JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

875

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said company
be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to sign, make
and execute bail bonds and recognizances, and generally to
act as surety for the faithful appearance and surrender of indi-
viduals as provided by any process of law or order of court of
any state of the United States, or of the United States Gov-
ernment, or of any territory or dependency thereof, or of any
foreign country, state or government, or of any branch or part
of any foreign country, state or government.

Authorized to
sign and exe-
cute bail
bonds, etc

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the directors of the
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland be and the same
are hereby authorized and empowered, either at a general or
special meeting, to name, constitute and appoint agents or
attorneys in any of the counties, and within any of the juris-
dictions aforesaid, and to invest such agents or attorneys with
power and authority on its behalf as surety to make, sign,
execute, deliver, justify, upon and attach the corporate seal
of said company to any bond, recognizance, stipulation' or
contract within the scope of the chartered powers of said com-
pany, and the said directors are further authorized and
empowered to provide that the execution by said agents or
attorneys of such bonds, recognizance, stipulations and con-
tracts shall be binding upon said company.

May appoint
agents or
attorneys.
Powers of.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said company
shall have the powers herein granted, and also all the powers
heretofore granted to it by its articles of incorporation under
the General Incorporation Laws of the State of Maryland,
and, in addition, all powers conferred upon it by Chapter two
hundred and sixty-three of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the Session of eighteen hundred and
ninety, and Chapter three hundred and thirty of the Acts of
the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Session of
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and Chapter three hun-
dred and fifty-four of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, passed at the Session of eighteen hundred and
ninety -eight, and shall have the right to exercise the same in
any countries, or within any of the jurisdictions aforesaid.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.

Powers con-
ferred.