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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Jus tice of the Peace, we]J and truly, according to law,
to conduct such election, and the said Judges, or a
majority of them, shall decide upon the qualification

To be
counted.

of the votes, and when the election is closed shall
count the vote and declare who has been elected,
and if it shall at any time happen that an election
of any one or all of the officers of said Company
shall not be made, the Corporation for this cause
shall not be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be
lawful to hold and make such election for Presi-
dent or Directors, Treasurer, and other officers,
on the same day, or any day thereafter, by giving
at least ten days' notice thereof, signed by the
President or Secretary, in the newspaper as be-
fore mentioned, of the time and place of holding
said election, and the President and Directors and
others last elected shall continue to act and be in-
vested with all, the power belonging to their re-

Power.

spective situations until another election shall take
place ; in case of death or resignation, refusal or ne-
glect to act, or removal from the State of any offi-
cer, his place shall be filled by the Board of Di-
rectors, until the next annual election, provided
the removal from the State of any Directors shall
not operate to vacate should there be a majority of
the Directors still residing in the State.

Place of
meeting.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the President ,
and Directors shall hold their meetings at some
hotel situate on said road, or such other places as
the stockholders shall direct, and when met four
shall form a quorum, who in the absence of the
President may choose a Chairman, and the said
Directors shall annually, or oftener in case of a va-
cancy, appoint a Secretary, who shall keep minutes
of their transaction, fairly entered in a book, and
a quorum of Directors being found present, they
shall have power and authority to appoint all such
Surveyors, Engineers, Superintendents and other
artists and officers, as they may deem necessary to
carry on the intended work, and to fix their sal-
aries and wages, and to draw orders on the Trea-
surer for the same, which shall be signed by the
President and countersigned by the Secretary.

Certificate of
stock.

Sec. 7 And be it enacted, That the President
and Directors shall procure Certificates of evidence
of stock for all the shares of said Company, and