926

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Must exhibit.

statement, which shall, at. all times during busi-
ness hours, be exhibited to any stockholder of said
company demanding an examination thereof; if
such treasurer or chief finance officer, as the case
may be, shall neglect or refuse to make or deliver
such statement as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and
pay to the person presenting said written request
the sum of fifty dollars, and the further sum of
twenty-five dollars for every twenty-four hours
thereafter until such statement shall be furnished,
to be sued for and recovered in any court having
jurisdiction over the person of such defaulting offi-
ceas and cognizance of said suit.

Names of
stockholders.

Sec. 67. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of every corporation incorporated under this
Article to cause a book to be kept by the Treasurer
or Secretary thereof, containing the names of all
persons alphabetically arranged, who are or shall
have been within three years stockholders of said
corporation, and showing their places of residence,
the number of shares held by them respectively,
and the time when they respectively became the
owners of such shares, which book shall, during
the usual business hours of every business day, be
open for the inspection of stockholders or creditors

Inspection of
creditors.

of the corporation at the principal office of the
said corporation in this State ; and every officer
or agent of any such corporation who shall ne-
lect or refuse to exhibit the same, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and the corporation
shall forfeit and pay to the party injured, a pen-
alty of fifty dollars for every such neglect or re-
fusal, and all the damages resulting therefrom to
be recovered in an action of debt before a Justice
of the Peace.

Annual state-
ment.

Sec. 68. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of every corporation formed under this Ar-
ticle, having a capital stock, to cause to be made
in the first week in January and July in each and
every year, a full and particular statement of the
affairs of said Company, verified by the oaths
or affirmations of its President and Treasurer or
chief finance officer, which statement shall consist
of a particular account of its assets and liabilities
in minute details, calculated to the time of making
up the statement as aforesaid. Each of the said