TABLE NO. VI.

BRITISH SHIPS IN TRADE OF UNITED STATES.

FOREIGN TRADE of the United States distinguishing the DIRECT TRADE with the United Kingdom, and distinguishing also United States and British Ships, in 1848-49, 1853-54, 1858-59, 1863-64, and 1866–67. Taken from

the Volumes of "Commerce and Navigation of the United States" for the respective years.

YEAR 1848-49.

ACT OF INCORPORATION.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

In the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-four.

AN ACT

TO INCORPORATE THE BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. JAMES M. BEEBE, SILAS POTTER, JAMES C. CONVERSE, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation, by the name of the BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE, for the purpose of promoting trade and commerce in the city of Boston and its vicinity, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes; provided, however, that this act shall not be construed to authorize said corporation to traffic in goods, wares, or merchandise of any description.

SECT. 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, to be devoted exclusively to the purposes of said corporation.

SECT. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Secretary's Department, Boston, May 2, 1854.

A true copy.

Attest:

E. M. WRIGHT,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

BY-LAWS

OF THE

BOSTON BOARD OF TRADE.

REVISED APRIL 6, 1868,

AND AMENDED MARCH 1, 1869.

SECTION I.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

ARTICLE 1. Every nomination for admission to membership in the Boston Board of Trade shall be made in writing by a member of the Board, and shall be addressed to the Executive Committee for their consideration; if approved by them, the nomination may be acted upon at any meeting of the Board, and the candidate shall be admitted, if he receive the votes of three-fourths of the members present; if he fail to receive the requisite number of votes, he shall not be proposed again for membership until after the expiration of one year.

ART. 2. No persons shall be admitted to membership in this Board except merchants, manufacturers, and those whose avocations are directly connected with the commerce, trade, or industry of the country, and who are residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

ART. 3. Honorary Members, upon nomination of the Executive Committee, may be elected by the unanimous vote of the members present.

SECTION II.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

ARTICLE 1. The officers of the Board shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and seven Directors. There shall also be an Executive Committee, consisting