LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1837-38.

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legal heirs of such convict, according to the laws of this state,

regulating descents.

SEC. 29. And be it enacted, That this act shall not go into
effect until the appointment of directors in virtue thereof.

To take
effect

CHAPTER 361.

AN ACT making certain Acts Felony.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
from and after the passage of this act, the taking and carrying

Taking
corn from
the stalk.

away of corn from the stalk, to the amount of a peck or more,

with a felonious intent to convert the same to his, her or their

own use, shall be deemed a felony ; and every white person, or

free negro, guilty of the same, upon conviction, shall be deemed

guilty of felony, and be sentenced to a confinement in the

Peniten-

penitentiary for a term not less than two years, nor more than

tiary.

five years.

DECEMBER, 1838.— CHAPTER 20.

AN ACT to repeal an Act, entitled, an Act to appoint an Officer of the

State of Maryland, to be called the Steward to the Governor, passed at

December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, chapter one

hundred and fifty-three.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Repeal.

from and after the passage of this act, the act entitled an act to

appoint an officer of the state of Maryland, to be called the

steward to the governor, passed at December session, eighteen

hundred and twenty-nine, chapter one hundred and fifty-three,

be and the same is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 49.

AN ACT relating to the Transfer of Stock.

Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That

Transfer by

a power of attorney to transfer stock, standing on the books of

power of
attorney

any corporation chartered by this state, in the name of a part-
nership or firm, signed with the name of such partnership or

from a firm
made valid.

firm, and sealed by one of the parties thereof, shall be as valid

and effectual, as if such power were signed and sealed by all

the parties of such partnership or firm ; Provided, that the
member or members of said partnership or firm, signing and
sealing the said power of attorney, shall acknowledge the same
before a justice of the peace of the state of Maryland, or before

Provided
each mem-
ber duly ac-
knowledge,

&c.

a notary public, mayor of a corporation, or judge of a court of

record, and shall have such acknowledgment, if made before a

notary public, certified under his notarial seal, or if made before
a mayor of a corporation, certified under the seal of such cor-
poration, or if made before a judge of a court of record, certi-
fied by the clerk of the court, under the seal of the court, or if

And how
certified.
And autho-
rity certi-
fied.