and business of the company may require, and either with or without provi-
sion for such other purposes (not inconsistent with the law) as the parties to
such deed shall think • proper ; and that every such deed of settlement
must be. signed by at least one fourth in number of the,persaijs who at
the date of the deed have become subscribers, ^'Ud who shall hold at least
one Jfourth of the maximum number of shares in the capital of the com-
pany ; and that every such deed must be certified by two directors of , the
company by writing endorsed thereon in the form contained in sohedule
(B.) to this Act annexed; and that on the production of such deed,
setting forth such matters and making such provisions as are hereby
required to be provided for, and being so signed and certified, together
with a complete abstract or index thereof, to be previously approved by
the registrar of joint stock companies, and also a copy of suoh deed, fpr
the purpose of registering the same-, or as soon after such production as
conveniently may be, the registrar of joint stock companies shall grant a
certificate of complete registration, according to the ptrovisions of this Act
in that behalf; and unless such deed and other matters be-so produced,
and such conditions be so performed,, it shall not be lawful for him to
grant such certificate; and that after such certificate shall be granted, it
shall he taken as evidence of the proper provisions being inserted in such
deed,. and of the performance of the conditions hereby i required previ-
ously to the granting such certificate of complete registration ; and that
any defect or omission as regards the matters , hereby required in any
deed of settlement may from time to time be supplied by a supplementary
deed or deeds ; and that if any such supplementary deed be not incon-
sistent with or repugnant to this Act, or any Act respeetinig joint stock
companies, and if it be duly registered, then it shall have the same efiect as
(.j^,„.-. if there were *only one deed for the purposes of this Act; and'
L J that unless the same shall be registered it shall be of no force or
effect.
