Scottish Marine Insurance Company Act 1841

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1841 c. xcvi
Year1841
ANNO QUARTO & QUINTO
REGINJE
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Cap.
xcvi.
An Act to enable the " Scottish Marine Insurance
Company" to sue and be sued, and for other
Purposes. [21st June 1841.]
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HEREAS a Number of Persons some Time since formed
themselves into a Company or Society under the Style or
Title of the "Scottish Marine Insurance Company/' and
have subscribed or raised considerable Sums of Money, for the Pur-
pose of carrying on the Business of Insurance Broking, Marine Under-
writing, and to effect Insurances on Ships or Vessels at Sea or going
to Sea, Goods and Merchandize and other Things on board thereof
and otherwise generally as is customary and legal, against the several
Dangers and Perils of the Seas, or connected therewith : And whereas
the Affairs and Concerns of the said Company have heretofore been
carried on and conducted and managed under and subject to the
Rules,
Regulations, and Provisions contained in a certain Contract of
Copartnery, bearing Date the Fifteenth Day of July One thousand
eight hundred and forty, and subsequent Dates, whereby certain
Shareholders or Copartners of the said Company are appointed Trus-
tees for the Purpose of holding the Investitures of the Funds and
Property of the said Company, but subject to the Provisions therein
mentioned : And whereas Difficulties have arisen and may hereafter
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