Excerpt from Charter of the Marine Company of Chicago: Organized as the Chicago Marine and Fire Ins. Co. March 14, 1836, and Recognized as the Marine Company of Chicago, April 2, 1863, Under Act of February 21, 1861 Sec. 3. The said corporation may have and use a common seal, which they may alter. Change or break at pleasure, and may also make and establish, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall, in their opinion, be necessary for the good government of said corporation, and the pru dent and efficient management of its afiairs; no by-laws, ordinances and regulations of the same shall be in anywise contrary to the con stitution and laws of this State or of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.