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armins^ of vessels, ports, and redoubts, and for other uses on the con- 

 tinent and islands of America, the Company may receive for cash from 

 tlie stores of the port of Cronstadt, gunpowder, cannon, ammunition, 

 and other artillery munitions wliich can not be acquired by purchase 

 in the colonies. All these articles will be furnished to the Company at 

 the prices paid by the Navy Department with the addition of 10 per 

 cent for the maintenance of nnvgazines. At times when there is no 

 communication by sea between St. Petersburg and the Colonies, the 

 ComiJany may receive annually on the above-stated terms from 40 to 

 80 pounds of gunpowder from the Government artillery store situated 

 at Irkutsk, and about 200 pounds of lead from the smelting establish- 

 ment at iSTerchinsk. 



Sec. 10. In (n-der to secure freedom of action and safety in the opera- 

 tions of the Company, all the premises occupied by its ofdces are ex- 

 empted from military occupation. 



Sec. '20. As the capital of the Company affords ample security for 

 private claims against its board of administration, the security re- 

 quired by law in case of litigation is waived on behalf of the board. 



Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of all civil and military authorities and 

 institutions not only to abstain from interfering with the Company in 

 the enjoyment of the i^rivileges granted, but also to warn the Company 

 in case of necessity against any probable loss and injury, and upon re- 

 quests of the board of administration and its subordinate counting and 

 commission houses to afford all assistance and protection. 



Sec. 22. The rights and privileges granted to the Company shall be 

 in force for twenty years, reclvoning from the 1st of January of the year 

 1812. 



Sec. 23. Upon the taking effect of this charter all previous provisions 

 relating to the Com['iiny are repealed, and will preserve their force only 

 as to matters arising before the ijromulgation of the constitution. 



