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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	CHAPTER 283. AN ACT to repeal Sections Four and Five of the Act passed the Eighth day of March, Eigh- teen hundred and fifty-six, Chapter one hundred and forty-eight, entitled " An Act to incorpo- rate the Kent County Railrcad Company," and to re-enact the same with Amendments.
Repealed and re-enacted.	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That Sections four and five of the Act passed the eighth day of March, eighteen hun- dred and fifty-six, Chapter one hundred and forty- eight, entitled " An Act to incorporate the Kent County Railroad Company," be, and the same are hereby repealed, and re-enacted so as to read as fellows :
Stockholders.	Sec. 2. And beit enacted, That the Stockholders shall meet on the second Monday of May, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and upon the second Monday of May, in every year thereaf- ter, at Chestertown, of which notice shall be given by the secretary at least twenty days in the news- papers published in Kent County, and choose by a majority of the votes then present, by ballot, to be given in person or by proxy, eight Directors for the ensuing year, who shall continue in office for one year and until others are chosen, and a major-
President.	ity of whom shall be residents of the State of Ma- ryland, and the said Directors being first sworn well and faithfully to discharge the trust reposed in them, shall then proceed to elect one of their number President, and shall also appoint a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers as may be necessary, and the President and Direc- tors aforesaid, shall conduct the business and man- age the concerns of the said company, until the second Monday of May, thereafter, and until like officers are chosen to succeed them, and may make and enforce the By-Laws, rules and regulations provided for by the second Section of the said Act entitled " An Act to incorporate the Kent County Railroad Company," and the said Stockholders shall meet at such other times as they may be sum- moned so to do by the Directors, in such manner