks, and Museums in or conjunction with the said building for the illustration and advancement of the Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, and the cultivation of a refined taste amongst all classes of the community, such objects and the remuneration or price to be paid for admission being carried out under the superintendence of the Directors after mentioned. Company to continue until dissolution as after mentioned. 3. THAT the said Partnership or Company shall continue until dissolved under the provision hereinafter contained, or to be contained in any Charter or Act of Parliament hereafter to be granted, or obtained by, or on the behalf of the said Company. Place of Business. 4. THAT the Company shall always be provided with some house, office, or offices, which shall be considered to be the principal Office or place of business of the Company, and that until the situation thereof shall be altered by a General Meeting the same shall be situate within the City of London or Westminster, or within seven miles thereof, respectively to be from time to time fixed by the Directors, and that until otherwise fixed the principal office or place of business of the Company shall be at 65, Morgate Street, in the City of London. Capital of £500,000 in 100,000 Shares of £5 each. 5. THAT the Capital Stock of the Company shall consist of the sum of £500,000 divided into. 100,000 Shares of £5 each as aforesaid, numbered in regular succession from one upwards. PROVIDED, nevertheless, that in case the whole of the said 100,000 Shares shall not be subscribed for or disposed of the Shareholders of the Company for the time being, shall continue associated and bound under, and by these presents and the powers and provisions herein contained shall continue and be in force, and be valid in respect of the Shares for the time being subscribed for, or taken in like manner as if the number of such Shares had been the whole number of Shares agreed or intended to be issued. Register of Shareholders. 6. THAT a book shall be provided and kept for the purposes of the Company under the superintendence of the Directors, by the title of "The Register of Shareholders," and that in such book shall be fairly and distinctly entered from time to time the names and additions of the several proprietors or holders of Shares, together with the number of Shares to which they shall be respectively entitled, distinguishing each Share by its number and the amount of the subscriptions paid on such Shares, and the surnames or corporate names of the said Shareholders shall be placed in alphabetical order. Shareholders' Address Book to be kept. 7. THAT a book shall be provided and kept in use for the purposes of the Company under superintendence of the Directors, by the title of the "Shareholders' Address Book," and that the surnames or the corporate names of the several Shareholders shall be entered therein in alphabetical order, with the addition of their respective Christian names, places of abode, and descriptions, so far as the same shall from time to time be known to the officers of the Company, and every Shareholder, or if such Shareholders be a Corporation, the clerk or agent of such Corporation may at all convenient times peruse such book gratis, and may require a copy thereof, or of any part thereof, and for every 100 words so required to be copied, the Company may demand a sum not exceeding sixpence, |