Passed Jan
17,1867.

CHAPTER 13.
Entitled, AN ACT to authorize the Governor to
appoint an additional Justice of the Peace for
the Second and Third Election Districts respec-
tively in Talbot county.

Governor to
appoint add-
tional Justices
of the Peace.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That the Governor be and he is
hereby authorized, to appoint a Justice of the
Peace for the Second and Third Districts, respec-
tively in Talbot county, in addition to the number
now required by law to be appointed in said
county.

In force.

Sec. 2. This Act to take effect from and after
the date of its passage.

CHAPTER 14.

Passed Jan.
11,1867.

AN ACT entitled, an Act to incorporate the
Chester river Steamboat Company.

Incorporated
—power and
privileges.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That Thomas D. C. Ruth and
George B. Wescott of Kent, and William McKen-
ney and John C. Ruth of Queen Anne's county,
their associates, successors and assigns be and they
are hereby created a corporation and body politic,
by the name and style of the "Chester river Steam-
boat Company," and by that name may have per-
petual succession, and shall be able and capable in
taw to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
answer and be answered in any Court of Law or
Equity, and to make and use a common seal and to
do and perform all such other Acts in relation to
their business hereinafter declared, and to estab-
lish such by-laws and regulations as shall be neces-
sary for conducting their affairs not inconsistent
with the laws of this State or of the United States.