PHILIP F. THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1849.

hibit and surrender the same, the said policies alone
to be considered proof of interest.

CHAP. 223.

SEC. 22. Be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for
the said directors, before organizing said company, to
cause to be drawn up a series of fundamental articles
of association or membership, in accordance with the
provisions of this act, and the several powers conferred
by it, which said fundamental principles shall be bind-
ing and, conclusive of the rights of all persons be-
coming members of the company.

To make bye-
laws, etc.

SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That nothing in this
act shall be so construed as to authorise the said cor-
poration to issue any note, token, scrip, device, or
other evidence of debt to be used as currency, and
that the Legislature hereby reserves to itself the right
to alter, change, or annul this act of incorporation at
pleasure.

Banking forbid.

CHAPTER 223.

An act for the relief of Sarah Clows.

Passed
Feb. 28, 1850.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That Sarah Clows, of Queens county,
in the State of New York, be and she is hereby autho-
rised, by and with the consent of Kent county court,
either herself or by attorney, to transfer all the stock
standing in the name of Timothy Clows, deceased, in
the Chester Bridge company, and the Masonic Hall of
Kent county, in the State of Maryland, as fully and to
the same effect as though the said Timothy Clows, were
now alive.

Authority to
transfer.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from its passage.

In force.