thereof, under his seal, shall be due evidence
thereof at law and in equity.

Reservation.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the General As-
sembly doth hereby reserve to itself the right to
repeal, alter, change or amend this Act at its
pleasure.

In force.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted. That this Act shall
take effect immediately from and after its passage.

CHAPTER 244.

Passed Mar.
12,1867.

AN ACT to incorporate the Wright Mining Com-
pany of Allegany County.

Incorpora-
tion.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly of Maryland, That Kennedy H. Butler, C. M.
Graham, Josiah Euglar and such other persons
as may become associated with them in the man-
ner hereinafter provided, shall be and they are
hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by
the name of the Wright Mining Company of Al-
legany county, and by that name shall have suc-
cession, and be able and capable to sue and be sued,
to plead and be impleaded in any Court whatever,
and may have and use a common seal, and may
alter and renew the same at pleasure, and the said
body corporate shall have all the powers, faculties,
franchises and rights necessary or proper for the
mining of coal, iron ore, making coke and for the
beneficial management of its property, and for the
transportation and vending of its coal and other
proceeds, issues and products of its mines and
property to market, and shall have power and au-
thority to purchase, lease and bold any property
real, personal and mixed which may be deemed
by said Company necessary for its purposes; pro-

Proviso.

vided, however, that said Company shall not at
any time actually hold as owners thereof more
than five thousand acres of land.