[TRANSLATION.]
We hereby give Our sanction to the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK REGULATIONS, and
order the same to be promulgated.
(His Imperial Majesty's Sign Manual.)
(Privy Seal.)
(Signed)
COUNT ITO HIROBUMI,
Minister President of State.
COUNT MATSUGATA MASAYOSHI,
Minister of State for Finance.
Dated 6th day of 7th month of 20th year of Meiji.
IMPERIAL ORDINANCE, No. XXIX.
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK REGULATIONS.
ART. I.-The Yokohama Specie Bank shall be a Limited Association, and the responsibility of its Shareholders in respect of the liability of the Bank shall be limited to the amount represented by the shares held.
ART. II. The Yokohama Specie Bank shall have its Head Office in Yokohama, and it may maintain either Branches or Agencies in important commercial places both in Japan and in Foreign countries; it may also enter into correspondence with other Banks, but when the Yokohama Specie Bank desires either to establish or disestablish Branches or Agencies, or to enter into or discontinue correspondence with Foreign Banks, a statement of the reasons for so doing shall be presented to the Minister of State for Finance, and his sanction obtained.
ART. III-The Yokohama Specie Bank is empowered to transact business for the full period of twenty years counting from the date of its opening, that is to say from the 28th day of the 2nd month of the 13th year of Meiji. It may, however, in pursuance of the decision of a General Meeting of its Shareholders apply for an extension of the term.
ART. IV. The Capital of the Yokohama Specie Bank shall be Six Million Yen, divided into Sixty Thousand Shares of One Hundred Yen each; but the Bank may in