Section IV. And it is hereby enacted, that 275 of the said Shares numbered from 1 to 275 inclusive, shall be the

IV. And it is hereby enacted, that 275 of the said Shares numbered from 1 to 275 inclusive, shall be the property of the Governor General of India in Council on behalf of the East India Company, and that the remaining 1,600 Shares numbered from 276 to 1875 inclusive, shall be the property of those persons who, on the said 1st of October 1836, shall be Proprietors of the Capital Stock of the said Bank, and that every such Proprietor shall, for every sum of Sicca Rupees 3750 of Stock of the said Bank held by him, be entitled to one of the said Shares.