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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

name and such capital stock as shall be agreed
upon between the corporations parties thereto,
and when such union or consolidation is made a
certificate of the said union and of the particulars
thereof shall be executed by the said corporations,
and be acknowledged and recorded as other certi-
ficates of incorporations are in this Article directed
to be acknowledged and recorded.

Certificate.

Sec. 37. And be it enacted, That any five or
more persons, citizens of the United States, and a
majority of them citizens of this State, who may
desire to form a corporation for any of the pur-
poses hereinbefore referred to, shall make, sign,
seal and acknowledge before some officer compe-
tent to take the acknowledgment of deeds, a cer-
tificate in writing in which shall be stated :

1. The names in full and place of residence of
the applicants.
2. The proposed corporate name of the corpora-
tion, which shall always include the name of the
county or city in which it may be formed.
3. The objects or purposes for which incorpora-
tion is sought ; the time of its existence not to
exceed forty years, and the articles, conditions
and provisions under which the incorporation is
formed.
4. The place or places where the operations of
the corporation are to be carried on, and the place
in this State in which the principal office of the
corporation will be located.
5. The amount of capital stock (if any) of the
corporation.
6. The number of shares of stock (if any) and
the amount of each share.
7. The number of Trustees, Directors or Mana-
gers, and their names, who shall manage the con-
cerns of the corporation for the first year.

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judge.

Sec. 38. And be it enacted, That when said
certificate is executed, it shall be the duty of the
persons executing the same to submit it to one of
the Judges of the Judicial Circuit within which
the principal or any other office of said corpora-
tion is, under said certificate, to be located, if it
shall be located in one of the counties of this
State, or to one of the Judges of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore city, if the principal office of