THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 577

CHAPTER 324. AN ACT to incorporate the Triadelphia Turnpike Company.
SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That John F. H. Magruder, Thomas Lansdale, Thomas J. Worthington, Charles C. Hutton, of Montgomery County, with David Clark, L. I. G. Owings, Lloyd Linthicum and Francis M. Shipley, of Howard County, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to take subscrip- tions to the capital stock of the Triadelphia Turn- pike 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,	Incorporation
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 remain- ing Commissioners.	Books to be opened.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the subscribers of said stock, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby declared to be incorporated into a Company by the name of the Triadelphia Turnpike Company, and by that name shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, 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 may 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 privileges which other corporate bodies may lawfully do for the purposes mentioned in this Act.	Name.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That when five hun- dred shares or more of said stock shall have been subscribed, the said Commissioners, or a majority of of them, shall call a general meeting of the sub- scribers at such time and places as they may ap- point, and shall give at least ten days' public notice thereof, and at such meeting the said Commission- 37	General meet- ing.