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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and Baltimore Turnpike Company, for the purpose
of making a turnpike road from School House No.
4, at or near Hooversville, in Anne Arundel
County, to Baltimore, with power to construct lat-
eral branches from said road two miles in any di-
rection, and by said name to have succession, and
shall be capable in law to have, hold, purchase,
possess and enjoy, to them and their successors,
land, tenements, chattels and effects of what kind,
nature or quality soever, necessary for carrying

Sue and be
sued.

into effect the objects of this Act of Assembly, and
the same to grant and dispose of. to sue and to be
sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of Re-
cord, or any place whatsoever, to make and use a
common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure,
and also to ordain, establish and put into execu-
tion such by-laws and regulations as shall seem ne-
cessary and convenient for the government of said
Corporation and the management of its affairs,
provided the same be not repugnant to the laws
and Constitution of the State of Maryland or of the
United States.

General meet-
ing.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That whenever shares
to the extent of at least one-third of said capital
stock shall have been subscribed, on giving two
weeks' notice of the time and place thereof, in one
or more newspapers published in Baltimore County,
Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City, the
said Commissioners shall call a general meeting of
said subscribers, to be held at Baltimore, at such
place as they may determine, and a majority of
those at said meeting shall be empowered to elect a
President and not less than two or more than five
Directors, being stockholders to manage the affairs
of the Company for one year, and until a new elec-
tion shall be had in the manner directed by the by-
laws of the Company, and that every subscriber at
all meetings of the Company shall be entitled to
one vote for every share he, she, it or they may
own.

Elections.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said President
and Directors shall appoint the time and place and
direct the manner of holding the elections for Presi-
dent and Directors, which shall be annual, may
provide for calling general meetings of the stock-
holders, the mode of transferring the stock of said