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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1832-33.

The owner
&c. may
purchase
and bring in
the wife,
husband,
&c.

If marriage
regularly
solemnized.

state, from such adjoining state, district or territory, the said
wife, husband, or person ; Provided, the solemnization of the
marriage ceremony between such slaves, according to the form
of some one of the churches or religious communities of this
state, and by a minister of such church or religious community
be proved by the affidavit in writing of the person so purchasing
such slave, or by the affidavit of some other creditable white
person, and left to be recorded with the clerk of the county
court, of the county into which such slave shall be introduced,
within thirty days from the day on which such slave shall have

Prior to
passage of
act of 1831.

been brought into this state; And provided also, such marriage
ceremony shall have been performed before the passage of the
act aforesaid, passed at December session, eighteen hundred
and thirty-one, chapter three hundred and twenty-three.

CHAPTER 318.

A further SUPPLEMENT to an ACT, entitled, an Act to repeal an Act,
entitled, an Act to create a Board of Public Works, passed at December
session, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, chapter one hundred and
sixty-six.

Governor
and council
to appoint
three per-
sons to re-
present the
state.
In meeting
of joint
stock com-
panies.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, the governor, by
and with the consent of the council, be and he is hereby autho-
rized and required, to appoint three suitable persons to represent
the state of Maryland, at all future meetings of the stockholders
of any and all joint stock companies, which have been or may
hereafter be incorporated to make roads and canals, and to vote
therein according to the interests of the state, in all the proceed-

Majority
cast the
state's vote.

ings of said company or companies ; and a majority of the per-
sons so appointed, who shall be present at any and every meet-
ing, shall cast the vote of the state in all questions in such
meetings.

Compen-
sation.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the compensation to be
allowed to persons appointed as aforesaid, shall be the same as
is allowed to members of the general assembly, including itine-
rant charges, during the time necessarily occupied in the dis-
charge of their duties.

Repeal

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all and every part of any
act or acts inconsistent with this, be and the same are hereby
repealed.

DECEMBER, 1833.— CHAPTER 15.
AN ACT concerning Guardians and Wards.

Cases in
which exe-
cutors, &c.
authorized

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That where any infant is or shall be entitled to any legacy or
distributive share of an estate or any personal property in the
hands of an executor or administrator, and a guardian for such