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CHAPTER 139. AN ACT to incorporate the Ellicott City and Clarksville Turnpike Company.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Harper Carroll, Samuel Hop- kins, John T. Hardey, Michael J. Dorsey, Wil- liam Welling, Philip Table, Henry H. Civings, Samuel Gaither, Charles Carr, James Watters, Upton Dorsey, John S. Watkins, James Cissel, and John R. Clarke, be and they are hereby ap- pointed Commissioners to take subscriptions to the capital stock of the Ellicott City and Clarksville Turnpike Company hereby incorporated, and they or a majority of them may cause books to be opened at such times and places, and for such period or periods, upon giving notice, as they may deem expedient of the times and places of opening the same, and if any of the Commissioners shall die, resign or refuse to act, another or others may be appointed in his or their stead by a majority of the remaining Commissioners.	Incorporation
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the subscribers to said stock, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into a Company by the name of the "Ellicott City and Clarksville Turnpike Company, " and by that name shall be capable in law of purchasing, hold- ing, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real, personal and mixed, so far as may be necessary for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and no further, and shall have succession, and by said corporate name may sue and be sued, and have and use a common seal which they shall have power to alter' or renew at their pleasure, and shall have, enjoy and may exercise all the powers, rights and privi- leges which other corporate bodies may lawfully do for the purposes mentioned in this Act.	Powers.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted. That when two hun- dred shares or more of said stock shall have been subscribed, the said Commissioners or majority of them shall call a general meeting of the subscri- bers at such time and places as they may appoint, and shall give at least ten days public notice	Directors.