Section 9

Section 9. The president and managers of said company, shall keep fair and just accounts of all monies received by them from the commissioners aforesaid, and from the subscribers to the capital stock of said company, for all penalties for delay in payment thereof, and of the amount of the profit on shares which may be forfeited as aforesaid, of all voluntary contributions and of all monies expended by them in the prosecution of the said work, and shall once in every year submit such accounts in detail to a general meeting of the stockholders, until the said bridge be completed, and all expenses incurred in erecting the same shall be fully paid and discharged, and the aggregate amount of all such expenses shall be liquidated and ascertained, and if upon such liquidation, or whenever the whole capital stock of the said company be nearly expended, it shall be found that the said capital stock will not be sufficient to complete said bridge, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, it shall be lawful for the said company, at a stated or special meeting to be convened according to the provisions of this act, or their own by-laws, to increase the number of shares to such extent as shall be deemed sufficient to accomplish the work, and to demand the receive the monies subscribed on such shares, in like manner and under like penalties as are herein provided for the original subscription.