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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 10, 1900.

CHAPTER 227.
AN ACT to amend the Charter and enlarge the powers of
the Maryland Telephone and Telegraph Company of Balti-
more City.

Maryland
Telephone and
Telegraph Co.
Of Balto. City.

WHEREAS, The Maryland Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany of Baltimore City is a corporation originally formed and
organized under the General Incorporation Laws of the State
of Maryland, by a certificate of incorporation, bearing date
the 8th day of" January, 1890, under the corporate name of the
Writing Telegraph Company of Baltimore City; and

Charter
amended.

WHEREAS, By an amendment of its charter dated the
ninth day of July eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and
recorded among the charter records of Baltimore City, the
name of said corporation was changed from that of the
Writing Telegraph Company of Baltimore City to the Home
Telephone and Telegraph Company of Baltimore City, under
which latter name it was authorized by Ordinance No. no,
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, approved
on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to
establish its system in Baltimore City, and

WHEREAS, The name of said corporation was subsequently
changed by a further amendment of its charter, dated the
sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,
and recorded among the charter records of Baltimore City, to
that of the Maryland Telephone and Telegraph Company of
Baltimore City.

Additional
powers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That in addition to the powers of the said Maryland
Telephone and Telegraph Company of Baltimore City under
the laws of this State now in force, and the said ordinance of
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore upon the accep-
tance of this Act by the stockholders of said company, the
directors of the said company be and they are hereby author-
ized and empowered to elect from among their number an
executive committee consisting of five directors, which com-
mittee is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise all
the powers legally vested in the board of directors when the
said board is not in session.